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Cake day: June 12th, 2023

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  • SmoochyPit@beehaw.orgOPto196@lemmy.blahaj.zoneClearuley
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    10 months ago

    Here’s my best shot at explaining. Unlike my grandma, you’ll know more about video game and internet culture already :)

    The character is Alyx from Half-Life 2. “Source Filmmaker” is an app that lets you pose and animate characters from Valve games and is frequently used for meme videos. It was likely used to pose Alyx’s face this way.

    Here is a picture of this meme that I saw before this one (I think it’s the original for the format).

    This was most a meme from a few years ago, around the time when air fryers were becoming more popular and squid game had recently released.

    The meme pokes fun at the “elitist” attitude many people with air fryers had, as they swore by using them for everything. A key trait is the smirk expression the person in the picture has.







  • SmoochyPit@beehaw.orgto196@lemmy.blahaj.zonemelon rule
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    10 months ago

    Context:

    Façade is an artificial intelligence-based interactive story created in 2005 by Michael Mateas and Andrew Stern.

    Façade

    The engine does have some quirks, however; for example, saying the word “melon” at any time will result in the player being kicked out immediately, due to the slang term referring to a woman’s breast, despite other meanings not used in a vulgar way.



  • I’m not sure how or why he would’ve come across that data, but as far as competing companies go…

    There definitely weren’t any widespread virus outbreaks in December 2021 and 2022 which affect the ability to smell, that’s for sure! /s

    Kidding aside, maybe covid was just a really complex form of corporate sabotage between candle companies 🤔














  • I agree, it’s nice to ask somebody about their boundaries, and it can really make them feel more comfortable.

    However, I do consider it the other person’s responsibility to establish the boundaries and uphold them; if I call them something they dislike, I’d hope they’d feel comfortable enough to tell me (in a kind way). That’s the kind of friendship I’d want anyways. And if I purposefully ignore that request or argue it, I think it’s very fair for that person to be more stern in communicating their boundary. In this case, “I don’t care that you use it as gender-neutral, I don’t want to be called ‘dude’.”

    Good friends/people would respect your wishes, though. It’s your identity, at the end of the day.