[2025-08-15T20:34:37Z] successfully touched grass today [2025-08-15T21:02:14Z] gj kris [2025-08-15T21:02:26Z] * midfavila applies headpats to the kris_ [2025-08-15T21:02:30Z] how was the grass [2025-08-15T21:02:39Z] expected it to suck [2025-08-15T21:02:44Z] i went to new student orientation @ my uni today [2025-08-15T21:02:51Z] nice [2025-08-15T21:02:53Z] so basically when i got there they had us like [2025-08-15T21:02:56Z] hopefully that went well [2025-08-15T21:03:08Z] they gave us a bunch of random items and we got to pick between different colors of a specific item [2025-08-15T21:03:19Z] turns out the color we chose was used to split us into groups to go look around and stuff [2025-08-15T21:03:23Z] of course, i choose black [2025-08-15T21:03:34Z] and there's a global phenomenon where metalheads will naturally group up and get along [2025-08-15T21:03:40Z] and also tend to prefer black [2025-08-15T21:03:44Z] ended up meeting friends [2025-08-15T21:03:54Z] >people with similar interests self-organise into mutually agreeable communities [2025-08-15T21:04:07Z] SOCIETY [2025-08-15T21:04:13Z] im just shocked that the color of propaganda i chose completely gauged the course of the day [2025-08-15T21:04:21Z] kind of big brain ngl different people are inclined to pick different colors [2025-08-15T21:04:33Z] wait until you learn that the videogames you play determine which wars you support [2025-08-15T21:04:46Z] >gonna say something about the fact that i play call of duty [2025-08-15T21:05:04Z] call of duty is literally, not figuratively, US Army and DoD agitprop [2025-08-15T21:05:05Z] so [2025-08-15T21:05:11Z] i'm aware [2025-08-15T21:05:16Z] but i don't play the story thing [2025-08-15T21:05:19Z] :P [2025-08-15T21:05:26Z] i just hop on for like 9v9 multiplayer [2025-08-15T21:05:30Z] where you just shoot at eachother and that's the end of it [2025-08-15T21:06:18Z] but yeah i ended up meeting very similar people [2025-08-15T21:06:27Z] music tastes and even games [2025-08-15T21:06:29Z] * midfavila nod-nods [2025-08-15T21:06:35Z] we spent most of the day talking about psychological horror games [2025-08-15T21:06:52Z] point is, i went into this knowing for a fact that i was going to speak as little as possible and just autopilot [2025-08-15T21:07:01Z] ended up being chill [2025-08-15T21:07:59Z] fair [2025-08-15T21:08:16Z] and the vibes of the uni itself are really cool [2025-08-15T21:08:36Z] i don't consider myself LGBT (complex discussion there) but they put a lot of effort into making sure people understood that they're in a safe environment [2025-08-15T21:08:54Z] that just says a lot to me given the current climate in my country [2025-08-15T21:09:47Z] yeap [2025-08-15T21:12:36Z] midfavila: also, i play iw4x [2025-08-15T21:12:49Z] funny thing around that, it's a mod for the OG call of duty modern warfare 2 [2025-08-15T21:13:05Z] basically all call of duties pre 2019 have a ton of RCEs, if you go online you're guaranteed to have someone full blown remoting into your machine [2025-08-15T21:13:18Z] iw4x fixes these and >activision sent them a cease and desist [2025-08-15T21:13:32Z] luckily it seems to be back though, they can't really kill it given it's GPL [2025-08-15T21:13:39Z] people just have the source [2025-08-15T21:13:58Z] eh. [2025-08-15T21:14:30Z] im only mentioning this because it's wild to me that it's even legal for companies to C&D someone for fixing RCEs in their game that they refuse to update [2025-08-15T21:14:38Z] yeah welcome to capitalism. [2025-08-15T21:14:45Z] and like, intellectual property and shit. [2025-08-15T21:14:55Z] many such cases. [2025-08-15T21:15:20Z] wait until you find out that people can sell the place you live in and kick you out with basically no notice and no reason other than money. [2025-08-15T21:16:01Z] happens