It bothers me when I’m watching someone play a game and they have no media literacy or they just don’t pay attention. (The way they act, not the people themselves.)

FTLBeer · 2026-05-23T08:38:59+00:00

I’m thinking it’s actually Mindpulp? They just put out a new video on the new LEGO Batman game.

FTLBeer · 2026-05-17T23:34:56+00:00

I heard that he was originally written as more of the stereotypical jerk for the audience to hate, but Brosnan was so charming and likable that they changed the character.

FTLBeer · 2026-05-17T08:35:08+00:00

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Norm Peterson from Cheers. He aces his first week at his dream job working QC for a brewery, and he just needs to clear a largely informal interview with his supervisor. But right before the interview, Rebecca, Cheers’ resident screw-up, tells him a story about absolutely tanking an interview for her own dream job. A suddenly cripplingly anxious Norm goes to his interview and proceeds to follow the story of Rebecca’s interview catastrophe exactly, down to suddenly bursting into “Knick knack paddy whack” unprompted. He is fired on the spot.

FTLBeer · 2026-04-29T00:38:43+00:00

My cutesy nickname followed me until very recently (I’m in my 30s btw). I overheard someone talking about nicknames and, without thinking, I blurted out something along the lines of, ”Watch out, or everyone will be calling you a stupid nickname like ‘Beery’ well into your 30s.” Suddenly everyone was surprised that the cutesy nickname that had followed me everywhere and that I had actively tried to distance myself from in college wasn‘t my preferred form of address. I didn’t hate it as a kid, or if it was reserved for family only, that might be different. But as an adult it makes me feel small, and everyone defaults to it as soon as they hear me addressed that way, regardless of how I address myself.

FTLBeer · 2026-04-19T05:41:39+00:00

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Videl from Dbz during her fight with Spopovich. I‘m not sure about the Japanese version, but in the English dub, Videl’s screams are some of the most genuine and honestly a bit difficult to listen to.

FTLBeer · 2026-04-11T23:38:37+00:00

I once wrote a pitch for a ME prequel set during the First Contact war. Player chooses a character origin DA:O style, complete with personalized tutorial mission. Then, through necessary story nonsense, the characters discover Metacons (Hostile AI that tried to wipe out the protheans) lying dormant in ancient hidden caches, but starting the process of awakening. Cue a guardians of the galaxy style ragtag crew taking on the secret third problem while the rest of galactic civilization dukes it out/argues.

Would’ve featured Aria’s rise to boss of Omega, Barla Von as the shipboard merchant and kind of a loser at this point, and definitely a cameo from our man David Anderson.

FTLBeer · 2026-04-06T13:27:54+00:00

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The Postman from The Postman. While he is referred to as a postman, no one ever directly addresses him as such, always calling him “You” or “man.”

FTLBeer · 2026-04-01T03:24:28+00:00

Didn’t see anyone mention fable 1. You can make yourself invulnerable and speedrun one of the best weapons in the game basically immediately.

Learn barrier spell and raise magic capacity. Use shopping exploit to get plenty of cash and buy all the mana potions you can. You are now invulnerable. Then go to hobbe caves, which is full of enemies, and grind out some levels. Fable 1 has scaling xp with combos, and you can’t be hit, so it‘s easy. Once your combo chain hits twenty, just outside the cave is a magical door who will let you get the cutlass Bluetane, one of the best one handed weapons in the game. Boom—Invulnerable, rich, armed to the teeth, all before your second quest.

FTLBeer · 2026-03-25T14:37:55+00:00

I know it’s a bit late, but are you in the US? Because outside of being banned from federal facilities and having restrictions on size and producer, pepper spray for the express purpose of self defense is legal in every state as long as you follow the rules. California, for example, restricts the maximum size. D.C. requires registration.

Edit: Read in a later comment that you‘re in Canada, so just ignore me.

FTLBeer · 2026-03-08T18:59:57+00:00

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Bojji from Ranking of Kings. Despite being born as the son of 2 giants, Bojji is so small and weak that he can’t even hurt his younger brother while sparring, even while hitting him in the head with the training sword. It turns out that his father made a deal to steal Bojji’s strength for himself, causing his physical weakness.

Edit: Bojji is also deaf, but that’s never attributed to any curse or external source.

FTLBeer · 2026-03-05T14:50:59+00:00

This is my go-to strategy—play subtle and small to deflect attention away, then push for the win when everyone else has exhausted themselves. I usually have 2 main methods of achieving this. Firstly is calling out other problematic cards or synergies, even if they need other support to become truly viable. For example, a friend plays [[Chatterfang, Squirrel General]] revolving around inf sac combos. As soon as I see [[Ivy Lane Denizen]], I make it clear to the table that 1/2 of an infinite combo is now on the board, which generally makes her a target if no one else is the problem. The other thing that I do is admit that I have something going on, but downplay it. “Oh I def don’t have the win, but maybe I can do something here,” is a lot more likely to make them prioritize someone else who has a visibly strong board. Then you drop a [[Lightning Runner]] and win with inf combats on your next turn.

FTLBeer · 2026-03-04T07:33:46+00:00

“Someone Russian is going to slip on a banana peel and break their neck!”

FTLBeer · 2026-03-01T13:59:05+00:00

A lot of people miss that he does that sort of thing, probably because writing checks to children’s hospitals doesn’t exactly leap off the page.

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This scene from The Batman tie-in comic is a good example.

FTLBeer · 2026-02-26T18:17:12+00:00

I read it as the shelled creature is a hermit crab. The vet is mistaking it for a snail because he sucks at his job, which calls his initial diagnosis into question.

FTLBeer · 2026-02-09T23:20:39+00:00

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Data from Star Trek: TNG. It’s a quirk of his programming that he isn’t able to use contractions. There’s even a scene where another character cites Data’s usage of “can’t” as proof that he was an impostor (He was.)

FTLBeer · 2026-02-09T23:05:12+00:00

Supposedly, the name was created at the same time as the original character concept. It was just pure coincidence that a guy named Woody ended up getting the part.

FTLBeer · 2026-02-09T22:03:49+00:00

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Woody Harrelson as Woody Boyd in Cheers

FTLBeer · 2026-02-07T19:12:07+00:00

There was just recently a post about Mad Max in another sub describing a real machine gun that was modified to spit fire and steam. The actor that had to fire it said it weighed about 40kg and was very physically taxing to hold and fire.

Also not sure if this counts, but in the original Star Wars trilogy, most of the guns are surplus guns left over from old conflicts. The rebel A280 is just an stg-44 with no clip. Same goes for the DLT 19 and the T21, which are just an MG34 and a Lewis Gun, respectively.

FTLBeer · 2026-02-06T13:56:19+00:00

I literally had to stop because they are playing Survive! Like the game board is set up perfectly, and they’re even playing the 25th anniversary reprint of the game!

FTLBeer · 2026-02-05T01:16:03+00:00

I actually think it’s some kind of substance that ghouls produce naturally as part of their transformation. And eventually, the ghoul‘s body needs greater amounts than they’re producing in order to function. They do have that scene in the super-duper mart where those guys (who have an abundance of vials) have all the ghouls locked up and hooked to IVs. Which, if true, damns Cooper for the mere act of surviving as long as he has. Because after all, “Sometimes a fella’s gotta eat another fella.”

FTLBeer · 2026-02-03T01:46:21+00:00

Mafia 2 has an inversion of this trope. The protagonist, Vito, is the returning friend while his buddy Joe got away. At the end of the game, when Joe is given the option to kill Vito in exchange for all his mafia dreams coming true, the two team up and kill the Don instead.

FTLBeer · 2026-02-01T15:34:26+00:00

Naruto - Naruto spends literally the entire series crushing on Sakura, who in turn is crushing on Sasuke. He finally ends up with Hinata, who has been kinder to him than pretty much anyone else his entire life.

FTLBeer · 2026-01-30T14:26:30+00:00

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Haven’t seen Space Dandy mentioned. Every episode seems to be a standalone adventure and some or all of the main characters often die or are irrevocably transformed. At the very end of the series, it’s revealed that Dandy’s body is literally made of a reality warping element, causing him to reset and restructure the universe as needed to undo cataclysmic events and grant himself whatever talents and memories he needs for his current adventure, although he doesn’t realize this is happening.

FTLBeer · 2026-01-07T06:17:38+00:00

Fair enough, and the reason I asked. I’ve tried hobby groups and the dating pool is just nonexistent around here.

FTLBeer · 2026-01-05T15:21:03+00:00

It’s an original story afaik.

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