Nodrog's Ices

A Geordie living in Hampshire ENGLAND. Vanilla lover. Retro gamer. Gaslit by fannies.

[Nodrog's Ices @NodrogIce]

@MxVivianWulf Imagine pitching an article to a magazine in 2026. It's about dating and trying to find a partner, your struggles with the opposite sex etc.
Editor: "great, women will love to read it!"
You: "actually, I'm a man..."
Editor: "Ick. Sorry, we don't do manosphere content here."

[Nodrog's Ices @NodrogIce]

@prestonjbyrne If you'd have pitched that back in 1986 we'd have thought we were living the dream. We'd have "Royal Email", and the AI would be "British Telecom Cecil" or something.
The Internet shot right over the heads of our government 30 years ago and they are only just catching up.

[Nodrog's Ices @NodrogIce]

@badbroadcastco @BRYN_BORANGA I assume when they were in their teens in the 50s they idolised American rock and roll stars who would have only been a few years older than them, Roy included.
The only rock and roller who was that much older was Bill Haley and he was seen as a bit of a joke novelty act.

[Nodrog's Ices @NodrogIce]

@KhanSaba1278 If this was real, you'd have noticed the lack of hinges on the door and the laminate flooring laid at a 30 degree angle long before you got up on a stool to check the top of the door.
Also, the poltergeist, because why is that coat floating in mid-air?

[Nodrog's Ices @NodrogIce]

@AndyFitchet If only this was an "American import" and didn't affect British reality. People are angry because the police are so hopped up on DEI/EDI woo they actually handcuffed a dying white man while his ethnic minority murderer was treated with kid gloves.

[Nodrog's Ices @NodrogIce]

@AndyFitchet "Don't be a knob". Well, when it comes to EDI training, it turns out you're allowed to be a knob to some people but not others. Fancy that.
And I don't give a fuck if you call it EDI or DEI or IDE. It's cancerous and divisive.

[Nodrog's Ices @NodrogIce]

@Baddiel Plus, it was easy for Eric Knudsen to prove he was the creator of Slender Man as it was a post on a paywalled forum. The anonymous nature of 4chan would make it far harder for anyone to prove they were the creator of the Backrooms even if there was a case for a copyright claim.

[Nodrog's Ices @NodrogIce]

@Baddiel They didn't create the image it was based on, so there was only a vague idea which can't be copyrighted.
You can contrast this with another creepypasta stalwart, Slender Man. Slender Man was an original character so the creator was able to (and did) go after unlicensed knock offs

[Nodrog's Ices @NodrogIce]

@MrJoeGooch That's our next Eurovision entry is it?

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Say what you like about the Telegraph but they still know how to bait and enrage people. I mean, look at this.

[Nodrog's Ices @NodrogIce]

@PolitlcsUK @thetimes BBFC guidance for "U" rating fwiw. This is content that's rated as suitable for anyone of any age. But we can't possibly have children seeing it on their phones

[Nodrog's Ices @NodrogIce]

@PolitlcsUK @thetimes Since when did the goalposts move from stopping children seeing porn, to "any nudity"?
This goes way beyond stopping children from seeing adult material. There are "U" certificate films with nudity in them. But now you're going to stop a 17 year old from seeing the Venus de Milo?

[Nodrog's Ices @NodrogIce]

@AvonandsomerRob Has to be Jurassic Park. The first one, obviously, not the 130 identical sequels.

I looked forward for months to seeing Avatar but I'd forgotten about it 5 minutes after I walked out of the cinema.

[Nodrog's Ices @NodrogIce]

@AumGensokyo The 360's lifetime was a period of transition between CRTs and LCDs. The 360 didn't even have HDMI to begin with.

[Nodrog's Ices @NodrogIce]

@The_Top_Loader Castle of Illusion and/or The Lucky Dime Caper.
Also some of the card based games. Teddy Boy and Ghost House maybe.

[Nodrog's Ices @NodrogIce]

@KernowNeg @johnbulpitt1 @liverbird17 Is that what you said to Tony Blair when he did it? Get a better job?

[Nodrog's Ices @NodrogIce]

@Avenger85438 @nazirafzal This is now completely backwards in 2026 though. We have police who care more about being seen as racist than about stopping rapists, murderers and violent criminals. An attitude which contributed in part to the police treatment of Henry Nowak.

[Nodrog's Ices @NodrogIce]

@1GamewithDave1 Me. But the flaw in your thinking is that nobody pays full price for anything, and most of my stuff came from Steam sales and such. I'm certainly not going to pay full price for a game on day 1 unless I intend to play it on day 1.

[Nodrog's Ices @NodrogIce]

If the same thing had happened with electric cars since 2000, they would now cost $1000 and you'd be able to do 5000 miles on one charge. I smell a conspiracy

[Mark Palmer @MarketPalmer_]

Average 42-inch TV cost by year:

2000: $15,000

2005: $3,500

2010: $1,000

2015: $500

2020: $400

Today: $250

Why aren't all industries like this?

[Nodrog's Ices @NodrogIce]

@SabreWuff Honestly, I would ban manufacturers from including cables. You should have to buy the cables you need or use one of the 10,000 cables you already have because they came free with other things.
I don't know anyone who doesn't already have a drawer full of USB and HDMI cables.