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re:that last bullet, i think the push for inclusivity is broadly good because it's a life simulator and i think the more inclusive games like this are, the better, but it seems like they use inclusivity as an all-encompassing shield to stymy criticism when their updates come out half-baked and even broken. this most recent update breaks the aging system beyond repair, removes most whims in exchange for wants and fears that cover exclusively the base game and the latest expansion pack, and somehow bungled relationship checks so now my sims wanna papaya their brothers. but hey, they've added a sexuality system that probably should've been in there seven years ago eight years after release, so all is forgiven, we can move on to The Sims 4: Need for Speed, which finally adds (a) car (which cannot be used outside of its specialized map)
Saturday, 30-Jul-22 03:32:31 UTC from web-
@scribus I wouldn’t, at least not until they do at least a couple of bug fixes. Sims are currently aging up at random AT BEST, and at worst just straight up dying. It only affects long and short lifespans, and it’s actually an issue that has apparently existed for a few patches now, although I never encountered it before this one and the issue has verifiably been exasperated by something they did to the backend to support new features added by the High School expansion pack. And that’s just ONE of the problems… a lot of the new features are straight up broken and the new wants & fears system is actually less in-depth than the previous whims system, which it replaces, so… I don’t see many reasons to update ATM.
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@scribus the update DOES add sexual orientation and it’s surprisingly in-depth (albeit it is currently very gender binary), but that too is broken and is resulting in Sims rolling incestuous wants because the orientation check happens after the relationship check.
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Judging by those prices, Trump Burger is a massive grift. $11 for an 8oz burger and drinks are SEPARATE?? That’s a scam.
Saturday, 30-Jul-22 23:51:40 UTC from web -
I’ve been transferred to a new store closer to DC for my new promotion starting on Sunday and I gotta say: now that I have to deal with the traffic repercussions, I firmly believe that all construction on the metro line should immediately be halted as not having to stop for construction workers would shave ten minutes off my drive easily.
Friday, 29-Jul-22 17:11:24 UTC from web-
@zeldatra Promotion! Yeah! Hopefully construction won't take forever. When I had to commute about 30km to work I had often construction work on the Autobahn, which made the traffic so bad at rush hour that it added 30 to 45 minutes to the commute and forced me to start work at 6 AM to get around all of this. Even then the construction added 10 minutes to a 15 minute drive (under good circumstances and at about 140km/h and traffic signals.)
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@adiwan I’m hoping they’ll be done soon but also they’ve been working on this metro expansion since I was 12 so I’m starting to think it’s a mob front and they’ll never be done.
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I don't think these blatantly right-leaning survey questions are gonna like my answers
Thursday, 28-Jul-22 04:30:30 UTC from web-
@scribus Would YOU elect Donald Trump to a third term? We NEED your answer for our PATRIOT POLL.
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Resident Evil has always stood for teenage bully drama in a neo-cubist Stepford, right?
Tuesday, 26-Jul-22 05:37:03 UTC from web -
Clone Wars somewhat redeems the prequels. The films are still very clunky and don't stand very well on their own but Clone Wars gives the films a little bit more dimension. Also with a lot of time passed between now and their releases it makes the outrage seem silly. As if Star Wars had excellent writing in the first place. It was always corny and clunky. The original trilogy came out at a time where those things were overlooked pretty easily as the overall quality standard of films was generally quite low in comparison to today. Nostalgia goggles twist the perception of the original trilogy films into something better it is not. Star Wars is a homage to old adventure serials that were quite bad and I adopted that kind of mindset and enjoy the moment. Even Rise of the Skywalker has some charm, harder to swallow but entertaining in a different way.
Monday, 25-Jul-22 17:06:34 UTC from web-
@adiwan I've been saying for a while now, after seeing the retrospective praise the prequels get (especially Episode III), that once the next trilogy comes out and it's directed by Kevin Fiege or The Wachowskis or something like that, people are probably gonna look back at the Sequels and go "hey you know those weren't so bad actually"
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The Star Wars prequels only structurally make sense if you watch them after Empire but before Jedi, think about it
Sunday, 24-Jul-22 20:34:00 UTC from web-
@zeldatra Yeah, I wouldn't advocate skipping it, either, but I also don't fight too hard for Phantom Menace lol. Curious about the fan-edit that combines the prequel movies together into one, too.
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"Zack Snyder is a good director" is the modern day Lost Cause of the South.
Saturday, 23-Jul-22 18:37:16 UTC from web-
@zeldatra yeah I've only seen like half of his movies, and only liked half of them, and them only halfway
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Opening Disney+ and seeing Deadpool on the front page is making me wonder what exactly the point is of keeping Disney+ and Hulu as separate services anymore.
Friday, 22-Jul-22 22:09:45 UTC from web-
@scribus i briefly thought Hulu's only purpose was to hide the trash, but Fantastic Four is ALSO on Disney+, so...
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Yeah! I got a wage raise! One that's above the inflation rate!
Wednesday, 20-Jul-22 16:59:28 UTC from web -
Shelling out 130 Eurobucks for a used AC with an external condenser was worth every cent. My apartment never was so freezing cold, especially not with 36°C (97°F) outside. I'd die a horrible sweaty death.
Monday, 18-Jul-22 17:59:35 UTC from web-
@adiwan I've been seeing the headlines and the wildfire photos, way too familiar at this point :(
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it is time to discuss the butt
Monday, 18-Jul-22 18:03:49 UTC from web-
@liquidusmira yes, always!
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Wow didnt think this place was still around
Sunday, 17-Jul-22 00:05:08 UTC from web-
@adiwan I always pictured us as the divey little dockside pub that's only still standing because the proprietor owns the building and doesn't need to pay rent so they can get by with the couple regulars just hanging out and playing pool
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You think it’s bad that Bart Simpson’s been ten for thirty-five years? The last season of Rugrats aired alongside the first season of All Grown Up and both shows take place in the early 2000s.
Friday, 15-Jul-22 18:37:04 UTC from web -
Futurama has a baked in start date of December 31st, 2999, and the show takes place roughly in real time (+1000 years), so Fry and Leela should be in their late 40s by now but they both look twenty. Plastic surgery must be really, really good in the future.
Friday, 15-Jul-22 18:39:44 UTC from web -
new D&D concept: a necromancer who only raises aborted fetuses and runs an orphanage where they can be adopted
Thursday, 14-Jul-22 19:12:16 UTC from web- adiwan likes this.
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On a brighter note: Tuca and Bertie Season 3 is out.
Wednesday, 13-Jul-22 10:37:16 UTC from web- Scribus likes this.
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When things starts to look better the world takes it and smashes it to smithereens. My father committed adultery and wants a divorce and wants to still live in the same apartment as my mother until the end of the year. I will probably have to support my mother financially (emotionally for sure), as she is too old to get a job. Also my father turned his asshole attitude up to 11. I strongly consider to turn my back on my father and never to forgive him for being a lying, conniving, selfish dick. He was always somewhat a dick but it could be glossed over back then. Now my eyes are opened.
Monday, 11-Jul-22 20:21:53 UTC from web -
i think i might be completely out of touch with this generation. when i was a kid, if you got caught stealing beer, that meant you went and tried at a different store. these days kids come into the same store multiple times in one night without even so much as checking to make sure that the manager who caught you last time isn't still there.
Wednesday, 06-Jul-22 19:07:20 UTC from web -
the sims mp game has escalated, Mortimer Goth is a slightly permanent houseguest now after a very silly misunderstanding
Monday, 04-Jul-22 06:33:03 UTC from web -
things got a bit out of hand in my Sims 4 multiplayer game. http://rainbowdash.net/url/876169
Friday, 01-Jul-22 05:10:27 UTC from web-
@scribus I’ve lost track but I think at this point it’s six mothers total? That tree is a bit outdated now. My cloning program is going horribly right.
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anyway, i am on axiety meds now
Thursday, 30-Jun-22 20:36:52 UTC from web -
i went to a psychologist last week. how much would you guys be surprised if i told you that she suspects i might be autistic?
Thursday, 30-Jun-22 20:36:42 UTC from web -
I spoiled myself with a game treat and bought the game Tunic. It's a fine game. It is a cross between Zelda and Dark Souls. I had quite some fun but oh boy it is hard. Thankfully there is an accessibility option to make it easy. I used it only two times because my thumbs were already hurting enough and I didn't want to start a boss fight 100 times over. It is best to get into the game blind. I do admit that I looked up stuff at the end of the game because the puzzles to get the true ending are hard as heck and I have a life beyond that game.
Monday, 27-Jun-22 20:04:49 UTC from web-
@scribus It looks damn good but I'm not really in a mood for a brawler. Back in the day I played more Power Rangers The Movie on SNES because I didn't have Turtles in Time (only played as a rental at a friend's house).
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I just had a customer accuse me of racially profiling her (from what I can tell, purely because I checked her id on an alcohol purchase) and she said “I used to work here, so, I know how it goes”, which I can literally only interpret as “I know you’re profiling me because I used to profile people”
Sunday, 26-Jun-22 16:05:59 UTC from web -
Finished watching "Dead End Paranormal Park". It was mostly harmless. Not groundbreaking but it is "just a cartoon". LGBTQ representation aside it the show is unfocused and the episodes themselves are lacking the energy to stand on their own. The pace accelerated towards the end but didn't manage to fully have any lasting impact as a whole.
Wednesday, 22-Jun-22 07:22:11 UTC from web-
@adiwan That's sounding sadly par for Netflix, post-BoJack. They coulda had another with Tuca and Bertie, but nnoooo, they had to fall asleep at the wheel.... Disenchantment is disenchanting me as of late, feels like every season is bookended by interesting big-P Plot moments, and filled with trivial slice-of-life misadventures. A whole season of not exploring themes and character, ending with some sudden developments and cliffhangers, only to be semi-resolved in the first 2 of the next season and shunted aside until the final 2 or 3....
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@scribus Centaurworld was good. Not my jam but good. Carmen Sandiego was good. Glitch Techs is also very fun. Kipo and the Age of Wonderbeasts too. Kid Cosmic is a definitive recommendation. Dogs in Space is a good "nothing to see else"-watch.
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@adiwan Yeah, Carmen Sandiego was good, even if they did whitewash the history of the Samurai caste.... Lol
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Thinking about retiring my Thinkpad x201. I LOVE the keyboard but it makes problems. When I hit the power button to turn it on, there is a 50:50 chance that the screen is blank and does nothing. It caused me some bigger problems with sleep mode and did the exact same thing on wake-up. Only turning the laptop completely off and on again helps, but on sleep mode all RAM content is gone. Hibernation is fine but it takes longer as a normal boot.
Saturday, 18-Jun-22 08:23:24 UTC from web-
@scribus For a few reasons I also miss my Asus EEEPC 1000H keyboard. It was tiny but usable. It made me appreciate mapping Home, End, PgUp, and PgDwn to the arrow keys using the Fn Key. It made me like it so much that I remapped the "previous track", "next track", "play/pause", and "stop" buttons on the X201 keyboard to those in Linux.
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Big corporations use their power to suppress everything that can threaten their business. Microsoft famously adopts free and open standards and alter them such that they are dominating them. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Embrace,_extend,_and_extinguish
Friday, 17-Jun-22 19:05:47 UTC from web-
@zeldatra Apple loves to Stockholm-syndrome their customers. Upgrading the hardware or even repair? No way! Soldered storage? Sure! Using slightly different chips and software-locking hardware components! Of course! Installing unauthorized software on the iPhone? HELL NO. No filthy hands, hardware or software should taint it.
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@adiwan "Have you used certain hardware and software ever since you bought the machine? Well, not anymore! Every update takes power from you! It's not a bug, it's a fee-chur!"
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So now I have a set of folders synced between my iPad and my computer so animation I do on the go just appears on my desktop when I get home. Pretty convenient. For some reason I thought Apple was anti-convenience.
Friday, 17-Jun-22 16:33:11 UTC from web-
@scribus yes, and also because iMessage doesn’t work on Windows PCs. Kinda just thought they were trying to keep that ecosystem as closed as possible.
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Going to finally see Bob’s Burgers today after being delayed by relatable setbacks such as my co-worker getting COVID, me having to work 70 hours, and then me and my entire family getting COVID
Wednesday, 15-Jun-22 18:06:25 UTC from web
