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Playing video games online with friends somehow being just as difficult to do now as it was back when we had dial-up. Tried to play It Takes Two this evening. First, although I bought the game on Steam I needed the EA launcher to actually play it, so first there was downloading and installing that, figuring out that I already have an account for some loving reason, resetting the password, installing the updates, importing my friends list from Steam... Fortunately I anticipated such problems because I've played a modern video game before, so I had that all done and ready to go by the time my friend and I had agreed to play. Got on the Discord call, loaded the game, sent the invite. No good. Nothing happens. Friend tries sending me an invite. Nope. I reboot. He reboots. Nothing. At various points we both had the loving EA launcher telling us we were offline, even though we were talking to each other over Discord the whole loving time so our internet connections were clearly functioning. Sometimes had the EA launcher say I was online but the in-game overlay say I was offline, or vice-versa. Sometimes I could see my friend online, sometimes I couldn't. Sometimes he could see me, sometimes he couldn't. After an hour, we gave up. And it's been over two weeks since I bought the game (because scheduling issues) so I'll have to make a nuisance of myself to Steam if I want to get a refund - which I do because the game doesn't loving work.
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May 25, 2023 14:03
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That rapid-fire, meme-filled way that a lot of characters talk in modern comedies (and some dramas). I'm not sure how to describe it but this Cloud 9 clip pretty much exemplifies what I'm talking about : https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LxY24zeD43U No one talks like this in real life, but it seems like every single "comedy" show on broadcast TV these days has this style of dialogue. It's really obnoxious. I guess this is what out-of-touch Hollywood types think The Kids sound like today? F_Shit_Fitzgerald has a new favorite as of 16:10 on May 25, 2023 |
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May 25, 2023 16:04
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F_Shit_Fitzgerald posted:That rapid-fire, meme-filled way that a lot of characters talk in modern comedies (and some dramas). I'm not sure how to describe it but this Cloud 9 clip pretty much exemplifies what I'm talking about : Normally I abhor a laugh track... but this feels weird without one.
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May 25, 2023 17:35
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Tiggum posted:Playing video games online with friends somehow being just as difficult to do now as it was back when we had dial-up. I loving HATE that every developer now is trying to make their own game launcher/library like Steam. I completely removed a ton of games (including the Bioshock series) because they all started putting their own janky, buggy bullshit launchers in. Then the game would crash or look like hot garbage so I couldn't even run any saves or get a fresh campaign started. Thankfully I found the offline full games on GOG for cheap & their support worked with me so I could get a discount with my original physical game codes, but what a stupid, nonsense pain in the rear end it was. Worst part is all the lax security, data-mining or near-malware levels of bullshit some of these launchers have, it's ridiculous. BOOTY-ADE has a new favorite as of 21:13 on May 25, 2023 |
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May 25, 2023 19:52
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I haven't games on PC since it was still discs you installed and clicked an icon so when I see my friends desktops now with all the launchers I can't wrap my head around it.
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May 25, 2023 20:04
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RenegadeStyle1 posted:I haven't games on PC since it was still discs you installed and clicked an icon I want to say that wasn't even that long ago but gosh that was a long time ago
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May 25, 2023 20:19
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I'm still salty that Ubisoft's stupid cloud save bullshit ate by Black Flag progress, like...more years ago than I care to admit.
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May 25, 2023 21:59
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Arrath posted:I'm still salty that Ubisoft's stupid cloud save bullshit ate by Black Flag progress, like...more years ago than I care to admit. A lot of people lost access to all previously purchased DLC at the same time and to this day they keep saying "At this moment in time, this issue is still being investigated as a high priority matter with the team."
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May 25, 2023 22:04
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F_Shit_Fitzgerald posted:That rapid-fire, meme-filled way that a lot of characters talk in modern comedies (and some dramas). I'm not sure how to describe it but this Cloud 9 clip pretty much exemplifies what I'm talking about : can you be more specific about what's weird about how they're talking in the clip? sounds like standard new yorker speech w/r/t timing and tempo to me but i'm quite likely missing what specific thing you think is unrealistic
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May 25, 2023 22:18
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F_Shit_Fitzgerald posted:That rapid-fire, meme-filled way that a lot of characters talk in modern comedies (and some dramas). I'm not sure how to describe it but this Cloud 9 clip pretty much exemplifies what I'm talking about : TV shows aren't trying to be realistic or write how people actually talk though, except maybe very specific genres. How people actually talk is largely boring! It's a comedy show, of course it's going to be writing characters saying funny things in a comedic rhythm.
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May 26, 2023 01:20
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Dear people whose homes smell like weed: Weed rules and all but you are equally as disgusting as olds with the nicotine smell
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May 27, 2023 01:17
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Indigo (bookstore chain) is selling a weed scented candle? I don't think there was any actual weed in it it's just for when you want your place to stank??
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May 27, 2023 01:35
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F_Shit_Fitzgerald posted:That rapid-fire, meme-filled way that a lot of characters talk in modern comedies (and some dramas). I'm not sure how to describe it but this Cloud 9 clip pretty much exemplifies what I'm talking about : I'm not really getting what is meme filled or modern about this clip. I think 99% of this scene could have aired on Newsradio or a similar comedy 25 years ago and fit right in. Also most of the characters in that clip look like they are over 30 years old. Mu Zeta has a new favorite as of 05:58 on May 27, 2023 |
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May 27, 2023 05:56
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Yeah it's not really meme-filled; it's just rapid and breathless. I knew nothing about the characters going in but I figured out their characters by the time I stopped watching when the teacher's pet archetype got up to speak. That's solid characterization. Beats pauses for laugh tracks. stringless has a new favorite as of 06:39 on May 27, 2023 |
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May 27, 2023 06:36
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Also rapid and breathless works for that kind of joke - the joke is that they've opened up the floor to suggestions and are getting a flood of terrible ones. It's not supposed to be a full conversation, and doesn't need to follow the same rules.
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May 27, 2023 07:12
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When you try to open a pre-cut hot dog bun and it just rips all to poo poo
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May 29, 2023 00:29
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Radio advertisements that include sounds of car crashes, police sirens, children screaming, etc. I've thought about calling the businesses just to tell them I'll never consider being a customer, but for all I know it's an "any engagement is good engagement" situation and that'll just make them want to do it more.
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May 30, 2023 02:25
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Dip Viscous posted:Radio advertisements that include sounds of car crashes, police sirens, children screaming, etc. I've thought about calling the businesses just to tell them I'll never consider being a customer, but for all I know it's an "any engagement is good engagement" situation and that'll just make them want to do it more. I was on a vacation recently driving a rented car, so getting GPS directions for anywhere I went, and there was an add constantly playing on Spotify that included fake GPS directions and it about drove me insane
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May 30, 2023 08:40
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El Cid posted:I was on a vacation recently driving a rented car, so getting GPS directions for anywhere I went, and there was an add constantly playing on Spotify that included fake GPS directions and it about drove me insane And you just kept listening to spotify for the duration?
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May 30, 2023 08:43
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El Cid posted:I was on a vacation recently driving a rented car, so getting GPS directions for anywhere I went, and there was an add constantly playing on Spotify that included fake GPS directions and it about drove me insane Just get a subscription you tight bastard
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May 30, 2023 10:02
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I liked the days of Spotify where all Spotify ads were ads for Spotify
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May 30, 2023 16:44
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The Perfect Element posted:Just get a subscription you tight bastard For real the ten bucks for like any music I can think of, often sorted into decent community playlists and stuff, is a way better deal than any of the video services. There’s even some a audiobooks on there. There’s even stuff like audiobooks on there
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May 30, 2023 16:58
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I think I lasted two weeks on Spotify before I gave in and started paying. The ads were torture.
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May 30, 2023 17:32
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I will destroy Spotify.
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May 30, 2023 17:40
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YouTube is the worst with ads and I don’t feel like paying 16 dollars a month for it.
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May 30, 2023 17:46
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It's been DECADES and the meeting reminder in Outlook is still stupid: "5 Minutes Before Start" "0 Hours Before Start" "5 Minutes" "10 Minutes" Change that first "Hours" into "Minutes," drat it! 
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May 30, 2023 17:58
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I want to be reminded 0 hours/minutes AFTER start goddamnit
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May 30, 2023 18:52
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Why is something with a quantity of 0 plural?
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May 30, 2023 20:42
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Teacher told me zero was intrinsically partitive, and English partitives are always in plural Eg “I have some of the children” If you say you have some of the child, you’re using bad grammar or mean “some of (the part[b]s[/s]) of the child” and are a cannibal Is this true? Idfk but it sounds right. I dropped out of college.
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May 30, 2023 21:13
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I looked it up and found a way better answer than yours, which includes no mention of this word -- partitives  :Plural just means "not 1". Which explains why even -1 is plural. e: what if I wanted to cannibalize multiple parts from multiple children?
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May 30, 2023 21:28
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OK, but don't make a habit out of it.
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May 30, 2023 21:42
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InediblePenguin posted:can you be more specific about what's weird about how they're talking in the clip? sounds like standard new yorker speech w/r/t timing and tempo to me but i'm quite likely missing what specific thing you think is unrealistic Oh, sorry. I forgot to check back here for replies. "Rapid and breathless" pretty much covers it, but the person who suggested that it was New Yorker talking speed is probably right. I don't care for shows like F_Shit_Fitzgerald has a new favorite as of 01:55 on Jun 2, 2023 |
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May 31, 2023 19:08
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Superstore. Cloud 9 is the fictional store. (Sorry.)
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May 31, 2023 19:16
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I don't notice it as much in like comedy shows, but that rapid-cutoff of audio and editing makes YouTube videos unwatchable, and a lot of podcasts unlistenable. I need to hear the breathing. YouTube videos are cut so that there isn't a loving .3 seconds of dead air, it makes every single video look like it took four hundred takes. It's jarring and awful and even without the audio thing that irritates me I don't know how anyone can watch them. But in audio it's so much worse. Interestingly; you can listen to a lot of long-running podcasts, and their earlier episodes will often be edited in such a way that there's no breathing at all. It's subtle, something in editing you might think is unnecessary and just takes up time, but that barely audible breath makes all the difference to me. Without it, my mind just feels like it's in constant restart-mode. Like every word feels like a weird word that just came out of a computer, not a mouth, with breath and warmth and air. Please leave your breathing in. It's not worth it to save the .2% of time you get back by cutting out the very ends of sentences.
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May 31, 2023 20:37
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Teams: clicking anywhere in the calendar screen pops up a menu to create a meeting in that time slot. 96% of the time I'm clicking on the Teams window I'm doing so just to bring it to the front to look at my meeting schedule, not to set up another godforsaken time sink. E: ^^^ yeah I haaaaate the YouTube editing style that cuts out everything over 350ms of dead time
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May 31, 2023 21:04
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credburn posted:Please leave your breathing in. It's not worth it to save the .2% of time you get back by cutting out the very ends of sentences.
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May 31, 2023 21:29
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The french subtitles of french dub Pokémon on US Netflix are the translation of the english dub, not direct subtitles of the French dub Extremely niche extreeeeemeeeeely annoying, much like jelly donuts
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Jun 2, 2023 05:14
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That happens on tons of stuff and sometimes it's so egregious that it's obvious even when it's a language I don't speak. I've run into a lot of DVDs of old martial arts films where the only audio track is Mandarin but then the various subtitles are based on an English dub that isn't on the disc and has totally different lines and character names.
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I just learned, "hentai" means like "transformation," which would explain why I frequently hear that word used in Japanese media and the subtitles don't seem to indicate any tentacle rape is afoot.
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