Valorant, been playing with friends and prepping for the premier games this week. It’s the gaming equivalent of a softball or bowling league, fun to practice leading up to a game, with a season that ends in a playoff. Been a lot of fun strategizing, even though we’re not high level

This is incredibly cynical and untrue. There are plenty of ways to make friends around hobbies, but you do have to work at it, like most meaningful things. It also takes time. The internet can be isolating, but it also can bring people together via meetups and other avenues.

Next year will be the hardest year you’ve ever had, don’t let it turn you bitter and cynical, people are cruel because they are struggling, hurt, and broken, and turn that around to others. Try to keep your heart open

Voice mail dump truck (embrace the chaos), a more civilized age

I’m with you here. That channel and Linus have always just seemed like clickbait clowns to me, felt scummy

I was part of the digg migration to Reddit

I had to reset my password for some reason, then it let me login

That has been the reasoning from Reddit. I believe it’s one of those business conveniences where yes, he’s not wrong, and gives them an excuse to kill something they think is extracting revenue from them (3rd party apps). Convenient excuse, but no one believes it.