CumbrianCucumber

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[–] CumbrianCucumber@lemmy.world 3 points 3 days ago (1 children)

Well, the same kind of WAS said about post-WWII Germany. It was joint-colonised for half a century and ceased to exist as a single independent state until 1989, and even then, German reunification was pretty controversial

Didn't Minecraft overtake Tetris years ago?

I'm pleasantly surprised to see Human Fall Flat here though. I don't hear many people talk about it, but it has a seriously fun multiplayer

I have a Fairphone 3, and it definitely does have a headphone jack (unless there are other versions of it that don't)

Fantastic news - the UK had to learn the hard way who its real allies and adversaries are

Let's give the next generation back their right to giggle at "spotted dick" in restaurant menus

[–] CumbrianCucumber@lemmy.world 2 points 2 weeks ago

A new trailer came out today for the final episode, and well, it's heavily implied at this point

[–] CumbrianCucumber@lemmy.world 1 points 2 weeks ago* (last edited 4 days ago)

Often I find that the best comedies have some of the most depressing settings, and The Amazing Digital Circus and Red Dwarf are two great examples of that! That being said, check out Don't Hug Me I'm Scared! The setting is like 1-to-1 with the Amazing Digital Circus!

[–] CumbrianCucumber@lemmy.world 5 points 2 weeks ago

Is that true? I'm actually floored by the idea of trying to doxx the Wikipedia editors. That's some of the most shameless anti-intellectualism and psychopathy I've ever heard of.

But to answer your question directly while I process that, yes, I think moving their location to Denmark or anywhere in Europe would be an absolute victory. The only thing that's stopped me from donating to Wikipedia is the thought that it'd get taxed and Trump would pocket some of it. While financially, the US government may not lose much, it's a massive reputational loss, and sets the stage for other companies to do the same.

[–] CumbrianCucumber@lemmy.world 2 points 2 weeks ago

I've been watching it with friends, and have seen about the first half of it now!

I'm pretty surprised by how little messed up stuff has happened so far compared to what I've heard about it, but I'm bracing for that second half! In general, I'm liking it a lot and I see why it's been so influential in anime since it came out

[–] CumbrianCucumber@lemmy.world 2 points 2 weeks ago

I recently bought a Fairphone 3 and installed Ubuntu Touch onto it, ditching Android entirely! I spent about 3 days working on this and would strongly recommend buying one of the newer ones with Ubuntu Touch pre-installed, I'm incredibly happy with it, feel freer than ever, and Google's however-much-money poorer for not having my data!

[–] CumbrianCucumber@lemmy.world 1 points 3 weeks ago

Hasn't Telegram being Russian spyware been known for years now?

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RIP Rob Grant (lemmy.world)
submitted 3 weeks ago* (last edited 3 weeks ago) by CumbrianCucumber@lemmy.world to c/reddwarf@feddit.uk
 

To those who don't know, Rob Grant - one of Red Dwarf's two main writers - passed away recently on the 25th February. He had co-written every episode of Red Dwarf for the first six series. Rob had also worked on Spitting Image in the 80s and had written several Red Dwarf novels, including one that is set to be released on July of this year. Look out for Red Dwarf: Titan.

Rest in peace you genius! It's better to have loved and lost, than to have listened to an album by Olivia Newton-John

[–] CumbrianCucumber@lemmy.world 11 points 3 weeks ago (2 children)

I'll bet she went on some YouTube rabbit hole sometime in COVID times. It's such a 180 from where she used to stand.

I re-read the first chapter of the first Harry Potter book (old book, I didn't give her any money) and it's all about how Uncle Vernon and Aunt Petunia hated Harry being a wizard because it wasn't normal, it didn't fit their idea of normal, and they wanted to be seen as normal more than any else, but Harry couldn't help being who he was. It's not hard to read a gay or trans allegory into that.

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submitted 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago) by CumbrianCucumber@lemmy.world to c/digimon@lemmy.world
 

Does anyone else feel like new life has been breathed into the Digimon franchise in the last few years?

The anime's coming back more often without 4-6 year gaps between the series

Digimon Story: Time Stranger has been received amazingly well, and according to Google Trends, more

people were searching Digimon during its release than any time since 2004!

Disenfranchised Pokemon fans are giving Digimon another chance after Pokemon's recent quality

Digimon's overarching message that the Digital world is an amazing place, but is full of threats and constantly under attack goes really hard in the 2020s

I'm not sure if it's just my algorithm, but I feel like more people on YouTube and social media are talking about Digimon again

Or did Digimon never stop being relevant any I'm just starting to see more of it again?

 
 
 

It's been down for me for a day now with a 502 Bad Gateway error, citing an openresty (nginx) issue. Is this an OSA-related regional thing to the UK, or is it down for everyone else too? It'd suck if it's permanently down because I have a channel on there.

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