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Hossenfeffer

@ Hossenfeffer @feddit.uk

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Look, you get born, you keep your head down, and then you die. If you're lucky.

#fedi22

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  • I guess people in that much pain would want to die fairly soon but, perhaps, after they'd had enough time to sort their affairs and say goodbye to their loved ones. And they'd be able to die 'peacefully in their sleep'.

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  • “For $1000 I will ensure you live as long as you want and die in the manner of your choosing.”

    After you’ve helped a couple of terminal cancer patients cheat death for a few years, word will spread.

    At fifteen seconds I could comfortably do one a minute for an hour or so a day and rake in $60k.

  • How many musicians we got here on Lemmy?

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  • Man, I wish.

    I can't sing. I can't play any instrument. I have no sense of timing (I can't always even clap along in time). If I ever do end up being part of a band it's going to be as their manager since I'm now too old to be a roadie. But I wish I could, I dunno, play guitar enough to jam or be a part of an totally average local band.

  • Which games made you go into an "addiction phase"?

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  • Fallout. I played 1 and 2 back when they first came out. Great games, great writing, seditious humour ad a real feel of a world.

    But then came 3, FNV, and 4. Each of those I played through as my default 'helpful stealth archer' character, then a second time as 'evil melee' character, and then again to make sure I had maxed out each faction and got each ending. And then again, because I loved it, and again to collect all the bobbleheads, magazines, etc.

    I'm in my late-50s. I'm already slowing down my career in preparation for retirement, and now I work as a freelance consultant which means I have some control over my working hours. I can't wait for Fallout 5. I will be probably take at least two weeks off work to binge the shit out of it.

    Less so with Elder Scrolls 6, but I'll be taking at least a week off to play it when it drops.

  • What's the worst food you've ever eaten?

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  • I hated kidneys for a long time because the first time I ate one (served with a mixed grill) I thought it was a mushroom. I love mushrooms and saved it to the end. Put the whole thing in my mouth and it was so much not mushroom that I couldn't face kidneys for years afterwards. I very much enjoy a steak and kidney pudding now though (has to be proper steamed suet pastry).

    And I love whitebait!

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  • I can relate. One of mine is a pizza in Naples. Also looked and tasted like a frozen pizza. I can only assume pizza da turista idiota is a thing.

  • Are the Sentinelese still alive?

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  • the fucking British couldn’t take no for an answer and constantly raped, abducted and murdered them with guns and disease for decades

    In our defence, they might have had some new spices for us to discover and not use!

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  • Christ on a bike, chill! 30 is nothing.

    Now I’m in my mid 50s and everything is starting to fall off, droop uncontrollably, or ache miserably. I’d happily go back to 30 again.

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  • what happens if it’s cranking out screenplays and paintings that DO pass muster?

    It's inevitable. Eventually we will be able to ask for, and then refine, the perfect TV show for our particular tastes. Want 'Buffy' but set in the Fallout universe with Dumbledore and Boromir? Give it a minute and you'll have it.

  • What is something you never understood the hype for?

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  • Hey, how did you know that's what they said?

  • What is something you never understood the hype for?

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  • We're doing some renovation at the moment. We have a lead contractor who's managing all the trades 'cos I know nothing about construction.

    Every trade we've had - electricians, bricklayers, drainage guy, plumber, carpenter, etc - come as a duo. There's a guy in his late 30s or older who does the thinking, and a kid in the late teens / early 20s who are effectively labourers and lift, push, carry, drill, dig, etc. The life of the senior guy in the pair seems to be pretty good and you know they're well paid. The kids are learning, and in 10 years time will have their own labourer.

  • What is something you never understood the hype for?

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  • “watching people create drama”

    Same reason soap operas are popular and why wrestling used to be huge (maybe wrestling still is huge, but I don't feel like I hear about it as much).

    People like drama. That it's contrived doesn't matter, it's still drama.

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  • You can tell it's a shit race when the coverage is mostly showing people in 14th-18th position. Normally I like Spa, and I like wet GPs because they're unpredictable. But this was a procession. Not as bad as Monaco, but nearly.

  • What is the best Power Outlet, and why?

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  • Easy. Type G. For safety. If you're worried about night-time attacks from ninja you can leave a few plugs by your bedroom door and windows with the pins upward. They will rue the day they entered that room in the dark!

  • What's your favourite fast food burger?

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  • They're so good, so flavourful. Love them.

  • What's your favourite fast food burger?

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  • Best I've cooked: Oklahoma onion burgers

    Best I've bought: green chilli burger from Meat Liquor Covent Garden though sadly they don't seem to have that location any more and the green chilli burger is no longer on their menu!

  • What's a movie you can watch often and it never gets old?

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  • "No, ma'am, we're musicians."

  • What's the Holy Grail item in your hobby?

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  • Trump Goes Full Fascist: 'Whether It's Right or Wrong, It's Time to Go After People'

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  • When (not if) he uses an executive order to have himself added to Mount Rushmore, I hope the poor bastards who have to work on it use this photo as their primary reference.

    Wikipedia will need to be updated: "The sculpture features the heads of five United States presidents: George Washington, Thomas Jefferson, Theodore Roosevelt, Abraham Lincoln, and Donald Trump respectively chosen to represent the nation's foundation, expansion, development, preservation, and enshitification."