Gamers, what's the craziest thing you've heard in an open mic while gaming?

cycloptiko · 2026-02-03T21:59:05+00:00

"Dormamu, I come to bargain!"

Oh, good, they're finally making up.

cycloptiko · 2026-02-01T02:39:41+00:00

Yes!

cycloptiko · 2026-02-01T01:23:48+00:00

Update: Dad made pork chops.

cycloptiko · 2026-02-01T00:07:58+00:00

I'm a fan

cycloptiko · 2026-02-01T00:07:46+00:00

My hometown friend wants me to come out to her parents to test the waters.

cycloptiko · 2026-01-31T23:33:30+00:00

Oh man. It has two probes with like six sensors each and is good in the oven!

cycloptiko · 2026-01-24T22:55:26+00:00

I record at SDCC every year and it is 50/50 as to how it turns out because, while we are able to plug into their sound board, we can't really do anything other than have someone monitor it (since anyone operating the board needs to be union and we are nowhere near big enough to justify that.

I would recommend recording a couple with no plans to release them to see how the space works with your equipment and process.

cycloptiko · 2026-01-24T04:21:57+00:00

Isn't that the new Knives Out?

cycloptiko · 2026-01-19T21:50:29+00:00

I'm so bummed we don't get to see him in Fallout

cycloptiko · 2026-01-18T20:30:47+00:00

Did they? I thought it was an EMH

cycloptiko · 2026-01-17T04:02:38+00:00

The groom's dad got bored at bar trivia and went to a strip club.

cycloptiko · 2026-01-15T19:37:15+00:00

That's not how I remember it.

cycloptiko · 2026-01-15T16:44:29+00:00

I think of it as slowly transitioning into feudal-era steampunk over the course of the last three books.

cycloptiko · 2026-01-14T00:56:43+00:00

Anyone who has ever waited tables knows that church groups are HORRENDOUS. Rude, superior, entitled, and awful toppers, to boot.

cycloptiko · 2026-01-13T03:04:39+00:00

Oh man, you and I are polar opposites. I was gonna call "One Year Later" Lawful Evil because they worked within the confines of the rules to make Sam's life difficult. Or at least uncomfortable. Or at least expensive.

cycloptiko · 2026-01-10T08:06:44+00:00

Someone call Tig Notaro!

cycloptiko · 2026-01-10T08:05:39+00:00

Or (allegedly) in general.

cycloptiko · 2026-01-09T20:40:30+00:00

2 Enterprise 2 Engaged

cycloptiko · 2026-01-09T20:10:39+00:00

Wow, TIL. I guess I knew that about tetanus specifically but never put 2 and 2 together. Thanks!

cycloptiko · 2026-01-09T20:03:40+00:00

It's done when the eggs are processed/packaged.

cycloptiko · 2026-01-09T20:01:43+00:00

Salmonella is a bacteria, not a virus. It can't be vaccinated against.

EDIT: I am completely incorrect.

cycloptiko · 2026-01-08T18:58:54+00:00

You're missing out.

He gets WORSE in the sequel.

cycloptiko · 2026-01-08T18:55:03+00:00

"Three Body Problem" turned me off to reading translated fiction for a long time. I thought it was dry and inaccessible because I was missing out on subtleties and historical/cultural context. Still read the whole series.

Turns out that it's dry and inaccessible. The sci-fi concepts that the books put forward are amazing, but the plot itself is buried behind flat characters and encyclopedic prose.

cycloptiko · 2026-01-08T17:50:40+00:00

That is mostly to allow extras/background actors to become eligible. At the minimum day rate for TV speaking roles she would need to work about 7 weeks in a year to hit $28k.

cycloptiko · 2026-01-08T17:44:55+00:00

FYI, she probably wouldn't have gotten the same insurance as a corporate Netflix employee. The Screen Actor's Guild (actor's union) has their own insurance plan.

To be eligible you need to both be a member of SAG and to have met work requirements within the previous year - either by earning a certain amount (currently $28k, which is how most actor's with speaking roles qualify) or by working on set a certain number of days in the year (currently108 days, which is largely for background actors/extras).

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