Greg @whatisagreg.bsky.social · 28/09/2026How you feel about this, for example, is a good measure about how much you rank kindness or the appearance of kindness above what’s right bsky.app/profile/newr... 000
Greg @whatisagreg.bsky.social · 28/09/2026James Rolfe is such a fascinating figure to me. It’s often discussed how groundbreaking it was to make a “show” on YouTube and go on to make a career of it. What I don’t see discussed is the irony that he’s maybe the most successful YouTuber of all time who has never aspired to be a YouTuber. 100
Greg @whatisagreg.bsky.social · 11/09/202625 years since that day and the thing that stands out to me today is how strange it feels when your life becomes history. People who weren’t even there telling me about events I lived through and just not getting it. Impossible to convey how tragic that day was and the wrong lessons that came after. 101
Greg @whatisagreg.bsky.social · 03/09/2026A point I’ve seen brought up that I find myself agreeing with is that much of the opposition to data centers is that they’re a physical representation of modern technological advances and for most people those advances haven’t made their lives better in over 20 years. 000
Greg @whatisagreg.bsky.social · 01/09/2026If you were bragging to someone you just met that you were on Jeopardy but it was during the week that Aaron Rodgers hosted, there’s a 90% chance they’d think the footage was AI generated. 010
Greg @whatisagreg.bsky.social · 26/08/2026One thing I’d like to see dispelled from our political world is the belief that kindness should be our guiding light. Many policies where kindness is the driving force have disastrous impact. 120
Greg @whatisagreg.bsky.social · 10/08/2026The biggest injustice is the tourists on the Switch only have to pay $10 for their copy of Breath of the Wild to be upgraded to the Switch 2 addition, but owners of BOTW on Wii U must pay $70. 100
Greg @whatisagreg.bsky.social · 07/08/2026After 6 years in this house I’m haunted by the realization we put the television on the wrong wall. 000
Greg @whatisagreg.bsky.social · 02/08/2026There are basically no organizations that could get into a conflict with billionaires and the general public would side with the billionaires in 2026. And yet MLB Players Association rises to the challenge. 000
Greg @whatisagreg.bsky.social · 28/07/2026Toddler has taught me that the peak way to enjoy music is running laps around the room. We shouldn’t have ever tried inventing any other kinds of dancing. Nightclubs should just be everyone running in a circle. Roller rinks brought this back, but the CIA shut them down because it was too powerful. 000
Greg @whatisagreg.bsky.social · 27/07/2026I was bummed Splatoon Raiders means a longer wait for Splatoon 4, but the way you guys are hyping it up I’m now worried Splatoon Raiders 2 will be the reason Splatoon 4 takes longer. 000
Greg @whatisagreg.bsky.social · 24/07/2026I hate the thought of any special being “mandatory”, but with this map/mode it seems like you definitely need cooler. Their shooters die in mid when the RM is barely over the center and it’s gg. 000
Greg @whatisagreg.bsky.social · 21/07/2026Social experiment: if I wanted to hire 3 mercenaries to carry me to a tournament win (something like SOS), what do you think the rate would be? 100
Greg @whatisagreg.bsky.social · 16/07/2026Ngl reminiscing about the SAC season 1 era has me understanding why some players do cling to Low Ink eligibility to their so-called detriment. 120
Greg @whatisagreg.bsky.social · 11/07/2026I greatly enjoyed my time with N64 and Wii and while their highs are high, their libraries fall off so hard after the top 10-15 or so games. Gamecube is really underrated for how deep its library is in comparison. 010
Greg @whatisagreg.bsky.social · 07/07/2026Do other countries have dorks that root against them as much as the US? Like are there people in Brazil vocal about how they were pulling for Norway? 010
Greg @whatisagreg.bsky.social · 04/07/2026I’ve long theorized the West really overrates the concept of teams in Splatoon. I suspect the strategy developed during nightly scrims is really overrated. Are there any examples of lower average XP teams beating higher ones because they’re appreciably more than the sum of their parts? 310
Greg @whatisagreg.bsky.social · 29/06/2026Related: I’m trying a new genre for me: a strategy game. I’m making zero progress and don’t really know what I’m doing wrong. I feel like it defeats the purpose of to just search for what’s the strategy to win, but if the game isn’t telling me then I don’t know what else I can do. 000
Greg @whatisagreg.bsky.social · 28/06/2026I’ve spent tons of time playing video games, but it’s hard to consider myself a gamer because I find myself hating the early game of everything new that I try. I find no pleasure in learning a new UI, controls, and mechanics and it feels alien to me that people do this dozens of times per year. 000
Greg @whatisagreg.bsky.social · 22/06/2026All counterpick tournaments should make their current counterpick rules secondary to a new rule where the team with the higher number of players playing on a wired connection gets to make the counterpicks. 000
Greg @whatisagreg.bsky.social · 21/06/2026Becoming a father has been possibly the best thing that has ever happened to me. I’ve discovered love in my heart that I didn’t know I was capable of. Happy Father’s Day! 010
Greg @whatisagreg.bsky.social · 16/06/2026GL3 Pros: Very fun, my ideal kit Cons: I struggle to kill anyone with the gun and lose every game I play with it including this one 000
Greg @whatisagreg.bsky.social · 14/06/2026People are hyping up Curb again and I think Seinfeld might be the best sitcom of all time and all indicators say I should like Curb. My issue is Curb’s dialog is improvised and every time I try to watch it, the actors are just… kind of bad at it? 110
Greg @whatisagreg.bsky.social · 12/06/2026It’s interesting to see younger people’s attitudes towards lost media. The idea that basically everything ever created should be preserved is fairly radical and new. I’m not even talking about how x% of films (mostly very old) have been lost. Things have changed just in my life. 100
Greg @whatisagreg.bsky.social · 08/06/2026I don’t really understand how there’s a debate over X Power vs Results and their relevance. They correlate, but one is measuring individual skill and other is measuring team skill. 100
Greg @whatisagreg.bsky.social · 01/06/2026I used to have a lot of trouble falling asleep at night. Typically I’d find a YT video that was interesting enough that I’d want to listen to, but not so interesting that I couldn’t doze off to it. I had a few go to channels, but it would still take 30 mins on a good night and 2+ hours on a bad one. 100
Greg @whatisagreg.bsky.social · 29/05/2026Trying to impress someone new to Splatoon by imitating the intro to that Smash documentary by throwing for the first 2:30 of Turf War only to then finally “lock in”. Die instantly to a random splat bomb and there’s just awkward silence as my team loses by 40%. 000
Greg @whatisagreg.bsky.social · 21/05/2026My decision making for major life decisions was definitely sub optimal as a young adult, but I’m on an eight year run that is basically unmatched. I can’t help but feel blessed. This isn’t to brag. It’s to say: Never give up! 010
Greg @whatisagreg.bsky.social · 18/05/2026I used to grind those horrendous flash games on the Disney channel website for hours to try to get my name on TV with the other high scores. I thought if I did then Lizzie McGuire might go out with me. 000
Greg @whatisagreg.bsky.social · 14/05/2026A thing that is cool about Splatoon is I’ve played and won competitive sets where the VCs sounded like life or death situations and others where I couldn’t understand the language being spoken but 50% of the audio was inexplicable laughter. 000
Greg @whatisagreg.bsky.social · 07/05/2026Maybe it was just the Star Wars IP, but Rogue Squadron came out a year after Star Fox 64 and was much more engaging to me. This is not a plea to make every game “open world”, but flying around in full 3D is a pretty natural desire. I don’t understand why this series must stay on rails. 110
Greg @whatisagreg.bsky.social · 06/05/2026Tech innovation when my kid is a kid: We’re leveraging AI and cloud infrastructure to comb through trillions of files to answer any question you have. Tech innovation when I was a kid: let’s change it so that the logo right-side up when you use the computer. 010
Greg @whatisagreg.bsky.social · 04/05/2026If a new Splat Safety rises, I’d suggest they make their workload more manageable by focusing on safety issues. Combining rude and offensive behavior with actual safety issues doesn’t make anyone safer and clearly puts you in the position of appearing cruel and unsympathetic. 000
Greg @whatisagreg.bsky.social · 27/04/2026Splatoon is getting too optimized. I miss when that guy made the video proving that if you moved your character in a figure 8 pattern it eliminated shot spread in 96 gal and everyone believed it for 24 hours. 040
Greg @whatisagreg.bsky.social · 21/04/2026Man, I really want a top 10 X rank badge, but I’m further from it now than ever. Cursing myself for not pushing myself more during the season I finished in 13th place. 000
Greg @whatisagreg.bsky.social · 27/03/2026A decent contributor to why there is so much burnout due to demotivation in this scene probably has to be everyone from the top down believing they’re terrible at the game. It’s okay to be proud of what you’ve learned and the progress you’ve made after hundreds of thousands of hours! 0163
Greg @whatisagreg.bsky.social · 15/03/2026Best Picture winners since 2010 / what I’d pick now (nominees only): 2010: The King’s Speech / The Social Network 2011: The Artist / Moneyball 2012: Argo / Life of Pi 2013: 12 Years a Slave / Her 2014: Birdman / Whiplash 2015: Spotlight / The Revanant 2016: Moonlight / La La Land 110
Greg @whatisagreg.bsky.social · 12/03/2026My Oscar rankings this year: 1. Bugonia 2. Marty Supreme 3. One Battle After Another 4. Sentimental Value 5. Sinners 6. Train Dreams 7. The Secret Agent 8. Frankenstein 9. F1 10. Hamnet Felt like a forgettable year, but maybe it’s just the home viewing penalty. 010
Greg @whatisagreg.bsky.social · 09/03/2026I need it explained to me why an early 2010s CollegeHumor-style YouTube video is up for an Oscar. 000
Greg @whatisagreg.bsky.social · 07/03/2026Just in the order that they came to mind. Honorably mentions for Madden, All Star Baseball, Mario Party, and Nintendoland. 120
Greg @whatisagreg.bsky.social · 28/02/2026Every time I tune into someone’s tournament stream: • 1 second of gameplay followed by 30 seconds of preroll ads • the final 90 seconds of the match • 3-5 minutes of results screen, counterpicks, weapon selection • 90 more seconds of gameplay then 90 more seconds of ads load • I close the app 110
Greg @whatisagreg.bsky.social · 24/02/2026Honestly a great part about getting older is reengaging with art in a new context. I find myself falling in love with songs I’ve definitely heard before, but it’s like hearing them for the first time because the person I was when I first heard them wasn’t ready for them yet. 010
Greg @whatisagreg.bsky.social · 19/02/2026I know there are a lot of things preventing me from ever winning an SOS, but the new primary reason is my belief that going to sleep before 10:00pm fixes every problem. 010
