No Stupid Questions p5yk0t1km1r4ge • Now • 92%

In honor of the start spooky season (yay!), I have a question about an apparently beloved spooky meme/skit. What about "David S. Pumpkins" is so funny?

How the hell did the character get so viral? I've tried watching the skits several times to see if maybe I'm missing something, but for the life of me, I can't seem to see it. Is everyone just biased because it's Tom Hanks? Or is it actually hilarious, and I'm just struggling to understand the humor? Fall/Spooky season is my absolute favorite time of year, but am I just a buzz kill?

Two Sentence Horror p5yk0t1km1r4ge • Now • 33%

We were all excited when Halloween Horror Nights finally started over at Universal Studios.

But nobody knew the serial killer was there, with a real chainsaw posing as a scare actor.

Youtube Drama p5yk0t1km1r4ge • Now • 66%

Brinnstar, aka Bitpolar aka "SuperPsyguy" aka Bryon Beaubien is STILL on youtube?

He mistreated several woman and tried fucking children, yet he remains practically untouched on youtube. Wtf? Even Mr. Beast is getting flak before him. It pisses me off. Why does this piece of shit get a free pass? He's running a channel targeting kids 13+. How do we know he isn't pulling the same powertripping, abusive pedophile bullshit he was back then? Nobody is talking about it.

Reddit p5yk0t1km1r4ge • Now • 89%

Nothing is quite as satisfying as watching someone who is farming karma getting called out, then seeing them delete their post afterward.

I saw a post about someone making a "controversial" opinion (their words) about liking a game everybody fell in love with. It was a well-known, widely loved, and highly praised videogame that is very good (fires of rubicon). Then, a few hours later, after we called them out on it, they deleted the post.

Elden Ring p5yk0t1km1r4ge • Now • 84%

I have spent.... Eight non-stop hours trying to kill death Knight, with two other players each time, and I can't beat him.

Not really sure what the fuck to do at this point. I'm not having any fun at all with this expansion. I just dont see whats "fun" here. I've beaten the base game many, many times. Ive beaten every souls game many, many times, but this shit? Its bad. If this entire expansion is like this, I think im done and i wasted my money. Im incredibly angry right now, and my mind may change, but this is some straight up bullshit.

Reddit p5yk0t1km1r4ge • Now • 84%

I use RDX to browse reddit without supporting the site in any way. It's a good app; but man, fuck reddit. This is literally just a rant. You won't miss much if you just scroll past.

I usually browse rdx to stay up to date with my favorite things: games, halloween, steam deck, etc. Today, im going to *removed* about the fo76 sub, and the steam deck sub. Im so, SO tired of these posts. Fo76: so many fucking annoying posts of people jacking themselves off and farming karma. "To the level 14 player whos collectron i pillaged" blah blah blah "i didnt know you were only level 14" blah blah blah "i left you 1000 caps as an apology and im glad you could get them" blah blah fucking blah. We all know you're just jerking yourself off and farming karma. Shut the FUCK UP and stop clogging the sub reddit for actual good posts. And steamdeck? This sub can fuck off to the furthest reaches of hell. I want tips, tricks, game performance reports, steam deck news and tech support. I dont want to see 1000 pictures of people holding their steam deck alongside some phoned in bullshit about how they're LOVING their steam deck! Congrats! You're using the device as intended! Now shut the fuck up! Fuck off! Although, my disdain for that place is in part because of the garbage, power abusing mods, these fucking posts are just karma *removed* mind rot in my opinion. And yes before you ask, i do in fact feel better now that i got that out.

Nostalgia p5yk0t1km1r4ge • Now • 98%

Who else remembers the love/hate relationship this thing caused?

You LOVED playing yours, but HATED the awful battery life. You LOVED reading segas official catalogue full of game gear games and genesis games, but HATED that there was always that one game gear game you always wanted but could never get (huge props if you remember the catalogue) You LOVED playing your friends game gear, but HATED that you had to give it back to them because you wanted one yourself and didnt own one. You LOVED playing all your game gear games, but HATED there was always that one game you couldn't even pass level one on. You LOVED playing a game on it, got excited when reaching a new level, just to either die or have the game gear die, forcing you to start over completely again, which you HATED. My suffering: playing Sonic Triple Trouble. The chaos emerald levels with knack were fucking BRUTAL (they made Elden Ring look easy by comparison-at least at my young age). After hours and HOURS I finally got them all, just to get a game over on an easy part of the final level. Pain, nothing but pain. My most cherished nostalgic memory: sitting on our couch, game gear plugged in, and playing it while soaking in the christmas tree lights, various household holiday lights and decorations, along with the accompanying presents. I cant quite place why that memory has stuck with me. If I had to guess, at the time, I was truly at my happiest. I got to play my game gear and anticipate my presents! .......I truly long for those days again.

Just Post p5yk0t1km1r4ge • Now • 100%

If you've been watching Unsolved Mysteries, I wanted to share what I think happened to Amanda Antoni.

Heres my take: Ruby, her dog, was laying down in front of the basement entrance. Amanda, on the phone and not likely paying attention, enters the room from the "north" room we see in the chair photo. She trips on ruby, ruby out of surprise goes running into the chair at the table, knocking it over, her phone goes flying and in an attempt to recover, she puts her hand out to brace against the wall by the basement door. She misses her mark in the midst of her fall, and winds up shifting all her weight meant for the wall, towards the stairs, sending herself careening downwards. Her forehead hits the piggy bank and she falls again. She starts bleeding badly. She struggles to stand after the fall but manages to do it eventually, and stands at the foot of the stairs before succumbing to the blood loss and lying on the ground. This is the only way I personally think the accident theory could work. She was high and disoriented as it was, you add traumatic blood loss to the mix and you are going to fall over very quick.

Heres my take: Ruby, her dog, was laying down in front of the basement entrance. Amanda, on the phone and not likely paying attention, enters the room from the "north" room we see in the chair photo. She trips on ruby, ruby out of surprise goes running into the chair at the table, knocking it over, her phone goes flying and in an attempt to recover, she puts her hand out to brace against the wall by the basement door. She misses her mark in the midst of her fall, and winds up shifting all her weight meant for the wall, towards the stairs, sending herself careening downwards. Her forehead hits the piggy bank and she falls again. She starts bleeding badly. She struggles to stand after the fall but manages to do it eventually, and stands at the foot of the stairs before succumbing to the blood loss and lying on the ground. This is the only way I personally think the accident theory could work. She was high and disoriented as it was, you add traumatic blood loss to the mix and you are going to fall over very quick.

Just Post p5yk0t1km1r4ge • Now • 98%

You can see the Northern Lights very clearly in my backyard. I've only seen them one other time in my whole life so I wanted to share. A few more in the comments.

Just got home from work. They just sort of popped up...so I wanted to give others the chance to enjoy the view.

Spooky 👻 Halloween 🎃 Dark 🦇 Horror 🔪 Memes p5yk0t1km1r4ge • Now • 100%

Today in Northern Michigan, you can feel that autumn is on it's way.

Its rainy, cooler and theres been a constant breeze with mostly an overcast sky. Autumn and Halloween decorations are slowly, slowly starting to pop up on shelves, and there is already a spirit halloween up and running in Gaylord, with one in Petoskey building up and preparing to open in a few weeks. Youtube videos are also starting to pop up, touting "Spooky Season is on it's way", and as we get closer to fall, halloween and autumn themed commercials start to air, and halloween themed events both in real life and videogames start getting detailed and eventually, started. I subscribe to a lesser known Youtuber who calls himself "Tampa Jay". No tricks, no excessive budgets, just a chill dude who loves the season with absolutely no drama, Just Jay giving behind the scenes tours of various "haunts" that will be coming later in the season (he eventually starts filming full on walkthroughs of haunted houses later into the fall). As soon as I see him post his first "spooky season" video, I immediately consider it very early, yet the start, of the official Spooky Season. As luck would have it, he just posted a video or two. So in my eyes, its finally begun. Summer is winding to a close and each day we get closer to the beginning of Autumn. Its coming, and im very excited. Do you consider the spooky season "officially started" in August? If not, when do you consider it "officially" started? Sorry for the long post, i just needed to get that off my chest. I have no idea why i love this time of year so much, or why it makes me feel so good inside. Am i the only one that feels like this, at least on this level? October through December, (huge fan of the holidays too) seem to be the only time im truly happy and at peace. I feel this way about Christmas and Thanksgiving too, but with autumn and halloween, i seem to peak.

No Man's Sky p5yk0t1km1r4ge • Now • 96%

Man, I'm not even excited for the liquidator minotaur and I want to be, but the 3rd person experience is awful and so is the cockpit view.

Aiming in 3rd person is terrible. The reticule is literally blocked by the mech body and the only way to aim with it (at least without guessing and hoping you have things like the small sentinels targetted) is to try to maneuver things to create a gap between the arm and cockpit. And in cockpit view aiming and moving feels super sluggish. These two things have been around for years and no matter how many times I've reported it, it is ignored by HG. I've tried mods to fix it and they dont....quite function well. I found one that did fix it, it was amazing, but it just crashes the game now. Such a bummer. Anyone else bothered by this? Trying to mine with it in 3rd person is just as bad. These two things are the only reason i never pilot the mech. I know the reticule kind of fixes itself eventually during mining and combat but it still sucks. I just want a persistant, correct over the shoulder view at all times with it tbh. My immersion hates it.

Steam Deck p5yk0t1km1r4ge • Now • 92%

Just an fyi for those of you that have the 500gb model and enjoy no mans sky

Edit: Clearly the model doesnt matter. My mistake. Anyway... So far its been running at about 38 fps for me with all settings on high. If 60 fps isnt that big of a deal to you like it isnt for me, I highly recommend it, its very pretty. I'm going to test how it runs with the new water and probably play it on ultra, just to see, depending on how things go on high. There was some slight slow down during my playtime last night, but it was negligable. Otherwise, it still ran surprisingly well. I specified 500gb because i was under the impression each tier had different performance outputs and didnt want to speak for the other models, so my bad.

Dreams, Dreaming, etc. p5yk0t1km1r4ge • Now • 70%

Odd recurring dream that seems to change only slightly each time.

I keep dreaming of my old house that I used to live in with my parents back in the early to mid 2000's. It's worth noting that I believe in the paranormal and this house gave me many personal experiences. Every time I dream of it now, the house is always in some sort of disrepair: flooded basement, holes in the floor that lead to the basement, overflowing toilets, etc. But the majority of the times that I remember it's always the hole in the floor leading to the basement that pops up (the basement was the source of my paranormal experiences). Every time, the house layout is just slightly different from before, but the vibe is ALWAYS the same: it's eerie, it's empty, it's creepy and is always very nostalgic I guess? Like, for some reason, I'm always longing to return. Also, whenever I dream of a dead relative, it's always somewhere in this "house", I even dream about my dog in it (he was poisoned by the neighbors). But with my dog, a husky, his markings are totally different from his actual body. He's all white, but it's definitely him.

Spooky 👻 Halloween 🎃 Dark 🦇 Horror 🔪 Memes p5yk0t1km1r4ge • Now • 94%

4 months until spooky season is in full swing!

Technically, it starts early to mid September, but eh. Anyone else getting hyped all over again?

Antiwork p5yk0t1km1r4ge • Now • 96%

Am I being targetted?

For context: I work security at a Golf/Ski resort. We are told to be "proactive" with noise complaints, and I was trained to give 3 strikes, Strike 1: friendly warning. Strike 2: More serious warning, followed with a noise complaints fee. Strike 3: Escort off the resort. Back in February, I received a write-up for a customer complaint claiming I beat on his door, told him he was "being a dick," and that I told him to "Shut the fuck up " and that I told him I'd administer a noise complaints fee if he didn't quiet down after designated quiet hours. Apparently he was "so pissed off" he sat in the lobby for 2 hours to "avoid trouble"(on camera apparantly) and then left early due to my actions, and we had to refund his entire stay. Here's the thing, though: he lied through his teeth because that never happened (at least the way we interacted. They never showed me this video of the guest in the lobby) . **Here's what actually transpired:** The front desk called me, and said room 1017 was complaining about noise down the hall. As security, it's my job to handle that stuff. I asked his neighbor to quiet down, politely, and received no issues. However, *the guest who complained was actually being much louder.* I could hear him blaring music, his kids laughing and yelling, and a bunch of banging coming directly from his room. I was told by my boss to be "proactive" about noise complaints to prevent any complaints from happening and that I should get them under control beforehand. I was told that even if there were no complaints, if I heard noise like this, I was to issue a strike. So I did just that. I gently knocked on his door. He asked what the issue was and extended his hand to me (I shook it). I politely informed him of our noise policy; I didn't even *issue him a strike.* All I said was that it was after quiet hours, and then I kindly asked him to quiet down. I told him I didn't want to ruin his stay, and that while no complaints for him existed, I wanted to avoid any potential issues, and then I politely told him about our 3 strike process, and made it clear that he wasn't getting one, but that I would have to if he got a complaint later. He said, "Ok, ok, sir, I don't want any trouble. I'll make sure to quiet down." I smiled and said it was all good and that I wanted him to enjoy his stay. Then he closed his door, and I left. That was the extent of things. So during the write up my boss told me they had no camera footage or witnesses to this event, but he "did some research" and apparently I brag about being aggressive to guests to other employees, and that the guest waiting in the lobby and leaving early was an "extreme reaction". He also told me, "we have NEVER done noise complaint fees." He asked if I remembered that night. I crossed my arms and focused on his filing cabinet to think, and apparently, he "felt threatened" (???) by that, which he said was more proof I was lying and that I was "unusually aggressive." It devolved into an argument. I browsed the SoP book (security officer protocols) a few weeks later and it said, right there in the book we are told to follow, that we DO give out noise complaints fees, and I pointed that out to both my bosses and was told they'll "change it". It was, however, never changed and is still there to this day. Fast forward, and I go from working 3 shifts a week to 2 to 1 to none for a whole month. I only recently started working again after asking if I was going to be scheduled. Plus, I specifically asked the day of the write-up if I could use my personal car to patrol. I was told yes. I've seen other officers do it, my managers do it, even the owner said it was OK. For 4 months, I was using my car with no issue. It's hard to miss, I'm in uniform, people know it's me driving, yet suddenly, tonight, my boss told me he "had no idea" I was using my car all this time, and that it "wasn't allowed". I told him even the owner said I could, and that all we needed were magnets to slap on our cars, which I called my manager for, and he mysteriously didn't remember the conversation. Am I being singled out here? I'm always the last to know of any changes as well.

Fallout p5yk0t1km1r4ge • Now • 77%

Anyone here play fo76?

I'm at the final fight for skyline and it's the most garbage fucking cheap ass brain dead unfair piece of shit fight in the entire game. I'm in hellkat armor, and I still die in like 2 minutes from a few tiny hits from this piece of shit and I'm over it. For other players, how the fuck are you supposed to beat this shit?

Steam Deck p5yk0t1km1r4ge • Now • 90%

Anyone having issues with Greenlight (xbox streaming)?

I've had nothing but issues with it. I got it to work once, and now it simply refuses to work ever again. It just crashes immediately. What the hell am I doing wrong?

Nowhere Else To Share p5yk0t1km1r4ge • Now • 92%

My work feels very "off"...

I work in security at a northern michigan ski/golf resort. The resort spans 2 properties and has a combined total of roughly 3000 acres. As you might expect, it can be a tough job at times, with drunks, noise complaints, safety issues, etc but wtf do you do when your job is mostly just tough for simply feeling "creepy"? There's a chunk of buildings on the main property that have wigged me out since day one of my employment. The buildings in question are the restaurants (3 in one building) at the top of one of our ski hills, the daycare (located at the top of another one of our ski hills), both our ski services and ski rental buildings (both buildings are located at the bottom of one of our ski hills), the cafe, and our convention center, along with our shop on the north property (also creeps me out), which sits amidst 4 massive golf courses. It started with me hearing a mans voice in the convention center that sounded nothing like any of my coworkers there with me, then a few weeks later a loud BANG I heard when patrolling the convention center one night alone. At first, I thought nothing of it until one slow night when I decided to do some digging into the resorts past. It turns out that at the time, there were 4 deaths on or associated with the resort that i could find either through google or word of mouth. The original owner was dead and apparantly "shows up" in the convention center, rarily. One skier died on the bottom of one of our ski hills (the one located by the daycare), one death was an employee who worked ski patrol (they have an office in the cafe that rests between our ski hills) that was off site, and one was a guest who died on one of our courses over on the second property due to hundreds of bee stings after hitting a ball into a thicket of trees. These areas creeped me out already, but now they're even creepier. Then, a weird stretch of deaths started occurring, starting last September 20th, in the restaurant building, which I was part of. A guest choked to death, and we couldn't save him. Then, a dishwasher died in the breakroom of the building, another employee died off property who worked in the spa of our main hotel, and then another employee, who was a cook in the restaurant building, suddenly died off property. Each death occurred almost once every month. Is this place cursed? Haunted? Both? I don't know, to be honest. The entire place just creeps me out now. I don't know where else to put this on Lemmy, so here I am. Is this shit weird, or am I overthinking it?

Just Post p5yk0t1km1r4ge • Now • 81%

Something about my work...just feels "off"?

I work in security at a northern michigan ski/golf resort. The resort spans 2 properties and has a combined total of roughly 3000 acres. As you might expect, it can be a tough job at times, with drunks, noise complaints, safety issues, etc but wtf do you do when your job is mostly just tough for simply feeling "creepy"? There's a chunk of buildings on the main property that have wigged me out since day one of my employment. The buildings in question are the restaurants (3 in one building) at the top of one of our ski hills, the daycare (located at the top of another one of our ski hills), both our ski services and ski rental buildings (both buildings are located at the bottom of one of our ski hills), the cafe, and our convention center, along with our shop on the north property (also creeps me out), which sits amidst 4 massive golf courses. It started with me hearing a mans voice in the convention center that sounded nothing like any of my coworkers there with me, then a few weeks later a loud BANG I heard when patrolling the convention center one night alone. At first, I thought nothing of it until one slow night when I decided to do some digging into the resorts past. It turns out that at the time, there were 4 deaths on or associated with the resort that i could find either through google or word of mouth. The original owner was dead and apparantly "shows up" in the convention center, rarily. One skier died on the bottom of one of our ski hills (the one located by the daycare), one death was an employee who worked ski patrol (they have an office in the cafe that rests between our ski hills) that was off site, and one was a guest who died on one of our courses over on the second property due to hundreds of bee stings after hitting a ball into a thicket of trees. These areas creeped me out already, but now they're even creepier. Then, a weird stretch of deaths started occurring, starting last September 20th, in the restaurant building, which I was part of. A guest choked to death, and we couldn't save him. Then, a dishwasher died in the breakroom of the building, another employee died off property who worked in the spa of our main hotel, and then another employee, who was a cook in the restaurant building, suddenly died off property. Each death occurred almost once every month. Is this place cursed? Haunted? Both? I don't know, to be honest. The entire place just creeps me out now. I don't know where else to put this on Lemmy, so here I am. Is this shit weird, or am I overthinking it?