Pro tip (or maybe it’s common knowledge idk): place it handle-down so the bristles don’t get messed up over time from just sitting there.

What’s their next attack target, puppies?

Remember the time one of those shitheads shot and killed her own dog?

Name checks ou- well, not really…

Ramble on!

I haven’t used it in a while, so I don’t know if it still works, but the one I had is called Buycott.

Hmm, reminds me of another republican tv-host-turned-president 🤔

The only Zelda-like I can think of right now is Tunic. I haven’t finished it yet, but it’s a great game. It’s on PC and all the major consoles. I’d say it’s more like the pre-N64 Zeldas than the open-world ones. Also has an in-game manual that’s 100% inspired by the manual that came with the first Zelda on NES. Incredibly charming game.

Respect 👍 I still have all my old consoles and games from my childhood, all the way back to the NES. And I still collect classics that I didn’t grow up with. Hope you play yours on a good ol’ CRT :)

I ONLY HAVE CATS BUT YOU BET YOUR ASS I’M PETTING THOSE CUTE MFERS

I really like DKR but I was never amazing at it. Especially the boss races. Killer soundtrack though. I listen to it more often than I play the game lol

In case you don’t know about it, there’s a cool site called Retro Achievements that has community-curated achievement sets for thousands of games (and leaderboards for specific tasks, like Mario 64’s Princess’ Secret Slide), and it integrates nicely with RetroArch and Dolphin (I haven’t looked into other emulators, but I’m sure there are other supported ones). It’s given me a great reason to play all my childhood games again, instead of playing them just to waste time.

Speaking of BK, I finished that set just last night and it was so satisfying. I’m sure you’d make short work of the DKR achievements!

Came here to say this! Take my upvote!

If “A Major” in the title was intentional, then bravo!

Honestly I’d be exited to be able to meet the composer anyway, and maybe give him a pat on the head.

And even if that bullet traveled at escape velocity it would only end up in a slightly more eccentric orbit. If my mental model is right, they would have to wait until a bit after sunset and shoot straight up to send it in the right direction while encountering the least atmospheric drag.

…🤓

That’s a really interesting perspective. I don’t think I’ve ever seen it described that way before, but it’s very easy for me to grasp. Do you have any resources I can look into for more information? Does that concept have a name I can look up?

I thought my family were the only ones! Must have been to differentiate it from the “Super Nintendo” we also had.

Okay, my own post needs a TL/DR 😂 so very basically: Don’t give these greedy fucks your money. Anyway, here goes…

I just watched/listened to the episode again at work. I also recommend you watch the episode (he tells it better than I can), but here’s my rough summary:

• The dollar store market is dominated by Dollar General and Dollar Tree (who also own Family Dollar)
• They make such obscene amounts of money because they drive out the local competition and have abysmally bad employment practices.
  • They often have two—or even just one—employee stuck with all the store’s duties, including stocking and manning the register. Unsurprisingly, this leads to the absolute messiest place you can imagine. There are some customers in one clip who were volunteering their time to help the one person (who was stuck at the register) stock the shelves.
  • The median DG employee makes little more than $18,000 per year, and something like 92% of all their employees earn less than $15/hr.
• There are several documented cases of rat infestations in their distribution centers, and sometimes the stores themselves.
• One store had birds nesting in the ceiling and shitting on the merchandise. When employees notified corporate, they were instructed to clean the products and put them back on the shelves. To them it wasn’t that big of an issue because “the birds aren’t stealing anything.”
• Some stores report not having any working climate control, including AC in the hotter climates. Reports of candy melting and employees sweating their asses off.
• OSHA has designated DG to be a “severe violator” and both DG and DT have racked up millions in “proposed fines” (not sure what that means) over the years.
• Since there’s often only one poor soul manning the entire store, it’s not surprising that criminals are attracted to these locations.
• (anecdotal) One employee got robbed and helped to secure the store after calling the cops. Their manager asked if everyone was okay, then immediately (<15 minutes later) asked what they were gonna do about re-opening the store.
• DG (and almost certainly DT/FD) practice in the typical union-busting practices you hear about with all mega corporations. Including, of course, gaslighting employees in their training videos.
• There are several cases of stores whose entire staff walk out due to, well, all of the above. They do responsibly lock the doors however. They’re not just leaving them open to looting.

And that’s about it as well as I could summarize. Hope it helps you stay informed about why you should never give these shitty companies your hard-earned money.

John Oliver has a great piece about dollar stores (and DG specifically) that really opened my eyes. I never used to go there, but now I never will.

Holy shit lol, that’s my sister and her cat! I never thought I’d see them on Lemmy!

thank mr skeltal

Dunno why PowerToys isn’t bundled by default tbh.

PowerToys give the user more power, which goes directly against Microsoft’s own goal.

Also, less seriously, “toys” implies the user might enjoy the experience, and you know they can’t let that happen.

You mean there’s more of me out there?!

✅ No buffering, music starts instantly

✅ No connection issues

✅ No monthly money drain

✅ No arbitrary access or availability revocation

❌ No immediate access to any song I want to hear, but

✅ I’m patient