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- Comment on Flushing 1 day ago:
When I first went to eastern Europe, I was confused why there were signs saying to not flush paper down the toilet. Like, obviously. That’s for body waste and TP only.
“Paper” means “toilet paper”.
- Comment on He's just eccentric 3 days ago:
I know, right?! Glad you agree.
- Comment on He's just eccentric 3 days ago:
“affirmed of the position that the term is used”
Yrp, you’re underscoring one of my tangent points. I couldn’t be bothered making more text in the one comment, but also figured if the comment was too long, it’d get a bunch of people jumping on me before they could manage to finish it. Alas, never avoidable. So, thanks 😁
- Comment on Can't solve the captcha because I don't know what `undefined` is 3 days ago:
Well, that’d be all of the tiles.
- Comment on He's just eccentric 3 days ago:
As the years go on, I’m more affirmed of the position that the term ‘autism’ is used to explain every day behaviours, but by below average IQ people. They’re both cognitive spectrums, after all. But even experts of the latter struggle to define it.
It’s why more and more we hear, “Well I guess everyone’s a little on the spectrum.” So if it’s normal, not being so is not normal.
I think, “The average person isn’t below average” is synonymously more true—obviously—in context of cognitive application.
At this rate the modern, “Haha! NERD!!!” aka. “autistic” will be someone that folds washing or can’t socially explain the Dunning-Kruger effect to a person that thinks it’s European Ben & Jerry’s, entirely missing the critique on their education in politics being from X.
My drunken point is, who the fuck doesn’t like sorting wires? You ever dealt with those messy things?! Only an idiot wouldn’t.
- Comment on LUNGS WERE A MISTAKE 6 days ago:
Grok? All I see is it an AI chatbot. Contextually, I doubt that’s what you’re referring to lol. Is it a diving form?
- Comment on LUNGS WERE A MISTAKE 6 days ago:
Haha, I just responded to another comment of having to pull myself up from shallow drowning. It’s for real, but I think it’s specific to people with good long capacities—doing a lot longer than the average. I can easily hold my breath for 60s, but 90% of people can’t. Shallow drowning is not a situation 90% of people could find themselves facing.
I always remember brain damage can start occuring after 180s, so start questioning at 120. Nothing wrong with coming up for a couple mins of good fresh air before going down again.
- Comment on LUNGS WERE A MISTAKE 6 days ago:
It’s not really about what you can see and clarity, but it’s true that clearer water is much more psychologically inviting.
We’ll bring a smooth granite pebble out with us, while waiting for the swell, drop it down and take turns bringing it back up. We’ve had dolphins join us in the game once before.
But definitely I don’t feel the appeal of diving down and doing that when the sky or water is dark and unclear. It’s less inviting.
- Comment on LUNGS WERE A MISTAKE 6 days ago:
I’ve never SCUBAd haha. I don’t know why, it makes sense, but I’ve never been drawn to it and I can’t really explain why. I love the freedom of movement and not having to think about other things.
Feediving I can’t get enough of. But my record swimming underwater is around 2:10 and I enjoyed every second of it—relaxed, efficient, flowing—but I had to stop because it felt like I could do it forever. And that’s the paradox of shallow drowning. When the euphoria of the ocean inexplicably more euphoric, the Sirens calling, it’s time to surface. I guess like a diver checking their gauges.
- Comment on The System Shock 2 remaster comes out June 26th 6 days ago:
Yeah, that probably it. I got that “This is it?” feeling, while it seemed many others were hailing it as a masterpiece.
- Comment on LUNGS WERE A MISTAKE 6 days ago:
I grew up on the ocean and one of the most comforting “at home” feelings is being out past the breakers, disconnect my board leash, and just dive deep down, exhale enough air out my lungs to stop floating, and just sit on the ocean floor for a few seconds in beautiful silence.
And then stupid lungs run out of air and I have to resurface.
- Comment on Oh NOOOO 1 week ago:
St Germaine
- Comment on The System Shock 2 remaster comes out June 26th 1 week ago:
Unpopular opinion, but I actually didn’t like Bioshock. Loading it up first time it was initially cool and all, but after a while of playing, I realised it lacked a lot os “somethings” and I only completed it because I’d gotten far enough in, may as well.
- Comment on Anon gives a former president some feedback 1 week ago:
Declaring war on anything. They need the Europeans to invite them to the final hours of one to chalk a W.
- Comment on Moviegoers Want More Comedies, Thrillers and Action Titles, Global Cinema Study Finds 1 week ago:
Remember the results are global. In my country it’s good value. There’s a lot of competition because it’s not lucrative enough for monopolising franchises anymore.
Do I still go? No, not really. Great big-screen movies aren’t as frequent as they once were and it doesn’t cost much to get a good display and sound in a lounge room. It doesn’t help that the “experience” of going isn’t there anymore. Cinemas give off strip mall vibes,
- Comment on Is there a way out? 1 week ago:
Congrats!
- Comment on Consider the following... 1 week ago:
Omg. You’re like a unicorn.
Stay there, I need to screenshot this.
- Comment on Is there a way out? 1 week ago:
Academics “highly intellectual”?
Haha. No-no. They’ve just garnered knowledge on a topic. The highly intellectual people are paid much more outside of an institution because they can do stuff with that knowledge.
- Comment on What’s a movie nobody can convince you is good? 2 weeks ago:
The Godfather. The characters are empty and hard to attach to, the sound is terrible, there’s so much filler in the editting it becomes a chore as I watch yet another seemingly pointlessly extended shit or micro-scenes. And yet I’m meant to feel something when this character I hardly know about since 10 mins ago gets killed?
If a film had an inflated ego…
- Comment on Dozens of spam messages daily now 2 weeks ago:
Outside of work, I haven’t replied on email in years. I have one account for my bank and stuff, but rarely look at it.
Not sure if your society still revolves around email, but I recommend doing the same thing.
- Comment on Papers, Please: USA Edition | Official Trailer - YouTube 2 weeks ago:
You may enjoy Contraband Police. A well done first person take on such a game. I’d also still consider it “casual gaming” in difficulty, pace, and length.
At first I thought it was just a cheap knock off, but the devs have been very active since release.
- Comment on David Bowie Criticizes MTV for Not Playing Videos by Black Artists | MTV News 2 weeks ago:
No, no, no. This is all about race and not music genres. That’s why MTV is always playing Dean Martin instead of Louis Armstrong. /s
If white people want see more black people on MTV then they need to start liking the genres black people are currently doing. But why anyone would listen to music for a skin colour is fucking weird anyway.
- Comment on Battery tech really does move fast 2 weeks ago:
- It’s designed to fail the day after the warranty expires.
- Comment on Kingdom Come: Deliverance II Releasing March 28 on GOG 2 weeks ago:
Yeah, that argument falls apart when henry just randomly moves the pick even though you didn’t move the controller.
Literally—well at least from the devs and ever since KCD1—that’s how it works.
How else would they express how noob he is?
Look at Henry like you look at yourself 10 years ago. So confident, knew so much less. He’s your intern. Interns are frustrating. You were also a frustrating rumbler at the beginning of everything you learned.
That “random” movement increases the further through the lockoick he gets. But when he’s skilled, it doesn’t. He’s patient and gentle with the tension.
What more could you want from a lockpicking system that’s super basic for all gamers but still represent reality?
- Comment on Kingdom Come: Deliverance II Releasing March 28 on GOG 3 weeks ago:
Like all of Henry’s skills, he sucks at the start.
You’ve got some faint knowledge that it can be done, but no idea how exactly, and with rudimentary tools to boot.
Just like you IRL, it takes Henry learning how locks fundamentally work, what picking is actually doing inside, then getting better at the feel of it. And just like ORL, Henry gets good at lock picking quite quickly after some practice and some books.
- Comment on Baldur's Gate 3 and Kingdom Come: Deliverance 2 show that the future of RPGs is in games way more ambitious, weird and unexpected than anything Bethesda and Bioware have to offer 3 weeks ago:
BG3 is the same as any of the other games previously. A D&D game with an amazing DM. Immersive story and characters, great system at the foundation, and excellent gameplay to channel the story and system through.
I think BG3 spent most of their time saying no to dull or shallow ideas, rather than reinventing the wheel. And of course it worked incredibly.
- Comment on Pounce 3 weeks ago:
And reverse psychology doesn’t work on cats.
“You can go into the gun cabinet whenever you want. It’s not off-bounds at all. Help yourself! I’d be happy if you did.”
“Who’s asking you for permission, bitch?”
- Comment on Does 'attempted murder' require a viable method? 3 weeks ago:
Wishing on a star?
- Comment on That can't be good 3 weeks ago:
“Yeah, I’ve been seeing it for weeks, Grimace. Every time he delivers McNuggets he gets tipped $5K. And it’s $10K for a Happy Meal!”
- Comment on Little treat 3 weeks ago:
I travel a lot and it’s usually huge distances on the road, often followed by long distances on foot. Constantly in the zone, eating up kilometres, taking up the entire daylight and sometimes longer.
My favourite part is the end when I sit and open a beer.
“Good job, brain. Fantastic work, body. You can both switch off now, we’re giving ourselves a delicious pat on the back, or four.”
