GooberEar

@GooberEar@lemmy.wtf

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Front is back.⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨day⁩ ago⁩:

  To get around back, go left. Because left is right and right is wrong so the only thing left that’s right is left.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨RIP obsolete tech⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago⁩:

  I was just thinking “I need to burn some music CDs for when I travel”, just in case.

  I went on a car trip earlier this year, but forgot my bluetooth to aux adapter. I tried to buy one while I was on the road, but places were sold out, didn’t carry them, or they only sold them via online orders.

  As luck would have it, I still had some old CDs I’d burned 20ish years ago sitting in my glove compartment! I honestly did not expect them to work because they’d likely spent at least the last decade+ in that glove compartment, enduring extremes of heat and cold. They were scratched to hell and back and I had always heard that they degrade and become unreadable after a certain amount of time, even under ideal storage conditions.

  Luckily for me, though, they mostly worked. I think there were a couple of songs on one disc that skipped a bunch, and everything else played fine. I rediscovered a few great songs from my youth that I’d not heard in so long that I’d practically forgotten about them.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Onion be onioning again⁩ ⁨⁨3⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago⁩:

  Honey, you have to put some elbow grease into it.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨DOOM: The Dark Ages | Review Thread⁩ ⁨⁨4⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago⁩:

  Looking at the game’s minimum requirements, I’m not sure I how well my available hardware will work. Granted, it’ll probably be some time before I play the game unless there’s a free demo available. I’m more of a patient gamer type and I still haven’t played through Eternal yet (and may not).

  Honestly, from the descriptions and reviews I’ve seen, Dark Ages game play style sounds like it’s a sharp turn away from Eternal, which means it might be more my thing. Granted, I’m also seeing a lot of folks saying it’s super heavy into story telling and cut scenes. Not that I have a big problem with those things, but I enjoy that they’re kind of light in earlier entries of this series.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨[deleted]⁩ ⁨⁨4⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago⁩:

  Can’t you just make your own shoes? All you have to do is build your own shoe factory and then hire a bunch of illegals and children to work under the table for cash. You don’t even need a website, just sell the shoes on Facebook Market Place. That’s literally all there is to it.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Unfair is what it is⁩ ⁨⁨5⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago⁩:

  They don’t have ankles. They don’t have testicles. They are missing a bunch of ribs. They don’t fart. They don’t even have a Y chromosome. At a certain point, it’s probably easier to list the things they do have.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Every phone call⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago⁩:

  No? Is that common?

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Spotify 30 minutes of uninterrupted... Just kidding⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago⁩:

  That’s basically my Pandora experience. They’ll have ads where if you click to watch a video, you’ll get X amount of time, usually an hour, ad free. There’s about a 50% chance the ad will cause the app to crash, but only AFTER the ad finishes playing. And once I start the app up again, it doesn’t remember the offer or that I watched the ad. Same thing if I close the app, accidentally or otherwise. If I start it back up, that ad free hour is gone.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Mouse⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago⁩:

  Capybara is short for Cabybaratheon, one of the houses from the Games of Thrones.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Tender moments⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago⁩:

  I was just about to say. Figured it was bait but glad to see it was a joke.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Hear me when I tell y'all⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago⁩:

  Are you okay? This can be tough. I’ve had several friends go though this over the years.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Generational differences⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago⁩:

  I’ve not seen anybody use a vape inside a retail store, so I can’t speak to that part. I just assumed it was covered by the same or similar laws as smoking tobacco products inside businesses.

  On the other hand, my limited experience with some of the younger generations is that they’re way more comfortable with driving while under the influence of thc than older generations.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Literal interpretation⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago⁩:

  Every night in my DMs.

  I see poo, I feel poo.

  That is how I know you, go poop.

  Far across the distance.

  And spaces between us.

  You have come to show you, go poop.

  Near, fart, wherever you are.

  I believe that the shart does go on.

  Once more you open the back door.

  And you’re here in my heart and my heart will go poo and poo.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Math is amazing!⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  I asked ChatGPT and it said the answer is 255.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨I'm jealous⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  That’s how I met my partner. We both love dips. We could talk or not talk about dips all day long and then do it again tomorrow.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨I'm jealous⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  They’re minerals, Grostleton.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨I'm jealous⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  Peppers and cucumbers are the traumatic forced abortions of the plant world. Broccoli and cauliflower are the amputated sex organs of the plants that were cut from their bodies. Celery, brussel sprouts, and artichokes are severed limbs of plants. This is a literal mass grave of dead and dying vegetation, an alter to the horrific mutilation and abuse perpetrated on an entire kingdom of life by humans. A final act of humiliation before we condemn them to the hell of cooking and consumption. I doubt the spray mist provides much comfort.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Doom: The Dark Ages | Official Trailer 2 | Available May 15, 2025⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  My opinion is subject to change, since I do plan to eventually give Eternal another attempt, but I know why I like 2016 better. It’s because I can go at my own pace and have the freedom to play the battle scenarios out how I want to (for the most part).

  Eternal basically tells you early on, you have to go, go, go, go, go. Keep moving or you die. I find that kind of annoying.

  But then the fact that you’re almost constantly being forced to use every single button, skill, weapon, etc on-demand, in very specific ways with a fair amount of precision basically kills the joy for me. I don’t get to play games much, sometimes it’s weeks or months between sessions. I can’t keep up with all that bullshit and it sucks nearly every last drop of fun out of the game if I have to waste my limited fun time having to relearn all the mechanics.

  I just want to casually rip and tear for fun. Eternal felt like a micromanaging boss constantly telling me that I’m doing things wrong and behind on my unrealistic deadlines.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Mood⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  I don’t mean to speak ill of the dead but that looks like something my ex-bestfriend, Patty Henshaw, would have baked.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Done this⁩ ⁨⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  For me, there’s a uniquely difficult to find and ever changing line between not caffeinated enough to notice and “oh my god why is everything buzzing now I can’t think straight” when it comes to caffeine. Doesn’t matter if I’m drinking coffee, tea, or any other caffeinated drink. One sip too much and suddenly my ears are twitching uncontrollably, my heart is racing, and I can’t focus on anything productive. One day a cup of coffee is the sweet spot, the next day it’s two. Day three a glass of tea will throw me for a loop.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨What else are they hiding from us?⁩ ⁨⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  The easiest way I can explain it is like this: All the sci-fi geeks in the world are familiar with parallel timelines, right? The idea that there’s another RymrgandsDaughter out there living in a world where apes with goatees are the “people” but otherwise pretty much everything else is very similar to how things are for us here and now. But like in perpendicular time, nearly everything is completely different than this current timeline, and yet somehow there’s a point within where I, Gooberear, took the time out of my morning to completely make up this explanation from thin air and which has no basis in actual fact or reality. The end.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨What else do you need?⁩ ⁨⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  Hello, nurse!

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨What else do you need?⁩ ⁨⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  Slaughtered? In THIS economy? Best I can do is have a fairy steal all your teeth.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨It's a fun new game⁩ ⁨⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  According to ChatGPT, the result is 355.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Adult gamers of Lemmy how do you find time to game without being exhausted of the screen?⁩ ⁨⁨4⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  To be honest, I don’t get a lot of time to game as an adult. For the past several years, my gaming is mostly restricted to fall/winter, like November through early March and even then, it’s primarily around the holidays when I have extra time off work. Even during my “gaming season”, I’m usually only able to get in a 45 minute session a few times a week. The rest of the year, I’m lucky to have the down time more than a couple times a month.

  So, the big thing is: I have to really consider my time limitations and that restricts the types of games I play. No point in trying to play games with super complicated control schemes, complex story lines, or which require a lot of time dedication to “get gud” because I’m going to forget how to play, what I need to do to advance, and I’m just going to suck compared to kids who play 18 hours a day 7 days a week.

  The Steam Deck actually did help me do a bit more gaming. Like you, I sit in front of a computer all day for work, so being able to game elsewhere and in a variety of locations is nice. Plus, I can fire it up when traveling.

  I also stick to games that I feel like there’s a good chance I can “beat” over the course of my gaming season or games with simple mechanics and limited stories. Like this past winter I played Doom. The year before it was Cult of the Lamb. The year before that it was Hades. Short enough games (at least the main story line) and simple enough controls. Then there are games like Vampire Survivors that offer short, simple, self-contained and satisfying mini gaming sessions if and when I have a random bit of down time and feel like playing something.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨This gay tortoise is older than the word “homosexual”⁩ ⁨⁨4⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  I don’t think that photo is from 1886, not with those vehicles in the background. So I assumed it was a joke comment or AI, but all the subjects had normal finger counts, so I assumed joke.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨This gay tortoise is older than the word “homosexual”⁩ ⁨⁨4⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  Is that a joke I’m too dumb to get?

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Anon finds a hut⁩ ⁨⁨5⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  Point of clarification: I believe there’s a good chance of “aliens” in the universe (i.e. life on Earth isn’t the only life in the universe). When I used that term, I was referring to people who think aliens are visiting the earth.

  Regardless of what I need to do, I’m going to do it. I do lots of things I don’t need to do.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Peak Trump Performance⁩ ⁨⁨5⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  >******SCOR******E

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Anon finds a hut⁩ ⁨⁨5⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  One of my most embarrassing habits is that I sometimes go to the R-word site and read through the comment section there. Way too often, there are askr-word (or other sub r-word) posts where the comment section ends up being a bunch of bullshit supernatural responses. This one kind of reminds me of that. If you believe in ghosts or extraterrestrial aliens, I think less of you. You are dumb. Sorry, but it is what is is. I still drink alcohol sometimes, even knowing it causes cancer, so I’m not claiming I’m better than you. We can both/all be stupid. But if you believe in that supernatural crap, you’re stupid, too.