effingnerd

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[–] effingnerd@beehaw.org 2 points 9 months ago (1 children)

I've been eyeing Solasta for a while, but I'm curious, does the base game have enough meat to it, or is this a case where the base game is a bit lacking and really starts to shine in the dlc? I've read some reviews to this effect and would like to hear another opinion before I purchase it.

[–] effingnerd@beehaw.org 18 points 1 year ago

This librarian is a damn hero. Standing up to intolerance is full of risk, but for every one that has their life or livelihood endangered there are others that are heard and met with little or no resistance, and for those wins it must continue to be done. She took a stand knowing full well that it could cost her her job.

Many residents of Gillette will feel no shame for doing this today, but I hope they do one day very soon.

[–] effingnerd@beehaw.org 1 points 1 year ago (3 children)

Sorry, wrong nomenclature. We are talking about the same subject (use of Reee) but I used the term OP in reference to the commenter you responded to. Sorry for the confusion.

My point was that calling out using Reee as ableism is uncalled for, in my opinion, because it is used to signify a record scratch (if this is not general usage and confined to my bubble of experience , I do apologize). Pointing out the possibility for offense when there clearly is no offense implied, and no one stating that they are offended, smacks of white knighting.

I feel like your comment came with good intentions, but to me it seems like unnecessary language policing. It's a harmless onomatopoeia that could just as easily apply to the unrelenting tinnitus that rages inside of me.

[–] effingnerd@beehaw.org 8 points 1 year ago (5 children)

I'm sorry but what? I'm not OP but that is a record scratch. End of story. There is no ableism even in the vicinity of OPs statement without someone shoehorning it in there.

[–] effingnerd@beehaw.org 12 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Everytime I see or hear "woke" I mentally replace it with compassion/ate to get a true gauge of what the speaker really feels.

[–] effingnerd@beehaw.org 4 points 1 year ago

One third of one billion dollars? Google can find that in the couch.

[–] effingnerd@beehaw.org 16 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Fuck this guy, fuck his producers, and fuck his viewers.

[–] effingnerd@beehaw.org 2 points 1 year ago

I don't find it to be too wet, personally. I think a minute or two sitting in the hot pan after draining it helps to alleviate this.

[–] effingnerd@beehaw.org 1 points 1 year ago (2 children)

Any chance of them announcing they're getting out of the hardware business? As much as I love me some Nintendo, I really don't think I'll be buying another console from them.

[–] effingnerd@beehaw.org 4 points 1 year ago (2 children)

Rinse rice, cook in boiling water until al dente (10ish minutes for me), drain well, return to the still hot pot to stream off for a minute, then serve.

Tldr cook it like it's pasta.

[–] effingnerd@beehaw.org 3 points 1 year ago

I've been wondering, how do spez's boots taste?

[–] effingnerd@beehaw.org 19 points 1 year ago

"Science is more than a body of knowledge; it is a way of thinking. I have a foreboding of an America in my children’s or grandchildren’s time—when the United States is a service and information economy; when nearly all the key manufacturing industries have slipped away to other countries; when awesome technological powers are in the hands of a very few, and no one representing the public interest can even grasp the issues; when the people have lost the ability to set their own agendas or knowledgeably question those in authority; when, clutching our crystals and nervously consulting our horoscopes, our critical faculties in decline, unable to distinguish between what feels good and what’s true, we slide, almost without noticing, back into superstition and darkness."

Carl Sagan, The Demon-Haunted World

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