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[–] Duke_Nukem_1990@feddit.org 6 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (3 children)

Here is a deeper rabbit hole:

Wintermute (the author of that tweet) was the name of the admin of the original german lemmy instance "feddit.de". At some point Wintermute said they would go on vacation, I think to somewhere in asia. After that they were never heard from again and the instance decayed and we all had to move to feddit.org eventuall.

Now... what if Wintermute fell down a manhole cover??

[–] rustyfish@lemmy.world 1 points 1 year ago

The joke is he got into trouble in North Korea. My head canon goes he started some shit with the authorities in Pyongyang because of the manholes.

[–] _stranger_@lemmy.world 0 points 1 year ago

Wintermute is the name of a character from William Gibson's Neuromancer novels, so it's fairly common. But the German angle does add a bit of spice...

[–] HootinNHollerin@lemmy.dbzer0.com 0 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Holy shit

I imagine he’s in a Burmese prison with J. Peterman

[–] hypnicjerk@lemmy.world 0 points 1 year ago (1 children)
[–] AnUnusualRelic@lemmy.world 1 points 1 year ago

Myanmar is the name picked by the junta. It's Burma.

[–] puchaczyk@lemmy.blahaj.zone 5 points 1 year ago (3 children)

No, you don't understand. Night City is a dystopia, so they use wrong manhole covers to show how corrupt this city is.

Finally, someone on Lemmy that's media literate

[–] Schadrach@lemmy.sdf.org 2 points 1 year ago

Night City is a dystopia, so they use wrong manhole covers to show how corrupt this city is.

They use the cheapest they could get on hand. That's why it's the one rated for pedestrians rather than vehicles on the roads, obviously.

[–] OozingPositron@feddit.cl 1 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Wtf, I like cyberpunk now??

[–] HappyFrog@lemmy.blahaj.zone 1 points 1 year ago

You didn't like it before? It's epic.

[–] Red_October@lemmy.world 3 points 1 year ago (1 children)

I'm comfortable with saying it fits as deliberate in-setting.

The manholes used are thinner and weaker, but cheaper to make. Night City would be the kind of place that would try to save cash on manhole covers, then if someone caves one in by driving over it, they charge the poor gonk for the replacement with a fine on top.

[–] ajikeshi@lemmy.world 2 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

the TÜV is tenacious enough to crush even the biggest megacorps!

Night City would not stand a chance

[–] Neverclear@lemmy.dbzer0.com 2 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Instead of fixing the spec, they should make a "randomly falls through manhole cover" mechanic.

[–] filcuk@lemmy.zip 1 points 1 year ago (1 children)

I believe it was there on release

[–] ulterno@programming.dev 0 points 1 year ago (1 children)

And people failed to understand why their heavy vehicles were getting stuck in roads.

[–] Neverclear@lemmy.dbzer0.com 2 points 1 year ago

Guys... it actual was a feature.

[–] chiliedogg@lemmy.world 2 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

I work in municipal development, and this is the kind of shit I notice all the time.

My job is to nitpick details.

[–] tacofox@lemm.ee 1 points 1 year ago

I only know about “DIN” specification standards because of the recent New Mind video about washers 😭

[–] Don_alForno@feddit.org 1 points 1 year ago

I am too lazy to check, but did they by chance fix it? That would be even more hilarious.

[–] flicker@lemmy.dbzer0.com 1 points 1 year ago

This is one of the things that I love most about the internet.

Someone with a highly specialized field of knowledge is playing a game and sees something only a few people would know.

They use the internet to share that knowledge.

[–] MithranArkanere@lemmy.world 1 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Can't play the game until they are fixed.

[–] steal_your_face@lemmy.ml 1 points 1 year ago

Literally unplayable

[–] Melonpoly@lemmy.world 0 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (1 children)

Why have realistic graphics if you're going to ignore minor details like these ¯_(ツ)_/¯

[–] tauren@lemm.ee 1 points 1 year ago

Vibe coded and vibe manholed the whole game smh.

[–] Alk@sh.itjust.works -1 points 1 year ago (1 children)

In Cyberpunk 2077, I'm fairly certain most cars float. Correct me if I'm wrong because I haven't played in years.

If that's the case, that manhole cover is just fine.

[–] AngryCommieKender@lemmy.world 1 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Even if it is floating, it is still pressing on the ground with the same, if not more, force. The antigravity field has to be pushing against something.

[–] thespcicifcocean@lemmy.world 1 points 1 year ago

i was writing a response about aerodynamics and lift and then had flashbacks to my aerodynamics class and had a panic attack, so i'm not going to do that.