MyTurtleSwimsUpsideDown

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Cake day: March 7th, 2024

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  • Random field trips for shits and giggles?. Especially impromptu ones. That’s a bad idea. It’s a recipe for “I didn’t wear the right shoes for laser tag”, or “I don’t want to go see that [event/show]”, or “I have a deadline I need to meet, I’m going to be stressed the whole time”

    Field trips should be planned, paid, during business hours, and if not related to business function, optional.

    A neutral field trip would be: Hey, we are going to a restaurant for lunch Friday. The company is paying. Your lunch break will be extended, but the extension will be paid.

    A good field trip is one you can make relevant to the project, that’s a different story. Say you are working on a medieval/fantasy action adventure: go to an arms or art museum and see all the cool swords, spears, and armor. If it’s a farm sim, maybe tour a cider mill or a historical/working farm: learn about the tools and equipment they use, etc.



  • Well, if we are counting all the post launch bundles, then the OG Switch definitely had pack-ins too. I bought mine bundled with MK8DX.

    But if you want to talk launch pack-ins, the only ones I know had them for certain were the original NES, Game Boy and Wii. The GBP, GBL, GBC, GBA, GCN, all did not launch with pack-ins The DS technically had a Metroid demo and a messaging app. I don’t think the N64 launched with any bundles and SNES looks like it had a launch bundle in North America only. I’m not sure about the 3DS or WiiU, but the NEW 3DS didn’t even come with a charging cable.

    So, yeah. It’s very stupid that Welcome Tour isn’t a pack-in, but it is not unprecedented in the least.








  • The little bit between the toes IS a thong. The sandal and undergarment both get their name from a component in leatherworking. A thong is just a slender strip of leather or hide that is usually used to tie, bind, create loops, or otherwise fasten one thing to another. It also can refer to things that resemble the leather strip in form, function, or historical construction.

    I think there is a passage in some translations of the Bible something like: “I am unworthy to undo the thong of his sandle”, which is not referring to flip-flops, but the ties or straps that hold the sandal on.