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  1. Comment on FC Köpenhamn moved into the last sixteen of the UEFA Champions League for the first time since 2010-11 as they beat Galatasaray in ~sports.football

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    It's great for them, but as a Palace fan I was really hoping Galatasaray would go through just to see Wilfried Zaha in the CL Group stage! I loved every minute that he was at our club, but I'll...

    It's great for them, but as a Palace fan I was really hoping Galatasaray would go through just to see Wilfried Zaha in the CL Group stage!

    I loved every minute that he was at our club, but I'll always feel slightly guilty that he didn't get the traditional "success" that he would have elsewhere.

    1 vote
  2. Comment on “Are women pets or display items?” A discussion about provocative jokes and the spaces they can inhabit in ~talk

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    This just sounds like a Whose Line.. bit! "Things you can say about your fish, but you can't say about your girlfriend"

    This just sounds like a Whose Line.. bit!

    "Things you can say about your fish, but you can't say about your girlfriend"

    1 vote
  3. Comment on Unity CEO steps down in ~games

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    I wonder what Unity can possibly do now to earn the trust of future developers. Specific legally binding agreements with each individual party who uses the engine? Otherwise how can you be sure...

    I wonder what Unity can possibly do now to earn the trust of future developers. Specific legally binding agreements with each individual party who uses the engine? Otherwise how can you be sure they won't try to pull the same thing again in the future?

    3 votes
  4. Comment on <deleted topic> in ~movies

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    The "sequel" (that I also haven't seen!) looks like much more of a generic monster movie.. but that could be a classic case of judging a book by its cover!

    The "sequel" (that I also haven't seen!) looks like much more of a generic monster movie.. but that could be a classic case of judging a book by its cover!

  5. Comment on How would you rewrite the ending of a show that had an unsatisfying finale, or imagine an ending to a show that was canceled prematurely? in ~tv

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    I think the bigger problem for How I Met Your Mother is that they set up Ted and Robin as the perfect "sitcom couple" in episode one, played on it for season after season... and then tripped over...

    I think the bigger problem for How I Met Your Mother is that they set up Ted and Robin as the perfect "sitcom couple" in episode one, played on it for season after season... and then tripped over themselves trying to make it work that Robin wasn't the mother but was also clearly the love of Ted's life

    You can't convince the audience that Ted loves someone else more in just a handful of episodes, and Ted being with anyone else wouldn't fit the tone of the entire rest of the series.

  6. Comment on <deleted topic> in ~movies

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    So this made me pretty curious and I exported all of my IMDB ratings, filtered down to just movies and then separately filtered all films with an overall rating <6.5, and those with fewer than...

    So this made me pretty curious and I exported all of my IMDB ratings, filtered down to just movies and then separately filtered all films with an overall rating <6.5, and those with fewer than 5000 votes. Then in each list I looked for films I rated >7, ignoring documentaries. It came back with a few films that clearly I enjoy and nobody else does, and one that apparently "nobody else" has seen.

    Films I love with fewer than 5000 votes:

    • Shuffle - a low budget mystery/romance/thriller about a guy who wakes up every day in a different year of his life

    Films I love with low IMDB ratings:

    • Infinity Chamber - low budget sci fi thriller about a guy locked away inside a solitary cell in an entirely automated prison
    • Monsters - a very reserved "monster movie" that uses an alien invasion as a backdrop, while being more of a character driven story of two people trying to travel safely through a no-go zone
    • Mr. 3000 - An excellent sports underdog movie starring Bernie Mac (RIP)
    • Johnny English - Rowan Atkinson's superb James Bond parody. Such a quotable film that I still throw out lines from it to this day
    4 votes
  7. Comment on What's your favorite episode from Avatar: The Last Airbender? in ~tv

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    It's also the exact point where the show truly transforms from being a shockingly good children's show to a genuinely fantastic fantasy series for everyone!

    It's also the exact point where the show truly transforms from being a shockingly good children's show to a genuinely fantastic fantasy series for everyone!

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

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    Citizen Sleeper! A really cool sci-fi narrative RPG where you play as a sort of "outlaw" on a space station and do what you can to survive. The story is so, so good. Playing it for a good few...

    Citizen Sleeper! A really cool sci-fi narrative RPG where you play as a sort of "outlaw" on a space station and do what you can to survive. The story is so, so good. Playing it for a good few hours straight yesterday and barely noticed the time go by!

    15 votes
  9. Comment on Mysterious, thoughtful games? A genre I can't define in ~games

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    Very true, I think that wouldn't work as a suggestion either. It's a cool game, but one where you could easily get stuck if you're not "good at games"/don't enjoy difficulty

    Very true, I think that wouldn't work as a suggestion either. It's a cool game, but one where you could easily get stuck if you're not "good at games"/don't enjoy difficulty

    1 vote
  10. Comment on Good, quality YouTube channels? in ~tech

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    I jsut watched an 80 minute long video on the video game Ico from this channel! I then checked out their other videos and its all recommendations of small and niche video games that I mostly...

    I jsut watched an 80 minute long video on the video game Ico from this channel! I then checked out their other videos and its all recommendations of small and niche video games that I mostly hadn't heard of but sound pretty cool

    Stumbled across this after watching a Matthewmatosis video on the same game

  11. Comment on Mysterious, thoughtful games? A genre I can't define in ~games

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    Heaven's Vault! It's like a big, open world, that's a bit point-and-click adventure and a bit interactive fiction - but ultimately what the game is is an incredibly deep and mysterious world that...

    Heaven's Vault! It's like a big, open world, that's a bit point-and-click adventure and a bit interactive fiction - but ultimately what the game is is an incredibly deep and mysterious world that you explore with complete freedom

    2 votes
  12. Comment on Mysterious, thoughtful games? A genre I can't define in ~games

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    There's a channel called Symbalily on YouTube and her playthrough of Outer Wilds is excellent! I enjoyed it a lot after having completed Outer Wilds myself

    There's a channel called Symbalily on YouTube and her playthrough of Outer Wilds is excellent! I enjoyed it a lot after having completed Outer Wilds myself

    2 votes
  13. Comment on Mysterious, thoughtful games? A genre I can't define in ~games

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    Doesn't quite work for the "light in battle" element though! Tunic makes it a little bit harder to explore the magic than some of the games listed.

    Doesn't quite work for the "light in battle" element though! Tunic makes it a little bit harder to explore the magic than some of the games listed.

    2 votes
  14. Comment on Cozy games in ~games

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    And if you've played A Short Hike, "Little Gator Game" feels very much like a spiritual successor!

    And if you've played A Short Hike, "Little Gator Game" feels very much like a spiritual successor!

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

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    Such a good game, utterly broken in a lot of ways but it's a game where breaking these is just so much fun. One of the only games with a 50+hr campaign that I actually enjoyed all the way to the...

    Such a good game, utterly broken in a lot of ways but it's a game where breaking these is just so much fun. One of the only games with a 50+hr campaign that I actually enjoyed all the way to the end! (And the sequel is arguably even better, although playing them back to back is a bit of a time commitment haha)

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

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    Very similar opinion on Elden Ring, incredible game in so many ways - but also really, really tedious in a lot of others! It's an open world game, go wherever you like! Except, probably best to go...

    Very similar opinion on Elden Ring, incredible game in so many ways - but also really, really tedious in a lot of others! It's an open world game, go wherever you like! Except, probably best to go back to exactly where you just died or you'll lose a level and a half's worth of runes -_-

    And the last dozen bosses are outrageously strong

    1 vote