Streisand effect?

For instance, Toad is referred to as Kinopio (I assume the wordplay is “Pinokio” – Pinocchio – with the syllables rearranged to be a play on “kinoko” which means mushroom?) while Bowser is literally called Kuppa (“Koopa”) (basically the same shit with Pokemon, since Satoshi is renamed as Ash Ketchum in the American version, like why?

…like they just say “Zelda” by name when in JP they refer to her as Hime-sama (“Princess”, but super respectful, kinda has “Your Highness” vibes I guess) from dialog.

You don’t see rofl nearly enough nowadays

I’m thinking about it more and more, but mostly because of Google and others becoming so intrusive, I hadn’t even considered that it might be good for performance.

I sadly fell for the big Pixel 10 hype campaign (from Android Authority and others) and switched from Samsung. My phone is so fucking slow and hot all the time, and sometimes needs charging twice a day. 💀 My bf and I went on a trip; he drove and we used my phone for Android Auto. Wired Android Auto, and I still had to hold my phone in front of the air con vent the entire time to stop the music skipping.

Thinking I might get an Oppo Find X9 Pro in a couple months. It’s not even that much more expensive than a Pixel (in fact they’re both on sale for £899 at the moment), but it seems like it might actually last me a few years.

That, and constant bullshit “advice” like

I disabled my Pixel 10’s file system and it hasn’t overheated since! Here’s how! Some Pixel fans may miss their favourite apps, or being able to make and receive phone calls, but it’s totally worth it to fix one of the platform’s most enduring problems! Let us know how you get on in the comments!

Sir Tony Blair’s policy institute has delivered an unusually direct intervention

lol, ‘intervening’ is basically his whole schtick at this point

Salma Hayek

Greta

BIG BROTHER IS WATCHING YOU
HELPING YOU REMEMBER YOUR IMPORTANT CONVERSATIONS

I always wonder whether we’re getting it backwards.

Like, did you see ads for kayaks because you had that conversation about kayaking, or did you have the conversation because an ad company/social network decided it was time for you to get into kayaking?

Or it accidentally got the wording wrong, oops

Like that “I Am Rich” app in the early days of the App Store that was $999.99 and just showed a picture of a diamond.

I bet building a ton of data centres is the answer ✨

It’s likely to be Andy Burnham, who IIRC is currently the only British politician with a net positive approval rating. So that’s something. 🤷‍♂️ He’s been pretty successful (and well liked) as the mayor of Greater Manchester, and generally comes across a bit more human than the other lizard-people in British politics.

He’s often described as “soft-left” by the media. So far, he’s been a vocal supporter of proportional representation, which is great, but whether he’ll drop that as soon as he gets into Number 10 is a different matter.

He’s a member of the “Labour Friends of Israel” group, but kinda seems to mostly sit on the fence on that whole issue. (He called for a ceasefire but refused to call it a genocide.)

I’m sure other people will chip in with other problematic things about him, I haven’t looked too deeply. 😃

Globox Mangione

On one hand, I’m glad 4chan is taking this position.

On the other hand, this is probably how the UK ends up losing access to certain websites (and VPNs) “bEcAuSe ThEyR’e NoT dOiNg EnOuGh tO pRoTeCt ChILDrEn” 💀

FWIW, it’s a myth that sugar causes hyperactivity. But it’s been shown in studies that parents who believe the myth are more likely to perceive their children’s behaviour as hyperactive when they’ve had sugar.

I think there is evidence that some artificial food additives can have that effect in some people, though.

Ate loads of shit for years as soon as I left home, now type-2 diabetic. 😬

Did you somehow post this from a typewriter