I’m not familiar with Rhythm Heaven, but Mario 64 (and Sunshine) has been a big hit in our house too.

If I’m interpreting this right, this is a person named Chrissy who has been talking to an AI chatbot and appointed herself its “human anchor” to create this post on its behalf.

I was thinking about picking that controller up. My 3 y/o has been using a pro controller, and it seems too big.

I do have a fondness for old rock/metal from that era too and am pretty happy with it, so maybe that’s a green light!

it is like studying the life and culture of the past.

I truly think stuff like this is important. Developing an appreciation and personal connection to cultural touchstones of the past is like a history lesson and familiarizes you with the life experiences of your parents/grandparents/etc.

<3

I remember some people joking about the drop in activity when my kid was born last summer and I was offline for a while. Lol

There’s someone who goes by “IRL Loading Screens” who makes these. They’re on reddit, X, IG, etc.

I try to save them when I see them, however I think that was the last one in my “memes for lemmy” folder for the time being.

Yeah, I figure it’s good etiquette to leave a note any time I edit something, especially if it already has conversation about it in the comments.

Not that I’m aware of, but here it is if you’re curious.

I know… It’s super obvious, but I guess I had only gotten a sense of the pic without looking closely.

So it’s begun.

Wow, I need to read this.

They’ll hit it with one of these, and then we’ll be the out of touch ones for thinking it’s unnecessary.

This wasn’t my OC, and I’m embarrassed that I didn’t notice the original image was AI - just thought it was poor quality. I’ve edited the meme to swap out a real painting of sailors.

Parents of a 3 month old who aren’t quite sure what day/week/month it is.

“Freestyle” chess (aka “960” or “Fischer Random”) has gained a lot of popularity lately. Big tournaments with big funding, spearheaded by Magnus Carlson.

It’s what you’re describing, except it’s the entire back row, including the king and queen.

Sausage is often sold in links, so it’s a play on words.

You’re probably right. I bet I’m being US-centric to just assume everyone there values free speech/expression with the same cultural intensity.

What is happening in the UK in the last year or so? I keep seeing crazy headlines like this every so often.

The online safety act requiring ID, police showing up at old people’s houses for their Facebook/twitter posts, or that one time someone suggested they would try to extradite Americans for the same thing. Where is this coming from all of a sudden?