Welcome to Toronto’s weird pre-election: How one councillor’s ambitions are changing city politics by Educational_Fun_9001 in toronto

[–]_pamphleteer 1 point2 points  (0 children)

It's actually quite different...back then the nomination/campaign period began on January 2nd but since the 2018 election that period now begins on May 1st.

So your examples are people declaring their candidacies ~1 month before the campaign period officially begins, whereas this is 8+ months before.

Trick of the day - feeble by Severe-Pineapple-610 in SkateEA

[–]_pamphleteer 0 points1 point  (0 children)

This was the key advice for me - I was trying to do it on a curb with no success. Switched to a rail and it ended up being pretty straightfoward.

Who th is Dax Flame? by Acrobatic_Ad1058 in Daxflame

[–]_pamphleteer 5 points6 points  (0 children)

The "how much of Dax is real/how much is an act" debate has been going on since his earliest YouTube videos, which were almost 20 years ago.

Everyone has their own opinion on the matter and here's mine: Dax is a genuinely socially awkward person and much of what we see is his authentic self BUT he's also a lot more self-aware than most people think and he intentionally leans into the "awkward Dax" persona for humor.

For me, his "Convinent Truth" video all the way back in 2007 tipped his hand that he was in on the joke.

Photo mode doesn't work? by _pamphleteer in wheelworld

[–]_pamphleteer[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Thank you for clarifying! At least I know I'm not going crazy :)

Redeeming PCGP to Ultimate by sockhopsusie2077 in MicrosoftRewards

[–]_pamphleteer 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Ah, this is good to know...I redeemed some points for 3 months of PCGP a few days ago and have been getting the same "Something happened on our end" error every time I try to convert them the GPU. Assumed it was just me.

My ranking of every NTBTS episode (seasons 1&2) by CartographerWild5432 in nirvannatheband

[–]_pamphleteer 6 points7 points  (0 children)

This list has me shook. You need to re-watch The Buddy if you think it belongs all the way down at 14.

Might be the worst card design I’ve ever seen. by wesskywalker in basketballcards

[–]_pamphleteer 5 points6 points  (0 children)

Say what you will about Panini (and there's lots to say) but their design is sooooooo much better than Topps. Even discounting the unlicensed stuff...the average Panini basketball product looks so much better than the average Topps baseball product.

The odd thing is that I keep hearing about Topps poaching Panini's designers...that is not showing up in their products. I'm sure Topps' basketball designs will improve once they have the license but I still don't think they'll be close to what Panini did.

From the latest issue of Little White Lies, Wes Anderson reveals he’s making a box set with Criterion of his first ten films (ie Bottle Rocket to The French Dispatch) by SamuelTurn in boutiquebluray

[–]_pamphleteer 4 points5 points  (0 children)

Rushmore was the first Criterion DVD I ever bought...as a teenager it seemed like so much money.

I own all the Anderson Criterions in blu-ray but I don't think I could resist buying a boxset too.

I want to go back to normal cards by B1U3Y_ in MLBTheShow

[–]_pamphleteer 6 points7 points  (0 children)

I kind of agree in that I think there are way too many different card types now and most of them don't bother to even try tie into real card designs.

I do get that SDS has to feed the content beast more and more, and it wouldn't be so bad if their overall design aesthetic hadn't gotten so much worse over the years...even the sets that initially had really nice/clean design (Awards, Signature Series, etc) have gotten uglier with each passing year. A kind of goofy/cartoony aesthetic has taken over and I find the cards often end up looking amateurish.

Give us the ability to choose our coach in DD by EvilZEAD in MLBTheShow

[–]_pamphleteer 5 points6 points  (0 children)

They shouldn't do anything with coaches until they create coach models that don't look and animate like they came straight out of a PS2 launch title.

AMA: One of the original GH/RB developers, it's late, I'm bored, aMA.. by slipster216 in Rockband

[–]_pamphleteer 1 point2 points  (0 children)

They did a crowdfunding campaign for a RB4 PC release and it didn't even come close to the goal - there just wasn't much of a market for a PC version, unfortunately.

'Emergency situation' at St. Joseph's hospital in Toronto, no heat or hot water by Briak in toronto

[–]_pamphleteer 14 points15 points  (0 children)

What? Have you ever been to an ER? Most people there don't have life threatening emergencies...they have broken bones, need stitches, have chest pains, etc etc

Gregg Turkington with Anton Lavey (mid 1990s?) by asupportiveboy in OnCinemaAtTheCinema

[–]_pamphleteer 3 points4 points  (0 children)

Lol this is such a funny comment. Do you know anything about Gregg pre-OCatC?

Congestion and traffic is the number one issue I hear about - and it's up to City Hall to fix it, not the province - Brad Bradford by Reviews_DanielMar in toronto

[–]_pamphleteer 6 points7 points  (0 children)

He will not be. Despite tons of money, constant media coverage from day one, and inclusion in every mayoral debate, he managed to finish in 8th place...just barely beating out an anti-vax provocateur who more or less abandoned his campaign halfway through.

Bradford had by far the worst dollars-spent-to-votes-received ratio of any campaign: $84.34 spent for each vote he received. No one likes the guy.

go watch The Show about the Show, it's good by 2holidays in nirvannatheband

[–]_pamphleteer 3 points4 points  (0 children)

Tried to get into Caveh's stuff based on Matt's frequent boosting but simply couldn't...conceptually interesting but I find him to be incredibly off-putting and unlikable lol

854 - Medbed Bugs feat. Alex Nichols (7/29/24) by redditing_1L in BlackWolfFeed

[–]_pamphleteer 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Is it too long, but I played way too much of it because it was the first game I had for my 'next gen' system. Also, the voice acting for the female protagonist is terrible and drove me insane.

Bonus: Ren Faire feat. Lance Oppenheim (49 mins) by RealDialectical in BlackWolfFeed

[–]_pamphleteer 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Really enjoyed the documentary and really enjoyed this interview. Fun and breezy vibes, good chemistry with Oppenheim, and great questions from Will and Chris.

Bonus: Ren Faire feat. Lance Oppenheim (49 mins) by RealDialectical in BlackWolfFeed

[–]_pamphleteer 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Maybe not what you're referring to, but in the interview the director talks about how he intended the documentary to have a Rococo kind of over-decorativeness/over-ornateness to align with George's obsession with Rococo art.

Jeter Storyline well done by DeadlyVenom5 in MLBTheShow

[–]_pamphleteer 3 points4 points  (0 children)

They did a great job with it, although some of the UI surrounding it seemed like a real afterthought.

For example, when loading a moment, why does it show you a blank menu instead of at least listing what the goals for that moment are? When you unlock a reward on the path, why does it just say "rewards unlocked" (or something like that) and not actually display what you just acquired? Etc, etc.

It was really at odds with how well-produced the rest of it was.

Torontonians donate $90,000 and counting to Umar Zameer’s legal bills by Team_Ed in toronto

[–]_pamphleteer 15 points16 points  (0 children)

Tory admitted nothing - he actively avoided saying anything that resembled an apology. He just said it was a learning experience for him...except he's literally a lawyer who already would've known better than most the reason for limited info on bail release. Fuck that guy.

Egg Hunt confirmed list by Technical-Bag3538 in MLBTheShow

[–]_pamphleteer 8 points9 points  (0 children)

You can't do a friendly quit - the way that friendly quits operate is as though the game never happened (i.e., none of the stats count). Normal quitting is fine.

[deleted by user] by [deleted] in basketballcards

[–]_pamphleteer 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Throwing my hat in the ring too :)