Stalinwolf

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[–] Stalinwolf@lemmy.ca 1 points 5 days ago (2 children)

I tried the Impossible pre-made burgers at home and they tasted like rubber gloves or something, so we haven't tried them again since. What do you season yours with?

[–] Stalinwolf@lemmy.ca 5 points 5 days ago* (last edited 5 days ago) (6 children)

When Beyond Beef switched from v2 to the v3 (w/ avocado oil), my wife and I tried it and were like, "THERE IT IS! They finally fucked up a good thing, as predicted.."

But after eating v3 for several months and lucking my way back into a box of v2 at Costco, I can firmly say that v2 was kind of shit.

You just have to season your Beyond Burgers now, is all. You didn't have to before. At least we never did.

[–] Stalinwolf@lemmy.ca 7 points 5 days ago

Imbeciles have bought their way into the presidency, and bottom-tier comedians have bought themselves into gatekeepers of comedy. Next they're going to tell me absolute fucking morons have bought their way into the top of Big Tech..

[–] Stalinwolf@lemmy.ca 7 points 6 days ago* (last edited 6 days ago)

I can't think of many examples so my comment is worthless, but for years I had this experience with Rotten Tomatoes and hated the site/community for it. Some of the most artistic and impactful films I had seen would get a 30% or something, and I'd be like how?!

I guess one more recent example that I do have was The Northman while it was still playing in theatres. It scored well enough on Rotten Tomatoes over time, but initial reviews were trash and I was hard-pressed to find a single person online who enjoyed it. Just endless shitting all over it. Comments sections full of folks calling it the worst/dumbest thing they've ever wasted their money on.

My wife and I went into it blind and were honestly blown away. It was like John Wick with Norse mythology. From the very beginning where Willem Dafoe is howling and going into a crazy shamanistic fire trance to the big otherworldly climax at the end, we were floored by how fucking cool that movie was. A genuine piece of art. Got us both playing Valheim again soon after.

Not sure what changed, but despite the 90% Tomatometer, the 64% Popcornmeter still shows that audiences were fairly divided. But that spread was way worse a few years ago. The part that perplexed me most is that most people's criticisms of the movie could just as easily be applied to Mad Max: Fury Road (which I ironically thought was hot garbage).

[–] Stalinwolf@lemmy.ca 3 points 6 days ago* (last edited 6 days ago)

My daughter and I have been listening to Jesse Welles' (Under the Power Lines versions) of Autumn and Anything But Me quite a lot. Certain is also fire, but a little too political for my 6-year-old to grasp.

[–] Stalinwolf@lemmy.ca 2 points 6 days ago

I read that as "fucked them in the balls with no lube" and I really liked the way it sounded.

[–] Stalinwolf@lemmy.ca 6 points 1 week ago

Freeman's Mind is such a comfort to return to every now and then. Ross has one of those Homer Simpson voices that make me feel warm and at peace just listening to.

[–] Stalinwolf@lemmy.ca 14 points 2 weeks ago* (last edited 2 weeks ago)

Fuck yeah.. I remember that guy from Operation Body Count (1994 / MS-DOS).. He was tough to take down, and melted into a Thanksgiving turkey when you finally managed. I only had the demo that let me play one level, but I played it a lot..

[–] Stalinwolf@lemmy.ca 3 points 2 weeks ago

(me calling out from the other room)

"Honey! You shouldn't have!"

[–] Stalinwolf@lemmy.ca 10 points 2 weeks ago* (last edited 2 weeks ago) (1 children)

This was my experience with poutine before and after visiting Canada. No one truly gets it until they've had it. The real stuff. Not shredded mozzarella over fries.

White cheddar cheese curds/squeakers over fries with piping hot brown gravy poured directly over.

Now I live in Canada and eat it all the time.

[–] Stalinwolf@lemmy.ca 4 points 2 weeks ago

(a spherical teaspoon of white glurp floats past)

"Wot? Wadn't me."

John, you're the only man on board..

"Don't know wot to tell ya, mate. Said it wadn't me.."

[–] Stalinwolf@lemmy.ca 5 points 2 weeks ago

"Helped me cum"

 

I'm having trouble with the audio volume in Stardew Valley mobile. With wired headphones, the audio is very loud, but if I'm using Bluetooth (and I've tried multiple pairs), the audio in that game sounds as though it's capped at 50% and it's not a comfortable experience. My physical volume is at 100% and I've checked my Earfun settings to make sure everything is as high as it can go. My old Anker Soundcore earbuds had the same issue, but enabling 3D Audio in their settings seemed to fix it. My Earfun Air Pro 4's don't appear to have that option.

What's perplexing to me is that the audio from literally any other source is perfectly loud. Spotify, YouTube, other games.. It's fine. But I boot up Stardew and it's like playing with a wax blockage in both ears. Again, this is not an issue at all if I switch to wired earbuds/headphones.

Is there any way for me to amplify volume in general, or to apply amplification specifically to that app? I feel like I've tried everything to no avail. Volume booster apps have done nothing, Androids native Sound Amplifier does nothing, and I've enabled dev tools and everything.

I'm at a loss.

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submitted 10 months ago* (last edited 10 months ago) by Stalinwolf@lemmy.ca to c/syncforlemmy@lemmy.world
 

I seem to encounter this often while using Sync, and have so for the past couple of years. Not sure why it's taken until now to ask about it. The issue is always as shown here. I'll open a post, even one that I've interacted with and have received replies, but despite my efforts I can't get it to actually display the comments. This seems to happen completely at random, and perhaps as often as 1 in 8 posts. Comments work completely fine elsewhere.

Clicking "View post" via the prompt at the bottom makes no difference.

Any ideas?

 

My daughter (5) loves to play games with me on my PC. Favorites of hers include Spyro Reignited, Untitled Goose Game, House Flipper, and Skyrim (she basically putts around whatever town I throw her in and steals from the locals' homes).

She is really into anything with simple mechanics, non-scary exploration, and minimal reading/menu navigation. Being able to go into various houses is a huge plus. She loves to snoop.

Tonight she was laughing her ass off while watching gameplay from a game called I Am Cat. I told her I'd get it for her, but unfortunately it's VR-only, and you can't strap those things to a little kid. I believe you have to be 12+ to use them safely without adverse effects on development and motor skills.

When asked just now for anything she'd like to add, she said, "Funny, happy, and beautiful!"

With all of that said, any recommendations?

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submitted 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) by Stalinwolf@lemmy.ca to c/android@lemmy.world
 

My daughter gets very limited monitored phone time on the weekends or long trips to play art and learning games. She loves to play with filters, too, but I don't want to grant her access to something like Snapchat that overly-beautifies her image and will wind up giving her a complex.

Does anyone know of any kid-friendly filter apps that will turn them into animals or make their faces look funny, without all the weird filters that are unnecessarily adult or sexy?

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