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Wed, 15 Nov 2023 07:14:16

Is it passive-aggressive to grammar-check the sender's original e-mail that you are replying to?

I guess that is a rhetorical question.

Another asshole move I do is when I get an e-mail that the sender is marked "Important" If I don't deem it "Important" I mark my response as "Low Importance".  Which is about 98% of e-mails that the sender flags as "Important".  These losers have no concept of what is important. I get to decide what it important.

Aspro out.

LOL

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Wed, 15 Nov 2023 07:20:12
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Worst 3 days ever.

Threw my back out raking leaves for my mother, even though I told her my back was painful before, she insisted.

Now spent 3 days in constant pain. Dr's appointment is 2 weeks away.

Next time break the rake over her head and give her fifty pounds to hire a gardener. (assuming you did not already do this) Happy Kidding, I am sure you love and respect your mother, obvioulsy you do or you would not have abused yourself.

That sucks about no Dr. for 2 weeks, but here in regional Australia with our socialist medical system, I get the same (actually worse) service.  So everyone ends up going to the emergency rooms in hospitals, competing with the manifold junkies threatening suicide.  Where I live the last doctor's office that was accepting new patients closed 4 months ago, so anyone here has to drive 2.5 hours to the next biggest city if they have any chance of seeing a doctor.

My fellow US citizens, when they tell you the socialist countries have health care sorted out, they are lying. Yes, it's free, but it is not accessible unless you live in a state capital.

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Wed, 15 Nov 2023 07:25:52
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NES Ducktales is great.  I was just thinking back to it a week or so ago.  I need to replay that some time soon myself.

Yes and the Shovel Knight guys, while they made their very significant contributions to Shovel Knight have a lot to thank Capcom for. Also, Robio is forever in my good books for sending me the PS3 remake of Ducktails. That game was awesome from start to finish and not available in Australia. which makes Robio this guy:

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Wed, 15 Nov 2023 07:54:56
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Next time break the rake over her head and give her fifty pounds to hire a gardener. (assuming you did not already do this) Happy Kidding, I am sure you love and respect your mother, obvioulsy you do or you would not have abused yourself.

That sucks about no Dr. for 2 weeks, but here in regional Australia with our socialist medical system, I get the same (actually worse) service.  So everyone ends up going to the emergency rooms in hospitals, competing with the manifold junkies threatening suicide.  Where I live the last doctor's office that was accepting new patients closed 4 months ago, so anyone here has to drive 2.5 hours to the next biggest city if they have any chance of seeing a doctor.

My fellow US citizens, when they tell you the socialist countries have health care sorted out, they are lying. Yes, it's free, but it is not accessible unless you live in a state capital.



That sucks. If I need a doctors appointment I can usually get it same day if it's for an urgent matter.  The appointment costs me €4.

Now if you need a specialist, that's a whole different story which takes months.
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Wed, 15 Nov 2023 09:34:29
SupremeAC said:

Silksong's status is quickly becoming similar of those of a new F-zero game, Half-life 3 or Star Tropics 3, where it's more urban legend than actual game.

Sad but it really feels that way, I want it so badly. Sad

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Wed, 15 Nov 2023 09:35:44
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Had a fairly constant but bearable muscular back pain for a while. Now it's reached a stage where I'll randomly strain it and feel crippled for days.

Back pain is the worst. I probably asked this at some point in the many years here but have you had a nerve study/EMG done to see if you have something pinched. Have they ever suggested surgery? Either way good luck, hope you get some pain relief.

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Wed, 15 Nov 2023 09:44:31
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I got a laptop for work so now I am playing some older steam games or gamepass games. I finally finally decided to play Tomb Raider Anniversary which I have wanted to play for a long time. I really liked the CD Tomb Raider games pre reboot and Anniversary is the best one. Just all puzzles, great play forming challenges, it's old TR but with good controls. Love it. They don't make games like this anymore where the game doesn't tell you anything, you figure it out. No yellow paint anywhere. Refreshing.

Also playing Atomic Heart or Russian knockoff bioshock. I am really giving it a shot but man the polish is not there. When I hear people say stuff like Bioshock Infinite sucks!!! That game sure has some issues but it plays very well, it's production value is incredible, it feels right. This has some good ideas but everything feels a bit off. The powers aren't that great, the guns don't feel like they have much impact, movement is kind of stiff. I love the world, it's pretty cool, they try to mix in puzzles with environmental obstacles but the design feels like a first time developer project and it probably is. I'm going to try to beat it but I don't know if I will make it to the end.

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Wed, 15 Nov 2023 14:14:18
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Yes and the Shovel Knight guys, while they made their very significant contributions to Shovel Knight have a lot to thank Capcom for. Also, Robio is forever in my good books for sending me the PS3 remake of Ducktails. That game was awesome from start to finish and not available in Australia. which makes Robio this guy:


Ahhh the DuckTales adventure, when I got my labels mixed up. Good times. Glad you liked it though. Definitely up there with my very favorite remakes of all time.
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Wed, 15 Nov 2023 18:42:01
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Hmm, I think I have that Ducktales remake on Wii U. I'll have to check tonight. I forgot all about it. Might be easier than the NES original, which I suck at.

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Wed, 15 Nov 2023 19:40:10
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It is easier, but not necessarily because they've purposely made it easier. There's no slowdown or flashing on the screen, and because the game is now in widescreen you can see the enemies coming a little bit earlier. But they don't really slow anything down or make Scrooge tougher to kill. Modern design was the difference Maker here.
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Wed, 15 Nov 2023 20:09:20
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Next time break the rake over her head and give her fifty pounds to hire a gardener. (assuming you did not already do this) Happy Kidding, I am sure you love and respect your mother, obvioulsy you do or you would not have abused yourself.

That sucks about no Dr. for 2 weeks, but here in regional Australia with our socialist medical system, I get the same (actually worse) service.  So everyone ends up going to the emergency rooms in hospitals, competing with the manifold junkies threatening suicide.  Where I live the last doctor's office that was accepting new patients closed 4 months ago, so anyone here has to drive 2.5 hours to the next biggest city if they have any chance of seeing a doctor.

My fellow US citizens, when they tell you the socialist countries have health care sorted out, they are lying. Yes, it's free, but it is not accessible unless you live in a state capital.

In the 90s you could get a same day appointment with the doctor of your choice at your GP who was within walking distance. Everything's snagged now.

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Back pain is the worst. I probably asked this at some point in the many years here but have you had a nerve study/EMG done to see if you have something pinched. Have they ever suggested surgery? Either way good luck, hope you get some pain relief.

The doctor wanted to do a physical examination to decide what kind of scan to give. Last time they fobbed me off with a physio who couldn't even prescribe me painkillers.

I'm starting to think it's sciatica, as I was getting pain down my legs,still am.

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Wed, 15 Nov 2023 22:32:25
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I just scrolled through the games catalogue available to me through GamePass Ultimate. It's an exercise in acceptance as I come to terms with the endless inadequacy of the time I can dedicate to gaming.
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Thu, 16 Nov 2023 02:06:26
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The doctor wanted to do a physical examination to decide what kind of scan to give. Last time they fobbed me off with a physio who couldn't even prescribe me painkillers.

I'm starting to think it's sciatica, as I was getting pain down my legs,still am.

Yeah that sounds like a pinched nerve. So a nerve study/emg would find if a nerve is being damaged and at what root. Of course that's just a diagnosis, the fix would be something major like back surgery or just therapy which you are probably doing.

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Thu, 16 Nov 2023 02:07:35
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I just scrolled through the games catalogue available to me through GamePass Ultimate. It's an exercise in acceptance as I come to terms with the endless inadequacy of the time I can dedicate to gaming.

I want to play the yakuza games, then I remember they are all like 40-50 hours long. Sad  I want to invent a Time Machine not to travel through time and see the greatest wonders of human history, no just so I can complete my backlog lol.

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Thu, 16 Nov 2023 02:12:21
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I want to play the yakuza games, then I remember they are all like 40-50 hours long. Sad  I want to invent a Time Machine not to travel through time and see the greatest wonders of human history, no just so I can complete my backlog lol.


If you don't get too caught up in the side quests the first couple are closer to about 30 hours. Not that it's remarkably less, but they're quite easy to knock out in under 2 weeks if you have the time.
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Thu, 16 Nov 2023 03:00:39
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If you don't get too caught up in the side quests the first couple are closer to about 30 hours. Not that it's remarkably less, but they're quite easy to knock out in under 2 weeks if you have the time.

I got a new laptop for work so I can play at work, which is a dream so I have more time than usual. I already did one and two so its three and on I have to do.

Mario Wonder review is up, i thought it was great BUT I like the challenge of the older games better. And if I have to pick between recent 2D games like Rayman games or even DKCR I put those ahead of Mario Wonder.

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Thu, 16 Nov 2023 07:30:24
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If you don't get too caught up in the side quests the first couple are closer to about 30 hours. Not that it's remarkably less, but they're quite easy to knock out in under 2 weeks if you have the time.

You should be able to do all the side quests of 1 and 2 in thirty, easily. Story only could easily be done in like 15. But a proper Yakuza experience is always going to be at least 20-40 hours.

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Thu, 16 Nov 2023 08:29:31
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SupremeAC said:
I just scrolled through the games catalogue available to me through GamePass Ultimate. It's an exercise in acceptance as I come to terms with the endless inadequacy of the time I can dedicate to gaming.

I want to play the yakuza games, then I remember they are all like 40-50 hours long. Sad  I want to invent a Time Machine not to travel through time and see the greatest wonders of human history, no just so I can complete my backlog lol.

I'd just like one of those buttons that paused the rest of the world so I could play games.

Yakuza games don't HAVE to be that long, you can get out of most of them in under 20 hours if you stick to the story.

https://howlongtobeat.com/game/42407 (Yakuza 6 18.5 hours)
https://howlongtobeat.com/game/43056 (Yakuza 0 31 hours)

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Thu, 16 Nov 2023 19:32:59
Dvader said:

Yeah that sounds like a pinched nerve. So a nerve study/emg would find if a nerve is being damaged and at what root. Of course that's just a diagnosis, the fix would be something major like back surgery or just therapy which you are probably doing.

I had a nerve study on my hands/wrists before. Mild carpal tunnel found. The cause? I'd stopped using tubigrip wrist supports to sleep like I used too. And a lack of vitamin D.

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Fri, 17 Nov 2023 00:32:30
I canceled my Atari 2600+ preorder. Early reviews from Atari fans are saying it's decent at best. For $130+, I expected better. I can emulate them on PC.

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