sanguinepar
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- Comment on Should a movie released in 1995 be considered an "old" movie? 5 hours ago:
It would be subjectively new to them, yes. But objectively it’s still an old game. That doesn’t mean it’s bad, irrelevant or whatever, it’s just old. And that’s fine.
- Comment on Should a movie released in 1995 be considered an "old" movie? 5 hours ago:
Old doesn’t mean irrelevant though.
I absolutely would consider a book from the 19th century an old book, just as I’d consider the movies you mentioned as old movies. But a great movie is a great movie regardless of age.
- Comment on American and British English spelling and pronunciations 2 days ago:
As Miss Jean Brodie tells us, either way is correct :-)
- Comment on American and British English spelling and pronunciations 2 days ago:
Think it depends where you put the stress.
I’d say “Ad VER tis ment”
But if I was stressing the tis part, a “tize” sound would feel more natural.
That’s how I would say advertising, for example, “adver TIZE ing”
- Comment on American and British English spelling and pronunciations 2 days ago:
Is that the one about the monkey in the tree? I remember absolutely cracking up at that.
- Comment on You must take a long road trip with Donald Trump and no one else in the car. Security is everywhere; no one is in danger. You drive and control the radio, but can only play music. What's the playlist? 4 days ago:
😁
- Comment on You must take a long road trip with Donald Trump and no one else in the car. Security is everywhere; no one is in danger. You drive and control the radio, but can only play music. What's the playlist? 5 days ago:
After that, just Lou Reed’s Metal Machine Music, the rest of the way.
- Comment on You must take a long road trip with Donald Trump and no one else in the car. Security is everywhere; no one is in danger. You drive and control the radio, but can only play music. What's the playlist? 5 days ago:
Off the top of my head without too much thought…
Fight the Power - Public Enemy
Know Your Enemy - RATM
Nazi Punks Fuck Off - Dead Kennedys
Strange Fruit - Nina Simone
Making Flippy Floppy - Talking Heads (just for the line, “Our President’s crazy, did you hear what he said?”)
Dark and Long (Dark Train) - Underworld (no political message, but it’s long, and I love it and pretty sure he’d hate it) - Comment on Why don’t brands make simpler names? 6 days ago:
Doesn’t make it any less annoying though! 😁
- Comment on Why don’t brands make simpler names? 1 week ago:
One reason to avoid using words is that in a global economy, they may want to sell the same product in multiple countries, so you potentially run into translation issues/costs and confusion over whether a product is the same between two different places. Using just letters and numbers eliminates that.
Of course, that’s all for their own convenience, not for the convenience of the end customer.
- Comment on How would world politics be like if the top 100 countries (in terms of military strength) all had their own nuclear arsenals? 1 week ago:
Well, my point was really that, nowadays, a launch by anyone would likely result in other launches, leading to all out war and global catastrophe. I wasn’t getting into the literal size of bomb impact areas vs global surface area.
- Comment on How would world politics be like if the top 100 countries (in terms of military strength) all had their own nuclear arsenals? 1 week ago:
We would have nuclear war every year.
I suspect we’d only have it once.
- Comment on What are some slow acting poisons? 1 week ago:
Pretty sure there’s at least one Agatha Christie novel that uses that idea. A little here, a little there…
Although, actually, maybe it was the other way round, like someone was deliberately dosing themselves gradually to build up a tolerance. Something like that.
- Comment on Why do news articles and such call the governments of countries/groups of countries after the capital? 1 week ago:
Seconded, brilliant film.
- Comment on Does measles effect allergies? 2 weeks ago:
That’s a really interesting question. I have no idea, but I’d be interested to read what someone with relevant knowledge had to say about it.
- Comment on [deleted] 4 weeks ago:
Right, I see what you mean. Thanks 👍
- Comment on [deleted] 4 weeks ago:
Ah ok, thank you for that. Yeah, seems like sticking an epi pen in just before boarding might not be the best plan! Cheers 👍
- Comment on [deleted] 4 weeks ago:
Re epi pens, and apologies if this is a stupid question - could people for whom they help after a reaction potentially use them as a preventative measure? ie use the pen before any reaction takes place, to try and stop one happening at all?
I’m sure the answer is no, or else that would be what people did, but it occurred to me.
- Comment on xkcd #3055: Giants 5 weeks ago:
Where?
- Comment on Am I stroking it in my sleep? 5 weeks ago:
In 1982, the Scottish football ⚽ team released a single for the World Cup in which pretty much this dream scenario played out for the protagonist of the song.
- Comment on xkcd #3048: Suspension Bridge 1 month ago:
You’re welcome! 😁
- Comment on xkcd #3048: Suspension Bridge 1 month ago:
Yeah, same, it’s weird that there isn’t one easily findable!
- Comment on xkcd #3048: Suspension Bridge 1 month ago:
I take your point, but “tricked” is a strong word - I chose an image that shows the amount of climb. Having driven over it, I promise , it feels crazy steep! :-)
Yours really only shows the centre of the bridge, barely going beyond the supports. When you get a wider view, you can see just how much users have to climb at the start, to get to the top.Image.
- Comment on xkcd #3048: Suspension Bridge 1 month ago:
The Skye Bridge is a bit like that: Image
- Comment on YSK someone created a site to endlessly scroll Wikipedia 1 month ago:
I used to do basically this, but with the whole internet, when I was bored at work. I’d try and get from one site to another without using the keyboard and with no copy/paste, etc, just mouse clicks. Killed a lot of time that way 😁
- Comment on xkcd #3047: Rotary Tool 1 month ago:
Woah…
- Comment on xkcd #3047: Rotary Tool 1 month ago:
He also put 33 instead of 33 and ⅓. Get the pitchforks!
- Comment on 1 month ago:
In short, money.
To use the real name ould likely require licensing it. Not to mention that naming a game made by a company owned by one major media conglomerate, might be an issue when you’re a show made by a company owned by a different competing major media conglomerate.
- Comment on [deleted] 1 month ago:
Possibly someone intended to cross post to NSQ on another instance? There’s one on Lemmy.ca for example. Maybe they just typed the wrong one?
- Comment on Is there a way to search for specific words on a site? 2 months ago:
Not 100% on this, but you might need to include the “www.” part, rather than just the domain. Possibly not, but worth a try.
