There Was A Great Study A Few Years That Went Into The Whole "ppl Online Are Bigger Jerks Than Irl Cuz

i think the near-extinction of people making fun, deep and/or unique interactive text-based browser games, projects and stories is catastrophic to the internet. i'm talking pre-itch.io era, nothing against it.

there are a lot of fun ones listed here and here but for the most part, they were made years ago and are now a dying breed. i get why. there's no money in it. factoring in the cost of web hosting and servers, it probably costs money. it's just sad that it's a dying art form.

anyway, here's some of my favorite browser-based interactive projects and games, if you're into that kind of thing. 90% of them are on the lists that i linked above.

A Better World - create an alternate history timeline

Alter Ego - abandonware birth-to-death life simulator game

Seedship - text-based game about colonizing a new planet

Sandboxels or ThisIsSand - free-falling sand physics games

Little Alchemy 2 - combine various elements to make new ones

Infinite Craft - kind of the same as Little Alchemy

ZenGM - simulate sports

Tamajoji - browser-based tamagotchi

IFDB - interactive fiction database (text adventure games)

Written Realms - more text adventure games with a user interface

The Cafe & Diner - mystery game

The New Campaign Trail - US presidential campaign game

Money Simulator - simulate financial decisions

Genesis - text-based adventure/fantasy game

Level 13 - text-based science fiction adventure game

Miniconomy - player driven economy game

Checkbox Olympics - games involving clicking checkboxes

BrantSteele.net - game show and Hunger Games simulators

Murder Games - fight to the death simulator by Orteil

Cookie Clicker - different but felt weird not including it. by Orteil.

if you're ever thinking about making a niche project that only a select number of individuals will be nerdy enough to enjoy, keep in mind i've been playing some of these games off and on for 20~ years (Alter Ego, for example). quite literally a lifetime of replayability.

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Hey i’m a fashion design student so i have tons and tons of pdfs and docs with basic sewing techniques, pattern how-tos, and resources for fabric and trims. I’ve compiled it all into a shareable folder for anyone who wants to look into sewing and making their own clothing. I’ll be adding to this folder whenever i come across new resources

https://drive.google.com/drive/folders/16uhmMb8kE4P_vOSycr6XSa9zpmDijZSd?usp=sharing

To my very limited audience,

Is David Fahrenthold attractive to you in any way at all

The TAG 😭❓

“male loneliness epidemic” and “friendzoning” are similar concepts to me in that the conditions they describe are literally experienced by everyone at some point in their lives but when its men its some sort of profound injustice that needs to be rectified by checks notes giving them unfettered access to the public good that is Women

I must dig deeper into this I Have No Mouth & I Must Scream business

February 28th, 2025

As masses of mainly college students travel on foot and on bicycles from all over Serbia towards Niš for a massive anti-government protest scheduled for March 1st, the ruling party gathered its members into eight busses and gave them police protection to clog the roads (under the excuse that they're being bussed in so they can attend a party meeting in Zaječar).

The students wouldn't back off and at first just kept walking towards the busses, which were then forced to start backing up from the sheer mass of people on the road.

The students then started taunting the passengers on the buses and chasing after them 🤣

Today's list of vetted fundraisers!

1 : mohammed ashour 3652£/80,000£

2 : samah family €50 / €30,000

3 : mahdi family kr6366 / kr300,000

4 : sabreen mansour €166

5 : noor ayman €1652 / €60,000

6 : kareman family $9060 / $ 50,000

7 : anas&ahmed €964 / €29,000

8 : kaleed sameer $1171 / $60,000

9 : etaf alqqttaa €3048 / €100,000

10 : Arafat family €3946 / €50,000

Israel’s breaches of the ceasefire deal

As the Gaza ceasefire and hostage swap deal enters its 25th day, Israel has reportedly violated the agreement over 260 times.

As a result of Tel Aviv's violations – which include ongoing air strikes, intensified surveillance, delayed aid and abuse of Palestinian detainees – Hamas has said it would delay the next scheduled release of Israeli hostages.