#151

we also found it was very difficult to drink cans whilst wearing the bubble things, which also contributed to them being sacked off early

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#152

Haha we didn’t have cans on the go, but I salute you for doing so!

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#153

People who collect lots of pairs of trainers. OK so you may need a few pairs or styles for everyday use, but I mean people who get limited edition ones and keep them all in the box.

Fidget spinners - I thought you could do tricks with them or something but you literally just spin them round. No wonder the fad died out in weeks. In that time though every kid had one and schools had to send letters round banning them

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#154

People can do tricks with them.

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#155

i used to be very bad for this, have tried to ween myself off it in the last few years.

my mate got a pair of limited edition Nike in one of those END clothing raffles a few months back, he paid £150 for them and ended up punting them for £500, in short, people are fucking stupid

#156

our kids got loads of like dc and marvel funkopop things, but shes a proper dork so. someone got me a darth vader one for xmas or something once? its fine i guess, i think the ones with helmets or weird shaped heads are better than the ones that all look identical. also have a, not funkopop but like a figurine with a big head of harry styles that gf found in the park, find it quite funny that she picked it up and brought it home and gave it to me

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#158

Lemgthbook

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#160

Chaser:

Wide-ranging post this: I don’t get how Minecraft is a huge thing, how it is a game as well as some kind of virtual Lego, nor how on earth Baby Yoda can exist inside it in any meaningful way.

#161

well it’s because it’s

Hope this helps.

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#162

It’s the game bit I guess I don’t get. How is there a game in there :smiley:

#163

To be honest I was fairly confused by minecraft until I gave it a go on a whim and there’s something very absorbing about it. It’s hugely complex if you want it to be or massively simple. It’s also genuinely tense and despite the simplistic graphics kind of beautiful. Stonking music too.

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#164

I bet it is absorbing. One day I will have cause to try it. Until then it’s in a box marked: don’t get.

#165

I don’t really get it either. From what I can tell it seems like there are different games within it? Like a building game where you just make stuff, then also a survival game where you fight things? But maybe they’re happening at the same time idk

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#166

Do you have kids theo? It’s been an absolute gateway drug into gaming for my two and I absolutely loved getting into with them. The eldest is 15 and will still sack off playing Skyrim or whatever to build things in Minecraft.

Basically it’s got several different variants. You can play in ‘creative’ mode and it’s just a virtual lego box and you can build an entire virtual skyscraper / city / viking longboat whatever. Very meditative and well… creative.

You can also play it in ‘survival’ mode and then it’s more like a traditional ‘game’. There are monsters that can kill you and you need to craft materials and resources to keep a roof over your head and protect yourself from them.

It’s a bloody bloody good game if you don’t mind simplistic graphics and you like the idea of virtual lego.

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#167

Just the one child. She has tried it at other kids’ houses but we don’t have a console or much really she can play games on except the iPad.

#168

Ah ok. You can play it on an ipad I believe but I don’t quite see how it would work as it requires navigating 3d space and I’m not sure how that would work without a controller!

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#169

The boy played a lot on a tablet and used to love it. Although he did prefer it on the Switch when we got it on there.

Currently, as it was his 7th the other day, going through a too mature for Minecraft phase. He’ll be back no doubt.

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#170

Why Pitchfork are tweeting about Steely Dan at least twice a day. It’s like someone lost a bet.