This is mostly a blog about Magic the Gathering, but that's not all I'm interested in. I'm not shy so message me if you feel like it. Hope you find something relatable here.
so weird how in english some words are really just used in expressions and not otherwise⊠like has anyone said âhavocâ when not using it in the phrase âwreaking havocâ? same goes for âwreakingâ actuallyâŠ
Having taken stock of the situation, it's not as bad as I originally thought. It's not like these crocodilians are an urgent problem, much less a representation of my own mortality. There's no ticking clock here.
It is incredibly important to train yourself to have your first instinct be to look something up.
Don't know how to do something? Look it up.
See a piece of news mentioned on social media? Look it up.
Not sure if something is making it to the broader public consciousness, either because you don't see it much or you see people saying nobody is talking about it? Look it up.
Don't know what a word means? Look it up.
It will make you a better reader and a better writer, but it will also just make you more equipped to cope with the world.
So often, I see people talking about something as though it is the first time anyone has ever acknowledged it, when I've been reading reports about it on the news for months or years. Or I see someone totally misinterpreting an argument because they clearly don't know what a word means--or, on the other hand, making an argument that doesn't make sense because they aren't using words the right way.
Look things up! Check the news (the real news, not random people on social media)! Do your research! You (and the world) will be better for it.
Okay, American immigrant to the UK here to explain all the mistakes from Paul Hollywood happening here: there is one fundamentally American ingredient required to make a s'more correctly but which is basically not available anywhere at all in the UK, and that is graham crackers. A plain digestive biscuit close-ish, but still a very different beast.
From Wikipedia: A graham cracker is a sweet flavored cracker made with graham flour.
The next ingredient (which is also extremely traditionally American but slightly more variable) is typically Hershey's chocolate, but you could probably swap this out in the UK with any plain chocolate bar.
Last ingredient is big marshmallows, the kind you do the chubby bunny challenge with, like the size of your thumb and twice as thick.
A proper s'more, the most traditional possible variety, involves to graham cracker squares, two slab segments of Hershey's chocolate, and one to two marshmallows depending on your preference for filling and gooeyness. You put a slab of chocolate on one of the graham cracker squares. Your marshmallows should be toasted, usually over a campfire but if you're doing them at home over a gas stove burner is fine, but the fire part is critical. You can toast them to whatever degree you like, some people like them nice and golden brown but still kind of firm in the middle, me personally? I want that bitch to CATCH ON FIRE, I want it gooey and sticky as hell in the middle, crispy and burnt on the outside. Slap that motherfucker on your graham cracker and chocolate square, top with the other one so your marshmallow and chocolate are sandwiched together by graham cracker on the outside. You do this with your freshly toasted marshmallow because ideally it will be hot enough to start to melt the chocolate so it sticks to the marshmallow and the graham cracker and, combined with the gooey marshmallow, it keeps the whole thing together, and for that reason some people will let them sit for a hot second to let the melting process happen (especially if like me you have chocolate on BOTH graham cracker squares, not just one, because you're a sugar fiend), but if you are a young child you do not have that degree of patience and you eat that shit immediately, unmelted chocolate and all. Consume your summer camp delight like a tiny club sandwich, get gooey sticky marshmallow and chocolate all over your hands, and enjoy.
Important note: this is a kids treat. It is a traditional summer camping trip dessert. It should be something any ten year old with adult supervision and access to the ingredients can make (and make a mess of). They're called s'mores because kids always "want s'more". If you are using a blowtorch, chocolate biscuits, and merengue, you are so far beyond the bounds of s'more-hood that you have thoroughly lost the plot. If you offered Paul Hollywood's concoction to an American child and called it a s'more, they'd tell you flat out that not only is it not a s'more, it looks dumb and you didn't do it right because it's not gooey.
Graham crackers are a distinctly American thing. They were created by a minister during the temperance movement who believed that the way to get people to stop masturbating was to feed them a diet of only dry, sugarless crackers made from a coarsely ground wheat.
Fortunately one of the few things Americans love more than protestantism is adding sugar to things. So we added sugar and used them to make s'mores, the most sugar-heavy treat imaginable, and we never did stop cranking it.
I googled it once and the only reason why the Great Lakes arenât called inland seas is because they are entirely freshwater, not salt.
By any other metric theyâd be seas. Superior especially (the big one in the upper left) behaves like a small ocean, and has claimed at least 250 ships and over 1000 people. Gordon Lightfoot wrote a frankly chilling song about her that Iâll include here:
I love the Great Lakes, you know how all boats look like shit, like just rusty hulks, you donât get that on the Great Lakes because itâs fresh water, like the shipwrecks are incredibly well preserved
Vote for Digimon World (or other Digimon games) on GOG Dreamlist!
Want to see Digimon World on GOG? Vote for Digimon World and contribute to game preservation!
What is this about? â GOG is a website dedicated to archiving games that will soon be completely lost to time. They have a team of lawyers working to get liscences to port games to PC and preserve them!
They have recently added the Dreamlist, allowing for the community to show them directly where interest lies! These community votes also help in the licensing process to show the developers how much the fans care to be able to play these games still!
Digimon World had such a quick surge in votes, it caught the attention of the team and got added to the highlight list GOG Picks!
Let's keep it going! Let's show off the passion of this community! Keep sharing!
Message from the GOG Team on Twitter/X!
đ Digimon World communityâyouâre absolutely incredible! đ
Just a few days ago, Digimon World (1999) appeared on the GOG Dreamlist, added by a passionate fan who wanted to see it become easily accessible, localized, and running flawlesslyâsince right now, it's only available through the less-than-ideal Korean PC port. What happened next was nothing short of inspiring.
The Digimon community rallied across platforms, sharing memories, spreading the word, and in record time, thousands of votes catapulted it to the top of our most trending gamesâwith other Digimon titles rising fast, too!
This wasnât planned. This wasnât expected. This is the power of a passionate community.
Your voices have sent a clear message: these arenât just games; they are beloved pieces of gaming history that deserve to be preserved and available for everyone to enjoy.
And thatâs exactly what the GOG Dreamlist is all aboutâgiving fans a platform to express which games matter most and why they should be saved. Seeing you use this tool with such dedication is both exciting and humbling. We couldnât be happier.
We want to hear more of your stories, Digimon fansâletâs keep the fire burning!
Harry, of course skipping this blind for a rare joker will give you Blueprint. Do you really think I would waste valuable union time having my men hand you an Obelisk? What would I gain from watching you lose on ante 4? I'm a busy joker, Harry!
I realize this is an animal crossing meme but as an astrophysicist I was really excited for a second that someone was finally seeing the light on how fricking difficult and a huge waste of time it would be to try to terraform Mars
Remember how Shale was the first non-binary character we had in Dragon Age and the narrative didnât have to beat us over the head about it
And before anyone tries to ânuh-uh!!!â me â Shale had a whole dialogue after you found out they used to be a dwarf woman where the Warden is like âso youâre a woman?â and they just go âNo.â