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  • we still have a couple of lemon giving phrases that survive “when life gives you lemons”. “looks like that car you bought is a lemon”

    lemons are sour instead of sweet like most fruit. my guess is that a lemon is a thing to generally make your day/life worse, especially if it seemed like a good thing at first.

    makes sense in the context of a “confirmed bachelor”. he’s giving that lemon to a stork. he’s not going to have children. someone married him and he’s not going to have children. back in the day that would be seen as defeating the point of marriage, though the real implication is he’s gay and married for a beard.

    in the context of other relationships or a breakup they thought they were dating someone for keeps, turns out they weren’t worth it. they were a lemon, looked sweet but tasted sour when bitten into.



  • holy shit, i forgot that was Colin Farrell! i’m a big fan of him in mcdonagh movies.

    i was only kind of into the new Batman with the riddler, but the vibe feels right for it to be more of a mob story instead.

    love the cinematography. I’m a videographer myself and happen to own and love one of the old lenses they use a lot on this show.

    one episode isn’t enough to make any judgements, but I can say that I’m looking forward to the next episode.



  • all of the “real” Martial arts from back before guns were about using weapons. those aren’t really practiced as much anymore because they’re all useless in the face of firearms anyway. why spend years training with a knife when the same time could be spent training with a gun. if combat effectiveness is your goal then you need to learn modern combat techniques.

    that said, there’s plenty to be learned from it, and it’s not like it can’t help you in a fight. but as another commenter said, the real way to win every fight is by avoiding them. so really the best thing to learn is de-escalation and recognizing danger.



  • their point is that this is a game with maybe 50 still image assets and absurdly simply gameplay. it could be like 2MB, but it was likely built on preexisting assets and code that don’t try to be lightweight.

    the point is that 10 years ago the exact same game would have been like 25MB at most. I’m not familiar enough with the changes in the tools used by Indy devs in the time, but my guess is that it’s where you’ll find the reason.




  • thedirtyknapkin@lemmy.worldtome_irl@lemmy.worldme_irl
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    9 days ago

    hmmm, my family couldn’t afford vacations. when we visited family out of state we’d always have someone house sit to take care of the animals. usually a neighbor.

    being the youngest boy and the biggest lover of animals, i became the default to do that for out neighbors when they were out.

    it was a lovely little neighborhood.

    but also, back then social media was young and pretty much only young people were on it. for my parents to give me advice about what to put on my blogspot or Facebook would have made me guffaw. hell, correctly identifying the platform and that one could share vacation plans on it would have been a big ask.









  • thedirtyknapkin@lemmy.worldto196@lemmy.blahaj.zoneConstruct rule
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    17 days ago

    because some people don’t think those are an end all be all solution even if they can identify the problem.

    problem and solution are not tied together yet. right now we only have the problem. this poster is indicating that they aren’t sold on those being the solutions. there are many paths forward, it’s fair to not know which one is right yet.

    hell, it’s more unreasonable to say you KNOW your solution will fix this. none of these economic systems have been successfully tested in large scale. they are all just theoretical. to change to a new one is scary and dangerous and must be done with much thought, consideration, and care.