We're hanging out, prepping dinner and chatting when she fires up the Spotify and as part of an inside joke fires up the DJ function, opening with The Cure, one of her favourite bands and she always sings along. This led into Pete & Bas, which we both find hilarious but also Gangster Shit is kind of a banger. Of course, what next but Skin Milk by 200 Stab Wounds, followed up with some Charlie XCX, Black Dahlia Murder and now some Smashing Pumpkins.

Thought this was a pretty funny, but just a wonderful, somewhat dull aspect of my day-to-day life. She's pretty great.

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I'm a younger millennial but had a cousin born 12 years before me who shared his love of toys with me, including Transformers. He showed me the Transformers Movie in the late 90s and it rocked tiny me to my core. Had no idea that Prime, built up from watching hand-me-down VHS rips and playing for hours with the toys, could die.

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  • [–] 2 points 3 months ago (1 child)

    Probably a little bit of both. Anecdotally, the fires and smoke columns are probably bigger than you realize. This is a pic from some time ago of a 10,000m tall smoke column from a fire barely 24 hours old and less than 100kms away.

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  • [–] 3 points 5 months ago

    We had the opposite happen at my work a little while ago lol. New person came in and saw that I carry a 1.9l water bottle everywhere with me and they started laughing asking why when there's water and cups in the kitchen. Cue a week of various coworkers having to prove to this person that basically everyone in the office has a water bottle of their own that they regularly use at work. Still didn't understand at the end and they also didn't last long, oh well.

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  • [–] 5 points 6 months ago

    It's got a pretty good damage model (which can be turned off entirely for single player content) but the crash physics aren't as rich. With full damage on you definitely have to be careful to avoid wrecking your car, but you won't get full body warping damage.

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  • [–] 4 points 6 months ago (2 children)

    I've had a blast with the Horizon games from the first entry, and many of the Motorsport entries as well. Horizon strikes a great balance of arcade mechanics and style with tight, grounded physics and a pretty deep upgrade and tuning system. I basically only ever play solo, no multiplayer matches or anything, usually I'll throw on a podcast or an audiobook, explore the map and do some races to make money, build a new car and repeat.

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