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  • RepresentingWrath
    My reply will merge so I will write it here. There were also a lot of those, one cd disc with many games. I personally own a bunch of those 'compilations'. Obviously those were not official in any way. One CD disc with all HOMM games? Yeah, sure buddy. And of course half the games didn't work, while the rest lagged. They were however dirt cheap.
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    I feel like we might've had those compilations as well, but I'm struggling to remember specific titles :blob_cringe:

    And yeah, it was really common for the games to just not work at all. Sometimes you buy a CD and it's a whole other game once you boot it up :blob_facepalm:
    RepresentingWrath
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    Yep. There were also a ton of modded stuff being sold as new games. I remember after playing Vice City I was looking for new GTA, and I had no understanding how to use internet back then. Obviously I didn't 'google' it and simply looked for it in those shops. So I ended up buying some kind of weird ass mod that added predators into Vice City.
    ShrimpShady
    ShrimpShady
    I sure hope you mean the predators from the movie :sweating_profusely:

    Modded GTA games were also a staple of 2000s gaming here, especially San Andreas. In fact, it was harder to find an unmodded version of the game :blob_facepalm:. It always had a Dragonball, Naruto, or DC mod slapped onto it, and of course it'd break if you actually tried to play the game properly.
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    Daily music recommendation #135

    Shoutout to my fellow zillennials. We occupy a weird spot between the actual millennials and the younger zoomers, so this is a safe space for us transitional fossils.

    Haha imma firin ma lazer

    numa numa yey

    ALL YOUR BASE ARE BELONG TO US

    WTF BOOM

    my name is boxxy
    ShrimpShady
    One nice thing about living here is you can go outside and it just looks like this*


    *not all of the country looks like this

    Can't wait for it all to be replaced with some big old stroads
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    Daily music recommendation #134

    Every once in a while Weezer finds its way back to me (I've only listened to Blue and Pinkerton, and I intend to keep it that way)

    This one's for all the goddamned half-Japanese girls, who do it to me all the time
    ShrimpShady
    Instead of Wordle, every day I look at the US Department of Homeland Security's tweets and count the characters and words :blob_hmm_two:
    ShrimpShady
    Finally filled out and submitted my scholarship application that had been terrorizing my psyche for the past month and noticeably worsened my vision.

    Now it's time to let something else terrorize my psyche.
    Assurbanipal_II
    :meowsip:Fun fact of the day: Xwedodah (Persian: خویدوده khwēdōdah; Avestan: xᵛae¯tuuadaθa) is a type of consanguine marriage historically practiced in Zoroastrianism before the Muslim conquest of Persia Such marriages are recorded as having been inspired by Zoroastrian cosmogony and considered pious. It was a high act of worship in Zoroastrianism, and there were punishments for not performing it.
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    Incest is definitely wack, but it is interesting that it almost seems to be the default for a lot of the world...at least in the past :blob_hmm:

    Gotta keep the bloodline pure yknowwhatimsayin
    Assurbanipal_II
    Assurbanipal_II
    :meowsip: Incest like many other religious prohibitions of the past had an entirely practical background.

    People of course noticed that it eventually lead to degeneration. So they noticed that it was bad. That is why they prohbited it.

    The bible, for example, has a lot of such practical advice. Like installing railing on your balcony, so that people do not fall down.
    Assurbanipal_II
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    Or not cutting down all trees to make siege equipment while sieging a city because it will lead to desertification. It was noticed already back then.

    Or which people you must kill and which enslave upon conquering a city. :meowsip:
    ShrimpShady
    I wonder if anyone's ever done research into the psychology of isekai, "kicked out of the hero's party", and "cheating girlfriend revenge" stories.

    I think it could reveal a lot about the minds of young Japanese men :blob_hmm:
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    Understandable why you don't see it. First you like it. Second every time you disagree with a point of view of deconstructor you say it's not deconstruction but something else. Bias is understandable.
    ShrimpShady
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    I don't know how you got that impression. I think "deconstruction" is just a way to approach things. When a writer tries to tinker with tropes, whether the result is good or bad, I see it as the same process. It's a matter of how the writer handles what they're doing. I'm not trying to pull a "No true Scotsman" thing :blob_hmm:
    RepresentingWrath
    RepresentingWrath
    My bad with that part, misunderstood previous replies. The first part still holds up though.
    ShrimpShady
    Fun fact: If you overlay the westernmost point of Indonesia over Norway, the easternmost point will be in... Mongolia

    Big ass country and for what? :blob_cringe:
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    Daily music recommendation #132

    It's often forgotten that Ringo invented Spongebob. He really is the best Beatle. I just wish he wasn't a shit husband, but then he wouldn't be a Beatle.

    This song has some of George's best guitar work too. It's so nice and tropical. The bubble sounds overdubbed onto the guitar solo are a nice touch. If only he didn't sleep with Ringo's wife.
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    I think Ringo has a really pleasing voice though
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    I will always fall for "revenge is bad" propaganda

    Not because I don't believe righteous retribution exists, but because I find the journey of letting go much more compelling :blob_hmm:
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    But I also love characters who get their revenge but are left with nothing else :blob_hmm:
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