DaddleDew

@DaddleDew@lemmy.world

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨HIGH ON LIFE 2 Official Trailer⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨day⁩ ago⁩:

  One thing that I hope they didn’t carry over from the first one is the ad-libbing of 90% of the NPC’s lines. The voice actor is not good at improv and constantly resorts to swearing and throwing insults out of no where for shock value whenever he hits a block. At first it was funny because it was different to what you’re used to but it got old really quick.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Ads when you’re pumping gas⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨day⁩ ago⁩:

  Holy crap if they started doing that in my area I’d switch to an EV within a month.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Ads when you’re pumping gas⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨day⁩ ago⁩:

  Point said nozzle towards offending ad dispensing machine, squeeze trigger for a few moments, light a match, tell yourself that it was all worth it while recovering in a jail hospital.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨I'll just take the bus⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago⁩:

  I’ve been driving for over 20 years, still enjoy driving manual. But some people never enjoy driving and see it as a chore, I guess you must be one of them.

  And “emergency” is just when you need acceleration now. Like for when you overtake someone or are merging on the highway.

  Also I know America bashing is popular on this website but you just came across as prejudiced and ignorant. And FYI I’m not even American.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨I'll just take the bus⁩ ⁨⁨3⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago⁩:

  To be fair it is more complicated than that. You have to feel the car start to move, hear the revs react, adjust the rate at which you release the clutch and how much gas you give accordingly and for some vehicles/situations you even need to pause the release of the clutch for a moment to let the vehicle start to gain speed. It’s all something you eventually get used to and can do without thinking but there is a significant frustrating hump to get over in the learning curve.

  I feel like those who say they don’t understand why people like driving manual are people who never got over that hump.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨I'll just take the bus⁩ ⁨⁨3⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago⁩:

  Well then you are misunderstanding what I’m talking about because you’re trying to tell me that a behavior that I have noticed to be common on dozens of automatic vehicles that I have driven over two decades doesn’t exist.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨I'll just take the bus⁩ ⁨⁨3⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago⁩:

  There is a difference between a “vroom” from the engine revving up and actual acceleration.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨I'll just take the bus⁩ ⁨⁨3⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago⁩:

  Manual: floor it, instant pull. If I want to downshift I will.

  Automatic: floor it, hesitation, downshift, revs go higher but nothing happens because it isn’t sure if it wants to downshift again, hesitation, downshifts, revs go crazy and outside of power band or just at the top end of it, shitty pull, upshifts almost right after. Finally some pull.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨I'll just take the bus⁩ ⁨⁨3⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago⁩:
  • It is more engaging. Getting a smooth shift or a perfect rev match on a downshift is very satisfying. Shifting gears when your have a car with smooth, very mechanical shifter feels even more satisfying.
  • If you ever have to gun it in an emergency with a manual the acceleration is instant. In an automatic you have to wait a few seconds for the transmission to figure out what gear it wants to be in before anything actually happens.
  • In a manual you feel much more like the car is an extension of you.
  • Going back to driving an automatic usually feels like you’re being handed a children’s toy.

  I guess there can be some elitist mindset to being able to do something that fewer and fewer people can do. But thinking that this is the main reason why people love driving stick is completely ignorant.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨What's going on with Borderlands 2? Steam is giving it for free, but the game has 23% positive recent reviews.⁩ ⁨⁨4⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago⁩:

  A government that cares for is people would ban this shit and procecute any company trying to find ways around it.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨You don't have to be embarrassed⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago⁩:

  Where are all the retired men going to hang out now?

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Anyone else⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago⁩:

  Rob badly wants to become a stalker it seems. Hey, you do you, Rob.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Anon takes up microdosing⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago⁩:

  They don’t dig the bullets out usually because it causes more damage for no reason. Stop believing everything you read someone say on 4chan.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨DOOM: The Dark Ages Has Reportedly Sold Less Than 1 Million Copies⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  For me anyway, my loss of interest in the DOOM franchise started when they started dehumanizing the Doom Marine and started stacking fantastic/medieval elements to the main protagonist and his arsenal.

  I like my DOOM games when it is a battle of sci-fi military forces against demonic forces. Human technology versus brutish monsters. But now with Dark Ages Bethesda turned the franchise into a more violent and edgy Skyrim.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Anon is in the folder now.⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  It looks like he also uses “kebab” for “Turkish”

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨The first ever earthquake fault rupture captured on a security cam in Myanmar⁩ ⁨⁨4⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  “Sorry, your house is now overstepping property lines. You must now destroy it and rebuild it 6 feet to the right”

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Anon is a fighter⁩ ⁨⁨4⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  Imagine a toddler who thinks they can beat up you, a grown adult because it learned some karate. That’s how threatening you are to a gorilla.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Pictures of Animals Getting CT Scans Against their Will: A Thread⁩ ⁨⁨5⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  The snake got me laughing. They just folded it onto itself.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Pearson complaining about using Linux to access my course material⁩ ⁨⁨5⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  The most infuriating part is that they call it an “upgrade”

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Anon always gets his man⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago⁩:

  Because the cigarette lighter plug totally supplies enough wattage to power a heat plate that gets hot enough to burn pancakes

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨brap brap brap⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago⁩:

  Squirtle uses water gun

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Caption this.⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago⁩:

  Is it what inspired Half-life 2’s stalkers or is it the other way around?

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Why is Trump suddenly obsessed with rare earths? (17:57)⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  Didn’t he also try to cancel Biden’s program to develop chip factories in the US? This guy has no coherent plan.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨It's all he knows now⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  TIL the obsession over taking in all the groceries in one trip isn’t an exclusively human trait.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Thicc⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  That’s the Trump stance

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Can't solve the captcha because I don't know what `undefined` is⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  Middle and bottom right.

  They’re the only ones that aren’t a bridge, a car, a motorcycle, a bike, a traffic light, stairs, a bus, a crosswalk, or a fire hydrant.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨How exactly are people lighting Teslas on fire?⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  If I ever got tired of my car and wanted to burn it down somewhere safe and legal to do it, I’d do it the same way as it is usually done for any kind of car: break the window, douse the inside with a flammable liquid and light it up. I’d also have to be very careful while lighting it because if the flammable fumes have time to build up inside before being lit, it could explode and injure the person lighting it.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Acetone: A Thread⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  True. I corrected the statement.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Acetone: A Thread⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  Context: acetone will dissolve ABS plastic. Household drains pipes are usually made out of ABS

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Anon appreciates Chris Sawyer⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  If you lack true talent in your workforce, you can’t make up for it by throwing more people and money at it.