Of all arbitrary things we celebrate, this is probably the least idiotic.

Regarding fear, our results show that this emotion is higher in the catcalling situation, however, there is no significant difference with the control condition. This suggests that experiencing an urban underground environment at night from a woman’s perspective is inherently fear-inducing, independent of explicit harassment.

Does it, though? It would be better if they had a control group where participants used a male avatar. My understanding is that both groups used female avatars:

In the experimental condition, the avatars used typical Italian catcalling expressions (documented in newspaper articles and sociological research on the topic of verbal street harassment), while in the control group (condition), the avatars posed general questions to the participants.

I have no doubt that it can be scary for a woman to be in this setting in real life. However, I’d like to see scientific proof that this feeling can be specifically induced in men who are controlling female characters in VR. Right now, it’s more of an assumption, isn’t it? As a gamer, I know that the location itself can be scary, that sound design (music, ambient sounds, voice acting) can be frightening, and that trying VR for the first time can also be uncomfortable.

Yeah. Reddit makes money, but it’s unpaid workforce who have to combat bots - and their options are limited. It’s crazy that this is normalized.

People care about Marvel movies and Taylor Swift. There is nothing wrong with either, it’s just a form of entertainment at this point.

There are no such popups though. The issue on Windows is that Microsoft is pushing AI everywhere, whether you want it or not. But the OP allegedly used AI as a tool to generate this image when they wanted to.

And cat pics.

A customer can come back in the future. But probably not after this.

this is for reddit gold

Thanks for the gold, stranger mom!

Same. I had an issue with AI videos at some point, but some dislikes later I don’t see them anymore.

What’s is your rebuttal for it?

Don’t waste your time and energy on arguments with people who don’t want to listen.

By neglecting (or not having) all these things due to their addiction to video games.

Yep. All this outrage, but 100 is a lot of time. I’d consider it if the picture quality wasn’t terribly bad in my region.

What’s there not to like, tovarisch?

Just give it a try. Even if you decide that gamedev isn’t for you, you’ll learn something new about yourself and game development in general.

I think the biggest advantage of an old laptop is that people often already have one.