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| Topic | What is the number one threat to Humanity! |
| Dikitain 04/05/24 12:43:13 AM #5 | rjsilverthorn posted...
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| Topic | Do you like kids? |
| Dikitain 04/05/24 12:42:01 AM #6 | I can tolerate kids in short bursts. I could never imagine trying to raise one though.
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| Topic | Favorite video game magazine |
| Dikitain 04/04/24 9:59:35 AM #17 | Nintendo Power was the big one for me. I also subscribed to PC Accelerator in my teens. Imagine if Maxim and PC Gamer had a baby, that would be PC Accelerator. I liked it because while PC Gamer would come with one game demo on the disk, PC Accelerator usually came with about a dozen. And also the magazine was full of swimsuit models...
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| Topic | How much should you spend on an engagement ring? |
| Dikitain 04/04/24 6:43:58 AM #31 | OhhhJa posted...
Isn't the origin story of marriage basically ownership of a woman anyway? Kind of, it was more about the combining/transferring of wealth from one generation to the next. Problem was the best bargaining chip that a lot of people had was "Here, impregnate my daughter and force her into indentured servitude!" Combine that with the fact that being gay 5000 years ago was a foreign concept and you have marriage as we know it today. So yea, it still surprises me that an outdated, sexist, homophobic practice not only still exists today, but that the LGBT community has actively fought to participate in it rather than abolish it altogether. --- My bookshelf: https://www.goodreads.com/review/list/152760030 Comics: https://leagueofcomicgeeks.com/profile/dikitain |
| Topic | Phantasmagoria is a really fun game |
| Dikitain 04/04/24 1:01:54 AM #3 | It was OK, but I remembered the second game more. It probably never got a remaster because the other two you mentioned fall into the "So bad it's good" category while Phantasmagoria is just a solid 90's adventure game.
Edit: Also had to look up who owns the rights to it now. It would be Microsoft since they own Activision. --- My bookshelf: https://www.goodreads.com/review/list/152760030 Comics: https://leagueofcomicgeeks.com/profile/dikitain |
| Topic | Favorite Mario SNES game |
| Dikitain 04/04/24 12:56:42 AM #15 | Super Mario World.
It would be All-Stars, but I always disliked what they did to the graphics in SMB and Lost Levels. Looks horrible to be honest. --- My bookshelf: https://www.goodreads.com/review/list/152760030 Comics: https://leagueofcomicgeeks.com/profile/dikitain |
| Topic | itt rad songs 2 |
| Dikitain 04/02/24 10:59:38 AM #26 | Sometimes I am in a Symphonic Metal mood:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Qk1akD6HVDU More "pop music" than I like, but I still have it in rotation. --- My bookshelf: https://www.goodreads.com/review/list/152760030 Comics: https://leagueofcomicgeeks.com/profile/dikitain |
| Topic | How much should you spend on an engagement ring? |
| Dikitain 04/01/24 4:06:51 PM #2 | blu posted...
Its probably about time. Yea, that is a healthy outlook... </sarcasm> 2 months salary. --- My bookshelf: https://www.goodreads.com/review/list/152760030 Comics: https://leagueofcomicgeeks.com/profile/dikitain |
| Topic | I find vehicle vanity plates to be cringe |
| Dikitain 04/01/24 10:32:00 AM #4 | I find people who un-ironically use the term "cringe" to be cringe.
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| Topic | American family |
| Dikitain 03/31/24 6:20:42 AM #10 | I kind of miss the homestead life to be honest. It is depressing going back to my hometown and what used to be miles and miles of forest and farm land being turned into McMansion hell.
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| Topic | damn, my hair's starting to thin out |
| Dikitain 03/30/24 7:29:33 PM #11 | Muscles posted...
I'm 30 and I really hope I don't start losing my hair, it's the only good genes I have, but my dad had thick hair until he passed at 54 so I think I should be good It is the men on your mother's side (your uncles) who you take after as far as hair. My uncles where all bald by the time they turned 30, so I beat genetics. I call that a win. --- My bookshelf: https://www.goodreads.com/review/list/152760030 Comics: https://leagueofcomicgeeks.com/profile/dikitain |
| Topic | damn, my hair's starting to thin out |
| Dikitain 03/30/24 7:28:06 PM #10 | I technically started getting thinning hair in my mid-twenties, but it wasn't really noticeable until my late 30's. Once I hit 40 I just said fuck it and started shaving my head. I was always worried my head shape wouldn't work or I would have grooves but it is actually nice and smooth. Helps having a beard too.
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| Topic | Worst condiments |
| Dikitain 03/29/24 2:15:30 PM #22 | I didn't realize so many people hated mustard. LOL!
I mean yea, yellow mustard is kind of weird, but honey mustard and brown mustard are amazing. --- My bookshelf: https://www.goodreads.com/review/list/152760030 Comics: https://leagueofcomicgeeks.com/profile/dikitain |
| Topic | If Bruce Wayne and Tony Stark where real people, they wouldn't even be that rich |
| Dikitain 03/29/24 2:05:36 PM #1 | Bruce Wayne is estimated to have a net worth of 9.2 Billion, not even cracking the top 200 richest people in the world.
Tony Stark is estimated to have a net worth of 12.4 Billion, not even in the top 150 richest people in the world. T'Challa though, he could buy out the entire Forbes 500 and not even break a sweat! Sources: https://www.quora.com/Who-is-richer-between-Bruce-Wayne-Tony-Stark-and-Ryder-from-Paw-Patrol https://www.forbes.com/real-time-billionaires/ --- My bookshelf: https://www.goodreads.com/review/list/152760030 Comics: https://leagueofcomicgeeks.com/profile/dikitain |
| Topic | Worst condiments |
| Dikitain 03/29/24 6:44:00 AM #5 | Sour Cream is pretty good, but I would never eat it straight like I would hot sauce or lemon juice. It is great on potatoes though.
The worst for me is blu cheese. captpackrat posted... I think the worst condiment would probably be garum, a fermented fish sauce used in Roman cuisine. It was made from fish intestines and salt, which was then left in the sun to ferment. I stay away from anything that combines the words "fermented" and "fish". --- My bookshelf: https://www.goodreads.com/review/list/152760030 Comics: https://leagueofcomicgeeks.com/profile/dikitain |
| Topic | Take-Two buys Borderlands Devs Gearbox... |
| Dikitain 03/29/24 6:28:20 AM #22 | https://tinyurl.com/yc27uxte
The divested assets include:
Take-Two: "Hey, we will take the profitable parts of Gearbox, and you can have all the free-to-play shit that no one cares about." Embracer: "OK!!" --- My bookshelf: https://www.goodreads.com/review/list/152760030 Comics: https://leagueofcomicgeeks.com/profile/dikitain |
| Topic | What's the dodgy supermarket in your town called? |
| Dikitain 03/28/24 3:13:12 PM #18 | captpackrat posted...
There's this peculiar liquor store in Omaha...That is pretty large for a liquor store, at least it would be in my area. Most of them are only 3 isles, 2 for wine and one for hard liquor. We have a couple that are bigger, but they advertise as "liquor warehouses". --- My bookshelf: https://www.goodreads.com/review/list/152760030 Comics: https://leagueofcomicgeeks.com/profile/dikitain |
| Topic | Take-Two buys Borderlands Devs Gearbox... |
| Dikitain 03/28/24 2:19:37 PM #6 | adjl posted...
I think you're thinking of 2K, not Take Two. I made the same mistake on the first pass.Take Two is 2K's parent company, so essentially the same. Just like Take Two is Rockstar's parent company. --- My bookshelf: https://www.goodreads.com/review/list/152760030 Comics: https://leagueofcomicgeeks.com/profile/dikitain |
| Topic | Take-Two buys Borderlands Devs Gearbox... |
| Dikitain 03/28/24 11:43:56 AM #2 | Huh, for some reason I thought Gearbox was already under Take Two. They publish so many of their games I am surprised they weren't.
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| Topic | Look at my hole |
| Dikitain 03/28/24 11:39:12 AM #26 | DirtBasedSoap posted...
You could fit so many dudes in that hole.Body dumping party at Jen's house! --- My bookshelf: https://www.goodreads.com/review/list/152760030 Comics: https://leagueofcomicgeeks.com/profile/dikitain |
| Topic | Do those people who randomly call you... |
| Dikitain 03/28/24 8:53:11 AM #7 | I only got a handful of those, I tell them there is a perfectly fine abandoned house a few doors down they can have and hang up on them. They haven't called me again in at least the last 2 years.
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| Topic | Look at my hole |
| Dikitain 03/28/24 2:44:19 AM #11 | ParanoidObsessive posted...
https://youtu.be/vcl69RfGw54?t=20 First thing that came to mind. --- My bookshelf: https://www.goodreads.com/review/list/152760030 Comics: https://leagueofcomicgeeks.com/profile/dikitain |
| Topic | What's the dodgy supermarket in your town called? |
| Dikitain 03/27/24 6:45:03 PM #11 | keyblader1985 posted...
The dodgy parts of town don't have supermarkets (don't even get me started on that 100% intentional bullshit); the closest thing would be Family Dollar. Pretty much that. The closest thing they have is Dollar General or 7-Eleven. --- My bookshelf: https://www.goodreads.com/review/list/152760030 Comics: https://leagueofcomicgeeks.com/profile/dikitain |
| Topic | Thats crazy how long Diddy got away with all this |
| Dikitain 03/27/24 1:54:38 PM #3 | Weren't there always the rumors that he helped Biggie kill Tupac, and that Biggie was killed in retaliation? At least, that is what I remember from the 90's.
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| Topic | Playing Earthbound for the first time (potential spoilers) |
| Dikitain 03/27/24 1:32:13 PM #3 | As a game, it actually isn't all that great. It was a pretty "behind the times" RPG when it came out and the interface leaves a lot to be desired.
Storywise, it is pretty good. But once you experience it I never see a reason to go back. --- My bookshelf: https://www.goodreads.com/review/list/152760030 Comics: https://leagueofcomicgeeks.com/profile/dikitain |
| Topic | I'm so rich you wouldn't believe |
| Dikitain 03/25/24 4:31:17 PM #5 | People who brag about how much money they have are usually the people who have less money than you think they do.
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| Topic | The New BeetleJuice movie looks great |
| Dikitain 03/23/24 7:52:29 PM #5 | Seems to be missing a lot of that Tim Burton style, which is probably going to translate into a pretty "meh" movie.
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| Topic | Student loan/Credit card debt |
| Dikitain 03/22/24 11:16:08 PM #9 | No, I payed off my student loans within like 2-3 years of graduating. I would just make triple and quadruple payments on them until I payed them off. They probably only got a couple hundred in interest off of me on $30K in loans, Sallie Mae HATED me, LOL!
Also payed off my credit card just before seeing this topic, but I do that every month. I only put around $500 - $600 on it. Basically whatever I spend on groceries and gas that month. Also no mortgage or car payments, so I am completely debt free. --- My bookshelf: https://www.goodreads.com/review/list/152760030 Comics: https://leagueofcomicgeeks.com/profile/dikitain |
| Topic | What way do you eat your hot dogs? |
| Dikitain 03/22/24 4:14:39 PM #4 | When looking for a video of a stupid joke I heard about eating hotdogs, I came across this:
https://www.georgesgyrosspot.com/2020/04/14/are-you-eating-your-hot-dog-the-wrong-way-what-to-know/ Like seriously, who the fuck cares this much about how people eat their hot dogs? --- My bookshelf: https://www.goodreads.com/review/list/152760030 Comics: https://leagueofcomicgeeks.com/profile/dikitain |
| Topic | Are pools usual? |
| Dikitain 03/22/24 5:36:11 AM #10 | Too much maintenance for only being able to use them 3-4 months out of the year (at least in my area). And indoor pools basically smell like a chlorine factory.
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| Topic | Ai art looks better than "real" art |
| Dikitain 03/21/24 11:57:18 PM #19 | The RIGHT way to use AI is to have it give you the basic outline of whatever it is you want and you go in and touch it up by hand to turn it into exactly what you want. It just does the busy work and leaves you with the stuff that actually matters.
This is true no matter what you use AI for (writing, recipes, drawing, programming, etc.). People who think AI is going to replace humans have no idea of what abilities AI has. It is always a helping tool, not a replacing one. --- My bookshelf: https://www.goodreads.com/review/list/152760030 Comics: https://leagueofcomicgeeks.com/profile/dikitain |
| Topic | the us department of justice sues apple over iPhone monopoly |
| Dikitain 03/21/24 11:37:50 PM #6 | ConfusedTorchic posted...
this is the reasonIt is really just the business model of computers back in the 70's that Apple never grew out of. It is one of the reasons I don't like using them, if you use one product, you have to use ALL their products. Nothing is going to work smoothly together unless everything you buy is an Apple product. But I still don't think it is worth trying to sue them over, I just don't spend my money on their stuff. "Monopoly" implies I have no choice but to spend my money on their stuff. --- My bookshelf: https://www.goodreads.com/review/list/152760030 Comics: https://leagueofcomicgeeks.com/profile/dikitain |
| Topic | the us department of justice sues apple over iPhone monopoly |
| Dikitain 03/21/24 4:54:05 PM #2 | I don't think there is a "smartphone" monopoly given that Android exists and is #1 in mobile market share by a huge margin.
https://gs.statcounter.com/os-market-share/mobile/worldwide Sure, Apple is #1 in hardware for mobile phones, but it isn't like they are killing competition. https://www.counterpointresearch.com/insights/global-smartphone-share/ Still under 25%. --- My bookshelf: https://www.goodreads.com/review/list/152760030 Comics: https://leagueofcomicgeeks.com/profile/dikitain |
| Topic | 2024 Video Game Hall of Fame nominees |
| Dikitain 03/20/24 3:32:42 PM #16 | Redfeather posted...
Metroid inspired a whole genre of games. Ultima essentially created the video game RPG as we know it today. JRPGs, WRPGs, CRPGs, etc. None of them would have existed without Ultima. --- My bookshelf: https://www.goodreads.com/review/list/152760030 Comics: https://leagueofcomicgeeks.com/profile/dikitain |
| Topic | Super Metroid is a 10/10 game! |
| Dikitain 03/20/24 9:31:24 AM #4 | Still my favorite game, on my favorite console. Probably have beaten it almost 20 times at this point, about half of them with 100% completion.
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| Topic | What is your favorite kind of meat? |
| Dikitain 03/20/24 8:13:59 AM #9 | Beef is top, but I avoid eating it too often. Like maybe once or twice a week.
Chicken is second, and I eat that all the time. --- My bookshelf: https://www.goodreads.com/review/list/152760030 Comics: https://leagueofcomicgeeks.com/profile/dikitain |
| Topic | I bet I'm the only one who bought Metro, Stalker and Atomic Heart |
| Dikitain 03/19/24 3:08:10 PM #3 | I preferred Action Forms (Chasm, Carnivores, and Cryostasis) over them because the "Alternate Soviet Timeline" is a tired trope. Action Forms at least tries something different.
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| Topic | Social Media 'Streamer' now Identifies as a Dog... |
| Dikitain 03/19/24 2:21:29 PM #19 | pionear posted...
Well don't come to NYC, esp places outside of the ritzier parts of Manhattan...you literally have to look down while walking the sidewalks... I have been to NYC exactly twice in my life, and that is two times too many in my opinion. --- My bookshelf: https://www.goodreads.com/review/list/152760030 Comics: https://leagueofcomicgeeks.com/profile/dikitain |
| Topic | If an owner of one of the major sports teams in your city threatened |
| Dikitain 03/19/24 1:24:37 PM #41 | slacker03150 posted...
If memory serves, it is also how a lot of European football teams are handled. I think it would be doable. The question would be would the NFL allow a new team like that to enter the league. I think it is more a matter of "would the NFL allow a new team period". Only one team has been added in the 21st century, and only 11 teams have been added since the NFL and AFL merged (2 of those being AFL teams that got in a few years after). The only way I could see it happening is if one of the existing teams were sold to a city, which would never happen. --- My bookshelf: https://www.goodreads.com/review/list/152760030 Comics: https://leagueofcomicgeeks.com/profile/dikitain |
| Topic | Social Media 'Streamer' now Identifies as a Dog... |
| Dikitain 03/19/24 11:39:18 AM #14 | pionear posted...
Who said someone was cleaning it up? Maybe she just leaves it there like alot of these Dog people here in NYC so someone can step in it and smell like dog **** all dayTry that in my neighborhood and you are likely to have dog shit left on your door step or car. --- My bookshelf: https://www.goodreads.com/review/list/152760030 Comics: https://leagueofcomicgeeks.com/profile/dikitain |
| Topic | If an owner of one of the major sports teams in your city threatened |
| Dikitain 03/19/24 11:28:10 AM #31 | Smallville posted...
You do believe that that in your city that most of those tens of billions are wasted? You believe that most of that money is like corruption though, most of it is pocketed by individuals? Again, I am in a smaller city so not "tens of billions" as far as my city is concerned is probably more like hundreds of millions. But on the whole, yes. Homelessness still exists, infrastructure is falling apart, traffic patterns suck, etc. If our money wasn't being wasted we wouldn't have to worry about any of those things. --- My bookshelf: https://www.goodreads.com/review/list/152760030 Comics: https://leagueofcomicgeeks.com/profile/dikitain |
| Topic | If an owner of one of the major sports teams in your city threatened |
| Dikitain 03/19/24 10:47:31 AM #29 | Smallville posted...
oh so you do think that even that stadium money makes no difference at all, a drop in the bucket? In the grand scheme of things? Yes. If money was distributed more fairly then I would care, but when city budgets range in the tens of billions per year for seemingly no benefit to the citizens, what is another billion every 20 or so years? --- My bookshelf: https://www.goodreads.com/review/list/152760030 Comics: https://leagueofcomicgeeks.com/profile/dikitain |
| Topic | If an owner of one of the major sports teams in your city threatened |
| Dikitain 03/19/24 9:52:46 AM #18 | First, there would first need to actually be a major sports team in my city. We only have minor league teams.
Second, I probably wouldn't care. So much tax money is wasted on useless crap that an extra few billion isn't going to make a difference. --- My bookshelf: https://www.goodreads.com/review/list/152760030 Comics: https://leagueofcomicgeeks.com/profile/dikitain |
| Topic | I feel dirty, PotD... |
| Dikitain 03/19/24 8:20:43 AM #5 | My basic method for deciding a TV is looking at what I have, going "could I use a bigger TV?", then ultimately getting something bigger.
So far I have a 65". Thinking when I need to replace that I will probably go up to a 75" or 80". --- My bookshelf: https://www.goodreads.com/review/list/152760030 Comics: https://leagueofcomicgeeks.com/profile/dikitain |
| Topic | You ever feel like if you're surrounded by people who cannot be arsed to use pro |
| Dikitain 03/18/24 4:13:21 PM #9 | I primarily work with people where English is not their first language so it doesn't bother me that much.
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| Topic | Ever eaten at Buffalo Wild Wings? |
| Dikitain 03/18/24 4:11:44 PM #8 | Yea, I can understand liking it if you have literally no other options for wings. But really they kind of suck.
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| Topic | Remember video game instruction manuals |
| Dikitain 03/18/24 6:52:59 AM #13 | I remember when strategy/sim games used to come with 300+ page manuals just to over-explain the game and every possible bit of back-lore associated with it. And of course, when Myst came with a literal notebook (not just a few blank pages at the end of the manual marked "notes") because of all the notes you needed to take to understand everything. I still have a copy of the Red Baron manual that was basically a complete history of World War I, the aircraft, and the biography of every Ace featured in the game.
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| Topic | How do you all manage storage space for large games? |
| Dikitain 03/18/24 1:54:22 AM #9 | 4TB SSD for "Active" games
4TB External HDD for Completed games And probably about a thousand or so games that aren't installed yet from my library. --- My bookshelf: https://www.goodreads.com/review/list/152760030 Comics: https://leagueofcomicgeeks.com/profile/dikitain |
| Topic | Bernie Sanders introduces legislation for 32 hour work week |
| Dikitain 03/15/24 3:56:30 PM #18 | Ogurisama posted...
As long as its written in a way that someone who works over 32 hours a week already, keeps the same yearly pay. I think a better solution would be to just do away with wages entirely and move everyone to salary, in addition to requiring anyone working over a certain amount of hours a week (32 in this case) to be given compensation for additional hours worked. "Oh, I'm sorry, you want to cut my hours because you don't have enough work for me? Too bad, you still need to pay me the same regardless!" --- My bookshelf: https://www.goodreads.com/review/list/152760030 Comics: https://leagueofcomicgeeks.com/profile/dikitain |
| Topic | Social Media 'Streamer' now Identifies as a Dog... |
| Dikitain 03/15/24 3:14:21 PM #9 | I am more worried about the weirdo who is picking up and bagging her crap after she shits outside. Like, you know in some sick way they are getting off on it.
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