rozodru

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[–] rozodru@pie.andmc.ca 5 points 3 weeks ago

about 20+ years ago I decided to start collecting videogames. In hindsight it was a good time to start as the prices for the retro stuff was still dirt cheap. I had all the consoles. mastersystem, nes, snes, genesis, 3DO, NeoGeo, etc. A few japanese only stuff like the Wonderswan and what have you. Again via ebay and thriftstores it was all cheap.

The Jaguar for whatever reason took awhile to find at a decent price but I finally found one at a electronics thriftstore in the city. bought a few games for it also. some even still had the overlay for the controller.

all the games were bad. all of them. I bought like 10 games or so and they all sucked. My collection initially focused on collecting consoles and the "best" games for each which would progress to just trying to get as close to complete collections as possible. With the Jaguar I didn't even bother after those 10 games. I had more games for the 3DO and PC-i compared to the Jaguar. Plus Jaguar stuff was just hard to find and I kinda figured that people didn't bother trading them in or trying to resell them but because they sucked so much I bet you most people just tossed them.

[–] rozodru@pie.andmc.ca 34 points 3 weeks ago (1 children)

his current wife is going along for the ride on this one because I imagine she's already been promised a sort of "golden parachute" so to speak. She knows shes done for thus the reason she's been looking more "rough" lately.

He's probably already slept with Kirks widow, current wife already knows he has also.

[–] rozodru@pie.andmc.ca 12 points 3 weeks ago* (last edited 3 weeks ago)

can't speak for other countries but I can tell you first hand that Canada has REALLY soured on India and Indians. Many view Indians as exploiting student visas in order to gain PR status, an unwillingness to acclimatize to Canada, taking jobs and housing, etc. Also doesn't help that a year or two ago a couple people working for the Indian government murdered a Sikh Canadian in BC thus many Canadians want nothing to do with India and were angry with Prime Minister Carney this past week after he tried to fix relations with India.

[–] rozodru@pie.andmc.ca 29 points 3 weeks ago (5 children)

The fuck is left to sacrifice Carney? We've been struggling for years. most of us can't afford rent or eat. there's nothing left to sacrifice.

[–] rozodru@pie.andmc.ca 13 points 3 weeks ago (2 children)

I enjoy GDQ but man do I wish they didn't read EVERY SINGLE DONATION because some people just have the social awareness of a wombat.

Germans constantly having to remind you that the Internet exists in Germany or that they're from some far away magical land.

The most depressing cancer stories known to man while playing some upbeat and colorful game like Kirby or something

So. Many. Relatives. dying CONSTANTLY within the same week as GDQ it seems. Like they ALL hold on until THAT specific week so their relatives can donate with a sad story.

I get that it encourages donations but really your entire motivation to donate to a good cause shouldn't be to hear your donation stated on stream.

[–] rozodru@pie.andmc.ca 5 points 3 weeks ago (1 children)

considering the data is from 2018 and the report published in 2020 it's probably not a "little" higher but a hell of a lot higher.

At this point it's more likely bots are advertising/pushing agendas to other bots.

[–] rozodru@pie.andmc.ca 11 points 3 weeks ago (2 children)

receive distress call from Hanako: "it can wait."

[–] rozodru@pie.andmc.ca 1 points 3 weeks ago (1 children)

yup, haven't gotten around to it but I've been meaning to. How's it working out for you? I might end up doing that today.

[–] rozodru@pie.andmc.ca 24 points 3 weeks ago

Well the Wachowskis have said in the past that The Matrix Online is canon as they wanted to hand the story of The Matrix over to the fans/players to do with it as they wished. They approved of Morpheus' death in the game so I suppose that's why it's kinda vague in Resurrections as to how he died. Either because of the events of the game where he was killed by an assassin or simply from old age.

As far as how he was reborn in the movie he was basically "coded in" to a "Matrix Modal" by Neo and the Machines. Resurrections Morpheus was like a hybrid of Morpheus and Agent Smith. The whole explanation was the machines needed Neo to kind of remember but not quite fully remember that he was the One because it generated a lot of power for them combined with keeping Trinity in close proximity. So the Machines were kind of constantly dangling a carrot in front of Neos face. They also had to keep constantly changing his DSI (Digital Self Image) so the humans would have a hard time finding him.

So the Morpheus in Resurrections wasn't the "real" morpheus but a program that had Morpheus' "code". that's why he didn't have a body in the real world because unlike Neo and Trinity there was no body to put him in.

[–] rozodru@pie.andmc.ca 9 points 3 weeks ago

It was essentially a clip show for people who I guess didn't have the internet? just viral videos. that's it.

[–] rozodru@pie.andmc.ca 23 points 3 weeks ago

As someone who witnessed them eating up ALL their competition first hand, you're right. They bought EVERYONE out. in my time in the adult industry I worked for 3 separate companies and Manwin bought them all. TWICE I was offered a job by them and to move to Montreal after being laid off from two companies that they bought and both times I turned them down simply because of their reputation within the industry.

One company I worked for was named Twistys/Pink Visual based in Toronto and they were bought by Manwin. A few people I know decided to move to Montreal to work at pornhub since they worked on Gaytube, SexTube, TrannyTube, etc and would be in charge of those sites at pornhub. They all moved back to Toronto within the spawn of a few months because it was a horrible place to work. Pornhub has always presented itself online as cool and hip to modern trends but behind the scenes it's anything but. I mean all the cool statistics and stuff they constantly present was built on the back of a guy from Tucson Arizona that worked for another porn company there that they bought. They promptly fired him after he essentially taught them his tools. Dude moved to Montreal from Arizona and everything. uprooted his family to move to Canada. He lasted maybe a year.

There was also a point where the adult actors were looking to unionize. It was largely spear headed by Sasha Grey. Manwin/Pornhub in part was very quick to squash that.

[–] rozodru@pie.andmc.ca 31 points 3 weeks ago (3 children)

as someone who used to work in the adult entertainment industry years and years ago Manwin/Pornhub was always known as the "McDonalds of Porn". You go there because you don't know any better and just want a quick session.

If you want niche stuff, truly amateur stuff, you'll go else where. So you're not wrong, there are a lot more places that simply ignore these rules. For the vast majority as long as they're following 2257 rules they couldn't give a rats ass about any other countries rules. Why? because most of the big payment processors i.e. places like CCBill, are in the US so it's more important to play by the US' rules than anywhere else so Affiliates and what have you can continue to be paid.

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