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Sharkpuncher @sharkpuncher.bsky.social · 3h

I thought I knew what crashing out meant, but I have now seen it used in so many different ways that I am no longer sure

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EGADS, It's LÜ BOOOOO!!!!! @cheflubu.bsky.social · 11h

DESCRIBE DOROHEDORO TO SOMEONE WHO HAS NEVER READ OR WATCHED IT

my entry:

it's about two muscular girlfriends and their silly boyfriends and one is an alligator

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Sharkpuncher @sharkpuncher.bsky.social · 7h

This is nostalgic, because it makes me think of when the dealers rooms at anime cons back in the day were totally unregulated and were effectively just giant sketchy anime flea markets. It just needs a matching Ever Anime-branded OST CD

vi @v-i.dev · 9h

Just got a copy of Season 2 in... and it's not any better. Disk authoring dates are also from August 2024 (so no lessons learned from Season 1), video and menu quality is just as poor, and it weirdly comes in a 4-disc DVD case, despite only having 3 discs.

Alice's adventures in Wonderland continue in season two
Alice returns to Wonderland, where she meets more mysterious characters, including the weathermakers, the corkscrew mouse, and the honey elephants.
DREAMSCAPE PRESENT ALICE IN WONDERLAND: SEASON TWO
DIRECTED BY TAKU SUGIYAMA AND SHIGEO KOSHI
PRODUCED BY SHIGEO ENDÔ AND ANDREA WAGNER WRITTEN BY MARTY MURPHY
STARING TARAKO, MASAKO NOZAWA, NORIKO UEMURA, YOSHIKO MATSUO AND KEN'ICHI OGATA
3 DVDs: 10 Hours 34 Minutes

Inside of the case, showing an extra disc slot

macOS finder window, showing file modification times of August 16, 2024

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Sharkpuncher @sharkpuncher.bsky.social · 9h

It never really occurred to me that one man was behind all of those posters, but it absolutely makes sense now that I'm looking at all of them together. you just don't think about things like that when you're a kid. Movie posters just came from the art dimension lol.

Sharkpuncher @sharkpuncher.bsky.social · 2d

I know this exact feeling, and I'm sorry that you are having it. It's difficult when the one thing you want most seems to be freely given to everyone but you, but I assure you it's nothing wrong with you that has caused it.

Sharkpuncher @sharkpuncher.bsky.social · 2d

That being said, I also feel like those absurd games were probably better for developing critical thinking skills than most games nowadays.

Although perhaps not the most functional ones since the point was to come up with the most ridiculous solution usually

Sharkpuncher @sharkpuncher.bsky.social · 2d

Yeah the laura bow games were actually probably the worst culprits. I feel like that was the game where at one point you had to make a fake mustache for a disguise but then you also had to draw a mustache on your fake ID, and it's like why the mustache to begin with???

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Sharkpuncher @sharkpuncher.bsky.social · 2d

The eagle one isn't even the best example because I'm pretty sure I figured that out without a hint because I decided to see what happened if I jumped when the eagle flew over me.

But man were there some crazy ones spread across the king's quest anthology

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Sharkpuncher @sharkpuncher.bsky.social · 2d

Unfortunately whatever chemicals it used to make the invisible ink that the highlighters revealed, did not survive several decades of age, and now there is just yellow highlighting left and nothing else.

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Sharkpuncher @sharkpuncher.bsky.social · 2d

How do I cross the river that kills me if I swim in it?

1) try setting your sights higher!
2) you'll really need to jump to it!
3) you need to be a real superman!
4) go to the screen where an eagle sometimes flies around, stand in a specific spot and jump when it's near you. It will take you there

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Sharkpuncher @sharkpuncher.bsky.social · 2d

Reveal each invisible section one by one with the idea that you could solve the puzzle before needing to get the actual answer, I guess to prove you only needed a "hint"

The funny thing was though the hints were just as cryptic as the actual games were, so you'd get to a section that would be like-

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Sharkpuncher @sharkpuncher.bsky.social · 2d

I was going through stuff and came across an old hint book for King's Quest and I was thinking about how absurd the puzzles were in Sierra adventure games but I had forgotten the hint books had this format where there were multiple "hints" ending with the answer, you used a special highlighter to-

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Slurmsadako MacKenzie @slurmsmackenzie.bsky.social · 2d

GenAI truly was the worst technology to come along at this moment.

An energy and water guzzler when we most urgently need to take climate action.

A disinformation machine as our journalism fails.

A bias machine as fascism takes root.

A job killer in a cost of living crisis.

Bria "tries to write a book" Horses @thevoidencore.bsky.social · 8d

The "cognitive decline and brain damage from repeat COVID infections" and "easy to use robot that makes slop and melts your critical thinking skills" is a hell of a combo in a post-fact media ecosystem

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Sharkpuncher @sharkpuncher.bsky.social · 2d

apparently the clear gravy is a """joke""" that they do periodically on social media, assumedly as a desperate (yet apparently effective) way to farm engagement

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Sharkpuncher @sharkpuncher.bsky.social · 2d

The idea of clear gravy makes me so uncomfortable. like what would it even taste like? anything that would give it flavor would have also made it not clear.

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Alexandra Heller-Nicholas @horrornonna.com · 3d

Diane Keaton could have directed Annie Hall but Woody Allen could NEVER have directed the music video for Belinda Carlisle's "Heaven is a Place on Earth"

Belinda Carlisle - Heaven Is A Place On Earth (Official HD Music Video)

YouTube video by Belinda Carlisle

youtu.be

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Sharkpuncher @sharkpuncher.bsky.social · 4d

In a few cases it turned oddly transparent, showing shadows of the back of the images on the label, and in others it darkened and got this grainy look to it, and either way you put it in and it didn't play, it just spun and spun and spun until the cd player said no.

Sharkpuncher @sharkpuncher.bsky.social · 4d

I def bought into the idea CDs were this semi-permanent archival thing and I have some that 25 years later aren't playable. they did weird things, stored in a very normal environment. I don't know if oxidation is the right word but that's the best word to describe it, the reflective part just failed

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Sharkpuncher @sharkpuncher.bsky.social · 4d

Magnetic media will go bad, so VHS tapes have to be retained in another format while they are still viable. Cheaply made CDs can oxidize and darken over time and have issues playing, years later. Random formats come and go, with no device left able to play it on current equipment.

etc

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Sharkpuncher @sharkpuncher.bsky.social · 4d

The biggest issue is relying on "the cloud", streaming services, and things with proprietary DRM. All of those are fully beyond your control and at the whims of a random company, and for the most part, there's no way to avoid that loss of possession and control. Company closes suddenly? Oh well!

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Sharkpuncher @sharkpuncher.bsky.social · 4d

It's nice to look at my physical media on a shelf, but as someone who owns too much stuff I also have to consider the amount of space it takes up. Occasionally some of it gets transferred into a digital format and boxed up and put away, to make space.

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Sharkpuncher @sharkpuncher.bsky.social · 4d

I'm a strong believer in this as well but I will also add: you can still own digital media, just keep it within your grasp. Files on your computer or drive, that you make a backup of. There's nothing wrong with maintaining a copy of media for your own use, that can be played however you want.

D. Merrill @terebifunhouse.bsky.social · 4d

just to add my two cents about physical media - your favorite website, streamer, or online archive could vanish tomorrow due to any number of deliberate or accidental actions on the part of any number of people or organizations. Physical media? You have to destroy it YOURSELF

Rollin Bishop @rollin.bsky.social · 4d

Counting just DVDs and up – not VHS or digital purchases – I have 493 movies and TV shows on physical home video.

I'm not saying you should be where I'm at. But I am arguing you should consider getting closer.

Me in re:frame #21:

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neongrey @neongrey.bsky.social · 8d

all discourse aside, there is one machine with consciousness. it's printers. they are alive and conscious and they hate you and they'd take your arm clean off if you let them. never trust a printer.

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Diana Soreil @ Kumoricon !!! @silencedrowns.com · 12d

A reminder to all my fellow cosplayers if they haven’t figured it out yet: your life will be WAY happier if your reaction to “someone is wearing the same costume as me” is taking the spider-man point picture and screaming at each other about loving the character and the worse points of wearing it

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Sharkpuncher @sharkpuncher.bsky.social · 13d

We got that whole episode that was like "acceptance for disembodied body parts" which really was just there as a momentary story beat, and then got promptly "resolved" with a dramatic reveal

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