“So, you just spend all day reading books, right?”

Carlos Paredes - Verdes anos. Paraphrasing a comment on the video: Portuguese soul summed up in a song.

Originally, like someone said, it was a derogatory term for supporters of Khrushchev military intervention against a revolt in Hungary in 1956.

It is also used to pejoratively refer to a supporter of some leftist regimes, such as that of Stalin’s USSR, China, and North Korea (also Pol Pot’s Cambodia, probably). Are also a supporter of Putin’s Russia and its invasion of Ukraine.

Take of it what you will.

Mine is 3 years old. Back then, I signed up but never really posted, just lurked for a while and went to explore Tildes instead. So yeah, didn’t really do anything. I remember there being a few enthusiastic users about open-source software but also a few tankies, which kinda turned me off it. But I’m glad Lemmy’s exploding with activity right now, as we got a more diverse userbase.

Me neither, it was just really popular in the early 00s so I ended up knowing about it. But yeah, I wasn’t sure if people would still remember it after all these years.

Haha, happy to help!

Alright, I’ll explain it: the ‘I gotta have more cowbell’ comes from a Saturday Night Live skit where the band Blue Öyster Cult are recording the song “(Don’t Fear) The Reaper” which has a cowbell playing after the first guitar chords, and the producer (played by Christopher Walken) keeps saying that he wants more cowbell. Tension rises within the band whether to have more or less cowbell.

I couldn’t find the full skit for some reason, so here’s a video of every instance Christopher Walken mentions cowbell throughout it.

So, to sum it up, this was me trying to hint, in a not too obvious and probably convoluted way, that Harvester of Eyes is a song by Blue Öyster Cult. It sounds kind of anti-climatic now, to be honest.

Who Framed Roger Rabbit?

Nope, never saw the movie :p.

Nope, never played Terraria. Here’s a hint: I gotta have more cowbell!

Uhh…I actually don’t, haha! I’m probably missing something, sorry!

Ok, let’s do this. If you can guess where it’s from, you have great taste.

^{And don’t worry, I don’t actually harvest eyes.}

That’s weird. I remember playing it on Windows XP and having to turn off all in-game sounds due to framerate issues. Maybe try setting the compatibility option to Windows 7 or earlier if available on the .exe properties? Or maybe try checking r/kotor for a fix. There’s a spoiler-free mod build here that has a few bug fixes like the KOTOR 1 Community Patch.

Unfortunately, some older games are a pain in the ass to get working properly and both KOTORs are one of them. But I say they’re well worth the trouble.

They sure are! Nowadays I appreciate II more than I (Kreia is still one of, if not the most compelling videogame character of all time), but they both have excellent storytelling, even if the gameplay and graphics didn’t age that well.

As for Euro Truck Simulator 2, few things are more relaxing than setting up ProMods and RusMap and driving around Europe while listening to your favourite music or podcast.

According to Steam, it’s Euro Truck Simulator 2 with 404 hours. But Steam statistics aside, I’d say it’s Knights of the Old Republic. I played through that game more times than I can count.