thedirtyknapkin

joined 2 years ago

it's not a sign of quality, it's a sign of what's to come. these companies will keep putting out things that work. sadly these live action Disney remakes sell very well even though everyone seems to hate them. that's what this tells us. if not for this info we'd all just be sitting around scratching our heads over why they keep doing them. this at least tells us why.

[–] thedirtyknapkin@lemmy.world 17 points 2 days ago (1 children)

i just wish it wasn't the general direction the industry had decided to push things.

it's become the expected norm. it's the performance metric games are optimized to hit now, and it's far from prefect.

i was just playing red dead 2 yesterday with dlss and i was legitimately struggling to do some things due to the artifacting. like there are some small missions and challenges that require you to find and shoot specific tiny birds with a bow, but dlss struggles with small things flying across a dynamic background. the birds would literally fade in and out of existence.

same thing with trying to snipe distant heads. the little red fatal zone indicator would ghost like hell and fade in and out.

like, it may be better than needing to drop your resolution, but it still kind of sucks sometimes.

[–] thedirtyknapkin@lemmy.world 16 points 2 days ago* (last edited 2 days ago) (9 children)

ah yes, ignoring that it should actuality be a polygon, implying a closed shape with straight sides much like this ignores the "weapon" and "used for thrusting or striking" parts of the definition.

not hard to make strange things fit a definition when you just ignore parts of it.

[–] thedirtyknapkin@lemmy.world 20 points 5 days ago* (last edited 5 days ago) (2 children)

no no silly, that's what the private prisons are for.

they don't want to kill us, they want to enslave us.

free slaves are cheaper that rock breaking machines.

[–] thedirtyknapkin@lemmy.world 3 points 1 week ago* (last edited 5 days ago)

they seem more common in places that are concerned about water usage. they're basically the norm now in Colorado.

[–] thedirtyknapkin@lemmy.world 8 points 1 week ago* (last edited 1 week ago)

i was around then, I've just never met anyone who cared about that movie.

if there were clips going around of people dressing up like that I'd chalk that up to being a marketing campaign.

[–] thedirtyknapkin@lemmy.world 13 points 1 week ago

that would mean constantly checking behind him and missing the show. I'm with the other commentor. the onus is on the short person to get in front of him. if he tries to stop them then he might be at fault. that said, it's also not fair to expect someone to stand at the back just because they're tall.

[–] thedirtyknapkin@lemmy.world 14 points 1 week ago* (last edited 1 week ago) (7 children)

i don't think I've ever seen a rabbid Fandom around it.

it was just an easy approachable pretty movie for the masses. with a massive budget and a very well known director it brought people in to see the best visuals hollywood sfx had at the time. that's basically how it was marketed, as a tech demo.

I've never once seen anyone fanboy about it. it sold well, but didn't excite many.

on three other hand, avatar the last air bender has a massive and rabid fandom.

[–] thedirtyknapkin@lemmy.world 20 points 1 week ago* (last edited 1 week ago) (1 children)

wait, did she get pushed ahead like 2 years. why would she be graduating at 16?

a 25 year old being attracted to an 18 year old really isn't weird to me...

edit: also, how the fuck does saying that to a graduation post even imply attraction. the critical commentor in that post is just being a dumb asshole.

[–] thedirtyknapkin@lemmy.world 40 points 1 week ago

mainstream amine maybe, but there is A LOT of anime out there.

your comment is like saying that Hollywood only ever made super hero movies.

[–] thedirtyknapkin@lemmy.world 66 points 1 week ago* (last edited 1 week ago) (3 children)

from Wikipedia: "The name "cockchafer"[22] derives from the late-17th-century usage of "cock"[23] (in the sense of expressing size or vigour) + "chafer"[24] which simply means an insect of this type, referring to its propensity for gnawing and damaging plants. The term "chafer" has its root in Old English ceafor or cefer, of Germanic origin and is related to the Dutch kever, all of which mean "gnawer" as it relates to the jaw. As such, the name "cockchafer" can be understood to mean "large plant-gnawing beetle" and is applicable to its history as a pest animal"

[–] thedirtyknapkin@lemmy.world 6 points 1 week ago

those normally come in a backpack of sorts. he could just put it back in the bag it likely came in. then it just looks like a bookbag with a tube coming out.

https://www.bhphotovideo.com/images/images2500x2500/camelbak_62400_m_u_l_e_nv_12l_mountain_1197213.jpg

 

Luka likes to bury her face into my hand sometimes. it's the best.

this feels like a meme format, but I don't know what it would say.

 
 

her name is alluka and you can see the royal quality of her countenance at first gaze. be grateful to witness her.

 

stopped by my favorite birding spot after work and had these fellas fly in over my head. guest appearance by a great blue heron.

shot on sony a7siii with a tamron 150-500. all handheld and after the sun was behind the mountains, so you'll have to excuse some shakiness and focus issues.

music: creep - original song by Radiohead - performed by scott bradlee's post modern jukebox.

 
 

shot on a7siii with a nikon Ai-s 28mm f/2.0

 
 

I'm sick as hell right now and this pulled up right outside my front door last night. stepped out to take a picture because nothing felt real for a moment. then i started coughing and kind of regretted it. worth it?

 

took this riding into Milwaukee the other day when it was foggy as hell over like a third of the county...

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