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It's 54 degrees Fahrenheit (12 Celsius), raining moderately hard, the rain is cold, and there's a guy blowing around wet leaves with a leaf blower. What the hell is the obsession with leaf blowers? in c/nostupidquestions

[–] CaptPretentious 2 points 1 day ago* (last edited 1 day ago)

I have an electric blower. But I use it to clean my gutters.

Iraq could allow marriage for girls as young as 9. A survivor says it will fuel rape and child abuse in c/world

[–] CaptPretentious 2 points 1 day ago* (last edited 1 day ago)

I mean really yeah.

Either God doesn't exist. Or God does exist and allows this crap to happen, which is akin to just approving of it. And if that's the case hail Satan.

The season of giving in c/lemmyshitpost

[–] CaptPretentious 1 points 1 day ago (1 children)

I mean if you surround it with chicken and some Alfredo instead of marinara you got yourself a pretty nice pizza.

But that's not what they did. They must be one of those that throws broccoli into their spaghetti. Not on the side,.. in.

Know thyself in c/[email protected]

[–] CaptPretentious 4 points 1 day ago

It looks like it started as a Jeep and then they lost the plans along the way and then just kept going but as a truck. And someone was bad at math so they didn't know how many wheels were supposed to go on it.

It looks better than Cybertruck at least. Maybe it's actually really functional for a very niche use? Can't imagine it handles very well though.

Won't someone think of the CEOs. in c/antiwork

[–] CaptPretentious 23 points 2 days ago (1 children)

Just send the CEOs some (cheap) pizza, single topping. They seem to think that fixes everything.

We are the ones being lampooned now in c/microblogmemes

[–] CaptPretentious 42 points 2 days ago (4 children)

Not to call you a liar directly, but I don't get how "you were there" but you didn't recognize National Lampoon's Christmas Vacation. The movie was no. 2 in the box office only behind Back to the Future Part 2. The various National Lampoon movies have been ran on TV countless times during the 90s.

Microsoft Recall screenshots credit cards and Social Security numbers, even with the "sensitive information" filter enabled in c/[email protected]

[–] CaptPretentious 6 points 4 days ago (2 children)

Must be working, all I see is ●●●●●●●

Palworld ditches Pokéball-style summoning mechanic amid Nintendo legal battle in c/[email protected]

[–] CaptPretentious 1 points 6 days ago (3 children)

This constantly gets repeated, but I've yet to see proof of it.

What was the last original movie you saw and how did you watch it? in c/memes

[–] CaptPretentious 3 points 1 week ago (1 children)

Finally got around to to watching Guardians of the Galaxy vol. 3. I liked it a lot. Rented it on Amazon Video.

Before that, I watch 'The 5th Wave' which I think falls under the context of OPs question. Rented on Amazon Video. Garbage movie. Saw it because I saw a single clip of the movie that looked good. It was the only part of the movie that was good.

And before that one, I watched 'Smile'. Dumb, lazy, predictable writing. Rented on Amazon Video.

Before that, I watched 'The Edge of Sleep'. Very good series. Also Amazon Video.

Finally, 'The Menu', also Amazon Video. I liked it.

I saw all that for probably the cost of a single movie theater ticket. A matinee ticket right now, for my local theater (ordered online) is $17.60. I think the rent price of each of those movies was maybe $4 and 'Edge of Sleep' is free.

Better luck next time in c/memes

[–] CaptPretentious 3 points 1 week ago (1 children)

You're first point ends up just being a slippery slope fallacy. If we take out the billionaires, it's just a hop and skip until we take out the people in mobile homes! Just using a single data point provided by census.gov is 'Real median household income was $80,610 in 2023'. A person who's a lowly billionaire (i.e. JUST has $1,000,000,000) made 12,405 YEARS worth of money. Someone who's JUST a millionaire ($1,000,000) would have 12 years. Which if you flip that, it's possible for someone to earn a million dollars w/o exploiting people. It's clearly not possible to become a billionaire (using USD as the base) w/o being an immortal being who had a successful career starting in 10,381 BCE. The order of magnitude ends up being overlooked since it's just the next thousand -> million -> billion. And to answer, when would it stop, it would probably stop naturally. Prices keep going up so billionaires can be multi billionaires and now we have one jack-ass gunning for being a trillionaire. And our taxes goes to subsidies these pricks too. If homes became affordable, if food was affordable, if our education system was up to snuff and affordable (K-12 and higher education), our healthcare was up to snuff, our roads were in good shape, our internet wasn't nickle and diming everyone... you'd see a general lack of interest in being pissed off. It would happen organically, just like it has in the past... the wealthy get got, things change, and we peasants get less "eat the rich" motivated.

To you're second point, yes the system is broken. But not everyone who's family of the one in control of the estate, agree with that person. Also, fear is a great motivator. Most people fear homelessness or starvation. The 1% don't fear much. Also, if vigilantes start taking out multiple 1%ers they're either going to hire a lot of security (putting money back into the system, back into the hands of the people) or they're going to start doing something to not be viewed as "dinner". And we literally saw that. UHC gets got... and Blue Cross Blue Shield immediately reverse the change on anesthesia. They claimed it was due to backlash, but they're a for profit company, they don't care. But the CEO being targeted and seeing the people cheer... that sends a message.

I don't think anyone has a clear plan as to what would be better. There's certainly a lot of ideas out there. But so long as the ultra rich control the government, control the means of communication (news outlets, social media) it's difficult/impossible for change that would negatively impact them that would positively impact the rest of society.

And you might not believe in it, but the French of utilized this method to much success. Honestly, we did to way back when if you want to throw in the revolutionary war.

Better luck next time in c/memes

[–] CaptPretentious 4 points 1 week ago

I don't think it has to be caramelized, but that would be good. But if someone uses low quality pineapple it's going to suck. And you kind know, like if you see a pizza place and your thoughts are "well it's cheap and quick" I wouldn't get from there. But, if someone says "OMG, the pizza here is so good", that's the kind of place to get it. Local family pizzeria, yes. Dominoes/Pizza Hut/Pizza Ranch, probably a no.

Lemmy.World ToS and the murder of the UHC CEO in c/lemmyworld

[–] CaptPretentious 16 points 1 week ago (6 children)

Did you refer to yourself in the third person?

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My love letter to Baldur's Gate 3 and Larian Studios (self.baldurs_gate_3)

submitted 1 year ago by CaptPretentious to c/baldurs_gate_3

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I'll try to keep this short, sweet, and to the point.

I, like so many of you, love this game. Possibly more than we should. But for me, before this game, I had truly lost most of my interest in video games as a whole. Every year, various problems get worse and 2023 was the final straw for me. Ever increasing greed (Blizzard, Unity, EA, just every studio really). To say they came out in a lazy, incomplete, greedy state undersells it I feel. I truly feel we're still on the brink of another video game crash. Because the crash wasn't just one game (E.T.) but was the general greed and terrible quality of the industry back then. Pushing new products (games, consoles, accessories, etc.) just to push new products with crazy turn around time all in the name of profit. And this year, just stacked with all prior years, I had enough.

This game is so good in all the right ways. The writing, the acting, the world feels alive. NPCs respond differently based on who you are and what you've done. Even banter between your party. A truly impressive amount of thought put into things allowing you the player to really play however you want. It's not a mad loot carousel because your character power isn't based on gear directly and is tied to the character which allows for far more interesting items. There's no greed either, no stupid 'sEaSoN pAsS', no excel spreadsheets worth of 'versions', no subscription, no shop using real money for gear/cosmetics, no 'planned DLC' that's obviously content they cut out in order to sell back to the consumer. Heck, this game supports multiplayer... REAL multiplayer in that I don't believe you ever actually need a dedicated server. I believe you can do direct remote, split screen co-op, and LAN play... what other game in the last decade does that?

It reminds me of how games used to be before Bethesda broke the seal with horse armor.

BG3 is just a complete, high quality game, for gamers. It feels like it was made with love, care, and respect. And playing the game brings me joy.

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[SPOILER] Where to find EA information (self.baldurs_gate_3)

submitted 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) by CaptPretentious to c/baldurs_gate_3

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Are there any good collections anyone might be aware of, for EA information or datamined information.

I'm curious to see what ideas got scrapped and how things changed. I know of a few things, like a little on Daisy. How certain abilities were actually going to be handed out.

But places like Grymforge really elude to something... there's a bunch of stuff hints that something might be near. From whatever caused some of the destruction you see. Because I refuse to believe it's all a vague reference to Yurgir.

And then there's some MTG pictures I saw, that list someone has potentially the main villain, in the very least a bad guy, and in the current game plays a very different roll.

Edit: Added spoiler tag just in case

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Only 'complaint' with BG3 (self.baldurs_gate_3)

submitted 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) by CaptPretentious to c/baldurs_gate_3

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So, after playing many hours and just recently starting Act 3, there's been one thing that's been bugging me and I finally have it sorted out.

The whole "rarity" attached to gear is really dumb and misleading.

It's using the overly used grey/green/blue/'purple' coloring and naming that's common and many other RPGs. But in those games, it's somewhat reflective of rarity... which is what it's described as in BG3, the rarity of an item. But it's a lie.

Example Periapt of Wound Closure is an item that's sold by a vendor. How is it rare? As far as I can tell, there's just one in the game. But every named item I have, there's just one in existence.

I think labeling things as common/uncommon/rare/ etc. is wrong and thus makes people think certain items are better simply based on the 'color' of the gear instead of considering what the gear does. I've already had this conversation with multiple friends who absolutely think they're going to give a "stat stick" to their caster, because they're so used to Blizzard's way of thinking. Or that they 'needed' new gear because they leveled up and now must replace gear asap (even in Act 1). The fact I showed videos of some guy soloing the game, or beating the game as lvl 1s, or a video of some guy causing havoc by chucking potatoes and only potatoes... falls on deaf ears.

I think if the naming was swapped from 'rarity of item' to 'quality of enchantment' it would make more sense, but I still think it's not necessary. Or if it was standardized to like normal gear (nothing special) remains grey, gear that's just slightly enchanted (like +1 Sword) is green, and all unique named items are blue. Since you certainly can get lots of grey, fewer greens, and only one named. But that's just an idea.