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  1. Comment on Devil May Fly - WIP fighter jet parry in ~games

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    Probably just that it can be abbreviated "DMC" which is a common abbreviation for the Devil May Cry games (and I think was even the title of one? I dunno I've kinda lost touch with the series)

    Probably just that it can be abbreviated "DMC" which is a common abbreviation for the Devil May Cry games (and I think was even the title of one? I dunno I've kinda lost touch with the series)

    3 votes

  2. Comment on Timasomo 2025: Week 1 Updates in ~creative.timasomo

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    I'm behind where I wanted to be this week - I've got the template traced onto my fabric and I've started the outline. I had hoped to be a little further along, but the last week has been pretty...

    I'm behind where I wanted to be this week - I've got the template traced onto my fabric and I've started the outline. I had hoped to be a little further along, but the last week has been pretty hectic. I do have a week-long vacation later in the month which should allow a good bit of time to make progress on this project, though, so I'm still pretty optimistic that I can finish.

    3 votes

  3. Comment on Travel essentials: eight items to pack for your next trip – and what to leave at home in ~travel

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    I'm gonna pass on the eyeplugs, thanks... /joke

    Eye mask and eyeplugs

    I'm gonna pass on the eyeplugs, thanks... /joke

    23 votes

  4. Comment on ‘Taylor Swift: Showgirl’ at $33m an awesome anomaly for album pic launch; Dwayne Johnson sees lowest opening ever with ‘The Smashing Machine’ at $6m in ~movies

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    It was a bit difficult to parse for me as well, and I'm a native English speaker.

    It was a bit difficult to parse for me as well, and I'm a native English speaker.

    9 votes

  5. Comment on Bluesky melts down over Jesse Singal in ~tech

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    I was going to say that people should probably be careful googling "skeet" with safesearch off, but I tried it and it's just stuff about shotgun sports. I'm probably poisoned by being in...

    I was going to say that people should probably be careful googling "skeet" with safesearch off, but I tried it and it's just stuff about shotgun sports. I'm probably poisoned by being in highschool, in Georgia, in 2004, at the height of Lil Jon's popularity, but that's not the first thing that I think of when people talk about skeeting 😅

    3 votes

  6. Comment on Weekly US politics news and updates thread - week of September 29 in ~society

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    This is 100% ChatGPT generated text: Em dash, "not just x -- but y" phrasing. It's super obvious when you've seen it enough.

    Their words aren’t just reckless — they’re a battle cry for violence.

    This is 100% ChatGPT generated text: Em dash, "not just x -- but y" phrasing. It's super obvious when you've seen it enough.

    2 votes

  7. Comment on Timasomo 2025: Roll Call in ~creative.timasomo

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    I'm planning on hand embroidering a patch of this classic comic. It's only my second project like this - here's a in-progress picture of a Bill Cipher patch that I've been working on for my oldest...

    I'm planning on hand embroidering a patch of this classic comic. It's only my second project like this - here's a in-progress picture of a Bill Cipher patch that I've been working on for my oldest kid.

    6 votes

  8. Comment on The neo-Victorian neo-nazi lesbian BDSM cult that made video games in ~humanities.history

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    Have you ever used the phrase "passed away" to say someone died? If so, you're essentially doing the same thing that folks who say "unalive" or censor words like nazi are doing. Phrases like this...

    Have you ever used the phrase "passed away" to say someone died? If so, you're essentially doing the same thing that folks who say "unalive" or censor words like nazi are doing. Phrases like this come about because there's some taboo on discussing a topic directly - in the case of "passed away" it's because saying "died" was considered rude or uncouth, so the euphemistic "passed away" or other similar phrases were used in "polite" society. "Unalive" or "N*zi" are just linguistic evolution in response to taboos (in this case, algorithmic censorship). Hell, even the word "bear" is a euphemism (probably comes from a word meaning "brown one") because people were worried saying the actual word for bear would attract the attention of one.

    11 votes

  9. Comment on Announcing the seventh annual Tildes' Make Something Month (Timasomo)! in ~tildes

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    I've been doing some embroidery lately, and I think I'm going to try and make a hand embroidered patch of the "this is fine" comic to give to my sister. I haven't decided what stitches I'm going...

    I've been doing some embroidery lately, and I think I'm going to try and make a hand embroidered patch of the "this is fine" comic to give to my sister. I haven't decided what stitches I'm going to use to fill areas yet, but I'm thinking of trying a long and short satin stitch for the fire so that I can blend some orange and yellow. No idea what I'll do for the dog, though. I think I'll cross that bridge when I come to it.

    6 votes

  10. Comment on California attorney fined for using twenty-one AI hallucinated cases in court filing in ~tech

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    Chatgpt and google's AI regularly link to "sources" that are, at best, tangentially related or completely unrelated. I don't think this would help, the model would just hallucinate that the linked...

    Chatgpt and google's AI regularly link to "sources" that are, at best, tangentially related or completely unrelated. I don't think this would help, the model would just hallucinate that the linked sources address the hallucination.

    6 votes

  11. Comment on The Mandalorian and Grogu | Official trailer in ~movies

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    I'm a kid who grew up with the prequels and I think they sucked ass, lol. ETA: Duel of the Fates slaps though...

    I'm a kid who grew up with the prequels and I think they sucked ass, lol.

    ETA: Duel of the Fates slaps though...

    3 votes

  12. Comment on Why do some gamers invert their controls? Scientists now have answers, but they’re not what you think. in ~games

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    To mess up your sample a bit, I rode goofy back when I skated and I rarely invert in video games - it only feels right in certain circumstances, like flight controls.

    To mess up your sample a bit, I rode goofy back when I skated and I rarely invert in video games - it only feels right in certain circumstances, like flight controls.

    6 votes

  13. Comment on What are some “sore thumb” lyrics for you? in ~music

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    Thanks! I've always loved that kind of comment - it was one of my favorite things about early reddit, and I had fun putting this together.

    Thanks! I've always loved that kind of comment - it was one of my favorite things about early reddit, and I had fun putting this together.

    2 votes

  14. Comment on What are some “sore thumb” lyrics for you? in ~music

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    My ear doesn't hear the "nothing/nothing" line as an attempted rhyme. The rhyme scheme in this song is a little loose but it makes pretty heavy use of unrhymed stanzas punctuating the verses and...

    My ear doesn't hear the "nothing/nothing" line as an attempted rhyme. The rhyme scheme in this song is a little loose but it makes pretty heavy use of unrhymed stanzas punctuating the verses and chorus. It's been a long time since I've done much formal analysis of poetry, and it was never my favorite thing to do in the first place, but I've made an attempt - I think the first verse would be something like:
    aA, xA, bB, xX, cC, xX, dD

    It's a little easier to see what's going on if you highlight the rhymes, I think.
    https://i.postimg.cc/jjK5VWtW/Eve6-Verse-Chorus.png

    Now, your ear is your ear, there's no right or wrong way to hear poetry or music, but from my perspective I don't think lines 4 or 6 are meant to rhyme, either internally or with other lines.

    Also, just for fun, the bridge in this song is really well written, IMO:
    https://i.postimg.cc/3RZ7g9v9/Eve6-Bridge-2.png

    5 votes

  15. Comment on What are some “sore thumb” lyrics for you? in ~music

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    That's a good one, lol. It reads like a temp lyrics that got left in because they couldn't come up with anything better.

    That's a good one, lol. It reads like a temp lyrics that got left in because they couldn't come up with anything better.

    3 votes

  16. Comment on What are some “sore thumb” lyrics for you? in ~music

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    Honestly Rush is a good band but they've always struck me as pretty corny in general, lyrically speaking. Also I have a hard time listening to Geddy Lee's vocals but that's a me thing.

    Honestly Rush is a good band but they've always struck me as pretty corny in general, lyrically speaking. Also I have a hard time listening to Geddy Lee's vocals but that's a me thing.

    4 votes

  17. Comment on What are some “sore thumb” lyrics for you? in ~music

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    Huh, I actually like that lyric a lot. Not because it means anything, it's just really pleasing to the ear the way it's sung. Actually a lot of that song is like that - the lyrics don't mean...

    Huh, I actually like that lyric a lot. Not because it means anything, it's just really pleasing to the ear the way it's sung. Actually a lot of that song is like that - the lyrics don't mean anything particularly deep but they feel really nice to sing and they scan really well.

    6 votes

  18. Comment on Conservative activist Charlie Kirk shot and killed at Utah college event in ~society

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    Wait, aren't Groypers far right white supremacists? Why would this song be associated with them? (not questioning you, just confused)

    Wait, aren't Groypers far right white supremacists? Why would this song be associated with them? (not questioning you, just confused)

    2 votes

  19. Comment on Conservative activist Charlie Kirk shot and killed at Utah college event in ~society

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    Almost all of it is terminally online shitpost-level stuff. The bella ciao thing is apparently a reference to a song associated with Italian antifascist partisans during WW2.

    Almost all of it is terminally online shitpost-level stuff. The bella ciao thing is apparently a reference to a song associated with Italian antifascist partisans during WW2.

    7 votes

  20. Comment on Conservative activist Charlie Kirk shot and killed at Utah college event in ~society

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    It's the input for the 500KG Eagle airstrike stratagem. No idea if that's a coincidence though.

    Apparently this might be a Helldivers 2 reference?

    It's the input for the 500KG Eagle airstrike stratagem. No idea if that's a coincidence though.

    3 votes