FrChazzz

@FrChazzz@lemmus.org

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨The new Microsoft copilot key is impossible to properly remap.⁩ ⁨⁨57⁩ ⁨minutes⁩ ago⁩:

  I have one on my Lenovo IdeaPad I bought a few months ago and am running Mint on. I remapped it to bring up the menu almost immediately. No issues. It acts like a Super key. Maybe this is a model specific thing?

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨2 North American 4 you has been created⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨hour⁩ ago⁩:

  Hawai’i is not located on the North American continent, so it doesn’t count as “American.” I often describe Hawai’i to people as “it might be the United States, but it isn’t America.” The Chinese and Japanese cultural influence here is quite strong (particularly on O’ahu, where I live) and has deeply established ties. Chinese were invited here by King Kamehameha I to harvest sandalwood. Japanese came at the invitation of King Kalakaua, who actually went to Japan and met with the Emperor Meiji to try and establish economic connections to temper the over-influence of American and European influences during his reign. So when one talks about, say, the cuisine of Hawai’i, one is dealing with a fairly unique culture–one that was later annexed into the United States. So, yes, Hawai’i had long been a state by the time Panda Express operated here (which was started in California by Chinese Americans), but the culinary influence that resulted in orange chicken was rooted in something that goes back a long way. If that makes sense.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨2 North American 4 you has been created⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨day⁩ ago⁩:

  Fun fact: orange chicken was invented by Hawaiian Chinese guys who ran the Panda Express in Honolulu. They wanted to create a dish that reflected the sort of flavors that were popular at Chinese restaurants in Hawai’i. So it’s not an “American” concoction. It’s rooted in the culture of Chinese in Hawai’i, who were invited to live and work in Hawai’i back in the kingdom days.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Man posts his incorrect opinion online⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨day⁩ ago⁩:

  Here in Hawai’i, we shoes off. I grew up in Florida where wearing shoes inside was normal. Now, after living in a shoes off culture, I’m sensitive to it. Like I get bothered when I see people on TV with shoes on and putting their feet up on things. Outside is nasty and you’re putting that nastiness on your coffee table?!

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Im curious what they will come up with⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨day⁩ ago⁩:

  They’ve almost shifted to a place like Doonesbury where an element of what’s surreal (surreality? is that a word? the red squiggly lines on my monitor don’t seem to think so…) is employed. I’ve not read that comic in years, but I remember that GW Bush was represented by a floating cowboy hat and I always thought that was creative and evocative. Turning JD Vance into Tattoo from Fantasy Island was a stroke of genius. And how they depict Trump Jr. cracks me up. There have been a few episodes this season that have been funnier than any they’ve produced in at least ten years if not more.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Im curious what they will come up with⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨day⁩ ago⁩:

  I remember years back, when they took their first extended break and there were speculations about South Park being done, Trey Parker said something about having Cartman’s voice in his head constantly and so he needed to make the show to kind of exorcise that voice. I bet it’s the same with Randy at this point, too. They can’t help that they have the most obnoxious and insistent muse that’s ever mused.

  I also think the title of the recent season finale (“Crap Out”) has multiple layers of meaning: they more or less crapped out a conclusion to a storyline, the story itself is literally a kind of crap out, AND I think there’s a lament/realization that what’s all happening in the US will simply crap out itself rather than be properly addressed and dealt with.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Im curious what they will come up with⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨day⁩ ago⁩:

  TBF, there’s some serious questions around how employees are being treated at Casa Bonita right now (but I’m not really all that knowledgeable about that stuff). But, yeah, they seem to be genuine people overall. They gave a ton of money to the animation program at UC Boulder. They’ve been pretty committed to an avoidance of hypocrisy–they’ve lampooned wealth and celebrity and are trying to not become the thing they’ve joked about.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Im curious what they will come up with⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨day⁩ ago⁩:

  Yep. I remember the film PCU quite well. It was a very nineties sentiment in some circles to push back against “political correctness.” IIRC Matt and Trey at one point had to explain to people in the early days that they weren’t conservatives, it was just that they felt that “liberals” tended to be easier to make fun of most of the time (particularly self-righteous celebrities).

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨How do you communicate "sorry, my bad" when you make a mistake while driving?⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨day⁩ ago⁩:

  Yeah, I was just sort of answering the initial question of “How do you communicate…” I imagine in New England the response to the shaka might be “What?! You want me to call you?! How 'bout I call you an asshole, cuz that’s what you are! Asshole!” lol

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨How do you communicate "sorry, my bad" when you make a mistake while driving?⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago⁩:

  I live in Hawai’i and, as far as I can tell, we have far fewer road rage incidents than other parts of the US (but not zero). I honestly think a lot of it has to do with us having a third hand-gesture: the shaka (I mention this elsewhere in this discussion). The shaka is truly amazing. You give it when someone lets you in the lane AND you can give it when you mess up and everyone understands that it’s you admitting your mistake. Might even get a shaka in response for giving the penitential one. It’s awesome.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨How do you communicate "sorry, my bad" when you make a mistake while driving?⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago⁩:

  Here in Hawai’i it is likely that we will give a sheepish shaka as the driver passes. Might get a tense shaka in response. I am in no way kidding about this.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Fake moo⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  Almost choked on coffee from this

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Hacktivist deletes white supremacist websites live on stage during hacker conference⁩ ⁨⁨4⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  I legit had to look up whether or not it was the same actor. This is one of those things that, in the pre-internet days, you could say and people would just have to believe you. Like that legend that Marilyn Manson was Paul from The Wonder Years.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Hacktivist deletes white supremacist websites live on stage during hacker conference⁩ ⁨⁨4⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  Why Zordon look like Buzz McAllister in this photo tho?

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Cube me⁩ ⁨⁨4⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  Weird, I was just thinking of this scene yesterday, then again with this post

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Let's see how obscure a meme can get before it stops receiving upvotes...⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago⁩:

  Upvoting because both weeb and still oddly fond of the Chrysler PT Cruiser.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Italians at Christmas⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago⁩:

  “Let me guess: sOmEoNe StoLe yOuR sWeEt rOll?”

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨All the guilt none of the salvation⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago⁩:

  The Bible is not a single volume but a collection/anthology of writings put together over many centuries. Further, the canon of scripture was decided after several hundred years after the writing of the most recent book (Revelation). Which is all to say that the Bible, at least in the cited references, cannot be self-referential because “the Bible” didn’t exist at the times of those references. They were all individual writings. So Revelation, for instance, is referring to the words of the prophecy contained in Revelation, NOT the Bible.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Libraries are cool⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  The librarian at my grad school had a book cart in her house and would not let her husband put a book anywhere but on that cart once he was finished with it. Power move.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨There's a brand new Dreamcast game that's out, called Mute Crimson, and it's free⁩ ⁨⁨4⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  Argh! The painful reminder that my mom gave my cousin my Dreamcast while she was packing up the house because “I thought she might enjoy it.” The same cousin who was also given my pristine NES a few years before that.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Too soon?⁩ ⁨⁨4⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  Are you suggesting that he might be (puts on sunglasses) changing his mind?

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Hello girl!!⁩ ⁨⁨5⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  And giants are famous for their diminutive size.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Hello girl!!⁩ ⁨⁨5⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  Andre de Grande?

  Arianna Giant?

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Radio transmissions⁩ ⁨⁨7⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  I think I read it somewhere in a trivia thing on Memory Alpha, but I honestly donʻt remember. But the Progenitors seeded common ancestors with their DNA. Which means that species like the Xindi wouldʻve had Progenitor DNA even though they have a multi-facted evolution with reptillian, primate, and arboreal humanoids…

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Radio transmissions⁩ ⁨⁨7⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  iirc, in Star Trek the Klingons descend from a crab-like ancestor. I mean, yes, I understand what you’re getting at but I still think it’s kinda cool that Klingons are sort of humanoid crabs