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  1. Comment on Stremio is an impressive program in ~tech

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    Piracy carries the additional benefit of not giving any money to US corps (and along those, some of the less deserving).

    Piracy carries the additional benefit of not giving any money to US corps (and along those, some of the less deserving).

    3 votes

  2. Comment on Ho-hum, ho-hum: ‘Snow White’ opens to $43m — what poisoned this princess at the box office in ~movies

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    Interestingly, the dark ride was apparently very dark, and ended with the implied death of Snow White. Allegedly the man behind the disturbing nature of it was upset that his ideas for the Haunted...

    Interestingly, the dark ride was apparently very dark, and ended with the implied death of Snow White. Allegedly the man behind the disturbing nature of it was upset that his ideas for the Haunted Manor weren't taken up.

    2 votes

  3. Comment on System Shock 2: 25th Anniversary Remaster | Reveal trailer in ~games

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    Ahhhh, good. And in the same month as 28 Years Later. My cup runneth over.

    Ahhhh, good. And in the same month as 28 Years Later. My cup runneth over.

    2 votes

  4. Comment on Lilo & Stitch | Official trailer in ~movies

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    That actually looked pretty decent...until the human characters arrived. This mix of live-action characters and CGI doesn't work. When you have CGI aliens and humans clashing like that, it just...

    That actually looked pretty decent...until the human characters arrived. This mix of live-action characters and CGI doesn't work. When you have CGI aliens and humans clashing like that, it just makes the humans annoying.

    It also makes them all look stupid for not immediately realising that Stitch is clearly not a dog because he looks nothing like one, and the only way that could be more glaringly film-breaking is if one of the characters in its mirror universe acknowledges that humans on their mirror Earth are also aware of the concept of aliens.

    2 votes

  5. Comment on “ALL YOU NEED IS KILL” | Teaser trailer in ~anime

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    In the words of a fat, elderly, serial spouse murderer, "Oh my god, what's wrong with your faaaaace???" I like the look of this, though. The visual aesthetic takes me back to the 90s for reasons...

    In the words of a fat, elderly, serial spouse murderer, "Oh my god, what's wrong with your faaaaace???"

    I like the look of this, though. The visual aesthetic takes me back to the 90s for reasons that I lack the artistic vocabulary to explain.

    2 votes

  6. Comment on Banned from eBay for life with no explanation in ~tech

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    Oh, shame I never heard about it at the time. Well, thanks for nothing, eBay.

    Oh, shame I never heard about it at the time. Well, thanks for nothing, eBay.

    6 votes

  7. Comment on Banned from eBay for life with no explanation in ~tech

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    Yeah, I got that too. I don't even remember ever buying or selling anything on the site. Just got a phishing-looking email one day, ignored it, and spoke to customer services months later when I...

    Yeah, I got that too. I don't even remember ever buying or selling anything on the site. Just got a phishing-looking email one day, ignored it, and spoke to customer services months later when I tried to list something online for my mum and got an error message.

    Also happened to a friend, and they never got an explanation either. Ebay must have some crappy security.

    9 votes

  8. Comment on What's the best counter argument to "Well, if I don't do it somebody else will" in ~talk

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    The USA's continuing slide into Fascism.

    The USA's continuing slide into Fascism.

  9. Comment on Hi, how are you? Mental health support and discussion thread (February 2025) in ~health.mental

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    Well, the venlafaxine is treating me well, but it's really killed my libido. I'm like a panda.

    Well, the venlafaxine is treating me well, but it's really killed my libido. I'm like a panda.

    4 votes

  10. Comment on US Supreme Court unanimously backs law banning TikTok if it’s not sold by its Chinese parent company in ~tech

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    The duller among them are already migrating to Rednote, like that's somehow not even worse - the app's already popped up to replace TikTok in mobile gaming ads, which is pretty blatant.

    The duller among them are already migrating to Rednote, like that's somehow not even worse - the app's already popped up to replace TikTok in mobile gaming ads, which is pretty blatant.

    3 votes

  11. Comment on US Supreme Court unanimously backs law banning TikTok if it’s not sold by its Chinese parent company in ~tech

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    Excellent. Now let's ban that and Xitter in the UK as well, given the hostility and interference of the latter's goose-stepping prick of an owner.

    Excellent. Now let's ban that and Xitter in the UK as well, given the hostility and interference of the latter's goose-stepping prick of an owner.

    6 votes

  12. Comment on How UI helps you hate breakable weapons a bit less in ~games

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    Breakable weapons suck. Get 'em in the deepest part of the ocean. The way the great majority of devs implement them, they make weapons feel ridiculously fragile. Sterling was right.

    Breakable weapons suck. Get 'em in the deepest part of the ocean. The way the great majority of devs implement them, they make weapons feel ridiculously fragile. Sterling was right.

    2 votes

  13. Comment on Borderlands 4 | Official first look in ~games

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    Yeah, me too...with the cutscenes muted though, probably. I've been dreading it.

    Yeah, me too...with the cutscenes muted though, probably. I've been dreading it. 🫠

    5 votes

  14. Comment on 28 Years Later | Official trailer in ~movies

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    I did wonder about that. That particular reading is rather chilling.

    I did wonder about that. That particular reading is rather chilling.

    2 votes

  15. Comment on 28 Years Later | Official trailer in ~movies

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    The chanting is apparently a poem called 'Boots', by Rudyard Kipling, about soldiers gradually going mad over the course of a forced march. It is used in US Army SERE (Survival, Evasion,...

    The chanting is apparently a poem called 'Boots', by Rudyard Kipling, about soldiers gradually going mad over the course of a forced march. It is used in US Army SERE (Survival, Evasion, Resistance & Escape) training.

    3 votes

  16. Comment on American parents are stealing their children’s identities to access debt in ~life

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    "Why can't I order a replacement card/make changes to/discuss my son/daughter's bank account? I should be named on it. Even though it's in their name, I opened it for them." This is why.

    "Why can't I order a replacement card/make changes to/discuss my son/daughter's bank account? I should be named on it. Even though it's in their name, I opened it for them."

    This is why.

    10 votes

  17. Comment on What games have you been playing, and what's your opinion on them? in ~games

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    Warhammer 40K: Darktide. Man, Fatshark really nailed the sound and combat design on this one. It has such a satisfying gameplay loop; I just keep coming back to piling into a crowd of enemies with...

    Warhammer 40K: Darktide. Man, Fatshark really nailed the sound and combat design on this one. It has such a satisfying gameplay loop; I just keep coming back to piling into a crowd of enemies with my 8-foot-tall thick-as-mince Ogryn. I love the crunchy feedback from wheeling a giant pickaxe overhead into a mauler's helmet and crushing it like a can of spaghetti bolognese beneath an elephant's foot. I never tire of crashing a big metal mace the size of a bollard into a line of heretics and watching them go clattering across the floor like bowling pins, while their comrades break and flee in jibbering panic.

    Panic, mayhem, slaughter and rations. Gruttin' greeeeaaat!

  18. Comment on What games have you been playing, and what's your opinion on them? in ~games

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    Chornobyl is the Ukrainian spelling. There was a move over to it after the Russian government spoiled relations by launching their war on Ukraine. Warlockracy, a very amusing Ukrainian YouTuber,...

    Chornobyl is the Ukrainian spelling. There was a move over to it after the Russian government spoiled relations by launching their war on Ukraine.

    Warlockracy, a very amusing Ukrainian YouTuber, said that GSC Gameworlds also announced they wouldn't be releasing the sequel in Russian, leading to an online Russian social media and forum incident known as "[Slur presumably aimed at Ukrainians]-gate".

    1 vote

  19. Comment on How do Fallout’s NPCs get home? in ~games

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    Bethesda's games since Oblivion were designed more for players to fast-travel than follow NPCs through the world. Doing the latter can often lead to hilarious farce due to the bizarre and uncanny...

    Bethesda's games since Oblivion were designed more for players to fast-travel than follow NPCs through the world. Doing the latter can often lead to hilarious farce due to the bizarre and uncanny way that NPCs talk and act.

    7 votes

  20. Comment on What are some good YouTube channels/shows/series related to travel? in ~travel

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    I very much enjoyed the saga of Bim the Traveler and his Digital [Expletive].

    I very much enjoyed the saga of Bim the Traveler and his Digital [Expletive].

    1 vote