Topic: The Chit-Chat Thread

@Scooby-Doo Why nto homebrew? Homebrew isn't even illegal. Homebrew is just making something yourself, like when my brother made his own VR headset.

@EllaTheKawaiiNeko Eh, I'm pretty sure that's something different.

Yeah, as long as you abstain from giving instructions or providing links on how to obtain legally dubious content, feel free to discuss emulation or home brew in the context of older consoles. Just not the switch or other current gen consoles.

@TeaCatherine I see.
I'm gonna pretend like this isn't a warning on a food item.

Why does my bottle of Japanese seasoning have lead in it

Anything that has anything that could potentially cause cancer even in the smallest trace amount, is required to state that if they want to sell it in the state of California.

So basically everything. It’s a bit silly, but it’s their law.

I personally think it's okay to emulate any game as long as you make sure to buy a legal copy, although if that's impossible like with some older games then it's fine if you don't because there's no way the original developers will make any money anyway.

@Eel That's incredibely stupid. I actually know what lead does to children. I know every single childrens toy that's been recalled for lead paint. I once even had to tell a thrift store they had a toy that could kill children. I've just never seen a lead warning on a bottle of seasoning. I wanted onigiri, not cancer!

@EllaTheKawaiiNeko It's funny this came up, as I saw an item with this exact warning yesterday in a charity shop in a town in the lake district of all places.

@Eel Ok, I looked into it, and it's because Asian waters have small traces of lead in them, and the seaweed in the Furikake came from those Asian waters. So it's pretty much safe.

It’s a little funny, because with the amount of sun they get, even just being in the state of California could give you cancer 😅

No wonder they worry so much about it.

Now, that's an idea.

@Eel I'm Mexican and have an extreme amount of melanin or something like that and it's hard to give me a sunburn, as I am just a deep black blob under UV rays or something like that. I've never gotten a single sunburn in my 13 years of life.

@EllaTheKawaiiNeko I doubt you're a blob.

@TeaCatherine That's just the wording choise I choosed cause I forgot the scientific explanation for how being Mexican makes me less vulnerable to sunburns.

@EllaTheKawaiiNeko I have come to dread summer, as I get sunburnt pretty easily. You sound way luckier than I am in regards to this.

Ah hey, I’m Mexican too. Unfortunately I very much do burn quite easily.

Yes, people with darker skin have a higher resistance to the radiation from the sun! However I would still recommend you to use sunscreen if you know you’ll be in direct contact with sunlight for extended periods of time.

@Eel I'm allergic to most sunscreen, it's just a waste of time for me. Also, I'm not fully Mexican, just half Mexican, and then my mom's genes are all over the place, and mysorry excuse for a father is fully Mexican, soby technicality, I'm mostly Mexican. It's a blessing and a curse. I don't sunburn easily, but my hair is super thick and a pain to brush.

@EllaTheKawaiiNeko Yeah, I know I like the weird wording.
Anyone have any suggestions for cheap Christmas presents my stingy brother and sister could get me?

@TeaCatherine Chocolate. You can never go wrong with chocolate.

@EllaTheKawaiiNeko Hmm, I'll be getting chocolate anyway. (Not to say there's a maximum amount of chocolate, because you can never have too much chocolate.)