I didn’t play either of the games when they first came out, but I’ve had the first game on my list for a while (and bought the PS4 remaster on sale a while back). Might get around to playing it soon because of the TV show (which I haven’t seen, but would like to, but I want to play the game first).

Exactly. You’re the one who lives there, if you want the tv to be the focal point, then do that. If most of your guests are coming over to watch tv or play games or whatever else, then that’s the most appropriate anyway. And if you only have guests over once every few months, don’t inconvenience yourself 99% of the…

One thing I like to do is still correct them... quietly. To myself. Usually in my head. So, like, I know I’m right and I still get to feel a little good, but there’s no risk of anyone else feeling bad.

The one downside about things like video game references in a show like Drag Race is that almost no one gets them. Jax mentioned in an interview that this was based on the MK character, but I doubt that most anyone else in the competition or judging it has ever heard of Mortal Kombat, let alone having played or being…

Drag is a performance. Most drag queens are cisgender men who have realized that they enjoy wearing makeup and clothes to take on an exaggeratedly feminine appearance in order to perform, but that’s not all of them. Especially now, you get a lot of people who either a) use drag to explore being non-binary or…

Context is really important here. That you had gyros in a mall food court at 8 means you had already seen them a lot more than a lot of people. I don’t think I had ever seen a gyro in person until like my mid twenties, so my chances of knowing the correct pronunciation weren’t as high as yours. And ironically, my only…

Right. And a Lifehacker guide is a good attempt, I guess, but we need automakers, DMVs, etc to have standard meanings of things here before they’re really going to be too effective.

When I was a kid my mom would call it “worster shester chestire shire” sauce. She knew it was wrong, but it was funny.

Yeah, that was a lesson I came to myself after years - it can feel good to correct someone because, well, you’re correct and they aren’t, but it’s more an elitist trait and is usually needless and often actively annoying. If what they’re saying (either in terms of word pronunciation, grammar, or anything else) isn’t…

The thing is, there are two words - the French word and the English loanword from the French. The pronunciation of “endive” (or “croissant” or whatever else) in French may impact how it’s said in English, but it doesn’t have to since they are different words spoken in different languages. Same thing with “gyro” -…

Yeah exactly. And they probably have a good idea of how much meat is needed on a given day and at a given time already, so they’ll probably just cut a lot at various times during the day.

The current season of RuPaul’s Drag Race has a queen named Jax who named herself after the character of the same name from Mortal Kombat. She did a themed outfit in one of the episodes as well.

Apple TV+ lets you share your account, but not strictly by sharing your password - each person has to make their own Apple account, but then one person subscribes to Apple TV+ and invites everyone else to their “Family Sharing” group.

Good list, but aren’t these kinda anecdotal? Like, how irritated can we get when the other person doesn’t get the message when maybe their parents or friends never told them that (or, alternately, they heard different meanings entirely). My point is that either we need to make official signals and educate people on…

You couldn’t recognize Shania in the blonde wig? I’m sorry, but

Placer.ai also found that shoppers who frequented the Just Walk Out Whole Foods in D.C. were mostly young, well-educated, high income, and tech-oriented professionals.

Isn’t that the policy of just about every store? Their items are insured against theft and no minimum wage worker wants to risk their life stop a stranger from stealing groceries or batteries or who cares whatever else.

Interesting - most of those are just little niceties, but I’m concerned that being able to use the mirror that way would break the game (but I guess this isn’t really for people playing it the first time and as you said, it’s off by default).

I think I saw “MrBeast Burger” trending on Twitter and I was like “oh so this burger place is only on DoorDash, interesting choice. Why are all of these people so hyped about it?”

Looks like the port already has one change, notice how on 1:42 they change between the bow and bombs without opening the item screen (my guess with L/R). I had to double check that you couldn’t do that in the original because I was going to be angry.