XeroxCool

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[–] XeroxCool@lemmy.world 2 points 2 days ago (1 children)

F Save The World (paid early access) was July 2017. FN Battle Royale was September 2017. And, for reference, PUBG launched the beta in March 2017, full release Dec 2017

[–] XeroxCool@lemmy.world 4 points 2 days ago* (last edited 2 days ago)

Not sure what theme, style, or use you're looking for. I don't have suggestions that would hit in a fun powerful way like the soundtrack to American Horror Story: Coven (but I guess that playlist is a recommendation). I'm into metal and I'm imagining higher feminine vocals that may not be entirely understandable, so that's what I have. Generally, the top tracks on Spotify are representative of the sound I associate with each.

Chelsea Wolfe comes to mind first. She drifts between metal and folk (sort of?), but the lyrical content is largely consistent. Hiss Spun (2017) is the album I like most, followed by She Reaches Out To She Reaches Out To She (2024) if the other is too metal. She also put some work into the X/MaXine/?? horror movie trilogy score with Tyler Bates

I lied, some more upbeat bands would be Cellar Darling (hard rock, fantasy themes, cello solos) or Castle Rat (if you needed Iron Maiden to beseige a castle).

Not exactly jams or bangers, but my autumn work/build grind playlist consisted of Heriot, Faetooth, Author & Punisher, Conjurer, and King Yosef. This is some heavy background score material to give me that fay metal mood without too much focus on the music itself. They're what built my 7ft tall deer reaper for Halloween. Discovered this genre(?) from a goth burlesque/freak show performance.

[–] XeroxCool@lemmy.world 5 points 2 days ago (3 children)

I couldn't believe it'd been out for ten years, so I checked. It's been out for ~10 years, but not 10 years, originally releasing mid 2017

[–] XeroxCool@lemmy.world 2 points 3 days ago

That looks like my cheddar! That's why, without the aid of an industrial shearing rig, I have to hold the knife at about 15 degrees off vertical, cutting edge towards the block. The cut goes straight down. I've accepted the superiority of using a small santoku knife and having to hand wash. I really should get a wire slicer

[–] XeroxCool@lemmy.world 1 points 3 days ago

Cut paper makes a ton of dust and fiber. Ever empty out a shredder? It's a significant maintenance issue for print shops

[–] XeroxCool@lemmy.world 11 points 4 days ago (2 children)

This is pretty much what I was going to say. You always lose material, but the amount lost varies drastically based on the method. Even when using a knife or shears in a purely straight motion (no sawing or sliding), the material has to deform to make room for the cutting device. It may rip apart, it may bulge into itself, it may crumble, it may do it all. Try cutting a thin slice off a nice block of cheese and you'll see nearly all the deformation go to the slice, while the knife will be coated in cheese

[–] XeroxCool@lemmy.world 7 points 6 days ago* (last edited 6 days ago) (1 children)

One time I found the most circular rock I'd ever seen. About 2.5" wide, 1/2" thick, smoothly worn by the ocean. It was a pale gray rock with dark speckled pits. It was like a cartoon moon. I took it from the beach, intending to keep it as a souvenir of the trip. It never made it. It was accidentally thrown out in the chaos of leaving a hotel.

I stole that rock from it's ocean view home and sent it to a landfill. It was just a rock and it tears me up unnecessarily.

[–] XeroxCool@lemmy.world 0 points 1 week ago (2 children)

I get that for people who had his live Shaggy role their entire lives. Scooby was primarily a cartoon for me. But I was surprised and understanding of him potentially being most famous for Shaggy, as he has like 20 credits to his name. Presumably for a lot of voice work

[–] XeroxCool@lemmy.world 2 points 1 week ago

I've always had a fake one as a kid and continue with them on my own. My spouse always had real ones, but the care and cleanup of a real tree is obnoxious. Gotta keep it watered, gotta keep the needles contained, gotta wrap it in the thinnest fucking bag at the end, gotta vacuum the needles you missed, gotta vacuum the needles that spilled form the bag rips, gotta put it on the curb a certain day. So we do fake. Started with a curb find with dead lights where we just threw more lights on top

[–] XeroxCool@lemmy.world 10 points 1 week ago

While I certainly feel the rage, the tree is yet another decoration the Christians copped from the pagans they sought to drown out. It's yule, not what Jesus put in his home for his birthday (not that he was actually born in the winter anyway, they rewrote that too). Eggs and bunnies are pagan fertility things, not what phasewalker Jesus handed out from the tomb.

While I know it's clearly a Christian symbol now, you can't change what makes you nostalgic.

Anyway, I don't know about everyone else, but it was only this summer I learned that "pagan" just means ANY religion that isn't Christian. I assume it's more the various Nordic, Germanic, and Anglo sects in the European Christian range.

[–] XeroxCool@lemmy.world 6 points 1 week ago

$20-25 USD gets you my everyday carry Keychain flashlight, the Olight ir2. It has a narrow/medium beam, which means it throws light much farther than a phone flash. No fiddling with touchscreens or lock screens, can be done with gloves, won't miss-tap in rain. The battery is only good for like 10 minutes of high or 60 minutes of low, but the USB recharging in <1hr means it's not hard to maintain. It's a twist style, so it's simple to use and doesn't need a coded lock press pattern to prevent pocket lighting. I've had mine for 2.5yrs. If I'm already a little dark adapted, the low mode is plenty of light. High mode gets 20ft or more of clear throw.

There's a pro now, which is a little bigger, little brighter, lasts a little longer, and uses a type-c port instead of micro. Something like $5 more

[–] XeroxCool@lemmy.world 2 points 1 week ago (6 children)

I guess he does have many credits as Shaggy. I thought he'd be known for being the main bad guy in Scream. And, on this platform, I thought we'd all go for Hackers. No, just me and u/zerocool?

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