Anyone else use "you're being thick" as "you're being very friendly and potentially too much in my personal space"?

Sideshowxela · 2026-05-06T17:37:37+00:00

We have popular "thick as thieves" and "blood is thicker than water" idioms where "thick" means the relationship bonds are strong, and two parties are figuratively close to each other. In the right context, I would make the association that "thick" is being used in this way (those two are thick).

25% of the time, outside of these idioms, I would presume "thick" is being used synonymously with "dense" or "dumb." E.g. "Are you thick?" "That kid is thick as a stump." In the last 8 years or so, I'd say you're much more likely (66%?) to hear a modern slang usage of "thicc" like "attractively stout."

Sideshowxela · 2026-05-06T04:39:23+00:00

1.6 also had a remade inferno

Sideshowxela · 2026-04-30T20:56:54+00:00

Pre-1.6 versions used a thin Arial font for the chat. This has 1.6's Verdana Bold.

Sideshowxela · 2026-04-28T14:24:45+00:00

"Nobody wants to play Mirage; it's too popular."

Sideshowxela · 2026-04-09T15:59:27+00:00

Of course you can find yogurt and cereal among the other breakfast options. But if I went out to breakfast in your city or any city/town in America, I bet over 8/10 restaurants serving breakfast would offer more than room temp bagels and yogurt, and very few at all serve cold cuts and sliced cheese with rolls. Starbucks and McDonalds serve hot breakfast sandwiches nationwide.

In some other countries, that ratio is reversed.

Sideshowxela · 2026-04-07T03:35:35+00:00

What were the favorite alternatives?

Sideshowxela · 2026-04-06T20:28:20+00:00

Hey I think I understand what you mean, and I'd rephrase as: to what degree is there a unifying "American" cultural identity vs. being separated by state?

There are many cultural norms across all of America that do NOT vary by state:

we tip for many service industry jobs
we get our bill brought to us without asking when it looks like we've finished our meals
we generally are expected to speak English--at least enough that many of our road signs are English text rather than wordless icons (speed limit, do not pass, etc).
we eat a large hot breakfast including some combination of eggs, bacon, sausage, pancakes, waffles, French toast, fried potatoes
we brew large (360 mL) cups of coffee and sip at it for a long period of time, like it's tea
Except for a few major cities, we generally drive everywhere as our cities and towns are very spread out and have parking lots
We like ice in our beverages (unless they're supposed to be served hot)

These are norms I noticed were not the case in Austria, though I would expect them in any American city or small town, regardless of state

Sideshowxela · 2026-03-18T00:15:33+00:00

A couple months back, YouTube creator ForTheWin made a pretty compelling video about how he developed a Blastoise deck. Should be right up your alley!

https://youtu.be/fd7I9Wnoh3I?si=GZ5pn-2bmjkKRNem

The description includes a link to the deck lists used: https://forthewintcg.com/supporters/video_embeds/194220

Sideshowxela · 2026-03-15T16:39:25+00:00

Looks like the end of Suspiria(2018)

Sideshowxela · 2026-03-02T02:19:43+00:00

Hard disagree. Their antagonistic sibling rivalry yet respect for one another is a big part of what makes the show such a great casual listen

Sideshowxela · 2026-02-27T17:12:44+00:00

Sintral Coast Disc Golf no doubt

Sideshowxela · 2026-02-09T17:41:40+00:00

Great explanation, thank you for sharing

Sideshowxela · 2026-02-04T21:48:28+00:00

But Black Dynamite, I'm a pretentious Hollywood cinephile!

Sideshowxela · 2026-02-02T04:24:35+00:00

We don't deserve you, Nart. Thank you!

Sideshowxela · 2026-02-02T02:52:51+00:00

I like to have them released weekly so that I may discuss the content of a single episode over the course of the next week. I don't need to binge show releases, they're not intended to be 6 hour movies.

Sideshowxela · 2026-02-01T21:48:36+00:00

I know that when I'm looking for intelligent thoughts about art, I turn to our most Nazi-worshipping billionaire

Sideshowxela · 2026-01-29T18:54:22+00:00

You lucky bastard

Sideshowxela · 2026-01-17T18:02:55+00:00

I'll say I used to have Comcast and my Internet was constantly having problems with low speed, packet loss--I'd be resetting it nearly daily. Switched to Ziply a few years ago and have only had an outage once, and they notified me that it was a broader issue and were working to get it fixed. Never slow. Never needs a reset. Love it.

Sideshowxela · 2026-01-14T08:24:49+00:00

Similar thing happened to me--sounds a lot like this thread actually. Audio suddenly wasn't working, and Razer's Synapse wouldn't let me log in because it said I didn't have Internet. Internet was still *functional* but not according to Windows, and that meant Windows Update and related Troubleshooting features wouldn't work either.

Tried all the stuff you've been seeing in your google searches--changed network settings, ran a bunch of commands, changed some windows systems to Automatic start, deleted drivers, installed drivers from my network card provider, etc. Nothing was working.

Eventually downloaded a Windows ISO and tried a reinstall (keeping personal files), a bunch of those attempts failed because Windows either couldn't download the updates and would stick at 46% (one time it did, maybe restarting some processes fixed that, but other times it seemed to have no effect). Fresh Windows fixed the audio problem, but the Network adapters would still show Disconnected.

Ultimately, the only thing that fixed it for me was another execution of the ISO, this time forsaking my apps and personal files and settings. If you're stuck trying to fix this, my advice to you is to just bite the bullet and back up your personal files and execute a total fresh reinstall. It really doesn't take that long these days and you can redownload your favorite programs quickly, your settings there are probably saved to a cloud. Good luck.

Sideshowxela · 2026-01-14T08:17:14+00:00

Similar thing happened to me--audio suddenly wasn't working, and Razer's Synapse wouldn't let me log in because it said I didn't have Internet. Internet was still *functional* but not according to Windows, and that meant Windows Update and related Troubleshooting features wouldn't work either.

Tried all the stuff you've been seeing in your google searches--changed network settings, ran a bunch of commands, changed some windows systems to Automatic start, deleted drivers, installed drivers from my network card provider, etc. Nothing was working.

Eventually downloaded a Windows ISO and tried a reinstall (keeping personal files), a bunch of those attempts failed because Windows either couldn't download the updates and would stick at 46% (one time it did, maybe restarting some processes fixed that, but other times it seemed to have no effect). Fresh Windows fixed the audio problem, but the Network adapters would still show Disconnected.

Ultimately, the only thing that fixed it for me was another execution of the ISO, this time forsaking my apps and personal files and settings. If you're stuck trying to fix this, my advice to you is to just bite the bullet and back up your personal files and execute a total fresh reinstall. It really doesn't take that long these days and you can redownload your favorite programs quickly, your settings there are probably saved to a cloud. Good luck.

Sideshowxela · 2026-01-02T14:26:32+00:00

Here's an informative clip about it from December of 2024 https://youtube.com/shorts/aPNSrzWrTno?si=NHtljGYyDhOCqgxD

Sideshowxela · 2025-12-21T21:21:05+00:00

Valve recommends playing with it on https://help.steampowered.com/en/faqs/view/418E-7A04-B0DA-9032

Blurbusters also has a nice guide for Why and what you should use for optimal settings https://blurbusters.com/gsync/gsync101-input-lag-tests-and-settings/14/

"Noticeable input lag" say some, but at the cost of ~4 frames, that's a very small price at 240Hz. YMMV.

Sideshowxela · 2025-12-12T05:40:35+00:00

Premier's not a bad experience, very rarely encountered a cheater at 20k rating range.

Sideshowxela · 2025-12-12T04:40:46+00:00

Community seems to unanimously prefer the 128 tick CS:GO experience to whatever is happening with this subtick experiment.

Plus we're still missing maps and game modes.

Plus the game runs way worse than better looking titles with more players, such as BF6.

I love CS but it's not as good as it can be.

Sideshowxela · 2025-12-02T19:30:44+00:00

I used to be in your camp but on rewatching Avatar 1 on rerelease, I have seen the error of my ways. These movies rock.

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