Blubber28

@Blubber28@lemmy.world

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Are there good Movies, TV Shows, Anime, with wholesome family (particularly parent-child) relations?⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨day⁩ ago⁩:

  It’s kinda mainstream, but I’ve enjoyed Modern Family quite a bit. Sure, there is some friction, but it all works out in the end, so perhaps that fits what you’re looking for.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Here we go again...⁩ ⁨⁨5⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago⁩:

  Slightly hotter take - this one may be the consumer’s fault. They keep making them because 1. copyright expiration, and 2. people keep fucking watching it! This is such an easy thing to use your wallet as a vote on.

  Last year, an amazing movie called Juror #2 came in the cinemas. Not a remake (to my knowledge) or sequel of any kind. I watched in the first week of release in my country. I had to go to a less-well known cinema because the main ones did not even show it in that city. And once there, we were in a small watching room that wasn’t even full. One week into release. Meanwhile, Gladiator 2 down the hall was in a nearly sold-out, much larger room.

  I love shitting on big corporations like many lemmings here, but in this specific instance, I think the consumers are at fault. Movies are not a necessity. Pirate them if you really want to watch a remake/sequel, and pay for original stuff. Companies keep making nostalgia slop because people keep paying them for it. It really is that simple.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨When did Cash for Chritianity become a thing? When even Jesus the son of god wouldn't stand for it in a church? If they preach why don't they practice from the bible?⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  For me the explanation is simple: there is no logic within religion. Note that the bible says to love one another but also says that slavery is OK and that gay men should be stoned. These things conflict with one-another; you cannot be kind if you have slaves and stone other people, and you cannot have slaves and stone people if you are kind. It is physically impossible to follow all the rules in the bible. Many of its followers do not realize this, so their critical thinking skills are either lacking or damaged from all the BibLe gOoD thumping that they received from a young age. And because their critical thinking skills are damaged, many do not realize the obvious problem with giving money when jesus was, according to the book, not condoning this.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Very important update: it's up to 14 poptarts!⁩ ⁨⁨5⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  Thank you for this great pupdate :)

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Don't miss this Lunar event!⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago⁩:

  If you are affraid, we will look together

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨cum 2 mummy⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  “See babe I told you phallus fencing is a very natural thing!”

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨The Emmet Bar in Toronto, Ontario introduced coasters made from the scrap metal of cars that were involved in DUIs as a reminder to the effects of impaired and drunk driving⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  That is what it is most likely made of, yes

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Anon describes experience⁩ ⁨⁨3⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  Fucking hell I feel validated rn, I had a similar experience at that age but it was in language/reading class. It’s so frustrating to know that you are correct but you lack the terminology/ability to properly convey why you are right.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Anon experiences summer love⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago⁩:

  Still a better love story than Twilight

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Breakfast time!!!⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago⁩:

  I know I’m not in a great position to give culinary criticism as a Dutchman but what the actual fuck

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Aaaaah⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago⁩:

  Once a month? Oh damn, that sucks.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Aaaaah⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago⁩:

  Thanks fam, thankfully it was only once (so far) and it wasn’t as bad as calf cramps, just a very awkward spot to get it.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Aaaaah⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago⁩:

  Fucking hell FINALLY SOMEONE ELSE THAT GETS THEM! I really thought I was alone as none of my friends ever had it. It get it roughly once a year and yeah it’s worse than calf cramps.

  I even managed to get an armpit cramp once. Not so fun either.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Liz Truss leaves stage in Beccles as 'lettuce' banner unfurls⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago⁩:

  What I learned from this article:

  1. Liz Truss has no sense of humour
  2. Liz Truss is intimidated by a picture of lettuce with googly eyes.

  Why are far-right people so fucking weird?!

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Good game soundtracks?⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago⁩:

  FAR: Lone Sails

  What Remains of Edith Finch

  Divinity II: Original Sin

  Frostpunk

  These are all (mostly) non-vocal, great for some background noise. Great games too!

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨If everyone is fired by AI, who's going to buy the products and services made by the companies if no one has money anymore?⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago⁩:

  Yup, economics are all about “LiNe mUsT gO uP!!!” It’s infuriating as all hell for people that can actually see further than the tip of their own nose.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Get sorted...⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago⁩:

  I thought they were a fictional group created by the series Inside Job. I had never heard of them and thought “lol clowns and rap together is so random, very creative!” Today I learned it’s an actual thing…

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Why don't electric car manufacurers put solar panels on the car roofs?⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago⁩:

  That does indeed make sense, thank you (and many others) for the answers!

• Why don't electric car manufacurers put solar panels on the car roofs?
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• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨TBH 6 was kind of a downgrade from 5⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago⁩:

  Yeah I prefer 6 over 5 any day, but there are a few small things that 5 does do better imo. I do prefer the more serious art style of 5, and I noticed that there is a lot less actual dialogue in a civs respective language compared to 5. While I do like automatic road creation, I do also miss being able to build it manually to have more control over where units can go. Finally, I think the happiness system in Civ 6 is a bit too easy, as it can be mostly ignored and very easily fixed compared to 5. Keeping your citizens happy was much more of a challenge there.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Sprocket: Tank Design is such a fun game!⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago⁩:

  It is currently singleplayer vs bots and the scenarios are admittedly limited. However, again, single dev (at the moment). Multiplayer is on the roadmap far in the future and will likely not really be pvp as that introduces challenges for balancing.

  For now though, the designer is very free in what it lets you do for the most part and has a lot of options.

  If you’re on the fence, I would recommend looking up some videos on youtube that showcase the game’s capabilities. Make sure to pick a decently recent one (ergo past half year or so).

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Sprocket: Tank Design is such a fun game!⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago⁩:

  While it does indeed kind of smell like an ad, keep in mind this is not some triple-A bullshit. It’s made by a single dev and has a heavily involved community on reddit and discord where competitions are hosted and suggestions are made. Regardless of tankies reputation, that kind of behaviour is not tolerated in either of those communities. I’ve been playing it on and off and have over 500 hours into it by now. It is a very niche game, but for those that like tanks and military games in general, it is a real gem.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Cease your bigotry at once⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago⁩:

  Beat me to it XD

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨It's not brain surgery⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago⁩:

  Not everyone can resist the tempting brussy

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨This gem got removed from 196⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago⁩:

  So juicy sweet

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Games that force you to make hard choices⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago⁩:

  A bit of an obscure one is Roadwarden. If I remember correctly, it was made by a single person. The grafics are pixelated style, which is usually a bit of a turn off for me (I don’t need hyperrealistic, just don’t like big pixels), but the gameplay is amazing. It is a combination of a graphical novel and an RPG where choices matter. It does not have spicy real-time combat or a leveling system, but your choices in the story and of your class matter.

  To give a quick introduction to the story: You start as a roadwarden, someone tasked with keeping the roads safe. You are tasked by the elite in a rich city to assess the trading prospects with a poor province up north; assess its people, infrastructure, and resources that they offer. You have a limited time to complete your task, as autumn and winter are closing in, and the nights are too dangerous to venture on the roads.

  In this game, you cannot help everyone. Helping one group can condemn another, and actions that may be noble in spirit may fail spectacularly. I’ve had a lot of fun playing through this, and it is my recommendation if you don’t really care for real-time combat.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨This would be a nice temperature for Easter, not for Christmas Eve.⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago⁩:

  The infuriating part here is that there are still people the think climate change is a hoax, even though we see the first effects right here, right now. Last year was similar. I remember it being like 16 degrees on New Year’s Eve. Fucking madness…

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Does the rest of the English speaking world generally understand what an American means when they say "soccer", or does it help to clarify by adding "football"?⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago⁩:

  As a non-native English speaker I fully understand what it means and will happily correct it to football for you :P

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨[deleted]⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago⁩:

  Thanks for the recommendation! Will do

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨[deleted]⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago⁩:

  What Remains of Edith Finch

  Kentucky Route Zero

  Life is Strange

  These are not the games I play the most. In terms of hours it would be Minecraft, Civilization VI, Divinity II: Original Sin, and Sprocket. And I love those games a lot, but they don’t bring me the same experience as a well made story-driven game.

  What Remains of Edith Finch is a “walking simulator” in terms of gameplay, but it should really be seen as an interactive movie. As Edith Finch, you go back to the house you grew up in as a kid, and where the whole Finch family lived once. The Finch family are generally quite unfortunate and usually meet an untimely end to their lives. As you go through the house room by room, you explore Edith’s memories and the last moments of the person who died. It is only two hours long and should be played in a single sitting for the best experience. It is so far the only game where, when it was finished, I couldn’t do anything besides sitting behind the screen, staring at the credits that were rolling, feeling bittersweet awe and sadness. It is an experience that I cannot recommend enough.

  Kentucky Route Zero, on the other hand, is a bit harder to recommend, because I feel it’s much more niche. It is another story driven game that takes a point and click approach to moving around. What makes it tick, though, is the sense of mystery. The game starts with a man named Conway. He is delivering a shipment of antiques - the last one before the shop will close down. He is rather lost, but gets the directions that he must go over highway zero. As you go through the game, you explore the mysterious underground highway and river of Kentucky and meet interesting people along the way - all of them with their own issues. Debt, guilt, addiction, and loss are all handled in this game. It’s tricky to recommend, as there is nothing in terms of “actual gameplay.” But for those that enjoy an interactive and unique story, it should be on your radar.

  And lastly, the most famous one on my list: Life is Strange. I don’t think it needs much introduction, but for those who don’t know it: It is a game about Max, who discovers she can rewind time to a certain extent, and Chloe, her childhood friend with whom she reconnects. Don’t worry about the superpower part too much; it’s not a wacky Marvel thing, but rather a tool that is used to influence your environment and the people around you in more subtle ways. You explore Arcadia Bay and its inhabitants and learn more about Chloe as well. The game also presents you with various story choices that influence how people feel about you and react to you. Don’t expect Detroit: Become Human levels of choices matter, though.

  For me, I had the pleasure of going in completely blind and playing the prequel first. While I can understand that playing the prequel after the original can make the prequel feel underwhelming, it worked out for me. In the prequel, you play as Chloe before Max returns to Arcadia Bay and get to know her and her story. Then you go into Life is Strange already caring about Chloe, which elevated the experience significantly for me. So, to those that played it too, you know the choice I made at the end ;)