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troberts

@troberts@theblower.au

#Canberra resident
Heavy #Metal fan
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In Owner/Ownee relationship with cat (exact role in dispute)

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troberts, to Canberra
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I love a good pro-Canberra article.

'My big move: on the other side of the world, I realised nowhere but Canberra would do'

https://www.theguardian.com/lifeandstyle/2024/jan/12/my-big-move-on-the-other-side-of-the-world-i-realised-nowhere-but-canberra-would-do

mythologyandhistory, to Korea
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Did you know that is home to a ?

The Bulgasari is a creature comprised of an elephant, a tiger, a bear & a bull.

An outlaw once created it from rice, fed it needles, & it grew fat on the metal.

The government sent soldiers to kill it, but it simply devoured their weapons.

After being beaten by the monk for disobedience, it fled & is believed to still roam the Koreas.

troberts,
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@mythologyandhistory It sure sounds pretty Metal 🤘

DJDarren, to random
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Just seen a well known voice on here wanging on about how QTing should be a God Given Right, and illustrating their point by screengrabbing a post they wanted to quote.

But didn’t add any alt-text to the screengrab.

And none of their followers mentioned it in the many replies.

sigh

troberts,
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@DJDarren I may have boosted that well known voice, cause I think they showed progress on the idea of QT-ing being opt in.

And coming from a major publication, their use of Mastodon is better than many in that field.

So you know, small wins.

But yes, I also encourage the use of alt-text and do it as much as I can myself.

troberts,
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@DJDarren Yeah I hate dunking too. People who I generally liked did, at I think the culture on Twitter brought out the worst in them.

As people have pointed out, it's possible to QT here, and people do it in one form or another. Overall I think the culture on Mastodon (at least in my circles) is generally less toxic.

troberts,
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@DJDarren Yeah fair point.

Anyway, I don't want to be arguing with you either :)

luciedigitalni, to random
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I just made the mistake of trying to engage with the chatbot on a major petstore website. It is so nauseatingly twee that now I want to go and burn their store down

troberts,
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@luciedigitalni Save the animals first!

Daojoan, to random
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My joy list for today:

  • taking kiddo to the zoo
  • picking up Hero Quest to play this weekend
  • catching up on bake off
  • left over satay chicken and fried rice
  • finishing my first book for the year (okay I started reading it last year but bloody heck it counts ok)
troberts,
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@Daojoan HeroQuest!

(Hope you have fun!)

troberts, to random
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Well, I suppose we better get this thing started.

troberts, to random
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My favourite cartoonist of 2023 would be First Dog On The Moon, because...

  1. They're pretty great.
  2. They have consistently supported the Fediverse.
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    troberts, to FinalFantasy
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    My Final Fantasy history...

    IV - Finished on DS.

    VI - Attempted many times. Currently playing on Switch.

    VII - Finished many times.

    VIII - Finished. Stayed up past midnight, used all my potions, but did it.

    IX - Got so close... but no

    X - Finished.

    X-2 - Enjoyed, but not finished

    XII - Finished. Played many times

    XII: Revanent Wings - Most of the way through, but not finished.

    XIII - Finished, twice! Enjoyed.

    XIII-2 - Started, but not finished

    XVI - Playing currently. Loving it.

    troberts, to Metal
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    This morning Mr 16 was talking about the 'Capcom Sound Team' (cause he's playing Devil May Cry 1 at the moment)

    This quickly led to me talking about the Megaman NES soundtrack.

    And lo and behold, I notice that In Flames did a chiptunes release of their "I, The Mask" album so now I'm listening to that.

    #InFlames #Metal #Chiptunes

    troberts,
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    People don't seem to like the In Flames 'I, The Mask' album that much.

    I've never heard it before, but I did like their latest album 'Forgone'

    But I'm digging this chiptunes version a lot. It helps by imagining it's playing alongside the most epic Megaman level.

    #InFlames #Chiptunes #Megaman

    DJDarren, to random
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    I have all four of these connected to one keyboard and trackpad, for no sane reason, and it is glorious. I just keep running the cursor around all four screens because I can.

    troberts,
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    @DJDarren The different focal depths would probably kill me.

    troberts, to random
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    Now playing...

    William Shatner singing "Jingle Bells" featuring Henry Rollins.

    troberts,
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    @GlenDownton I'd heard Shatner's albums before.

    He does these weird quasi-'spoken' word covers.

    There's a space themed one called 'Seeking Major Tom' which is pretty fun.

    But I hadn't heard the Jingle Bells track before.

    troberts, to Metal
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    Reminder...

    Rob Halford of Judas Priest put out a Christmas album.

    It sounds pretty much how you would expect.

    https://youtu.be/6rAJhlNFRVU?si=8zux1I7bJqs4XgBb

    troberts, to random
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    On the topic of working silly times....

    On December 31st, 1999, I carried a pager for the Port Kembla Steelworks, just in case of Y2k.

    And I stayed sober too!

    troberts, to Godzilla
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    Godzilla Minus One/C!

    It’s Godzilla Minus One, but also minus colour!

    https://youtu.be/PShgB-ielBI?si=mGDNdYUpBbaIfU8K

    troberts, to random
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    What more could kids want than cardboard cut-outs of this lot?

    troberts, to boardgames
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    I'm planning to try and use more of my boardgames this summer holidays. Which reminds me of...

    Why Heroquest is so great.

    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Cx8sl2uC46A

    KiwiEV, to random
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    Holy cow AI is getting frighteningly good. I just randomly asked artificial intelligence to create "An attractive woman holding a potato" and now I feel the need to sign up to Tinder. 🔥😅

    troberts,
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    @KiwiEV Her pinky finger tho.

    troberts, to Metal
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    I'm struggling to make a Top 10 album list this year.

    All the music I've liked has been very mood dependent.

    There's some great Doom albums, cool Stoner Metal, catchy and weird melodic albums. But I tend to only appreciate them when it suits the current moment in time.

    While I ponder this further, I'm gonna listen to In Flames and 'Forgone', cause I'm in the mood for some high energy Melodic Death Metal.

    #InFlames #MelodicDeathMetal #Metal

    troberts, to Godzilla
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    The simple joy of building an intricate sand castle at the beach, then destroying it absolutely before heading home…

    I assume this is what drives Godzilla set designers from the classic eras.

    troberts, to Parenting
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    As one's kids enter their final years of education, there's an idea to pay less attention to them, step back, and let them figure it out for themselves.

    On the other hand, there's finding 10-day old lunches growing mould in their bedrooms...

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