chiliedogg
@chiliedogg@lemmy.world
- Comment on Some people prefer corn for some ungodly reason 15 hours ago:
I brought God into an argument. Your rational questions have no power here!
- Comment on Some people prefer corn for some ungodly reason 19 hours ago:
42 years old, and I still thank onions should be left in the dirt. God buried them for a reason.
- Comment on Someone has a LOT of dusty computers 2 days ago:
I am indeed a very boring person.
- Comment on Someone has a LOT of dusty computers 2 days ago:
There’s also electric air blowers now that are prett6 great. My wolfbox blower is shockingly powerful.
- Comment on Word. 4 days ago:
The way it should be handled is to just let me rotate a single fucking page. It’s 2025 and there is zero excuse for that bullshit.
- Comment on Word. 5 days ago:
Want to edit the header just on page 6? Or feel like being sexy and having a single page in landscape or a different size?
Easy! Just make a bunch of separate documents, export them as PDFs, and merge them in Adobe Acrobat.
- Comment on Construction magic 5 days ago:
You could definitely kill others.
- Comment on too soon? 1 week ago:
The US President doesn’t typically give out medals to Australians.
- Comment on Bow your heads 1 week ago:
They’re super cheap, but also they serve a purpose. B-movies are a great start for upcoming directors, videographers, production designers, etc. You may have an assistant director from biger projects you want to promote, but since they’ve only worked under others you don’t want to let them potentially fuck up on a big production. Give them a disposable Christmas TV movie to test their ability to run a set on their own.
- Comment on Anyone in tech confirm? 1 week ago:
Actually, that cabin may be cheaper. Property is way more expensive in dense areas.
A major reason lots of people move to the country in retirement is because the land is cheaper and.they end up with a bigger house and more land for less than they were paying before because it’s cheaper land with lower property tax.
- Comment on Trying to find a messenger bag at Amazon 1 week ago:
It’s like ebay in 2001.
- Comment on I just learned 37% of Americans fear vaccinating their dog will cause the dog to develop autism. 😐 1 week ago:
Fun fact: Rabies is pretty much the most-lethal disease ever. A diagnosis is an absolute death sentence, followed by an agonizing death.
- Comment on Anon is a fan of GabeN 2 weeks ago:
Steam refused to issue refunds for a long, long time. In the end they started allowing refunds for everyone because governments started requiring it and it was easier to just allow them for everyone than having to do the legal footwork to have different policies based on geography.
- Comment on It's nothing 2 weeks ago:
Yeah - I just knew I was gonna die a few months back, and it was a panic attack. Which is weird because I’ve historically been low-stress. But between work being crazy and the world being what it is right now, things apparently got to me subconsciously.
My chest got tight, my breathing was labored, my arm went numb. It was terrifying.
And thinking you’re having a heart attack doesn’t help with the panic attack. But it was amazing how as soon as the EKG showed normal, everything started feeling better quickly. Just the knowledge that it was panic helped so much.
But you should still go to the ER in those cases, because if you assume it’s a panic attack and dont go, but turn out to be wrong…
- Comment on Shut up science!! 2 weeks ago:
Small rant, but people saying they believe in science is a pet peeve of mine. Belief has no place olin science.
You can’t “believe” in science any more than you can “know” in your religion.
Belief and faith are the realm of the unknowable. Knowledge and fact are the realm of science.
- Comment on Absolutely nothing 2 weeks ago:
I was fully prepared to hate the remake.
I played all the FF games I could growing up. I played the original when it came out, and I played IV and VI (as II and III in the US) on my SNES.
I got a PS1 instead of an N64 because I knew FFIV (didn’t know it was gonna be called VII yet) was gonna be on Playstation. I saved up my money for months to buy the PS1, and a few months later my mom (angel of a woman) went to Sears on the release day for FFVII while I was in 8th grade football practice and picked it up for me with my remaining savings.
I devoured the game. It was truly special. When a certain character left the party at the end of disc 1, I was devastated. I was and still am an unapologetic die-hard superfan of FFVII.
When I heard about the remake I was skeptical. When I found out they were taking away the ATB system and making it an action-RPG and bloating the opening chapter of Midgar into the entirety of the game I wrote it off.
But I still bought it, of course, and I have never been happier to eat crow.
The remake is fantastic. It’s an entry point to the story for newcomers that’s somehow both a retelling and a sequel that will keep old fans interested. The expanded Midgar section makes the events of the early game much more impactful as you really get to know the Avalanche crew, and everything about the production design is top-tier. The gameplay is a great balance between action and strategy that does its own thing instead of just copying what had already been done with the first game. It’s a love letter to the original while being an amazing game in its own right.
I still haven’t played the sequel, as I don’t have a PS5, but I understand it’s also excellent.
- Comment on eat the rich and go to libraries 3 weeks ago:
Yeah. I think most of them have a lifespan of like 20-30 uses per license.
- Comment on I've always said this 3 weeks ago:
And it’s really about what you stock in a store.
If a bunch of customers want to buy an ugly hat, you should keep that hat in inventory.
- Comment on Scientific Exposure 4 weeks ago:
I got lucky in that my publication was through a journal that doesn’t charge money for access or submissions. It’s part of our professional organization and our annual membership fees cover the journal’s expenses.
- Comment on Forever young 4 weeks ago:
Last time I was really good at competitive shooters was in my 20s playing MW2, Left 4 Dead, and Battlefield 3. Battlefield 4 and Black Ops 1 were when I felt it shifting, and now I just don’t play online shooters anymore.
I feel like multiplayer games need a special chill lobby for verified players over 30. One where you can step aside and deal with the kids without causing issues. A space where you can call it a night without spoiling the fun because it’s 8:15 and you really need to get ready for bed.
- Comment on This comic is missing a chunk of asbestos. 4 weeks ago:
Reminds me of this:
- Comment on Hi, Jeffrey! 4 weeks ago:
Saudi Crown Prince. Trump defended his murder and dismemberment of a Washington Post journalist at the Saudi consulate in Istanbul.
- Comment on Game library 4 weeks ago:
The Spire sleeps, may ass.
- Comment on True romance, despite everything. 4 weeks ago:
It’s not about homosexuality being wrong. It’s about the hypocrisy of the Trump’s treatment of sexual minorities.
And let’s not forget that it was Clinton who signed an order to eject non-closeted homosexuals from the military.
- Comment on What is your favorite Metroidvania? 4 weeks ago:
if you haven’t played Bloodstained: Ritual of the Night you really, really should. It’s made by the creators behind the Castevania games and is REALLY good.
- Comment on What is your favorite Metroidvania? 4 weeks ago:
The Tomb Raider survivor trilogy comes pretty close.
- Comment on Calling all Dickheads! 4 weeks ago:
Has anyone here actually read the book?
It’s not exactly a page-turner.
- Comment on Sony cracks down on Concord custom servers, issues DMCA takedowns on gameplay videos 5 weeks ago:
That’s not accurate. A tax write-off isn’t “taxes you don’t pay”. It’s “lost income that isn’t taxed”.
The US corporate income tax is nominally 21%. If a company writes off 100 of loss (or charitible donations, or expenses, or anything else), their earnings are reduced by 100 dollars, saving them 21 bucks. There’s no way to “profit” off of failure through write-offs.
- Comment on FOX BREAKING NEWS ALERT! 5 weeks ago:
Taco Bell is kinda its own genre of food. I’ve never wanted Mexican food and decided “close enough” with Taco Bell.
But I’ve absolutely bought Taco Bell because I was in the mood for Taco Bell.
- Comment on Valve's new hardware will NOT be loss leaders 5 weeks ago:
They can’t sell them at a loss without a locked-down ecosystem. Sony learned that the hard way with the OtherOS support for the PS3 that lead to a ton of them being purchased to build cheap supercomputer ls and never spending a dime on games or software to cover the loss.
