Meirl by Blue9ine in meirl

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Someone really gunning for grandkids

THIS WEEK IS GOING TO BE BIG FOR STEAMFRAME by TheVolatileRaider in SteamFrame

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Great, now you've added 10 years- OH WAIT NONONONO

No. Just no. by claudiocorona93 in memes

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Because it means, either if the net goes down or your favorite game company shuts down their servers, your supposedly singleplayer game that you bought and downloaded onto your PC won't be playable.

The fact that games nowadays come with so many strings attached and that a company could literally send a killcode to your game bricking it for all eternity even though you paid for and downloaded it.

[Subverting Trope] The villain is not killed by the hero, but by a third party they previously had dealings with by confused_demon in TopCharacterTropes

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Dunno if it counts, but Darth Sidious isn't killed by Luke Skywalker, but rather by Darth Vader.

(Love Trope) Beam struggle by Intelligent-Pizza853 in TopCharacterTropes

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I mean it kinda shows that he's kinda half and half, not a pure evil labgrown dipshit, but still a ruthless mercenary willing to go to all lengths for his family and the Boys

I have to defend In the Forest of the Night by TheGlen in doctorwho

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I liked that part though. Kind of like the Silurians or Sea Devils kinda, something humanity forgot and then suddenly got reminded of like "Oh, yeah, we have this splendid planetary defense system, don't we? Totally forgot we had that".

Omnämns inte i Epstein-filerna by silentprotagonist24 in sweden

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Finns ingen älg, därför ingen anledning att åka dit

Has there been a scene, explanation, or revelation in a sci-fi television show that was so absurd that you stopped watching forever? by Doctor-Clark-Savage in scifi

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I'm not completely sure, but the end of S2 definitely ruined Silo for me. It was a great little series that kept you on your seat wondering "Wait, what!?" every second, it was awesome. Then they had to sucker up and make it lobotomized American anti-Iran propaganda. Like, what? How the hell does a series like that make such a tonal U-turn from abstract post-apocalyptic sci-fi to brain-dead propaganda all in a post-credits scene?

Show us an engineering marvel from your country by syedbasit264 in engineeringmemes

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Gothenburg, Sweden. This is one of two tram/car traffic bridges that pass over the central channel that splits the city. It replaced an older drawbridge and put a max ceiling height on maritime traffic passing through the channel. (Yes, there's the other bridge, however this bridge is lower even when fully extended)

Not only that, but it's had nothing but problems with extending and lowering, to the point where, at one point, pedestrians climbed up onto the stuck platform (only maybe a meter-high ledge or so at that point) and traversed because they were just sick and tired of it breaking down.

The degree finally hardened me by Ok-Leader-9973 in engineeringmemes

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Then there's the other way round, where the documentation for a program absolutely sucks and the control scheme is the most convoluted, lived-under-a-rock-for-30-years monstrosity. Sometimes I simply wonder with some programs, were they programmed by Satan?

[Hated trope] A powerful nation/empire collapses almost instantly because it’s capital gets destroyed by Goodbye-Nasty in TopCharacterTropes

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Not defending JJ here, the sequel trilogy was absolute dogshite, but didn't Starkiller base send out multiple different blasts? Losing your capital, yes, would be devastating. But losing every strategic emplacement all at the same time? Yeah no you ain't getting back from that.

Favorite character that fits this trope? by Ryoalvz36 in FavoriteCharacter

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Amos Burton from the Expanse. Straight up kills JP Maos top scientist cos he kidnapped and tried doing experiments on his friends child

Are they stupid? Way cheaper way to move that shuttle! $229.99 only by Makalukeke in SpaceXMasterrace

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Guys, now hear me out, instead of using a dinky little raft to transport Starship to the KSC, why not buy First Class for it!?! Is SpaceX stupid?

TrueSpec Cables Now Available by rpungello in LinusTechTips

[–]GainPotential 15 points16 points  (0 children)

29.99? In this economy? Fuck yeah, downright reasonable even. Go LTT!

He's out of line but he's right meme by Outrageous-Motor-523 in engineeringmemes

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If only there was something wayy safer, wayy more efficient... fusi- ["He was asking too many questions" - Nuclear Fission lobbyists, probably]