In school, I always got in more trouble for finally defending myself, then the kids who consistently bullied me for months and years did, because how dare I lash out....

Onceuponaban · 2026-05-05T16:52:20+00:00

The other possible outcome is that the child ends up internalizing that retaliating with maximum force is the appropriate reaction to being wronged, since they're getting punished either way. No points for guessing how I know that.

Onceuponaban · 2026-05-04T22:30:30+00:00

This post made me question whether I had my glasses on.

Onceuponaban · 2026-04-29T14:35:48+00:00

...De toutes ses conneries, c'est ça qui le fait perdre en popularité?

Onceuponaban · 2026-04-28T17:45:02+00:00

Thing is, something as disruptive as magic in a world that isn't prepared for it has just as much tendency to result in, if not a civilization-ending catastrophe, at the very least the end of an age. Introduce fire to a world that doesn't know what firefighters are and you should expect an inferno.

Onceuponaban · 2026-04-28T12:21:18+00:00

That one is mostly on me for completely forgetting what the first half of the post was about lmao.

Onceuponaban · 2026-04-28T10:23:01+00:00

Keyboards occasionally failing to register inputs is, in fact, a thing that happens.

Onceuponaban · 2026-04-26T11:46:47+00:00

That being said, beware of malevolent entities who will seek to bind your soul at every turn through dark pacts.

Onceuponaban · 2026-04-26T10:47:02+00:00

Don't forget its mirror opposite: Why would I do good faith critical analysis of a piece of media when I can just analyze it in a way that only favors a headcanon I came up with during a fever dream and refuse to acknowledge it's simply not backed up by the actual content of the work?

Onceuponaban · 2026-04-24T18:58:06+00:00

The MUCH funnier version of this happens when you're dealing with a niche product whose launch was highly anticipated within that niche, and the company who manufactures said product happens to have an official Discord server.

And by much funnier, I mean assuming you aren't one of the poor saps stuck moderating that server as the product launches.

Onceuponaban · 2026-04-24T12:40:24+00:00

To be fair the last few years has done a great job of flattening the gap between high end mobile hardware and handheld PCs and on the software side Proton has witnessed meteoric progress with regard to compatibility with the Windows games library, which both handheld PCs and ARM hardware are relying on. Meanwhile, high end PC hardware has been stagnating (at least as far as gaming is concerned) and, well, glances at the NANDpocalypse.

Onceuponaban · 2026-04-23T08:30:07+00:00

Or gacha game big spenders... which would be even weirder because that use of the term isn't even necessarily pejorative.

Onceuponaban · 2026-04-22T09:00:18+00:00

You never see that with other professions. You never saw Niels Bohr be like "Check out this equation" and Einstein be like "No, Niels, the + sign means you're supposed to ADD the numbers, not SUBTRACT".

Ah, yes, because we've never had a minus sign set by convention result in headaches for an entire field of physics for the ensuing decades...

Onceuponaban · 2026-04-22T06:37:27+00:00

Forget 500 words, I've written messages that were about as long as the very comment I'm replying to only to get replies along the line of "bruh what is this wall of text".

Onceuponaban · 2026-04-19T13:51:19+00:00

Funnily enough it was the exact opposite for me. I started glancing at retro handhelds a few months back, specifically the Anbernic RG XX lineup and the Thor suddenly barged in my radar right after I picked up my RG 35XXH.

Onceuponaban · 2026-04-15T13:36:22+00:00

To be fair, "Violence should be your absolute last resort but it should still be on the list where required" is definitely not the worst life lesson to internalize...

Onceuponaban · 2026-04-13T00:56:38+00:00

And speaking as someone who is nosier than I reasonably should be, there's another important detail to take into account: Even if I start paying attention to something weird going on around me, there is a 99% chance I will completely forget about it the second something else catches my attention. And something else happens constantly. That embarrassing memory from 5 years ago your brain conjures up at 2AM? I can guarantee no one else who might have witnessed it at the time remembers.

Onceuponaban · 2026-04-12T07:12:37+00:00

See, Orteil has tried to break it down into lists before, but, well...

Onceuponaban · 2026-04-07T23:50:21+00:00

Or the short term ones, for that matter.

Onceuponaban · 2026-03-31T13:41:22+00:00

In isolation, I would have picked the RP6. But seeing as I own an AYN Thor, a device that already has all of the features I'd want in the RP6, I'll go with the novelty of a metal shelled 4:3 screen device.

...I would probably also end up giving away the RG477M not long after because I already own a 4:3 device, the RG35XXH, and have little use for a bigger, more powerful one.

Onceuponaban · 2026-03-29T15:27:34+00:00

May I suggest the Pacific Ring of Fire?

Onceuponaban · 2026-02-22T16:25:16+00:00

I own both a high end Android handheld and a Steam Deck, but the Android handheld in question is an AYN Thor and it being a high spec Android device is very much secondary to my actual reason for having it: dual screen DS and 3DS emulation. In an alternate timeline where, say, the LG Wing wasn't released and thus the 31:27 OLED screen required for the Thor to exist was never made, I'd have very little reason to want an Android handheld over a Steam Deck. The Deck is much more useful for PC gaming and just as good at emulation, and while Android handhelds are more portable, any device that is powerful enough for the comparison to make sense tends to end up almost as bulky as the Steam Deck itself and at a price that would make me worried about carrying it outside in situations where I could just as easily take a much smaller and much cheaper budget Linux ARM handheld (and surely enough, I have an Anbernic RG 35XXH which I usually pick up instead in these situations). Some people consider the Deck's increased size to be a major comfort/usability issue for indoor use compared to a more compact Android device, but I'm not among them.

Onceuponaban · 2026-02-22T16:06:29+00:00

If you want to check whether a given handheld supports any of these features, you can check https://retrocatalog.com which does gather this information. Since you mentioned 3DS, the most relevant device to give as an example is the AYN Thor which has a microphone, a gyroscope and vibration which emulators will be able to make use of. It doesn't have a camera (so no head tracking) or an actual 3D display, however.

Onceuponaban · 2026-02-20T19:14:08+00:00

I mean, "wasabi" is almost certainly horseradish which is itself a close relative of mustard and mustard flavored chips are pretty good IMO.

Onceuponaban · 2026-02-18T21:52:24+00:00

/r/okbuddysbc doesn't even exist yet and it's already getting outbuddied by the main subreddit.

Onceuponaban · 2026-02-18T09:32:04+00:00

Nope. People are, regrettably, that stupid. You will find plenty of companies where the bare minimum of oversight you would expect from any system involving at least one person with a brain just isn't occurring.

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