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Scarsion 😱 @sarsion.net · 13h

i respect you for censoring their profile but like, evidently...

lauren (@NotABigJerk): i'm not falling for that hot take. that's clearly someone with a fetish for getting yelled at. i refuse to participate in that kind of perversion.

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Scarsion 😱 @sarsion.net · 01/10/2026

i've been crying for 10 fucking minutes. everytime i look back at this fucking thumbnail i lose my shit. i almost don't even want to watch it because the title and thumbnail are fuckign perfect.

[YouTube thumbnail of a distraught looking woman running away on stage with an umbilical cord fully stretched out and a newborn baby, still attached, being dragged]
"Eve Gives Birth"

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Scarsion 😱 @sarsion.net · 30/09/2026

started following an official gamemaker tutorial and had to fix the first piece of code it gave lmao c'mon. the obj_player's animations wouldn't look left due to the "or" condition. with "left" being the final if, at that point, _ver is always 0, -1, or +1. so it skips over to the idle animations.

$The broken code: var _hor = keyboard_check(ord("D")) - keyboard_check(ord("A")); var _ver = keyboard_check(ord("S")) - keyboard_check(ord("W")); move_and_collide(_hor * move_speed, _ver * move_speed, tilemap); if (_hor =! 0 or _ver != 0) { if (_ver > 0) sprite_index = spr_player_walk_down; else if (_ver < 0) sprite_index = spr_player_walk_up; else if (_hor > 0) sprite_index = spr_player_walk_right; else if (_hor < 0) sprite_index = spr_player_walk_left; } else { if (sprite_index == spr_player_walk_down) sprite_index = spr_player_idle_down; else if (sprite_index == spr_player_walk_up) sprite_index = spr_player_idle_up; else if (sprite_index == spr_player_walk_right) sprite_index = spr_player_idle_right; else if (sprite_index == spr_player_walk_left) sprite_index = spr_player_idle_left; }$ $My fix for the code: var _hor = keyboard_check(ord("D")) - keyboard_check(ord("A")); var _ver = keyboard_check(ord("S")) - keyboard_check(ord("W")); move_and_collide(_hor * move_speed, _ver * move_speed, tilemap); if (_ver > 0) sprite_index = spr_player_walk_down; else if (_ver < 0) sprite_index = spr_player_walk_up; else if (_hor > 0) sprite_index = spr_player_walk_right; else if (_hor < 0) sprite_index = spr_player_walk_left; if (_ver == 0 and _hor == 0) { if (sprite_index == spr_player_walk_down) sprite_index = spr_player_idle_down; else if (sprite_index == spr_player_walk_up) sprite_index = spr_player_idle_up; else if (sprite_index == spr_player_walk_right) sprite_index = spr_player_idle_right; else if (sprite_index == spr_player_walk_left) sprite_index = spr_player_idle_left; }$

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also. all i could remember about it was it was fixated on virginity. google AI seemed to have a different idea of what i meant. so incredibly stupid. *why* would i mean this.

Google/
ffxiv virgin

It looks like you might mean "FFXIV free trial" or are referring to community memes (like "Virgin vs. Chad" job comparisons) or an in-game reference such as the quest The Virgin Homicides.

did this extremely normal fate in ffxiv last night that had this extremely normal description. why is this game like this sometimes.

More of Doma's many legendary demon dogs have appeared to terrorize the land's young virgins who, it appears, demon dogs prefer over young harlots, old virgins, and old harlots. Think of the virgins. The young ones.
— In-game description

and finally, look, this isn’t hard to spot, even without them putting in the tiniest inaccessible baked-in text about using AI. if they’re willing to use AI to make horrendous and superfluous graphics, they’re absolutely using AI to overengineer and underdevelop their website.

856 thousand additional people exposed to unprecedented heat
(Likely range: 508.4K-1.2M)
• visualisations above created with generative Al assistance

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Scarsion 😱 @sarsion.net · 28/09/2026

case in point: EXTREMELY weird situation where the site forces sessions on subsequent tab visits. why would you *ever* need this? i could understand if i was on a page for a session-controlled calculator but this is just the home page. i get the sense the entire site is handled with AJAX. awful.

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LIKE THAT'S LITERALLY JUST BAXTER PARK TERRACE IN DUNDEE LMFAO WHAT

Baxter Park Terrace, on the corner of Pitkerro Road.

A building that looks literally the spitting image of the corner of Baxter Park Terrace and Pitkerro Road.

Scarsion 😱 @sarsion.net · 28/09/2026

like lmfao this is just what my first flat's closey looked like. i remember people thinking we'd get a GTA in scotland, but honestly it makes WAY more sense to get a silent hill i suppose. we're a buncha spooky bastarts as it is.

A screenshot from some YouTuber's play through of Silent Hill Townfall (okay it's Jacksepticeye I guess, whatever), of a part running through the closey (shared hallway) of a block of flats.

just got an email saying an old discord account i got locked out of 7ish years ago is gonna get deleted because it hasn’t logged in for “2 years”. must be a new initiative. which will mean goodbye to accounts from people who have passed on. feels really pointless. like most of the web these days.

Discord Account Scheduled for Deletion on Oct 24, 2026. Log In to Keep Your Account!
Hey, sarsion6226!

Your Discord account has been inactive for over 2 years, and is scheduled to be deleted on Oct 24, 2026. But don't worry!
Dust off the cobwebs and prevent your account from being deleted just by logging in.

Login to Discord

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your idea reminded me of a small thought experiment i ran through some thoughts on with marathon. i think i basically had the same asset-streaming idea you had. my only issue with it now would be just how bad it would be for someone like me in a low bandwidth area lol www.reddit.com/r/Marathon/c...

Sarsion on Reddit, responding to someone worried about the low file size of the Marathon alpha build:

Software developer here. Wanted to give some holistic insight. Some of this may be obvious but I thought it was important to rubber-duck some thoughts out.

Software being in “alpha” means it’s functionally complete. As in, it meets all baseline usability specifications. That will change to some degree depending on what was laid out in the original spec, as well as what business wants to prioritise.

For a game, that typically means being possible to play from beginning to end.

Destiny had higher visual fidelity because for Bungie, after a 4 year hiatus after Halo, needed to really sell their ability to do anything other than Halo. Selling people on graphics was a much higher priority in 2014 than it is for them in 2025; people already know Bungie can make stunning visuals.

The Marathon alpha doesn’t include higher-LOD (level of detail) graphic assets for its models, audio and lighting in part because those are what constitute the majority of video game file size. The alpha is only 6 GB, and that’s because they want to test public perception of the mechanics first and foremost.

It could also be that some of the assets are being streamed directly to the game from their Goliath asset CDN. This would be a very intelligent use of an always-online CDN in order to minimise datamining. The ARGs were a successful use of the technology, and I can see both the ARGs and this alpha as being great stress tests for the CDN as well.

We know these sorts of games are a) always online, and b) hugely weighty investments for players to install, and c) regularly frustrating for live service models. If they really are streaming and caching assets dynamically during matches, it would mean the game is unlikely to increase much from that 6 GB size and mark a new industry milestone.

I am very curious how feasible this solution may be, as I have noticed the game does use a lot of instantiating of its assets with the main differentiation being surface details like text (crates with a variety of numbers and logos on them).

It’s also worth mentioning the game being in alpha isn’t a freeze on development. They absolutely will have internal forked builds with higher fidelity assets. Lighting especially takes a long time to process, whether it’s statically baked, sprite-based, or realtime raytraced.

A beta is when a game becomes content complete, so if they aren’t using some sort of CDN approach, it will be vastly weightier.

I’m really eager to find out more, but I certainly wouldn’t be worried about this.

StanleyG00dspeed:
Wow I would be crazy shocked if they end up using a sub 10gb file size to avoid data mining and institute an asset streaming technology as you said. Seems like it would be highly dependent on a very fast internet connection.

Sarsion:
It might do, for sure. Huge pipe dream, but the tech does exist.

There’s systems that can detect the user’s actual bandwidth and only stream the quality they can handle until higher LOD assets are available. If you cache what a player needs only as they need it, they can retain it until the manifests and definitions update. Like streaming a movie, or loading a website. The styling and images get cached until they need reloaded or the user clears them out.

It’s the same principle as downloading, except it isn’t being done upfront. A few mobile games do this already, though they have to make it clear to the user due to mobile bandwidths.

I expect if Bungie did do this, they’d ensure there were some primitive assets available locally.

I hope something like this happens as I’d like a world where games loaded as fast as websites can.

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i think what people refer tend to as "eram" (see pic) is "the mantle". "eram" thus isn't the a person's name, but a status or declaration from the character using their own controller in the fight. "i used to [be mantled]" could be translated as "tectus eram" but "mantle" is ambiguous at any rate.

Scarsion 😱 @sarsion.net · 22/09/2026

halo is “non-political”?! ask me how i know you only played multiplayer. halo is ABOUT politics, war, religion, ethics, morals, the list goes on; it was at its best being political. this is a disgusting (albeit unsurprising) thing to say. halo died in 2010. it just took 16 years to bury.

Mike Ybarra
@Qwik
If you are a Halo fan, this is the best news in a decade plus.

Rob Kostich, Dave Stohl, Pat Kelly and team at Activision are rock star, old school game developers. Non-political, no bullshit - just flat out Halo at its best. They are not afraid to take risks and deliver a Halo experience that blows people away and sets the stage for the next 10+ years.

This is the best decision to reset Halo and get a new, hungry team in place to make Halo the incredible asset it is. I can't wait to see them lead their teams and bring Halo back in full force.

Props to Xbox for making this decision. LFG!

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the article's still up btw lol - www.bungie.net/7/en/News/Ar... - www.bungie.net/pubassets/14... - www.bungie.net/pubassets/14... - www.bungie.net/pubassets/14... - www.bungie.net/pubassets/14... - www.bungie.net/pubassets/14...

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Scarsion 😱 @sarsion.net · 22/09/2026

thinking about the time destiny's sparrows were called shrikes

Destiny "vehicles": personal transport Shrike.

Scarsion 😱 @sarsion.net · 22/09/2026

it’s my dog rosie’s first birthday today. sad her brother trico didn’t make it this far, but it just means rosie’s going to have to suffer twice the pampering. it’s what he would have wanted either way. also a big fan of the balloons i found.

A female border collie mixed with french bulldog wearing a frilly birthday hat with a “1” on it and a “birthday girl” bandanna around her neck. There are balloons scattered around her.

A female border collie mixed with french bulldog wearing a “birthday girl” bandanna around her neck. She is being offered a dog-appropriate cupcake by a hand. There are balloons scattered around her.

A balloon on carpeted floor with “MY FIRST COMMUNION” printed on it from 4 different angles. Look, they didn’t have “my first birthday” balloons. It felt right.

Scarsion 😱 @sarsion.net · 21/09/2026

discord scam artists are not sending their best

Fake Discord account called "anna" says: My name is Fiona

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Scarsion 😱 @sarsion.net · 21/09/2026

yep. those sure are the lyrics.

destiny-upcoming
Sarsion: do you remember
Ada Bo: the 21st night
Whole: of
Void, Forgotten Soul: Countdown until Skeletor blows up begins

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Scarsion 😱 @sarsion.net · 21/09/2026

i am such a boy. if it’s toonami, or toy/game related: 😃 had to really dig for the last one, then i recalled that period of time where haruhi was like this onboarding/gateway phenomenon for anime. didn’t really work since i generally don’t like most anime (i’ve tried), but it influenced me a lot.

Dragon Ball Z, Pokémon, Digimon, Cowboy Bebop, JoJo’s Bizarre Adventure, Ghost Stories, Beyblade, Sonic the Hedgehog: The Movie, The Melancholy of Haruhi Suzumiya

Scarsion 😱 @sarsion.net · 19/09/2026

anyway thankfully i found it USING CONVENTIONAL SEARCH. if i wasn’t able to, guess what, i wouldn’t have found it. we need to keep the blue link! thought about this fanfic for years because the image has been burned in my mind. never thought i’d find it again. halo.bungie.org/fanfic/?seri...

Artpiece from Halo: Twisted Origins, a Halo 2 fanfic by Pinkuh.

Scarsion 😱 @sarsion.net · 19/09/2026

i was trying to find an old fanfic i read 20+ years ago. and google decided to HALLUCINATE ONE. TRY AND TELL ME THESE DON’T PLAGIARISE. FUCK AI, MAN, HOLY SHIT. i gotta finally remember to change my default search, man. even startpage is more useful than this shite.

Google search:
halo 2 fanfic elites choosing a…

AI Overview:

Here is a story focused on the Elites choosing a young human girl to become a "princess" or high-ranking figure of High Charity, set during the era of Halo 2:

The Great Temple of High Charity was silent save for the heavy, rhythmic thud of armored boots…

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Scarsion 😱 @sarsion.net · 18/09/2026

probably totally fine that this is the first thing i see looking it up

Google search for “Saint of Bright Doors” with two photos displayed. One depicting the front cover of the book, and the other of a YouTube thumbnail focused on the YouTuber’s face, from a video dedicated to “roasting” the novel.

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Scarsion 😱 @sarsion.net · 16/09/2026

she told me she “tried really, really hard to get this photo” and honestly, very proud.

nicole: but i did get one with hilary and ball

Scarsion 😱 @sarsion.net · 16/09/2026

in fairness it’s very pretty

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Scarsion 😱 @sarsion.net · 16/09/2026

she was mad at me for saying hundreds and wanted to correct me. as if 16 photos and 2 videos isn’t already too many.

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Scarsion 😱 @sarsion.net · 15/09/2026

we out here in @cryptarchy.net writing accidental hive poetry

#destiny-lore (Discord channel)

MrDynogames:
It's manifested by their "might" as they were told, their strength. That's the Worm.

Kireji 55-30 (haiku bot) - APP:
It's manifested
by their "might" as they were told,
their strength. That's the Worm.
- mrdynogames

Sarsion™:
this is actual fire

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Scarsion 😱 @sarsion.net · 14/09/2026

can’t speak for wales but we got wyrms in scotland. fairly sure all the celtic countries in the uk did (do?)

The Strathmartine Dragon in Dundee, Scotland.

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Scarsion 😱 @sarsion.net · 13/09/2026

i think bluesky is trying to tell me something

Bluesky notification: “Low Quality Facts followed you”

Scarsion 😱 @sarsion.net · 12/09/2026

how i sit trying to stretch my back when i get up in the morning

lin-manuel miranda doing that goofy ass pose

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Scarsion 😱 @sarsion.net · 12/09/2026

was looking up a reference and… man. this is really what we think should replace conventional search?

Search term on Google: “shockingly tolerable bzzt”

Al Overview:
BZZT! Processing.. input acknowledged.
"Shockingly tolerable" is the ultimate badge of honor for a robotic entity.
How can I help you keep this streak of tolerability going today? If you're interested, I can:
• Answer a burning question you have
…
Show more

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Scarsion 😱 @sarsion.net · 10/09/2026

destiny fans hate destiny, it’s their favourite video game.

#destiny-lore:
361 new messages since 22:57.

Samantha
Yesterday at 22:57
What are people's LEAST favorite lore books/ topic in the game

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Scarsion 😱 @sarsion.net · 09/09/2026

they drank too much of that bin juice

YouTube thumbnail of a person taking a baseball bat to a classic cuboid UK litter bin. "Why UK bins are smashed up at the factory" by Chris Spargo

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Scarsion 😱 @sarsion.net · 09/09/2026

still thinking about this dork ass bit

Scarsion 😱 @sarsion.net · 07/09/2026

it occurs to me this predating sonic adventure 2 by about 6 years is probably exactly where the line comes from. “some flight. no peanuts, no stallone movie. i’m outta here”. “talk about low-budget flights. no food or movies? i’m outta here.” i wonder if there’s a longer lineage to the bit.

Scarsion 😱 @sarsion.net · 06/09/2026

no??? i opened the app to get a photo from my public inbox. i have over 10GB of storage because of your referee program from 17 years ago. i’m not paying for you ever lmao.

(Email inbox)
From: Dropbox - 11:40:
Subject: Still thinking it over? Dropbox Plus is re...

Body: Discover the easiest way to keep everything safe, synced, and in one place. Hi John, It looks like you were exploring Dropbox plans, but didn't finish setting things up. Dropbox Plus gives you…

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Scarsion 😱 @sarsion.net · 04/09/2026

i made this 13 years ago and it is my magnum opus of logo design (specifically bungie here but quake fits this perfectly too). everything is just praise the sun.

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Scarsion 😱 @sarsion.net · 04/09/2026

sixth post (hopefully i’ll stop now) notice the actual following tab shows the latest and longest thread despite it “breaking” this pattern. this could’ve used a proper design pass. not sure if this was properly specced.

screenshot showing the same thread as above but viewed from the following tab. the first post includes the 1/3 but the others are from
the latest part of the thread, clearly showing that it has broken from the divergent thread.

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Scarsion 😱 @sarsion.net · 04/09/2026

fifth post (this is very silly)

showing the samples of the above posts.
this one contains the 1/3 and 2/3.

examples of the replies to the 2/3 post.
first one is 3/3. but the second chain isn’t included in this despite being longer. little confusing if someone decides to continue the thread later or something.

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Scarsion 😱 @sarsion.net · 03/09/2026

so close! thats the Sex Pistols. you’re thinking of The Who.

Cindy Iritano @jaynesworld.bsky.social • 2h
Happy 71st birthday to Steve Jones
#stevejones #sexpistols

Dark Souls Dialog Bot @soulsdialogb... • 2h
...Who are you...

Scarsion 😱 @sarsion.net · 03/09/2026

woah guys they made a SQL

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