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SimonBolivar

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  1. 2 hours ago, huge said:

    Maybe I need to go back and play these games.

     

    I've never touched any of them.  

    I know they are good, but are they Zelda good?

    I like them more than Zelda games. I'd say 3, New Vegas, and 4 are all worth playing in 2024. 1&2 if you can take the old school lack of quality of life gaming.

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  2. 1 minute ago, TwiceHorn said:

    I think the various weather reporting outlets may be "over reporting" severe weather for clicks.  It may just be the weird weather patterns, but it often seems like they make things more dire than they actually are.  Of course, the Storm Prediction Center can make that easy and I don't think they're angling for clicks.

    Oh yeah certainly there is some of that. It used to be that they'd only be live during tornado warnings, but I've seen more and more start to break away to live coverage of severe thunderstorm warnings. There's a station in Baton Rouge today that has declared the whole day a "First Alert Weather Day" where they have coverage going. Now they did have a storm roll in with 80mph straight-line winds, so it probably needed to be covered, but they had the whole system ready to go for that.

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  3. I like to follow tornado warnings this time of year and local news stations are obligated to cover tornado warnings in their area. On the broadcast side with rabbit ears/cable/YouTubeTV/etc they keep the coverage going without interruption. Well, there's an alarming trend now that while streaming through their website you first have to sit through commercials like you would any other news story.

     

    There is something profoundly American about waiting through a furniture sale ad to see if the F5 is going to hit your house or not.

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  4. 1 hour ago, Seasick Sailor said:

    Started For Whom the Bell Tolls on a whim a couple of days ago. I am about half way through it and am enjoying it. So far I'd put it above The Sun Also Rises. 

    I felt the opposite but did like For Whom the Bell Tolls.

  5. 1 hour ago, FirstTimeCaller said:

    Well fuck, I feel like a guy that was at the game but went for nachos during the game-winning TD.

    Everyone here is talking about life-changing experience. I was close to the center line and it's going to be something that I'll remember when someone reminds me of it, but never think about again.

    I love astronomy generally and felt the same as you. It was neat and I'm glad I did it, but it wasn't all that really except I can 100% see how my ancestors were sure that some deity had it out for them. I'd probably drive an hour out of my way to see it but that's about it.

     

    One interesting thing that happened is that the dog gave zero fucks. Which makes complete sense as the lights magically turn off and on for them all the time.

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