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  1. Comment on 2025 NFL Season 🏈 Weekly Discussion Thread – Week 10 in ~sports.american_football

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    Commander kinda friggin suck. I know it's largely because of the injuries...but damn. It's been a very unfun couple weeks of football for me. But then somehow the Dolphins beat the Bills, which...

    Commander kinda friggin suck. I know it's largely because of the injuries...but damn. It's been a very unfun couple weeks of football for me.

    But then somehow the Dolphins beat the Bills, which really warms my heart. I've been so detached from the Dolphins this season that I wasn't even aware of who they were playing this week. So imagine my surprise when I was checking scores Sunday night and saw the Dolphins not only won, but won substantially. I won't let Miami's patented false hope get me though!

  3. Comment on Mullvad - Shutting down our search proxy Leta in ~tech

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    For what it's worth, Mozilla announced today that they're rolling out additional fingerprinting protections in Firefox. But Firefox is also a browser for the general public, not just...

    For what it's worth, Mozilla announced today that they're rolling out additional fingerprinting protections in Firefox. But Firefox is also a browser for the general public, not just privacy-minded tech enthusiasts who are okay with sacrificing convenience for privacy. So I don't know if it'll be as effective as anti-fingerprinting found in more intensively privacy-focused browser.

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

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    I think those people must just forget how tedious it was. Or they're remembering the experience with full XP-boosting heirloom gear, XP events, etc. Because with Mists classic I'm experiencing it...

    I think those people must just forget how tedious it was. Or they're remembering the experience with full XP-boosting heirloom gear, XP events, etc.

    Because with Mists classic I'm experiencing it as a new player would have because I don't have any heirlooms or previously max-level characters in classic since I skipped BC, Wrath and Cata classic entirely. And if I didn't already know the game's lore, it would be very confusing from a storytelling standpoint!

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

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    I started playing WoW Classic Mists of Pandaria the other week. It's been an interesting reminder of how god-awful leveling up used to be in that game. 1-60 Cataclysm-era Azeroth, 60-70 Outlands,...

    I started playing WoW Classic Mists of Pandaria the other week. It's been an interesting reminder of how god-awful leveling up used to be in that game. 1-60 Cataclysm-era Azeroth, 60-70 Outlands, 70-80 Northerend, 80-85 Cataclysm-era Azeroth again. And only then do you get to the "current" expansion content -- Pandaria.

    And it's such a big skill curve going from Cata to Pandaria with Cata quest blue/green armor. I remember it fondly from when Pandaria first came out. I didn't really perfect my ability to CC and survive encounters as a Mage until Pandaria because it was so much more challenging than Cata content was.

    I'm getting a little burned out already though. I chose a Retribution Paladin and I'm very tired of him. And usually I'd just roll an alt and have fun with that, but I lack the motivation to redo the 1-85 experience again.

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  6. Comment on V for Vendetta - 20th anniversary | Announcement trailer in ~movies

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    Oh no we're certainly worse off than the EU is today. But we're also not quite at the point of the fictionalized version of the UK from that movie. Perhaps well on our way, but certainly not there...

    Oh no we're certainly worse off than the EU is today. But we're also not quite at the point of the fictionalized version of the UK from that movie. Perhaps well on our way, but certainly not there (or worse) yet. Kimmel wasn't beaten, kidnapped, and disappeared, after all. Just kind of unemployed for a few weeks.

    8 votes

  7. Comment on V for Vendetta - 20th anniversary | Announcement trailer in ~movies

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    I'm torn between really wanting to see this in theaters (I missed the chance when it first came out) and being worried it's going to hit a little too close to home. Things aren't quite so bad in...

    I'm torn between really wanting to see this in theaters (I missed the chance when it first came out) and being worried it's going to hit a little too close to home. Things aren't quite so bad in the US as the UK in the film, but my mind did immediately go to Stephen Fry's character when all the shit with Kimmel was going down.

    15 votes

  8. Comment on Dick Cheney dies at 84 in ~society

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    Unfortunately they keep his phylactery in an undisclosed location, so we'll just have to see what happens.

    Unfortunately they keep his phylactery in an undisclosed location, so we'll just have to see what happens.

    4 votes

  9. Comment on Zohran Mamdani wins New York City mayor’s race, capping a stunning ascent in ~society

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    My wife and I are celebrating that! Our county overwhelming voted "No" on retaining them, but we proudly voted "Yes" this morning. Had some guy outside polling place handing out little cards...

    PA Supreme Court holds its liberal majority

    My wife and I are celebrating that! Our county overwhelming voted "No" on retaining them, but we proudly voted "Yes" this morning. Had some guy outside polling place handing out little cards encouraging us to vote "No", so when we got home we set the card on fire in the kitchen sink. I'm not saying our little spontaneous ceremony cemented the win for PA's Supreme Court, but you can't prove it didn't!

    17 votes

  10. Comment on Dick Cheney dies at 84 in ~society

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    teaearlgraycold, indeed. I nearly spit my drink out laughing.

    teaearlgraycold, indeed. I nearly spit my drink out laughing.

    7 votes

  11. Comment on 2025 NFL Season 🏈 Weekly Discussion Thread – Week 9 in ~sports.american_football

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    I'm convinced the Commanders are cursed. Or the field is cursed? Maybe the football gods are mad and won't be content until the Commanders return to the hollowed grounds of the former RFK stadium....

    I'm convinced the Commanders are cursed. Or the field is cursed? Maybe the football gods are mad and won't be content until the Commanders return to the hollowed grounds of the former RFK stadium. It's certainly not a lack of sacrifices. We've been injuring players and especially QBs left and right going back years now!

    4 votes

  13. Comment on Is 67 just brain rot? in ~humanities.languages

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    As a parent only in his second year of having school aged kids it’s been interesting seeing memes from the other side. At first some of them irritated me because I wrongly assumed they were crass...

    As a parent only in his second year of having school aged kids it’s been interesting seeing memes from the other side. At first some of them irritated me because I wrongly assumed they were crass or offensive stuff. So I asked my kids to tone it down a bit at home. They didn’t listen, but I also figured I’d just let them be kids! If I can enjoy “my anus is bleeding!” as a teen, they can surely enjoy screaming “John Cena” (a person they couldn’t identify if their lives depended on it)

    Then 6-7 happened and I was already aware of it and knew it basically meant nothing. So I didn’t stop the kids from saying it at home and actually kind of get a kick out of saying it to them because they’ll say it in unison back. There’s a very brief window of time where they don’t yet realize I’m not the coolest person ever so I’m gonna enjoy that a bit :)

    But yeah I think a lot of strong negative reactions to memes from kids are because the parents or whoever don’t understand and either can’t or won’t try to.

    24 votes

  14. Comment on I powered my house using 500 disposable vapes in ~engineering

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    I just got tired of dealing with different vape fluids, coils, batteries, etc. Not to mention the vape bros trying to upsell you on stuff at the "proper" vape shop I went to. I say "proper"...

    I just got tired of dealing with different vape fluids, coils, batteries, etc. Not to mention the vape bros trying to upsell you on stuff at the "proper" vape shop I went to. I say "proper" because they exclusively sold refillable vapes, fluids, and accessories...then there are other shops that sell both, but lean heavier on the disposable side.

    It became less of a headache to hop into the smaller shops, ask the stoned-out-of-his-mind college kid for a certain brand and flavor and go about my day. The disposables are substantially simpler... it's out...time to buy a new one. Versus...ah I need fluid...oh I need a new coil...ah my tank's stopper came loose need a new tank, etc. etc.

    None of that is a good reason to contribute to e-waste so egregiously, but that was my reasoning.

    3 votes

  15. Comment on I powered my house using 500 disposable vapes in ~engineering

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    I hope videos like this raise awareness for how wasteful disposable vapes are. Some vapes are super over the top with little screens and LEDs that play animations when you hit the vape, which is...

    I hope videos like this raise awareness for how wasteful disposable vapes are. Some vapes are super over the top with little screens and LEDs that play animations when you hit the vape, which is just stupid and even more wasteful. I quit vaping about a month ago (although really I just shuffled the nicotine addiction to another intake method), but for about a year there I was exclusively using the disposables. And I never felt right about the e-waste. I did try to offset it a bit by harvesting batteries and doing little electronics projects with them (only thing that ever really worked was a sketchy-looking phone power bank).

    7 votes

  16. Comment on Removing obfuscation in Minecraft Java Edition in ~games

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    There was (is?) an azure outage, could be from that maybe.

    There was (is?) an azure outage, could be from that maybe.

  17. Comment on Looking for movies that combine religion mythology and supernatural elements in ~movies

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    I'd like to add that if you're not super into Marvel or comic books at all, I think this would still be enjoyable. It's fairly stand alone and doesn't require having seen any other parts of the MCU.

    I'd like to add that if you're not super into Marvel or comic books at all, I think this would still be enjoyable. It's fairly stand alone and doesn't require having seen any other parts of the MCU.

    4 votes

  18. Comment on Double meaning Tildes post tag writing prompt in ~creative

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    Which then brings to mind "Killer Queen". Is it about a serially murderous monarch of the female persuasion, or the Queen song

    Which then brings to mind "Killer Queen". Is it about a serially murderous monarch of the female persuasion, or the Queen song

  19. Comment on Millennials: How do you feel about nostalgia pandering? in ~talk

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    Most 90s stuff being "retro" enough for nostalgia bait doesn't faze me at all. That makes logical sense to me in my late 30s. It's the stuff from my teens being retro that's throwing me for a...

    Most 90s stuff being "retro" enough for nostalgia bait doesn't faze me at all. That makes logical sense to me in my late 30s. It's the stuff from my teens being retro that's throwing me for a loop. Particularly music...Emo, pop-punk, nu metal, etc. It doesn't feel old in the same way that a lot of other stuff does. Like I swear it was just last week that I was sitting in my friend's car in the school parking lot jamming out to System of a Down's Mezmerize album.

    I don't particularly care for lazy reboots of 90s/00s properties, but I don't mind "period pieces" that use that era as a backdrop to tell a story. Those are fun because I can point to them and tell my kids about my childhood. Eventually they'll age out of caring (as I did with my own parents), but for now I enjoy it :)

    8 votes