PhobosAnomaly
@PhobosAnomaly@feddit.uk
- Comment on A game called One Million Checkboxes has sparked a terrible online war 1 day ago:
The internet has ruined me. The headline made me think there was a swastika-ticking brigade and a swastika-cleaning squad; or a “pool’s closed” style griefing concerted effort; or a giant series of tickdicks.
This seems quite… nice in comparison. Good on you, internet.
- Comment on Asian BrewDog Worker Sacked After Raising Concerns About EDL Presence 1 day ago:
I couldn’t tell you a out that firm, always willing to eat new beers mind!
I know their headline grabbers are particularly bad, but having lived on their home patch for a wee while, they’re not particularly well regarded as local neighbours either.
I know the following is absolutely subjective, but their beers are… alright? I wouldn’t say no to one but I’ve neither the stomach not the wallet to go on the piss purely on Brewdog beers. Their food is lovely too but you almost have to speak with your mortgage adviser first to see if it’s a bright idea.
I can’t remember the last time I voluntarily went to Brewdog or bought a few of their tinnies either, outside of meeting there for a work’s do or going there because visitors wanted to.
- Comment on Asian BrewDog Worker Sacked After Raising Concerns About EDL Presence 1 day ago:
I have never known a company go from being “super cool” to “super prone to making themselves look like fannies” in such a short space of time. It’s almost impressive.
- Comment on [deleted] 2 days ago:
Shock horror: a fucking idiot who build his persona on a foundation of being loud, obnoxious, and a bit of a twat turns out to be loud, obnoxious, and a bit of a twat.
Oh, and a nonce too.
- Comment on I don't get how people can become depressed, when we live in the century of Fentanyl, easy access to alcohol and amusement arcades. 3 days ago:
Try electrical engineering! All you need is a socket and a fork!
- Comment on Thamks Biben 2 weeks ago:
Looks like a Samsung battery, about to give off some disco gas.
- Comment on Why isn't jerking off more valorized as an easy dopamine hit that's also literally good for you? 2 weeks ago:
That last line made me change to Ray Parker Jr style funk.
- Comment on 4ish years ago when I bought a house I was convinced not to get a house inspection, would it be crazy to get one now just to make sure it's all good? 1 month ago:
I can only provide anecdotal experience, but my old girl found her dream house. Old mining cottage type terraced house, immaculate renovation inside, great hillside views, nice enough place overall…
…she instructed her surveyor to have a look and he told her to run like fuck, the shared wall was pretty much the only thing keeping the house upright - his words were clearly a reduction of some larger issues, but that saved a repair and insurance nightmare.
They’re pricey, yes - but they can save you an exponentially larger amount of money.
- Comment on Microsoft extolling the benefits of cloud storage in their Office save dialog 1 month ago:
Just to be a proper poser…
…obviously that was a lie, I could never afford persistent storage. Floppy swaps were king.
- Comment on Found a snake at work 1 month ago:
sparky snek
- Comment on New Doom Game Could Be Announced At Xbox Showcase In June 1 month ago:
Bobby Prince. Now that would be a treat.
- Comment on this picture is 27kb 1 month ago:
Using this, you can tell the time.on your Swatch .beat.
No i’m not joking.
- Comment on Voyager 1 1 month ago:
V’ger 2: 2patch2furious
- Comment on I mean have they seen our stipends 1 month ago:
I’m fortunate in as much that my professional accreditations (and being a part time student) get me access to all sorts of discounts, but even still it’s worth asking for a student discount (or whatever they offer at the till) all the same.
Nine times out of ten, the retail staff aren’t paid enough to give two fucks, so they’ll just put it through as whatever discount appears on their till.
The worst they can say is no, after all - and that costs nothing.
- Comment on Anon has a dream 2 months ago:
Zone 1: UK, EU, Canada, US
Zone 2: Switzerland, Norway, Lichtenstein, Japan, Mexico, South Korea
Zone 3: Rest of world
Zone 4: Space, dreams, Liverpool, a̵̧̙͓͍̩̳͗Ḩ̷̛̟̥̿͑̑͌͛̏̾̂̈́̃̈́̍̔͝y̵̝͍̜̜͓͉̟̝̓͗̍̎̔͐͒͆̂̑̃̃̕͠ͅṋ̶̢̢̢͉̤̙̲̣̘͔̻̜̒̆n̸̡̛̝̝͖͉̬̜̤̿̑̀̄̿̎́̎̏̕͠Ḙ̴̖̱͙͚͍͔͚̜̉̅̀͒̿̏͋͑̚̕͜ͅb̷͖͂̄̈͂͗͗͠a̷̡͍̪͉̫͙̼͉̩̦͋̀̒̆L̷͎͚̮͖̱̙̓̒̑͐̕͜͠ḡ̵̙̘̖͔̝͓͎̙r̵̥̩̻̦̰̳̫͓̰̤̹̲̃͜ḛ̸̣̮̲̬̻͎̱̯̾́̍̀Ļ̵̦͇̘̜̮̹̗̫̦͍̤͕͇͗̐̉͑̓̕ỳ̴̧̛̮̮̲͓̝͓̣̗̳͇̮̩̝͒̑̽̓̒̀̅̀͗͑͝, [null]
- Comment on ach, aye 2 months ago:
See aw these weans cuttin about wi their AI or GPT Mistral or fitever it is, kiddin oan they’ve done their homework kennin fine well that Sam Altman or fa’sever it is aats i meatball that’s done it really - they can al get tae fuck so they can but, nae cunt’s replicatin how loons are gabbin awa iday, eh?
Consider the young persons of today - going about their lives with their AI functions and ChatGPT or Mistral technologies - trying to hide the fact that they have cheated on their school homework, when it’s really the tech created by that rogue Sam Altman that’s done the research and drafting of it - but they should hang their heads in shame, because it can’t replicate how the boys in Scotland talk amongst themselves in this day and age.
Fuck me I wrote that, and still struggled to rewrite it in British English.
- Comment on ach, aye 2 months ago:
See aw these weans cuttin about wi their AI or GPT Mistral or fitever it is, kiddin pan they’ve done their homework kennin fine well that Sam Altman or fa’sever it is aats i meatball that’s done it really - they can al get tae fuck so they can but, nae cunt’s replicatin how loons are gabbin awa, eh?
- Comment on Simple enough 2 months ago:
It’s like trying to read in a dream - when you’ve got something that you need to read pretty fuckin’ quickly but it’s just a wall of nonsense.
That said, that could apply to any post in this community now I think of it!
- Comment on Waiting in a queue to see a Web site 2 months ago:
Ah sorry, I wasn’t clear - I meant the way the issues were sensibly and rationally outlined!
- Comment on Waiting in a queue to see a Web site 2 months ago:
yeah yeah yeah but how can we get the rage about sensible and rational issues like that???
- Comment on Xbox Game Pass For April Includes Day One Releases Harold Halibut And Botany Manor 2 months ago:
I’m on the same page as you, I’m quite worried for it though.
I’ve been looking forward to it for years - I didn’t even know there was a demo, there’s been nothing in the way if hype being built for the game, and when the release date trailer came out I was caught well off guard - I thought it would be a longer run-up to launch.
I hope this low-key launch doesn’t hurt sales and fuck the developers over.
- Comment on Thrill seekers 2 months ago:
I’ve lost track of the number of times I’m “just going to nip and speak to the customer service lot about renewing my membership” just to get a hotdog and coke, and a pizza to take home.
It feels like I’ve “saved” £30 each time.
- Comment on Lay them on me 2 months ago:
It’s the two certainties of life:
- Death
- Taxes
- It is the year of the Linux desktop
- Half Life 3 is just around the corner
- I’m terrible at maths
- Comment on Omar going crazy 2 months ago:
Fair play to you, that alt text is one of the most comprehensive I’ve ever seen.
Accessibility 2thaMAX
- Comment on Harold Halibut - Official Release Date Trailer 3 months ago:
I’ve been following this for years and I’m super stoked that it has a date… and it’s within a month!
Annoyingly it clashes with my end-of-year studies, but maybe I’ll leave it for a few weeks. I picked up South of the Circle on day one and it had some bugs and glitches that took the shine off the experience, even though that was brilliant too.
Harold Halibut and Still Wakes The Deep are top of my summer list this year.
- Comment on Anon likes public humiliation 3 months ago:
It’s frustrating. I kinda get it though - the French are proud of their language, and if they’ve got well-meaning travellers coming through and butchering it in new and inventive ways (particularly in high tourism areas) day in, day out… I can see how it would be grating.
I was in Starbucks on the outskirts of Paris, and ordered by drink in pigeon French, and the barista answered me in English. I answered her question in French, and she answered me in English. This went on for a couple more exchanges before we both laughed at how absurd it was - I asked “is my French really that bad?” and she just says “no your French is fine, but I can speak English better”. Fair enough.
I have heard though that outside of Paris though, people are far more appreciative of someone learning the language, to the point of being brutal with it. A friend was out in the North of the country, the locals loved that he was learning, but then let him absolutely sink when he reached a stage of a conversation where he was struggling. They could quite easily have bailed him out in English, but in fairness they made him think that little bit faster to make him learn.
- Comment on How does data sent over the internet know where to go? 3 months ago:
Every time
sex.com 🔨
- Comment on Anon likes public humiliation 3 months ago:
I was at a Hard Rock Café in Paris (yes I know they’re overpriced, but the historic stuff on the walls is pretty cool), and I hobbled my way through a conversation in my very basic French, before adding a little self-deprecating “je suis désolée, mon Français est mauvais”, to which he replied “yes, it is a bit shit”.
I laughed, he laughed, my other half laughed, I paid over the odds for a pint, the French dude got a kick out of pointing out the flaws in my attempts, everyone went on their day.
- Comment on I'm loose bottom, tag yourself 3 months ago:
You could have just said “Dull”, it would have been quicker
- Comment on I regret to inform you the Games Done Quick dog did not get a world record speedrun time 5 months ago:
I bought the GDQ shirt of this run this year. No ragrets.