Ryan

I’m probably doing at least something

[Ryan @Shiftinggg]

@MizusPuddle @LudwigAhgren Thats a screenshot of his livestream section, which has auto generated thumbnails…

[Ryan @Shiftinggg]

I don’t know what r

[Ryan @Shiftinggg]

Just tried to install @operagxofficial because Firefox’s performance issues were starting to annoy me, and Opera has this weird typing sound. I go to try and turn it off, and what kind of awful user interface is this garbage? Cant even see the settings

[Imtiaz Mahmood @ImtiazMadmood]

I got a call from a scammer yesterday.

Me: “Hello.”

Scammer: (thick, heavy accent) “Hello. This is Tom Smith from Microsoft Support. We are seeing a lot of virus activity coming from your device.”

Me: “Oh no. My device? Are you sure?”

Scammer: “Oh yes, Madam. We have many reports.”

Me: “Oh, jeez. How can I fix it?”

Scammer: “It’s okay, Madam. We can help you right now. Are you in front of your device?”

Me: “Yes. I was just about to use it. I’m glad you called.”

Scammer: “Good, Madam. Please push the Start button.”

Me: “I think it’s already on.”

Scammer: “Okay, Madam. Now click on Control Panel.”

Me: “I don’t see that.”

Scammer: “Do you see a bunch of information above the Start button?”

Me: “Yes.”

Scammer: “That is your Control Panel.”

Me: “Wow. I didn’t realize it had a name.”

Scammer: “Yes, Madam. Now press Internet Options.”

Me: “I don’t see any Internet options. I don’t think I bought that feature. This is just a cheap one.”

Scammer: “All devices have Internet, Madam. Press the Start button again.”

Me: “Okay. Same as before.”

Scammer: “That’s fine, Madam. We will restart your device. Please turn it off.”

Me: “Um… I don’t know how. I’ve never turned it off. It kind of just stays on.”

Scammer: “There must be an off button. How do you stop it when it’s running?”

Me: “I usually press the big button.”

Scammer: “Okay, Madam. Press that button.”

Me: “Okay.”

Scammer: “Is your device off?”

Me: “No. The door popped open.”

Scammer: “Door? Is there a disc inside?”

Me: “No. There’s a burrito.”

Scammer: “Why is there a burrito in your computer?”

Me: “Computer? I thought you said this was microwave support.”

[Firebeard @FirebeardYT]

Speaking as a Classic (and Retail) player, I think this is the part people miss: Blizzard did improve retail. Objectively. Systems are cleaner, classes are smoother, content is more accessible. It’s just that those improvements were aimed at solving problems that Classic players never really thought existed in the first place.

Retail WoW isn’t worse because it’s sloppy or unfinished. It’s worse for us because it removes friction in places where friction was doing important work. Faster leveling, constant rewards, streamlined progression, UI elements telling you exactly where to go and what to do, those things make the game efficient, but they also turn it into something that feels transactional. You log in, you complete tasks, you log out. It’s a checklist, not a place.

And when people talk about nostalgia, I think that word gets used as a dismissal. This isn’t about wanting patch 1.12 talents forever or pretending the game was perfect in 2005. It’s about pace and consequence. In Classic, choices matter because they’re inconvenient to undo. You know the people on your server. You recognize names in trade chat. You walk places. You group up because you need other players, not because a system matched you with strangers and teleported you into a dungeon.

That friction is what creates stories. It’s what makes the world feel real. And over the years, retail WoW has very deliberately stripped that friction away in the name of accessibility, engagement metrics, and retention. From Blizzard’s perspective, that makes sense. From a Classic player’s perspective, it fundamentally changes what the game is.

So when the question is “why don’t these players come back to retail?”, the answer is kind of simple: retail is no longer trying to be the type of game we fell in love with. It’s not a failure of execution, it’s a difference in philosophy. And Classic exists because that older philosophy doesn’t really have a home anywhere else anymore.

[DSG @Disguised]

we got a BIG announcement for 2026

[Andrew Rousso @AndrewRousso]

me if I was living through *precedented times*

[Meidas_Charise Lee @charise_lee]

A distraction to separate the LEFT & the RIGHT ‼️

[RyanPatrick🇺🇸🦅 @RyanHatesGovt]

Does that make any sense to you?

[Keith Edwards @keithedwards]

Texas pastor @jamestalarico flips the script on anti-trans attacks: “we’re focused on the wrong 1%.”

[shindigs @shindags]

I'm recreating Papers Please as a stream overlay, where chat must show passports to enter the stream.

They can state their reason for entry with text-to-speech.

I can grant them entry to the stream, or deny and ban them.

[Dexerto @Dexerto]

CrowdStrike, the company that caused the biggest computer crash in history, is offering a $10 Uber Eats gift card as an apology to its clients.

Via TechCrunch

[Ryan @Shiftinggg]

M m mmmm u

[⋆ @sadiyalove_]

“why haven’t you replied back?”

me:

[HELLDIVERS 2 Updates @Helldivers2HQ]

I think Joel might be messing with us | #Helldivers2

🎥 McBahtman

[non aesthetic things @PicturesFoIder]

Bro won in life

[crab @dmndeyes]

I’m normally not a very jealous person but if we’re in a relationship and I see you do this with your coworker I’m 100% ending my own life