CaptPretentious

@CaptPretentious@lemmy.world

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Welp⁩ ⁨⁨6⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago⁩:

  I don’t know what you hope to accomplish with these memes other than pushing people to the right… Like is that the goal? Because it seems like that’s the goal. It’s a constant strawman fallacy with the same bullshit format the far right uses in their memes.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨'Moana 2' Passes $1 Billion at Global Box Office⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨day⁩ ago⁩:

  With Disney, always assume sequels. They milk every IP to the ground.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Welcome to my lair⁩ ⁨⁨4⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago⁩:

  If those are regular old school incandescent bulbs connected to six lava lamps, and that light fixture is connected to a dimmer switch you may want to rethink that. You may want to check what the wattage for your dimmer is and if you don’t know I would recommend staying at or below 300 Watts total (more as a personal rule of thumb).

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨"Family Size" has no meaning anymore⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago⁩:

  I’m afraid to ask how little it had before, because the amount i see are rookie numbers.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨typical future ER visitor⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  I did not and I wish I had. Today was a bad day to Internet

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨I never realized this⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  Terrible idea. People clearly already struggling at naming kids. Coming up with a family name will be endless letters making the wrong sound, random sections being ‘silent’, so many puns or references to things, corporate advertising “oh it’s the X.com family!”… Terrible, just terrible.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨What games have you sunk the most time into?⁩ ⁨⁨4⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  I have over 6,000 hours in Dota2.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Frostpunk creators cancel "Project 8" and lay off staff amid concerns that "narrative-driven, story-rich games" don't sell⁩ ⁨⁨4⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  The Alters isn’t out yet. Expected release Q1 2025. It’s on my wish list because I love the demo.

  Indika they were just the publisher. On top of which, maybe has a story that not everyone is interested in. I watched these guys play it, youtu.be/MuiHtAYOqgI and while it’s creative and it’s overall a fantastic game, is not one I’m going to play myself.

  The Thaumaturge, again they are just the publisher. I hadn’t even heard of this one which means as the publisher they did a terrible job marketing it.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Helldivers 2 players rip into Arrowhead for 'straight-up ridiculous' Killzone crossover prices, CEO defends the choice⁩ ⁨⁨4⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  They hire psychologists to explicitly figure out how to better make sales. Logical thinking will not win. Microtransactions, which consists of crap you don’t need, is a billion dollar industry and has bankrupted numerous homes.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨It's 54 degrees Fahrenheit (12 Celsius), raining moderately hard, the rain is cold, and there's a guy blowing around wet leaves with a leaf blower. What the hell is the obsession with leaf blowers?⁩ ⁨⁨5⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  I have an electrically blower. But I use it to clean my gutters.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨The season of giving⁩ ⁨⁨5⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  I mean if you surround it with chicken and some Alfredo instead of marinara you got yourself a pretty nice pizza.

  But that’s not what they did. They must be one of those that throws broccoli into their spaghetti. Not on the side,… in.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨The casual moviegoer is a thing of the past. That's a big problem for Hollywood⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago⁩:

  I know some of those people that never stop talking or always on their phone.

  I’ve asked them to stop. I’ve told them to stop. I’ve pointed out that if it was somebody else doing it, they’d be pissed off because someone else is ruining their time. They have zero fucks to give.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨What video game company/developer/publisher loves shitting on it's fans?⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago⁩:

  I’ve repeatedly heard that they could operate at a loss for decades and be fine… But I’ve never actually seen real numbers to back that up.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨What video game company/developer/publisher loves shitting on it's fans?⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago⁩:

  Nintendo has increasingly become a problem over there last decade. From taking down tournaments, going after YouTubers, the predatory partner program that they ran for a bit, them suing everybody in sight. Them being anti-emulation but then being found to use emulation that was created by a third party and profiting off of it.

  I’ve already decided I’m not buying the next console. I’m done with that company. I look forward, genuinely, to innate file for bankruptcy. To me they’re a lot like Bizzard. Both of these companies are not the same company they were 20 years ago.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Do you think being left-handed gives any unique qualities or advantages compares to other right handed?⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago⁩:

  I did that in badminton. I’m the beginning I swapped hands when they weren’t looking. Once they caught on, of randomly swap whenever.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Assassin's Creed Shadows Will Feature Denuvo & Account Linking + EULA also requires you to allow Ubisoft to "monitor" your RAM⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago⁩:

  Can’t have you accessing skins and items they plan to sell!

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Will sucking on Ice Breakers be healthier for me?⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago⁩:

  I would presume it wouldn’t matter. I don’t think icebreakers have layers and it’s just the same thing all the way through. Sorbitol, while tasting sweet, is a hyperosmotic laxative.

  It may be better to address the addiction then trying to dodge the side effects.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨iykyk⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago⁩:

  Actually, saying you don’t know, when you do, in the right context is a great teaching utility with kids.

  They could ask like, why something is or does and while you know the answer, it’s much better to foster their curiosity and help then learn and understand instead of just giving the answer.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Why?⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  I mean that’s a fun speech and all but they actually address it. Look into the Heisenberg uncertainty principle. Then do a quick search for the Heisenberg compensator.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Why did the pope announce anime mascots?⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  And the angel said onto thee “uwu”

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨If you need a stargate, there is one outside of Ashland, Ohio off of I-71.⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  Well first you’d have to check to see if it’s a super capacitor…

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨If you need a stargate, there is one outside of Ashland, Ohio off of I-71.⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  Prove to me we already don’t. Have you seen the news!

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨[deleted]⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  I came to comment on the same thing. I remember when World Warcraft was yet to be released, most weren’t expecting it to succeed due to its silly look compared to Ultimate Online 2 and Everquest 2 coming out near the same time, and I want to say there was another big name that was expected to run the same time but it eludes me. WoW was often criticized as looking to cartoony and potentially made just for young children. Of course this was before the beta was out, and you had at most screen captures in gaming magazines.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨What is your pet peeve in 2024?⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  People who park the wind way in the parking lot and then dive the wind6 way. I’m talking about were the lanes aren’t wide, so they’re all angled. There even arrows painted at the entrance of each lane. But there always some dipshit that pulls through, or did the dumbest maneuver you’ve seen to back into it. And then they glare at people in their way who are going the right way…

  Going to the grocery store has just infuriated me with a sheer number of entitled terrible drivers. Every last one of them should be sent back to driver’s ed.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨How long do you think we'll keep seeing "formerly Twitter"?⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  Came to say this. X is a terrible name. It’s a placeholder for so many things. Elon is so obsessed with a letter, it’s wildly stupid.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Clever, clever⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  I’ll do you one better, why is Frankie Hawkes.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨What does this emoji mean? Is this a British thumbs up?⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  emojipedia.org/call-me-hand#designs

  It is in fact, the call me hand from iOS

  In Unicode 9, it’s label is ‘call me hand’

  I get that it is the exact same symbol as other things. However, officially as an emoji it is recognized as ‘call me hand’.

  My guess is to why is to not recognize any particular nation. Because the hand gesture isn’t just Shaka, en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chinese_number_gestures?wpr… see number six.

  Or see ASL, the letter Y.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨What does this emoji mean? Is this a British thumbs up?⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  This way predates cell phones. Handsets have been in use for… Nearly 100 years I think. Not sure exactly when the gesture caught on our it’s origin.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Hey, a nickel...⁩ ⁨⁨3⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  174868880 seconds/60 = 2914481.33333333 minutes/60 = 48574.6888888889 hours/24 = 2023.94537037037 days/365 = 5.54505580923389 years

  Using this as the basis

  1y = 31,536,000 seconds

  1m = 2,629,746 seconds

  1w = 604,800 seconds

  1d = 86,400 seconds

  1h = 3,600 seconds

  So 5 years, 6 months, 2 weeks, 2 days, 7 hours, 46 minutes, and 44 seconds.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨I make games and this literally happened to me this morning⁩ ⁨⁨3⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  Fairly certain I’ve bought a game that was like 34 cents or something. I definitely charged me the 34 cents.