Topic: The Chit-Chat Thread

Thought about making a thread about obscure/not very well known gaming ports.

Like the og Xbox ports of Half Life and Counter Strike.

I’m awake, functioning, and at work. Apparently we’ve been deemed a Critical Infrastructure System by our CEO....who has self-quarantined after being on the state senate floor that also was shared with the senator who has tested positive. After working all week.
But I’m at work. Because they hate me.

Welp, I'm stuck indoors all day thanks to the weather. There's a chance the severe stuff will show up in a little while. It's supposed to be better tomorrow, so I hope to get out into nature for a bit.

@bimmy-lee It's presented some unique challenges so far this morning, but we're mounting the hurdles as we come to them. Thankfully we have easy direct message communication already via the Slack service. For those who haven't heard of it, it's very similar to Discord in some regards.

@HobbitGamer Hang in there dude!

@HobbitGamer Sorry dude. That stinks. I'm sitting upstairs working on my computer and it aint that fun.
@Tyranexx yea the weather really blows today. I do have to leave at some point today to get fitted for a tux. I'm standing up in a wedding towards the tail end of May. That's if there's a wedding. I plan on depsoting the smallest amount possible just in case.

@NintendoByNature I don't really have much reason to leave my house outside of appointments (still keeping my pre-scheduled dentist appointment on Saturday) and store runs (thankfully far off atm) right now. Currently trying to find out how religious services will go as some places around here are canceling; I'm in charge of the sound board this weekend. But I do like getting outside every now and again, even for just a couple of minutes, as a change of scenery keeps me from losing my mind.

If there's a break in this rainy mess this afternoon, I'll at least sneak out to get my mail.

@Heavyarms55 From what you describe concerning your "morbid fascination", I had to think of a label that they give such people over here, which may even be known in English as well. In the Netherlands, if people go (or stay) to watch disasters or crises, they are called "disaster tourists".

Some part of it I can understand, to some extent, but there's also the types that obstruct services and/or police or medical teams from doing their work, because they're all standing there, nowadays smart phones at the ready, filming whatever accident is going on at any given moment. Those are the people I hate, with a passion. They'd sooner stand there filming someone getting beat up, than jump in and try to do something about the situation.

A couple of months ago, a knife attack took place in the city center, and once again, it was filmed and plastered all over social media, instead of people actually calling for help or any other actually useful thing. The victim also passed away. I'll not say that this happened because of the inaction, because he was already very badly wounded, but still...

As for our current situation: I had to go to a scheduled appointment a couple of days ago, and I had to take a bus. This is what I was confronted with:

The note on the top says "only use other doors for entry". The note on the bottom is self-explanatory, seeing as that is already translated into English.

And once inside the bus, I found that the driver was also shut off from direct contact:

The total number of passengers including myself was also really low, because we were 5 in total, whereas normally, more than 10 times that amount will fit into such a size bus, and the streets are also pretty quiet over here by now. So, walking around outside is almost like walking in a ghost town, and Amsterdam is the capital of the country, so it's a pretty weird, almost otherworldly experience. But other than these occurrences that I just happen to bump into as I go about my day, I'm not really in any kind of rush to expose myself to any of the more hazardous areas, especially now more and more info and experiences from victims are being shared.

But having said all that, I do think that all humans have this curiosity, to some extent. It's just that it's more pronounced, or more at the front of the minds of a certain percentage of the people, making them actually want to "be there as it happens". In the extreme, that would also be the people who'd just stand there as a big comet speeds towards Earth, instead of doing the smart thing and removing yourself from the blast zone, if possible...

@ThanosReXXX
Listening to your story, those pathetic peoples are bystander.
Their brain has been brainwashed by Social media narcissism.
It degrades their empathy toward other peoples, only self centered attitudes inside their mind.

@Anti-Matter It's not just because of social media, or the internet. This only makes it spread faster, but people blocking traffic to watch an accident have always been there. We're just now more aware of it, but I remember having seen people like that, ever since I was little, so it's nothing new, really.

@Anti-Matter: If playing final fantasy makes you talk like that, I can see why you avoid mature games.

Let’s tone it down a bit, ok?

@Tyranexx many churches here are just live streaming or televising their services. The Savannah Diocese (which covers half the state) suspended services and sacraments right now, so there’s no Mass.

@Eel
Ow, sorry if i carried away by "religious" talking. 😅

Btw, speaking about Final Fantasy, long time i have realized some FF were talking about against the Creator (FF IX), Fictional religion with scandalous things from Yevon teaching (FF X), God killer (FF XIII Lightning Returns) (Note, i didn't play Lightning Returns. Just have ever watched the final boss fight and ending from Youtube). Fictional religion, against the creator, religion conspiracy (like Bevelle teaching scandal) were something that somehow made me thinking and questioning about myself and how did we live in universe. It was like between interesting and controversial topic to discuss about.
Also, i have remembered from History lesson grade 9 about atheism that called religion was like an opium, made us hallucinate about how do we live in reality.

I apologize if my explanation sounds very controversial. I didn't mean to upset anyone. 😣

Yeah let’s not bring that up here

You do good work @eel

@HobbitGamer. is team pineapple, your team on splatoon 2 ?

@HobbitGamer Our church unfortunately isn't set up with a streaming option, though a sister one does have their recordings televised. I'm on the sound rotation this weekend; there are three of us total. We make sure everyone in the church can hear anyone speaking, maintain sound levels, and we do record the main services and copy them onto CDs for shut-ins to use. There are definitely better ways to go about doing this, but we don't have the financial means at the moment.

We're trying to find more people to help out, (there's been the rare time we've all been unavailable, plus I drive about 25 minutes to even get there), but there haven't been any new volunteers yet. I think people are intimidated, but besides the sound levels everything else on the board is already set. At the bare minimum, the system would just need to be on, batteries stuck in the mics, and the mic levels set accordingly.

Until this changes - and I hope it does, I'd prefer if they cancelled - my church has moved to a Saturday night service and two on Sunday to try to pack in less people at once. The problem is, one of those Sunday services is at 8 in the morning, which 1. Is when I normally get up on a Sunday and 2. Early as heck on a weekend when you aren't already a morning person....

Ah... the benefits of being a heathen...

The bananas I harvested from the garden are starting to go bad. I tried making some banana bread with a simple recipe I found online. Let's hope that goes well!

@Woomy_NNYes Thanks.

@Eel
Here in Indonesia, peoples makes Deep Fried Banana from banana.
Just coat the banana pieces with mixture of pancake flour, egg and a pinch of salt, deep fry them until golden brown color and enjoy your deep fried banana.
The popular variant of deep fried banana is Fan shape Deep Fried Banana.

@Anti-Matter Those look amazing. The shapes remind me of fried pumpkin blossoms. Though for those you use normal flour instead of the pancake kind.