Deconceptualist

joined 1 year ago
[–] Deconceptualist@lemm.ee 2 points 1 month ago

The guitar solo used to be my morning alarm for a number of years (I added a fade-in). That would make me grow to hate a lot of songs, but not this one. I still totally love it. So good.

[–] Deconceptualist@lemm.ee 2 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago)

African penguins maybe? They're endangered. I took my partner to feed them at an aviary.

I feel like I've seen a black rhino before, maybe at the San Diego zoo as a kid or something. Those are critically endangered, all but one subspecies extinct.

[–] Deconceptualist@lemm.ee 4 points 1 month ago

Same for German.

[–] Deconceptualist@lemm.ee 12 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago) (3 children)

That's just emphasis. You can tell because you can shift it to another word.

  • What's your name? (more pointed)
  • How old are you? (as if it's now suddenly of concern)
  • Where are you from? (maybe the person has an unusual accent)
  • Where are you from? (more pointed)
  • How old is your daughter? (shifting from discussing someone else's daughter)
[–] Deconceptualist@lemm.ee 34 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago)

Retro Games Corps got hit, even though Russ only does legal emulation and backups. It's his "2nd strike" on YouTube (3rd is channel deletion). He's always been mindful of the situation and considerate of not spoiling games or encouraging anything close to piracy from what I've seen.

Source: Nerd Nest where he often guests.

[–] Deconceptualist@lemm.ee 11 points 1 month ago

Different chili varieties definitely have their own flavors. Even blindfolded you'd probably be able to tell apart sauces made with poblanos vs banana peppers (both can have basically zero heat).

[–] Deconceptualist@lemm.ee 6 points 1 month ago

Chilis have a natural variation in heat, which depends a lot on growing conditions. Jalapeños can range from ~2000 to 8000 scovilles. The hotter ones don't taste different, they just have more capsaicin. That molecule itself has no flavor, it just triggers the heat receptors in your cells.

Maybe your perception of the heat has gotten entangled with the flavor so cognitively one is less satisfying without the other. But that's specific to your perception and not how it works at the chemical level of the plant or human sensory cells.

[–] Deconceptualist@lemm.ee 2 points 1 month ago

So buy the regular variety? They're far easier to find.

[–] Deconceptualist@lemm.ee 2 points 1 month ago

I needed this. Thanks.

[–] Deconceptualist@lemm.ee 9 points 1 month ago (2 children)

Ooh, do German next!

[–] Deconceptualist@lemm.ee 13 points 1 month ago (1 children)
  • Game of Thrones because the animation is awesome
  • Foundation because the animation is awesome
  • Breaking Bad because it's so short it would be more effort to skip it
  • Futurama because there's always a text gag and sometimes a visual one
  • The Simpsons (on the rare occasion) because every opening sequence is different
  • Black Books because I like the music
  • Better Off Ted because the Viridian Dynamics "advertisements" are funny
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