skulblaka

@skulblaka@kbin.social

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨[Steam] Which lesser known games have you bought or are planning to buy in this sale?⁩ ⁨⁨11⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  Boltgun accomplishes exactly what it sets out to do. Great game. It gives me the same sort of power fantasy vibe that Space Hulk: Deathwing did but lets you actually move at the terrifying speed that a space marine should.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Merry ChristmaX⁩ ⁨⁨11⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  Having money isn't everything. Not having money is.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨People who dont particularly care for or celebrate Christmas, Whats your favorite Christmas song?⁩ ⁨⁨11⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  By far my favorite. I play this one every year and will continue to do so until my death.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨If the kids didn't mutiny, would Picard have been killed when the turbolift fell?⁩ ⁨⁨11⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  So that you can stand on the lift, and not get head trauma every time you want to travel to a lower deck I'd assume.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Does anyone else feel like 90% of the population is stupid?⁩ ⁨⁨11⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  If you judge a fish by his ability to climb a tree, he will live his entire life thinking he is a failure.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Current state of Reddit⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago⁩:

  Yeah but I'm not out here paying $50 to put some pixels on someone else's post. Cry more

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨It's dangerous to go alone. Take this.⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago⁩:

  Being generous, I'd say I could run maybe a half mile at full tilt before I collapse completely. +400% stamina would put me at two miles, and the shoes last "while stamina lasts." Pretty strong, but not Flash OP.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨[deleted]⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago⁩:

  And the next 20 below that do not.

  If you aren't willing to look past the first four results to find what you want, internet shopping may not be for you.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Godlike⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago⁩:

  I found it in my photo roll, actually, and uploaded it directly. Can you not see it?

  Here's a link to the forbidden place

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Let's meet those headlines⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago⁩:

  My partner recently bought me a stuffed cat that has giant balls. It's hilarious, long story. Anyway I've named him Bophades.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Godlike⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago⁩:

  In fact there's a bigger version of this meme extending through the other direction of the scale as well

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨We live in a society⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago⁩:

  "This lemonade has been actively killing people with caffeine overdose"

  @rug_burn : man I gotta get me some of this stuff

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨My Strange Addiction⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago⁩:

  Just gotta get up off your ass long enough to make sure this problem will never make you get up off your ass again

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨The harvest is ready!⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago⁩:

  Frosted Mega Wheats

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Free trial has expired⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago⁩:

  Sure, that part made sense given the context. Sometimes you just gotta do what you gotta do.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Free trial has expired⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago⁩:

  Oh, so business as usual in my real life, then.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Free trial has expired⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago⁩:

  Had me in the first half there. But Bill Gates didn't write winrar and 7zip works just fine on windows, so I'm not sure what that whole rant was about.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Eloink Musk going to town⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago⁩:

  You see an opportunity and you take it. I respect that.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨What makes a bicycle so expensive?⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago⁩:

  North Carolina, east coast USA.

  Though to be fair I last looked a few years ago. Situations may have changed by now. But when I was in the market for a cheap bike none of them seemed reasonably priced to me.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨What makes a bicycle so expensive?⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago⁩:

  The bike that's in my price range is the Walmart Huffy intended to be sold to ten year olds. The cheapest adult bike I found for sale new in my area was $1,500.

  So I just don't have a bike. I might buy a used one someday.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Do the people in Reniassance festivals pccurring in Brotain also speak with faked British accents, or do they ise faked French/Iralian accents?⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago⁩:

  This looks exactly like the one we're about to attend soon in North Carolina. I'm pretty sure there actually is just a prefab castle wall company that's cranking these out.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨How do poor people in the states give birth without money?⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago⁩:

  If you want to give birth in the hospital they're going to need to create a birth certificate. That probably requires ID.

  Otherwise if you just get dropped off at the front door of the emergency room with no ID on you, you'll get treated as a John Doe. Basically, unidentified person needs assistance. I don't know how exactly that situation works its way through the billing department.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨It's important to read it right⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago⁩:

  You write things and read like you fucking want

  That's the last lesson you have to learn before becoming fluent in English, especially American English. If you put a Cajun, a Yankee, a Brit and an Australian in the same room, despite all four of them allegedly speaking the same language you'll be lucky to communicate more than a sentence or two between the lot of them.

  There are certain rules to be followed in English but a solid 45% or more of our "rules" are more like "subtext" and can be freely ignored, changed, or customized based on location and current company.

  As for the "Why, English?" that's because English is a stolen mishmash hodgepodge of 14 different languages where we took the cool and useful words and bastardized them into unrecognizability. English more than any other is a patchwork language. We didn't invent shit, merely reappropriated other people's words in true classic English fashion.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨What were some movies you had to look up explanations of after watching?⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago⁩:

  The wiki for Bird Box told me a hell of a lot more about what was going on than the actual movie did.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨It's like they know...⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago⁩:

  I work at a mechanic shop. In general,

  • spark plugs and coils/ignition packs
  • battery
  • any and all air filters
  • oil change

  Can all be done in your home driveway for under $100 and half an hour of free education from YouTube for 95% of all cars. They're all dumb easy, your least favorite coworker could do it. Depending on your level of expertise you can also add brakes to this list, but incorrectly installed brakes will kill you and will be expensive if they don't, so lots of folks leave those to the professionals. But if the shop recommends you any of the above you tell them no thank you and then you pick up the parts from AutoZone for 1/5 of the quoted price.

  Special shoutout to batteries though, if you're driving a Rich People Car (essentially anything as or more expensive than a Benz) lots of them will fucking demolish your battery if you don't take it to the dealer service center to get the system reset with new battery voltage. Whole check system is frankly unnecessary and could be easily done automatically even if you did want it to happen, but no. They all want to ride the battery at the razor's edge of available voltage so that if you dare install one outside the dealer service center it'll last about six months before death, possibly catastrophic death. But if you're driving a Honda? No problem. You can remove the battery while the car is running and it'll just keep chugging along.

  I hate to break the news to you that way, but I think you wasted some money. That said though, if one of those failed, the others might follow suit soon. Now you're prepared with the knowledge that you can fix it yourself for way cheaper if that does happen.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Milk⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago⁩:

  Fuck that, trace nutrients from cow titties are goddamn delicious and I will not be shamed into drinking the sad calcium-water wannabe that is 2% or skim milk. I will drink my whole milk loud and proud, fuck the fat content. My bones are smiling at me, Imperials, can you say the same?

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨My CO2 / Smoke Detector Scared a Year off my life today, and I have questions. Long.⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago⁩:

  This is almost certainly the correct answer. If it's a photoelectric-type detector it'll be set off by any interruption of the beam. This can be smoke, steam/vapor, dust, etc.

  You can replace them with ionization type smoke alarms (or "dual type" alarms) and this will make it less sensitive to non-smoke interference.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨[deleted]⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago⁩:

  Similar to the other poster you're replying to, I am also American, and my statement will be colored by that experience. Fair warning.

  I don't think you're a bad person. And that's quite a statement, because there are a great many American conservatives that I can say with no reservations are objectively bad people. I think you teeter on the edge with the "traditional family" thing, because that's extremely often a dog whistle for people that want to exterminate LGBT and trans folks, but at least based on your statements here it doesn't seem like you're in that camp.

  I think you want to look elsewhere for your community, because conservatism as a movement, as a whole cares very little about what you care about (minding one's own business, ensuring basic human rights regardless of ethnicity or other factors, personal reward for personal achievement) and cares very much about things you don't seem to be on board with (repressive religious law, disenfranchisement or even outright kidnapping and murder of LGBT, racism, defrauding voters and government offices in order to line ones own pockets, ensuring deaths of vulnerable mothers via slashing legality of birth control or abortion methods) - just to name a few.

  Conservatism, as a whole, is primarily rooted around having an in-group that can be pandered to and having an out-group that can be blamed. They are largely uninterested in proper governance and entirely uninterested in human rights. Every move that is made, is made in service of consolidating power at the cost of human life. In the words of respected political scientist Francis Wilhoit, "Conservatism consists of exactly one proposition, to wit: There must be in-groups whom the law protects but does not bind, alongside out-groups whom the law binds but does not protect." This pattern can be observed over hundreds or thousands of years of human history.

  If you want to find yourself on the right side of history the time is now. Leave the conservative circles behind and find one that actually espouses the ideas you care about. I doubt you'd find common ground in the sort of American Liberal circles that I find myself at home in, but there are options. There are as many political ideologies as there are people. But the more you attach yourself to one, the more they will in turn rub off on you.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨The #1 trick they don't want you to know⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago⁩:

  Sure, provided the food is available and doesn't cost too many calories to obtain. The real problem lies in the fact that most fat animals get hunted by other, faster, hungrier carnivores. Sure you can get fat in nature but it's a hell of a feat to stay fat (and alive) in nature.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Drake’s upset⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago⁩:

  We gotta know what Ja Rule has to say about this.