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Person: wait...it's wednesday
Me: yeah
Person: I've been thinking it was tuesday all day!
Me: well that's nice
Person: BUT HOW ARE WE GONNA
Me: (thinking about whether I should go get a free slurpee today)

What did Abraham Lincoln say when he was falsely accused of a crime

uuuuurrgggghh

How is Ron Paul still alive btw

Like at this point there's still a really weird cult of Obama thing going around too that annoys me

edit: but I guess that's more like facebook liberals than redditors

I believe you guys that Bernie is still worshipped but it feels different to me than it used to with him, which probably just reflects the weirdness of my social media experience mainly being the dirtbag left on twitter

How is Tesla on there but he's not the lightning guy

Too bad Steve Jobs is dead

MNTwins1991 posted...

Elon Musk, Al Gore, and James Cameron are real life super heroes.. the Avengers IRL

Please make a photoshop expressing this with the Avengers poster and share it on reddit as if someone else made it with a caption like "ok, this is just too epic." Neil DeGrasse Tyson as well

Chewster posted...

In nicer news... it's pretty crazy that they got all the kids out of that cave. And they did it all without the help of Elon Musk trying to stick his nose in everything

It is crazy and it's also crazy that they found the kids in the first place. Also 44 people died in a boat accident off the coast of Thailand this week. Pretty crazy huh

Shut up! Robot gamers are going to take over twitch! It's going to be glorious! No commentary, just ruthlessly efficient dismantling of game design!!!

Did you see that speed run of Celeste by a robot? Insane

I saw that earlier and couldn't even bring myself to show it to anyone because it was so repulsive. Dude is such a freak

We just played again and literally all we do is look for guns and then look for people to shoot at, and when we finally find people we wonder aloud if we should try to fight them and then we decide to just do it and then we die m

We should definitely try and do a sports topic group on Switch fortnite at least once though because it would be funny

I thought it was fairly fun and we obviously did well enough that we could have won which would have been hilarious but as he said we needed to build and just didn't. We won a few shootouts even but at the end when the ring was tiny we just got completely wrecked by the veteran team with their big ass fortified tower

LeetCheet posted...

Games are much easier to deal with. I think girls might be stuck on hard mode or something.

I think it's an issue with the mechanics. Every input does something different every time you play. Super innovative design but hard to get a grip on

The saddest party I've ever seen is Tidus and company as they discuss Yuna's fate should they reach Zanarkand!

I liked when the main guy went super Saiyan in Rogue Galaxy

That's cool. I played rogue Galaxy a few years back and thought it was alright but on Reddit and stuff everyone just said skip it and play Dark Cloud 2 instead. Maybe I'll pick up DC2 as well or maybe I won't. I have a lot of games such as Monster Hunter World and I'm buying Octopath Traveler next week

MNTwins1991 posted...

fishing in the Dark Cloud series was "the titties"

Speaking of this I picked up Wild Arms 3 on the PSN sale today and played it for about 15 minutes. It doesn't seem too good but it's one of those games I regretted never giving a fair try way back when. I bring this up because it recommended Arc the Lad: Twilight of the Spirits and Dark Cloud 2 beneath that game and I kind of think both of those games are probably way better than the one I bought

Also I played some more multiplayer Stardew last night, this time joining a server with two guys who had been playing it for 12 hours straight when I came on the scene. They were in Fall 1 and I showed up with no skills, no progression, no tool upgrades.

Folks, it kind of sucked ass. I had to keep spending their copper and their money to get myself new items just to keep up. Furthermore, as I said last time, these fellows were absolutely not getting what j consider to be a true Stardew experience. They were making a psychotic amount of money because they had so much manpower to buy and tend to crops and they did literally nothing else it seemed aside from fish and spelunk when they were finished. They hadn't given a single item to the community center or made a single friend and when I would say "hey it's Penny's birthday" they wouldn't even care. It's not that it's not fun to play Stardew as a crops only game, but it is WRONG!!!

Just want to express that the last two posts were very humorous to me.

That's what I figured but I had to make sure in case you humped the floor since I would have thought that was cool

What do you mean by making love to the floor

Those are both interesting things to wake up to. They're like two different sides of everyone's favorite film franchise, The Hangover. Two mysteries to solve but one is cool and one sucks.

As for the power of your anxiety overwhelming your ability to truly debase yourself, I don't really know if that's good or bad but it's interesting. When I think back on the things I said when I was drunk I sometimes can't believe it, like who was that person who was capable of saying that because he wasn't me. But that's also part of the fun of getting drunk, and it's not like I say anything that disqualifies me from being liked. I don't become transphobic or anything when I drink, though that would be another interesting twist

Chewster posted...

That's part of why I mostly just drink beer but I'm sure you all know how certain people get really insistent about doing shots

Oh yeah people bought me several shots too which is honestly probably the difference maker between regular idiot Kevin and blacking out

Chewster posted...

I've been blackout drunk a few times, but it's not something I ever really set out to do each time. If you've only done it once in your life that's not that bad. I haven't done it in like five years though so I have gotten a lot better. I don't really even like to get drunk much in general anymore. Even if I'm just somewhat drunk I'll end up saying silly/stupid stuff or texting people who I shouldn't be texting (*COUGH*girls*COUGH*), then I feel bad the next day. Not like super creepy or forward stuff, to be clear, but just kind of like sober me can take the hint she doesn't like me and leave things be.

And then sometimes I'll hang out with friends who are my age or older and it always seems like they just want to go really hard with drinking. I don't really understand it, that was fun in college, but I'm pretty over it.

If I get drunk at all I'm definitely texting someone. The best case scenario is that I text the people who I was just with after I get home. This happened after my cousin's wedding this year when my sister-in-law and I had a very drunk heart-to-heart and I sent her a wild text afterward that she has thankfully never brought up. There are maybe two people in my phone who I was afraid to see when I looked at my texts this time and neither one was on there which was a relief, though I did text the hell out of one person who was there but left halfway through, one person who canceled at the last minute (also into a thread with both of those people), and one person who was there the whole night who I then called from the uber.

I've accepted in the last year that a very emotional drunk but I never take pains to stop myself from texting. It could be really bad one of these times. These were probably the worst drunk texts I've ever sent because all but the one who stayed all night stopped responding and I kept going which isn't a good sign, but no one seems to care already which is good. The other thing I do when I'm drunk is hug people. I hug everyone all the time and it's something I don't do sober.

I think this goes with what @MNTwins1991 said about how everyone is a different kind of drunk. It's like I give myself the excuse to cut loose from my stoic facade. Not that it's really a facade I guess, but I don't express myself that much in my day-to-day life I guess and I definitely don't do so affectionately. I hugged my older brother! I don't know when I'd last done that.

I also think part of the type of drunk I am relates to how infrequently I get drunk-drunk. I don't really know how many is too many for me. I think another issue might be that people incorrectly assume that I've got a handle on myself as a drunk so they don't feel the need to tell me to slow down or whatever (though I intentionally went hard this time of course).

Zeeky_Bomb posted...

I've been there, and it's pretty scary. It's why I don't drink nearly as often as I did. I wasn't in the alcoholic stage, mind you, but blacking out and vomiting in a bar is a terrible experience that really makes you wonder about your own choices.

I think people do it multiple times a week to drown out different things. Either different negative voices or situations. Or they just like being rowdy. People are weird and complicated.

I'm glad to hear you are alright though.

I did throw up but that's the only physical issue that occurred I think. I didn't even have that horrible of a hangover, just my stomach feeling not great and the usual stumbles in the morning. The day after that wedding I wanted to die from how bad my head hurt but this time my head was fine.

I was thinking about all my sad or negative thoughts coursing through my brain the other day. I don't usually post about them but in the past I have typed up a long post and then just deleted it after reading it to myself. Maybe I would post them sometimes if I didn't know someone IRL who would read it.

Anyway I was thinking about these thoughts because I blacked out from drinking for the first time in my life this week for my birthday at the bar, and it was both an illuminating and humiliating experience after the fact. First of all it's just crazy to misplace an hour of your life but that's what happened (as I'm sure most of you know from experience). Second, I sent a flurry of weirdo texts that I still can't believe are real when I look at them but luckily they were only sent to people who it's mostly OK to be embarrassing in front of. They were melancholy but also overly sweet and loving which is maybe worse.

Anyway. My thinking was how can people do this to themselves like five times a week? I know those are just what we call alcoholics, but do you think they could make the value proposition that they've engaged in even unconsciously? Some part of their brain must be communicating that this is the best option for them, and that value judgment shows that it's better to feel sick every day than to let yourself feel sad at night. Either way you're going to feel sad during the day I would think, as most of us do except for in the fleeting moments of distraction that late capitalism grants us with twitter and whatnot, but at least once you're off work you can get some tangible pleasure out of life. Anyway I don't think it'd be worth it for me, a) because I don't like feeling sick all the time and b) because I know that I would just make myself sadder with my behavior if I got drunk every night.

Ultima_Dragoon posted...

Ultima_Dragoon posted...

The Giants will do the same

Of course, instead of scoring the 6 runs they needed, they simply gave up 6 more to the Cardinals. Yeesh.

They had to actually trail by 9 to make a 9 run comeback so they had to let the Cards score 11. Unfortunately they forgot to make the comeback

I listen to a podcast by guys who do localization in Shibuya. That is the life I dream of

MNTwins1991 posted...

CaptainHammer posted...

applied for localization editor at Nintendo of America

Is that the guy who runs the Twitter account?

No that would be like social media editor or something. Localization editor would be working with translated text to make the writing work in English and a host of other duties related to making the game work in a Western context. Stuff like changing names too. Cordelia in Fire Emblem Awakening used to be named Tiamo until they decided that was too weird in the localization process. See doesn't that sound like a fun job, naming Fire Emblem characters and making their flirtatious banter more cute

Editor not translator. Obviously Japanese knowledge is preferred but not required. Again I knew I wouldn't get it, I just think it seems like a fun job and it gave me the opportunity to write a cover letter to Nintendo which was fun kind of

Some people at my job make $11 or less I'm pretty sure. Completely stupid. The place is so stupid and sucks pretty bad but at least I'm making a relatively decent living for a single man with a roommate

MNTwins1991 posted...

There's an Activision office here and it pays video game testers $11 an hour. I've heard this particular one is a pretty shitty job.

Lol....DESIRED QUALIFICATIONS:
B.A. or B.S. in Computer Science or Entertainment related area (in lieu of prior work experience).
Experience with Quality Assurance testing of software projects
Understanding of the software test cycle process
PC and console game troubleshooting
Experience and familiarity with multiple gaming platforms and genres

All that for $11 an hour.

I've applied for random video game jobs before knowing I wouldn't get them just to say I did. I applied for localization editor at Nintendo of America which is like an $80k job and of course never expected anything of it but like four days later I got a call from Seattle, WA and I freaked the fuck out. I called the number back with my heart beating quickly and it was some stupid telemarketer thing of course. That's the only time I've ever received a call from Seattle I think. It was just close enough to reality for me in that moment that I actually got bummed out and regretted applying for it

I just meant are you gonna try and get it which it sounds like you are

Are you gonna try it though? That would be kind of sweet

Up there with Mega Man 2

Chewster posted...

Which ones have you played? I'm pretty new to the series but I've played a lot in the last year.

They're all kind of samey and too easy. Kirby's Adventure is one of the better ones for sure, and the last boss (or is it second-to-last?) is one of the best in the series. It's annoying that you have to press up to fly though. I think Return to Dreamland, Triple Deluxe and parts of Super Star are better.

But the best one of all might be Kirby's Dream Course, which isn't even a normal Kirby game.

I don't think I've played triple deluxe but I vehemently disagree that the other two you mentioned are better. Return to Dreamland sucks! That may have been the last Kirby I bothered playing. I have the demo for the new one on Switch and it seems like complete dogshit. Planet Robotbot seemed kind of cool though when I played it for a few minutes at Target. Kirby's Adventure is the best one because it's got the best aesthetic (yes even on NES) and it feels more like an action platformer than the other ones even though you can still just fly over the entire screen.

Also Kirby's Adventure is the only Kirby game I've played that is legitimately really good.

Also Garland has the best villain quote. "I, Garland, will knock you all down!" Followed closely by FF4's Zeromus: "We are Zeromus! We Loathe all!"

Not that it matters but FFI is pretty short IIRC. I'd say it's worth at least giving it a shot until you've defeated Garland which will be like half an hour or something, just to get a feel for it and to say that you've done it. You might like it or at least be intrigued enough to keep going because it's kind of odd.

SpeeDLeemon posted...

damn I really wanna play Mario Tennis now

Also, this Jordan Hicks fellow throws pretty damn hard. He's gonna blow his arm out

I think for a while he was actually throwing too hard. He used to pretty much sit 103 but now he's dialed it back to 100 and he's been a thousand times better and more accurate

Thanks to the people who said happy birthday since I said thanks the first time. I can't believe how old I am on this site

Thank you !!!

It's July 4th and the Washington Nationals are below .500 after getting shut out at home today in their special america focused early game. Great job everyone!

This made me look up how the Cardinals are doing as well (I follow the standings basically I guess though I knew they were hovering around 3-4 games above .500) and at 43-41 I have come to the inescapable conclusion that they are once again going to handily miss the playoffs. They're not going to finish ahead of some six team combination of the Dodgers, Giants, Cubs, Brewers, Diamondbacks, Braves, Nationals, Rockies, and Phillies because folks, they just aren't good enough. They're probably better than one or two of those teams at this point and that's it. Kind of annoying. I've seen them win it all twice but the Matheny era has been a bit of a trainwreck despite multiple postseason appearances. With competent management they would have made the playoffs in 2016 at least and possibly last year as well, plus they'd have probably won 1-2 more championships at least. OH WELL!

The play in game is a coin toss but I 100% agree that they will lose that game

Yeah and we also learned that you can achieve that dream by monopolizing championships. You want a ring, they're the only game in town so you get paid what they want to pay you.

OhhhJa posted...

I'm more shocked than anything else that they managed to get cousins for such a small amount so I guess he's desperate for a ring. At this point, wouldn't a ring with the warrior feel kinda cheap?

A cheap ring is better than never getting one though. Once Durant signed with GSW all bets were off forever

Well in fairness they did almost lose in the conference finals last year so they're smart to keep improving, it's just completely weird and it's also weird how other players who aren't Chosen have to find other ways to win that don't work (see: Chris Paul)

This is so insane that players just go there to automatically get a ring, like it's just something you're allowed or expected to do