AnUnusualRelic

@AnUnusualRelic@lemmy.world

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Recession indicator, what do you call this dish?⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago⁩:

  “Actually (mostly) edible!”

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Is gud⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago⁩:

  Wait, how many olives have you got in there?

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨It's funny how once a country has Universal Healthcare they never give it up.⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago⁩:

  Makes me wonder if all the other dates aren’t just made up as well…

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨how to build a loopback device⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  The convenient 73 variants insure that you cannot use the wrong plug into the wrong outlet, thus increasing user safety through simple design choices.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨When it was all trial and error⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  Step one, call Kevin.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Every. Time.⁩ ⁨⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  Just put the second car in a bag. Then it’s handy when you go shopping.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Dealing With An Aussie Phone Company⁩ ⁨⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  Also in Brittany, in northern Spain, and probably many other places.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Anon reads Don Quixote⁩ ⁨⁨4⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  That’s right, they don’t.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Anon reads Don Quixote⁩ ⁨⁨4⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  americans go to another country to ‘expereince the culture’

  Eeeehhhh… More or less.
  Anyway you can’t experience that much in the few days most US people have available. Remember that they have to go to London, Paris and possibly the Riviera, Rome, some place in Germany, and maybe two or three other places, all in the one or two weeks that they can spend in Europe before their boss requires their presence back behind their keyboard. It’s a vacation of sorts, but it’s also a game of tag.

  Faced with so many changing vistas, they are bound to give up and enter a Mc D at some point. You would do the same, except that when you go abroad, you can just stay somewhere for a month and actually see a country if you like (assuming you can afford to, but then, visiting Belgium is fine too). So anyway, what I mean is that you have to account for the culture shock, which exists for them, although I’m not sure visiting a foreign Mc D will attenuate that. Because they are probably way more foreign than they’ll likely expect.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨⁩ ⁨⁨4⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  I’m not interested in it, because it was written for a console, Sony, I think, and will be ported to PC by AI (you know it’s true) which means we’ll get the usual port drama, only worse.

  Anyway, it’s like GTA5, the only difference is one digit, big deal. It’s like those footy games…

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Anon reads Don Quixote⁩ ⁨⁨4⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  For me, the problem with “Rocinante” is I don’t know how to pronounce it.

  If you’re using a European language, you’re pronouncing it correctly, or close enough.

  If your only contact with English is the written word, I guess it depends on what languages you’re familiar with.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Anon reads Don Quixote⁩ ⁨⁨4⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  Shame! (bling)

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Anon reads Don Quixote⁩ ⁨⁨4⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  Technically, if you do that you’ll be doing the same as a lot of locals. People love their “Mac Do” (for some reason).

  Immerse yourself in the local culture (and have a beer at the local Mc D, assuming that’s still a thing, I’m not really sure).

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Tasty!⁩ ⁨⁨4⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  One for Jack-on, one for Jack-off. It only makes sense.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Tasty!⁩ ⁨⁨4⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  You don’t want to support it, you want to experience it first hand? Is that it?

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨[deleted]⁩ ⁨⁨4⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  That’s true, I’ve died five times from cat bites already!

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨DLSS 5 comes with a massive 50-60% performance hit, so I hope you like lower frame rates with your dose of AI image enhancement⁩ ⁨⁨5⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  I’m playing 10 year old games that go for realistic graphics, and they look just fine.

  They don’t look like a film, they look like generated graphics. It’s not really a problem for immersion anyway.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨why just "now and then" isn't enough⁩ ⁨⁨5⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  All purpose, except for one.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Anon comes into some money⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago⁩:

  You might even manage to gain five kilos in two weeks!

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨This sandwich⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago⁩:

  Bacon does seem a bit extreme, I’ll grant you that.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Pie in the face.⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago⁩:

  Sadly, the most prolific pie thrower recently died. He was an amazing iconoclast.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Anon has seen it all before⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago⁩:

  Any sci-fi that takes place in antiquity, I suppose.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨This sandwich⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago⁩:

  You know that there’s basically one paella recipe per Spanish village, right (if not more)?

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨This sandwich⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago⁩:

  Any food in the US that’s qualified with <nationality> will typically baffle anyone of said nationality.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨No one spells "lose" anymore⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago⁩:

  Once it’s looseded, nobody knows where it goes.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Nietzsche foretold all of this⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago⁩:

  Nietzsche knew you wouldn’t read it.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨so photogenic⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago⁩:

  Damn, I bought my Bigma (Sigma 50-500) for slightly more than half the price of that one. And I’m not sure it’s only half as good.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Firebombs thrown at supercars outside Birmingham wedding venue⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago⁩:

  Probably a rival car rental agency. It’s a cutthroat business.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨VR controls are the worst⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago⁩:

  He could be wheeled around… We don’t see his legs.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨The end is near⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago⁩:

  I get hanging it outside your house.

  I don’t know, isn’t that weird? Who does that? (US people, obviously, but other than that?)