Don’t forget, Madame Web was this year too.

“One of a kind”

Thank goodness.

A couple of these are interesting, but for my own sanity I have to refuse to accept most are commonly believed at all. Some are myths either way, like Satan ruling Hell or not isn’t real so it’s kind of a strange thing to include. I think the only one that really surprised me is the banana tree one, which is some interesting trivia but is so pedantic that if someone said that to me in person I’d just want to leave the room.

There are definitely times when it seems like he’s had a hit of something during commercial breaks. He’s often drunk on air (and drinks during the show) so it’s certainly possible.

Edit: I just listened, he’s drunk on air during this episode. And the headline is a quote from Steve Bannon, bit misleading.

Out of curiosity, in which parts of Australia is the V sign insulting? I’d only recognise it as an insult because I grew up watching British sitcoms, I’ve never seen it used that way in person.

Core 90s, second row

Just don’t turn the tap on full blast and it’s fine. You just want cool flowing water to soothe the burn, you’re not trying to clean it or anything.

It’s too blurry to see what year this was, but we’re currently taught (in Australia) not to do the Heimlich manoeuvre. Also that if you’re doing CPR alone don’t bother with the breaths, the chest compressions are more important - only do breaths with a second person so you can keep compressions going uninterrupted.

A cool guide to survive bee attacks - hard mode

“After” profits tumble? We haven’t even had a chance to buy FF16 or Rebirth yet, and if they’re like Remake there’ll still be a year to wait for it to get off Epic and onto Steam. Just sell us the damn game if you want money.

Insects are a “halal no-no” but there’s an insect in the halal box. Is that a mistake or another of those justifications like beavers being seafood?

I was in a similar position. I’ve at least tried almost all of the games since Demon’s Souls on PS3 (plus a few other Soulslikes like Surge 2 & Last Remnant [edit: Last Remnant is something else entirely, i dunno. It was something like that]) and I could never get into them. Elden Ring especially is exactly the kind of world I love in games and I wanted so much to enioy it. It took a handful of 10-15-hour attempts over nearly two years before it finally clicked with me and I started really getting into it back in December. I got the platinum last week and then started Sekiro for the first time a few days ago, so let’s see how that goes.

My advice, if you can’t get into it give it a few months then take another honest crack at it. If you don’t enjoy yourself that’s fine, just try again next time you start thinking about the game, but if that switch finally flicks on you can clear your schedule for the next fortnight.

Throw in a little sweet chilli aioli or something to dip it in and I’d be happy with that, it looks like a pretty satisfying crust.

I’ve had several people comment on the way I tie my shoelaces. I can’t even remember how to do it the “normal” way, but I use that knot that takes about half a second where you make both loops at once and pull them through each other.

While you’re right that you can befriend them and they’ll remember you, our magpies aren’t corvids afaik. I used to bring plain cashews as part of my lunch and the local magpies were obsessed with them. There was one that would run along behind me whenever I walked outside, and she even followed me into buildings a few times.

On the Connect app on mobile I get

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I could copy it into Firefox easily enough, but if they don’t want me looking at their site then I won’t 🤷‍♀️

Jesus, adblock detectors are one thing, but news sites are even blocking private mode now. People not reading past headlines is enough of a problem already without it being enforced.

Stuff+ generally always has a Prison Architect and one other game series going, then does one-shot videos of random indie stuff in between. He’s also not loud and annoying the way youtube gamers tend to be and doesn’t have a webcam feed covering a quarter of the screen, it’s just about the games.

Ok, but “if you have one already” is pretty easy to deal with. Put it on the shopping list now and get as many as you think you’ll need next time you go shopping, done. You’re free to get takeaway - I don’t care, it’s none of my business and you don’t need to make excuses - but if that’s the problem it’s hardly an insurmountable obstacle.

As someone who has exclusively worked nights for the last 6 years, I have never needed a shitty pizza at 3am. I’d go with frozen pizzas over dominos any day.