cobysev
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- Comment on swag 2 days ago:
My old ass read this as, “Do I have a drip?” and I’m scouring the image, looking for a leak somewhere.
Goddamn kids and their newfangled Internet slang. Get off my lawn!
- Comment on Witness 1 week ago:
tik taks
As a middle-aged man who’s never used TikTok before, this is how I’m gonna refer to it from now on.
- Comment on Shitpost 1 week ago:
Hey, this was from Trudy & Doug’s Patreon last night, from their list of incomplete comic ideas. They’re the duo that make Oglaf comics.
- Comment on Whatever you feel about Bond Films, Do you think it wouldn't be best they just ended it with the last film. 1 week ago:
I’ve been saying it for years, but my ideal scenario for a reinvented Bond story would be to make a TV miniseries that’s loyal to the original books. A period piece, set in the 1950s that explored Ian Fleming’s original gritty, alcoholic, borderline suicidal Bond who has nothing but the next job in his life. Not the suave, charming, sophisticated womanizer and luxury sports car driver from the 1960s movies and on.
I actually loved the Daniel Craig Bond films because it was the closest we’ve ever seen to the original version of Bond from the novels. Although I absolutely hate the end of his arc. (No spoilers)
I also think they promoted him from rookie 00 agent to tired, grizzled old veteran way too quickly. The first film (Casino Royale) was a masterpiece; one of the best Bond films we’ve ever had, and a great modern retelling of the first ever Bond novel. But Barbara Broccoli panicked when his second film flopped hard, and spent the rest of the Daniel Craig arc trying to win back audiences instead of telling good, engaging stories.
I think reinventing Bond as a TV miniseries would be better, because we could do multiple episodes to tell a grand story arc from the books, or a single episode for the short stories that Ian Fleming compiled. We would have room to tell a good tale without being confined to the limits of film. And it would be fascinating to see Bond in his original era, having to function off raw skill and intellect rather than gadgets.
- Comment on Is it "weird" for kids to co-sleep with parents through their teenage years? 2 weeks ago:
I mean, see for yourself. OP specifically requested it in another post.
- Comment on Is it "weird" for kids to co-sleep with parents through their teenage years? 2 weeks ago:
I would only join my parents in bed if I had a nightmare in my own bed, which wasn’t very often. They would let me sleep between them in the middle of the bed, which made me feel safe and cozy.
When I was maybe 7-8 years old, they started encouraging me to not do that anymore. If I had a nightmare, my mother would calm me down, talk it out with me, and then send me back to my bedroom. I never shared a bed with my parents again.
It’s strange to me that OP started sharing a bed at 8 years old and continued into their teens. At that point, it would make sense to start enforcing independence.
But if I recall, OP mentioned in another thread that their mother regularly insisted on expressing how much she loved them, then demanded to know if OP loved her too. So it sounds like OP’s mother has some extreme anxiety and self-worth issues, which she reinforced by over-mothering her “child” long past the stage where they should’ve been growing up and learning independence.
- Comment on Anon makes some changes 2 weeks ago:
Coffee is acidic. If you’re brushing right after coffee, you may be damaging the enamel of your teeth (acid + scrubbing is not a good combination). And it can’t grow back; once you’ve lost it, it’s gone forever.
- Comment on wir suchen dich‼️‼️🗣️📢📢 2 weeks ago:
I used to… until I heard someone read it aloud one day.
- Comment on Keep it off please! 3 weeks ago:
You’re looking for Umamusume: Pretty Derby. It’s a Japanese video game franchise that has expanded into anime and manga as well.
The games are all gacha games (collect items through gameplay or in-game currency). In this case, you collect and train tons of horse girls to compete in races. The original game is a mobile game, but there’s a free version on Steam that lets you play on your PC.
All the anthropomorphic horse girls are based on real-life Japanese race horses (same name and hair coloring), and some of the game’s stories are based on real races too. It’s not an adult game series, if that’s what your curious about, but I’m sure there’s plenty of “fan art” in the darker corners of the Internet, if you know where to look.
- Comment on Keep it off please! 3 weeks ago:
I think that’s the one thing that truly drew my interest with Umamusume. Every “horse girl” is named and styled after a real-life Japanese racing horse.
If it was just an anime show/video game about anthropomorphic horse girls, I wouldn’t really care. But now I’m interested in comparing them to their real-life counterparts.
- Comment on Streaming didnt exist in 1970 4 weeks ago:
I cut all streaming services out of my life last year, except for Curiosity Stream, a sort of “Netflix” for educational documentaries.
But I haven’t even been watching that in a while, so maybe I should stop paying for it.
I just got sick of rising prices and invasive ads despite paying to avoid them. I use Plex now. I paid the one-time fee for the Lifetime Plex Pass and now I have access to all their advanced tools and streaming content, plus I can rip my movies/TV shows/music to my PC and stream them myself through Plex. No ads, no extra junk, no “are you still watching?” pop-ups. Just hit play and enjoy.
- Comment on [deleted] 4 weeks ago:
100% accurate. My wife is my best friend in the whole world.
During COVID, a lot of married couples divorced because they were forced to spend time together at home every day and realized they can’t stand being around each other so much. Going to a job every day got them out of the house and away from their spouse/family for a few hours, which made married life tolerable.
But for my wife and I, self-isolating at home was business as usual. We always hang out, even if we’re doing our own separate things. Just existing in the same space together makes us happy. Heck, we both retired young, so we’re now just sitting around the house all day long together. And we’re still enjoying each other’s friendship and love.
Find someone you can vibe with on a personal level, not just someone who’s pretty or has one or two traits you want to associate with. Marrying my best friend had been the best decision I’ve ever made and it pays out tenfold as you get older together.
- Comment on Subtitling a video, what is this sound called? 4 weeks ago:
I’d need more context than a single screenshot and a second of audio. What’s happening leading up to this sound? What came right after? Can you make a video clip with at least 10 seconds of audio to pair with this specific capture? Visual cues and a bit more audio around the event will help make sense of it. As is, it doesn’t sound remotely like whimpering. Or anything recognizable.
Also, The Amazing World of Gumball is an excellent show! I’ve re-watched it 3 times already, and I’m in my 40s. Despite being a kid’s show, it’s highly entertaining no matter your age.
- Comment on Day 593 of posting a Daily Screenshot from the games I've been playing 5 weeks ago:
Chronologically, Metal Gear Solid 3 is the first game in the series. It shows Snake’s origin story, which leads into the original Metal Gear 1 and 2 games for the old Nintendo Entertainment System (long before the Metal Gear Solid series). So it’s a perfect place to start if you’re picking up the Metal Gear franchise for the first time.
Metal Gear Solid ∆ is just a modern remake of Metal Gear Solid 3, so it’s basically the same thing but better graphics and controls. I read once that due to the falling out with Hideo Kojima, Konami can’t legally re-release the original MGS3 game, so a remake from the ground up was their legal compromise.
Now Metal Gear Solid 4 is the only Metal Gear game that hasn’t been re-released on any other platform since it debuted on the PlayStation 3. But Konami plans to finally release it for PC and all modern consoles in August this year. Woo!
I had planned to review Metal Gear Solid ∆ for my Lemmy screenshot series, but I was having so much fun with the game, I forgot about preparing a review and just played my way through it. MGS3 is my favorite of the entire franchise! There’s something rewarding about actually trying to avoid detection in a game. It’s easy to go in guns blazing, but sneaking past guards and not alerting anyone? That takes skill and dedication.
- Comment on SERIOUSLY THOUGH. WELCOME TO LEMMY. 1 month ago:
I gave up Reddit the day I moved here. Haven’t been back to Reddit since. I much prefer it here.
- Comment on Unhinged... I'm gonna start doing that 1 month ago:
I don’t think I’ve ever heard him laugh.
It’s like posting “lol” or “roflmao” in text, when your face doesn’t even change IRL. Except we’re voice chatting, so he’s using a laugh track instead of “lol.”
- Comment on Unhinged... I'm gonna start doing that 1 month ago:
I voice chat with friends on Discord pretty regularly. I have one friend who, instead of laughing, will click a laugh track on our soundboard, filling the voice chat with boisterous sitcom laughter. I don’t know why, but that’s kind of unsettling.
- Comment on [deleted] 1 month ago:
Interestingly enough, the reason Brad Pitt is advertised so heavily is the reason I still haven’t watched it.
Don’t get me wrong, I think he’s an excellent actor and I enjoy seeing him on screen. I just don’t understand why an F1 movie needed Brad Pitt. I’m here to watch race cars, not some famous actor behind the wheel!
If they cast an unknown in the lead, I’d be more intrigued because I’m interested in Formula 1 racing. But putting a famous guy in the lead makes me feel like this is gonna be some dramatic feel-good fantasy story, not something more grounded in reality.
And yes, I know this movie is just a giant advertisement for Formula 1. But that’s a real motorsport race, so I’d be more invested if the movie felt like watching a real person’s story, not an actor telling a fictional story in the setting of F1 racing.
- Comment on Always there, just waiting. 1 month ago:
I know this is a shitpost, but to answer honestly… the last pear I had was when I was a child, and I’m in my 40s now.
I still remember their wonderful taste and I haven’t been intentionally avoiding them. I just never came across an opportunity to eat one since my childhood. I’ve primarily consumed apples and oranges over the years and I can’t even remember seeing pears at the store.
Maybe I should go check out my local grocery store and buy a few.
- Comment on Anyone else having issues with YouTube? 1 month ago:
I was gonna say, “what ads?” I haven’t seen a YouTube ad in years now. If they ever force their way through, I’ll just stop watching YouTube videos. I’m not tied to the platform; there are other ad-free places to watch videos from.
- Comment on Random Screenshots of my Games #67 - HELLDIVERS II 1 month ago:
There was a moment in that fight where Pink got killed and dropped a bunch of grenades when he went down (an ability one of your custom uniforms grant you). And we all happened to be grouped a little too close together, so we all got blown up by him. That’s my one death in that mission - a team kill. I wonder if that did enough damage for his score, or if he kept flagging people with his rifle while shooting enemies.
That’s one of the interesting things about this game. Some players have asked the devs for the ability to turn off friendly fire, but they refuse, saying that friendly fire is funny and part of the ridiculousness of the game.
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- Comment on Sure, Jan 1 month ago:
That’s “Rock the Country,” aka “MAGA Fest.” It was a different show held in South Carolina, where all the other artists started dropping out when they realized it was promoting MAGA.
Kid Rock was headlining that show, but it’s separate from Turning Point USA’s halftime show starring Kid Rock. As far as I know, that one is still happening.
- Comment on Are there any cultures where kissing is taboo? 1 month ago:
In India, it’s a huge taboo to kiss anyone whom you’re not married to. Public affection in general is mostly frowned upon there, and sometimes charges as a crime depending on where you live.
That’s why you never see lovers kiss in Bollywood movies. They always just hug or hold each other at arms length. They would be outraged if two actors who aren’t married to each other kissed on screen.
- Comment on Man posts his incorrect opinion online 2 months ago:
American here. My childhood home was completely covered in thick carpet, except the entryway and the kitchen, which was laminate tile. Yes, even the bathroom was carpeted. My bedroom literally had shag carpet.
My family always wore shoes indoors. And then wondered why the carpet was discolored, worn, and tearing in places.
I spent 20 years traveling the world after becoming an adult and learned about many other cultures who took off shoes before entering homes. Now I feel weird wearing shoes even in the entryway.
By the way, I’m retired now and living back in my childhood home, which I inherited when my father passed away. The whole place has been re-carpeted, the bathroom and dining room floors have been swapped out for laminate/wood paneling, and when I get around to remodeling the living rooms, I’ll probably switch them to wood floors as well.
- Comment on Social Contracts 2 months ago:
This is from a video game called “Among Us.” Everyone plays members on a space ship that has been infiltrated by a shape-shifting monster, who is killing them one-by-one. One of the players is the monster.
The players can call a meeting to vote who to eject into deep space, hoping to discover who the monster is and eliminate them.
In this case, one of the members claimed the monster is the red member, but they’re really annoyed by the black member. The whole crew voted to throw out the black member instead. Red is sad for being accused, but happy not to be ejected.
- Comment on lightbulbs 2 months ago:
I dunno why, but warm lighting at night just makes me feel depressed. I need daylight bulbs across my house. Adjustable brightness preferred though, so I’m not blinding myself at night.
- Comment on 2 months ago:
Yeah, they must mean the original, since this mod just released today. But if you read their whole review, they don’t directly reference the original game once, they just gripe about all the things they don’t like about this mod.
- Comment on 2 months ago:
I love this negative review. Notice their hours on record.
- Comment on This is why you should respect our vets 2 months ago:
As a veteran, I thought this was going a different route when it mentioned “vets.” But it’s very true. I’d trust a veterinarian as a doctor in the zombie apocalypse.
