Random non sequitur posts catch-all thread

Look for the bear necessities, the simple bear necessities
Forget about your worries and your strife
I mean the bear necessities, old mother nature's recipes
That bring the bear necessities of life

And then bear rips your F ing throat out.

I don't usually replay games.

On a whim I went trough my games and made a rough list of what games I would replay start to finish.

There were many games that I would go back to for a section or level but those were not counted.

The list was bigger than I thought it would be.

Vampire the Masquerade Bloodlines
Mass Effect trilogy
Armored Core 6
Baldurs Gate 3
Persona 5 R
Persona 4 Golden
The Outer Worlds
Thief 2

Maybe list:
Bayonetta
Steelrising
Soulhackers 2
Kotor 1 and 2
Lost Eidolons
Fire Emblem 3 Houses
Ghost of Tsushima
Vampire: The Masquerade - Coteries of New York
Vampire: The Masquerade - Shadows of New York

Does Bayonetta have an easy mode for babies? The art style and general insanity of it has always amused be, but I am terrible at those kind of button combo action games.

Vampire would be fun. Not sure I actually beat it.
Persona 5 R big one for me because I only beat P5, not R.

Mixolyde wrote:

Does Bayonetta have an easy mode for babies? The art style and general insanity of it has always amused be, but I am terrible at those kind of button combo action games.

Easy mode does do auto combos for you but I think it takes a relic slot.

Tfw you know you started a film on a streaming service but never finished it and decided to give it another chance.

Your progress wasn’t saved so you watch through again from the start and arrive at a point that you are fairly certain was the scene where you stopped watching but, as you continue on, you keep arriving at one scene after another that you actually remember seeing the first time. Part of you starts to wonder if you actually saw the whole thing.

It’s happening to me now and it’s disconcerting!

Needs a term, like deja vu, but for movies.

Stele wrote:

Needs a term, like deja vu, but for movies.

Deja view?

This feels like the winner of a "mundane psychological horror" short story contest.

Prederick wrote:

This feels like the winner of a "mundane psychological horror" short story contest.

Turned out I had watched the whole thing previously.

Ohhhh you're gettin' old!

Upside is you have a whole new library of brand new movies to watch!

BadKen wrote:

Ohhhh you're gettin' old!

I used to chuckle when my Mum would claim to have never seen a film she’d definitely seen and now it’s happening to me. I am old.

BadKen wrote:

Upside is you have a whole new library of brand new movies to watch!

Yup! Whoo!

Edit: I thought this was funny.

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Why do people feel the need to qualify "opinion" with "honest," e.g. "I'm looking for an honest opinion" or "this is my honest opinion"?

Like, bro, I wasn't about to accuse you of lying about what your opinion is.

I see it less as they're promising not to lie and more as a promise to be candid. But I still hate it too because usually the opinion that follows is BS.

hbi2k wrote:

Why do people feel the need to qualify "opinion" with "honest," e.g. "I'm looking for an honest opinion" or "this is my honest opinion"?

Like, bro, I wasn't about to accuse you of lying about what your opinion is.

Explicit agreement to stop adhering to the social contract of politeness. “What do you think of this dress?” is generally a request for validation, not a request for truth.

I always figured it came from discussions involving a power differential, where the more powerful person asks their subordinates (or orders them) to give their "honest opinions", rather than perhaps what they think the boss wants to hear. From there it's a small step to asserting the same thing in conversation with peers.

But that's totally off the cuff.

Robear wrote:

My risk analysis is to avoid even the possibility of maiming where I can.

Ugh. This is the future liberals want.

Chumpy_McChump wrote:

Explicit agreement to stop adhering to the social contract of politeness. “What do you think of this dress?” is generally a request for validation, not a request for truth.

Hence my go-to answer: "Well, to know for sure I'd have to see you without the dress on."

hbi2k wrote:
Chumpy_McChump wrote:

Explicit agreement to stop adhering to the social contract of politeness. “What do you think of this dress?” is generally a request for validation, not a request for truth.

Hence my go-to answer: "Well, to know for sure I'd have to see you without the dress on."

“And that’s the last time Mom asked for my opinion.”

For some reason the lights were off at the gym this morning (even thought he place was open), so I got to enjoy a few minutes of weightlifting in the dark as I was the only person in the room (it's a very small gym conveniently located 5 minutes away by foot from my place). I switched the lights on when a woman came in, otherwise I think it would have been creepy.

Just wondering why assimilation and ass immolation sound so similar yet mean things that are so different.

Unless you join an ass immolation club!

Well now that's clear, we're all either more or less interested in becoming one with the Borg.

I know I'm getting old because, sure, all those "Millennials and their avocado toasts" articles are dumb as shit, but after getting food tonight, if you're regularly ordering stuff on Seamless/UberEats and you're barely scraping by, I feel like you've got no-one to blame but yourself.

I got six boneless wings and an order of fries from Buffalo Wild Wings tonight (I was desperate and almost nowhere else was open) and it was damn near $30. I genuinely considered just walking instead.

EDIT: Also, how did BWW get this popular? This is the 2nd or 3rd time I've had their wings and "mid" would be an immense compliment.

Like most chains, it's because there are a lot of them. It means they're a known quantity to tourists and travelers, who'll opt to go there rather than go through the process of finding a good local place.

Yah Door Dash etal are getting out of control.
It was $25 to get a quart of ice cream from a local creamery.

Whenever my wife and I order, we have to hunt for something in the $50 price range. Most times its $70-80 for the 2 of us.

Even going to any of the local restaurants near work for lunch is $25-30 for places like Applebees, Amici's Pizza or a very average sushi place. Hell even the McDonalds next door to our apartment is $14 for a burger combo.
And this is all eating in person, not delivery.

So then you think that you are going to buy groceries and cook more. But you can't sneeze at a grocery store and not have the bill total at least $100.

We used to Door Dash and subscribe. The $10 a month you get back in just 2 orders with 0 fees. And then if you order a 3rd or 4th time, so really just once a week, you start to see some gains.

Then Amazon Prime did 2 free years of GrubHub+. So now I'm actually not spending the extra and just having no fees all the time. It's pretty good.

You still have to be careful about some places that mark up for being in the app. Like a Chipotle chicken burrito is $9 normally. It's $11 in the app. Or steak is 11 vs 13. It's really tricky.

Mostly pizza places seem to be legit about their pricing, not marking it up. So that's what I tend to order most. And our one great local Thai place still has the same prices in app.

When I'm on vacation I'm gonna splurge anyway. So hey mark it up and bring me fresh seafood to my hotel room by the beach. I don't care what it costs. (Beach trip next weekend, woohoo)

I cannot stop playing this silly song. I've had it on loop for 1 hour 48 minutes......

I need help on a normal day... this is abnormal.

That whole soundtrack slaps. Nothin's Gonna Stand in our Way!

I Dare you to think of a better soundtrack.