They Might Be Giants - Istanbul (Not Constantinople) was originally by The Four Lads

My favorite was “Halloween” in Halo 2 multiplayer, kind of a knock off “hide-n-seek” but with a twist.

No shields, no radar, the only weapons were a sword and a pistol, and you only had one life. One player was “Michael Meyers”, that player had the sword and chased down everyone else. All the other players hid while Michael picked you off one by one. Once one player was left, that person became Jamie Lee Curtis and could try to take down Michael Meyers. (To be fair that person should be Dr Loomis or Laurie Strode but it was more fun to use the actor’s name than a character.)

The twist was the music. In Halo 2, you could hear enemy team chatter through the tv speakers and it got louder as you got closer to the enemy. Using that, Michael Meyers would have the Halloween theme song playing so you knew when he was close but you didn’t know where he was. It was truly thrilling, you hear the music, you know he’s close, but not where, the music would get louder and louder as he approached….and then he would walk right by your hiding spot. Or, you’re walking around as the music builds so you know he’s close, you think you’re safe because you have an idea where he is, and suddenly he’s right behind you with a sword in your back.

Anything that helps people with health care is a win but this is another tiny band aid on the leaking dam of American health care. Plus they’re adding stipulations on eligibility.

No worries, in Voyager it’s in Settings and under General and you just toggle the switch to “always use”. If you’re on a PC and using a browser, each browser has reader view in it somewhere but you may not be able to use “always on”. You can always use https://archive.is/ too, copy the website address and paste it there and it’ll typically bypass most pay/login walls.

Most browsers have a “Reader” mode and that allows to bypass many login and paywall prompts. I use Voyager to browse Lemmy and I have to set up to automatically bring up Reader view for all websites, I didn’t even know there was an issue until I saw your comment.

Why didn’t they use a more flattering picture of her?

I’m not sure where this picture was taken, but if it’s in Rome, then this still probably built by Romans. Just not the ancient ones.

It’s amusing how much time and energy the GOP is wasting on one race that was just a mayoral race. Aren’t they elected representatives of large swaths of people who aren’t in New York City? Don’t those people have problems and issues that need addressed? How does Greg Abbot’s snarky comment help the people of Texas? How does any Senator/Representative wasting time on Zorhan Mamdani help get the government open again?

Whenever theytry to make Pvt Bonespurs look “manly” it always looks so sad and desperate

Love this bit

But there is something different and unsettling here: It’s people being able to use my face (easily) to create content for potential sexual gratification without my consent.

But she did consent when she allowed people to use her face. I’m not saying what those people are doing with it are morally right but she consented when she clicked the box allowing cameos.

Who?

It’s crazy to me how a majority of congress cedes their power to the president. I get why, that way they don’t have to take responsibility but I put more responsibility for giving up their power. I know there is more to it but basically the office of President and the Supreme Court exist because of Acts of Congress. I know we are supposed to have checks on governmental powers between the three “co equal” branches but congress has gridlocked itself into towering the president so what ever they want.

I keep reading articles that claim that “behind the scenes even Republincan Congress members have problems with what Trump is doing”. If that’s the case, I wish more had the guts to say it rather than toeing the party line.

Bunch of scared, greedy, assholes, just waiting for their next Lobbyist handout.

I’m with you. I loved the first RDR, one of my favorite games of all time. Fun interesting characters, the side quest plots all went a little sideways, which was refreshing. I really wanted to like RDR2 but it ended up feeling tedious. Lots to love in the game so I understand why so many people said it was an amazing game.

I feel like Rockstar did the same thing with the GTA games. GTA3, VC, and SA were somewhat realistic games set in a goofy world with strange characters and interactions. By GTA4, all the interesting plots were replaced by pointless minigames and going bowling with cousin Roman. That’s basically the same way I felt about the jump between RDR and RDR2.

I never played Red Dead Revolver so I don’t know how that fits in with the rest.

He didn’t even say the shooter might be MAGA, all he said was that the right was looking to pin this on the left before any details were known to the public. They just imagined that he blamed it on MAGA and got pissed off.

In that context it sounds like they are using the word “sadly” in place of a word like “unfortunately”.

“unfortunately, i’m referring to you.”

“Unfortunately, i think you should suffer and realize what an annoying piece of shit you are.”

Now, as to why it’s sad or unfortunate, I’m not sure. It could be that the person saying “sadly” likes the other person but is upset with them in the moment, or the person saying “sadly” could be trying to soften the blow of a mean comment like the one you used in the example, or they could be saying it’s sad/unfortunate for the person they are talking to.

Just my two cents.

Did we need a new slang term for “boofing”? I guess so.

If you’re talking politically, then I agree 100%, like you said, we’ve done terrible shit in this country from before day one.

If I’m thinking literally though, 250 years have passed, including the start of Industrial Revolution. They would have no idea what anything was or what was going on, just like what would happen if someone today was transported that far in the future. That’s why I always think this argument is stupid.

“The worry is they’ll pull you over when you’re driving and ask for your papers,” said Lidia

Your papers, please (or “papers, please”) is an expression or trope associated with police state functionaries demanding identification from civilians during random stops or at checkpoints. It is a cultural metaphor for life in a police state.

Was he a bad person when he was working as a nurse for 45 years? Was he a bad person when he moved in with his mom in his 20s to help her out when his dad died? Was he a bad person when he volunteered at twice a month at a local food shelter? Was he a bad person when he took photos for the sports teams I was on and paid for a kid’s pictures out of his own pocket because the family couldn’t afford them?

Again, you know one thing. You don’t know why he voted that way, I said before, he is a single issue voter, taxes, period.

Don’t bother responding, those were rhetorical questions and I’m tired of conversing with someone so close minded.

And you formed a strong opinion on someone you’ve never met, based on one thing. I don’t mean any offense but that’s the sort of thing a bad person does.