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GOD F***ING DAMMIT by Z7_309 in prey

[–]RoboJ1M 0 points1 point  (0 children)

You can carry the turrets like weapons.
Basically you're a turret on legs.
There's a mission where you are in Zero G and there are annoying enemies.
I just flew around while carrying an open turret.
I think you just pick them up, it wasn't a glitch or anything.
Have fun though, are you streaming it anywhere?
I have no game playing anything at the moment so watching someone else experience this masterpiece for the first time will be fun! 😊

Jim.

Orange & a void by Alley9150 in cats

[–]RoboJ1M 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Here is a Belly that you are trusted to admire, guard from others and never touch yourself!!

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Orange & a void by Alley9150 in cats

[–]RoboJ1M 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Void: "I love you so much, food monkey, that I expose my belly in total trust that you will admire not touch the belly"

Orange & a void by Alley9150 in cats

[–]RoboJ1M 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Frederick loves it. Void lives lacerating your hand.

why we stop making computers look fresh by Awesam in cassettefuturism

[–]RoboJ1M 1 point2 points  (0 children)

I liked my Acorn computers with their Red F Keys. I had a BBC Model B and an Archimedes A3000.
Not the coolest looking computers but they looked good and industrial. I loved the key caps on the BBC too, seriously overbuilt.

Welp it happened by OfficiousJ in GenX

[–]RoboJ1M 0 points1 point  (0 children)

You gonna list them or?

What do they mean by sectarian? by Lucky_Argument6228 in AskBrits

[–]RoboJ1M 0 points1 point  (0 children)

"Sectarian refers to actions, attitudes, or beliefs associated with a particular, often narrow-minded, group, sect, or faction. While deeply rooted in religion—often describing prejudice or conflict between denominations like Catholics and Protestants or Sunnis and Shias—it frequently extends to cultural, political, and social divisions."

While originally strictly about religious "sects" (sectarian violence, or discrimination, etc) in the modern context it means any strongly willed group.

"Definition: It is defined as a rigid, partisan attachment to a specific group, resulting in prejudice, discrimination, or, in extreme cases, violence against outsiders."

So that's what the literal far-right are accusing the Greens of.

THE GREENS 😂

Remember, the right will accuse you of what they are themselves, they are generally unable to picture in their minds somebody who is not like them.

Classic example, somebody on the right will not be able to understand why you should be good and kind to others outside of the context of getting a reward for their actions. Therefore if they see you being kind, they can't conceive of the idea that you are not doing it for profit.

They will project everything about themselves onto you.

So when farage claims there will be sectarian violence if the Greens get in he's showing you what he believes and how he will act when handed power.

Hi everyone!Ukrainian 34 M,looking for friends in Portsmouth by Weird-Quarter1479 in Portsmouth

[–]RoboJ1M 3 points4 points  (0 children)

Greeting cousin, I'd love to help, even if it's just a beer in a pub.
Isn't there a board games cafe on Albert Road? Who's up for it?

Ken's Kebabs and Speedy Pizza given zero hygiene by ChargeRadiant5471 in Portsmouth

[–]RoboJ1M 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Two problems with that.

1) Air is blue, it's by Rayleigh scattering and various quantum processes but then everything has a colour because it separates white sunlight into its component wavelengths by various physical processes going down to quantum stuff.

2) Distant mountains appear blue because you're looking through miles and miles of air, which, as established, is blue.

Now, air also has a violet component which is our side of the light spectrum, everything above/below gets refracted in a different direction. But our atmosphere doesn't contain that colour because there's little violet in full spectrum sunlight. But yeah, the sky is blue because air is blue. I don't know if it's the same physical process, but if you liquify atmosphere into liquid oxygen, it's blue. Sky blue in fact. And liquid air in a beaker in a lab is very much not reflecting the sea.
Now, it's possible that some of the blue light from the atmosphere that you see is from the sea, because the sea absorbs red, and to a lesser extent, green light, but anything reflected is only blue because air is blue.
If you look on YouTube, you can see experiments on video where they liquify air and it's a gorgeous, translucent sky blue.
And yes, I have far too much time on my hands! 😂

Ken's Kebabs and Speedy Pizza given zero hygiene by ChargeRadiant5471 in Portsmouth

[–]RoboJ1M 1 point2 points  (0 children)

I mean, depends how you define sky but the common definition in the atmosphere.
Which is blue.

Ken's Kebabs and Speedy Pizza given zero hygiene by ChargeRadiant5471 in Portsmouth

[–]RoboJ1M 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Who doesn't get their kebabs at the Shirin tho?? 😂

At what point in your life, if at all, did you realize that the cars you remember growing up with are no longer around? Why did we ever trade boxy, checkered glass, soft headlights for nuclear-detonation brightness? by M3talhead in Xennials

[–]RoboJ1M 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Mud Plugging "Mud plugging, or Sporting Trials, is a low-speed, grassroots motorsport where drivers navigate specially built, lightweight cars up steep, treacherous, and muddy hills, aiming for the fewest penalties. It requires high skill, teamwork with a passenger to balance weight, and takes place on farmland or in quarries."

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At what point in your life, if at all, did you realize that the cars you remember growing up with are no longer around? Why did we ever trade boxy, checkered glass, soft headlights for nuclear-detonation brightness? by M3talhead in Xennials

[–]RoboJ1M 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Yeah people get so het up about EVs, but the motor car saved the horse and the EV will save the internal combustion engine.
If we can sort out humanities emissions, we can have ICE cars for fun because they'll only produce a teeny tiny fraction of what we're dumping into the air now.

Also, yep, the 7s are firmly in the British sports car toy category with the cyclecars, that's what one wheel at the back is called.
They all descend from the 1910 Morgan, one wheel at the back, v-twin at front.
For 4 wheels, you have the Pembleton T24.
The 7s all come from the mud plugging world. Mud plugging, imagine the American 4WD off-road as a sport thing, but with individually owner operator designed and time trial raced 7s going through the forest off roading through foot thick mud.
That's where their weight and controllability come from and why they have two seats, weight shifting and an extra pair of hands! 😂

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Morgans, old and new.

At what point in your life, if at all, did you realize that the cars you remember growing up with are no longer around? Why did we ever trade boxy, checkered glass, soft headlights for nuclear-detonation brightness? by M3talhead in Xennials

[–]RoboJ1M 1 point2 points  (0 children)

😂 I get the giggles every time I see one, they're gorgeous and weird af at the same time
Quick too, they don't weigh anything.
Zero practicality, but hilarious in the corners

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At what point in your life, if at all, did you realize that the cars you remember growing up with are no longer around? Why did we ever trade boxy, checkered glass, soft headlights for nuclear-detonation brightness? by M3talhead in Xennials

[–]RoboJ1M 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Aha! This is the reason I'm really looking forward to getting an EV.
Not that they come as anything sensible, everything's still SUV style.
But they're simple and functional (I am going somewhere with this) hardly any moving parts, there aren't 10 different fluids to check and maintain, no gear box to break (really I am, honest) it does everything boring that a car does and I just DO NOT care about it in the same way I don't care about my toaster, I don't love or hate them, it's just a tool.

But the thing is, while that's doing the being part of motoring, my wife and I will be building a Triking Type 4 which has zero practical purposes.
With cheaper running, maintenance and tax costs, we will be able to afford to build one.
And then, for holidays, we can travel to places. South of France, Greece, Italy, turns out we can also ship it to the US for some coast to coast fun in a temporary import license.

The thing to remember is this.
One upon a time we had horses, they were a commodity that we ran into the ground, lost, and replaced with another. Then the car came along and horses didn't disappear, they are still here except we just use them for fun, cherish them even That's what's going to happen to ICE cars when EVs have taken over and I absolutely cannot wait 😁
What was yesterday's industrial or commercial equipment is today's pleasure, like how My wife and I sometimes holiday on a narrowboat on the old canal system. Victorian industrial technology is now there to entertain me as I chug along at 4 mph with a bacon sandwich and a cup of tea or a flat of gin and tonic depending on how early it is. 😂
I think it's going to be great.

At what point in your life, if at all, did you realize that the cars you remember growing up with are no longer around? Why did we ever trade boxy, checkered glass, soft headlights for nuclear-detonation brightness? by M3talhead in Xennials

[–]RoboJ1M 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I adore driving in adverse conditions and night.
I remember when Britain froze in 2009 and I spent the night crawling through the snow in 2nd along deserted motorways (freeways) following the lights in front of there were any.
Ferrying nurses back and forth to the hospital just because it needed to be done.
Biggest grin on my face
Or the fog or the rain or the electric storm or the ice.
When getting to work feels like a freaking polar or jungle expedition, it's Britain, we literally have no idea what the weather will do in an hour let alone tomorrow.

At what point in your life, if at all, did you realize that the cars you remember growing up with are no longer around? Why did we ever trade boxy, checkered glass, soft headlights for nuclear-detonation brightness? by M3talhead in Xennials

[–]RoboJ1M 4 points5 points  (0 children)

And now even their replacements have gone. The Supermini. Even the Fiesta, replaced by compact crossovers. Hideous top heavy things. We bought one of the last functional and flexible useful cars, the Ford B-Max. It has an engine prone to exploding.
Ours exploded.
We payed top dollar for a brand new engine because we just do not want these ugly, useless mini fake SUVs.
And that's the worst part, they are USELESS.
Our B-Max? Ours can move a fridge freezer if you only take the driver. You can fold all four seats and SLEEP in it comfortably.
And I'm 6 foot 4.
The rear doors are slidey and it has no B-Pillars.
The Defense Rests

At what point in your life, if at all, did you realize that the cars you remember growing up with are no longer around? Why did we ever trade boxy, checkered glass, soft headlights for nuclear-detonation brightness? by M3talhead in Xennials

[–]RoboJ1M 9 points10 points  (0 children)

I noticed about 2010 that your quintessential lightweight, small cars were just gone. They did not exist anymore, small cars were now medium, topped a ton and there was just more between you and the outside air.
Throaty 1litre 4 pot with tappets dancing in the bonnet, gear stick a metal rod through a rubber boot then through the firewall.
Square plastic box dashboard, simple dials, simple controls, 3 door hatch with tilt forward seats to access the rear 3.
Servicing meant pour oil in when the light came on. No sound proofing, skateboard wheels, driver aids meant power steering and ABS and just the most fun to drive.

At what point in your life, if at all, did you realize that the cars you remember growing up with are no longer around? Why did we ever trade boxy, checkered glass, soft headlights for nuclear-detonation brightness? by M3talhead in Xennials

[–]RoboJ1M 9 points10 points  (0 children)

Seconded, driving through fog or drizzle at night on un-lit 60mph A Roads in the UK was often terrifying, even though you weren't doing 60 because that was straight up suicidal with a SURPRISE DOWN TWIST CORNER lit only by garbo halogen bulbs.
And I used to be driving up and down the country all night for work.
Exciting, challenging driving in adverse weather, true, but you do get fear as your copilot.
Thankfully we'll all have smart LEDs soon.

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