callouscomic

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[–] callouscomic@lemm.ee 2 points 1 month ago

Context doesn't help much with Kojima.

[–] callouscomic@lemm.ee 8 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago) (2 children)

I don't believe this is something easily tracked and updated annually. The point is in terms of amount of population as a percentage. People in the 21st century largely have more food, shelter, and general security worldwide than in all of known human history.

Don't let anecdotal news about wars worldwide override the fact that much larger scale (as percent of world population) have occurred and occurred consistently in past history. Wars, famines, plagues, and other things have wiped out far more of the population overall historically. While the wars you see today are horrible, and in specific regions they might be decimating, they still pale in comparison to the level of death in human history and the scope of death of past wars.

The Black Death in the 1300s itself killed 30-50% of all of Europe. Ghengis Khan is estimated to have been responsible for killing 10% of the world population (10% today would be more than the entire population of Europe, for perspective). There's a lot of less than documented Chinese history that also suggests massive deaths from famines and plagues and stuff that seem to have amounted to a large percentage of the world population at the time.

Another thing I have seen a lot of in the last decade, mostly relating the the US, is that while large scale violent crime may be up (like mass killings) overall murder and crime is lower than it has been in past decades. Again, in a macro scope of things. You'll always have pockets of geography and/or time that are bad.

[–] callouscomic@lemm.ee 3 points 1 month ago

I told her this, but she just wouldn't try it.

[–] callouscomic@lemm.ee 2 points 1 month ago

So...arbitrary.

[–] callouscomic@lemm.ee 5 points 1 month ago (4 children)

It's up there with trailers that show a teaser trailer preceding the actual trailer. Even better if there was an ad before the trailer played.

[–] callouscomic@lemm.ee 28 points 1 month ago (6 children)

In terms of total war and death worldwide, this is the most peaceful time in known human history.

[–] callouscomic@lemm.ee 22 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago) (7 children)

I hear the moon has no natural disasters......yet.

[–] callouscomic@lemm.ee 5 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago)

I used a guide to be sure I saw everything and could just focus on the story, which is mainly why I played them. I spent about 15 hours playing both thoroughly. So they're fairly short. I really liked them. Especially considering when they were originally released.

[–] callouscomic@lemm.ee 3 points 1 month ago

I store my Steam games on wax cylinders.

[–] callouscomic@lemm.ee 2 points 1 month ago

I laughed too hard at this. You win.

[–] callouscomic@lemm.ee 56 points 1 month ago

It's okay Ubisoft. YOU fell behind our expectations a looooooooong time ago.

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