I kind of did this to a friend of mine. We both got some 18 year old laptops that still run on x86 and we wanted to install Linux on them (arch specifically). We met at my place, and I started with trying to get it work. He meanwhile realised he needed something so I gave him my key and hopped into a skirt while he was away. When he returned I just turned ti him, made a "gun" with my fingers and said "I lied to you, I dont have Netflix. Take of your shoes, we are installing 32 bit Arch". Funniest shit of my life.
I have two gaming PCs, a Nintendo Switch, PS5, and a Steam Deck.
If gaming is not your thing, I am a coffee snob, so I can entertain you with my coffee brewing gear or we can dial in different roasts together.
If even coffee is not your thing, I am also a hobbyist woodworker, so maybe we can build something together.
If all else fails, you can play with my dog, relax in one of my 3 hammocks, mess with my cats, we can go ultralight backpacking, you can play the piano, we can make scented candles or soaps, or I can teach you programming. I also have lots of books!
Agreed, but it's also great that an option opened up. Gaggiuno was never FOSS, just source available, and basically built up a following before shutting source code availability down.
While Gaggimate isn't FOSS in the fullest sense, they do use a CC license (to stop commercial use) with no personal restrictions at https://github.com/jniebuhr/gaggimate
You can hang out in the back yard and hand-feed our 100+ pound giant sulcata tortoise. She'll come "running" if she sees you have treats (e.g. lettuce).
You can keep the puppy busy outside so she doesn't have to worry about "forgetting" and doing that inside (puppies are trouble).
You can fish off the dock or swim in the pool. At night, I can setup the projection screen and we can watch some old movie out back and roast marshmallows at the fire pit.
Or you can just hang out with me in my garage/office and lose endless amounts of time watching the 3D printer print something (as is tradition with 3D printing!).
Also have a rather large robot to play with and an awesome HTPC setup and wifi 7 with 2 gig Internet. Actually, forget all that other stuff; 2 gig Internet is living the dream! 🤣
No, it doesn't. He WILL BE at your house in (now less than) 10 minutes. You only presume you will have a choice. Best to get over the denial ASAP and make a plan.
Well, if we’re being meteorologically precise, the “weather” as you experience it at this exact moment is really the culmination of a vast number of interacting variables that are constantly shifting on scales ranging from the microscale—say, the turbulent eddies you might feel swirling around the corner of a building—all the way up to the synoptic scale, which refers to the continental-sized weather systems driven by upper-level dynamics in the troposphere.
At present, the dominant feature influencing local conditions is the interaction between a semi-stationary frontal boundary, which is essentially a transition zone between differing air masses, and the associated baroclinic zone, where horizontal temperature gradients are maximized. This boundary tends to act as a focus for mesoscale convective development, though in your immediate vicinity, that energy seems to be manifesting more in stratiform cloud decks rather than organized convection. The dew point depression values are modest, suggesting that the boundary layer is near saturation, which is why relative humidity feels elevated. Surface observations corroborate this, showing low to moderate cloud cover with occasional breaks depending on diurnal heating and radiative flux.
Meanwhile, if we look aloft at the 500-millibar geopotential height field, we see a weak trough propagating eastward, embedded within a larger quasi-zonal flow pattern. This induces some subtle upward vertical velocity fields via positive vorticity advection, which, if you were inclined to notice, could explain the patchy mid-level cloudiness overhead. At the surface, barometric pressure is trending slightly downward, but not at a rate that would imply rapid cyclogenesis—rather, it’s consistent with the passage of a weak synoptic-scale disturbance.
In short, the weather right now could be described in lay terms as “a little cloudy with some humidity,” but really what you’re feeling is the local manifestation of vast thermodynamic and dynamic processes—everything from latent heat release in distant convective systems to planetary wave modulation in the upper atmosphere. In other words, it’s all very ordinary, but also astonishingly complex when you stop to unpack it.
Did I normal right?
(No, I did not write all that. I used devil robots.)
You’re gonna help me clean this place up for a bit, then we can chill afterwards. I don’t know what interests you, but I’m never bored at home so I think we’ll find something to do.
Wife's already got Fellowship of the Ring Extended (of COURSE) ultraHD in the player.
I'll pop us some popcorn, and gladly point out all the fun trivia, like how when Aragorn kicks the helmet in Two Towers it was so legit because the actor ACTUALLY BROKE HIS TOE.
Why did I mention Two Towers when Fellowship is in the player? Heh. . .you didn't think we were stopping after Fellowship, did you?
The doors are already locked and planned bathroom / snack retrieval breaks are posted on the wall.
Swapping gas stove for induction. It was a bit delayed because they screwed up capping the gas line, so new install on new circuit. I plugged it in and nothing happened.
It could be as simple as the breaker is off or there’s some sort of power button on the new stove. I got as far as plugging it in and nothing lit up, then already ran out of time. If it’s something that simple, we get to the beer sooner
I'll bring a couple volt meters and a couple gallons of mead.... Kroger had a stupid sale on honey so I had them drop ship 15lbs to my house and didn't know what to do with it.
12oz bottles are 4.99, 24oz bottles are $2.32... so I just said ship 10... And they delivered the next day for $.95 cents. Can't say I've ever had something delivered and saved money before
Heyyy! Dharma Curious! Long time no interaction! I can't remember what comm we interacted in, what we said, whether it was before I moved instance to .world, or why I like you, but I do, and it's good to see your name on my screen again. Hope you're doing good.
Honestly pretty good. Family's good, work is good. Can't complain really. Although I'm British, so the phrase "mustn't grumble" is to be used with a degree of resentment. Wait - I've got it - of course! The weather! It's been pretty rubbish this summer. Too hot, too cold, too dry, now too wet. That's better.
When all else fails the weather can always be blamed. Glorious little excuse for some bellyaching. Haha.
Glad to know things are otherwise good! I'm doing mostly okay. Lot of big life things happening recently, and I'm reeling a bit, so just trying to figure things out.
Depends, probably I'm going to pretend to not be home and not answer my phone.
But if you're someone I like, I might force you to learn the rules to French Tarot and play that. Or another trick taking game like hearts or spades. Assuming my brother is also home and we have a 3rd player.
There's also always music, movies, tv shows, et cetera.
We could crochet.
If you're gay we could probably have sex. I'm normally down to clown.
We could play fetch with the dogs.
If all else fails you can play games on the Xbox while I read.
But really, if you're just showing the hell up with 10 minutes of warning you need to be the one with a plan here. Otherwise I'm probably going to just keep doing what I normally do and you can join in if you want.
I didn't realise it was "French" tarot, we just call it tarot, lol. That said it was more a game my parents would play, I don't really know the rules myself.
In the US (And I think most English speaking countries??) "tarot" generally refers to the divination cards people use to do readings about the future and such. "French Tarot" is the trick taking card game using the 78 card deck with the standard (hearts, diamonds, clubs, spades) suits+the trump suit. That said, most people in the US would have no idea what I meant if I mentioned french tarot, and would just assume I was talking about the divination cards. Lol
It's honestly become my favorite card game, though I've really only just started getting into it.
It's so worth getting into it you've got people to play with. Online play is a thing, too, but the rules are complicated enough that I had to play with physical cards a few times to really get it. I also slightly updated the rules on it and created a formula for the calculator to make it easier for folks. I didn't so much change the rules for our home game, but updated the scoring. Normal french tarot using half point that made the math difficult for some people, so I moved the decimal and 4.5 became 45, shit like that
If you want, I made a little rule sheet designed to printed out in tarot card size to go with the deck. It's pretty minimal, but includes a nice formula for the calculator so you don't have to actually do any math when tabulating scores.
Also, pro-tip: only the takers points matter. You don't have to calculate the scores of everyone at the table, as defenders points are literally worthless. The only thing that matters is if the taker makes their contract.
You can have a cup of tea, I'll put on a Beethoven record, and then you can untangle and sort all the stuff in my big box full of old cables, chargers, components, and adapters. If you find a micro usb cable you can have a cookie.
We're BBQing! I've got a couple of nice tritips and some some sausages from the local butcher, freshly harvested corn from a local farm, and I'll make some garlic bread. I've got a few beers from my favorite local brewery, an unopened bottle of eagle rare 10 year, and can break out a couple of nice cigars if you're in to that.
The temperature on my back patio is a nice, comfortable 77f with low humidity and just enough of a breeze.
That's just sort of how I roll. The BBQ was what I was already doing when I answered the question so if a buddy of mine hit me up and was like "hey, what're your doing? Mind if I come and hang?" I'd just be like "bring your appetite."
Well, I just made guacamole, so I'll feed you that with nachos and fire up some old movies with old music -- big bands, jitterbugging and stuff like that. In particular, I wanna show you the 1933 short "That's the Spirit" with young band leader Nobel Sissel.
that's not enough warning time and I didn't get the message, so you'll be entertaining yourself watching the dogs in the window as I ignore the doorbell
If you play guitar, bass, or piano/keyboard, we're having a jam session. Otherwise, board games! Flashpoint is a cool one, it's easy to pick up and it's cooperative
Blues and rock are my comfort zones, and I can happily get along with most genres of jazz and metal that aren't ultra-technical. I can do some passable funk
Guitar is what I'm best at, I'm decent on bass, and I'm complete dogshit on keyboard but working to change that situation. I technically also own a little reed flute that I bought from a whittler at a winter solstice festival that I know how to play the Shrek theme and Darude's Sandstorm on
I appreciate the recommendation! Unfortunately the keyboard I've got is very old and does not have a MIDI output. I don't mind learning the old fashioned way though! It got me through the other instruments
cry at you because I had a dream where I was social and like attached to people and felt like I belonged for once but I was dragged away from them by my family and was really upset but they just turned out to just be dream people. and the whole scenario was made up and I never belonged with anybody
We'll go out into garden and pull up some chairs. I can get a fire going but you might need to hose off the fox shit from the various surfaces. Do you know storm drain fishing is?
Ahh excellent, lots to go out in the garden today and my wife hurt her foot so she can’t help. We’ll get you started by moving these stone pavers. After you finish, it’s time to start filling in some new garden beds with soil.
Mario Tennis on the N64. Sorry though, we'll need to play the clay court, as my HDMI adapter for the VGA washes all the colours and makes the ball hard to see on grass.
You can either join me in sitting around a small fire and discussing rc stuff, star trek, guns, and how functionally unregulated capitalism is destroying the planet, or you can keep moving.
I hope you'll join me, I'm making breakfast. Eggs, potatoes, bacon, biscuits, and pancakes if you're okay with some mildly overcooked spots.
I'd say putting 5 random CDs into my RCA thing, but that doesn't work, so that's out of the question.
Next best thing I could do would either be offering a variety of multiplayer games to play, either on retro console like xbox360 ( assuming my brother has a working controller ) or the singular multiplayer title I have on Dreamcast ( Chu Chu Rocket ), cracking open my DVD collection to watch something like maybe seasons 1-2 of Angry Beavers or something else I have, or just seeing what multiplayer games I have on PC.
Otherwise, I don't have much. I'm not big on just chatting, so that would be out of the question.
Granted. Your selection has now been reduced to a list of a thousand very specific wishes. Any wish not on the list will be deducted from your remaining wishes without further effect.
It's morning here, you can have some coffee & I made raspberry muffins and sourdough bread so toast and/or a wee muffin. The cats are up waiting for breakfast so you can also gaze at them with wonder & admiration.
I'll entertain myself by throwing pebbles at your window until you open up and then I'll sing you a love song out on the street, while New Yorkers, tell me to shut up from their window
I've got a modded Nintendo Wii which plays GameCube games and also does emulation from a large hard drive.
I also have a ps3 with two gun controllers and Time Crisis Razing Storm combo disc (3 shooting games included). And Killzone 3 which imo, is amazing. Especially with the gun controllers.
I also have an older xbox 360 white model with backwards compatability that still works somehow (knock on wood). So we can also play original xbox games in addition to Xbox 360 games.
All of these hooked up to a large flat panel TV on a swivel mount. And with 2 couches. And a fake zebra rug and smart lights for ambience.
I will entertain you with nostalgia. And couch coop or versus gaming.
And if we get bored of games. We can watch YouTube or Netflix or whatever.
We'll be doing a rewatch of Ep7-9 followed by a lengthy discussion on why Hayden Christensen was the best Anakin and where Lucas went wrong making Ep4-6
Well, the cat just left something in the litter box, so you get first dibs on cleaning that.
Then, uh, tea? You want tea? Or whiskey? Look, your options are: tea, whiskey, water, wine, and coffee. Pick up to 4. Same cup, that's cool, you do you.
Then I'll bake a tiny cake and we can watch 90's music videos and play Nintendo until our eyes bleed.
I do not live somewhere people can easily just stop by, particularly if they are not invited. No friend of mine would come here without checking first. Even my family would call or text first.
Uninvited guests are met with an armed response from a polite but firm home-owner. How it plays put from there is going to depend how you behave when I inform you visitors are not welcome. Yes, I am also fun at parties.
i only announced the 10 minutes to add to the challenge of breaking into your house. i am already entertained watching you check the obvious spots with your remote cameras and drones.
i however, am your subconscious and ive been here the whole time.
you ready to remember your most embarrassing moments as you fall asleep?
I'm pretending to not be at home.
amateur, I'm just not home
wow youre good at pretending. you almost had me, but i can hear you gigglin under the window.
Thats not me, thats my pet alligator
stop calling your little iguana an alligator.
If Greg say he wants to be an alligator, all I can do is support him
Get in loser, I'm teaching you to selfhost
So basically, this..?
I kind of did this to a friend of mine. We both got some 18 year old laptops that still run on x86 and we wanted to install Linux on them (arch specifically). We met at my place, and I started with trying to get it work. He meanwhile realised he needed something so I gave him my key and hopped into a skirt while he was away. When he returned I just turned ti him, made a "gun" with my fingers and said "I lied to you, I dont have Netflix. Take of your shoes, we are installing 32 bit Arch". Funniest shit of my life.
May I visit you?
I'll pick up some cherry coke and red vines. Show me your mgmtConfig code.
Honestly. I’d be down for this kind of evening.
I have two gaming PCs, a Nintendo Switch, PS5, and a Steam Deck. If gaming is not your thing, I am a coffee snob, so I can entertain you with my coffee brewing gear or we can dial in different roasts together.
If even coffee is not your thing, I am also a hobbyist woodworker, so maybe we can build something together.
If all else fails, you can play with my dog, relax in one of my 3 hammocks, mess with my cats, we can go ultralight backpacking, you can play the piano, we can make scented candles or soaps, or I can teach you programming. I also have lots of books!
Welcome to my ADHD life!
marry me
Exact same answer, except no hammocks, candles, soap or PS5 but I might have some weed.
You gotta get hammocks. They are the best thinking, introspecting, and problem solving mediums.
Are you me?
Except I hate coffee. But am great at brewing/shots by smell. And my partner loves it, so I'm turning our espresso machine into a Gaggimate.
Damn! You are doing a Gaggiamate mod without liking coffee? Crazy
Yup! Was so happy when a FOSS Gagguino alternative popped up. Gotta finish building the printer and then on to that.
Whaaaaaat this is what keeps me addicted to Lemmy. This looks like a fun project.
Found a sweet HackaDay about it if anybody's interested :)
https://hackaday.com/2022/11/20/homebrew-espresso-maker-modding-with-gaggiuino/
I would not recommend the Gaggiuno. It is now closed source. Instead, I would recommend the Gaggimate, which is open source.
Oh wow thanks for the heads up!
It's always such a bummer to see open source codebases close off. :(
I'll definitely keep an eye on Gaggimate!
Agreed, but it's also great that an option opened up. Gaggiuno was never FOSS, just source available, and basically built up a following before shutting source code availability down.
While Gaggimate isn't FOSS in the fullest sense, they do use a CC license (to stop commercial use) with no personal restrictions at https://github.com/jniebuhr/gaggimate
And, it's a lot cheaper to build.
Why should I entertain you?
sense of community. friendship. the challenge. im santa, its christmas,you been bad but ill swing you some premo shit if you make me smile.
thanks for making me entertain myself with my own mind. teach a man to fish. thank you
You're free to look at my door from the outside.
This is the correct answer 😂
can i touch it?
I really can't give consent in someone else's stead.
oh a riddle! then is your door someone elses stead. hmmmm. your door has termites?!
I... am concerned at your perception of consent as... a riddle...?
The riddle is how something can give consent that isn't sentient.
I am also in no way qualified to determine whether an entity is sentient or even sapient and thus shall err on the side of caution.
I'm just saying that "what is consent?" wasn't the riddle the person was talking about.
I'm home now, but if someone is going to give me a 10 minute warning, I won't be when they get here.
haha yes! a scavenger hunt. ill look for clues of your whereabouts in your house. you cant hide forever!
youll get it back..... IN HELL! EN-GARDE ⚔️
I'll show you how to install Archlinux
Almost everyone in this thread is a terrible host, Jesus Christ.
Sorry, OP.
I'll be naked when you get here. I think I have a strip of bacon left and can make some more French Toast.
Cooking bacon in the nude is indeed entertaining.
I've heard it can end poorly.
You can hang out in the back yard and hand-feed our 100+ pound giant sulcata tortoise. She'll come "running" if she sees you have treats (e.g. lettuce).
You can keep the puppy busy outside so she doesn't have to worry about "forgetting" and doing that inside (puppies are trouble).
You can fish off the dock or swim in the pool. At night, I can setup the projection screen and we can watch some old movie out back and roast marshmallows at the fire pit.
Or you can just hang out with me in my garage/office and lose endless amounts of time watching the 3D printer print something (as is tradition with 3D printing!).
Also have a rather large robot to play with and an awesome HTPC setup and wifi 7 with 2 gig Internet. Actually, forget all that other stuff; 2 gig Internet is living the dream! 🤣
Bro, party at your house. It literally sounds like the perfect site for a Gathering of the Lemmys.
Also that's the only way we're saturating that 2Gb bandwidth LOL.
There are dozens of us! Dozens!
Baker's dozen here!
Dude can I come over?
Let me come over please man. I beg of you
Thread's over. You win.
I send you up to the roof. You help the roofers there. Nothing beats some honest work with your hands.
wow, im gonna tell this story for the next month. who knew THATS how shingles are attached.
There's hot shingles in your area! They're just waiting for you to attach.
Do it on the roof! Doctors hate it!
Have you heard about our lord and saviour Jesus Christ?
ah the endless discussion of biblical semantics. good thing i brought doritos.
id try to suck your dick immediately
Quick! He's wearing two pairs of pants, what do you do?!
suck his pants off
are you kirby?
Did anyone else read this in Dennis Hopper's voice from Speed?
And replaced "quick" with "pop quiz hotshot".
OK, I'm interested, but will you swallow?
yea
i'm gonna infect you with covid stay away
oh, you wanna play modern tag! hides behind the curtain, feet still clearly visible.
Board games.
can we play scrab-le(pronounced scableigh)?
its where you make words up and they are only valid if you can explain their meaning.
That’s Balderdash.
I have a cat that refuses to shut up. Ask him anything, he will scream at you. He will only stop if you ask him about Israel. Sometimes.
You have a choice. We can watch Ninja Turtles, read Ninja Turtles, or play Ninja Turtles.
Born in the early 80’s no doubt.
Your premise falsely assumes I'll even let you in when you show up uninvited.
No, it doesn't. He WILL BE at your house in (now less than) 10 minutes. You only presume you will have a choice. Best to get over the denial ASAP and make a plan.
We are effectively playing real life tower defence.
We can play lego LOTR on my PC I have 2 controllers.
You can go clean some dishes?
hell yeah! ill smash em out of celebration after like a greek wedding.
You can watch me practice and fuck up the same riff for 3 hours straight if you want
What riff?
Right now I'm trying to learn Downfall by Children of Bodom
Not bad.
I would watch you if I wasn't looking down at my hands, playing the harmony riff.
Hell yeah come over! I have lots of cool pointy guitars
the pointy-ness makes them sound better. its just science
Coffee and conversation, like normal people?
finally! love playing pretend as normal people. let me start. "how bout that weather eh?"
Well, if we’re being meteorologically precise, the “weather” as you experience it at this exact moment is really the culmination of a vast number of interacting variables that are constantly shifting on scales ranging from the microscale—say, the turbulent eddies you might feel swirling around the corner of a building—all the way up to the synoptic scale, which refers to the continental-sized weather systems driven by upper-level dynamics in the troposphere.
At present, the dominant feature influencing local conditions is the interaction between a semi-stationary frontal boundary, which is essentially a transition zone between differing air masses, and the associated baroclinic zone, where horizontal temperature gradients are maximized. This boundary tends to act as a focus for mesoscale convective development, though in your immediate vicinity, that energy seems to be manifesting more in stratiform cloud decks rather than organized convection. The dew point depression values are modest, suggesting that the boundary layer is near saturation, which is why relative humidity feels elevated. Surface observations corroborate this, showing low to moderate cloud cover with occasional breaks depending on diurnal heating and radiative flux.
Meanwhile, if we look aloft at the 500-millibar geopotential height field, we see a weak trough propagating eastward, embedded within a larger quasi-zonal flow pattern. This induces some subtle upward vertical velocity fields via positive vorticity advection, which, if you were inclined to notice, could explain the patchy mid-level cloudiness overhead. At the surface, barometric pressure is trending slightly downward, but not at a rate that would imply rapid cyclogenesis—rather, it’s consistent with the passage of a weak synoptic-scale disturbance.
In short, the weather right now could be described in lay terms as “a little cloudy with some humidity,” but really what you’re feeling is the local manifestation of vast thermodynamic and dynamic processes—everything from latent heat release in distant convective systems to planetary wave modulation in the upper atmosphere. In other words, it’s all very ordinary, but also astonishingly complex when you stop to unpack it.
Did I normal right?
(No, I did not write all that. I used devil robots.)
said normal not incredible
it's "how 'bout them Mets"
whoa, youre good at this
well im currently naked.
Pshhh.. I kinda live in the middle of nowhere, so I dunno.. wanna go try to catch some grass snakes by the swamp?
bro for real though. absolutely yes.
I honestly haven't tried catching any snakes since I was a kid :3
Used to be fun to scare classmates with them tho
You’re gonna help me clean this place up for a bit, then we can chill afterwards. I don’t know what interests you, but I’m never bored at home so I think we’ll find something to do.
are you never bored because looks around you are an elite hoarder?
Gotchu Bro/Sister:
Wife's already got Fellowship of the Ring Extended (of COURSE) ultraHD in the player.
I'll pop us some popcorn, and gladly point out all the fun trivia, like how when Aragorn kicks the helmet in Two Towers it was so legit because the actor ACTUALLY BROKE HIS TOE.
Why did I mention Two Towers when Fellowship is in the player? Heh. . .you didn't think we were stopping after Fellowship, did you?
The doors are already locked and planned bathroom / snack retrieval breaks are posted on the wall.
an escape room! Are you guys in costume too?
I have an induction forge and an induction smelting crucible. That's literally endless entertainment, until my arms get tired.
Ask you to help carry my old stove out to the curb and see if you want to troubleshooot some wiring
What happened? Is it the wiring in the wall, I assume not the stove because you didn't say to troubleshoot the wiring before the curb
Swapping gas stove for induction. It was a bit delayed because they screwed up capping the gas line, so new install on new circuit. I plugged it in and nothing happened.
It could be as simple as the breaker is off or there’s some sort of power button on the new stove. I got as far as plugging it in and nothing lit up, then already ran out of time. If it’s something that simple, we get to the beer sooner
I'll bring a couple volt meters and a couple gallons of mead.... Kroger had a stupid sale on honey so I had them drop ship 15lbs to my house and didn't know what to do with it.
12oz bottles are 4.99, 24oz bottles are $2.32... so I just said ship 10... And they delivered the next day for $.95 cents. Can't say I've ever had something delivered and saved money before
Excellent!
This is my kind of afternoon
Heyyy! Dharma Curious! Long time no interaction! I can't remember what comm we interacted in, what we said, whether it was before I moved instance to .world, or why I like you, but I do, and it's good to see your name on my screen again. Hope you're doing good.
(Me too, by the way.)
Honestly, same! I recognize your name, but I don't remember the interaction! Lol. I have positive association with it, though!
I'm still fairly active, I've just switched to slrpnk as my server. I tend to only use this one when slrpnk is down (as it appears to be today)
How have you been?
Honestly pretty good. Family's good, work is good. Can't complain really. Although I'm British, so the phrase "mustn't grumble" is to be used with a degree of resentment. Wait - I've got it - of course! The weather! It's been pretty rubbish this summer. Too hot, too cold, too dry, now too wet. That's better.
When all else fails the weather can always be blamed. Glorious little excuse for some bellyaching. Haha.
Glad to know things are otherwise good! I'm doing mostly okay. Lot of big life things happening recently, and I'm reeling a bit, so just trying to figure things out.
Hang in there. All the best for getting all good with everything.
Hope ya like weed
I'm going to work
But you can help yourself to my gaming PC.
ill hook up family sharing for you.
I will leave you in suspense on if I will open the door.
Depends, probably I'm going to pretend to not be home and not answer my phone.
But if you're someone I like, I might force you to learn the rules to French Tarot and play that. Or another trick taking game like hearts or spades. Assuming my brother is also home and we have a 3rd player.
There's also always music, movies, tv shows, et cetera.
We could crochet.
If you're gay we could probably have sex. I'm normally down to clown.
We could play fetch with the dogs.
If all else fails you can play games on the Xbox while I read.
But really, if you're just showing the hell up with 10 minutes of warning you need to be the one with a plan here. Otherwise I'm probably going to just keep doing what I normally do and you can join in if you want.
I didn't realise it was "French" tarot, we just call it tarot, lol. That said it was more a game my parents would play, I don't really know the rules myself.
In the US (And I think most English speaking countries??) "tarot" generally refers to the divination cards people use to do readings about the future and such. "French Tarot" is the trick taking card game using the 78 card deck with the standard (hearts, diamonds, clubs, spades) suits+the trump suit. That said, most people in the US would have no idea what I meant if I mentioned french tarot, and would just assume I was talking about the divination cards. Lol
It's honestly become my favorite card game, though I've really only just started getting into it.
Uuuuh that french tarot game seems right up my alley. Nice. Ill be at your place in ten.
It's so worth getting into it you've got people to play with. Online play is a thing, too, but the rules are complicated enough that I had to play with physical cards a few times to really get it. I also slightly updated the rules on it and created a formula for the calculator to make it easier for folks. I didn't so much change the rules for our home game, but updated the scoring. Normal french tarot using half point that made the math difficult for some people, so I moved the decimal and 4.5 became 45, shit like that
Looked at the rules and will try. Thanks for the half point change. Might help.
If you want, I made a little rule sheet designed to printed out in tarot card size to go with the deck. It's pretty minimal, but includes a nice formula for the calculator so you don't have to actually do any math when tabulating scores.
Also, pro-tip: only the takers points matter. You don't have to calculate the scores of everyone at the table, as defenders points are literally worthless. The only thing that matters is if the taker makes their contract.
Oh yeah i really want that.
You can have a cup of tea, I'll put on a Beethoven record, and then you can untangle and sort all the stuff in my big box full of old cables, chargers, components, and adapters. If you find a micro usb cable you can have a cookie.
finds a usb to usbc that does power and data transfer. wonders if its worth at least a brownie
I can cook you something fun while you steal the love of my animals and use my UV light to make my phosphorescent and flourescent minerals look fancy.
Can I come, too? I'll gladly help with cooking
Laser pointer
Jokes on you even if I leave now. I'll be at home in 20 mins.
So they've got 10 minutes to loot the place
If they get past the traps.
good luck getting passed my newly placed traps
We're BBQing! I've got a couple of nice tritips and some some sausages from the local butcher, freshly harvested corn from a local farm, and I'll make some garlic bread. I've got a few beers from my favorite local brewery, an unopened bottle of eagle rare 10 year, and can break out a couple of nice cigars if you're in to that.
The temperature on my back patio is a nice, comfortable 77f with low humidity and just enough of a breeze.
damn if this just a casual visit. what is christmas like at your place?
It's an affair for sure.
That's just sort of how I roll. The BBQ was what I was already doing when I answered the question so if a buddy of mine hit me up and was like "hey, what're your doing? Mind if I come and hang?" I'd just be like "bring your appetite."
Came out great too.
I will play Van Halen's Jump on my synth for you
That depends. Are you male or female?
Yes.
Same
I can be whatever you want, baby.
Can you be cat pls
Well, I just made guacamole, so I'll feed you that with nachos and fire up some old movies with old music -- big bands, jitterbugging and stuff like that. In particular, I wanna show you the 1933 short "That's the Spirit" with young band leader Nobel Sissel.
just watched 39 steps last night. woulda gone great with nachoes
Boring standard screen-based stuff. I could dig out a board game if you really want, I guess.
Maybe you'll like my dog?
that's not enough warning time and I didn't get the message, so you'll be entertaining yourself watching the dogs in the window as I ignore the doorbell
You can play a puzzle game. Lets call it break n enter cause I'm not opening the door.
I show up in a disguise dressed as your mum. " I brought you your favorite food!"
Oh, meatloaf.
First day back at work after two weeks off, so…. you can walk my dog? He’s pretty bored
yeah buddy! i knew i bought poop bags for a reason.
I mean I might still be jacking off so that'll probably do it
Play with my kid. I'll be in bed.
Hi, kids! Do you like violence?
Whatever, just keep it down, ok?
I'm sick, so we're watcbing Hollow Knight streams.
By calling 911.
I will show you my cat. After, I'll show pics of my cat. I have some boardgames, if we start to play, the cat will come so we pet him.
If you play guitar, bass, or piano/keyboard, we're having a jam session. Otherwise, board games! Flashpoint is a cool one, it's easy to pick up and it's cooperative
i do infact. what do you play? im down to jam.
Blues and rock are my comfort zones, and I can happily get along with most genres of jazz and metal that aren't ultra-technical. I can do some passable funk
Guitar is what I'm best at, I'm decent on bass, and I'm complete dogshit on keyboard but working to change that situation. I technically also own a little reed flute that I bought from a whittler at a winter solstice festival that I know how to play the Shrek theme and Darude's Sandstorm on
blues is good. ill sing a lil too. i do wanna see that whistle though
Ask and ye shall receive
Although apparently my cat is laying claim to it today
may I recommend Synthesia?
I appreciate the recommendation! Unfortunately the keyboard I've got is very old and does not have a MIDI output. I don't mind learning the old fashioned way though! It got me through the other instruments
Open door. Spritz you with honey and throw a handful of glitter to mark you. Then tell you to: "Get lost, no strangers at this party."
If I've been marked, I'm no longer a stranger. Thank you for including me.
Ooh, the tar and craft herpes treatment. That's some never forgive action right there.
Noir movies and mst3k. Although I did get the supernintendo working recently
cry at you because I had a dream where I was social and like attached to people and felt like I belonged for once but I was dragged away from them by my family and was really upset but they just turned out to just be dream people. and the whole scenario was made up and I never belonged with anybody
the estrogen is giving me the emotions I asked for when I started and I don't like it
Ooooh, let's learn to lucid dream.
We can totally play some board games, or if you play an instrument we could jam. House is even fairly clean, I'm ready and waiting.
I have all kinds of fun things to do, just come and see. We can play dress-up.
A few days later....It rubs the lotion on its skin, or else it gets the hose again.
No
playin hard ball eh. i like it. thank you for lettin me try and crack you as entertainment.
GHB and masturbation
Can it be violent masturbation???
I will hunt you.
He says, whilst currently being hunted.
You can watch me play Hades if you want.
ill sing the harmony! 🎶Farewell to all your earthly remains.
I can teach you how to swing a sword
can i wear the suit of armor?
hope you like leather and plugs.
OP bailed, I think, but I'm down.
Don't threaten me with a good time unless you're gonna come through.
I got 3 cats of varying degrees of playfulness. Go nuts
Slow blinking intensifies
I’ll whip you up a pizza. Got dough and sauce in the fridge. What toppings would you like?
Pineapple. Just pineapple.
GET OUT!
I have Stepmania.
oh hell yeah. your house def had that aura from the outside.
We can play put the lotion on the skin or it gets the hose again!
an escape room! incredible
You mean put the lotion on the hose only initially and then just use the the natural lubricants of life
We'd go to the pub down the street and have a good evening
can I come 🥺
The more the merrier!
I'm not at my place right now. If you come to my friend's place where we're at, you can have a donut and maybe pet the cat.
Beer on the deck and we can throw the Frisbee for my dogs.
Minotaur
oh shit you live in house of leaves
Shall I give you a tour of my hallway?
You can pet the cats who aren't hiding and then we can play some foosball and Goldeneye 64 in the basement
We'll go out into garden and pull up some chairs. I can get a fire going but you might need to hose off the fox shit from the various surfaces. Do you know storm drain fishing is?
I don't, but I'm open to it.
noice
Ahh excellent, lots to go out in the garden today and my wife hurt her foot so she can’t help. We’ll get you started by moving these stone pavers. After you finish, it’s time to start filling in some new garden beds with soil.
I'm speedrunning Dragons Lair on the NES and I'll let you watch but otherwise I'm mostly going to ignore your existence.
can i have the unplugged 2nd controller and feel like im part of it ?
I'll let you have the first controller so my suffering can stop.
I'm dragging you into some obscure retro arcade kusoge. Waku Waku 7, Twinkle Star Sprites, Soldam, Land Maker, Gyakuten Puzzle Bancho.
Damn, how big is this house?
We can play boardgames and Magic: The Gathering, if you don't know how to play it I will happily teach you.
Wanna rip bongs and watch me play Final Fantasy Tactics?
I'm not sure if you intended that to be foreplay or not, but my pants are coming off now.
Mario Tennis on the N64. Sorry though, we'll need to play the clay court, as my HDMI adapter for the VGA washes all the colours and makes the ball hard to see on grass.
You can either join me in sitting around a small fire and discussing rc stuff, star trek, guns, and how functionally unregulated capitalism is destroying the planet, or you can keep moving.
I hope you'll join me, I'm making breakfast. Eggs, potatoes, bacon, biscuits, and pancakes if you're okay with some mildly overcooked spots.
This sounds like a great time. Billionaires are cancer on society and are squeezing out the middleclass
I just woke up so i hope you have your phone and preferred method of using Lemmy
my preferred method of using lemmy is showing up to peoples houses.
It's a surprise, but I'll give you a hint:
50% of the time, it works every time!
There's shit to do here, but theres a pretty cool waterfall like 10 minutes down the road. Longer if we see a cow and stop to rub its face.
Minecraft server.
I'd say putting 5 random CDs into my RCA thing, but that doesn't work, so that's out of the question.
Next best thing I could do would either be offering a variety of multiplayer games to play, either on retro console like xbox360 ( assuming my brother has a working controller ) or the singular multiplayer title I have on Dreamcast ( Chu Chu Rocket ), cracking open my DVD collection to watch something like maybe seasons 1-2 of Angry Beavers or something else I have, or just seeing what multiplayer games I have on PC.
Otherwise, I don't have much. I'm not big on just chatting, so that would be out of the question.
i could go for some xbox360 multiplayer. lets splitscreen halo 3!
Closest I got is Gears of War 2. I thought I had the first one, but I can't find it anywhere if I do.
I can offer a selection of board games and music of assorted genres on vinyl. If you're lucky, I can conjure some food.
Oh shit, are you a genie? I wish for a thousand wishes.
Granted. Your selection has now been reduced to a list of a thousand very specific wishes. Any wish not on the list will be deducted from your remaining wishes without further effect.
well shit
Granted. For the rest of your life, every well or similar water source will have its water turned into feces as soon as you come within 100m of it.
How did you figure out this was on the list?
Give a phone charger and go back to bed.
I'm not there so help yourself to whatever you want from the fridge and the N64 is ready to go on the big TV.
It's morning here, you can have some coffee & I made raspberry muffins and sourdough bread so toast and/or a wee muffin. The cats are up waiting for breakfast so you can also gaze at them with wonder & admiration.
ill give them all the slow blinks
I'll make you watch Season 1 of DARK. You'll also get popcorn, crisps and wine.
honestly you guys are cool as hell on lemmy. ill bring brownies
Wanna smoke some weed and play SNES?
you mean like....again. was just doin that at my place. yes though
I'm a terrible host. Enjoy!
Oh, the lying game. " i'm not coming to your house anyway." hehehe
No lie, I'm a terrible host.
a liar would say that. you are good at this
Contemporary dance obviously
Er, sorry dude/dudette, I'm off to bed very soon.
I won't; I'm going to bed. Shoulda been here 4 hours ago 🤷♂️
I'll entertain myself by throwing pebbles at your window until you open up and then I'll sing you a love song out on the street, while New Yorkers, tell me to shut up from their window
I've got a modded Nintendo Wii which plays GameCube games and also does emulation from a large hard drive.
I also have a ps3 with two gun controllers and Time Crisis Razing Storm combo disc (3 shooting games included). And Killzone 3 which imo, is amazing. Especially with the gun controllers.
I also have an older xbox 360 white model with backwards compatability that still works somehow (knock on wood). So we can also play original xbox games in addition to Xbox 360 games.
All of these hooked up to a large flat panel TV on a swivel mount. And with 2 couches. And a fake zebra rug and smart lights for ambience.
I will entertain you with nostalgia. And couch coop or versus gaming.
And if we get bored of games. We can watch YouTube or Netflix or whatever.
wanna smash? I mean smash bros haha jk... unless?
Smash and then Smash Bros.... and then smash.
I'm at the airport. Feed the cat and water the plants, okay? Pizza place is downstairs and over a bit.
You have a pizza place in your basement, aaand a bowling alley?
Show you a gladiator fight, then ask you "are you not entertained?"
I have many boardgames and snacks. Bring it on.
Cheap ramen and splitscreen minecraft bro
The free labor has arrived!
i hope you like shitty work because you get what you pay for.
I have a wonderful collection of spirits and a ton of strange instruments at home. So well have a drink and then we jam a bit.
I also might have some acid laying around if you are down for some weirder tunes.
ancient spirits or liquid spirits?
Since last month only liquid...
It's bedtime so bugger off
i am the bed bugs. now is my time to shine.
Plex Server. Enough content there for lifetimes.
cant wait to get reincarnated at your place
Watching Star Wars
This could either be epic or a veeeery long night
We'll be doing a rewatch of Ep7-9 followed by a lengthy discussion on why Hayden Christensen was the best Anakin and where Lucas went wrong making Ep4-6
Rewatch of 7-9 followed by a discussion of the propdesign, merch plugs and dialogue and I'm in.
I do have a 45 minute PowerPoint presentation on the merits of Jar Jar Binks character if that counts.
That counts! grabs popcorn
I won't host people who demands to be hosted.
You can entertain yourself with knocking on my door while I'll report you to the police.
i never asked to be hosted. merely entertained. now im running from the police and am no longer bored. thank you.
I won't, I have work to do.
nice. house to myself.
You better be ready to pick up some drum sticks while I hop on the bass guitar, otherwise we can watch music videos on yt.
i would love to play some drums in a jam. i usually play guitar or sing. but drums look like fun. i think i could do it... for 4 bars
By yelling at you for showing up while my partner is still asleep
Takes off my mask. i was your partner this whole time.
" then whos sleeping in my bed."
takes off partners' mask, sleeping in the bedroom. It was me, the mysterious stranger, the whole time.
Well, the cat just left something in the litter box, so you get first dibs on cleaning that.
Then, uh, tea? You want tea? Or whiskey? Look, your options are: tea, whiskey, water, wine, and coffee. Pick up to 4. Same cup, that's cool, you do you.
Then I'll bake a tiny cake and we can watch 90's music videos and play Nintendo until our eyes bleed.
🎶 Black hole sun once you come and wash away the raaaaain.
I do not live somewhere people can easily just stop by, particularly if they are not invited. No friend of mine would come here without checking first. Even my family would call or text first.
Uninvited guests are met with an armed response from a polite but firm home-owner. How it plays put from there is going to depend how you behave when I inform you visitors are not welcome. Yes, I am also fun at parties.
i only announced the 10 minutes to add to the challenge of breaking into your house. i am already entertained watching you check the obvious spots with your remote cameras and drones.
i however, am your subconscious and ive been here the whole time. you ready to remember your most embarrassing moments as you fall asleep?