I would praise you endlessly for your cleverness in that totally hypothetical scenario
SilverLum wrote: Mon Oct 13, 2025 4:30 pm
British people already are like the Japanese people of Europe. They are polite to your face while secretly wishing you'd leave them alone, and they say "innit" in place of "desu".
But that “being polite out loud but furious in your head” thing is only really the older demographics, anyone I know under 25 would just use their obscene language skills to forcefully remove you from their presence.
What if I actually realised we were on a game topic here and not some sorta off topic thread earlier?
Scalpers, never missing an opportunity to make a quick buck at the expense of hobbyists and enthusiasts, suddenly buy up and hoard the supply of retro hardware and games, and once again, ruin it for everyone.
What if M̶̧̢̢̡̧̡̡̨̧̧̡̧̨̢̢̨̨̨̡̧̨̛̛̛̛̬͚̤̗͇̦̤̙̗̺̟͙̲̻̦̭̼͈͍̘̰̙͍̣̗͓̬̳͔̼̰̱̼͍̟̙̟̪̩͓̲̣̞̺̦̫̱̲͈͎̖͙̜̬͚̲͕̮̺͚͙̘̤̙̞̜̖̭̯̣̲͕͙̘̙̙̤̦͚̩̙̟̪͕̦͉̻͔̯̯͖̱͖͉͍̗͈͍͔̦̫͇̳̙͉̲̰̭͎̯͔̥̰͙͈͖͚͎̰̹͔̯͇̰̙͎̜͙̮̝̬̣̰̙̼̠̲̰̪̯̦̲̗̪̺͚̮̘̦̲̞̞͖͖͙̩̼͂̑̌̋͗̌̈́̿̐̌̈̏̎̐͆͆͆̊̎̊̆͒̎̓̿̓̋͛́͊̈̃̿͊̂̾͗̈̑͋̓͋͛͋̂̔̓̀͑̂͐̈͋̂̀͌̽̌̈̋͐̂̄̏̾́̀̓͐̈́͗͋̄̋̓͊̾̂̂͆̉͌͆̋̅̆͂̓̓͋͌̃͊͂̕̕̕͘̕̚̕͜͜͜͜͝͝͝͠͠͠͝ͅͅͅͅͅã̵̢̢̧̧̨̡̡̧̨̡̡̧̧̨̛̦̙̦͍͚̫̰̟̺̮̠̪̖̳̰̻̰̤̬͍̦̘̗̭̺͔̬̤̭̖̫̳̳͇͕̯̜̼̺̯̪̜̫̥̩̩͍̳̣̝̺̦̜̝͉͔͚̦̘̺̲̠͍͚͍̱̫̯͙͈͕̹̗̖̦͇͚̼̯͔̣̺͔̘͕̱͎̖͎̱͔̣̘̤̻̥̦́͛̒̐̄̾͆̉̀͋̋̑̈́̏͗̆̃̈́̅̓̇͊̓̓̐̋̏͐̈́̀̎̃̒̃̂͑̈́͑̉̅̓͐̑͒̄͒̎͒̀̔̈́͊̈́̏̉͑̇̏̑̓̊͆͋̉́̓̚͘̚͘̕̚̚͜͜͜͜͠͝͠͠͝ͅͅs̵̨̧̢̧̛̛̛̛̛̬͇̩̭͉͓̠͓̘̥̫̟̪̺̦̝̯͑͒̔̀̉̓̊̆̔̆̾͒̒̔͊̓͂͆̅̋̎̈́̐͆̒̎̎͒̌͛͐͗́̑͆͋̔̽̎̆̈̅̌̀̉͂́̊͆̿̍́͑͒́͑̑̎́̔̉̋͑̿̎͒̔͌̃͛̍͑̈́͑̈́͑͌͑͌̀̌̀̀̍̓̓̌̇̓̔̋̅̊͛̌̄̆̎̐͆̄̈́̀̀̾̚͘͘̚͘͝͠͝͝͠͝͝͝͝ͅt̷̨̢̛̛̛̠̲̠̝̣̭̱̖̲̭̞̘͔̟̪̭͇̰̬̯̭͕͐̐͑̀̓͋̌̃͑̇͌̈͆̀͂͊̊̀̾̊̾͊̎̓̋̔͊́͌̎̐́͗͛̍̒̈́͗̿͌̑̌͛͋͐͊̽̂̅̂̉̅͌̏̈́̿̋̈́̕̕̕͘͜͜͝͝͝͝͠͝ͅͅę̴̡̡̧̨̢̧̧̧̡̝̭̫̜͚̪͔̘̟̗͚͓̱̼͚͓̺̞̰̰͔̯̘̭̳͓̥̘̤̤̲͎̠͎͚͍̜͓̞̼͖͙̬͍̺̤͍̖͉͇͚̫̯̪̯̻̤͙͈̭̰͎̣̀͂̐̾͋̀̈́̊͐́̐͌̂̉̋́̆̈́̒̓͂͜͜͠͝r̵̢̡̧̨̧̧̛̛͉͙̼̙͍͚͇̪̝̣̬͓̮̜͇̖̪̘͈͉͚͕͕̼͚͙̥̼̞̪̙̻̰̞̭̥̫̗̥͉̲̦̆̃̑͊̿͊͑̀̓̔̐̔̆͌̏̑̍͌̀̍̽̿́͒̈́̈́̎̉͆̄̊̈́̒̿́͆͋̈̆̍͒͑̃̊͊͊̏̒͌̿̑͗̐͑̑̀̋͊̽͛̍̉͐̋̄͋̉͊̓̾̃̌̈́̃͑͊͑͒̈́̑͗͒͌͛̿͑͌̐̍̎͋́͛̅̑̑̐̽͊́́͐̇͂̅̊̓̔̽̐̾̌̐͒̈́͐̂͌́̾̏̆̒̽͑͑̇̓͑̄̋̑̍͆͐̐̒̽́̈̽̈̆̋̍̆̈́͊̓͊́̚̚̚̚̚̕̕̚͜͜͝͝͠͝͝ was to become moderator again?
Ship of Theseus but with my own self, that's an interesting thought experiment...
What if Rayman? Well, I think life would be a lot more fun if nothing else. Though considering the antics that follow him, might also be relatively perilous....
