We made some for the 4th. It’s not common but for parties? Everyone loves Jello Shots.

Technically they happened and many Democrats wanted Biden to debate, https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2024_Democratic_Party_presidential_debates_and_forums

However he declined. In general we don’t have an open primary when there is an incumbent. It may be a mistake, but that is what generally happens.

Also SOTU 2024 Biden was fine, so primary Biden 2023/2024 may also have been fine. The concern is if he can do it now and for the next four years. I think it’s possible, but he needs to prove it (or step aside).

Nobody serious ran against Biden in the primary.

DeSantis & Haley ran against Trump, both lost by a wide margin. You could argue the turnout was still low, but I think those voters really do want Trump (for some reason).

It’s a game I wanted to enjoy, and I had some amount of fun, but ultimately it just fell flat.

The Ori games were so much better while following the same basic gameplay, but Hollow Knight gets all the extra attention. I do think Hollow Knight is bad, it’s just a game that is ok, and by the next game will be enjoyable after they iron everything out.

The other possibility I assume is that there is something Souls-like about the game that I don’t get. I’ve only played DS3 and I found it boring quickly. I understood what the game wanted me to do, but I wasn’t having fun doing it. Maybe some folks do, but not for me.

Hollow Knight.

I played for probably a dozen hours or so, beat a few bosses and then just hit a boss I couldn’t beat. (Don’t recall which.) I would get to the boss and die almost immediately. Then I’d be sent back to a far away checkpoint. I’d slog back to the boss, and die. Repeat again.

I’ve played plenty of games like this. I get at some level that’s the point. The problem is that I wasn’t enjoying the game. I wasn’t making progress. Just repeating the same over and over again.

I’ve played and loved similar games. Super Meat Boy & Celeste? Excellent. Ori and the Blind Forest/Will of the Wisps? Top games.

By all accounts I feel like I should like Hollow Knight… but I just don’t feel they got it right.

Lol I’m the opposite. I won’t allow KOTOR slander. Don’t give a fuck about Mass Effect, you can trash it.

KOTOR had a great story and I was finally in the Star Wars universe, just flying around and exploring the universe.

I do admit the early part of the game is a bit slow, but once I was jumping from planet to planet it was awesome.

(Come to think of it I found Mass Effect equally boring when I started it. If it had been Star Wars I probably would have stuck with it, but since it wasn’t I just found it boring.)

An airplane engine.

I’m on an airplane.

I’m amazed and so glad to read this. This is basically my exact strategy.

I watch the newer episodes (I’ll have seen them enough eventually) and I turn my screen nearly off (almost no backlight plus a filter).

I switch up the shows sometime, but if I need sleep it’s Futurama.

Oh I feel your pain.

I was in a video rental store, saw “Mario is Missing”, and like you assumed it was a sequel to “Super Mario World”.

Got home to play it and was just flabbergasted. I don’t think I played for more than an hour before complaining to my parents. Luckily they’re nice people and they had more errands to run that day. So back out we go, back to the video store we end up, time for me to pick a new game to rent.

Oh, “Mario’s Time Machine”, now that’s a Mario sequel guaranteed to be fun.

Mario and I were not on good terms for a long while after that.

(For those not in the know, “Mario is Missing” in an educational Mario game about geography, think Carmen Sandeigo but not fun. “Mario’s Time Machine” is basically the same game, but time.)

I’ve never heard that before and find it baffling.

Bulbasaur comes out of the gate with two types.

Charmander becomes Charizard with two types.

The first (or second) non-starter you encounter is Pidgy with two types.

The required Viridian Forest had Weedle with two types and if you only got a Caterpie, that becomes Butterfree who also has two types.

The number of two type Pokemon that you can catch at the start of the game is massive. Probably about half?

Teen coming of age comedy. Nerd kid wants to be popular but can’t ever seem to get his friends to be popular too.

I’m just guessing, but I don’t see why not.

The current UI allows you to enter any server, and not every server federates with everyone else.

I sort of assume SSL as part of the bare minimum, but you can test today and find out, no need to wait for this release.

Re “It could even a boat”, that’s Family Guy https://youtu.be/GKZJdaiJF84

But your point still stands.

You’ve mentioned that the majority of Lemmy.world users support defederating from threads. Do you have a source?

As someone in the “wait and see” group I’m curious how many people really are in each group.

Someone who disagrees with you is not a bootlicker.

Meta is a garbage company. Meta has done terrible things historically. At the moment we don’t know how Threads will affect the rest of the Fediverse. I’m ok with giving Meta a short leash. If you disagree, join an instance that has already blocked them. That’s how this works.

I fully expect, once rolled out, I’ll block Threads, but that is MY choice to make.

So, working backwards, thirdly, the books are excellent. The first three are by far the best and cover up to season 3/4ish. The next two are good, but also different. The show also really starts to diverge so kinda up to season 6, but only in the broadest sense.

In either case if you’re going to read the books, read them all for full background. If course we’re still waiting on at least 2 more new books, sooooooo you might be waiting a while/forever.

Second. The House of the Dragon TV series. I was also hesitant to watch it, but it really is great. It’s not perfect, but if all we ever got was this one good season, I’d be happy. If season two ends up sucking, bummer, but at least we had one good one.

And firstly. King Bran. The biggest issue with Season 8 is that it just rushes to the ending. Bran has the best story? He is a weird raven character now. What does that mean? Who understands what that means? What did he actually do? What about Meera?

But what if we knew more about this three eyed raven character? What if we understood their goals? What if they foresaw the events of the series? What if they caused, or guided them? Hodor’s purpose was to eventually save Bran. To do that Bran would have to make Hodor, Hodor. What if he helped ensure other events also took place? What if Bran being “King” was a setup from the beginning?

If all that is properly explained, I don’t really have an issue with King Bran.

Of course that only explains it for the viewer. To King’s Landing Bran is just some weird kid.

So let’s change Bran’s role slightly. The White Walkers are going to attack. The only way to win is with a united Seven Kingdoms. By the time Dany arrives the kingdom is largely united. However Dany has dragons. Can Bran convince Dany to give everything up and focus on the White Walkers? We see hints of this in the show. If the White Walker threat isn’t fixed in one episode, what happens?

There are multiple seasons of story, and that’s just Bran.

They key points of the show can still work (some of them at least), but they need time. Think of the Red Wedding. Arya’s seasons long journey is nearly at an end. Caitlyn and her negotiating is paying off. Robb is about to achieve victory. Three seasons of setup, executed perfectly.

Realistically, looking back, season 8 was never going to be able to wrap things up. Even less so with a reduced last season.

The show runners fucked up and they fucked up big time.

1. What’s the catch?

2. So you’ll just answer ANY three questions I have truthfully?

3. Wait… Did those first two count?

Indiana Jones 4 starts to really fall apart on act 3, but the first two acts fit pretty well. I actually think the 5th is better than the 4th.

• Raiders
• Crusade
• Doom
• Dial
• Skull

Is probably my order.

This is the biggest one for me.

At some point I stopped using Reddit on the web/desktop and just started to use it on my phone/tablet. I tried different apps, but settled with RIF. Every few years I’d try different apps, but always found my way back to RIF.

Reddit did a bunch of stupid things over the years, but I could happily ignore them and continue to use RIF.

When RIF went away I had to find a new app. The official app wasn’t going to work for me. Old Reddit on the phone wasn’t going to work for me.

Luckily there are plenty of Lemmy apps. I’ve settled on Voyager (wefwef) but Boost seems fine too.

Sure, the content has changed a bit, but it’s close enough.

For me a good app is key. Lemmy has good apps. I use Lemmy.

So many apps redesign themselves and assume I’ll get used to it. In actuality they cause me to wonder, “Do I still need you?” and start looking for alternatives.

That isn’t to say that apps can’t ever redesign themselves, but so many redesigns seem to follow the latest trend and don’t demonstrate a clear understanding of their users.

I use that for my WiFi hotspot, spreading 💩 everywhere I go.