Microblog Memes

"Asking for a friend"

You take turns, and you can ask any question, no matter how ridiculous or personal.
Everyone in the group has to answer it or drink a shot. Including yourself.

I can’t believe people just go around making up games on the fly. Like who thought this was a good idea?! There’s no way you’ve possibly playtested the rules to ensure everything is balanced. Without corporate oversight and a solid profit motive there is no way some “friends” in a “car” could make a successful game. The premise is just absurd.

And then to think you could go around sharing your dumb “game” freely on the internet in forums and such?

Don’t even get me started…

Han solo didn't "shoot first", he was the only one who shot, period.

Greedo didn't shoot the wall (and miss a 6ft target sitting 2ft away), that was added (poorly) many years later for a special edition.

They changed the movie because in the interim years, George Lucas was feeling like it made Han Solo look less "noble" and more scoundrel-like.

The aliens in Signs are idiots for invading a planet that’s 70% water. And if they landed in a cornfield in rural PA in the middle of summer the humidity would have killed them instantly.

And what’s worse is Shyamalan lives in PA and should know this.

Every time someone refers to mobile data as “wifi” I die a little inside. I understand that the difference is unnoticeable for most people, but it pains me.

Mine is called "MacGyver Me This".

You're given 3 things. What can you do with them?

My favorite was the dozen chihuahua powered redwood raft. (Giant redwood, 12 chihuahuas, rope)

Any ambiguity is up to your discretion. For example, no mention on the amount of rope, so you've got a much as you want/need.

As an autistic person, this just sounds like being autistic.

You what really pisses me off, when certain people in the Linux community talk about "optimization" and "bloat".

No you're not gonna notice the twenty extra megabytes in ram usage by using another init system, no you're gonna notice the 3% improvement for certain games that custom kernel might theoretically bring, no by using hyprland you're not even saving that much resources, none of that really makes a difference.

Tbh you could probably gain more performance by setting the ram speeds higher in the bios, experimenting with overclocking (if theres enough thermal headroom), or upgrading some component (like an older ssd or ram). Or alternatively changing settings in the games you play. Or even a step further (this idea will shock some people), maybe don't focus on numbers and just enjoy what you have. If its good enough than its good enough, if its not than tweaking it won't make it good enough.

So, Autism: The Game. I live this reality.

There’s a variation of this on Dropout’s “Make Some Noise” with 3 people where one player starts a rant, then is told to stop mid-rant, and the next person picks up where it stopped and takes it in their own direction.

This isn't a game in my house. It's just bringing up the current news.

Sounds like a good way to enhance your critical thinking skills. Something we humans direly need today.

OK, do "the fediverse"

oh yeah we play that constantly, but it isn't fun to anyone.

Y'all just re-invented debate club.

Reminds me of Soup is for Women which I think was basically prompted in the same way, asking her to go off on a weird rant about something being not "manly".

I can only imagine playing that with David Mitchell.

Okay, that's inspired, and I'm going to make it a thing around here come hell or high water.

Man this sounds therapeutic after today.

@LadyButterfly This is basically just me every day with my students but they don't seem to enjoy it nearly as much as I do. Weird.