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[–] OmegaMouse@pawb.social 3 points 1 day ago* (last edited 1 day ago)

Speaking of gay, I saw a meme the other day comparing the Gulf of Oman to the anus and the strait to the second sphincter. Something along the lines of 'if you get water past here you'll be douching for hours' lol. If anyone can find it let me know. Wish I'd saved it

[–] OmegaMouse@pawb.social 3 points 1 week ago

Ohh so that's how they make it

[–] OmegaMouse@pawb.social 1 points 1 week ago (1 children)

About 4 inches!

[–] OmegaMouse@pawb.social 16 points 1 week ago (1 children)

We can share if you want! Can't beat the crunch of a nice ripe banana 😋

 

Not sure how long it had been there! It had no smell 🤔

[–] OmegaMouse@pawb.social 11 points 1 week ago (1 children)

Headlights need some adjustment lmao

[–] OmegaMouse@pawb.social 1 points 1 week ago

If you're a fan of his, perhaps you can provide more detail? Looking through his channel does seem to suggest that he's against the inclusion of 'identity politics' in films/TV

[–] OmegaMouse@pawb.social 2 points 1 week ago

I hope they decide to bring it back for GTA VI. Surely the current generation of consoles could handle it... though I suppose it may depend on what the devs want to prioritise - graphics or physics. I miss the fluidity of GTA IV!

[–] OmegaMouse@pawb.social 2 points 1 week ago (2 children)

Oh GTA V used the same physics system (Euphoria) - I think it was just a developer choice to dial it back a bit. Was that related to performance in some way? Potentially. GTA IV had a feeling of the NPC physics being 'always on' - you could shove into other characters and they'd stumble and fall. Whereas GTA V (and the Red Dead games I believe), the character physics only seemed to trigger when you punched, shot or ran over an NPC. It's a shame, as I loved messing with that engine in a 'non-violent' way xD

[–] OmegaMouse@pawb.social 8 points 1 week ago

Yeah, I loved that aspect! Trying to escape from a chase with the car half caved in, full of bullet holes. The driving was so fun.

[–] OmegaMouse@pawb.social 9 points 1 week ago (1 children)

Ah sorry I worded that badly - I meant BG3 was another game that blew my mind, not for the same reasons as GTA IV. BG3 impressed me with how interconnected all the systems were and how well the story comes together no matter which angle you come at it from. But yes like you say, the world in that sense isn't very alive!

[–] OmegaMouse@pawb.social 28 points 1 week ago* (last edited 1 week ago) (13 children)

Oh neat! I like all the little details in GTA IV like being able to ride the subway - and I imagine a ferry system would have done something similar, but to 'Happiness Island'? Like the subway, I probably would've tried it once but just stolen a boat/helicopter to get there in future.

I remember the game really blowing my mind when I first played it, mostly in the sense of just how alive the world was. The only other games that have done so (blown my mind in the same way) would probably be Skyrim and Baldur's Gate 3, which felt so ahead of their time.

Good memories of just driving around Liberty City, messing with the physics system (usually getting pedestrians arrested by pushing them over and waiting for them to retaliate in front of the cops lol)

[–] OmegaMouse@pawb.social 0 points 1 week ago

Pixel art is so pretty! This is making me nostalgic for a game I never played.

 

I can think of one - auld lang syne. Are there any others? Why not? If anything, New Year's is celebrated by everyone whereas Christmas isn't.

 

I've read several Tchaikovsky books before, and some have been incredible (Children of Time, Guns of the Dawn) while others have just been 'fine'. So I find him a bit hit or miss.

Does anyone have any thoughts on the Shadows of the Apt or Echoes of the Fall series? Is this bundle worth it?

 

So I've got this chipmunk onesie that I really love - great for parties, festivals and chilling at home. Unfortunately the other year I managed to burn it in several spots when holding a sparkler a bit too close (wearing this around fireworks was a dumb idea - I was slightly drunk at the time).

I'm wondering what the best way of repairing this would be? should I pinch the holes closed and just sew them shut? Or cut out a slightly larger slit to sew across a neater edge?

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submitted 7 months ago* (last edited 7 months ago) by OmegaMouse@pawb.social to c/books@lemmy.world
 

https://www.mybookshelf.dev/

Found this the other day - a website that takes a shelf from Goodreads and turns it into a digital bookshelf using images of book spines.

I found this quite cool as a way to display books I've read that might be a mix of digital and physical.

When I first tried it, it was missing quite a few of the book spines. However you can submit your own by finding the spines online and giving the dimensions. At this point I've submitted the majority of my missing ones - the website provides fake covers if you like.

If you give it a go, the shelf name is case sensitive so be careful with that. And the book dimensions are in inches if you decide to submit any.

 

I'm a bit hesitant to post this, but it comes from a place of genuine curiosity and of wanting a clearer understanding of the situation. Because trying to make sense of things through online resources feels like a minefield. My gut tells me that migration is a good thing, but I want some solid ammunition for when far-right idiots try to argue.

Firstly it seems like there is a large amount of conflation between 'immigration', 'illegal immigration' and 'asylum seekers'. As far as I understand it, asylum seekers are coming into this country legally in order to apply for asylum. However, a lot come in via small boats which is an illegal method of entry. It seems that there are very few legal ways to enter if you're an asylum seeker. Once you're here though, I think it's legal once you're going through the asylum process? Either way as far as I can tell, asylum seekers make for a small portion of the overall number of immigrants. But when you see people protesting, they mainly seem to be concerned by people coming in via boats. Surely it's fair greater number of legal migrants that are the ones more likely to put a strain on infrastructure?

And yes there definitely are strains on the NHS and other public services. The population is growing, and these services need to grow alongside that. But isn't it more sensible to say that the fault lies not with migrants, but the fact that these services are being mismanaged and underfunded?

I've also heard that the UK has an ageing population. Without immigration we soon won't have the workforce necessary to support the non-working portion of the population.

So is there actually an issue with immigration, or do the people that argue that case actually have it backwards? Is the problem actually our underfunded services, and the whole immigration rhetoric purely populist nonsense to get the far-right in power (who in turn, aim to give tax breaks to the rich and exacerbate the issue even further)?

And where exactly can I go to get factual information about this sort of thing?

 

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