Exactly. This is already so many levels 9f wrong up to this point.

Go away with your common sense!

And not only reddit, but the internet as a whole.

As a masking Autist I approve. I was shopping today, that’s enough for a week.

At this point the US is at weekend at bernie’s level of faking.

Bicyclists are a major issue for pedestrians (esp. Disabled) - speaking from a European perspective

As a watcher from the outside:

It might not be fun to hear but vpn is neither the solution to government oppression nor a solution against tracking (recently there was a good article regarding that) so all you do is pay more.

We’re in Europe, our sanitary installations work differently here and mostly doesn’t clog up and if it does - yes, after a few attempts you will call a plumber.

Anyhow I feel massively gatekept if I am not maintaining my vehicle myself. Wow.

Thw amount of assumptions made is staggering.

Hm, interesting.

We have quite a different perspective there!

For one, a car is identical to me. It’s literally the same combustion engine and stuff around. Of course some different details but really doesn’t make much difference. And I know how the engine works and other various stuff.

However, that does not make me a good mechanic. That’s why I pay one. Aka if I am riding on a death machine with 2 wheels with high rpm it’d better be maintained by someone qualified.

As I said in the other answer, it’s a commuting vehicle for me. Possibly this especially here on lemmy is a slightly different thing since the US - in Europe’s eyes has lots of space for more and more cars but here it has a lot of advantages to not use a car.

But why? I am not a capable handyman, but still want to ride a bike. Still cheaper than car and low maintenance only riding on city streets. As a more efficient (gas and space) commuting vehicle.

Wouldn’t that be gatekeeping? 😁

I’ve experienced the opposite situation lots of times.

Just because I ride a bike does not mean I am a mechanic or fix stuff myself. Far from it, I leave that to a professional. Most people seem to think all men tinker on their bikes.

I seem to have struck a nerve there, apologies.

I don’t think it’s a shit example. It’s the latest I experienced. It’s a good game but hampered technically. Nobody needs to tell me, I’ve been gaming since before dos and grew up with it; I’ve also been working in it for a few decades.

Look; you could just have a bigger or more gpus with more ram in a pc but if the end result does not significantly look better the question is for what all the effort is.

And that’s what happened with UE5.

Yes, maybe in a few years it might look different but it’s also been some time and hasn’t really been worth any of the performance impact.

And - as said - I see quality impact in UE5 games which I personally can not comprehend in an supposed upgrade.

However, feel free to disagree.

Maybe it’s my background in datacenters: of course you can always meet demand with more raw power but it’s a losing fight and the intelligent progress is to optimize and use resources in a clever way.

I really am? (no sarcasm here, honest surprise)

I thought it’s widespread knowledge that the “upgrade” to UE5 mainly brought a lot of performance loss compared to UE4 while having a signature blurry (or whatever) style which actually worsens the perceived quality.

For example expedition 33, while it’s style is awesome, it’s performance is absolutely not. It should run flawless on ps5 and on superior pcs but still doesn’t and the fps range is not in line with the hardware capabilities.

I think I just understood why UE5 sucks that much…

Yes basically capitalism is rigged and at some point we are forced. Hence wage slaves.

I agree and I know it’s hard to swallow, but that’s enabling.

Yes, life is hard and it’s not easy or possible for everyone to change jobs. Still.

*of capitalism.

I feel personally attacked by this!

As a result I’ll do nothing!

Oh the trials will come. It’s just the question when.