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[–] [email protected] 2 points 4 days ago

Veep is tough to watch now. Even the zaniest most over-the-top scandals in the show are absolutely tame compared to reality. It's almost boring to watch. Every episode is, "If this gets out my career is over!" when the exact same thing has since happened with a Republican politician and nobody batted an eye.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 5 days ago

I want to know where the GTX 960 lands on that list.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 1 week ago (1 children)

I have specifically not bought or played it after seeing this community. It looks like it checks every box for me, and I am terrified I would be hopelessly addicted.

[–] [email protected] 7 points 1 week ago

Definitely agree on Stranger Things. Season 1 was actually really good, but they kept ramping everything up in later seasons and it lost all of what made S1 good.

I tried watching My Hero Academia with a friend and it was rough. Basically every trope that made me burn out on anime was dialed up to 11. My friend tried to explain that it was satirizing those tropes, but I couldn't handle it.

[–] [email protected] 9 points 1 week ago

That was exactly what I liked about it. My primary complaint about season 2 is that it's faster paced. But if the pacing's not your style then season 2 would not be worth the grind.

[–] [email protected] 30 points 1 week ago (4 children)

Yellowstone. With shows like The Sopranos or Sons of Anarchy you know the characters are evil, but you can connect just enough for it to be compelling.

In Yellowstone it feels like they want you to see the characters as the heros, when they are mass-murdering, slave-owning oligarchs. They buy cops and politicians to gain power, but get bent on revenge if other powers don't "play by the rules". I didn't last too long, but everyone else seems to love it.

[–] [email protected] 18 points 1 week ago (1 children)

I think they used one in Gattaca, which makes sense since they were training to be astronauts.

[–] [email protected] 6 points 1 week ago

I read the last word as "GYAT" at first after reading the barrel, then realized this is from 2006.

[–] [email protected] 19 points 1 week ago

And he was never charged or fined or jailed or anything. Really just the perfect criminal romp. Some fun fraud. Light-hearted illegal antics. I want that too.

[–] [email protected] 9 points 1 week ago (1 children)

It's Kirby!

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 week ago

Who else woulda ripped 'em?

[–] [email protected] 3 points 2 weeks ago

This is my exact setup. The upgrade from the smart TV was night and day. Apps load instantly and Jellyfin works great. Most importantly the remote is easy to use and can control the TV.

 

Wanted a loaded hot dog but found out half way through we only had mini-dogs.

Mini hotdogs and cheddar cheese broiled on a hotdog bun. Loaded up with rice, broccoli, oyster sauce, and Sriracha.

Ended up being delicious. A real hotdog would have been better; the minis kept falling out or moving with each bite. I'd put the Sriracha under the rice next time. It mostly ended up smearing on my face.

 

Posting one reaction image from my phone for each image I steal.

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Posting a missing classic from my phone for each reaction meme I steal.

 

I saw an article about keelhauling and realized I don't know much about pirates (those on the sea, not the internet) beyond what I've seen in movies. Tell me your most interesting pirate facts. Mythical or historical.

 

cross-posted from: https://midwest.social/post/9219144

My son is obsessed with Mario LEGO and had his own little table in the corner of the LEGO room. It was overflowing and my wife hated how messy it looked. While she was away for a few days I made this.

Two partial sheets of 3/4" birch plywood with French cleats attached, painted white, were mounted on the walls. Then the desk just slots into the second-lowest cleat, using the bottom cleat as support.

As he grows we can raise the desk a couple times, eventually bringing it up to 29" from the ground which is about regular desk height.

I also made a few shelves and a box for him to organize with out of the plywood scrap.

He likes that he can rearrange his storage as he pleases. I made a couple more medium-sized shelves that aren't pictured, and I may someday make a corner triangular shelf for Bowser to sit on.

 

My son is obsessed with Mario LEGO and had his own little table in the corner of the LEGO room. It was overflowing and my wife hated how messy it looked. While she was away for a few days I made this.

Two partial sheets of 3/4" birch plywood with French cleats attached, painted white, were mounted on the walls. Then the desk just slots into the second-lowest cleat, using the bottom cleat as support.

As he grows we can raise the desk a couple times, eventually bringing it up to 29" from the ground which is about regular desk height.

I also made a few shelves and a box for him to organize with out of the plywood scrap.

He likes that he can rearrange his storage as he pleases. I made a couple more medium-sized shelves that aren't pictured, and I may someday make a corner triangular shelf for Bowser to sit on.

 
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