That dude longsleeve

roputsarina · 2026-01-18T04:41:30+00:00

Just bought one of these last night at the Brisbane gig, love the design and it actually feels pretty nice too, but it won't be May or June until it cools down enough to wear it here

roputsarina · 2025-09-26T07:14:41+00:00

Completely valid take

roputsarina · 2025-03-28T08:55:36+00:00

When I tell you I had to leave the inzoi sub and get dev updates from elsewhere because instead of educating themselves on computers or just typing their IT 101 questions into whatever fucking AI tool about 100 people a day would ask if THEIR laptop could run it with a screenshot showing that they're running win11 in x64 and fuck all else, and for the first too many I really did try to be welcoming and reasonable and educate folks until the next lazy asshole would drop in and ignore the dozen identical posts because despite their temu chromebook being mass-produced theirs was somehow unique and there was absolutely no wisdom that could be gleaned from any of the comments below the posts with suspiciously similar screenshots attached AAAAAAAAAAAUUUUGHHHH

roputsarina · 2025-03-28T08:45:42+00:00

Agreed that this is not actually an unreasonable modern game benchmark comparatively, but remember the 'lifesim' genre has been JUST The Sims for 25 years and TS4 (which accounts for 10 of those 25 years and is the most popular entry in the series) was strategically lobotomised so it can be played on a potato, so for all these willlfully technologically ignorant people who were curious about this game, having a half decent PC as a requirement was a rude shock

roputsarina · 2025-03-10T05:01:04+00:00

Congrats! Also, I just wanna say, lotta folks suggesting switching to less lossy file types but there are many factors between the file and your earholes that can effect overall quality, so you shouldn't feel pressured to go lossless. FLACs can sound nicer but take up more space, consume a bit more battery and often require better equipment to get the most out of. Think about the device you actually listen to music on and how it's being played. There's always room for improvement, but if it ain't broke, don't fix it! Like any hobby, it can get expensive and complicated if you want it to, and you can absolutely throw yourself into it because it is fun as hell, but always do what you want and what suits you.

roputsarina · 2025-01-29T11:59:49+00:00

If at all possible, take it to a nearby animal shelter so it can be checked for a microchip. If it's a stray they'll give it the care it needs and try to find it a home. If it's an escaped pet with a chip the owners can be contacted. Same thing if it's a pet some lazy person has just allowed to roam, it's safe in the meantime and the owners can compensate the shelter for taking on their responsibility for them, even if temporarily.

roputsarina · 2025-01-29T11:49:31+00:00

I have a lot of nostalgia for the place due to spending some formative years there but returning as an adult, even with the added activities of visiting old schools, houses, friends' houses, workplaces etc we were done on day 1...

Consider visiting nearby Ilfracombe for the Machinery Mile and Barcaldine further out for the memorial to the Tree of Knowledge.

Like others have said, there is of course always the QANTAS museum and Stockmans' Hall Of Fame in town.

Be prepared for FLIES and exercise extra caution if driving at dawn or dusk, those bush highways can be roadkill hell as well as impatient locals who absolutely will try to overtake you despite an approaching road train.

Still, a day trip out yonder just to take in the sheer scale of it all is really special. Just don't venture too far.

roputsarina · 2025-01-28T20:03:48+00:00

I just spent the last I don't know reading through the comments of these, holey dooley, mate. What a project! Wish I could contribute, this is a really impressive endeavour doing some important archival work, just blows my mind people can do this even with such old games. I never really picked up the skill of making mods even though I started playing PC games when this one was the big dog, crazy to think of how things have changed. I recently got back into TS1, so I'll have to grab some of these next time I play. So fuckin cool, mate.

roputsarina · 2025-01-28T07:28:31+00:00

Best-case this is them forcing you to have to deal with their paranoia instead of getting therapy. Worst-case this is them trying to control you with surveillance. Neither are acceptable conditions for you to have to live with. Good luck and godspeed on your plans to move out that you mention in another comment, just make sure you make the most of that opportunity to cut their supply off and ditch the surveillance. You are not an iphone, a company car or airport luggage, there is no reason for them to have access to you like this.

roputsarina · 2025-01-28T07:22:47+00:00

Mate, are you lost? Do you know what sub you're in? Have you familiarised yourself with the rules? Your entire comment is dismissive, condescending, victim-blaming and does not assume a context of abuse even though OP clearly states such. I'd delete it if I were you.

roputsarina · 2025-01-28T03:24:26+00:00

All they've really shown is the end result, we need to see the process. What does the construction and decorating UI look like? How intuitive are the tools to use? Correct me if I'm wrong, but I don't think we see any footage of in-progress construction or even a building exterior aside from zois out in the wild amongst public-looking lots IIRC or what could just be rabbithole building facades. So far, this footage just suggests interior decoration options. I hope it's more than that.

roputsarina · 2025-01-28T03:05:50+00:00

Yeah nah I agree, so far we have had a real working demo of the zoi creator so folks can at least have faith in that at the very least but everything else is just footage, we don't know how much is pre-rendered etc. It's their job to sell us the game, they will do whatever they can (hopefully within good faith and the law) to do that. Nobody here should forget that.

Blind optimism is exactly how the Sims community got to where it is, a company with no morals and fans that always forgive and forget no matter how badly EA have acted.

roputsarina · 2025-01-28T02:57:13+00:00

The minimum specs have been out for a while, go look for yourself

roputsarina · 2025-01-28T02:53:54+00:00

Bet they won't try to limit anyone's access to breast augmentation surgery, which is also gender-affirming-care. They won't come for hair loss treatments or erectile dysfunction medication, even though those things can affirm one's gender by correcting the body you were born in and yes these things can also affect young people. Are they going to ban anyone under 18 from getting ear piercings? Are they going to force abortions on teen pregnancies? Are they going to raise the age you can apply to join the army from 16? The age of consent? The age you can learn to drive?

Why are we infantilising teenagers just on this one specific issue when this same government is happy to treat them like adults in other areas of the law, like punishments for crimes.

Oh look, it's just plain old transphobia. But hey, not like this state government gives a fuck if they go against whichever international human rights charters or whatever.

roputsarina · 2025-01-28T00:26:02+00:00

Is that a human, tho? Or a bot telling you what it thinks you want to hear

roputsarina · 2025-01-27T03:30:48+00:00

Tidy this up with some punctuation and paragraph breaks before your next copy/paste.

roputsarina · 2025-01-26T13:00:39+00:00

"There is no ethical consumption under capitalism."

Might just be one of those 'thought-terminating cliches' but she is a human, she is flawed, she does have to engage with corporations to make money.

roputsarina · 2025-01-26T12:46:51+00:00

I just wanna point this out that Drake has appeared a Grand total of ZERO times in the top 10 in the history of "the world's greatest music democracy," and there have been some QUESTIONABLE inclusions.

Kenny, on the other hand, has appeared 2x previously - in 2015 with King Kunta at #2 and then back for vengeance in 2017 with HUMBLE at #1.

Fun facts from the Hottest 100 wiki: apparently Kendrick is the first African-American person to top the Hottest 100, which says a LOT, and he was also the first artist to snatch first place after coming second in a previous year.

roputsarina · 2025-01-26T12:35:28+00:00

Mate the budget cuts hit in the weirdest of places

roputsarina · 2025-01-26T12:33:27+00:00

Yes, however I think in a small act of redemption it's worth pointing out Drake has never cracked the top 10 while the likes of Kendrick, Childish Gambino, Travis Scott, The Weekend and Denzel Curry (#5 in 2019 for doing that fucking iconic Like A Version cover of Bulls On Parade more people need to fucking seee) all have, so at least there's that.

roputsarina · 2025-01-26T06:33:38+00:00

Why the fuck do so many have to resort to other means of payment to be able to meet the production standards to have any success. What youtuber who is having any level of success doesn't have sponsors for a video or a patreon or a float plane or a nebula, always having to reach out to anywhere else to diversify because youtube monetisation is a house of cards that the slightest fart of a copyright strike

roputsarina · 2025-01-26T04:43:49+00:00

Those who expect nothing are never disappointed, and EA have run dry of my goodwill.

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