stagen,
@stagen@feddit.dk avatar

She’s honestly fucking fine.

ElBarto,
@ElBarto@sh.itjust.works avatar

Man, someone needs to make a filter that checks images.

root_beer,

It’s not even that the protagonist is a woman, the Boer said that he didn’t want to play GTA V because he just couldn’t kill police officers

He’s a fuckin’ virtue-signaling wiener who needs to be given a swirly; I doubt it’s even true but if it were, he’d use the same reason not to play any of the Wolfenstein games

Heavybell,
@Heavybell@lemmy.world avatar

Hell, she’s actually pretty cute. I’ll take her over the typical 2020s female character design style.

affiliate,

what’s the typical 2020s style? i’m out of the loop

HawlSera, (edited )

Stoic flat-chested tomboy with no personality outside of the occasional metajoke.

I’m fucking tired of it myself

Edit: You downvote me, but play any movie or watch any game from the past 3 years and tell me I’m wrong.

rambaroo, (edited )

So exactly the same as a half the male characters in video games since ever?

Heavybell,
@Heavybell@lemmy.world avatar

Don’t forget side-shave haircut.

JackbyDev,

I’m s sucker for that, zero complaints here.

greenmarty,

This picture is wrong. Whole world is shaped like Murica . nothing else is known to man or so they say.

MindSkipperBro12,

“Oh my god, who the hell cares?”

Duamerthrax,

I hope the writers in charge of the radio station dialog are. This is great fodder.

electrogamerman,

Wait, why is Hawaii no longer in the after?

corvid_of_the_night,

Elon Musk’s rockets essentially made the island sink into the sea…

mojo, (edited )

Damn Elon is the very fucking last thing I’d think of when I consider video game reviews. What’s Bill Gate’s opinion?

GTA made a name for itself by scaring parents for being violent and edgy. They do the same thing now, except it’s far more terrifying to just scare fragile white losers.

SPRUNT,

At least Bill Gates was connected to Xbox, or something.

Rubanski,

I think he even invented Halo or so I’ve heard! He’s a true gamer.

LainOfTheWired,
@LainOfTheWired@lemy.lol avatar

That was by Bungie, and little known fact before Microsoft made a deal with them halo was going to be a Mac exclusive.

LainOfTheWired,
@LainOfTheWired@lemy.lol avatar

Due to I would guess Bungies history of making Mac exclusives like the very overlooked Marathon

Skullgrid, (edited )
@Skullgrid@lemmy.world avatar

nah, Marathon’s not overlooked, they just put out a trailer for that lootershooter extraction shooter.

HawlSera,

That’s hillarious

HawlSera,

It wasn’t even good at it, Saint’s Row feels like the game GTA is trying to be.

Polyester6435,

Saints row 2 is the best GTA game

spudwart,
@spudwart@spudwart.com avatar

Righties 4ish years ago: “Those cuckwokes in the land Downunder are pulling GTA V from shelves over violence, what a bunch of snowflakes. 😂😂”

Righties today: “um, could you stop doing violence in the M rated video game? My Hypothetical children are getting influenced. 🤓🤓”

The only thing consistent on that side of the fence is their inconsistency.

uzay,

Elon Musk’s many children are only insofar hypothetical that he has yet to see them

DeepGradientAscent,
@DeepGradientAscent@programming.dev avatar

“Never underestimate the predictability of stupidity.”

DannyMac,
@DannyMac@lemmy.world avatar

I like how he’s turning extwitter into 4chan. Advertisers hate it though, but advertising only accounts for 90% of their revenue, nbd

vivadanang,

That’s ok, Muskoid is going to sue the ADL and Media Matters, and based on his extremely flawed ideas regarding Freedom Of Speech, he probably believes he can win lol.

he’s such a fucking clown

FlyingSquid,
@FlyingSquid@lemmy.world avatar

His claim for suing Media Matters is that ads don’t always appear next to Neo-Nazis, therefore they had to hit refresh until one did.

Which… they never said otherwise? And that doesn’t really change things?

PsychedSy,

No, it’s that they didn’t for anyone organically. Media Matters essentially broke their advertising algo and pretended anyone else saw them.

FlyingSquid,
@FlyingSquid@lemmy.world avatar

Nonsense. All they did was hit refresh. Anyone can do it.

PsychedSy,

That isn’t accurate - you can look up the details before getting all fussy. Of all the twitter users they were the only user that saw one pairing and one of the other pairings may have been seen by one actual user, but also might’ve just been MM seeing it twice.

It wasn’t an organic thing and it’ll be interesting to see if it goes to court.

FlyingSquid,
@FlyingSquid@lemmy.world avatar

Even Twitter isn’t claiming that Media Matters somehow broke their algorithm (unsurprisingly, since that makes Twitter look terrible):

The lawsuit filed Monday accuses Media Matters of publishing a report that distorted the likelihood of ads appearing beside extremist content on X, a move the social media company says led major and influential advertisers to suspend their campaigns en masse. The company alleges that the group’s testing methodology was not representative of how real users experience the site and calls for a judge to force Media Matters to take down the analysis.

The case appears to be a “bogus” attempt to chill criticism in a way that “flatly contradicts basic First Amendment principles,” Ted Boutrous, a First Amendment attorney with years of experience dealing with the tech industry, told CNN. Boutrous added that the case could backfire for X in the discovery phase, as Media Matters could demand internal information that, if presented at trial, could prove embarrassing or highly damaging to the social media company.

The lawsuit also contains “fatal flaws” by conceding that ads did, in fact, appear beside extremist content, regardless of how Media Matters achieved that result, according to Steve Vladeck, a law professor at the University of Texas and a CNN contributor.

“The complaint admits that the thing Media Matters was making a big deal about actually happened,” Vladeck said. “Most companies wouldn’t want their ads running next to neo-Nazi content even once, and wouldn’t care about the exact percentage of users who were encountering such side-by-side placement.”

Contrary to the complaint, Media Matters “never claimed that what it found was typical of other users’ experience,” Vladeck added.

www.cnn.com/2023/11/21/tech/…/index.html

PsychedSy,

They contrived a situation that literally happened to nobody else. You’ll have to excuse my liberty with the word broken, but this is a non-issue.

If it wasn’t musk none of us would give a fuck. If a right wing propaganda mill did the same thing everyone would happily admit it’s misleading. The fact that it gets any traction at all is so fucking depressing.

FlyingSquid,
@FlyingSquid@lemmy.world avatar

They contrived a situation that literally happened to nobody else.

How do you know? You’re taking Twitter’s word for it. Why?

PsychedSy,

I’m comfortable they didn’t lie about their analytics in a court filing. If they did, the court case will be even more fun.

FlyingSquid,
@FlyingSquid@lemmy.world avatar

Did you actually see their analytics or are you just going with Twitter PR about them?

PsychedSy,

If I’m not mistaken, it’s in the court filings. I am heading out to grab a friend but I can try to look it up when I get back.

vivadanang,

how much does Musk compensate you for all this mate?

vivadanang,

It wasn’t an organic thing and it’ll be interesting to see if it goes to court.

it was completely organic. no outside-twitter resources were used to achieve the result - they literally used twitter’s tools and proved it could happen readily. That’s all advertisers need to see to bug the fuck out.

PsychedSy,

We have different definitions of organic. I think the fact that only they saw some of the pairings shows it’s something no legitimate user did.

You don’t have to modify a lawn mower to flip it upside down and throw cats in it my friend.

vxx,

If your lawnmower is faulty and you find out after a couple of uses, I don’t claim it only counts if the lawnmower was used by each person once.

PsychedSy,

When nobody has a problem with your millions of mowers except one guy, we usually ask what’s wrong with the guy rather than the mower.

vivadanang,

You don’t have to modify a lawn mower to flip it upside down and throw cats in it my friend.

no you just have to be a psychopath to suggest it.

did they break twitter, inject code, falsify user records, hack anything? No.

They used the service as it’s intended - picked some people and brands to follow then refreshed their feed. Buddy, that’s as organic as manure - and even if it somehow was gamed, dozens of other instances of hate shit being positioned aside brands THAT RIGHTFULLY DON’T WANT TO BE ASSOCIATED WITH HATE SHIT have been posted - it’s not just media matters.

it’s not just the ADL’s criticism.

GET IT THROUGH YOUR FUCKING MELON - Musk’s the problem. Your refusal to see the obvious is sad.

PsychedSy,

no you just have to be a psychopath to suggest it.

Ah. Miss the point and make a stupid medical diagnosis? Not the best start. I’ll get back to this.

They used the service as it’s intended - picked some people and brands to follow then refreshed their feed.

If it’s organic why did nobody else see the combo? They literally behaved in a way no other user has, and it was contrived to find edge cases in the ad service. It’s not organic use.

We’re talking about facts and definitions. There’s no reason for you to be this worked up, angry or vile to other people.

vivadanang,

Ah. Miss the point and make a stupid medical diagnosis? Not the best start. I’ll get back to this.

yeah suggesting murdering animals as a method to defend free speech was you’re weird tactic mate, not mine.

So you’re suggesting without the ‘contrived’ method of selecting people to follow, which is part of twitter’s core features, that no one would see these issues?

Because that’s a lie. It’s happened to hundreds of users. And seeing awful shit on twitter is getting more regular because of Musk’s idiotic reversal on content moderation. time.com/…/twitters-hate-content-advertisers/

You literally don’t know what you’re talking about or are being intentionally disingenous - it’s gross and sad. Fuck off with your bullshit, you defend nazis and their proponents - what the fuck is wrong with you?

And how dare you criticize anyone for getting worked up about your nazi apologist bullshit, you suggested mowing cats, sicko.

PsychedSy,

I genuinely hope you have a good weekend.

Fuckfuckmyfuckingass,
@Fuckfuckmyfuckingass@lemmy.world avatar

How’s Elon’s boot taste?

PsychedSy,

I don’t like being lied to, even if the lie fits my worldview.

vivadanang,

right? they’ve illustrated it happens. Advertisers don’t want to be shown with nazi content, elon’s hosting nazi content, it’s really that simple.

jaybone,

What’s the advertising like on 4chan? I haven’t been on there in like 15 years. Maybe there were banner ads last time I was on there lol.

Warl0k3,

Weeb merch, dick pills and malicious links. So pretty much what it’s always been tbh.

Blackmist,

I don’t remember hearing what Jack Dorsey thought of anything.

Musk has literally paid 30 billion to have his own private megaphone on the internet.

magnetosphere,
@magnetosphere@kbin.social avatar

A jackass not being a fan of something is, to me, a pretty good advertisement for that thing.

It’s like a loud, obnoxious racist complaining about a nearby bar. “They don’t believe in freedom! They asked my friends and I to leave just for telling a few jokes!”

Oh, they don’t put up with bigots and aren’t afraid to kick them out? Maybe I should start hanging out there!

Jeom,
@Jeom@lemmy.world avatar

why is the too stylised as a youtube reaction video thumbnail, with the red background and all

Assman,
@Assman@sh.itjust.works avatar

Wait do people not like the new GTA lady?

SpookyUnderwear,

Because bobs and vagene.

trevor,

I remember a time when we all liked bobs and vagene.

SpookyUnderwear,

I used to. I still do, but I used to too.

popekingjoe,
@popekingjoe@lemmy.world avatar

Same here Mitch. Same here.

explodicle,

Face it Trevor, you’re a hipster.

kilgore_trout,

A very tiny loud minority on the Internet.

HauntedCupcake, (edited )

Those people confuse me. GTA6 protag is realistic but still at model level of conventional beauty.

It’s not like Sarah Rider (Mass Effect Andromeda) or Jesse Faden (Control), who aren’t as “conventionally” attractive. Although after writing that, Jesse is super hot, and I’m not sure if I’ve been gaslit by the internet into thinking she’s not “conventionally” attractive.

Being charitable and taking these people at their word, I feel like with the more divisive examples it’s a problem with modern lighting being softer and more dynamic? Leading to more “bad” angles and softer looking features. Most professional photoshoots have very contrasty and deliberate lighting, so maybe they’re too used to that?

MBM, (edited )

Jesse Faden not conventially attractive? Wow, the internet is a wild place

loutr,
@loutr@sh.itjust.works avatar

Jesse Faden is modeled after a soap-opera actress lol, are people really saying she’s not attractive?

A_Very_Big_Fan,

This is the first I’m hearing of it, but I’m sure there’s a non-zero % out there

nodsocket,

For future reference, whenever you show a graphic of a globe, please rotate the globe such that North America is facing the viewer. This is considered good etiquette. Thanks

yum,

Why, though?

gnurd,

Pretty clearly a joke.

yum,

Oh

Zink,

America is essentially the center of the universe, so to exclude it from a photo of earth is pretty much an overt hostile act. A hostile act towards the people with the F-22s.

Source: am American, have to deal with other Americans that are less aware of the world.

0xD,

EUROPA EST MAXIME MOMENTI

jol,

But then all the nice countries are occluded, I don’t get it?

el_abuelo,

Poe’s law is strong with this one!

corvid_of_the_night,

LETS BRING FREEDOM TO THE GLOBE GRAPHIC 🚔🍔🦅🦅🦅🇺🇸🇺🇸🇺🇸🇱🇷🇱🇷🇱🇷🇱🇷

ook_the_librarian,
@ook_the_librarian@lemmy.world avatar

I know it’s not relevant here, but since we’re talking globe etiquette: if your graphic of a globe shows New Zealand, be sure to shop it out to not reveal its location. At least cover it with a spoiler tag.

nodsocket,

You forgot to censor N** Z******

LifeOfChance,

I swear lemmy just feels like an Elon hate forum. I hate the guy too but 80% of the content is just about him

pancakes,
@pancakes@sh.itjust.works avatar

Maybe you’re in the wrong communities, i see one Elon post every 100 or so posts.

Shieldtoad,

Half of the posts I see are about awesome animals like cats, dogs, owls, bats, opossums and racoons.

jackalope,

I need more active animal communities. Please list your recs 🥺

FlihpFlorp, (edited )

Not the original commenter but check out superb owl

Idr the spelling of the community or what instance I just see it pop up in my all feed from time to time

Also the animal communities just named opossums and raccoons(I think)

Edit: a post from superb owl

Shieldtoad,
MindSkipperBro12,

I just see kraut posts half the time, the other half of NSFW “subreddits” that I have to block.

Crowfiend, (edited )

Low hanging fruit tempts more people, more easily. He’s just a really easy to hate, last decade it was Zuckerberg, this decade it’s Elon.

I just hope the next person to steal the spotlight is less insufferable.

abbadon420,

Its an easy target. Low effort, high reward. I have a colleague who is frantic about numerology and anti-vax stuff. It’s always a success to crack a joke about that.

PrinceWith999Enemies,

These kinds of posts always come off like when Trump complains that the people prosecuting him and judges are just anti-Trump.

DannyMac,
@DannyMac@lemmy.world avatar

He’s a con man and everyone needs to know it. There are still too many people who think he’s the best person on Earth.

Arcity,
@Arcity@feddit.nl avatar

Yes, but him whining about GTA isn’t exposing him as a con man

victorz,

You should find some communities you like. It’s not all 80% for me. Much, much lower.

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