Easy to forget Reddit, Discord, Twitch, others, were popularized and/or largely cultivated by (or explicitly catered to) gamers before reaching a wider audience. It feels like hyperbole to say in retrospect but Valve influenced WAY more non-game culture than we really talk about.
It's difficult to remember and capture the context of the time period when something released which means people think that Portal 2's humour is born from Reddit, as opposed to reddits humour being born from portal 2
It's difficult to remember and capture the context of the time period when something released which means people think that Portal 2's humour is born from Reddit, as opposed to reddits humour being born from portal 2
this effect is known by terminally online tvtrope browsers (like me) as “the seinfield effect” wherein seinfield, despite being funny at its time, seems unfunny now
This is like that Patton Oswalt bit where he tells his uni professor that the Star Trek-themed question was unanswerable because the crew's roles were wrong
@MelancholyFlppr Restaurant I order from often, naturally you have to place orders through the app, via account. When selecting a location, it won't show your *recent order locations* unless you enable your phone's location. They already have access to your recents but withhold it. Bullshit.
@MelancholyFlppr Would never block for it but if you get push notes, they often come individually and it can be a lil bothersome if the person goes for a while if you're actively using your phone.
“And i once heard the verse, i was Jesus Christ, what is wrong with this white boy…i got to redo my verse, i cant wait to do a new verse, i hope he loves it ”. - Lil Wayne on hearing Eminem’s “Forever” verse, he felt compelled to redo his own verse.