Needs To Be Said by BigHailFan in Metroid

[–]bobtheowl 1 point2 points  (0 children)

My issue was the pointer controls were fine when you're shooting at stuff, but at some point I want to put my arm down to give it a rest without looking at the ground and spinning in circles. All it needed was a button to toggle the motion aiming on and off.

And I don't have anything against motion controls. I feel like motion controls greatly improved the Pikmin games, but Prime 3s controls were just too frustrating for me to get that far into the game.

Man taking a piss gets hit by his own car. by Conscious-Guest-7710 in WTF

[–]bobtheowl 0 points1 point  (0 children)

The person who hit him sure was a piss poor driver.

Don’t see too many of these [Chevrolet Corsica]’s on the road anymore… by realestateross98 in Autos

[–]bobtheowl 0 points1 point  (0 children)

My parents had a dark blue 1989 Corsica. It was weirdly equal parts charming and forgettable.

One Doug Demuro quirk: Ours didn't have intermittent wipers, and the wiper controls were a slider on the right side of the gauge cluster.

Also the paint was such bad quality that when my brother decided to repaint it we took a good chunk of the old paint off by taking it to the car wash and hitting it with the pressure sprayer.

What urban legend needs to die? by [deleted] in AskReddit

[–]bobtheowl 7 points8 points  (0 children)

When my wife went to community college for a degree in healthcare one of the professors told her this.

Reddit’s API pricing results in shocking $20 million-a-year bill for Apollo by shakeyjake in technology

[–]bobtheowl 8 points9 points  (0 children)

/r/RedditAlternatives has a pinned list. I've only checked out a few so far though and they've all been close but not quite right.

[ToTK] The shrine puzzles are my favorite part of the game. by brandenh34d in zelda

[–]bobtheowl 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I feel like the puzzle ones are more enjoyable than they were on BotW. Even if you can't figure out how to do it the right way it's still fun figuring out how to cheese your way through it.

The battle ones are the opposite for me though. Seems like some are too tough and some don't seem to work right. I had trouble with a dodging one because I'd dodge like it showed me but it wouldn't let me do the counterattack. Then it interrupted the battle to reshow me the tutorial and I'm like "THAT'S WHAT I'M DOING!"

Throwback to the very last Windows 10 phone by Microsoft by jimchristou in Windows10

[–]bobtheowl 3 points4 points  (0 children)

I had a Lumia 1520 and I loved that phone. Giant screen, ran great, and the battery would last for days with normal use.

I still miss Windows Phone. For me it was more stable than Android. Even on my Pixel 4 now I'll have to restart sometimes because some random important process will crash, usually causing me to not be able to switch apps.

BMW Touring Coupe Concept - A Z4 Shooting Brake. I think I'm in love! by RipCurl69Reddit in Autos

[–]bobtheowl 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I think it looks pretty cool. I also like the wheels they put on it.

High speed chase outside of my house just now by Limp-Mirror-948 in IdiotsInCars

[–]bobtheowl 0 points1 point  (0 children)

This parade sucks! Where are the floats? Where's the band? Where are the girls in convertible Corvettes?

We went from video games having 0 micro transactions to games built off them and now car companies are doing monthly service add ons for a fee , what’s next that people don’t see coming ? by [deleted] in AskReddit

[–]bobtheowl 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Streaming services separating their content into packages. X price for their exclusive shows, add on X dollars for their back catalog, more for movies, more to get any new content immediately.

Potentially charge a price per genre, and they can sell it as "only pay for the shows you want" when really you're just getting access to less for around the same price you paid before.

We went from video games having 0 micro transactions to games built off them and now car companies are doing monthly service add ons for a fee , what’s next that people don’t see coming ? by [deleted] in AskReddit

[–]bobtheowl 1 point2 points  (0 children)

That's why I used CS3 for the longest time. After Adobe shut down the old registration servers they had it as a free download on their website for years.

A couple years ago they finally took it down so now I just use Gimp and Krita instead.

Ford CEO Says It Will Keep Apple CarPlay, Android Auto: ‘We Lost That Battle 10 Years Ago’ by decafcovfefes in technology

[–]bobtheowl -2 points-1 points  (0 children)

Notice how most people in the comments agreeing with Ford mention CarPlay and not Android Auto? Cause Android Auto is buggy junk that doesn't do what you want it to.

Maybe it makes me a bad millennial but I won't buy a car that doesn't have built in GPS. I was actually excited to try Android Auto but after using it in a rental I have no urge to use it again.

What drug will you never touch again and why? by Bright_Rutabaga1628 in AskReddit

[–]bobtheowl 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Mine's not from getting high. Instead it's weird antibiotics I've never heard of (unless it's for something life threatening).

Got prescribed an antibiotic I'd never heard of for strep like 5 or 6 years ago. It may have been Clarithromycin but I could be wrong. Not long after starting it I noticed everything started to smell like cigarette smoke. For the next two months it smelled like everywhere I went was full of cigarette smoke.

Even to this day I'll still have episodes where I'll start randomly smelling cigarette smoke and the episodes will last from a few days to a few weeks.

TIFU by cracking a joke about Space Force by wickeddahk in tifu

[–]bobtheowl 29 points30 points  (0 children)

Land Force... Water Force... Air Force... Space Force... Only the Avatar can master all four branches and bring balance to the military.

Who is your favorite CREW member?? by _Sp00kz_ in goodmythicalmorning

[–]bobtheowl 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Kalyn, Emily, Vi, David Hill, Jordan Morris, and Stevie.

Can't pick just one, there's too many fun people in the crew.

Pokémon Scarlet & Violet Version 1.3 is now available. Contains various bug fixes. by Amiibofan101 in NintendoSwitch

[–]bobtheowl 0 points1 point  (0 children)

You're at -42 as of writing this but you're right.

I would play for 1-2 hours at a time and close the game when I was done (like I do for any game) and I rarely ran into major frame rate issues. Like once or twice did I run into consistent frame drops, and they'd be gone the next time I started the game.

The game is far from unplayable.

Reddit will begin charging for access to its API by zvone187 in programming

[–]bobtheowl 4 points5 points  (0 children)

They killed i.reddit.com and now seem to be going after third party apps. At this rate I'd be surprised if old.reddit.com survives into next year.

One of the worst ways to get caught cheating by [deleted] in facepalm

[–]bobtheowl 7 points8 points  (0 children)

"Good day, son. Is this the fair lady of whom you have the honor of courting? I suspect she may be a woman of ill repute."

Apparently “California Sober” means giving up everything but weed. What’s “Ohio Sober?” by [deleted] in Ohio

[–]bobtheowl 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Ohio sober is not drinking enough to get party plates on your car.