The Nerdskull

Infamous Nerd Culture Opinion-Haver. Queer. Any pronouns. Video Games, Board Games, Anime, Novels. Lefty politics, anti-bullying, anti-harassment.

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2024-03-02 04:35:30

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This is one of those tongue twisters you should never attempt to say on the radio.

2024-03-02 04:33:27

Just saw someone mention tongue twisters on my timeline and it reminded me of my favorite tongue twister, which was taught to me by my late foul-mouthed grandmother.
“I slit a sheet, a sheet I slit, and on a slitted sheet I sit.”

2024-02-28 20:28:54

I’m gonna toot the take that finally gets me canceled for good.
Mountain Dew Baja Blast is awful.
The similarity below is not coincidence.
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2024-02-26 19:40:08

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@npub1t2u…p336 Yeah, though learning how to make your niche or switch it while building your joker set is important.

2024-02-26 19:23:12

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@npub1t2u…p336 I’ve found that most of the unlockable ones are niche, instead of not useful.

2024-02-26 19:22:30

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Smeared Joker is extremely good it turns out. If you get Smeared Joker and Supernova, you’re pretty set. Just start collecting Jokers with multiplier multipliers afterwards.

2024-02-26 19:16:23

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I had an absolutely ridiculous deck where I could get Flush every time. I got Flush up to level 10, and I had like 24x worth of multiplier multipliers by the end of the. Got over 350,000 chips in one hand.

2024-02-26 19:14:04

So Balatro is extremely good if you like probability or card games or mathy games at all.
I won my first run last night

2024-02-19 20:50:12

Saw a guy with “politics ruin everything” in his bio, along with Comicsgate, while simultaneously insisting that X-men needs to conform to a far-right ideological intent or else it’s “woke”
Sometimes I wish irony overdose was real.

2024-02-16 19:31:36

I have been seeing people saying that “progressive is not the same thing as woke,” and it’s one of the most delusional things I’ve ever seen.
“Woke” is just the new snarl-word that right wing culture warriors use to demonize progressive politics. There simply is no difference.

2024-02-15 04:04:03

I got to inflict the horror that is Altoona Pizza on my buddy the other night.
We were having a discussion of the virtues of various styles of pizza and we were able to agree that every pizza style has something positive going for it except Altoona style.

2024-02-15 02:08:56

Someone left a ton of red heart candies in the break room.
Are these red flavor treats or hot cinnamon abominations?

2024-02-15 01:44:32

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Zoomers have been telling me I am cooking all day over this. One called me Gordon Ramsay.

2024-02-14 23:28:58

I’ve made a hobby today out of finding Twitter idiots using singular they in posts after they barge into my mentions insisting that they is plural only.
So far my success rate has been 100%.

2024-02-14 18:17:20

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@npub13zq…90f5 I picked that one lmao

2024-02-14 07:03:17

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When I suggested that it had a simple narrative and asked whether children’s stories had a narrative or not, he decided that he needed to die on the hill of the idea that “The Very Hungry Caterpillar” clearly has a story, a journey, and characters, while Super Mario Brothers obviously does not.

2024-02-14 07:02:58

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I had a guy on the birdsite insist that she is “lying” about the Damsel In Distress trope in Super Mario Brothers because, and I quote, “that game has a premise, not a narrative,” so apparently it doesn’t count somehow.

2024-02-14 07:02:29

It is so incredibly weird how there’s a ton of very legitimate criticisms of Anita Sarkeesian and her videos, but everyone who is very mad about her avoids those like the plague and hates her for the most bullshit possible reasons you’ve ever heard.
Why do I have to defend her bland Feminism 101?

2024-02-11 20:04:40

ALERT: The Discovery Institute, after reviewing more than 60 studies, has concluded that “there is no long-term evidence that ‘evolution’ has ever occurred”
[Link to www.evolutionisfake .com]
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2024-02-11 09:29:27

Lmfao apparently the Nazi-weebs are mad that they translated different fantasy species in Granblue Fantasy as “peoples” instead of “races”
Amazing. Just perfect. No notes.

2024-02-11 08:22:45

Wow. Just had an anti-trans cultist on the birdsite outright admit that they thought trans women should have to compete with cis men, but it would be unfair to allow trans men to compete with cis women.
Just zero logical consistency in their ideology.

2024-02-10 23:13:25

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@npub17n8…ftj8 Yeah that helps but I still hate it and the mats get gross quickly.

2024-02-10 23:13:02

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@npub18s9…qh6q Yeah I had to compromise on having a big freestanding tub but a tubshower would have been a complete deal-breaker.

2024-02-10 23:12:29

I found out today that cats LOVE the smell of spam. Both my cats were crawling all over me trying to steal my spam musubi.

2024-02-10 21:47:11

Having a nice big tile shower was one of the few things I was not willing to compromise on while house hunting. Super glad I ended up getting one. Favorite part of mornings.
I -hate- tub showers and always feel like I’m gonna slip and crack my head open when I end up having to use them.

2024-02-10 19:19:23

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Now maybe I’d get if you were dealing with a person who loves Joe Biden but hates Kamala.
But I don’t really know anyone like that. Maybe there’s some racist shitlib out there like that?

2024-02-10 19:15:51

“You wouldn’t hate Kamala Harris if she were a white man.” Wrong. I would hate anyone who has done the things she’s done no matter their gender or skin color.
Why do you think I hate Joe Biden? Same sort of politics.

2024-02-10 18:39:03

Always amazing to see anti-trans “feminists” praise Germaine Greer and then turn around and try to call LGBTQ people pedophiles.
For those who don’t know, Germaine Greer is openly a pedophile and literally published a book about how attracted she is to pre-pubescent boys.

2024-02-09 20:10:08

Having internet stalkers is kinda nuts. Last night I got reminded of the time when one of my stalkers shut down CalArts for a day with a “joke” school shooting threat.

2024-02-09 19:12:44

The weirdest thing about anti-porn “feminists” is that they harp on about how bad and exploitative the porn industry is, but oppose any attempts to make it less so.
They will also never meaningfully discuss drawn or written pornography, which doesn’t exploit actual people.

2024-02-09 07:51:09

The birdsite is still amazing for weirdos. I had someone trying to argue that anti-woke isn’t synonymous with “bigoted,” they just dislike “corporate slop gussied up with a progressive bow.”
Then they blocked me when I pointed out that they call indie games by LGBTQ creators “woke” too.

2024-02-08 21:30:30

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I’m apparently quite good at adventure game moon logic because I figured out that the use of the 6 pack of juice was to drop it in the garbage chute to dislodge the item right away
Also got “bent needle plus hair” as the solution to getting an item out of the drain instantly

2024-02-08 21:22:23

The funny thing I’m seeing about Silent Hill 2 as I’m playing it is that it turns out this game is not particularly difficult but it is far more stressful to play than its difficulty would normally indicate.
It’s also got a lot of DNA from point and click adventure games.

2024-02-08 18:44:15

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@npub1msk…ruyn I have not.

2024-02-08 09:15:41

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@npub12gt…4049 it’s because they’re sexists who believe in sexed souls.

2024-02-08 07:30:40

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All of them will use feminine pronouns to refer to Siri or Alexa, neither of which have genitals or chromosomes.
They don’t actually believe their own arguments so it’s a mistake to take them seriously.

2024-02-08 07:30:11

The funny part about the anti-trans cultists who insist that gender is determined by genitals or chromosomes is that not even they believe this garbage. It’s all disingenuous bullshit
The religious ones insist God is a man, but God clearly does not have chromosomes or genitals

2024-02-08 07:23:16

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If the answer is no, clearly, all their posturing about how they just care about biology and such is complete bullshit. And I suspect that a large majority of them would say no.

2024-02-08 07:22:29

You know Im curious about how anti-trans cultists would react to this thought experiment
Let’s say that in the future, medical science develops a way to put a person’s mind into a different body
Would they accept AMAB people who now have female bodies due to this tech as women?

2024-02-08 06:41:05

Whoops I got in the zone and stayed at work until 10:30.
Guess I’m going home now.

2024-02-08 02:30:59

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@npub1ygd…chxj Also considering the fact that when you shoot him, you clearly hear the bullets pinging off of the metallic pyramid, and he doesn’t react at all.

2024-02-07 23:35:35

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And there’s no indication that simply waiting will take care of anything. You’re just locked in a room and are stairs are blocked
So what’s the answer?
You either play keep-away for 4-5 minutes and the stairs spontaneously unblock and he goes away OR you shoot him 50 times.

2024-02-07 23:34:43

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It’s not that it’s hard. It just does not communicate what you should do, and actually gives contradictory signals for it.
I tried shooting him and heard bullets ping off him and he didn’t react at all. So I assumed he was invulnerable to bullets. Same with melee attacks.

2024-02-07 23:34:21

Playing Silent Hill 2 for the first time and I generally like it. But I gotta be entirely honest and tell you that the Pyramid Head encounter at the end of the apartment building is VERY poorly designed and I had to look up what to do for it.

2024-02-07 21:24:23

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Rackam is totally busted and I’m looking forward to trying Eugen

2024-02-07 21:20:39

I really like how ranged characters feel in Granblue Fantasy: Relink. There’s no real aiming but they’re still really fun to play and feel really strong.
Bowguns in Monster Hunter feel like too much of a pain in the ass to be worth it to me.

2024-02-07 10:42:14

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Canonically trans! The game just comes out and says it!

2024-02-07 10:40:05

Oh wow Cagliostro in Granblue Fantasy sure is a mood. I’m surprised I never knew about her before.

2024-02-06 09:26:17

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Like I get it, you want to leave some stuff up to interpretation, but you at least gotta give us some direction on it.

2024-02-06 09:24:24

I finished Filament (the puzzle game) and I liked the puzzles a lot, but the ending was unsatisfying to me, which is a shame because I liked the narrative until then
I understand stories that don't want to explain everything but, it felt like it explained absolutely nothing.

2024-02-05 20:53:00

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Also, as a bonus, Vyrn is cute as hell.
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2024-02-05 20:49:14

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My only real criticism is that I feel combos feel a little muddy in combat, but that might just be my Monster Hunter brain giving me bias, because Monster Hunter moves are always very discrete and deliberate.

2024-02-05 20:48:51

So I gotta say that Granblue Fantasy Relink has some of the nicest game-feel and control out of the gate of any action-RPG I've ever seen. Cygames really outdid themselves with this game.

2024-02-05 10:03:21

I’ve got to get to bed now but I am -impressed- with the beginning of Granblue Fantasy Relink so far.

2024-02-02 19:24:03

I never liked the Granblue Fantasy stuff on phones but since Relink is an action RPG I will try it. It comes Sunday.

2024-02-02 19:10:10

I really do not think the average TERF realizes how much “adult human female” comes off as a cult mantra to outsiders.
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2024-02-02 19:01:24

Am I the only one who thinks that naming sequels with numbers is tacky and lazy?
Just give it a subtitle or even a new title.

2024-02-02 02:12:49

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@npub1szr…2k7l Creality 3d printers seem to be the choice everyone recommends for an entry-level 3d printer if you're on a budget.
I love my Prusa MK4 but it is -way- pricier than an Ender.

2024-02-02 02:07:34

My cat Blaire is sitting behind my computer napping with her face less than an inch away from the PSU exhaust fan.
Cats are weird.

2024-02-02 02:05:21

Huh, apparently laser engravers / cutters have come -way- down in price since I last looked at them. Creality makes a nice looking one for 320 dollars.
I am seriously tempted.

2023-12-15 10:39:01

Doing some more Lies of P. The combat in this game feels great. I'm doing the dexterity type stuff and considering trying to work "Advance" in, which feels like it's this game's version of Arcane stat in Bloodborne.

2023-07-17 22:08:55

Now that I have a sewing machine I realized I could try to learn how to make plushies. Hmm...

2023-07-17 03:32:17

Whoops, I made taco filling for dinner and didn't have tortillas so it's taco burgers for me tonight.
These aren't bad actually.

2023-07-14 21:26:22

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@npub1xtg…xfsf I had no idea there was one bigger than 108 keys lmao.

2023-07-14 21:25:36

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I actually like this one now that I'm getting used to it. It has a large amount of travel in the keys which is actually nice for wrist and finger strain.

2023-07-14 21:24:08

I picked up a new mechanical keyboard during prime day. Decided I wanted to go back to a full-size after using a tenkeyless for a while. I'll probably put my old tenkeyless on my media center in my living room.
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2023-07-14 19:58:06

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@npub1tvs…c8au I know, I was just hoping that it was a before/after, as in, the girl was turned into the vending machine.

2023-07-14 19:57:51

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@npub1q0k…trsm I know.

2023-07-14 19:55:40

Is this a before/after or is this the vending machine noticing the booba?
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2023-07-14 05:28:19

Blaire thinks the new workbench is a perch for her.
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2023-07-14 04:27:44

My first sewing project. I got a bit of dense blue velvet to make a bespoke cover for the cushion on this shoe bench, because the cats like kneading their claws on the coarse weave on this thing.
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2023-07-10 23:25:26

There's been several times I've found a lost Korok in Tears of the Kingdom, and been like "Fuck it I'm just grabbing you and walking your ass over there, I can't be arsed to make you a vehicle or go get my towing bar for the horse."

2023-07-10 19:14:42

Spent some time building this the other day. I'm happy with the end result but I wouldn't really recommend this brand (Tribesigns). The instructions were garbage (had to reassemble many pieces) and some of the pieces are impossible to assemble without scratching the rest of it.
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2023-07-10 01:17:41

Tonight's dinner: A giant bowl of pho
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2023-07-09 18:57:39

I love when cats cross their paws like this
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2023-07-09 18:36:50

Eepy
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2023-07-09 18:10:53

Had some very squishy bananas so I ended up making banana bread this morning. Tried adding golden raisins and they're actually really good in banana bread.
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2023-07-03 23:50:59

Bought this old SF/F novel at a garage sale entirely because of how ridiculously furry it is. This thing almost looks AI-generated, or like it should be on that Paperback Paradise spoof account
This is likely an example of a non-furry artist doing furries passably well though, so color me impressed
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2023-07-03 21:54:49

Hmm, I tried to make some cold brew coffee with a 14-hour steeping time in my fridge, or so, but I think it's a bit too weak.
Still drinkable but I'd prefer a stronger flavor. Anyone have any advice on how to make it stronger, other than just using more grounds or more time?

2023-07-03 21:32:06

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@npub1463…00qn Gonna try to post off of Twitter more often. That place is bad for me.

2023-07-03 21:29:01

I'm getting my new computer room at my new place set back up and I decided to get one of those giant mouse pads in the hopes that it will help me keep my desk space more clear.
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