Signtist
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- Comment on Stop Killing Games reaches its goal of 1.4M signatures, covering the risk of valid signatures going under 1M 33 minutes ago:
To what extent to they have to talk about it, though? Can they address it, come to the conclusion that it's infeasible (while subtly tucking millions of dollars from game companies into their pockets), and consider the matter settled? I understand that governments are meant to keep corporations in check to benefit the people, but functionally they keep the people in check to benefit corporations and their "lobbyists" (bribes).
- Comment on its painful each time (┬┬﹏┬┬) 13 hours ago:
It really is good advice, and you do get more and more energy to do it after you get started. The thing I did was DnD, and I just found people in the area advertising in-person campaigns and went to some. I only wanted to do a social day once every week or two, so I started with that. That didn't last long, though, since after finding the one campaign to be really fun, I ended up joining 2 more and having multiple sessions every week! I wouldn't have had the energy to start with that, but now I've got plenty. It's a bit of a balancing act to both acknowledge the height of the mountain you're about to climb, but also keep in mind that all you need to do right now is take a single step.
- Comment on [deleted] 13 hours ago:
I loved the original Rayman game so much as a kid that I'd specifically look for that old rainbow logo on other games to figure out which ones I might like.
- Comment on It’s the little things 5 days ago:
Yeah, I'll often spread spilled water across the table just so that it evaporates within a couple minutes.
- Comment on how did he do that? 5 days ago:
From this Tumblr blog. Unfortunately the Creator stopped posting a while ago.
- Comment on holee shiet 6 days ago:
My conspiracy theorist mom shared stuff like this all the time. This will absolutely be shared among climate change deniers as they roll coal on their way to the funeral for their daughters who died in the Texas floods.
- Comment on Does the 6 refer to a body part or a measurement in inches? 1 week ago:
The phrase "got your six" is a variation of "got your back," referring to the method of using a clock face to denote direction. So, your 12-o-clock is directly ahead, your 3 and 9 are your right and left, and your 6 is behind you. Kind of a weird thing to put on your license plate, but I've seen weirder.
- Comment on Pop it in your calendars 1 week ago:
They did all this because they know that the vast majority of the playerbase will never hear about this, and many of those that do will either forget, or simply not care enough to boycott the game. We're in an age of apathy across the board, with so much bad press that any given scandal just fades into the background noise.
- Comment on Anon buys a can of beans 1 week ago:
I mean, I understand that this is a metaphor for some instance of "someone thinks x should have y, and is dumb," but I have no idea what specific instance it's trying to poke fun at.
- Comment on Whaooo Wah Hey Ha! 1 week ago:
I have this on my everyday playlist...
- Comment on fuck the rules! 2 weeks ago:
I smuggled a whole pan of brownies once. I barely even tried to hide it, but nobody asked about the weirdly square bulge on my stomach. They don't care.
- Comment on Milking dust 2 weeks ago:
I saw the new one with my father in law today, after not having seen one since the original trilogy. It was just not good. I'm usually able to turn off my brain and enjoy a movie regardless of the quality, but there were so many things that didn't make sense, or were glossed over without explanation, that I just couldn't suspend my disbelief.
- Comment on Anon likes a thing 2 weeks ago:
I found it back in the mid-2000's while I was looking for a video game where I could build stuff, similar to legos, so when I played it all I did was make castles and robots and whatever. Maybe you could make minigames for people like they do now, but it didn't seem like it was the main focus, at least from what I had seen back then.
- Comment on Anon likes a thing 2 weeks ago:
I remember when my nephew first asked it I played knew about Roblox. I was so excited to build some stuff with him, until he showed me this crappy superhero fighting simulator. I can't complain too much, since it's basically the new-age version of crappy flash games, but it was still a disappointment.
- Comment on DIY 4th of July 2 weeks ago:
I learned this by accident while heating up some hot cocoa as a kid, haha!
- Comment on Guys on dating sites be like: 2 weeks ago:
It depends on your strategy, and the amount of effort you're willing to put in. I'll talk to guys who tell me they found no success on dating sites, but when I ask them about it, they'll talk about their experience as if all they did was send a "hey" DM to every girl on the site. The quantity-over-quality approach just doesn't work, since girls are already getting an overwhelming amount of messages, and something generic just gets lost in the noise.
When I decided to bite the bullet and do online dating, I got cleaned up nice, planned a few events with friends to get nice, active, up-to-date pictures, made a well-thought-out profile, and spent a couple hours every day reading through the profiles of potential matches. I'd only contact the ones I not only liked, but that I felt might like me as well based on their profile. I'd find something I wanted to talk to them about, and make a personalized DM for each one that could serve as a good conversation starter.
It took a few months, but I eventually found a partner - we've been together for 8 years, married for 3. I'm not sure how much of my experience was luck, but my wife tells me that a lot of what interested her in me as a match on the site was my profile responses, interesting pictures, and unique DM topic, so the effort definitely made a difference.
- Comment on Doctor Rockso 2 weeks ago:
I feel like the majority of my psychology degree was just learning about other psychologists. Although I skipped a lot of my psych classes to focus on my biology labs since I was double majoring, so maybe that's why I don't remember much.
- Comment on Minion pizza 2 weeks ago:
You can see that the arms didn't melt at all, so it's more likely that they just put too many toppings on without an exposed crust to keep them in, causing them to spread off of the crust as they melted. I've done the same when I get overzealous with the cheese on homemade pizza. The crust underneath probably still looks like a minion.