#off-topic-discussion

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tame wagon
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i feel like this doesn't apply to be because i probably didn't know how to pronounce plague and vague until way too late, as a consequence of being ESL?

upbeat scroll
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pla-gooie

tropic garden
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plah-gway

tame wagon
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i probably don't have a regional accent that can be pinned down because i learned most of my english through a mess of mass media

tropic garden
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valid

rain mortar
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So how do you teach your students ridiculous words like queue?

tame wagon
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and like, i've talked before about having a sense of loss of cultural identity bc of that

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not in this chat i don't think

tropic garden
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some of the wakayama folks i work with have said i have a "wakayama accent" in my japanese but that's actually just an english tendency to put stress in the middle of 3-syllable words

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like korokke (croquette)

serene tulip
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I'm pretty sure its prounounced PLAY-GOO

tropic garden
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i said ko-RO-kke and there was an eruption of giggles and they were like "you sound like a wakayama native"

serene tulip
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/starcraft

tame wagon
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bagel

tropic garden
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baggle

tame wagon
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:(

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baygle

tropic garden
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i know gkjdfhgfd

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beige-l

rain mortar
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bah-gel

serene tulip
tropic garden
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bayzhəl

upbeat scroll
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since we're having a lingusistics party, do you think the disconnect between french spelling and french pronunciation can be blamed on their prescriptive system?

tropic garden
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🤔

upbeat scroll
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at some point someone wouldve started spelling it "wahzo" right?

north hamlet
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They have a department in their government for preserving the language

upbeat scroll
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yeah, and it's uncommon and useless

rain mortar
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Quebec has that too

tame wagon
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i read a cool post once that uhhh in quebec french, pronouns are becoming so reduced that they could potentially become verb agreement prefixes

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and just be pro-drop

upbeat scroll
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a seperate organization for quebec-french?

serene tulip
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something something metaplasmic enclitization something something rabble

tame wagon
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this is like super uncertain "maybe in a century or two" kind of prediction

upbeat scroll
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people conlang their future predictions sometimes, and thats pretty fun

north hamlet
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I know that there was a period of time when people tried to make english words spell more like their origin words without changing the pronunciation

tame wagon
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there are also cases of pronunciations being changed, because people see the way a word is spelled and pronounce it according to the spelling

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so the interaction goes both ways

serene tulip
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I hang out in the discord for The Expanse fandom

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and it has this huge conlang contingent

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because they made a conlang creole for the show

serene tulip
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They're weird, but they're mi beratna

tame wagon
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okay but, you know how korean is famous for being perfectly phonetic

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cause one dude decided to standardize it all at once

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because of natural sound change it's starting to not be phonetic anymore

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so like..... sound change is a never ceasing hamster wheel and orthography can never catch up to it

north hamlet
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They should probably fix that

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King sejong gave them such a good place to start

tame wagon
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okay but if say, this region changed this word but the other region hasn't, do you change the orthography

north hamlet
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Good point

tame wagon
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if you just declare the dialect of one specific location official and force everybody in the country to standardize to it..... well that's just mandarin chinese

somber yoke
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hence why there is animosity between the Quebecois and the French

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well, as well as the complicated relationship between revolutionary france and colonial quebec, the general condescending attitude, and feelings of being left alone to face the attempts of assimilation that the Anglophone canadians keep trying to force on us

north hamlet
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The 1700s were a weird time for european powers

tardy anchor
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(side note 👀 mysties grab ur linking books amd also ur credit cards)

tiny onyx
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Hello everybody! Nice to meet you. I'm Altair, 25. I'm a big fan. Played Bastion and Transistor, soon to play Pyre! I'm glad to have joined and cannot wait to catch up.

copper lark
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nice to meet you too!!

tardy anchor
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hihi!!

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OH!!!!+!

tiny onyx
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Hey :D

tardy anchor
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OH I KNOW YOU!!!!!!

tiny onyx
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The fandom world is small and in the end we all like the same games

tardy anchor
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its bc we all have good taste uwu
whatd u think of transistor?

tiny onyx
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I played it quite a while ago, actually,like Bastion. Still love it a lot!

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Now I'm about to finish my studies and that should leave me with a bit extra time

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Which means Pyre time

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Are you also a fan of Sworcery? I can't remember

tardy anchor
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i am.....somewhere in there? i didnt like the way the game played personally but the music amd aesthetic is so nice i still feel like a fan

tiny onyx
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I was asking because I wrote a fic about it that was inspired by hummed Old Friends and I wondered if you had come across it

tardy anchor
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ohhhh! i dont think so, can u link it? :00

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in #fan-works

tiny onyx
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Sure!

mystic pawn
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wait, are french canadians and non-french canadians mad at each other?

serene kettle
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Oh Sworcery?? 👀

rain mortar
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There has historically been (and probably presently as well) some animosity between the anglophone and francophone populations in Canada and in particular Quebec, yes. That's getting a bit too into politics for my liking, though

tame wagon
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historically quebec was catholic and anglophone canada was mostly protestant

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quebec separatism reached its peak in the 90s and there was a referendum that was very close but didn't pass

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that's my tiny historical rundown i'm not gonna talk about the modern politics either

serene tulip
torpid osprey
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soundtrack made by David Wise

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the who made the soundtrack for Donkey Kong 👀

tame wagon
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does that monkey have a gun

torpid osprey
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yup

tame wagon
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watch out he's got a gun

serene tulip
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Oh no he has airpods in

upbeat scroll
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What do you call a bard who wears armor and has strong religious convictions

tame wagon
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What

upbeat scroll
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A balladin

vocal brook
copper lark
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the cons of having no friends to play mmos with is im struggling with something and cant ask anyone for advice rooREE

serene tulip
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Have you tried farming for another 20 hours?

copper lark
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i dont have the tiiiiiiiiiime

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my character is lookin good tho,,,,

upbeat scroll
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How come no one makes these clothes in real life

copper lark
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thats what cosplayers do !

upbeat scroll
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Oh ya...

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Wanna wear this kinda thing to the mall

copper lark
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mood

serene tulip
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I dun really care about the outfit I just want to befeel cute

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:<

copper lark
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again mood

serene tulip
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the distinction between being cute and feeling cute is important

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its like, someone asked me what my goal weight is, and I was like, "I just am going to lose weight until I feel better about myself, so 0?"

somber ferry
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my hot take is that cuteness is subjective, so if you feel cute, it's valid to say you ARE cute

serene tulip
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yeah

somber ferry
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thanks for coming to my ted talk, folks ajfingerguns

cunning holly
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applause

serene tulip
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I demand that the computational patters that are my consciousness be liberated from the tyranny of matter!

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I assume there's some paperwork someplace I can file?

pastel phoenix
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ask Royce

serene tulip
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hmm

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probably need to make some stipulations about sensory inputs and manipulation ability....

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i'll just end oceloctopus' crazy hour with that.

hasty kernel
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As for why outfits like that arent made

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Primarily practicality, secondarily because they look worse IRL

rain mortar
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Physics, fashion's one true enemy

hasty kernel
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While cuteness is subjective, there still is a case where feeling cute doesnt neccessarily help you look good in other peoples eyes

upbeat scroll
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I'd like to think feeling cute is the goal

hasty kernel
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Depends on your perspective tbh

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Personally I want to look like Armstrong

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Or, alternatively, the Persona 5 MC

pastel phoenix
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money is a pretty significant factor, too

hasty kernel
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True, but its less genuine

serene tulip
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every once in a while I'll run across a comment in the while where they go, "Why did cloaks fall out of fashion? They look so good!" and I'll just be, "because practically, the jacket is better in literally every way"

pastel phoenix
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cloaks are excellent in winter, tho

hasty kernel
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Also because walking down a street with 20 cloaked people is creepy

pastel phoenix
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that reminds me of a friend who went to a book signing at Harvard

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apparently, it was the same day as graduation, so there were a lot of people who showed up post-graduation in their graduation robes

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she said it looked like a wizard convention

hasty kernel
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Robes and cloaks are a different thing

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Though I would totally walk down a rainy street late at night in a cloak muttering "the greater good" over and over

pastel phoenix
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lol

serene tulip
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The problem with cloaks is wind

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jackets don't really suffer from wind nearly as much as cloaks do

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and also, you don't need to let in all the cold air to use your hands.

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when does a robe become a dress?

tropic garden
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material and cut mostly

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robes also aren't closed all the way around the body usually

hasty kernel
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Also I believe Robes are much more loose-fitting

tropic garden
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and if they are, they're closed in the front; dresses are closed in the back generally

rain mortar
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I believe robes are generally designed to be worn over other clothing, as well

tropic garden
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a cloak is actually closer to a dress but the material is different, plus the front closure and the looseness of the cut

serene tulip
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also generally not having sleeves, and goes over the arms

somber tree
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I want a chiropractor to crack my whole body like a glowstick

honest glade
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same

low violet
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Anyone else have a persistent notification from #announcements ? I muted the channel, disabled here and everyone notifications, but it still shows up

tropic garden
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It's an issue that sometimes happens with discord @ 's

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Are you on mobile or PC? logging out and restarting the app might clear it

velvet fjord
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also try scrolling up and back down or clicking Mark As Read

low violet
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Im on mobile. Restarting the app didnt fix it, neither did scrolling. I dont see the "mark as read" link/button/whatever you wanna call it

north hamlet
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ah i've had that issue

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usually i just leave it for a while and something makes it leave

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maybe logging onto a different device?

low violet
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Yeah other servers are fine for me as well

low violet
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I looked at it with a pc and its fixed

buoyant frigate
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Hey important data collection.... looking for more games where Love is Stored in the Sword

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We got Transistor, we got Boyfriend Dungeon... any other recs to increase the sample size

vocal brook
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Not romantic love, but Skyward Sword has Fi

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And her goodbye scene was the first time I cried at a video game

velvet fjord
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Sundered has an eldritch god within a sword, which you can embrace or reject
not quite romantic but still

buoyant frigate
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Platonic love and "close enough" are acceptable submissions

copper lark
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i have an anime ,,, lol

buoyant frigate
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w. what's the anime

copper lark
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noragami,,,

buoyant frigate
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oh I've actually been meaning to watch that ironically

copper lark
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its very good

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pls watch

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yukine bby boy

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theres also a sword wife

vocal brook
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If animes are included
Soul Eater

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They're not all swords is the only thing

serene tulip
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I played a pathfinder campaign once where the DM didn't realize that a +2 short sword was a bit OP for my level 2 rogue so she made it cursed the next session

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does that count? 😛

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the curse was that it talked constantly so I had a negative stealth modifier

buoyant frigate
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Lol that's incredible

wet roost
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My bard had a collection of talking swords, two paired ones that would be rude to both him and his enemies and one good bean that warned him of danger. At the very end he also picked up a fiendish dagger that talked, it was a mess

serene tulip
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We were reasonably good friends, and I eventually convinced a mage to make it telepathic instead of chatty

faint panther
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sooo

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sorry i been away since for evert

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been hooked to heaven's vault

velvet fjord
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on the subject of pathfinder and talking swords, Black Blade Magus is basically fantasy transistor
you have a special bond with an intelligent sword that only you can hear, and also you can cast spells through it

serene tulip
olive junco
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But is the magic sword your boyfriend?

copper lark
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hey when can i get a magic sword girlfriend

velvet fjord
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if you want it to be 🤷

tropic garden
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ya girl hasn't had a decent burger or craft beer in a loooong time but it's golden week now so i am TREATING MYSELF 😤

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this place also has a "skillet smore" which i think i'm gonna have to try

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"recommended that this be split between two or three people" yeah no i'm gonna eat it myself

tropic garden
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update: they made a smaller size for me and it was Good™

sharp grail
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that sounds so good omg

serene tulip
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@tropic garden I love beer, but keto doesn't, and so I'm constantly struggling

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I miss it so

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I used to be the type of person that would never try the same beer twice

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if I could help it

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but now, whenever I allow myself to have one I'm just like, "I'll take a deschutes black butte porter please!"

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because if I can only have a beer a month it might as well be one I know I'm going to love

fleet sable
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ven im very jealous

chilly briar
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@tropic garden sounds good as!

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I miss going to craft beer places with my gang, most of them moved away lol

sharp grail
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it is a very good game

scenic saddle
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have you played fallen london/sunless sea? they're made by the same guy who made cultist sim! GWqlabsFeelsGoodMan

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both very good games too

tropic garden
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oh i've heard of sunless sea!

scenic saddle
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its a fantastic game, they just released a sequel called sunless skies

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about the british empire expanding into outer space

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i'm a big fan of alexis kennedy (the guy who made the games) so I followed him to cultsim but I regrettably haven't had the time to complete it yet

velvet fjord
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I remember I tried playing Sunless Sea
I read a lot of text, set sail, and then died after doing nothing for 2 hours

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I love the setting though

analog spear
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Basically how sailing worked at the time

somber ferry
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@sacred quiver i just want you to know that i love and appreciate your ok ko twitch avatar

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love that show so much 😭

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ko is a precious little nugget

swift tide
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hi!

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i love these games :)

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i played bastion and transistor in 2016 and got back into bastions soundtrack recently, but i never finished pyre

copper lark
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im writing a speech on the media representation of lgbt people and my bad writing skills are rlly coming thru

sharp grail
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aw syd u got this

copper lark
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this speech doesnt even count towards anything but imma put my all into it GWqlabsArmLeft

tardy anchor
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volfredgaythink talky you can do this, my kin

copper lark
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ty... send me ur strength lgbt community of supergiant discord

tardy anchor
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🙌 🙏 ✨ lesbian_heart ✨ 📧 📬 📫

copper lark
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so was anyone gonna tell me season 2 of she-ra came out or was i supposed to find this out myself

tardy anchor
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hjfhjfj yesss im watching the first new ep now!!!!! she ra time!!!!!

serene tulip
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Uuugh

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I need that transburger emoji

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someone who has that transburger emoji plz react to some of those comments above with it for me plzkthx

sharp grail
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If you search transburger in this server it’ll find it!

rain mortar
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I don't have that particular one, but I have a bunch of others

serene tulip
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I only get transistor 😦

copper lark
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this?

serene tulip
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yee

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its so cute

copper lark
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ive nearly finished the first episode and im,, not enjoying it ,,, ?

tardy anchor
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awwwww :<

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i feel like there was a lot of......character development jump....that just kinda went by offscreen so its slightly jarring?

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esp (tagging just in case bc the shows out for like, 2 days,) ||frosta||

copper lark
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Yes. i agree with that big time

tardy anchor
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||like out of nowhere she goes from strict rulestickler to jokey overexcited kid||

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||and it COULD make sense if we saw the character development, but we dont||

copper lark
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||yeah, it feels like they forgot her personality ,, im finding her kinda annoying||

tardy anchor
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;o; yea....||i wanna give her a chance, see where they go with her.... glimmer being like AAAHGH I SOUNDED LIKE MY MOM was a nice touch
honestly i think? the writing team just hit a wall w frosta and said ok total rewrite||

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||catras bit w shadow weaver in jail is 💯 tho like. CATRA....UR A MESS AND I LOVE IT||

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||''no princess left behind'' ''im talking into this recorder bc thats what the best scientist i ever knew did'' OHOOHOHO...THE FORE SHADOWING||

sacred quiver
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@somber ferry It's not my avatar I was just shilling for a friend😅 But I will pass the message along

somber ferry
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OH lol i can’t read

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sorry about that haha

silver maple
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@ionic viper I love ur icon he’s so good

ionic viper
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i'd die for caduceus clay

silver maple
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sweet fey child

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Well man boy maybe

ionic viper
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plus kiri

silver maple
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Chibi Caleb and Nott are so good...

ionic viper
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the itty bitty frumpkin has slain me

silver maple
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molly looks like he’s declaring a trap card in yugioh haha

ionic viper
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jester's lil >:3 face is very true to her character

silver maple
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it IS that’s not her it’s a duplicate

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Worth mentioning ALSO any time I see Yasha+flowers I die

chilly briar
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wth they're so cute

serene tulip
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no u

tardy anchor
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hey mythies is proserpine an alt name for persephone, some friends are wondering n here sounds like a good place for answers

tame wagon
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proserpine is a different roman goddess

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though i wouldn't put it past romans to syncretize together two gods because their names sounded kinda similar

ionic viper
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Proserpina or Proserpine is an ancient Roman goddess whose cult, myths and mysteries were combined from those of Libera, an early Roman goddess of wine, and the Greek Persephone and Demeter, goddesses of grain and agriculture.

tame wagon
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wine and agriculture

ionic viper
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so basically the answer is: yes, technically

tame wagon
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hmm now i'm wondering if bear was considered a low class drink or something, if ancient greeks only had wine gods but no beer gods

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or at least maybe wine had some kind of religious association that beer doesn't

tardy anchor
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thank u both!

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and yeah possibly jfjfjg

upbeat scroll
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you have to be 21 to drink bears in the us

tame wagon
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uh oh

tardy anchor
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drink 21 bears

chilly briar
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I want that mug

tame wagon
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this is my oc beeronysus, god of beer

chilly briar
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18 in NZ for drinking lol

tardy anchor
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u gota draw beeronysus

chilly briar
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It used to be 21 decades ago, now days on your 21st you're expected to do a yardie or 21 shots

tame wagon
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froth beard

chilly briar
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yardie is skulling a yard glass lol

tame wagon
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oh is it those giant glasses

chilly briar
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yee

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it's... not a great time

ionic viper
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18 to buy + drink on your own, 16 if it's bought by an adult to go with a meal

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here in the uk

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well. england.

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It is illegal to permit minors under the age of 5 to consume alcoholic beverages unless under medical supervision or in an emergency.

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i..... don't know why this is a thing, but Apparently It Is,

tame wagon
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what is with grandpas and trying to feed children alcohol

tardy anchor
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NO baby beer

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bebeer

chilly briar
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...glug glug

tardy anchor
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NO!!!

upbeat scroll
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its an emergency, this baby is NOT DRUNK

chilly briar
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🍺 🍼

ionic viper
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also, at work if someone looks under 25 i gotta ask them for id and if they don't have any then i can't sell them it

chilly briar
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same here, the posters are pretty lame "If we ask for your ID take it as a compliment!!! :>"

ionic viper
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i like the phrasing.

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"if you are lucky enough"

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fun fact i once got asked for id for christmas crackers

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you have to be 12 to buy christmas crackers.

chilly briar
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can't find our posters online, weird

tame wagon
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lol it was under 30 in the grocery store i worked at

chilly briar
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I'll get asked forever lol

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I look like i'm around 20 zzz

serene tulip
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I'm a terrible judge of age

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I'd just have to card everyone

chilly briar
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Lol my partner is younger than me and gets carded way less than me, the tilt

copper lark
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any kh fans ,,,, i’m buzzing rn

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also my friend got asked for id when she tried to buy mountain dew

chilly briar
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I got asked for ID when buying cashews once

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I was like 26 at the time

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oh and for painkillers

serene tulip
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wait

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why are folks getting ID'd for mountain dew and cashews?

upbeat scroll
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they're too dangerous

copper lark
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caffeine

tame wagon
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cashews??

chilly briar
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nut 🥜

olive junco
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🌰

vocal brook
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This song got a cover

rain mortar
sharp grail
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i got it in another fanatical bundle since you recommended it a while ago!

copper lark
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anyone else listen to world is mine remastered with recent miku voicebanks and cry

chilly briar
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man I can't wait for the new godzilla film

vocal brook
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I would never have dreamed that Go Go Godzilla would get a cover on an official Godzilla movie but here we are I guess

honest jolt
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Yuh

analog spear
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They should make a new distribution platform called the super giant games games store

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Or sgggs for short

tropic garden
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has anyone been watching Carole and Tuesday? I watched the first ep a couple days ago and was..........underwhelmed,

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it seemed like there was a lot of hype on it and they have a really good staff...

rose osprey
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I liked it. It's a simple slice of life / music anime

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and it's only been 3 episodes so far

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they are still planting the decor

honest glade
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I like it as a sort of "relax and unwind" show. Y'know, there's no CRAZY HIGH stakes, which I get is boring for some folks. But I kind of enjoy watching it as a cute, wish fulfillment thing.

tropic garden
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that's valid, i guess i was expecting it to be, like, engaging when that's not really the point

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it's probably just not my thing then ^^;

hasty kernel
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Why not the Super Giant Games Super Giant Games Store

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Or SGGSGGS

somber ferry
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for some reason, my brain is reading this as "EGGS! EGGS!"

buoyant frigate
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Quite the SeGGway there Litvac!

tardy anchor
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Epic Giant Games Super Games Store (EGGSGS)

hasty kernel
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It includes a special currency for ingame transaction called "Decearing Egg"

copper lark
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still struggling with writing my speech GWqlabsMmSad

north hamlet
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take a little break?

copper lark
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if i do i feel like i’ll never go back to it

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and it was supposed to be finished yesterday lol

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and the date im actually speaking got moved and now im all muddled hhnm

faint panther
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Today is the end of the Heisei era, wishing everyone success and happiness in the new Reiwa era!

radiant lynx
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Oh?

serene tulip
hasty kernel
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It looks so bad

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How could you have an Eggman thats not fat, bald or lanky

serene tulip
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I can't wait to rent it on google play mere days after its release

jade elk
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it's okay he'll get bald

serene tulip
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he gets the mustache too

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and... giant mushrooms?

upbeat scroll
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He's in the mushroom kingdom

serene tulip
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lol

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I need a live-action Adventure Time movie with a terrifying jake the dog

copper lark
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PLEASE no

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not my favourite shwo

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i feel like they wouldnt let marceline be the bi icon she is

serene tulip
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Yeah, that would def be necessary

copper lark
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also the voice actor would HAVE to play her theres no other marcy

serene tulip
copper lark
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yes yes yes yES

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im so gay for marcy and her va

upbeat scroll
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Oh what? She played doof's daughter?

serene tulip
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also really need DiMaggio to play Jake.

copper lark
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but also i cant see jeremy shada as anyone but finn,, so

serene tulip
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Wait

copper lark
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WAIT no i cant see finn as anyone but jeremy

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thats what i meant

serene tulip
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John dimaggio made up to look like a dog(a La barf) but with all of jake's powers

copper lark
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oh GOD

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a little off topic but

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this made me cry a little i miss adventure time

serene tulip
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Aww

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I miss it too

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I went to the premier of Bee and Puppycat and met so many AT folks

copper lark
#

oh wow

#

bee and puppycat is. also so good

serene tulip
#

they were all so cool

copper lark
#

gaah i can imagine

#

rebecca sugar is,, a big role model ofmine ;;

serene tulip
#

I brought along a friend of mine and he ended up playing smash brothers at a party at Ashley Burch's house and I'm so jealous

#

He then never did anything with them again x.x

copper lark
#

thats still so cool

#

was there a goof

#

nothings showing up

serene tulip
#

how strange

serene tulip
#

I don't know what those words mean D:

copper lark
#

me either

serene tulip
#

Natasha Allegri drew an octopus on the back

copper lark
serene tulip
#

I am full of hurt

chilly briar
#

the sonic stuff... makes me crave death

upbeat scroll
#

i think they showed robotnik 2 days early because otherwise we wouldnt be able to tell which character jim carrey was playing in the trailer

copper lark
#

oh same

tame wagon
#

the trailer gave my depression depression

copper lark
#

#notmysonic

chilly briar
#

I haven't watched it

#

I can't bring myself to

serene tulip
#

hollywood has already destroyed or mediocritized all my favorite IPs so I'm dead inside now and can only find Sonic's new look hilarious

velvet fjord
#

thousands of years of human evolution has led to the day when a Ryan Reynolds comedy about pokemon solving mysteries looks better than a Sonic movie

serene tulip
#

Its just such an absurd premise

chilly briar
#

good content

upbeat scroll
#

that far right party got like 10 percent in a voting system where the congress is proportional to the vote

#

there's like 24 seats filled with these awful folks now

#

it's great to reclaim the funny ghost emoji, but it's also important to notice the growth of these movements worldwide

north hamlet
#

To me it feels more like lgbt rights and their opposition have just switched positions in society

#

So now it's the far right trying to start grassroots campaigns and movements and the like

#

Although it might also be me not paying much attention to news

#

The other idea i have would be that conservative groups are just starting to get on board with this kind of stuff, since they're inherently resistant to change

vocal brook
#

I jumped in a voice chat with friends, since I saw a bunch of them together, and they were playing dnd

#

I am now in a dnd campaign

#

Not how I expected my day to go, but I'm not complaining

rain mortar
#

That sounds like a great way to have a day go

vocal brook
#

I know, right? I'm working with the dm to figure out how to slot my character in to the campaign. Short version of her backstory so far: pocket dimension hippie commune (plus memory loss)

upbeat scroll
#

i wanna live in a pocket dimension hippie commune :(

vocal brook
#

I mean, same

chilly briar
#

so... tempted to sleep... must work on code....

tardy anchor
#

@copper lark hey im starting the last shera ep rn and like. crying real tears for catra

copper lark
#

AAAGH i still haven’t watched anymore but my friend was the same when she watched it

tardy anchor
#

i would die for catra

#

also btw im so scared for entrapta shes got the knife dangling over her head

copper lark
#

entrapta is just miku but a nerd

tardy anchor
#

she will make miku

#

hologram...

ionic viper
#

why have a real gf when you can build a gf

tardy anchor
#

entrapta/miku will be endgame

#

honestly im super worried for entrapta she has like.....no support system bc everyone sort of shrugs her off as annoying

#

im like. inkky

upbeat scroll
#

Maybe she'll get an episode about her

#

Where she gets a character development and a big hug

copper lark
#

i’ll give her the hug

serene tulip
#

I volunteer for hugs

#

I don't know who we're talking about, but hugs are good

tardy anchor
serene tulip
#

Hmm. She def looks like a candidate for best girl

#

would hug, 10/10

vocal brook
#

Entrapta/Miku is the best ship of 2019

serene tulip
#

darn, I don't have any good 2019 ships :<

#

@vocal brook I've always wanted to play a DND campaign where I'm a spellcaster who believes they're a cleric for a fake god.

vocal brook
#

That's fantastic omg

serene tulip
#

you should do that so I can live vicariously

vocal brook
#

I'm playing a barbarian, sadly (sadly for your idea, I'm going to have lots of fun)

serene tulip
#

lol

vocal brook
#

The short version of her backstory is:
Pocket Dimension Hippie Commune (plus memory loss)

serene tulip
#

nice

vocal brook
#

She has 16 strength, 18 constitution, and 6 intellect

serene tulip
#

daaaaaang

vocal brook
#

Strong as a brick wall and about as smart

serene tulip
#

#goals

#

already got 1/2

copper lark
#

i just accidentally blew a fuse in my house and now none of the lights are turning on

upbeat scroll
#

howd you do that

copper lark
#

i don’t know ???? at all????

#

i turned the light on and there was a sound like smashing glsss

#

and then none of the lights worked

#

my dad fixed it tho 😔

serene tulip
#

Running your cyclotron again?

#

You can't do that while running the microwave

copper lark
#

i don’t get the reference ,,,,,,,,

#

im@so sorry,,,,

quartz vessel
#

so i just learned that epic games bought out psyonix (rocket league devs), and theyre gonna pull rocket league off of steam and sell it exclusively on their game store...

#

now im even less interested in having anything to do w/their launcher

copper lark
#

if it gets them more money i support

quartz vessel
#

they could be using that money to actually secure their platform better

#

think hades will ever come to steam?

copper lark
#

after it’s out of development

quartz vessel
#

👍

limber horizon
#

epic buying psyonix means the linux port is cancelled and linux players are just screwed and will not be able to play a game they bought for a considerable amount of money

#

becuase epic has stated specifically they will not, nor never, have an official linux client

upbeat scroll
#

Where'd they say that?

#

I mean, I figured they wouldn't have one for a long time

limber horizon
#

And considering Valve sees Linux support as an important step forward for the industry, it stands to reason that Epic, who makes their decisions based around the opposite of Valve's practices, would be actively against Linux

upbeat scroll
#

Seems like with all the money they're throwing around they might as well hire one or two Linux devs

#

The Linux build for rocket league already exists and it runs well, I wonder where that'll go

#

It seems like those who bought it on steam will still own it

serene tulip
#

Its one thing to poach games that aren't released yet, but games with established userbases seems like a jerk move and a bad idea.

serene tulip
#

I would like a game like stardew valley that I haven't played do death, and has good writing

#

My Time at Portia just... I dunno

#

The setting is interesting but the writing just isn't

#

as much as I love Sam

#

Thinking about Kynseed but might wait until its out of early access

chilly briar
#

I mean, they have the dev power to do it, they're just choosing not to for now. Even as a linux user myself I recognise that the linux gaming market is a minority

cunning holly
#

They're choosing not to, and that'll be another reason I choose to avoid their store as much as possible

#

🤷

remote thorn
#

Makes me wonder what SGG thinks about stuff like this

#

Esp with psyonix's acquisition

chilly briar
#

Yeah, I mean I literally said they're choosing not to. It's not exactly a very viable business decision no matter how much you try and market linux support. The loudest people != the majority of people.

hexed hollow
#

The loudest people are often the minority of people

fallow gull
#

I think Kynseed is very interesting idea

hasty kernel
#

Maybe Im reading this wrong, but they only say that its currently not planned, not that it will never happen @limber horizon

limber horizon
#

as far as linux support goes, unfortunately "currently not planned" usually means "no chance in hell"

#

"we're looking into it" usually means "very unlikely but maybe if we have like, one guy on staff that really likes linux and bugs us enough

#

confirmed means we're working on it but we might jsut ditch it if we don't think it's worth it

cunning holly
#

I know Codex, I'm simply saying it's another reason that I (me, personally, as an individual) will continue avoiding their store

analog spear
#

The part that infuriates me is that they have a great storefront, but they refuse to learn that exclusives just make people want to use your store less

tropic garden
#

i think, unfortunately, there's no way for the fight over digital distribution to not be ugly and underhanded at this point

#

valve has an unquestioned monopoly, and that kind of thing doesn't just, like, fall apart

#

unless regulation steps in and breaks it up - which is everybody's least favorite option - the whole point is that the market just isn't competitive right now and won't become competitive again by normal means

rain mortar
#

On the plus side, Epic's roadmap looks good on paper. We'll have to wait to see how it pans out in reality, of course

tropic garden
#

i think epic's whole shebang isn't very friendly to its users, for sure, they should have a more functional platform etc etc all the complaints people have already made, but it's gonna take a giant throwing some cash around to put a chip in valve's domination

analog spear
#

Personally I think they have enough of a user base from fortnite that they don’t need exclusives, but I see your point

tropic garden
#

exclusives only leave a bad aftertaste on PC because we aren't used to it being a divided market...consoles have been like that since day one. not that i'm saying that's better, and it's a huge reason i don't do the whole console thing, but you get me

upbeat scroll
#

I'm not convinced regulators would even be bad at this point

#

The big boys have had their fun

analog spear
#

I don’t see how you would regulate it

tropic garden
#

my heart says regulation is good but my life experience says they don't know what they're doing

analog spear
#

Aside from the privacy concerns

#

That should be regulated

tropic garden
#

big chunks of government are still on board the "video games directly cause violent behavior" train

#

and not for nothing but i don't exactly want those fingers in the game pie

analog spear
#

Cosmetic only loot boxes are gambling is another trend

tropic garden
#

god. yeah

#

tho that's got some real science behind it

upbeat scroll
#

Yeah it is gambling adjacent at least

tropic garden
#

free-to-play mobile games have been exploitative since they started existing but since they were "free" it wasn't seen as being as big an issue

#

i remember hearing occasional stories back in middle school about kids blowing up their parents' credit cards with free to play purchases tho

upbeat scroll
#

Maybe if the business model requires people to be addicted for the business to function, it doesn't deserve to

tropic garden
#

it's a monetized extension of abusive skinner box game design...somebody realized you could stick dollar signs on it and the rest is history

analog spear
#

Cough cough cigarettes cough cough

hasty kernel
#

Id say exclusives only leave a sore taste because we were used to an unquestioned monopoly of exclusives

#

A lot of people probably dont even remember the time when you could get physical copies of PC games

#

Even then, its not exclusives that bother people

tropic garden
#

😔 i do, still have a whole cabinet of them back home

hasty kernel
#

Its exclusives that arent steam exclusives

#

Yeah, I got a bunch of them to

#

I miss those times tbh

tropic garden
#

remember renting video games

#

blockbuster had video game rentals so you could play them before you bought them

vocal brook
#

<Blockbuster Flashbacks>

hasty kernel
#

I think the local library still has a bunch of games you could rent

#

I also remember borrowing games from friends

tropic garden
#

these days even physical copies of games are still always-on internet DRM protected and require you to download 5 GB of the actual game onto your console

#

"physical copies"

hasty kernel
#

Yup

tardy anchor
#

i miss the days when pc games had big cardboard boxes that felt like the most exciting thing in the world

tropic garden
#

god we sound old.

tardy anchor
#

tech has just changed v much v fast

hasty kernel
#

And Im only 21

#

Yeah, remember when CDs were the best medium for saving stuff?

tropic garden
#

bruh when i was in elementary school i put my reports on floppy disks

tardy anchor
#

WHOAAAAAAA

#

remember burning cds.....

hasty kernel
#

Ok Floppy Disks are too old for me

tropic garden
#

my first introduction to nu metal was because a friend burned a CD for me

hasty kernel
#

We had some at home

tropic garden
#

so that sure is a thing

vocal brook
#

I remember that my siblings and I had to stop using the pc for a few hours when dad would burn his pink floyd onto cds

hasty kernel
#

But I never used it

blissful charm
#

i remember games needing multiple floppy disks

tropic garden
#

babs wins

tardy anchor
#

babs wins!!

hasty kernel
#

Same tbh

blissful charm
#

i am ancient

tropic garden
#

what's incredible tho is that we're all at like
2-3 year age gaps with each other

#

and all of us have very different early tech memories

hasty kernel
#

I got introduced to Linkin Park when a friend burned Meteora for me

#

Breaking the Habit still is one of my favourite songs, too

tardy anchor
#

this wasnt my time but i rember finding tech magazines from my older siblings/parents that were like, dos games u had 2 program urself

tropic garden
#

my mom used punch cards and told me about the experience extensively

hasty kernel
#

Yeah tech is wack fast

#

Except, not really anymore

tardy anchor
#

it was like "heres the free game of the month :))) [page of code]"

vocal brook
#

My dad works as a sys admin, so he brought home a lot of old computers that were either recently replaced or just bad enough to not be secure, so in our house we had a lot of old monitors and keyboards

hasty kernel
#

Weve hit like 3 seperate walls

tardy anchor
#

ooooohh

hasty kernel
#

Progress is gonna be a hell of a lot slower, and user-end it wont change all that much for a couple decades probably

tropic garden
#

i guess market forces are a big part of determining at what point games will hit a physical nostalgia point like vinyl

#

arcades are already there - 30 year nostalgia cycle is solidly in the late 80s right now

hasty kernel
#

What do you mean?

#

Nostalgia for old-timey games?

tropic garden
#

no i mean nostalgia for owning physical copies of games - like we were talking about

hasty kernel
#

Ah

#

Well with consoles

tropic garden
#

drm is easier to enforce on digital games, though, and they're cheaper to produce

hasty kernel
#

Probably never?

#

Like I cant imagine consoles ever going full digital

tardy anchor
#

hdjcn if games are exclusively unphysical game stores will sell boxes w download codes in them

tropic garden
#

they're already a lot more computer-y than they used to be

#

consoles, i mean

hasty kernel
#

True

tropic garden
#

not that they were ever not computers in some sense, but, you get me

tardy anchor
#

yeah, consoles used to just Play The Game

#

w/o internet etc

hasty kernel
#

But there is still a strong physical aspect to them

ionic viper
#

that’s already a thing they do, kam

hasty kernel
#

Especially stuff like the Switch

tardy anchor
#

oh do they? im out of loop by now
doesnt switch have online tho

tropic garden
#

consoles basically have exclusives, and design to their credit now
and you can take a bite out of the design with the fact that controllers work on PC

hasty kernel
#

Ye

#

But it has to be offline-capable

#

Cuz its a handheld still

ionic viper
#

i can’t remember which game it was but i remember buying one and it had no cd, just a download code

tardy anchor
#

ahhh
wow....

hasty kernel
#

I havent bought a game in a store in ages

#

Especially a PC game

#

I think the last one was Starcraft II

tropic garden
#

my laptop doesn't even have a disk drive

hasty kernel
#

Which was idk

#

Like 8 years ago?

tardy anchor
#

same 😔

hasty kernel
#

Mine does

#

But it gives me a headache to use it

#

So I just dont really use it

tardy anchor
#

the last physical game i bought was, puyo pop fever for ds, last week jcncn

#

gamestop used section eternally my go to spot

tropic garden
#

i can see the appeal of handheld consoles, but not of home systems

tardy anchor
#

thats a thing thatll get phased out w online only tho.....smh....

#

o?

hasty kernel
#

I can tbh

tropic garden
#

other than the exclusives - which mostly just make me mad because i don't want to spend the money on a system for one game - my pc can do all the same stuff with less baggage

hasty kernel
#

Home systems are easier and cheaper than PCs

tropic garden
#

i move around a lot so home consoles are just not really feasible for me now either >>

hasty kernel
#

Yeah thats a big downside

tropic garden
#

i haven't been settled in one place for the last 6 years

hasty kernel
#

But the same is true for desktops

tropic garden
#

solution: no desktop

#

i have a like, mid-range gaming laptop that i just use for everything

#

usually i'm not playing games with super heavy graphics loads

tardy anchor
#

i feel like desktops are going out of style for hone usr

tropic garden
#

and because it has utility to me outside Just Games i don't need to discard it when it gets outgrown

tardy anchor
#

mhm!!

tropic garden
#

i'm Very Ok with not having a precision-built desktop

hasty kernel
#

Thats fair

#

Idk, I dont think Desktops will ever go out of use

tropic garden
#

probably not, with a hobbyist and enthusiast crowd it's obviously a much better option

tardy anchor
#

ohhhhhhh gamers....ironically, id forgot,

tropic garden
#

i don't think souped up gaming desktops are much of a Thing outside of enthusiasts though
which, like you said, is part of the appeal of consoles, which are ready to go from boot. a gaming laptop is basically just an all-in-one console, but you only need to carry one around

#

....as long as the exclusives don't eat you alive

#

sobs

hasty kernel
#

The problem I have with Laptops is the screen

#

I like a big screen

#

Thats a decent distance away

tropic garden
#

i only got to play journey because my thesis advisor lent me his playstation 3

hasty kernel
#

Laptops dont usually do it for me

#

And yeah, souped up are mostly enthusiasts

#

But decently powerful ones are relatively common

tropic garden
#

me: i'm writing my thesis on games!
my advisor: oh cool have you played journey
me: ....no! : ' )
my advisor: my ps3 is in the corner over there, i don't use it, please play

honest glade
#

The only reason I personally don't have a desktop is because I have yet to live someplace long enough to make it a feasible purchase. From the moment I left HS and started college 10 years ago, I've constantly been on the move.

tropic garden
#

yeah exactly

#

big same

honest glade
#

College made it especially crucial for me to have a laptop. I lived in Jersey but went to school in Georgia, so I had to take a 15~18 hours car/bus/train ride anywhere from 2 to 4 times each year I was there.

#

(SCAD runs on a quarter system instead of semesters, so we'd go home before Thanksgiving and come back after New Years.)

tropic garden
#

eyyyy quarter system represent

#

uchicago is also on quarters

honest glade
#

Yeah, whenever I hear about semester system schedules, I'm like ???? what is this alien speak

tropic garden
#

we did not go home before thanksgiving but we did go home right after

#

which made going home for thanksgiving totally pointless

#

because you'd go home, then come back and immediately have finals, and be on break by like december 7th

#

i don't have time to travel, i'm writing a term paper

honest glade
#

yikes, i feel that

tropic garden
#

(this resulted in my staying with a local friend's family for thanksgiving two years in a row)

hasty kernel
#

But yeah, I miss physical copies

#

And Im annoyed that Steam effectively killed them

#

I want to be sure that if the apocalypse hits and the world gets destroyed

#

That I can still play Transistor

honest glade
#

lol

#

I think if the world got destroyed, I'd just be dead anyway.

#

I wouldn't survive. I'm too lazy.

hasty kernel
#

Well I didnt say who would cause it

tropic garden
#

tenor didn't have a gif of this

#

i'm upset

tardy anchor
#

why play trna on your computer when you can just go outside and get processed yikes

tropic garden
#

(kate beaton voice) process THIS

tardy anchor
#

HJGHJFHJFHJFHJ

hasty kernel
#

Anyway, so long as Steam loses their monopoly, Im happy

#

Id rather have creators get more money from my purchase

#

Especially indie devs

upbeat scroll
#

You can buy drm free games off of itch and the dev will take 100% cut

hasty kernel
#

For the ones that are on it

upbeat scroll
#

Who wouldn't be?

#

I say, in a community server for an indie game company that isn't on itch

hasty kernel
#

Yeah I was going to say

#

And Klei too

upbeat scroll
#

Why isn't sgg on itch anyway

#

It's not a perfect platform, but it's got advantages

serene tulip
chilly briar
#

bruh when i was in elementary school i put my reports on floppy disks
I still did that in high school...
my first introduction to nu metal was because a friend burned a CD for me
Pizza pizza pie every minute every second pie pie pie pie
i am ancient
@blissful charm what a mood.
I got introduced to Linkin Park when a friend burned Meteora for me
I saw them live for their meteora tour lol

serene tulip
#

I was.... 14 when meteora came out?

rain mortar
#

That was my early high school years, too. Grade 9 or 10, I think

chilly briar
#

I was ~14 too

#

idk what grades mean

rain mortar
#

I would have been... 14 as well

serene tulip
#

lol

chilly briar
#

y'all are old

serene tulip
#

Sure seems that way

chilly briar
#

old group yells at cloud

serene tulip
#

I injured my shoulder in October and nothing has been making me feel older

#

"Congrats on being 30, here's an injury you'll never truly recover from"

chilly briar
#

RIP

rain mortar
#

I often forget that I'm 30, until someone asks

serene tulip
#

Right?

#

"what do you mean I'm not 27?"

chilly briar
#

I'm not 30 yet, soon though

#

at least I don't look it lol

serene tulip
#

Sometimes folks don't card me

#

and it makes me super sad

#

well

#

not Super sad

#

but like, disappointed

rain mortar
#

Oh, I haven't been asked for ID in years. I thinking having always sported some variety of facial hair has helped that

blissful charm
#

the first time i didn't get asked for an id i was 27

serene tulip
#

I mean, I've been not asked for ID a buncha times, but they were mostly cases where I was obviously with people who could be considered my parents or in rural nebraska where it turns out they don't really care as much.

chilly briar
#

I'm amazed when I don't get carded lol

somber ferry
#

i'm in that weird place where i'm 24 and half the people i meet think i'm in high school and the other half just......don't?? card me??

hasty kernel
#

Schroedingers age

#

Youre simulatinously too young to buy without an ID, and too old to need an ID

tardy anchor
#

@faint panther i just noticed ur icon.... 🐱 🤝 🐱

faint panther
#

catra solidarity

tardy anchor
#

YES

faint panther
#

i love catra,,,

tardy anchor
#

sameeeee

copper lark
#

yall so old i feel like a baby

sharp grail
#

bapy

reef pier
#

im baby?

somber ferry
hasty kernel
#

@upbeat scroll welp

cunning holly
hasty kernel
#

I wonder if SGG just read his comment

#

Looked at the site

#

And said "wait, why arent we on it?"

#

Its unlikely but hilarious

#

Therefore it is canon to me

opaque quail
#

A longer run-up than that, but a very well timed coincidence. 😄

hasty kernel
#

Death of the Author, I stick to my canon 😛

opaque quail
#

Oh I mean... Canon Who???

serene tulip
#

The notorious criminal Pachelbels Canon.

hasty kernel
#

Also its a shame I already bought all of the games

#

I cant just buy them again

serene tulip
#

I think I've bought like, 4 copies of bastion, back when I had a job that paid me better for friends that really needed to experience it

#

so yeah, a bit late

hasty kernel
#

Yeah I think all of the folks I know well enough already have it

serene tulip
#

aww, we're your friends?!?

hasty kernel
#

Lets not get ahead of ourselves

#

I jest, I jest

#

But yeah, this is cool

#

Im always up for SGG getting more money

copper lark
#

ashamed bc i put this in the wrong channel but kh critical mode is killing me

silver maple
#

Y’all they put the To The Moon sequel in Humble Monthly and I’m so eager to bawl my eyes out for months after again

#

and Monster Prom hhhh... big monster lovers...

copper lark
#

monster prom is so good!!!!

#

fun with and without friends

#

also the new mod mode thing,, where u can make your own dates

serene tulip
tardy anchor
#

OH COOL

ionic viper
copper lark
#

no girls.......

serene tulip
#

Yeah, I'm not much of a dating sim person, but I'm definitely tempted by that one

copper lark
#

owo

#

hold up

ionic viper
#

yes girls

copper lark
#

that looks cool owo

serene tulip
#

I'm not sure if Horatio subscribes to our gender roles

ionic viper
#

Glaive (Sawyer): they'd like you to get straight to the point Scythe (Rowan): reaping what they sow
also nb weapons

copper lark
#

i STAN THIS

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and i appreciate that,,, i stan u horatio

ionic viper
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the glaive and the scythe are undoubtedly the coolest weapons, also, so i appreciate this

buoyant frigate
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Yoooo I've been keeping an eye on Boyfriend Dungeon, it looks like it's gonna be lit

ionic viper
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bapie!!!!

copper lark
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same,,

ionic viper
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world is large, legs are smal,, rest,,,,

serene kettle
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oh babie?

somber ferry
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hi hello please support boyfriend dungeon

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i backed it on kickstarter, and it looks SO GOOD

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and the folks at kitfox all seem super cool

hasty kernel
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A dating sim where everyone is a clone of themselves?

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Sounds like Homestuck tbh

tardy anchor
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nah....not really

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it looks very original to me!!

hasty kernel
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I was mostly just making a joke about the messed up and confusing family tree

tardy anchor
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ohh ok

copper lark
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homestuck is so messy

serene tulip
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I think that the horatio game was an april fools joke

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like lovers of aetherhttps://store.steampowered.com/app/1043180/Lovers_of_Aether/

Now is not the time for war. Now is the time for love! The homecoming dance is tonight and you need a date pronto. Spend your school day talking to the students at Aether High. All the original characters from Rivals of Aether are in attendance. It's up to you to decide who y...

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too bad the game ends before you actually can date best girl clairen

copper lark
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,, owo

hasty kernel
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You basically need a walkthrough to read Homestuck

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But thats part of what makes it fun

serene tulip
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Yeah

analog spear
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Lol I love rivals, but that’s not what I meant dan

serene tulip
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@analog spear TFW your april fools joke has better art and writing than the game its based on

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Also best boye is orcane in case you didn't know

hasty kernel
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Tbh, Dating sims without the Persona-shaped game around it feels a bit, idk, empty?

serene tulip
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but I have to struggle with sylv

analog spear
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Yea the story mode is... not very good

serene tulip
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actually, etalus.....

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damn

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they did a good job of making in-game etalus look/act like IRL george

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Things I know about Homestuck: There's a character called Vriska? Undertale???

hasty kernel
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There is a character called Vriska indeed

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She once was the worst person

buoyant frigate
hasty kernel
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If only we knew

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Oh and uh its the second time Toby Fox used Megalovania

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Undertale is the third

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I actually prefer the homestuck version

tardy anchor
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i wana try bitsy sooo bad one of these days

buoyant frigate
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Bitsy's a lot of fun! It's great for doing small projects, and a lot of people like to use it for small experimental art stuff

tame wagon
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oh cute

tardy anchor
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rubbing my hands together........................ohoohoho

serene tulip
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Would you like some mittens?

tardy anchor
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no it is like a villain with excitement for all the things i could do w bitsy

serene tulip
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They're cute mittens tho

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oh great

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thanks for ruining that too

tardy anchor
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oh no sorry!!! these mittens rock

serene tulip
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I was talking about the sonic

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they're now irrevokably associated with the terror of the movie

tardy anchor
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ahhh hjgjghj

buoyant frigate
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Mittsy

serene tulip
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Can't believe detective pikachu is coming out next thursday

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The degree to which I'm excited about this movie is, frankly, ridiculous.

honest glade
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I think I'm gonna buy advanced tickets for it if I can.

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I haven't done that in a long time.

pastel phoenix
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I'm glad it doesn't look like it's going to try to take itself too seriously

serene tulip
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OK

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I figured it out

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Besides just looking like an alien

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hmm

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nevermind.

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Hypothesis: The reason that Detective Pikachu is cool and sonic isn't, I mean, other than sonic just looks weirder.

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Is that the only really weird thing in detective pikachu is the pokemon

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everything else is just kinda normal

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Not sure how well it works

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hence my hesitation

pastel phoenix
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Did you hear that the director plans to re-render everything who knows how much of the movie with a redesign for Sonic?

serene tulip
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Honestly, couldn't care less

copper lark
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the only bad thing abt detective pikachu is mr mime

serene tulip
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However, the conspiracy theory that they made him look wonky in the trailer so that they could get coverage from the fan outrage only to capitulate and bring out the "real" sonic which they had the entire time is interesting

pastel phoenix
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Didn't hear that theory. volfredthink

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Not a fan of Mr Mime, Syd?

copper lark
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Not One Bit

serene tulip
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Well, I mean, significantly changing a cgi character design like that is quite a significant task. The fact that they can do that and not delay release tickles some of my skeptical bits

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And we live in an age where creating outrage for visibility is a well documented marketing tactic

ionic viper
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the thing is, the pokemon in detective pikachu still look like pokemon

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they don't deviate too far from the base design

serene tulip
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They somehow made bulbasaur look more cute

ionic viper
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HAT

serene tulip
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and honestly, rilly fuzzy pikachu is growing on me

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ok, nevermind, i forgot how cute some of the bulbasaur sprites were

tardy anchor
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i honestly think the sonic design is like uglycute but also. also. there is so much sonic media out there, its not the be all and end all? i just really hope this isnt crunching the animators too much :< its fine to have a bad movie

ionic viper
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whereas sonic looks like a poorly made fursuit

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listen, i'm right

serene tulip
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it is known

ionic viper
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it's either a poorly made fursuit or one of those cheap knockoff halloween costumes

serene tulip
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or the monkey kid from jumanji

ionic viper
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god.

tardy anchor
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omg

ionic viper
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actually why am i saying that, there is no god here when those things are around

serene tulip
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lol

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God is dead, paramount killed him

ionic viper
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what the hell are those urls

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like yeah i know you're showing detective pikachu stuff but look at how long and ugly those urls are

pastel phoenix
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I'm sorry! failbag

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they were the first links that showed up in search!

hasty kernel
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The Pokemon stuff works because it doesnt quite hit the uncanny valley

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Except for Mr Mime, but he is creepy no matter what he does

copper lark
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mr mime in the anime is creepiest

honest glade
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I love that they decided to fully embrace people finding Mr. Mime creepy, lol

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As for the Sonic redesign thing... while it's kinda neat to see that the filmmakers want to respond to the feedback, I feel bad for the artists who are probably gonna be sent into an overworked crunchtime to try and make edits.

ionic viper
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there's no "probably" about it

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if they really are overhauling his design - and it will take an overhaul - that's a hell of a lot of work to cram in if they want to keep the original release date

serene tulip
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There is that conspiracy theory that ugly-sonic was made for outrage advertising and they have the "new" sonic sitting in the wings the entire time.

ionic viper
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i don't think they're that smart

analog spear
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If they were that smart, they wouldn’t have made a sonic movie

fallow gull
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uuugh

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when I first saw that ugly amalgamation

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that they call "sonic"

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I don't want to play Lost World anymore

velvet fjord
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the sonic movie has the same budget as an illumination movie

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and sonic hasn't been relevant for about as long as illumination movies so I guess there's a connection

serene tulip
vocal brook
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Just spent thirty minutes sending a tumblr mutual affection and compliments over anon and I am feeling full of energy and love rn

serene tulip
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@vocal brook I think you're a cool person and I believe in you^^

analog spear
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Anyone else so hyped for the hades update they read through the entire tech fix channel just to see discussion of the game?

upbeat scroll
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sometimes i get really tempted to buy funny numbers of dead cryptocurrencies

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for less than 2 dollars i could be the proud owner of four hundred and twenty dogecoins

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and i would be able to mention that any time anyone talks about crypto

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or for 19 cents i could get a different number

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maybe this is more funny to me than to anyone else

tropic garden
sly stump
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thank god, actually

tropic garden
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they're wearing the t-shirts............

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wait it says this is the SECOND one???

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is there another live action saint young men movie out there

cunning holly
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Being set up atm

limber horizon
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Epic bought Easy Anti-Cheat a few months back.

Before that, Valve had been talking with them for Linux support

Today, they announced all efforts to get it working under Linux have been halted.

Sweeney has compared using Linux to leaving to Canada.

I will break this down: Epic bought EAC so that Valve couldn't get Linux users support for these games. The CEO of Epic then compared championing FOSS software over corporate software to dodging social duties of helping marginalized people.

They also recently bought Rocket League, a game that has an official Linux port.

the EGS launcher will never have a Linux build.

The currently supported Linux build will be cancelled, leaving Linux users without any recourse, their game taken away, and no money refunded.

The next time someone goes past the legitimate claim that Epic exclusivity helps indies to state that moving to Epic never hurts customers, point to this.

Shutting down discussion of actually abusive corporate tactics to Own The Gamers is inexcusable.

hasty kernel
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Uh

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They bought Easy Anti-Cheat in 2018

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The news you might refer to was EasyAntiCheat working with Steam Play

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Which came out 4 months after the acquisition

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The timeline doesnt match up

limber horizon
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does it matter? it doesn't change anything

hasty kernel
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It changes a whole lot actually

limber horizon
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the fact of the matter is that epic has a very harsh stance against foss

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nope

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it doesn't

hasty kernel
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The talks began after Epic acquired them

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Evidently, Epic didnt think to interfere

limber horizon
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the effects of a buyout don't happen immediately

hasty kernel
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What reason do we have to believe that now, another 3 months later, they decided to interfere

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Uh, no, they do

limber horizon
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nop

hasty kernel
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Like, ongoing talks or such being cancelled, and upcoming projects being shelved within days of takeover are fairly common

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Especially since the takeover itself is a long process

limber horizon
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okay but like

The CEO of Epic then compared championing FOSS software over corporate software to dodging social duties of helping marginalized people.

nothing about this changes this

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epic might be better for indies

hasty kernel
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Oh, right

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Looking at the context

limber horizon
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they're still just as unethical as valve/steam as a whole ¯_(ツ)_/¯

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champion itch

hasty kernel
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He is saying that in the context of swapping to Linux after some nonsense is pulled on windows

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Which uh

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Yeah thats a pretty good comparision

limber horizon
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no it's not it's gross as hell

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it's one of the most messed up comparisons period

jade elk
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wait

hasty kernel
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How, exactly?

limber horizon
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windows isn't a society or a nation

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it's a corporate product

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you owe no loyalty to corporations

jade elk
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why would people need to "fight for freedoms" on the microsoft windows OS by still using it

hasty kernel
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Right but the point isnt to have loyalty to windows

jade elk
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i don't think that works

limber horizon
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it literally is

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that is what is beign said

hasty kernel
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Given that the original context was him being critical of windows

jade elk
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"windows sucks so it's illegal to not use windows"

limber horizon
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comparing not worshipping corporate products to ignoring the plight of marginalized people is

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gross

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period

hasty kernel
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Again

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Original context is him calling out windows

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How is that "worshipping corporate products"

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Like, way I see it his point is clear

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Almost everyone uses windows

jade elk
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i don't understand his point

hasty kernel
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This is microsoft abusing their effective monopoly to push a paywall on windows folk

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And the answer to that isnt "just switch off of windows lol"

jade elk
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but

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the problem is their monopoly

hasty kernel
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Its specifically microsoft screwing over people on windows

limber horizon
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insisting that you should stay on windows just because it's the most popular choice and saying it's the same thing as dodging the social duty to help and protect people in need

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no

jade elk
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so why is using a different OS a bad tactic

hasty kernel
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Its more that you dont get the hell out of the system/nation youre on for one that might be better

jade elk
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WINDOWS IS NOT A NATION

limber horizon
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the problem with windows is an inherent one with its licensing and status as a proprietary product

hasty kernel
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Or you do

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But that doesnt help the people stuck with that system

limber horizon
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windows is not a nation!!! or a society!!!!! oh my god!!!!!!

hasty kernel
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Thats what metaphors are

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You dont compare it to the same thing

jade elk
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i don't think Everyone With A Computer is obligated to "help the people" who happen to use windows OS