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Comment on The return of non-PC language in the US mainstream in ~talk
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Comment on UFO 50 is the best retro-gaming homage I’ve ever played in ~games
Qis Link ParentThey've been quite tightlipped, outside of individual dev streams over the years. Now that it's here it will be very hard to sort out what I learned before now except to say that this is one of...They've been quite tightlipped, outside of individual dev streams over the years. Now that it's here it will be very hard to sort out what I learned before now except to say that this is one of the most ambitious and thoroughly approached projects I have ever heard of. I assumed for a long time that this would be vaporware and never release!
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Comment on UFO 50 is the best retro-gaming homage I’ve ever played in ~games
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Comment on Donald Trump whisked off stage in Pennsylvania after apparent gunshots rang through the crowd in ~society
Qis Link ParentA thorough inspection may be underway, but I mean that it simply won't be necessary to get into the nitty-gritty of this person's records to discern more-or-less why they brought a gun to the...A thorough inspection may be underway, but I mean that it simply won't be necessary to get into the nitty-gritty of this person's records to discern more-or-less why they brought a gun to the rally. I think whatever can be found below the surface level of his public presentation is going to be meaningless, and in a month's time we'll have no more insight into his motivation than we did this week, mark my words.
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Comment on Donald Trump whisked off stage in Pennsylvania after apparent gunshots rang through the crowd in ~society
Qis Link ParentAgreed. I'm always mystified by the premise of "investigation," as though it takes more than one day to flip every mattress and skim thru every laptop and diary. These inspections go on for days,...Agreed. I'm always mystified by the premise of "investigation," as though it takes more than one day to flip every mattress and skim thru every laptop and diary. These inspections go on for days, then weeks? And I'm always wondering, what else is there to look at? A twenty-year-old hasn't got two ideas to rub together! No matter how they'd been groomed, their motivation cannot possibly interest us. I get the hiccups as often as I do the things that this kid did on his way to shoot the president!
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Comment on Thoughts on anti-Zionism? in ~talk
Qis LinkIsrael and the Zionism movement have badly coopted my culture. There is terrible schism between Jews who recognize this campaign as a disgusting abdication of responsibility and those who think it...Israel and the Zionism movement have badly coopted my culture. There is terrible schism between Jews who recognize this campaign as a disgusting abdication of responsibility and those who think it is "cleaning". I am loathe to associate myself with eugenicists and genocidaires, and I feel ejected from Judaism.
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Comment on So I suspect my rideshare driver might have been earning extra for viral marketing in ~transport
Qis LinkI've had people talk to me that way, it's bizarre! I've stopped them and asked if they might, legitimately, be attempting to advertise or something, always had them deny it up and down, they just...I've had people talk to me that way, it's bizarre! I've stopped them and asked if they might, legitimately, be attempting to advertise or something, always had them deny it up and down, they just enjoy Product and want to share its benefits. Commercials mess with your head, yo
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Comment on FiveThirtyEight has been integrated into ABC News with the original website redirecting to the new vertical in ~society
Qis Link ParentClare Malone caught a job as a staff writer at New Yorker magazine. Haven't seen anything from her over there yet but she's still working!Clare Malone caught a job as a staff writer at New Yorker magazine. Haven't seen anything from her over there yet but she's still working!
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Comment on I want to use a desk, but I can't get myself to stop using my bed due to a complex tangle of issues (autism, chronic pain, etc.). What should I do? in ~health
Qis LinkThe desktop setup sounds nice so it'd be a shame if you couldn't use it, but is there anything actually bad for you about using the bed? It sounds like your most functional option. I've never had...The desktop setup sounds nice so it'd be a shame if you couldn't use it, but is there anything actually bad for you about using the bed? It sounds like your most functional option.
I've never had a medical professional in my life, even a specialist, who seemed likely to work with me on any issue in terms as detailed as you have used here.
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Comment on Short (< 1 hour) 2-player games to play during lunch in ~games.tabletop
Qis Link ParentThese are very good reccs. Race for the Galaxy is the best game in this thread, and all three of these are straight competitions with much subtlety!!These are very good reccs. Race for the Galaxy is the best game in this thread, and all three of these are straight competitions with much subtlety!!
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Comment on Short (< 1 hour) 2-player games to play during lunch in ~games.tabletop
Qis Link ParentThis comment contains an attentive hobbyist's recommendations! Try ^ these games! These are not the entry-level games for people who've never ventured deeper, nor are they obscure deep cuts. This...This comment contains an attentive hobbyist's recommendations! Try ^ these games! These are not the entry-level games for people who've never ventured deeper, nor are they obscure deep cuts. This is a well-refined list of tried-and-true filler type games. I especially echo Bohnanza and Red7. I also like Mottainai and Innovation, published by the same house as Red7.
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Comment on Superconductor megathread in ~science
Qis LinkDAE follow the story about the university of rochester researcher who recently made retractions over similar claims?DAE follow the story about the university of rochester researcher who recently made retractions over similar claims?
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Comment on Why I haven't played Hades in ~games
Qis LinkHades having diverse portrait art could never have created "representation". It's a game about literally one figure just wanging on room after room of monsters with a big hammer or a shield that...Hades having diverse portrait art could never have created "representation". It's a game about literally one figure just wanging on room after room of monsters with a big hammer or a shield that does that "bounce" move. Nothing in this category of game will ever reflect a modern demographic, much less an ancient one.
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Disgust is awful!
Oh no! My friend thinks she shouldn't use her nice ornamental coffee pot, because it is made of aluminum! Nevermind that there might be science developing somewhere that this substance may be some...
Oh no! My friend thinks she shouldn't use her nice ornamental coffee pot, because it is made of aluminum! Nevermind that there might be science developing somewhere that this substance may be some kind of innocuous which is not total. It's just horrible that that is how people make decisions
sometimes!I got really defensive when I started hearing that people would avoid plastic bottles. Seemed like the kind of discernment that could only put me out of touch with things which are available. Go get your coffee pot! I doubt that you'll ever be able to tell if it ever impacted your health. Another friend of mine has a whole crop of prohibitions. He liked some of my clothes and talked about borrowing them until he found out they included polyesters, at which point he completely dropped interest and then I just felt put down for going on with something he had rejected. I thought, why did he speculate to me at all, knowing he had that sort of judgment still pending? Disgust should be unspeakable! but people bring it out with such righteousness, like "wouldn't you like to be healthier, away from all these awful things"? I also feel this way about smells. I hate how people respond to perceptible odors. Everyone is so sure of their opinions. Someone please come out with me for this. Unless you're struggling to breathe I really do not want to hear what you think about a smell. You're just going to interpret the world as being a worse place to be and that habit is what disgusts me!
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Comment on Why did men stop wearing hats? in ~life.style
Qis LinkThis link goes to a different video! But I found the video and found it edutaining. Here is the link to their blogpost which includes the video plus some text.This link goes to a different video! But I found the video and found it edutaining. Here is the link to their blogpost which includes the video plus some text.
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Comment on Protesters openly urge Xi Jinping to resign over China Covid curbs in ~health
Qis Link ParentI am wholly despairing over the likelihood that any of this is correct. I have come to fear that there is simply no integrated english language accounting for the modern cultural dynamics of the...I am wholly despairing over the likelihood that any of this is correct. I have come to fear that there is simply no integrated english language accounting for the modern cultural dynamics of the people of china. I now presume that the nuances will be totally occluded. I can't discern anything! This BBC article you've linked contains ZERO proper nouns besides placenames, top-level leaders, and the names of ethnic groups... it's like reading a World Factbook Encyclopedia. The only exception is the quotation from a posting "signed Qi Xiaojin on the popular Sina Weibo platform" that I cannot source anywhere on the internet, I've been looking for about half an hour. No good searching Weibo myself, my translate tools think this page is in SWEDISH?
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Comment on Dwarf Fortress Steam Edition | Release date trailer in ~games
Qis LinkFor shame, discussion of DF's controls commonly eclipses discussion of DF! Any other Traditional Rogue players here, can we sound off? I'll settle for Rimworld.For shame, discussion of DF's controls commonly eclipses discussion of DF! Any other Traditional Rogue players here, can we sound off? I'll settle for Rimworld.
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Comment on Things unexpectedly named after people in ~humanities.languages
Qis Linkmore annals and miscellanies!! rah rah triviamore annals and miscellanies!! rah rah trivia
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Comment on Why men are hard to help in ~life.men
Qis Link ParentThis is a thorough list of troubles, with many overlaps between categories. Do you support yourself, mostly?This is a thorough list of troubles, with many overlaps between categories. Do you support yourself, mostly?
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Comment on Why men are hard to help in ~life.men
Qis Link ParentI can respect someone who wishes to be left alone. I wish I understood your conviction a little better, though. What is it you've experienced that has convinced you so thoroughly that there is no...I can respect someone who wishes to be left alone. I wish I understood your conviction a little better, though. What is it you've experienced that has convinced you so thoroughly that there is no "potential" in you? What is your lifestyle like?
I work with teens and I've come to think of the current youth culture as "jocular". It is easy to ascribe this to something to do with trumpianism, but it also seems to be a function of 80s nostalgia, bodybuilding culture, covid isolation, the strife of the police, sublimating political factions, the spectre of "woke", the revanchist attacks against feminism. They are sticking it hard to our PBS-supporting parents~!
Jocks like these kids are confident in their word selection! They know they're not supposed to say it out loud, but they revel in the fact of their observations. The R-word is thoroughly deployed, and so are a lot of wild battle-of-the-sexes cliches! It is horrifying...!