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  1. Comment on What do you call a bun, bacon, some amount of cheese, and two burger patties? (Not a setup to a joke) in ~food

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    That's a bacon burger. The cheese is implied and the number of patties is irrelevant. In my mind, anyway!

    That's a bacon burger. The cheese is implied and the number of patties is irrelevant. In my mind, anyway!

    1 vote

  2. Comment on I'm not ready to let this place go in ~tildes

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    I get that. I'm sorry, I'm not trying to be dismissive of how you feel at all. I guess we really don't know what the future holds for tildes. I'm happy for the time I've had here and any further...

    I get that. I'm sorry, I'm not trying to be dismissive of how you feel at all. I guess we really don't know what the future holds for tildes. I'm happy for the time I've had here and any further time I get along with it :)

    6 votes

  3. Comment on I'm not ready to let this place go in ~tildes

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    I don't really feel like anything changed or any new information was released in the post the other day. Like the site hasn't been updated in forever, which is fine, and Deimos is relatively hands...

    I don't really feel like anything changed or any new information was released in the post the other day. Like the site hasn't been updated in forever, which is fine, and Deimos is relatively hands off, which is fine, and we've just been riding on the fuel left in the tank for a while now, which is also fine.

    I mean I love this site, but I also don't feel like anything has changed unless we let it? Or unless the lack of any future features is unbearable and at complete odds with your preference (which is also, also fine!). Not knocking you directly, @delphi, but I don't really get the doom and gloom of a few of these posts the last day or so.

    Like to the point where I feel like I'm missing something? A community isn't in the features, it's in the people. And if the people decide to stick around, then there's always going to be a community...

    111 votes

  4. Comment on Any significant changes to Tildes are extremely unlikely in ~tildes.official

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    TSP <3 Gotten to know you a bit through the MC server and I've appreciated your humor, outspoken nature, and general vibe. I do hope you'll reconsider, or at least keep tabs on the MC server and...

    TSP <3 Gotten to know you a bit through the MC server and I've appreciated your humor, outspoken nature, and general vibe. I do hope you'll reconsider, or at least keep tabs on the MC server and reappear next season, because I'll genuinely miss you.

    6 votes

  5. Comment on Is it time to include pronouns? in ~tildes

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    I agree, but I'll never not read it as "General Practitioner" or "Gold PIeces"

    I agree, but I'll never not read it as "General Practitioner" or "Gold PIeces"

    5 votes

  6. Comment on Tildos, let's be unserious for a while; show us your dankest memes and god-tier shitposts! in ~talk

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    It's like the one remaining valid use of typing in all caps. I CANT JUST GIVE THAT UP

    It's like the one remaining valid use of typing in all caps. I CANT JUST GIVE THAT UP

    1 vote

  7. Comment on I wanted a better Gemini web proxy, so I built a single-file PHP gateway in ~comp

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    Maybe I'm attaching too much snarky superiority to it, but damn that kinda pisses me off.

    The issue thread opened on the subject was closed by a Google developer on 12 October 2010 with the custom status "Unfortunate"

    Maybe I'm attaching too much snarky superiority to it, but damn that kinda pisses me off.

    2 votes

  8. Comment on What are your memorable airport stories? in ~transport

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    I've heard rumblings that they're going to be phased out at Dulles soon, so hopefully Montreal doesn't do the same and you get to ride the AT-AT. Just don't forget to target the shield generator...

    I've heard rumblings that they're going to be phased out at Dulles soon, so hopefully Montreal doesn't do the same and you get to ride the AT-AT. Just don't forget to target the shield generator so Lord Vader can start his landing.

    8 votes

  9. Comment on What are your memorable airport stories? in ~transport

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    I don't fly very often, so every little thing feels like a big deal to me because it's all still very novel. But last year I flew home from DFW to IAD and our flight's landing was delayed. Then we...

    I don't fly very often, so every little thing feels like a big deal to me because it's all still very novel. But last year I flew home from DFW to IAD and our flight's landing was delayed. Then we landed and our gate was delayed. So we sat there and waited and waited. I think we spent an extra 2 hours on the plane in total? People were agitated, tired (it was after midnight), and just ready to not be in a plane.

    None of this is particularly rare in air travel, but the way I departed the plane was. And anyone who flew in/out of IAD probably knows where this is going.

    They never got the damn gate sorted so they had to "rescue" us off the plane via one of IAD's mobile lounges. Which are unique to only a few airports worldwide, but I very much associate them with IAD because you can always seem out and about, ferrying people between terminals. And they used to be used to take people to/from their planes directly. Well used to and still do in a pinch, apparently.

    It was so late and I was exhausted...just physically and mentally exhausted from the day's travels and to my tired nerdy eyes I felt like I was boarding an AT-AT from Star Wars and that just made it all worth it for some reason? The interior of the thing isn't anything special. It's like a big bus on scissor lifts with more standing room. But it so cool because I'd never experienced it before. And they dropped us off right by the exit and I was finally freee....

    to take the wrong parking lot shuttle, wander the wrong parking lot, have to ride the wrong bus back to the airport, then board the right bus back to my parking lot, then drive nearly 2 hours home, not getting back until like 4am. But still I got to ride an AT-AT!

    25 votes

  10. Comment on The Don Hertzfeldt Collection is now on Dropout in ~tv

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    I had not seen that one before, so I specifically sought it out last night. :D Did not disappoint!

    I had not seen that one before, so I specifically sought it out last night. :D Did not disappoint!

    1 vote

  11. Comment on The Don Hertzfeldt Collection is now on Dropout in ~tv

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    oh damn that's "my anus is bleeding" guy! Just kidding I know he's (clearly) done more work than "Rejected" and I'm excited to dive into it with my wife.

    oh damn that's "my anus is bleeding" guy!

    Just kidding I know he's (clearly) done more work than "Rejected" and I'm excited to dive into it with my wife.

    4 votes

  12. Comment on A thread about the history of streetcars in the US in ~transport

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    I don't know what more it would add, but I feel like the story of small city/town streetcars is missing here. Used to be that long ago there were street cars that ran from town-to-town across the...

    I don't know what more it would add, but I feel like the story of small city/town streetcars is missing here. Used to be that long ago there were street cars that ran from town-to-town across the entire county. And I know of at least 3 other counties across 2 states around me that had similar setups in the pre-war era. My assumption is that these were replaced with buses at one point, but these days only half of the counties I'm talking about have any kind of bus service. One of which has been in a trial run for over a year now and the other is centralized around the major city in the county and doesn't extend across the county like the street cars did.

    Anyway, I don't know much about what happened there. Just context clues and assumptions on my part. I think small towns get left out of these kinds of discussions because while those cities all went on to have somewhat functional bus, light rail, or metro services, the small towns around me mostly just didn't. If you're too poor to own/maintain a vehicle, you're limited to jobs within walking distance. And depending on the town, you may be walking on the side of a busy road without a sidewalk.

    3 votes

  13. Comment on Is there a way to filter out everything posted by a user? in ~tildes

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    I'm sitting here wondering if it's me for some reason

    I'm sitting here wondering if it's me for some reason

    8 votes

  14. Comment on Dark Sun, Star Wars, and more classic settings return to D&D in ~games.tabletop

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    yeah I'm curious to see how they balance jedi/sith vs regular folk. I never played it, but I recall hearing that it was a problem for the Star Wars Galaxies MMO where Jedi/Sith were over...

    where you were encouraged to play a character closer to Han Solo or Bail Organa than Luke Skywalker or Darth Vader.

    yeah I'm curious to see how they balance jedi/sith vs regular folk. I never played it, but I recall hearing that it was a problem for the Star Wars Galaxies MMO where Jedi/Sith were over represented because everyone wanted to be the cool lightsaber wielders. And I definitely remember seeing that repeated in SWTOR (and there being multiple jedi / sith classes didn't help). I have to assume that left untouched, ttrpg would trend that way too.

    2 votes

  15. Comment on Dark Sun, Star Wars, and more classic settings return to D&D in ~games.tabletop

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    I had D&D at my local game store last night while this stuff was being announced and it was a wild time. The store owner was sitting behind the counter watching and relaying info to everyone in...

    I had D&D at my local game store last night while this stuff was being announced and it was a wild time. The store owner was sitting behind the counter watching and relaying info to everyone in the store. It was a lot of fun. This is an aside from the actual topic at hand, but this is the first time in my life I've had local nerdfolk to get excited about these things with and it's really cool.

    But yeah I'm mostly excited about WoW D&D. I know very little about D&D as a setting, its lore, its gods, its cultures, etc. beyond what various DMs I've sat with establish, but Warcraft? My god I could recite to you the entire lore of Azeroth from the creation of the universe until Shadowlands. Hell I'm still playing Classic Hardcore!

    In particular, I'm really looking forward to doing the Wrath-era campaign. I can't decide if I want to run that (I'm still relatively new to DMing) or if I want to experience it as a player. Or maybe player first, DM later? ahh so exciting :)

    4 votes

  16. Comment on Atari makes Universal movie deal for ten iconic game properties in ~movies

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    My kneejerk reaction is that all of these are completely useless IPs. A bunch of games without any story to them...a few familiar sprites here and there...but that's about it? Like aside from...

    My kneejerk reaction is that all of these are completely useless IPs. A bunch of games without any story to them...a few familiar sprites here and there...but that's about it? Like aside from calling it "Asteroids" (which would have little selling power) what would you do with an Asteroids movie that you couldn't legally do with any generic space movie that includes a reference to the original game?

    It's like when they made Battleship....why did that need the board game's IP? You could've made a naval alien movie and thrown in those exact same references without infringing on the IP....

    The only thing that would be interesting there is if they did like "how it was made" type movie like the Tetris movie from a few years back. But I don't think buying the IP would be sufficient since it'd be the story of real people. Or like a Wreck-It-Ralph type thing where it's ALL THE IP at once as the setting..but then you're just retreading old ground.

    29 votes

  17. Comment on How has climate change affected your life / plans? in ~enviro

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    Mildly, I guess? I feel like I'm in this weird state of mind where I can't tell if winters are shorter/weaker because of global warming or if all of my childhood / teen memories of very snowy...

    Mildly, I guess? I feel like I'm in this weird state of mind where I can't tell if winters are shorter/weaker because of global warming or if all of my childhood / teen memories of very snowy winters are just faulty memory and only remembering the "good" winters. Likewise with summer... has it always been this hot in the summer? I've never been an outdoorsy type, so I genuinely don't know. And have spring/fall always felt so brief?

    To be clear I have no doubt that man-made climate change is real, but I can't tell if the impact of that is suddenly becoming greater, or if it's just marginally different and my memory is playing tricks on me.

    but as far as impact goes, I don't feel like we've gone outside with the kids as much this summer. It's been in the mid-90s a bit too much for that.

    6 votes

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

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    I'm still playing a lot of WoW Classic Hardcore. Way more than I should, to be honest, but that aside, I'm really enjoying it. I officially got the farthest I've ever been in Hardcore over the...

    I'm still playing a lot of WoW Classic Hardcore. Way more than I should, to be honest, but that aside, I'm really enjoying it. I officially got the farthest I've ever been in Hardcore over the weekend -- level 26. Which sounds ridiculous given I've been playing this for 2 months or so now, but I'm pretty proud of it. I've never played Horde-side classic, but I've been enjoying it a lot. Barrens is a much better questing experience than bouncing between Darkshore, Loch Modan, and Westfall on the Alliance side. Although you do dip into Silverpine a bit with certain leveling guides, it's much easier to get there than it is Darkshore at the level you're expected to.

    But yeah, all in all it's fun. Will probably die to something stupid in the next couple of days, delete the game, swear it off, and start over a day or two later.

    Edit -- called it. Died of something stupid an hour ago. Deleted game. Swore it off. We'll see where I land in day or two.
    Edit 2 -- less than 24 hrs later I've got the itch. I have D&D tonight so I won't be able to play even if I want to, but we'll see how the weekend fairs.
    Edit 3 -- I did fall victim to the itch. Reinstalled. Currently running around with a Level 21 Orc Warrior.

    1 vote

  19. Comment on Avengers: Doomsday | Official trailer in ~movies

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    Half-assed clusterfucks are entertaining. edit: less jokey answer is that I'm invested in this property/universe. Even when I've felt that it's taken a misstep I've found some enjoyment in it. I...

    Half-assed clusterfucks are entertaining.

    edit: less jokey answer is that I'm invested in this property/universe. Even when I've felt that it's taken a misstep I've found some enjoyment in it. I enjoy the lore a lot and would like to see where the overarching storyline goes, even though it routinely missteps. And lastly I enjoy this stuff. It's fun to watch the fanbase go nuts trying to conspiracy theory their way to some conclusion because of something in the background. It's fun to buy into that crazy shit and how it means the next movie's gonna feature Mafisto or something. It's goofy, it's cringy, but it's fun

    18 votes

  20. Comment on Avengers: Doomsday | Official trailer in ~movies

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    Clusterfuck: The Movie. I mean whatever I'm going to watch it, and I've got some catching up to do (Loki Season 2, Fantastic 4, and Black Panther 2, at least). But it just seems like they're...

    Clusterfuck: The Movie.

    I mean whatever I'm going to watch it, and I've got some catching up to do (Loki Season 2, Fantastic 4, and Black Panther 2, at least). But it just seems like they're trying to halfassedly recapture the glory of End Game with big dramatic reveals and team ups that don't have a third of the build up that IF/EG had.

    But again, whatever, I'm going to watch it.

    22 votes