PassTheChicken

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The Cuban Missile Crisis (Part 2) in c/history@lemmy.world
[–] PassTheChicken@sh.itjust.works 1 points 7 months ago (1 children)

Where's part 3? :) I must admit, the AI generated image in your first post made me scroll by quickly at first, thinking your post itself would be AI generated too. But now I'm hooked. I've only read about the Cuban Missile Crisis as told by the US side before, so I'm genuinely curious how participants of "the other side" experienced this historic incident(s). Thanks for letting us in on your story!

Ich🛠iel in c/ich_iel@feddit.de
Ich🛠iel in c/ich_iel@feddit.de
[–] PassTheChicken@sh.itjust.works 12 points 1 year ago (3 children)

Bisschen unrelatiert, aber mir sagte mal jemand: Ihr Rohr leckt nicht, es tropft. Denn es tropft von oben nach unten und es leckt von unten nach oben.

When does the future begin? in c/nostupidquestions@lemmy.world
[–] PassTheChicken@sh.itjust.works 17 points 1 year ago

Now. No wait, now. Nope, now.

Ideas for a single class party? in c/baldurs_gate_3@lemmy.world
[–] PassTheChicken@sh.itjust.works 9 points 1 year ago

Definitely druid. Shape shift everyone into ravens and just fly past every obstacle and enemy while playing Wagner's ride of the Valkyries.

Top games for emulator? in c/patientgamers@sh.itjust.works
[–] PassTheChicken@sh.itjust.works 3 points 1 year ago

I very much enjoyed E.V.O.: Search for Eden when I whipped out a SNES emulator a few years ago, though I have never played it on the original console.

Also, of course, the Donkey Kong games on SNES (almost) never get old.

ich🍊iel in c/ich_iel@feddit.de
[–] PassTheChicken@sh.itjust.works 15 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Das ist ein dicker Arschdaumen.

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Music reflecting emotions (sh.itjust.works)
 

One of the things I appreciate about O'Brian's writing is how he uses music and Jack's and Stephen's manner of playing as a reflection of their emotions, sometimes unclear to themselves.

He had boundless confidence in Stephen, but deep in his mind there was a sense of having been - not tricked, not quite manoeuvred: perhaps managed was the word. He did not care for it at all. It wounded him. He took up his fiddle, and standing there facing the open stern window and looking out on to the wake, he stroked a deep note from the G string and so played on, an improvisation that expressed what he felt as no words could have done. But when Stephen behind him, speaking over the sound, said, 'Forgive me, Jack: sometimes I am compelled to be devious. I do not do it from choice,' the music changed, ended in an abrupt, cheerful pizzicato, and he sat down again. (Desolation Island)

This passage comes to mind, wonderfully adhering to the "show, don't tell" principle while not only reflecting Jack's conflicted emotions in this particular situation, but also his personal take on their relationship as described previously.

I am sure there are many passages like this one. Which are the most notable examples in your eyes?

ich_iel in c/ich_iel@feddit.de
[–] PassTheChicken@sh.itjust.works 2 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

Ich muss gestehen, ich kenne sie tatsächlich nur als LKW-Ausbremser auf der Durchfahrt. Außerdem sind die ersten Ergebnisse der Google Bildersuche auch Autobahn-relatiert. Aber ist ein guter Punkt! Was gibt's denn dort hübsches?

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Terrible Estate Agent Photos (badrealestate) - estate agent/realtor photos that are so bad they’re funny. in c/newcommunities@lemmy.world
[–] PassTheChicken@sh.itjust.works 25 points 1 year ago

Narrator: He was wrong.

Annoying in c/memes@lemmy.ml
[–] PassTheChicken@sh.itjust.works 2 points 1 year ago

Thanks, I'll give it a try

Annoying in c/memes@lemmy.ml
[–] PassTheChicken@sh.itjust.works 1 points 1 year ago (2 children)

I was wondering if there's a software compressor for the master channel of a computer. Like many, I usually stream movies nowadays, so VLC is of no use unfortunately. Any ideas? I'm on windows, if that matters.

BIFL Coffee Maker in c/buyitforlife@sh.itjust.works
[–] PassTheChicken@sh.itjust.works 4 points 1 year ago (1 children)

+1 for Moccamaster

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