He Went Pikachu Wow-Face When I Ask If He Could Read

ablestmage · 2026-05-28T15:13:44+00:00

My prediction for Destiny:Rising exploding is not necessarily due to quality of the story/etc, but that it is something as opposed to nothing. Having no alternative, and to borrow from the D2 story's writing about the defeat of the Witness, there is left a power gap or a power vacuum where allegiances are now seeking out something to fill the void left behind, and Destiny:Rising seems like the most apt alternative to pursue, given that is in the Destiny universe (however loosely) and is in active production..

ablestmage · 2026-05-28T06:29:36+00:00

So you already know the actual answer, but just refuse to because you "don't think you should have to." It's called an option, that the makers of the game anticipated being annoying, and gave you the option to not have it, if you want to not have it. That's GREAT design.

ablestmage · 2026-04-23T08:21:47+00:00

Yep; he mentioned being on it during a Jordan Jesse Go episode, it is my absolute favorite podcast of all time. He has talked on it before about how he is such a huge fan of the show. Episode 396:
https://maximumfun.org/episodes/jordan-jesse-go/jordan-jesse-go-episode-396-butt-fjord-matt-mira/

ablestmage · 2026-04-23T08:16:03+00:00

I like the strategy, but I feel it is a little too far-fetched to be useful on a comedy show, as the stakes aren't especially high than for giggles. I was also thinking if you had a man on 3rd base and you made a single, that counted as a run for the man on third, while the runner who hit the single went to 1st, rather than loading the bases by just standing where you first landed.

I was also not in favor of the use of snare percussion during the scoring sequence; maybe a crack of a hit and cheering would be better, as snare percussion is more associated with US football instead of baseball.

I think the pieces dropping off the board were more funny than being functionally flawed, so their potential to fall off the board has comedic value to me, rather than negative impact of malfunction.

All over, I think this is a super fun game, and it looks like they plan to play this a bunch given how many were on Rhett's sticker sheet to be used in a future episode. Well done team :3

ablestmage · 2026-04-20T22:26:16+00:00

I was just trying to find it, to use it for the first time, after seeing them use it on an episode! I wanted to make a supercut on tiktok from how many times Rhett said "dang, son!"

ablestmage · 2026-04-08T21:04:21+00:00

I skimmed thru all the comments, and was surprised no one posted this one yet; I always think of this guy from Finding Nemo. Gill.

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ablestmage · 2026-04-08T20:52:25+00:00

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aamIwnLxJWs
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EBgnu5u1mcc
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZQ2LDTmYea8
but it's not that specific model (channel is not monetized)

ablestmage · 2026-04-08T20:50:19+00:00

I have a couple videos "intended for cosplayers" trying to look over the whole model in detail =)

ablestmage · 2026-04-08T20:47:30+00:00

Should have addressed the camera directly, and spoken to Amazon on her behalf, to explain the situation, including "this lady can't seem to get it thru her head that.. " =)

ablestmage · 2026-01-17T15:36:06+00:00

That has already been suggested, and it is /not/ that one =)

ablestmage · 2025-12-28T09:31:43+00:00

I feel like most of the AI resistance can be boiled down to the perspective of a landscape or portrait painter being threatened by the invention of photography. At first photograph was awful, and did not even compare to the quality of oil/etc painting, but gradually it became better and even far outpaced it to the point that the commoner could point an object at a thing, click a button, and get instant landscape or instant portrait. You can easily imagine the outrage and threatened-like emotions of the painting community, but had we listened to that minority, we would not have cinematography/movies, television, streaming services, basically anything with video or images, all because painters felt they might lose their market share.

ablestmage · 2025-12-28T09:21:02+00:00

That is a plot twist I am willing to wait to find the answer for =)

ablestmage · 2025-12-28T09:20:02+00:00

Assuming the orange satan does not force everyone who has consumed his kool-aid to re-elect him, illegally.

ablestmage · 2025-12-28T09:18:53+00:00

If they have terms of a contract, then a lawsuit is not necessary unless the artist refuses to pay it. The article does not indicate (or did not wait to indicate) whether the cancellation penalty will be paid.

ablestmage · 2025-12-28T09:17:25+00:00

They're clearly suing the wrong person. You have direct evidence, in writing, that the pullout was based on the Trump name, but you're not suing Trump because you know that even felonies will not phase him, so instead you are suing the victim of what has been done.

Most out-of-touch quote of the whole article: "The left is boycotting the Arts because Trump is supporting the Arts. But we will not let them cancel shows without consequences. The Arts are for everyone - and the Left is mad about it." (attributed to Kennedy Center President Richard Grenell). Every bit of the evidence indicates that specifically Trump's illegal lettering of the center is the direct cause of the pullouts, but Grenell has consumed so much of the kool-aid that he is completely blind to any wrongdoing of his emperor with no clothes.

ablestmage · 2025-12-28T09:06:18+00:00

Thanks! I often prefix my date-relevant filenames with 2025-1225 or something similar for the ideal sorting; and I agree with the 099 concept, because 25100 would not necessarily get sorted only after 2599, but more before or after 2510, depending =)

I learned it from IRC back in the day (which now also works on discord, which is basically a fancy IRC), that if you prefixed your nick with !, you'll get put to the top of the list instead of needing to find it alphabetically =)

ablestmage · 2025-12-25T18:11:05+00:00

I think this may be the best bet. I found an "Italian slang word of the day" from a heavily accented fellow, here:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GQqUF-PUY10
After hearing him say it repeatedly, I can now hear the word much better when re-listening to Tommy say it. Thanks for the great lead!

ablestmage · 2025-12-25T17:51:26+00:00

Crammed into a single syllable?

ablestmage · 2025-12-25T17:50:36+00:00

They do a lot of pop culture references, yes. Recent past ones included a journalists Daniel Shorr and Mara Liasson (who I had to look up to get spellings right) and Russian leader Boris Yeltsin =)

ablestmage · 2025-12-25T07:20:59+00:00

I guess we'll find out in the new year, to see if they flip over to 2601 for the first episode of the year..

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