matt bluelander 🏴 @matt@cybre.space

This article, "How Gin & Tonics Explain North Korea", doesn't do a very good job of telling me how Gin & Tonics explain North Korea https://www.theatlantic.com/international/archive/2010/09/how-gin-tonics-explain-north-korea/339952/

Seriously what the fuck does this quote have to do with anything. Is it just "we can't explain what's happening in North Korea. Here's another inexplicable thing!" I do not get it

I think Tina is a nice name

I never got the thing in FF6 where they changed the name Tina to Terra because Tina sounded exotic to a Japanese audience, and Terra is more "exotic"-sounding to anglophones. When I hear the name Terra I just think of, like, Tara Reid or Tara Strong. Or the several people named Tara I went to high school with. It's fine, just a pretty ordinary woman's name with a different spelling

Playing FF6 on a phone sucks. You can't see anything

@fluffy People are getting wise to the fact that a lot of old computer enthusiasts are suckers with too much disposable income. A guy I watch on youtube just posted a video of recent-ish thrift store trips and he saw a CoCo 2 and a TI-99/4a for $200 each at *Goodwill*. I had that TI, it wasn't even worth $200 when it was brand new

@roadkillcobra Ah I don't think it's a problematic joke or delete-worthy or anything, but yeah it's depressing. Never underestimate white people's capacity to change the narrative and gaslight the world

@roadkillcobra I dunno, white people are still willing to increase their cancer risk to go sun tanning. Darker skin per se isn't bad as long as it doesn't erase their cultural whiteness. They'd probably turn it into a trendy new alternative to sunbathing

@trysdyn I think it's not impossible that someone with decision-making power finally realized that he should have been banned a long time ago and flipped the switch. With how much abuse in games and adjacent spaces has been in the news, it'd be totally reasonable for someone to say "people are going to start talking about this, we need to nip it in the bud before it becomes a major PR problem for us"

I kinda hope so, because there's no reason *not* to ban him for the stuff he's already done, and it's something I'd like to see normalized. It's not, like, illegal. There are no statutes of limitations or double jeopardy clauses for a website TOS.

Dexterity, Wisdom, Intelligence, Charisma, Constitution, Strength. Ah yes, the DWICCS system

I still don't really know what "30 Rock" is, but I assume it's the sequel to Third Rock From The Sun

I think alphabetical letters should have little extra bits dangling off the ends. Serif you agree

I wonder if anyone who played Final Fantasy 3 in North America heard that "Final Fantasy Seven" is coming out, assumed that they misheard the person, thought they said "Final Fantasy Sabin", and briefly believed that the next Final Fantasy game would be a spin-off all about Sabin from FF3

@mike Guardians

How come they call 'em "guards" when guarding is the action they perform? They oughta call 'em guarders. I'd trust a guarder to enguarden me

Angelhaired noodles boiling for the nascent culinary connection to the saucy casserole in the eatery of bite

@Nine Right? So it's so cold and mechanical-sounding. Totally uninviting. The US and UK tones are warm, welcoming. "Ah, get ready for a nice chat", they seem to say

Hey Europe, I don't like your tone >:(

A single 425 Hz tone just doesn't sound right https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:1TR110-1_Kap8.1_Waehlton.ogg

Starting a Scott Pilgrim cover band called Dick Thwomp

You spin me Ratt "Round and Round"
That's a record, baby
Ratt's "Round and Round"

John "The Son" Dwaynerock