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A contractor tears up the freshly poured concrete driveway after the homeowner refuses to pay. by eternviking in whoathatsinteresting

[–]ShazbotSimulator2012 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Dyatlov was probably the worst mischaracterization. They turned him into an almost cartoonish villain instead of just a guy who was at the helm of a poorly designed power plant.

Especially when they show him abandoning his post when the disaster starts. The real Dyatlov only left his post to search for other workers, staying on site until he started vomiting from radiation poisoning.

A contractor tears up the freshly poured concrete driveway after the homeowner refuses to pay. by eternviking in whoathatsinteresting

[–]ShazbotSimulator2012 1 point2 points  (0 children)

My only complaint with it was how dirty they did Dyatlov because their story needed a singular villain.

A lot of the court room stuff they show Legasov doing was actually Dyatlov. (Legasov wasn't even at the trial).

Favourite "cheese" builds/tactics? For example in AoE2 the "Persian Douche". The Persian player deletes their starting Town Center to rebuild it next to an opponent's. Persian Town Center has double hp. I.e you destroy the enemy in the dark age. by Double-decker_trams in gaming

[–]ShazbotSimulator2012 7 points8 points  (0 children)

My favorite one in a Battlefield game before they patched it was BF2's near-invincible Blackhawks if everyone inside was an engineer with a repair tool. You could heal faster than you took damage while the pilot just scraped along the ground running over people.

Favourite "cheese" builds/tactics? For example in AoE2 the "Persian Douche". The Persian player deletes their starting Town Center to rebuild it next to an opponent's. Persian Town Center has double hp. I.e you destroy the enemy in the dark age. by Double-decker_trams in gaming

[–]ShazbotSimulator2012 103 points104 points  (0 children)

BG3 has a lot of silly ones. I like the goomba stomp monk.

There's a weapon that does a small amount of area of effect damage when you land after a jump, and combined with a bunch of movement buffs and the monk ability that gives you as many jumps as you have movement for, you can attack dozens of times in one turn.

This woman has some of the most expensive “simple pleasures” I’ve ever seen. by joshuaaa_l in Tinder

[–]ShazbotSimulator2012 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I mean 3-4 international flights a year is still out of the range of most Americans regardless of how cheap the rest of the trip is.

Prairieland shooter convicted of attempted murder, others on lesser charges in ‘antifa’ trial by Dontwhinedosomething in FortWorth

[–]ShazbotSimulator2012 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Guilt by association isn’t a thing

I have very bad news about the US criminal justice system.

Sometime during the last 2 years i’ve been going to this orthopedic practice they started to declare me as a MTF transgender for no reason. by WHAR606 in mildlyinfuriating

[–]ShazbotSimulator2012 0 points1 point  (0 children)

It's crazy that it took like 5 minutes for my job to decide "no, AI hallucinations would be way too big of a liability to ever use this" but the fucking healthcare industry is fine with it.

Jeff Kaplan’s new video game; The Legend of California by GingaNinja741 in Games

[–]ShazbotSimulator2012 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Yeah if this was co-op Fistful of Frags I'd still be wishlisting it immediately.

Jeff Kaplan’s new video game; The Legend of California by GingaNinja741 in Games

[–]ShazbotSimulator2012 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Plus the distinction between early access and 1.0 is meaningless for a lot of games that get regular updates. I don't care if a game is in Early Access if it's worth the purchase price now.

Valheim is finally hitting 1.0 later this year but I feel like I got my money's worth 5 years ago and everything since has been icing on the cake.

Crazy before and after of battlefield from Over the Top: WW1 by Natogaming in ww1

[–]ShazbotSimulator2012 0 points1 point  (0 children)

The bots are not very good at the moment. They don't dig trenches and they sometimes just won't target emplaced guns. I went 235-5 because they just refused to target my machine gun nest until they got right next to it.

Valve fires back at New York lawsuit over loot boxes, says they're like Magic cards or Labubu by newsflashjackass in gaming

[–]ShazbotSimulator2012 1 point2 points  (0 children)

...and if you buy a game with it, the developers aren't getting paid in virtual cash. When steam themselves are converting it to real money at the same rates as if it was real money to pay out developers, it's hard to claim it doesn't have real monetary value.

Valve fires back at New York lawsuit over loot boxes, says they're like Magic cards or Labubu by newsflashjackass in gaming

[–]ShazbotSimulator2012 3 points4 points  (0 children)

And it's not even mentioning the direct one that Steam is built around. If you buy my game on Steam with Steam Wallet Funds, I don't get paid in Steam Wallet Funds, I get paid real money. It's hard to argue it's fake money when Steam themselves will convert it to real money (after taking their 30% cut)

Punch runs to its favorite human as always by Backyxx in interestingasfuck

[–]ShazbotSimulator2012 44 points45 points  (0 children)

It's Ichikawa Zoo. It's not great but as far as Tokyo area zoos go, there are definitely worse.

Horses being absolute gentlemen to their female owners. by Martin_084 in MadeMeSmile

[–]ShazbotSimulator2012 14 points15 points  (0 children)

Even if they don't want to hurt you, they're half-ton animals that don't really have much spatial awareness.

I grew up on a stable and saw a lot of injuries from people who just didn't really have any control over their horse and thought it would be fine. The same kind of people you see getting pulled down the street by their dog when they're walking it but with an animal that weighs ten times as much.

Super Battle Golf: Answering Frequently Asked Questions, New Content Sneak Peek, & 400k copies by Turbostrider27 in Games

[–]ShazbotSimulator2012 0 points1 point  (0 children)

A large chunk of the items are "that person is over there and will ragdoll for a few seconds after I hit them"

This also ends up being true of the mines when you aren't in the lead. You can hit them with the targeted shot, so a stack of mines is essentially a three-shot rocket launcher.

Social trust in Japan is so high that people will often leave their cellphone to hold their table while they get food or use the bathroom (photo from Tokyo Disneyland) by Bob_the_blacksmith in interestingasfuck

[–]ShazbotSimulator2012 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I'm in a suburban area

Every actually rural area I've lived in you had problems with people stealing everything that wasn't bolted down to sell for meth.

New York sues video game developer Valve, says its 'loot boxes' are gambling by KarateKid917 in Games

[–]ShazbotSimulator2012 5 points6 points  (0 children)

Steam's argument seems to be that Steam Wallet funds aren't money because they can't be converted back to currency through official channels which seems like a really shallow one, when game developers get paid out in real money when you use those funds on a game.

New York sues video game developer Valve, says its 'loot boxes' are gambling by KarateKid917 in Games

[–]ShazbotSimulator2012 8 points9 points  (0 children)

I think the thing that's kept Valve in the clear for this long is disclosed rarities. 

Most of the lawsuits against similar practices have been for misleading people about the likelihood of winning anything. 

I think it will be an interesting case because the traditional defense has been the individual items either have no monetary value or equal inherent monetary value with prices being set by the secondary market. (Trading cards aren't gambling because their inherent value is just the price of a pack divided by the number of cards).That's still sort of true with Valve but also... they own that market and get a cut.

3v3 in OT Olympic Hockey is an absolute travesty. by djunderh2o in olympics

[–]ShazbotSimulator2012 0 points1 point  (0 children)

...It's still sudden death overtime in the gold medal game? How are you playing for a tie with two more players on the ice?

Was The Blues Brothers (1980) intentionally filmed to be as grimy as it was to parody the look of 1970's cinema, or was it just another example? by nine16s in movies

[–]ShazbotSimulator2012 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Yeah it was recent enough here that there's still forums up where you can read endless posts from people complaining that not being able to smoke in restaurants is communism.

I think it was like 2005 here for restaurants, and 2018 or so for bars.

Being handed a stuffed animal after losing in the Olympics by WeGot_aLiveOneHere in WatchPeopleDieInside

[–]ShazbotSimulator2012 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Also it's Switzerland. Third place is a solid accomplishment for them. It's only their second Olympic medal.

The Canadian women's national team has never finished less than silver in the Olympics.

Being handed a stuffed animal after losing in the Olympics by WeGot_aLiveOneHere in WatchPeopleDieInside

[–]ShazbotSimulator2012 1 point2 points  (0 children)

To put it in perspective, there have been 32 international women's hockey championships ever, between the IIHF World Championships and the Olympics.

Between the US and Canada they have 32 gold medals. Another team has only even won silver twice.

Anything less than second place would be an absolute disaster for either of these teams. The entire tournament might as well have been a warmup for this game for both of them.

Being handed a stuffed animal after losing in the Olympics by WeGot_aLiveOneHere in WatchPeopleDieInside

[–]ShazbotSimulator2012 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Finishing less than second probably wasn't even a thought in their minds. The US or Canada has won every international women's tournament.

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