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Lennnny, in What is the most unusual spirit you have in your home bar?
@Lennnny@lemmy.world avatar

I guess the spirit itself - vodka - is not unusual, however I like to infuse local produce, and I have a fucking delicious passionflower vodka made from ripe local fruits. I also had a pawpaw rum, but that has a short shelf life so I had to imbibe it quickly.

stoy,

Vodka in and of itself is not that unusual, but there are unusual vodkas, and I would absolutely classify home made passionflower vodka as beeing unusual.

At the moment Inonly have one bottle of vodka at home, a bottle of Nemiroff DeLux vodka from Ukraine, I just saw it at Systembolaget and thought it was a cool way to both get Vodka and in a small way support Ukraine.

I also have a bottle of Japanese rice vodka on order, I mainly ordered it as it has a beautiful bottle.

jeanofthedead, in What's the best gaming console and why?

GeForce Now on the Shield Pro.

RBWells, in What is the most unusual spirit you have in your home bar?

You should post this in !cocktails too.

There are a couple of things I have to order online, that aren’t in the shop here but I like - Heirloom Pineapple Amaro is one. I do make liqueurs so those I guess are the rarest. Like someone else in this thread, I tried infusing cocoa nibs, but in whiskey and it was similarly awful.

stoy,

I wanted the largest reach to get as many responses as possible, so this community seemed like the best bet.

Can you crosspost like on reddit here?

RBWells,

Yes, the copy button at the top.

stoy,

Excellent, I mostly use Memmy on my phone, but I’ll check it out on pc later

Wogi, in What is Something Scientific that you just don't believe in at all?

I am out to revoke degrees from chiropractors.

Giving them a degree is like calling myself a writer because I post bullshit comments on Lemmy.

doctorcrimson,

I tend to take things very literally so I will say: it’s got a lot more hoops than that comparison. Anybody can become a writer if they have the bare minimum tools, imo. They can’t all be good writers but that hardly matters given the low risks.

To play the devils advocate, almost everywhere these days regulates chiropractors requiring licensure with an organization who themselves require degrees and comprehensive knowledge testing.

For example, Doctors of Chiropractic (admittedly a 3 to 5 year program just like most entry level Engineers) are licensed in all 50 states plus the District of Columbia and many U.S. territories. They are also regulated in many other countries throughout the world. Just a random specific organization, the California Board of Chiropractic Examiners require:

  1. The Aforementioned Degree
  2. NBCE. Chiropractic students must pass parts I, II, III, IV, and physiotherapy of the National Board of Chiropractic Examiners (NBCE) exam to be eligible to apply for a state license.
  3. A full criminal background check with fingerprinting
  4. CCLE. The California Chiropractic Law Examination (CCLE) is administered through computerized testing on a continuous basis. Once the board determines the applicant is qualified to take the CCLE, the applicant will be notified by letter.

As well as a bunch of associated fees and insurance requirements.

So, no, it’s not as easy as publishing comments on Lemmy.

Do I think there should be non-medical doctors twisting people’s necks and giving X-Rays? No, I goddamn don’t, but we can say that without bullshitting.

Mnemnosyne, (edited ) in Honestly - How much will you sacrifice for a better world?

Not a good damn thing, unless everyone with a higher standard of living than I do has already sacrificed enough to bring them down to my level. If I was anywhere near the top standards of living then I would be more willing to go first. But I am not going to be tricked into giving things up on my own, or even as a sizable group, while some individuals and corporations are continuing to make issues worse.

xkforce, in Why do people not understand that you can agree with one thing someone said or did while disagreeing with the majority of what they stand for?

Because that lobster has no original thoughts. Whatever insight you think he has is not unique to him and the fact that you choose to watch his content and quote him without knowing any alternative is going to make people ask questions.

take6056,

Can’t really blame him for not knowing an alternative without providing an alternative.

Lafari,

Here’s the thing, I never watch his content. And I can’t even remember why I happened to watch that clip, I saw it somewhere randomly. But it stood out to me because I’ve never heard another person really acknowledge the problem with telling people they’re fine and dismissing any problems they might be experiencing, which denies their own experience and can make them feel invalidated. It seems to be very common to do that in society and to subvert that idea seems relatively uncommon. I’m sure other people have explained why it’s problematic but I just haven’t seen any others. So my go-to for explaining that concept is more or less what Jordan Peterson said.

Lafari, (edited )

What’s with all the downvotes with no explanation?

mrnotoriousman,

You've never heard anyone say to be empathetic with others and not be dismissive of their problems? Really? I guess for most people that's not something that needs to be said...

Bye, in Why do people not understand that you can agree with one thing someone said or did while disagreeing with the majority of what they stand for?

It’s because we live in an age where people use the tactic of “well I just like this one thing he said” as a gateway to awful shit.

Lafari, (edited )

Yeah I understand, and that does probably happen a lot. But we also seem to live in an age where we assume the worst of people… so even though it’s possible to partly agree with someone while genuinely condemning other aspects of that person, people are somehow certain that others are using that as a gateway to awful shit, as you say. (Not talking about you, of course.)

archomrade,

It’s not about assuming the worst, it’s more about being skeptical toward anonymous people on the Internet you don’t know, which I think is healthy.

The problem with JP is that even if you agree with one of his positions, he has almost certainly arrived to that opinion through his other terrible assumptions. By sharing his take, you’re not just sharing the opinion you happen to agree with, you’re sharing the underlying worldview he uses to justify it.

If you really do care about people assuming your support for him, you should use your own supporting arguments for the opinion you’re sharing instead of shoehorning his in.

cheese_greater, in Why do people not understand that you can agree with one thing someone said or did while disagreeing with the majority of what they stand for?

toxic negativity is solution?

Lafari,

… I’m not sure what the opposite of toxic positivity is, but probably not that. Basically acknowledging problems and working from there in a positive direction, rather than simply denying problems and pretending everything’s fine when it isn’t. A google search tells me “tragic optimism” can be described as the opposing concept, whether that fits or not.

cheese_greater,

That guy is beyond toxic to me. I’ve never seen a less self-aware and more mentally ill psychologist.

I would see this guy before I ever entertained being in the same postal code as Peterson

He’s taking advantage of young, desperate, vulnerable men and its beyond infuriating as it is discouraging and dangerous.

Lafari, (edited )

Well I completely agree with you there 😂

cheese_greater,

Good Lafari

xkforce, in What is the most unusual spirit you have in your home bar?

Malort

Warning: it tastes like grapefruit flavored floor cleaner

brygphilomena,

Not unusual here.

It was when I was living in California though.

It’s bad, sure. But it’s not as bad as people make it out to be. I always join in when I convince people to drink it for the first time.

HATEFISH,

And if you wanna see God / create the five loko get yourself some charged lemonade https://midwest.social/pictrs/image/87ae3b1d-3a51-47d8-853e-037dfb4d3f78.webp

totallynotarobot, in What is Something Scientific that you just don't believe in at all?

Yes we should be out to revoke chiropractors’ degrees, but I’m not sure why that’s coming up here since you asked about science specifically. Which chiropractic is not.

No one should be ok with people who run around pretending to be doctors and occasionally paralyzing babies and crippling people by trying to work magic. It’s also revolting that any of it is covered by insurance and health plans, which materially takes real resources away from real medicine for people.

doctorcrimson,

I was making an obvious strawman with that statement to poke fun about how defensive people were getting.

hondaguy97386, in What is an obscure piece of media or videogame that you think nobody else here has heard of?

The Illusion of Gaia for SNES. I don’t know anyone who has heard of it.

otp,

Wow. I watch YouTubers who talk about the SNES, and it gets brought up all the time in those circles!

RaineV1,

I had it as a kid. I remember really liking it.

Backspacecentury,

Rented Illusion of Gaia so many times!

degen,

My mind went straight to the SNES too, but with Chaos Seed, the feng shui dungeon building oddity. I have a feeling people might be familiar with SNESdrunk around here, though.

schmidtster,

I replay that game every couple of years, one of my all time favorites. My brother still had the cartridge.

Now I’m gonna need to play when I get back home, thanks stranger!

Gamers_Mate,

Interesting in Pal regions it is called Illusion of Time.
I also found a fan remake on itch.io

jjjalljs,

One of my cool older cousins was playing this one christmas when we went to his house! I was vaguely disappointed when we went back the next year and he was like “oh yeah that was fun but i beat it and don’t play it anymore.” Little kid brain assumed the game just went on for much longer than it does. Playing it together (ie: taking turns) is a fond childhood memory for me, though.

hakunawazo,

Yep, know about it. But I was more of a ‘Secret of Mana’ and ‘Secret of Evermore’ person myself.

EternalWarBear,

I think I might’ve seen a copy of that at a retro used game store near me here recently.

Nemo,

I still have the T-shirt that came with the box set!

It was a weird game, honestly.

I think the other two games in that series (Terranigma) didn’t get official English versions, but there are fanslations if you want to play them.

Odo,

All 3 games got official English translations. Soul Blazer and Gaia were released in the US and Europe, but Terranigma for whatever reason was only released in Europe. I’m so glad emulation came around and opened up access to so many region-locked games.

CodexArcanum,

Terranigma is one of my favorite SNES games! It is a truly awesome adventure and so underrated!

I played through a lot of fan translations and obscure games when I first discovered emulation. E.V.O Search for Eden is another weird, unique RPG from that era, which I highly recommend!

Zarxrax,

I don’t believe I played it, but I remember that box art. They probably had it on the shelves of my local blockbuster video. I think it might have also been a cover feature in Nintendo power.

hondaguy97386,

That’s how I played originally was renting it. The box art was awesome.

jesterkun, in What is an obscure piece of media or videogame that you think nobody else here has heard of?

Arx Fatalis for og Xbox. I have it and haven’t played it, but nobody I know has ever heard about it.

xionzui,

I had it on pc at one point. I think I read about the spell casting system and really wanted to try it. I didn’t end up playing that much though.

Gamers_Mate,

I just searched that game and found it is also on steam.
https://store.steampowered.com/app/1700/Arx_Fatalis/
Reminds me of the old TES games before Oblivion.

Hubi,
@Hubi@lemmy.world avatar

I actually have both that and Arx Libertatis installed on my PC! I haven’t gotten around to playing it though.

CodexArcanum,

It was a very cool spiritual successor to the older Ultima Underworld games, which are surprisingly interactive for their time. In many (many) ways they are the precursors to the immersive sim genre, and Arx is an interesting if isolated branch on that family tree.

Zarxrax, in What is an obscure piece of media or videogame that you think nobody else here has heard of?

Several years back I watched a Japanese film called Fish Story. It’s a pretty weird movie, and the first time I watched it, I hated it, and almost turned it off. It was just kind of boring, and it was really confusing because it kept jumping between different stories, and it was not in chronological order. Then, right at the very end, a short segment tied everything together so incredibly. It blew my mind and I immediately wanted to watch the movie again. I have never experienced anything like that before or since. I don’t know anyone else who’s ever heard of this movie.

MelonYellow,
@MelonYellow@lemmy.ca avatar

Just looked it up. I like quirky movies and I like the sound of this - it’s going on my list to watch later. Thanks! :)

Gamers_Mate,

Is it bad I thought this was a Japanese version of finding Nemo before I searched it?

Nibodhika,

That seems interesting, you’ve probably already watched it, but in case you haven’t Memento is another movie that’s told in not-chronological order and ties together at the end.

paddirn, (edited )

When that movie came out on VHS I painfully duped the movie in chronological order just to see what it would be like. Not nearly as interesting a story.

Davel23,

The DVD included a chronological cut.

frunch, (edited )

I really enjoyed Fish Story too! I sought out other films by the same director/writer, Yoshihiro Nakamura, and found a few others i really enjoyed. I can’t claim they’ll have the same wow factor or impact as Fish Story but i love these films for similar reasons i love Fish Story.

Golden Slumbers was crazy, weird, beautiful, and fun. Awesome ending! Highly recommend. Much different from Fish Story but with a similar sort of quirkiness. Another one i found around the same time was The Foreign Duck, the Native Duck and God in a Coin Locker. That’s a really weird one, but again with beautiful scenery and a sort of mysterious air. Another one i caught more recently and really enjoyed was called A Boy and his Samurai. I wasn’t initially that interested in watching it but gave it a chance and I’m really glad i did. Such a sweet and charming film.

creamed_eels, in What is an obscure piece of media or videogame that you think nobody else here has heard of?

When I was a kid I went to a Primus show and they were playing music before the acts came on. One was “Smoke On The Water” covered by Tom Jones and I’ve never been able to find it or even any information about it. I know it was this song and artist as I asked the engineer, it was a great rendition and I wish I could find a copy

kattenluik,

Have you tried contacting them?

creamed_eels,

Tom Jones? No, I didn’t even think of it tbh. I hadn’t thought of this song in a long time until right now lol

Vaginal_blood_fart,

It might be on In a Metal Mood: No More Mr. Nice Guy. Track 3 is smoke on the water. And if I recall correctly Tom Jones was on this album. But I can’t be sure he is singing smoke on the water

creamed_eels,

It’s not, but what a horrible/awesome album! Thanks for the tip!

itsgroundhogdayagain, in What is an obscure piece of media or videogame that you think nobody else here has heard of?

The original Death Race 2000 starring Sylvester Stallone and David Carradine. It may have had a small comeback when the Death Race remake came out but this isn’t the kind of movie you’d see randomly on tv.

degrix,
@degrix@lemmy.hqueue.dev avatar

Yes! This is a movie my parents let me watch when I was like ten or eleven and it definitely stuck with me.

ArmoredThirteen,

“What’s that?” “A hand grenade” best pun in cinematic history, un-toppable. I’m a huge Death Race fan, and CarWars, and the Twisted Metal game. Gun cars are just cool

Rambomst, (edited )

My parents love this movie, I saw it many times growing up. Every time they drive past someone in a wheelchair that movie gets mentioned.

Gamers_Mate,

Just saw the trailer. I thought 2000 was the year it came out but it came out in 1975.

Nibodhika,

Fun story, my dad met a guy who talked about a movie he had seen once, where racers ran over people to score points, my dad thought this guy was taking the piss and never considered the movie might be real. Until one day he was watching TV randomly and stumbled on the movie. But as people from the era of cable TV might remember, it was hard to know the name of the movie you just caught midway through, unless the channel showed the name of the movie you were out of luck, so I grew up knowing that this movie existed, but never knew the name. When the remake came out the plot seemed familiar enough for me that I immediately went to check what it was based on and finally put the final nail in the coffin of a long family mistery.

klemptor,

What was the movie called?

klemptor,

Nevermind I’m high

linearchaos,
@linearchaos@lemmy.world avatar

I edited the nudity out of that so we could screen it at work. There’s a LOT of titties in that movie.

CodexArcanum, (edited )

The 1976 arcade game called Death Race (seemingly no relation) is one of the first to ever spark controversy over violence in video games. It’s not too well known today, being almost 50 years old and fairly primitive.

And fun movie fact, Death Race 2000 is Sylvester “Sly, The Italian Stallion” Stallone’s first non-pornographic film role.

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