My new earbuds say "Pairing" when they turn on. My old earbuds, from a different company, didn't do that.
But when my new earbuds say "Connected", they use the exact same voice clip as the old ones.
Graffiti artist vs graffiti remover. Link to instagram.
Something I said to my brother in a dream last night: "Are we doing time travel shenanigans? I just saw several copies of (my cat) Socrates walking around."
RE: The new Twister movie -
What the f*ck is a "Stand Alone Sequel"?
To me this means it is set in the same "universe" but not any story continuation, etc. I'd say all the Mad Max stuff are "stand alone sequels".
That makes sense for something like Mad Max, where there's some amount of world-building and a unifying aesthetic of some sort. You can have a conversation about what makes a movie "a Mad Max movie."
What are the defining qualities that make a movie "a Twister movie"? Because it seems to me that there's got to be more to it than "tornados, I guess."
Tornado chasers chasing tornados, that's all it really takes. That and the creative laziness of not wanting to develop either an actual sequel or a new IP. They might name drop some characters or events from the first movie to establish thay they take place in the same "universe," but that's about all the connection I expect.
What are the defining qualities that make a movie "a Twister movie"? Because it seems to me that there's got to be more to it than "tornados, I guess."
Bovine aviation, IIRC.
hbi2k wrote:What are the defining qualities that make a movie "a Twister movie"? Because it seems to me that there's got to be more to it than "tornados, I guess."
Bovine aviation, IIRC.
"The Wizard of Oz is a Twister Movie " is not a take I was expecting today.
Wow Atlus is going all out with games this year. It seems the lesson of sell games cross platform equals more money really sank in.
Flynn the cat walked into the kitchen as I was making a cup of tea and sat next to his bowl. I looked at him, tapped my watch and said, “Too early.” He got up and walked out of the kitchen.
When I was working at the public library a lost dog wandered in off the street at one point, and I swear he waited in line at the information desk. When he got to the front of the line he waited patiently while we checked his tags and followed politely when we left him out to the patio, gave him some water, and called his owners to come pick him up.
Just another library patron wanting information.
It's probably because Peter Potamus is dead center but the poster for this show just makes me want more Harvey Birdman.
Finally got around to watching the D&D movie, and I have three thoughts:
1 - I thought it was "good, but not good," if that makes sense? Like, it's not "not bad, but not great," it's this weird other thing where it's fun and good and entertaining but also not pulling up any trees.
2 - A movie with a $150M budget cannot be getting blown out of the water with their Tiefling character SFX by random cosplayers on Instagram. Like, I can find, at a bare minimum, 25 different cosplayers who came up with better Tieflings than they did.
3 -
I get why, since the movie is as much for casuals as for D&D players, but as someone who has played too much D&D, the way they addressed the Chris Evans' wife and Holga's death in that movie was hilarious. Death in D&D is like death in X-Men. You can get better, if you've got the coin. Hell, arguably the single most popular D&D property of the last decade has an entire character whose primary use is subverting death/resurrection.
When Holga died, it should've been "Hey, Lord Neverwinter. We saved the city and we've got this pal, she's dead, but only like for 16 hours or so, you wanna help us out with this?"
It's probably because Peter Potamus is dead center but the poster for this show just makes me want more Harvey Birdman.
Thank you for reminding me that I really oughtta give the BirdGirl show a try.
Spoiler:I get why, since the movie is as much for casuals as for D&D players, but as someone who has played too much D&D, the way they addressed the Chris Evans' wife and Holga's death in that movie was hilarious. Death in D&D is like death in X-Men. You can get better, if you've got the coin. Hell, arguably the single most popular D&D property of the last decade has an entire character whose primary use is subverting death/resurrection.
When Holga died, it should've been "Hey, Lord Neverwinter. We saved the city and we've got this pal, she's dead, but only like for 16 hours or so, you wanna help us out with this?"
Yeah, but that's not, like, a good thing, and in fact the second-most-common house rule I've encountered besides "everyone gets a free feat at Level 1, Variant Human isn't a thing" has been, "resurrection isn't a thing, dead is dead, deal with it."
Thank you for reminding me that I really oughtta give the BirdGirl show a try.
It was ok. It's definitely it's own thing. The Baltimo episode at the end of the first season is the only one that really stuck out to me.
Not that the games aren't, by most accounts, quite good, but it's still kinda nuts to me that they're taking Final Fantasy VII and remaking it into THREE SEPARATE, VERY LONG games.
"Is Alexander Siddig still going by Alexander Siddig? I should look it up."
looks it up
"Turns out yes, but as long as I'm here..."
CTRL+C
CTRL+V
Siddig El Tahir El Fadil El Siddig Abdurrahman Mohammed Ahmed Abdel Karim El Mahdi
Siddig El Tahir El Fadil El Siddig Abdurrahman Mohammed Ahmed Abdel Karim El Mahdi
Every time he kills, he takes his victim's name and adds it to his own.
Not that the games aren't, by most accounts, quite good, but it's still kinda nuts to me that they're taking Final Fantasy VII and remaking it into THREE SEPARATE, VERY LONG games.
I really feel the crushing weight of time when I think about it. This project started when I was in my mid 30s. By the time it wraps up, I should be pushing 50.
Prederick wrote:Not that the games aren't, by most accounts, quite good, but it's still kinda nuts to me that they're taking Final Fantasy VII and remaking it into THREE SEPARATE, VERY LONG games.
I really feel the crushing weight of time when I think about it. This project started when I was in my mid 30s. By the time it wraps up, I should be pushing 50.
For me, it's that when GTA V initially came out, I was still in my 20s.
GTA VI will not drop until I am well past 40.
For a few years I thought my bluetooth and wifi were broken on my laptop. I just learned that I had bluetooth off and the laptop was in airplane mode. Yes I said years. I did see the little airplane but didn't know what it meant.
This reminds me of time I thought my headphones were broken but it was just the volume was turned down. However, I didn't even know they had a volume dial because it was in the shape of their logo.
Why are there multiple Outback Steakhouse locations in Australia, and why have Australians not burned them all to the ground?
The bloomin’ onions, of course.
Not that the games aren't, by most accounts, quite good, but it's still kinda nuts to me that they're taking Final Fantasy VII and remaking it into THREE SEPARATE, VERY LONG games.
I went to buy a copy of FF VII but they didn't have it so I bought FF VIII instead.
THE REST IS HISTORY.
Watched the first episode of Shogun, and I am All. In.
Spoiler:I get why, since the movie is as much for casuals as for D&D players, but as someone who has played too much D&D, the way they addressed the Chris Evans' wife and Holga's death in that movie was hilarious. Death in D&D is like death in X-Men. You can get better, if you've got the coin. Hell, arguably the single most popular D&D property of the last decade has an entire character whose primary use is subverting death/resurrection.
When Holga died, it should've been "Hey, Lord Neverwinter. We saved the city and we've got this pal, she's dead, but only like for 16 hours or so, you wanna help us out with this?"
I'm a filthy casual when it comes to D&D and even I know that death by Red Wizard blade can't be reversed by normal means.
Why are there multiple Outback Steakhouse locations in Australia, and why have Australians not burned them all to the ground?
They need to be reminded "Owta speak Austalian?"
I finished today’s Wordle at 23:59. I like to live on the edge (I forgot I hadn’t finished it.)
I’m still enjoying the fall of civilizations podcast.
Yesterday I learned that, in the peace treaty signed between the warring Egyptians and Hittites, the Egyptian version of the treaty said that the Hittites came to them and asked for an end to the war and the Hittite version said that the Egyptians were the ones who asked for an end to the fighting.
Have moved firmly into my "listens to House music mixes as BGM at work" phase of life now.
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