ProfessorProteus @ ProfessorProteus @lemmy.world

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Is that you, Bill?

Man, if you wanted me to cry you could have told me my childhood dog died a second time.

Whichever one has the drugs in it.

On a serious note, I'll have any candy corn if you're looking to get rid of it

Hey fellow trumpet player! I played it for 7 years through middle and high school, and I even did jazz band in HS. I was third- then first chair in our top band, yet I still didn't learn anything deeper than musical notation and major scales... Things like the circle of fifths, modes, even chord progressions? I now know they're all pretty basic concepts, but back then they were a form of mysticism reserved for the gods of music. Thankfully all the basic stuff has stuck with me as if I never stopped playing, which has provided a priceless foundation. Oh, and very strong relative pitch!

I definitely plan to take ideas from here and there and evolve them, if only as homage to my composer heroes. Just as in game design, nothing is completely original anymore, and everyone "borrows" ideas all the time. Regarding drum patterns, definitely gonna tap into the works of Peart and Portnoy!

Thanks for the inspiration, by the way. It really helps keep the fire going!

Getting Ace Attorney vibes from this one but I'm not sure why. Nice!

That's so cool, thanks! Looks like some realistic interpretation of a Pokemon professor haha

I'm gonna put up decorations tonight and try to come up with a snow dance

I was kinda expecting Michael Collins but that's awesome anyway! Love the painted look

What a cool idea! I have to try it on my comp later when I have time. Question about the "rules": spaces where appropriate, or no?

I also hope he ties himself to the rest of his fellow lunatics, but they'll simply say he's a Democrat plant or some shit. "Lone wolf" at the very least. It's all so tiresome

I'm all for this pickleposting movement! Gonna buy a jar of em when I get off work.

Or is that just what Big Pickle wants?

I thought it was at first too. In the U.S. (at least, here in Texas) I feel like the bigger offender is all the lifted trucks, coal-rollers, etc. Not sure how bad muscle cars are but they're also very prevalent. Seems like every 5th person in my city has a Mustang or Charger with a muffler delete.

I love how they depicted Fry this way. I would usually expect him to be bored or indifferent about something that's typically seen as boring, like history.

But he would otherwise have been around during this time if "I.C. Weiner" had never ordered that pizza, so he's excited to hear about the things he would have seen firsthand.

This show is one of the reasons that time travel is my absolute favorite fictional concept.

I've never played Bulletstorm, but they also have been developing a game called Witchfire that I've been so excited for ever since I saw the first teaser like... 5 years ago. Apparently it just released into early access last month but somehow I missed the announcement!

Whoa, I haven't seen anyone else reference that "game" in forever! I still play that sound clip in my head every time I see that effect.

"You can't stop me, unless the game goes into slow motion for some reason and I become easier to shoot." Beewwww "Oohhhh nooooo..."

meese

I was just wondering about whether it would be obnoxious to use the occasional reaction image in Lemmy comments. I remember seeing a lot of images during the great exodus, but rarely since.

It feels ridiculous to ask, but is there a generally agreed-upon etiquette for this stuff? I feel like I missed a memo or something 😂

Could all the republicans just drop out of the entire government since they obviously don't want to govern? They should just skip a few steps and (ghost) write their books ffs

Bunch of toddlers

I'm sure that's true in some cases, but it seems like devs tend to rely on it for easy realism, like all the other things mentioned here (CA, motion blur, etc.). Personally, it takes me out of the experience when I notice it, but I guess it's not that hard to ignore if the game is otherwise engaging.

I put it in the same category as that effect where the screen gets bloody (or worse, vein-y) when you take damage, then it goes away when you heal. As if Ben Stein himself dowsed you with Clear Eyes.

backward electoral system

Gerrymandering, disinformation, election fraud, voter intimidation by big guys with their big tough guns at the polling stations. Oh, and the arbitrary under-staffing/removal of said polling stations. Lack of ranked-choice, etc.

Sorry, going off the cuff, but I guess your choice of words covers all that. Man I'm proud embarrassed to be an American