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  1. Comment on Elon Musk’s attack on F-35s fuels debate over expensive fighter jets in ~society

  2. Comment on Elon Musk’s attack on F-35s fuels debate over expensive fighter jets in ~society

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    Is there a way to filter words or phrases? Either through the website or the ‘three cheers for tildes’ app. Beyond sick of hearing about this guy…

    Is there a way to filter words or phrases? Either through the website or the ‘three cheers for tildes’ app.

    Beyond sick of hearing about this guy…

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  3. Comment on What are your spooky, creepy or unexplained stories? in ~talk

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    Yep, the fact that there were two of us is what makes me revisit this in my head sometimes. I'm totally a sceptic these days. I chalk it up to sleepwalking as well. However, aside from those other...

    Yep, the fact that there were two of us is what makes me revisit this in my head sometimes.

    I'm totally a sceptic these days. I chalk it up to sleepwalking as well. However, aside from those other two times when I was alone, sleepwalking is not a thing that has happened to me before or since, so....idk.

    I assumed my step-bother just moved over to his side when I "sleptwalked" over to his side, but he was just as confounded as I was when I woke him up. We could have both been in that sleep-like state and just swapped over - in fact, it's probable.
    It's just....both of us? And then the preceding vision?

    The vision of the two figures being a dream is obvious, I mean there's really no other explanation, right?
    It could have been my two sisters (though they are years apart and heights vary, plus there's just no way they could have physically moved us). It could have been my Mum, but she and they denied it.

    I totally get why one would assume it was a prank, I did. But if you knew these people you would understand why it's just not something that they would do lol

    The dream included the blanket falling off (which was still on the floor when I awoke) and a sense of "floating", or being moved.
    I distinctly remember having this vision directly before waking up on the other side of the bed.
    I get the way we recall memories isn't reliable...so I have no real choice but to chalk it all up as just that - a dream, or memory reconstructed by my mind in a way to help make sense of the situation.
    Still, the content and timeline of it hasn't changed much from what I can tell, and this is nearly 30 years ago now...so yeah, just feels like an ongoing part of the puzzle for me (despite now consciously recognising it as nothing but a dream).

    It's also definitely not a house in which someone could go unnoticed. It's a small single-story housing commission place and there's no way anyone wouldn't notice, but I appreciate the idea. I know that has happened before in this crazy world of ours.

    Anyway, this is all probably easily explained at the end of the day. But even after all these years, this is the one incident I have experienced in my lifetime that makes me question the state of the nature of my existence.
    I'm actually grateful to have experienced it, even if it's all just in my head... (which it's not really cos two people lol).

    4 votes

  4. Comment on What are your spooky, creepy or unexplained stories? in ~talk

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    This happened well over half a lifetime ago. I'm nearly 45, and this occurred when I was approx. 10-13 years old. I come from a broken family. My (at the time) step-bro had been allowed to stay...

    This happened well over half a lifetime ago. I'm nearly 45, and this occurred when I was approx. 10-13 years old.

    I come from a broken family. My (at the time) step-bro had been allowed to stay overnight with me on a weekend while I was at my Mum's place. There were not enough beds, so we slept head-to-toe in my bed for the night (we're both boys).
    Anyway, we slept.

    My first memory was seeing two shadowed figures right next to me beside the bed, in the position I always sleep in, facing away from the wall and into the space of my small bedroom. I remember seeing the quilt falling down to the floor, and a shift of my body slightly upwards and then to the other end of the bed. This I gleaned from maybe two blinks of an eye. The figures were both the same size, maybe a meter tall, and completely shrouded. My bedroom was always really dark, but there was a blinded window right next to the head of the bed, so not completely absent of light.
    I woke up on the other side of the bed where my brother had slept, and he was still asleep but in the place where I had originally set down. Both of us had the same pillow we originally had when we went to sleep.
    I woke him up, confused. He awoke, confused.
    Now, I am a pretty light sleeper. I wouldn't have been able to be psychically moved and not wake up. The only other people in the house were my Mum, who is not a joker, and my two younger sisters, who could not have moved us. All 3 of them denied that they were messing around with us. I believe them.

    This waking up on the other side of the bed happened two times to me afterwards, without anyone else being present. One time....my pants had been removed (still had my underwear on). I have never told anyone about the missing pants part until now, but hey, this is the internet, and I am anonymous.

    Also, during this period of time (maybe a year or so), I had a next door neighbour with a small dog. This dog, for whatever reason, despite having a big vacant backyard, used to park right near my bedroom window at night and bark for non-stop for extended periods.... Now, this didn't happen on the night, but the fact that this dog used to do this at all for seemingly no reason always really used to irk me.

    Despite growing up in a very religious household, I'm now an Atheist and a sceptic. At the time, I used to believe in the supernatural, but I never really had any idea what to think about these experiences. I've always had an inkling that it may have been an inter-dimenesional incursion, what with the two shadowy figures, general fuckery and the occasionally barking dog, but I dunno..

    We were both asleep, though, so it's probably a case of unconscious minds doing unconscious mind things.
    But, the fact that we both woke up with the same pillows on the opposite sides of the bed, and the preceding vision of those two dark figures, means that I have never truly forgotten this part of my life.

    6 votes

  5. Comment on TS2Redux: A complete fan-made PC port of TimeSplitters 2 (using Homefront: The Revolution) in ~games

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    Brilliant. I don't have any idea about batch scripts so I might need to pop in to their discord if i can't figure it out. Cheers for the clarification!

    Brilliant. I don't have any idea about batch scripts so I might need to pop in to their discord if i can't figure it out. Cheers for the clarification!

  6. Comment on TS2Redux: A complete fan-made PC port of TimeSplitters 2 (using Homefront: The Revolution) in ~games

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    Amazing! Thanks for the confirmation

    Amazing! Thanks for the confirmation

    4 votes

  7. Comment on TS2Redux: A complete fan-made PC port of TimeSplitters 2 (using Homefront: The Revolution) in ~games

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    Would I need to keep Homefront installed? Usually wouldn’t be an issue but ssd space is running low atm.

    Would I need to keep Homefront installed? Usually wouldn’t be an issue but ssd space is running low atm.

    3 votes

  8. Comment on What's your favorite dinosaur? in ~science

  9. Comment on What's your favorite dinosaur? in ~science

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    Brontosaurus, because I'm a simple, simple man. Also Littlefoot.

    Brontosaurus, because I'm a simple, simple man. Also Littlefoot.

    9 votes

  10. Comment on Gauntlet IV: “Game needs port, badly” in ~games

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    Yeah, what a soundtrack. Game is super fun with a friend too

    Yeah, what a soundtrack. Game is super fun with a friend too

  11. Comment on Everything shown at Gamescom 2023 Opening Night Live in ~games

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    This page kills Safari and Chome on iOS Will have to check it out on a desktop. Looks like some interesting titles have been announced.

    This page kills Safari and Chome on iOS

    Will have to check it out on a desktop. Looks like some interesting titles have been announced.

  12. Comment on Any sumo fans? in ~sports.combat

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    Yes! I started watching a few bashos ago when it was being streamed on Twitch (damn you NHK). I try to still catch it live work permitting. Sad to see some regulars go, like Ichinojo, Tochinoshin,...

    Yes! I started watching a few bashos ago when it was being streamed on Twitch (damn you NHK). I try to still catch it live work permitting. Sad to see some regulars go, like Ichinojo, Tochinoshin, Ishura and others whose names escape me right now. Really happy to see Kiribayama get to Ozeki and can't wait to see him in action in a couple of weeks.

    3 votes

  13. Comment on Without saying where you live, where do you live? in ~talk

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    I live 3.3kms east of the Red Rooster line

    I live 3.3kms east of the Red Rooster line

  14. Comment on What's a sequel you were disappointed by? in ~games

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    At the time, Streets of Rage 3 seemed to me to be a huge downgrade. Now gameplay-wise I was wrong, it adds running and more moves and plays really well. It's just..that soundtrack did not compare...

    At the time, Streets of Rage 3 seemed to me to be a huge downgrade. Now gameplay-wise I was wrong, it adds running and more moves and plays really well. It's just..that soundtrack did not compare to the bliss that was SoR2 - and that was a huge problem for me. I've learned to appreciate it more over time, but at that moment I severely disappointed.

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  15. Comment on What is your favorite TV show that you rewatch often? in ~tv

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    Love the old-school TNG vibes. They're not making any more seasons are they? Or am I wrong? I hope I'm wrong. Fun show.

    Love the old-school TNG vibes.
    They're not making any more seasons are they? Or am I wrong? I hope I'm wrong.

    Fun show.

    1 vote

  16. Comment on What is your favorite TV show that you rewatch often? in ~tv

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    I struggle to sit down and watch TV these days, but I’ll always catch the Fraiser re-runs that are on after work. I’m a bit dubious about the new series… but I hope it turns out well. Hopefully...

    I struggle to sit down and watch TV these days, but I’ll always catch the Fraiser re-runs that are on after work. I’m a bit dubious about the new series… but I hope it turns out well. Hopefully Kelsey’s politics don’t permeate through it all..

  17. Comment on Aspartame sweetener used in Diet Coke a possible carcinogen, World Health Organization's cancer research agency to say - sources in ~health

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    I remember this being reported in conspiracy rags such as Nexus Magazine around 20 years ago now. I always took what they reported with a grain of salt but it looks like there was some truth to...

    I remember this being reported in conspiracy rags such as Nexus Magazine around 20 years ago now. I always took what they reported with a grain of salt but it looks like there was some truth to this after all?

    3 votes