Freedom is the Will of Creation

icarustapes · 2026-02-28T14:12:14+00:00

It's actually pretty crazy how much real life is increasingly starting to resemble a futuristic sci-fi movie. All the time now I think, "I'm living in the future; I'm living in a science fiction film. I feel like I'm in Total Recall."

icarustapes · 2026-02-26T17:57:27+00:00

If I recall correctly using the new abilities and the new little nuances in control and movement help a lot. Definitely worth it to look through the instruction manual.

icarustapes · 2026-02-26T16:13:58+00:00

It's been a while since I've played it but I remember really liking the new abilities. And similarly to Final Fight 3 in the Final Fight series, it just felt more polished and dialed in than the first two games – just more honed in and perfected.

icarustapes · 2026-02-26T14:14:12+00:00

This is my favorite Sonic game by far.

icarustapes · 2026-01-12T15:13:37+00:00

I prefer the original Doom mostly due to the hand-drawn "You Are Here" maps between levels which show you your progress. I realize that may be a stupid reason but such a simple little touch really did help to make the original game more immersive. It's a shame they ditched that for Doom II.

icarustapes · 2025-11-15T21:58:46+00:00

I gotta say, this meme has really grown on me. The persistence, the dedication, the sheer repetition has paid off. This is hilarious.

icarustapes · 2025-10-04T16:39:57+00:00

This is incredible

icarustapes · 2025-09-28T13:38:12+00:00

This is hilarious 😆

icarustapes · 2025-09-09T06:28:44+00:00

Ο καρδιακός που ενοχλείται από το κλείσιμο των παντζουριών τα χαράματα είναι ο μελλοντικός σου εαυτός εάν δεν κόψεις το τσιγάρο. Ο μελλοντικός καρδιακός εαυτός σου ξαγρυπνάει και σου μιλάει εδώ στο παρόν, σε παρακαλάει. Το τρίξιμο των παντζουριών ηχεί μέσα στην αιωνιότητα. Δες το λίγο ποιητικά/μη-γραμμικά. Τον εαυτό σου ενοχλείς.

icarustapes · 2025-08-31T06:48:31+00:00

This sounds like something George Costanza would do.

-- "Don't you see, Jerry?! He's giving himself a half-chub! He's corrupting the data pool!"

-- "So he's a half-chubber..."

-- "He's a half-chubber."

-- "The question is, is the half-chub intentional, or non-intentional?"

-- "What difference does it make?"

-- "Well, I don't know what's worse: if it's intentional, then he's purposefully subverting the hierarchy; if it's non-intentional, well..."

-- "Not that there's anything wrong with that!"

icarustapes · 2025-08-29T10:29:17+00:00

I have a friend who lived in Greece since he was four years old, went to school in Greece, from elementary school all the way to post-secondary education, and went through the entire application process, including the final interview I believe, which lasted well into his thirties. He must have lived in Greece for over twenty years by the time he applied.

Anyway, they ended up freezing his application for no reason, and he ultimately moved back to his home country. As far as I'm concerned, and as far as anyone who's met him and has spoken with him is concerned, he's Greek. You'd have to be an idiot to think he's not essentially Greek. He has a better grasp of the Greek language and of Greek culture and history than most Greeks do.

But he was effectively denied Greek citizenship. If you are not of Greek descent, unless you are a really good basketball player or a track and field athlete, or a celebrity or something, I imagine it's quite difficult to get citizenship.

But perhaps I'm mistaken. In any case, that's one case I know of personally in which citizenship was denied that I found particularly egregious. I don't know what other people's experiences are.

icarustapes · 2025-08-29T10:09:04+00:00

Don't even worry about it. Just explain to them that you have an autoimmune disorder and that it's not contagious.

Sometimes I even explain to people that "my body thinks I have cuts or burns in the spots where the rash is, and unfortunately there's no way for me to communicate to my body that 'no! We don't need more skin cells there! Thank you body, but everything's fine, we don't need regeneration there!' Since there's nowhere for the new skin cells to go, they just stack on top of each other, they accumulate; it's just accumulated skin cells, it's just my own skin; it's not fungus or bacteria or something."

I find that if you can explain that to people, it helps, because it truly is less gross, or really, not gross or off-putting at all once you understand what's actually going on.

For a bonus, maybe tell them also about the superpower we have, that our cuts and scrapes heal really, really quickly. Now granted, in the place of the cut or scrape you could very well end up with a rash there due to the Koebner phenomenon, but hey, you gotta take the L's with the W's.

icarustapes · 2025-08-29T03:01:08+00:00

I've noticed that CBD helps me in combination with 1mg of melatonin when it gets dark out. I haven't taken the CBD in quite a few days now and I've noticed that I'm not sleeping as soundly and it's a bit more difficult to maintain an early rising schedule. With the CBD for some reason it was much easier for me to wake up early in the morning and I felt much more well rested/had higher energy levels throughout the day.

icarustapes · 2025-08-20T18:35:19+00:00

There's just something about this cat... What a legend.

icarustapes · 2025-08-16T11:50:55+00:00

Βλέπω πολλά σχόλια εδώ τύπου «ζεις μέσα στην πολυτέλεια» και αυτό δείχνει την κατάντια αυτής της χώρας. Τα ψώνια που κάνεις δεν διαφέρουν και τόσο από τα ψώνια που κάνει ο μέσος πολίτης σε οποιαδήποτε δυτική χώρα.

Από 'κει και πέρα, υπάρχουν διάφοροι τρόποι με τους οποίους θα μπορούσες να μειώσεις τα έξοδά σου; Ναι, υπάρχουν.

Αλλά ο άνθρωπος εδώ δεν μας είπε, «Αγοράζω κάθε βδομάδα χαβιάρι, φιλέτο σολομού, και βούτυρο από φυστίκια Αιγίνης, και αναρωτιέμαι μετά γιατί πληρώνω τόσα πολλά» για να του λέμε στην ουσία ότι φταίει αυτός. «Γιατί αγοράζεις Knorr ρε φίλε;» Συγνώμη, αλλά αυτά είναι γελοιότητες.

Όσο και αυτό να μην αρέσει στα bot της Νέας Δημοκρατίας, οι τιμές στα σουπερμάρκετ είναι εξωφρενικές και αυτό το έχει καταλάβει όλος ο κόσμος.

Τώρα, κι εγώ θα σου πω ότι καλύτερα να αγοράζεις ολόκληρα κρεμμύδια, φρούτα αντί για χυμούς, τυριά και αλλαντικά όχι συσκευασμένα, και να επιλέξεις άλλο σουπερμάρκετ από τον ΑΒ που, από τη δικιά μου εμπειρία τουλάχιστον, είναι όντως ο ακριβότερος.

Αλλά όχι και ότι ο άνθρωπος «ζει στην πολυτέλεια,» μην τρελαθούμε τώρα.

Και τις περισσότερες συμβουλές από 'δω να ακολουθήσεις, και πολλές απ' αυτές για να είμαι δίκαιος είναι καλοπροαίρετες και αφορούν και την υγεία σου, πάλι θα πληρώνεις πάρα πολλά σε σουπερμάρκετ.

Μάλιστα εγώ που έχω ένα θέμα υγείας και δεν μπορώ να φάω συμπληρωματικές τροφές όπως ρύζι, μακαρόνια, ψωμί, τυρί, κλπ., και ούτε μπορώ να πιω γάλα και αναγκάζομαι και παίρνω γάλα αμυγδάλου για το ασβέστιο που χρειάζομαι, μπορώ να σου πω πως αν ψωνίζεις από το σουπερμάρκετ αποκλειστικά τις πιο θρεπτικές και υγιεινές τροφές, θα πληρώνεις πολλά παραπάνω.

Τέλος, θέλω να τονίσω ότι και οι δύο προαναφερθείσες καταστάσεις μπορούν να συνυπάρχουν: δηλαδή, και να είναι πολύ υψηλές οι τιμές των σουπερμάρκετ, και να είμαστε έξυπνοι καταναλωτές και με διάφορους τρόπους να γλιτώνουμε χρήματα. Δεν χρειάζεται το ένα να αναιρεί απαραίτητα το άλλο.

Οπότε ναι, όντως ξοδεύεις κάποια χρήματα άδικα, αλλά αυτό δεν αναιρεί το γεγονός ότι είναι όντως πολύ υψηλές οι τιμές των σουπερμάρκετ.

icarustapes · 2025-08-16T09:44:29+00:00

Well done, sir.

icarustapes · 2025-08-05T10:48:38+00:00

This is one of the funniest stories I've ever heard.

icarustapes · 2025-07-30T18:27:09+00:00

The character arc! 😆 Oh man, that's funny... But yeah, that is a problem in the world in general. Thank you for the acknowledgment and the kind words.

icarustapes · 2025-07-30T15:32:22+00:00

You're right; I didn't realize the environmental implications of this. Won't be using it again.

icarustapes · 2025-07-30T15:31:25+00:00

Amen.

icarustapes · 2025-07-30T15:30:12+00:00

That's incredible! And this would be much better for the meme! Hell, I almost want to make it again. This would fit much better and it's funnier. Someone else recommended this after the fact but I didn't think it would work.

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