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- Comment on Is Dirge of Cerberus: Final Fantasy VII Worth Playing in 2025? 1 week ago:
It was my friend's favorite game when it came out, though I never played it myself, and he was a huge FFVII fan, so it might've just been viewed through rose-tinted lenses. Still, if you're big fan like he was, I'd say you might as well give it a shot if you have the opportunity. If I recall correctly, he said it was only 5-10 hours long, so not too much of a commitment.
- Comment on Years ago while drunk and high I sent my sister a syphilis plushy. 1 week ago:
They had these STD plushies at a store my family visited several years ago. My sister and I were checking them out, so I picked one up, read the tag, and told her "I got The Clap." I assumed that she'd read the plushie she had picked up, tell me which one it was, we'd have a chuckle, and find something else to look at.
Apparently she hadn't yet figured out that they were STD plushies, and thought I had chosen that moment to tell her in confidence about an STD I had contracted. It was pretty awkward, but it was at least nice to know that she'd have brought me to the doctor in secret if I'd needed her to!
- Comment on [deleted] 1 week ago:
About half of my family photos were taken in black and white film throughout the 90's. I think the film was marketed as having a "classic touch" or something to keep people buying it.
- Comment on Best strategy 2 weeks ago:
The new season premiers in the spring.
- Comment on [deleted] 2 weeks ago:
After I got my first girlfriend, now wife, through a dating site at 25, I found out later that her best friend's mom and my best friend's mom are friends, and we only found out because the two of them just happened to be talking on the phone and got on the topic of how people in their lives had recently found love, then realized they were talking about the same couple. The connection may have been a little late for me and my wife, since we'd already gotten together, but it would've been a great match otherwise.
My friend himself met his wife through a recommendation from his pastor, whose niece was also a shut-in who loved manga and anime; you might as well take the opportunities that come along. It might not work out, but the only way to get good at asking people out and dating is to ask people out and date.
- Comment on Have you encountered this? 3 weeks ago:
20% has actually been the norm for a while. Maybe it was a bit on the upper end a couple decades ago while now it's more default, but I remember my parents tipping 20% for normal service back in the 90's. Of course, with prices soaring tipping is still getting pricier and pricier, but the expected percentage here has been relatively stable.
The thing that's out of control is where you're expected to tip now. I often see a tip prompt come up at retail stores where the only service the employee provided was ringing up the items I brought. I never tip in those kinds of situations, and I doubt the employee would see any of it even if I did.
- Comment on Deep dish thought 3 weeks ago:
Love me a Papa Murphy's stuffed pizza.
- Comment on AI industry horrified to face largest copyright class action ever certified 3 weeks ago:
What you see as "spot the error" type training, another person sees as absolute fact that they internalize and use to make decisions that impact the world. The internet gave rise to the golden age of conspiracy theories, which is having a major impact on the worsening political climate, and it's because the average user isn't able to differentiate information from disinformation. AI chatbots giving people the answer they're looking for rather than the truth is only going to compound the issue.
- Comment on AI industry horrified to face largest copyright class action ever certified 3 weeks ago:
This is the real concern. Copyright abuse has been rampant for a long time, and the only reason things like the Internet Archive are allowed to exist is because the copyright holders don't want to pick a fight they could potentially lose and lessen their hold on the IPs they're hoarding. The AI case is the perfect thing for them, because it's a very clear violation with a good amount of public support on their side, and winning will allow them to crack down even harder on all the things like the Internet Archive that should be fair use. AI is bad, but this fight won't benefit the public either way.
- Comment on Pro tip 3 weeks ago:
It definitely was, but now I can only find this pic.
- Comment on Did you have one of these? 4 weeks ago:
It was pretty useful until I had an argument with my mom and the lights would constantly turn off and on.
- Comment on Sad but true 4 weeks ago:
Guilty in the legal sense means you've been found to be guilty in the court of law. Until you've been tried, you're not guilty. Otherwise anyone could just say "that guy committed a crime" and it'd be their word against yours.
- Comment on [deleted] 5 weeks ago:
Videos that pushed this rhetoric were the first step in turning my mom from a normal shitty person into a full-blown conspiracy theorist. This is definitely going to be a problem.
- Comment on Cheat Codes Activated 5 weeks ago:
I used to have a 1.5" leg length difference, so I had to wear a big lift in one of my shoes throughout middle and part of high school as I had a few surgeries to slowly fix the difference. It was a major pain, and I often rolled my ankle in gym class and sports.
- Comment on Idibiks Oiho 5 weeks ago:
Forbidden PEZ
- Comment on Cheesfull 5 weeks ago:
Fuddruckers still exists, but they've downsized significantly since the mid 2000's when my friends and I used to go there a lot in high school. There aren't any locations left in my state anymore.
- Comment on Itch.io apologise for "frustration and confusion" after delisting thousands of NSFW projects 5 weeks ago:
...those are all corporations. Nationalization would make it a public service, rather than a corporate profit-driven service like how it is now.
You can bet that if libraries, for example, became privatized, we'd quickly see several different library companies pop up, each with their own paid book subscription service with exclusive partnerships with various popular artists, much like we have today with streaming platforms. Conversely, if we were to nationalize those streaming platforms, we'd likely see the service transformed to be more akin to our current library service.
It's why the rightmost parties generally want to defund many public services and move them to the private sector - it transforms services that we spend money on to benefit the people into services that the people spend money on to benefit corporations.
- Comment on Think about it 5 weeks ago:
Technically those trees generally became coal, while oil is generally from marine life.
- Comment on Doing a pack a day 5 weeks ago:
Yeah, I've never liked them in a carrot cake. Most older recipes will call for both raisins and some kind of nut, but I've never had a problem leaving the raisins out.
- Comment on Stop Killing Games reaches its goal of 1.4M signatures, covering the risk of valid signatures going under 1M 1 month ago:
To what extent to they have to talk about it, though? Can they address it, come to the conclusion that it's infeasible (while subtly tucking millions of dollars from game companies into their pockets), and consider the matter settled? I understand that governments are meant to keep corporations in check to benefit the people, but functionally they keep the people in check to benefit corporations and their "lobbyists" (bribes).
- Comment on its painful each time (┬┬﹏┬┬) 1 month ago:
It really is good advice, and you do get more and more energy to do it after you get started. The thing I did was DnD, and I just found people in the area advertising in-person campaigns and went to some. I only wanted to do a social day once every week or two, so I started with that. That didn't last long, though, since after finding the one campaign to be really fun, I ended up joining 2 more and having multiple sessions every week! I wouldn't have had the energy to start with that, but now I've got plenty. It's a bit of a balancing act to both acknowledge the height of the mountain you're about to climb, but also keep in mind that all you need to do right now is take a single step.
- Comment on [deleted] 1 month ago:
I loved the original Rayman game so much as a kid that I'd specifically look for that old rainbow logo on other games to figure out which ones I might like.
- Comment on People Are Being Involuntarily Committed, Jailed After Spiraling Into "ChatGPT Psychosis" 1 month ago:
Yeah, she had just broken up with her boyfriend and found a bunch of "self-help" youtube videos that basically just said everyone who disagrees with you is a narcissist, then the algorithm started recommending her videos that said everyone who disagrees with you is actually an "energy vampire" literally and maliciously draining you of your life force. From there she got into all the crazy health conspiracies - which of course happened right as she was diagnosed with DCIS, which is easily treatable, but if left untreated becomes breast cancer. She dove head-first into all of the conspiracies after that, throwing money at anyone claiming to cure cancer so long as the method wasn't backed by "big science," and died of breast cancer a few years later.
- Comment on People Are Being Involuntarily Committed, Jailed After Spiraling Into "ChatGPT Psychosis" 1 month ago:
It took my mom less than 4 years to go from crying in horror when Trump was elected in 2016, to crying in horror when he wasn't elected in 2020, and lamenting her inability to join Jan 6 due to her cancer that was mysteriously worsening in spite of all the 5g blockers and expensive heal-all herbal teas she bought.
- Comment on It’s the little things 1 month ago:
Yeah, I'll often spread spilled water across the table just so that it evaporates within a couple minutes.
- Comment on how did he do that? 1 month ago:
From this Tumblr blog. Unfortunately the Creator stopped posting a while ago.
- Comment on holee shiet 1 month ago:
My conspiracy theorist mom shared stuff like this all the time. This will absolutely be shared among climate change deniers as they roll coal on their way to the funeral for their daughters who died in the Texas floods.
- Comment on Does the 6 refer to a body part or a measurement in inches? 1 month ago:
The phrase "got your six" is a variation of "got your back," referring to the method of using a clock face to denote direction. So, your 12-o-clock is directly ahead, your 3 and 9 are your right and left, and your 6 is behind you. Kind of a weird thing to put on your license plate, but I've seen weirder.
- Comment on Pop it in your calendars 1 month ago:
They did all this because they know that the vast majority of the playerbase will never hear about this, and many of those that do will either forget, or simply not care enough to boycott the game. We're in an age of apathy across the board, with so much bad press that any given scandal just fades into the background noise.
- Comment on Whaooo Wah Hey Ha! 1 month ago:
I have this on my everyday playlist...