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#21

Gaming HQ / Re: What are you playing? (Red...

Last post by Syt - December 23, 2025, 02:12:41 PM

In that vein, this year's list.



I played a lot of Civ7 in February/March.

Also, Tile Town - placing city hex tiles for high scores is my kryptonite (together with Match 3 games and Balatro on my phone). Shocked to see OOTP25 up there - I basically only logged in once a day to collect my card pack and trade cards (spent no money). Didn't play the game proper.

#22

Off the Record / Re: Youtube Recommendations

Last post by Syt - December 23, 2025, 01:59:31 PM

Fun

... but as with most of these videos, I find the talking head "reacting" guy kind of vacuous, but the material he shows on Toronto slang fascinating.

I especially liked the Japanese dude giving Toronto slang lessons 

I realize I forgot to post the meta commentary.

Essentially, Jesse Cox started his channel as an experiment to see how it gets picked up by the YouTube algorithm etc. Usually he's on his own channel where he plays games (when he's not streaming on Twitch), or in various podcasts.

Anyways, his buddy Crendor always follows up each react video with one where he reacts to Jesse's reaction. That said, if you don't like either of them, anyways, I don't think these videos will make you fans.

As mentioned, I've been watching these guys almost as long as I've been on Languish, so they're "comfort food".  (The sessions of Secret Hitler and Battlestar Galactica boardgame on Tabletop Simulator with Totalbiscuit (RIP) who would always flip out at Crendor's chaotic antics were legendary )

#23

Off the Record / Re: Youtube Recommendations

Last post by Norgy - December 23, 2025, 01:51:28 PM

Fun

... but as with most of these videos, I find the talking head "reacting" guy kind of vacuous, but the material he shows on Toronto slang fascinating.

I especially liked the Japanese dude giving Toronto slang lessons 

Man reacts to... kebabs... slang... chicken... chocolate. I weep for the current social media landscape.

#24

Off the Record / Re: What does a TRUMP presiden...

Last post by Norgy - December 23, 2025, 01:49:03 PM

The "Trump Class" is so obviously vaporwear that I am surprised even someone as dumb as Hegseth would let Trump trot that absurdity out. It features what would likely be a $20B cost, includes weapons that don't work or don't even exist, and would require a massive investment in building docks to be able to make anything that big without cancelling all the carrier builds and overhauls.  And that's not even mentioning the USN's complete incompetence in ship design that has built four failure classes in a row and hasn't developed a successful warship design since 1987.

Trump's pathological narcissism gets worse by the day.

Trump did a semi-coherent speech on how he wanted ships to run on steam, didn't he?

#25

Off the Record / Re: Climate Change/Mass Extinc...

Last post by Norgy - December 23, 2025, 01:47:26 PM

November is a month you are meant to be hibernating and just hydrating in Scandinavia. It is the worst month of the year.

#26

Off the Record / Re: What does a TRUMP presiden...

Last post by The Brain - December 23, 2025, 01:21:26 PM

Good if the vaporware eats many billions of US defense spending. The waste won't be in time to matter in the US-NATO war, but still.

#27

Off the Record / Re: What does a TRUMP presiden...

Last post by grumbler - December 23, 2025, 01:16:50 PM

The "Trump Class" is so obviously vaporwear that I am surprised even someone as dumb as Hegseth would let Trump trot that absurdity out. It features what would likely be a $20B cost, includes weapons that don't work or don't even exist, and would require a massive investment in building docks to be able to make anything that big without cancelling all the carrier builds and overhauls.  And that's not even mentioning the USN's complete incompetence in ship design that has built four failure classes in a row and hasn't developed a successful warship design since 1987.

Trump's pathological narcissism gets worse by the day.

#28

Off the Record / Re: TV/Movies Megathread

Last post by The Brain - December 23, 2025, 01:14:22 PM

Why is General Maximus Batman in The Odyssey?

#29

Off the Record / Re: Climate Change/Mass Extinc...

Last post by Josquius - December 23, 2025, 12:58:13 PM

I can only remember one year when there was no snow in my hometown. It was back in 2006.

There was a slight snowfall in November, but with 8 degrees Celsius for well over a month and nothing but clouds with no rain, there is actually a chance that this "snow guaranteed" region of Norway will be snow free until at least January.

I am not sure what to think. It's not like I love shovelling snow every morning, but I find the darkness 19 hours a day a bit eerie when there is no snow.
Usually, there is about 1 metre or about 30-40 inches, sleet and ice here and -10 degrees Celsius here around this time. I suppose this means that by late January or early February we get a "Siberian" cold wave with -30 degrees.
Without snow, that will be a tough one for most buildings. Snow, while annoying, isolates.

Yes. That was always my stance on Swedish winter.
Yes the dark 23 hour nights (or whatever it is) are pretty dire... But November was worst. From December on there was a permanent carpet of snow and everything was so much nicer.

#30

Off the Record / Re: What does a TRUMP presiden...

Last post by Norgy - December 23, 2025, 12:27:25 PM

This looks so much like the cover of a really bad novel by Ron Clamsy or something.

NEEDS LASERS!!!11 OH AND STONEWALL JACKSON.

USS Cankles is on its way to Greenland.