Bougie_Birdie

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[–] [email protected] 1 points 4 minutes ago

I know it's a fun, goofy space comedy, but I cried the last time I saw it.

spoilerSo Alexander Dane plays Dr Lazarus on the show, and he hates that Grabthar line. Galaxy Quest was just supposed to be a stepping stone to a real acting career, only it never materialized. Instead, Alexander is only remember for his one role on an old show. Sure, it paid the bills, but Dr Lazarus is the millstone around Alexander's neck, the character he doesn't believe in. Now that he's washed up, every time he says the line he dies a little inside.

Sudddenly he runs into real aliens on a real spaceship who believe in a real Dr Lazarus. Then in the middle of this quirky meta action comedy tragedy strikes. One of those aliens is dying in his arms and tells him that he always thought of Dr Lazarus as his father.

So Alexander says the line. And he really means it. He swears on the memory of a fiction, and in that moment Dr Lazarus is real. It's a powerful message that drives home the theme of the whole movie - that escapism through fantasy is a way to touch what is human.

Except this isn't some art house movie. It's a blockbuster comedy. And the real beauty of it is that Alexander isn't Dr Lazarus - he's Alan Rickman.

He really gave it his all in his performance, and I like to think it's because he related to it. At the time he was probably best known as Hans Gruber from a movie he had made ten years earlier. He probably felt like Alexander. Soon he would become Professor Snape to the masses, his own Dr Lazarus.

But Alan Rickman never phoned it in. Not even for a goofy space comedy popcorn flick.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 42 minutes ago

My guy stopped growing them and raised turtles instead,

I wish my resume looked that good.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 hour ago

Nah, in the future we'll have Space Force and no OSHA

[–] [email protected] 3 points 1 hour ago (1 children)

I think you thinking people are lazy for not typing the way you do says more about you than it does about them ;)

[–] [email protected] 4 points 1 hour ago (8 children)

You don't need to use a period on the internet if it's the end of a line. The line break signals the end of the sentence, unless maybe they trailed off in

[–] [email protected] 2 points 2 hours ago

The kill command allows you to specify which type of kill signal you want to send. -9 sends signal 9 or SIGKILL, and we're sending it to pid 1.

That would force kill systemd, which I just have to assume will send your computer to a crashing halt.

The echo command is writing "c" to a file at /proc/sysrq-trigger which I don't really know how it works but this suggests you'll "crash the system without first unmounting file systems or syncing disks attached to the system."

I haven't installed fuck so I'm not sure how that works

[–] [email protected] 7 points 3 hours ago

I worked retail in consumer electronics when the PS3 was new and blu-ray was just taking off.

As I recall, the PS3 was stupidly expensive when it came out, but after a couple years the hype died down and the price dropped. It was still more expensive than a standalone blu-ray player, but sometimes you might talk someone into buying a playstation instead of the player.

At the time it was pretty cool that the PS3 was an all-in-one entertainment centre. A lot of families had the "computer room" plus half a dozen devices plugged into their TV. The PS3 really combined a lot of them into a single package. Families could monitor their kids' youtube usage because now it was in the living room, cable/power management became a lot easier, and you could still watch the new movies on it.

I'm nostalgic for the PS3, so I'm sure I'm looking at the past with rose-coloured glasses. All the same, I'm saddened by the PS5. It seems Sony's really pushing away from what made their devices great. Instead of offering the user more choice it seems they're trying to trap them in their own commercial ecosystem.

[–] [email protected] 25 points 4 hours ago

A hammer is beginner friendly, but learning to use a hammer doesn't necessarily mean you're ready to build a house with it.

[–] [email protected] 8 points 5 hours ago* (last edited 5 hours ago)

I will not eat green eggs for fun,

If you try, I'll feed you gun.

The warning shots you have ignored,

Time to send you to your lord

[–] [email protected] 12 points 7 hours ago (1 children)

I had a D&D character who used a Lucerne Hammer, which I'm seeing is essentially a bec de corbin.

The flail seems fun, I mean who doesn't like moving parts and swingy things? I hear they were useful for reaching around shields. With my luck, I'd probably kill myself trying to use it.

The caveman in me calls out for rock though. It's the ultimate finishing move.

[–] [email protected] 4 points 2 days ago (1 children)

I genuinely thought erudite was a noun. Thanks, TIL

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Fungus Among Us (lemmy.blahaj.zone)
 

I got a new colouring book.

This is from Mythogoria: Darkest Desires by Fabiana Attanasio. Pencil colouring by me.

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Everett is Eepy (lemmy.blahaj.zone)
 

We have this phenomenon where I live where people won't leave your house. Just as they're getting up to go they'll start telling another story. They'll put their shoes on and have another tale to tell. Then with one hand on the door they'll be reminded of something else.

Please get out of my house. I love you, but go.

Image Transcription:

Everett and Mrs True are entertaining two guests. One of the guests stands to leave: "Well, True, I guess we'd better be going home."

Everett rises out of his chair, knocking it over: "I'm glad to hear you say that! I'm tired and sleepy and I have to get up early in the morning! For heaven's sake, don't sit down. Good night, GOOD NIGHT!!!!"

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Bisexual Soup (lemmy.blahaj.zone)
 

I got a new colouring book.

This is from Mythogoria: Darkest Desires by Fabiana Attanasio. Pencil colouring by me.

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Spectre Inspector (lemmy.blahaj.zone)
 

I got a new colouring book.

This is from Mythogoria: Darkest Desires by Fabiana Attanasio. Pencil colouring by me.

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Ferris Wheel (lemmy.blahaj.zone)
 

This is a wooden model which I painted for funsies. The wheel actually spins!

 

I made this dumb little game and I want to show it off.

You're shown a colour and you have to try to guess the hexadecimal code for it. It's a game for designers, web developers, logic problem enthusiasts, and nerdy people who like hex codes.

You can play it free in browser or download a DRM-free version to own forever. Have fun!

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submitted 4 months ago* (last edited 4 months ago) by [email protected] to c/[email protected]
 

I've been working on this game in my free time, and I'd love to hear what you think. This is my first release in Godot, and I have to say I learned quite a lot about how the engine works even if it is very UI-centric.

Hex-A-Guess is a colour guessing game for graphic designers, web developers, and nerds who like hexadecimal numbers. Can you guess one of sixteen million colours in only five attempts?

You can play it free in browser, or download it DRM-free and own it forever at no cost.

https://bougiebirdie.itch.io/hex-a-guess

 
 
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wisdom rule (lemmy.blahaj.zone)
 
 

My wife showed me this chungus the other day and I knew what had to be done

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Gender Rule (lemmy.blahaj.zone)
 
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