RoabeArt

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[–] RoabeArt@hexbear.net 6 points 2 days ago* (last edited 1 day ago)

1: Flatbread

2: Chill Sphinx

3: Sphinx

4: Loaf

5: Ball

[–] RoabeArt@hexbear.net 13 points 1 week ago* (last edited 1 week ago) (1 children)

This is in a lot of shows and not just sitcoms, but I hate contrived argumentative dialogue that's set up so that the protagonist always gets the last word with "witty" responses/comebacks. It's like watching a "I'm the attractive Chad and you are the ugly NPC" meme in real time.

[–] RoabeArt@hexbear.net 4 points 1 month ago

I wouldn't say "completely fucked", but for a few years I noticed YouTube on Firefox has this occasional quirk where videos will quit playing and infinitely buffer at the exact same timestamp. Like there's no way around it except skipping about 30 seconds ahead with the seek bar, or doing a Ctrl-F5 (hard refresh) and starting the whole video over. Opera GX doesn't seem to have this problem at all.

But it's still not a big enough deal to make me give up Firefox completely.

[–] RoabeArt@hexbear.net 13 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago)

"You can drink it and not get sick."

"OK, drink some."

"You're a jerk!" leaves

[–] RoabeArt@hexbear.net 4 points 3 months ago

Every time a new apartment or condo development gets built here, there are people in the local community forums who rabble about "15 minute cities" and how they are trying to force us get rid of cars and control our travel. In spite of the fact these buildings are built with parking lots and garages that are as big as, if not bigger than the buildings themselves.

[–] RoabeArt@hexbear.net 10 points 3 months ago* (last edited 3 months ago) (1 children)

It's like when chuds try to take credit for civil rights, or 5 day work weeks (Henry Ford willed the concept into existence, not years of direct action by the labor movement).

Lenin talked about how the ruling class will actively oppose a revolutionary figure, but once society at large accepts them, the ruling class will switch face and pretend like it always supported said figure.

[–] RoabeArt@hexbear.net 4 points 5 months ago (6 children)

"Punishable by fine" is just another way of saying "it's legal if you can afford it."

[–] RoabeArt@hexbear.net 1 points 6 months ago* (last edited 6 months ago)

Are we talking first computer in your household, or first computer you ever bought yourself?

Our first family PC was a hand me down from my uncle that we got when I was 12 or 13. 486DX2 66MHz processor, a couple MBs of RAM, 700-ish megabyte hard drive, Windows 3.1 and DOS. AOL install disks didn't work on it because they needed at least Windows 95, and I was still clueless on how to set up a modem connection in 3.1. So it was entirely for games installed via disc only. We ended up getting a Windows 98 machine a year or two down the line.

First PC I bought for myself was a custom built machine from a computer shop that has long since gone out of business. I think I paid around $200 for it, so it was a fairly basic PC for 2004. Athlon 1.5 GHz CPU (with a loud as fuck cooler fan), 512 MB RAM, a video card that I forgot the make and model of, Windows XP. Lasted me about 3 years until I built one myself.

[–] RoabeArt@hexbear.net 13 points 6 months ago* (last edited 6 months ago)

"Owning a car = freedom"

Unfortunately in a country where the infrastructure is so hostile to public transit or even pedestrian/biking amenities that it's nearly impossible to live, work or function without a car unless you're lucky enough to live in a dense urban community, I can see how people might believe this.

[–] RoabeArt@hexbear.net 3 points 10 months ago (1 children)

The fact that calcium is a metal is the reason why bones can be detected in X-rays.

(I'm pulling this out of my ass and I'm too lazy to look it up to see if it's actually true.)

[–] RoabeArt@hexbear.net 1 points 10 months ago (1 children)

Scotty also does this in Star Trek III...

Scotty: "If you don't have eight weeks, I can do it for you in two."

Kirk: "Mr. Scott, have you always multiplied your repair estimates by a factor of four?"

Scotty: "Certainly, sir. How else can I keep my reputation as a miracle worker?"

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