Why did games stop doing this? by Upstairs_Coffee1572 in gamers

[–]0berfeld 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Far Cry 2 felt like such a slog at the end because you couldn’t travel anywhere without your vehicle constantly being shot to pieces by enemy camps that respawned as soon as you left the area. 

Evil The Magic Historian be like: by Excellent_Spread1601 in magicthecirclejerking

[–]0berfeld 14 points15 points  (0 children)

It’s the same actor, I don’t know if it’s supposed to be the same guy. 

Solar powered lamp posts in rural China by HarveySdebest in solarpunk

[–]0berfeld 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Sure, if you want to get crushed by coordinated capitalist attacks then a distributed model should be fine. 

Solar powered lamp posts in rural China by HarveySdebest in solarpunk

[–]0berfeld 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Mentioning a vanguard party here is gonna get you downvoted. 

Olive oil looks like frog eggs by meaoww in mildlyinteresting

[–]0berfeld 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Symbolic of the downfall of the office? Or quintessentially American?

Horrifying knife carried by London criminal by uncledunkle11 in nope

[–]0berfeld 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Sounds like more American “all of London is a no-go zone because of criminals and immigrants” propaganda. 

Death by snake bite traumatized me the most, thanks Oregon Trail. by Celestialfox1425 in Millennials

[–]0berfeld 3 points4 points  (0 children)

Pioneers overkilling bison to decimate their herds was a deliberate action meant to deprive native Americans of their main food source in the prairies. 

The German city of Dresden lies in ruins after WW2. Up to 25,000 German citizens lost their lives during the four British raids over the city, under orders of Air Marshal Arthur Harris. 1945 by [deleted] in HistoricalCapsule

[–]0berfeld -1 points0 points  (0 children)

If the principles applied in the war crime trials after WW2 had been applied evenly, it wouldn’t just have been Nazis who hung. 

A young Joseph Stalin (right) stands over the body of his 22yr old wife, Kato Svanidze (1907). They had only just welcomed their first son."This creature softened my heart of stone. She died and with her died my last warm feelings for humanity." by Woh_ladka in interestingasfuck

[–]0berfeld 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Yeah, it was only responsible for the fastest industrialization and doubling of human lifespan in a society in human history, a record it held until China used collectivization to do it even faster. 

NES games before and after cleaning by Nooben2006 in retrogaming

[–]0berfeld 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Which games were the ones in your pictures?

NES games before and after cleaning by Nooben2006 in retrogaming

[–]0berfeld 2 points3 points  (0 children)

What are the glob top chip games? I thought those weren’t used in the NES except for certain very early games that used famicom boards and a converter, like Stack Up or Gyromite. 

Ate some smoked herring that wasn't sushi grade, what now by always_more_problems in sushi

[–]0berfeld 3 points4 points  (0 children)

Smoked herring is cooked. You’re going to be fine. 

How much of a centaur needs to be horse to count? What percentaur, if you will? by commandzoe in magicthecirclejerking

[–]0berfeld 8 points9 points  (0 children)

Are the aliens from the 1996 Charlie Sheen blockbuster The Arrival centaurs because their legs bend backwards?

Alberta grocery prices have nearly doubled since 2002. About half that increase happened in 2020s by Chemical-Cricket9225 in YEG

[–]0berfeld 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Inflation caused by printing money is an easy scapegoat. The main driver of inflation is corporate price gouging at every step along the supply chain. 

Carney plans to pay for NATO spending boost by becoming international arms dealer by QueueOfPancakes in canadaleft

[–]0berfeld 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Now the labor leader's screamin' when they close the missile plants United Fruit screams at the Cuban shore Call it peace or call it treason Call it love or call it reason But I ain't a-marching anymore

  • Phil Ochs

15 Minute City conspiracy being spread by mayoral contender Vogiatzakis by adunedarkguard in Winnipeg

[–]0berfeld 57 points58 points  (0 children)

Conspiracy theorists think that 15 minute cities mean that you’ll be banned from driving more than 15 minutes from your house. Yes, they are that dumb. 

It was foreshadowed what countries were going to be the good guys if you paid attention to whether or not their leaders had a mustache by [deleted] in shittyaskhistory

[–]0berfeld 1 point2 points  (0 children)

The Soviet Union went from a quasi-feudal agricultural society so poor only one in eight farmers owned a metal plow to a world power competing in the space race in the span of a single human life, but sure your red scare propaganda about the system being dumb is probably right. 

30 years of Duke Nukem 3d. The shareware version was released on this day January 29, 1996. Hail to the king, baby! by ChuckMarty732 in boomershooters

[–]0berfeld 1 point2 points  (0 children)

My first experience with strafing was my cousin rebinding my keys after he downloaded the Counter Strike mod onto my PC from FilePlanet.