When their expensive luxuries are actively harming the planet, I think their indulgences offer us plenty of justification to hate. Private jets emit the same amount of CO2 in two hours that an average car does in a year. This frivolous waste poisons our air and warms our fragile seas. I’m not envious of private jets or yachts; it would be unethical for me to use them no matter how much wealth I had.

This is an incomplete view of the history of slavery. By the numbers, the vast majority of the people benefitting from chattel slavery were white. However, slave ownership reached similar per capita rates among some of the Native American tribes, and there were instances of slaves being owned by free people of color. Notably, there are a large number of black tribal members in the United States. The United States government signed a number of treaties with the tribes in the 1860s that required them to free their slaves and incorporate them as full tribal members.

None of this is said to diminish the fact that the American system of slavery was a product of colonization by European countries. But it is rather reductive to claim that only white property owners benefitted from the atrocity that was chattel slavery.

Is their preference really any more arbitrary than the preferences sapiosexuals or demisexuals have? It sounds like they probably have other traits that may make someone more or less attractive, they just have a minimum requirement for a certain body form for them to begin having attraction. That isn’t so different when compared to a sapiosexual who requires a high intellect before they can begin being more or less attracted based on other traits.

TL;DR: All preferences are weird, no need to call anyone out on their specific ones :)

I am a huge fan of Proton’s paid vpn. Easy to use, relatively cheap, covers loads of devices, and includes encrypted email. I used PIA for a few years, but quit because it wasn’t able to effectively get around geoblocks.

I’ve also heard great things about Mullvad, but have no experience with them.

Instant memories of my grandmother. I should try making these sometime :)

The great thing about Lemmy though is that a community you interact with or even moderate doesn't need to be on your instance. If you're a member of Beehaw, which doesn't allow community creation, you could start your Dune community on Lemmy.ml or another instance and moderate it with your Beehaw account.

I’m still holding out hope for a similar Legends game set in Kanto/Johto. Arceus was so much more fun than Violet for me.

/r/Fuckcars is one of my favorite subreddits. Do you know of any similar urbanist groups on Lemmy?

Thank you! I’ll pick up Utopia and look into the other ones you mentioned.

It’ll be a very different experience from Half Life, but I’d recommend Spiritfarer! There’s a sort of hunger mechanic, although it’s for the other characters that stay on your boat. Your ship is upgradable and you can place all sorts of structures on it. By the end of the game, it really feels like it’s uniquely yours.

Would you say any of the DLCs are a must? I’ve been enjoying the base game and can’t decide which ones to pick up.

I had the same experience! I’ve started New Vegas many times over the years, but never got very far along. Playing it on the Steam Deck was fantastic.

I don’t think it’s necessary to play them in order. If you’re itching to play Octopath 2, go for it. The games are very similar, so if you play them one after another it would probably start to feel repetitive.