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Very excited to chill out tonight and watch the latest edition of the Worst Action Movie on Earth (gonna watch videos of the CoD: BLOPS 6 campaign).
Very excited to chill out tonight and watch the latest edition of the Worst Action Movie on Earth (gonna watch videos of the CoD: BLOPS 6 campaign).
Even with my rock-bottom expectations, I was shocked at how dogshit stupid the plot to this game is. It's fantastic.
Based on name alone, the fact that Timothy Olyphant is American and not some Eton-educated "bangers n' mash" brit is astonishing.
Prederick wrote:Very excited to chill out tonight and watch the latest edition of the Worst Action Movie on Earth (gonna watch videos of the CoD: BLOPS 6 campaign).
Even with my rock-bottom expectations, I was shocked at how dogshit stupid the plot to this game is. It's fantastic.
One additional note:
At some point, someone's going to have to address how, in so many of these games, the badguys who are supposed to be "hiding" and doing covert stuff always have a division's worth of the most heavily armed soldiers you've ever seen, and somehow no-one noticed.
Like, I remember first noticing this in the Rainbow Six: Vegas games, and it hasn't gotten any better.
There's a literal third army fighting the Gulf War in this one, and no-one notices!
The advertising to Blops 6 is crazy. This is a billboard in the Twin Cities area:
I assume this isn't being used in any other markets because it would make zero sense. It's a parody of a local real estate assholes billboards. I saw a TV add last night that was just this billboard with Peter Stormare growing in size for 30 seconds with no sound over the commercial.
I don't get the point of doing hyper-localized advertising for a game of that size.
Edit: The "commercial" just aired during Monday Night Football. Again, no sound at all, just a growing Stormare. f*cking weird.
.........I don't think he's in the game? Is he?
/checks Wikipedia
........I don't think he's in the game! Why is he in the ads?
Is that Peter Stormare?
Edit: Should've read the post a bit more closely.
For the umpteenth time, no-one is paying marijuana edible prices to try and sneak them into your children's Halloween candy.
....maybe if they're a "prank" YouTuber or TikToker, but that should already be a felony just on general principle.
I just realized that Oscar the Grouch is a timelord. His trashcan is a Tardis. How else could he fit a pool in there, its bigger in the inside.
Wibbly wobbly trashy washy.
HBO 2 is currently showing Midsommar. What's on after that you ask? Why, The Wizard of OZ of course. Wonderful double feature there.
HBO 2 is currently showing Midsommar. What's on after that you ask? Why, The Wizard of OZ of course. Wonderful double feature there.
Once was enough, I'm good forever, thanks.
Why would you not want to watch The Wizard of OZ again? The witch isn't that scary.
Why would you not want to watch The Wizard of OZ again? The witch isn't that scary.
Just the opposite! Too hot, weird boner, don't like how I feel afterward.
I feel about a Mass Effect movie as I did about a Halo Movie.
I played the movie. And it wasn't just a movie, it was a totally interactive experience where I got to shape the plot. I've never really been sure why people would want to experience that again, but in two hours instead of 50 and with no control over the story?
I am at an age where I have to do things, like place an object in plain sight, to remind myself to do something important because I might not remember otherwise. The problem comes when I don’t remember to do the thing that I do in order to remember to do the main thing I’m supposed to be doing.
My parents are retired and are currently living their best lives. They've taken up playing tennis almost daily and my dad got roped into being on the board for their tennis club and is now often doing stuff for them like preparing events, helping with everyday office issues and such.
Last weekend they were having an event with several tennis pros coming in to hold exhibition matches and such. My dad was tasked with getting them gift cards as a form of a thank you for helping out. He goes to the grocery store and picks up several gift cards and goes to check out (can you see where this is going?).
So the regular store clerk says he can't do so many transactions, he'll have to go to the customer service counter, which he does. Once there, the person helping him asked him many questions- name, what are the cards for, who asked him to get the cards, was he being forced to get the cards, etc. All sorts of questions to try to see if my dad was a victim of a scam. The total amount of the cards was enough to trip another safety measure and a supervisor had to come over to authorize it, and proceeded to ask all the same questions before finally determining my dad was legit and authorizing the purchase.
I was amused he triggered such a fuss, grateful that the store had such procedures in place for those who might be a victim of scams, and annoyed that we live in a world where we have to look out for such schemes.
Genuinely unsure where to start here.
“Squid Game” creator Hwang Dong-hyuk said money was his main motivation for making Season 2 of the hit Netflix series, despite losing “eight or nine” teeth from stress while filming the show’s debut.
In a June 2022 interview with Variety after the roaring success of “Squid Game” Season 1, Hwang revealed that six of his teeth fell out during the initial production. However, speaking to the BBC ahead of Season 2’s premiere next month, Hwang clarified that it was actually “eight or nine.”
Due to the series’ adverse effects on his stress levels and health, Hwang said he at one point swore off making another season. But he eventually changed his mind due to the payday another go at the survival horror series could give him.
I feel like he has inadvertently lived a commentary on his own creation.
I am at an age where I have to do things, like place an object in plain sight, to remind myself to do something important because I might not remember otherwise. The problem comes when I don’t remember to do the thing that I do in order to remember to do the main thing I’m supposed to be doing.
I've taken to writing out lists of what I need to do at the beginning of the day. If I don't I will likewise just putter around all day and never get back on task. Somehow the writing of it makes it stick better.
I discovered tonight that tobacco, potatoes, tomatoes and bell peppers are all nightshades, and it's been doing my head in.
Relatedly, like many children, I thought Brussel Sprouts were gross because media presented them to me as being gross and I've literally never tried them.
But I have heard tell stories from my fellow adults, that brussel sprouts f*ckin' SLAP if you make them right, especially if you have an air fryer (as I have invested in).
I think I will take the plunge, although I am scared.
Relatedly, like many children, I thought Brussel Sprouts were gross because media presented them to me as being gross and I've literally never tried them.
But I have heard tell stories from my fellow adults, that brussel sprouts f*ckin' SLAP if you make them right, especially if you have an air fryer (as I have invested in).
Same- they weren’t something my family made growing up and I avoided them in my adult life because of the media image. I never actually tried them until a couple years ago and now I regret going without for so long.
Prederick wrote:Relatedly, like many children, I thought Brussel Sprouts were gross because media presented them to me as being gross and I've literally never tried them.
But I have heard tell stories from my fellow adults, that brussel sprouts f*ckin' SLAP if you make them right, especially if you have an air fryer (as I have invested in).
Same- they weren’t something my family made growing up and I avoided them in my adult life because of the media image. I never actually tried them until a couple years ago and now I regret going without for so long.
Fun fact, brussels sprouts have gotten better since we were kids. TLDR: science!
Why Brussels Sprouts Taste Better Than They Did When You Were A Kid
We make ours with just olive oil, salt, pepper, and honey. Roast them until browned and crispy. 
I used a somewhat simplified version of Getting Things Done that helps me a lot.
I discovered tonight that tobacco, potatoes, tomatoes and bell peppers are all nightshades, and it's been doing my head in.
Relatedly, like many children, I thought Brussel Sprouts were gross because media presented them to me as being gross and I've literally never tried them.
But I have heard tell stories from my fellow adults, that brussel sprouts f*ckin' SLAP if you make them right, especially if you have an air fryer (as I have invested in).
I think I will take the plunge, although I am scared.
Related to your first non-sequitur.
Brussel Sprouts are a brassica; as are cabbage, cauliflower, brocolli, bok choy, mustard, turnips, kale, oilseed rape/canola and a bunch of other things.
And roasted sprouts whip. I like to make a roasted sprout salad with pecan nuts, feta and cranberries.
I discovered tonight that tobacco, potatoes, tomatoes and bell peppers are all nightshades, and it's been doing my head in.
Relatedly, like many children, I thought Brussel Sprouts were gross because media presented them to me as being gross and I've literally never tried them.
But I have heard tell stories from my fellow adults, that brussel sprouts f*ckin' SLAP if you make them right, especially if you have an air fryer (as I have invested in).
I think I will take the plunge, although I am scared.
Re Brussel sprouts: we get to buy them from a farm nearby, still on the stalk. They really are incredibly good.
My father used to grow Brussel sprouts and they were great. He probably knew a good variety. Smaller ones tend to be tastier than bigger.
Yeah, turns out a big reason so many people say they don't like certain vegetables is just that their parents didn't know how to cook them properly. My mom likes to cite her mom's habit of boiling vegetables to mush as the reason why she used to think they were bad.
I discovered tonight that tobacco, potatoes, tomatoes and bell peppers are all nightshades, and it's been doing my head in.
This made a lot more sense to me a few years ago when I started growing potatoes in my garden and realized that when potato plants mature they start producing berries. Said berries are toxic which makes sense given they're in the nightshade family.
See: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Potato...
Seeing common vegetables/plants in stages of life that you don't normally see is one of the coolest things about gardening. We had a kale plant go to flower and it was actually quite pretty. Lots of small yellow flowers all over the plant. We let it go to seed and then collected them for the next year.
The nightshade thing is mostly that, my whole life that word has meant "poison," so finding out that a potato is one is taking a minute.
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