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[–] abc@hexbear.net 10 points 1 year ago

If you've got an Instagram, follow their account and turn on post notifications. They usually make a post announcing a restock like the day before/day of. https://www.instagram.com/hirbawi/

[–] abc@hexbear.net 14 points 1 year ago

i smile at him but i don't know if he can see because he's pretty busy being nervous

The next time you see him, a off-hand "i like the keffiyeh/scarf you've got on" would show a lot of solidarity! It usually only takes one random compliment from a stranger to help people get past that initial 'I look like a dweeb' nervousness with any sort of attire/accessory.

[–] abc@hexbear.net 21 points 1 year ago

For reference:

Most of the sources seem only to 'verify' that china executes people. Which is probably how this article has been up for so long if I had to guess, since the average person looks at the handful of sources and goes 'ah, this is true then' without realizing that the only actual linked sources are for things like "China executes 2,400 people a year" lol. (Source #2: https://www.scmp.com/infographics/article/1631703/infographic-capital-punishment)

https://www.bbc.com/news/world-asia-china-46872651.amp (This is Source #6 in the article) has no mention of execution vans.

Whole article seems to stem from this 2012 Washington Post article with the image caption being 'Chinese police lead a condemned man into a special execution van to be put to death. (AFP/Getty Images)'

https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/worldviews/wp/2012/11/05/yes-china-still-harvests-organs-from-executed-prisoners/

Now is this an 'execution' van? A prisoner transport van? Who can really say. But thumb-cop

Shit wikipedia article and I bet it would be a headache to actually get deleted but it does seem like there has been one user (Causa sui) who has consistently kept an eye on the page and removed edits that have been egregiously unsourced, so I bet they would probably be in support of nuking the page.

[–] abc@hexbear.net 23 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Only a registered, logged-in user can complete steps II and III. (Autoconfirmed registered users can also use the Twinkle tool to make nominations.) If you are unregistered, you should complete step I, note the justification for deletion on the article's talk page, then post a message at Wikipedia talk:Articles for deletion requesting that someone else complete the process.

To nominate multiple related pages for deletion, follow the multi-page deletion nomination procedure.
To nominate a single page for deletion, you can use Twinkle, or follow these three steps:

I – Put the deletion tag on the article.

Insert {{subst:afd1}} at the top of the article. Do not mark the edit as minor.
If this article has been nominated before, use {{subst:afdx|2nd}} or {{subst:afdx|3rd}} etc.

Include in the edit summary AfD: Nominated for deletion; see [[Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/NominationName]]. replacing NominationName with the name of the page being nominated. Publish the page.
The NominationName is normally the article name (PageName), but if it has been nominated before, use "PageName (2nd nomination)" or "PageName (3rd nomination)" etc.)

II – Create the article's deletion discussion page.

The resulting AfD box at the top of the article should contain a link to "Preloaded debate" in the AfD page. Click that link to open the article's deletion discussion page for editing. Some text and instructions will appear.

You can do it manually as well:

Click the link saying "deletion discussion page" to open the deletion-debate page.
Insert this text:
{{subst:afd2 | pg=PageName | cat=Category | text=Why the page should be deleted}} ~~~~
Replace PageName with the name of the page, Category with a letter from the list M, O, B, S, W, G, T, F, and P to categorize the debate, and Why the page should be deleted with the reasons the page should be deleted.
If appropriate, inform members of the most relevant WikiProjects through one or more "deletion sorting lists". Then add a {{subst:delsort|<topic>|<signature>}} template to the nomination, to insert a note that this has been done.
Use an edit summary such as Creating deletion discussion for [[PageName]]. Publish the page.

III – Notify users who monitor AfD discussions.

Open the articles for deletion log page for editing.
At the top of the list on the log page (there's a comment indicating the spot), insert:{{subst:afd3 | pg=NominationName}}
Replace NominationName appropriately (use "PageName", "PageName (2nd nomination)", etc.)
Link to the discussion page in your edit summary: Adding [[Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/NominationName]]. Publish the page.
Consider letting the authors know on their talk page by adding: {{subst:Afd notice|Page name}} ~~~~
If this is not the first nomination, add a second parameter with the NominationName (use "PageName (2nd nomination)" etc.): {{subst:Afd notice|PageName|NominationName}} ~~~~

someone with the time and wikipedia account do this. this shit article will get deleted if you point out that literally 75% of the 'sources' actually linked on the article are false or have literally no information (I'm looking at you NYT article about Zheng Xiaoyu) LOL.

[–] abc@hexbear.net 4 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Plate tectonics/erosion and the fact that a large chunk of it is virtually unexplored ocean contributes to a lot of that from the very little I've learnt about earth impacts. That whole area is basically a strewnfield though.

[–] abc@hexbear.net 3 points 1 year ago

rat-salute-2 Rare good youtube video from small channels that isn't overly long and also is informative/provides sources are my crack; I love sharing them whenever Youtube deigns to actually serve them as a recommendation instead of the usual the developers knew you'd do this! auto-generated content mill slop

[–] abc@hexbear.net 12 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (1 children)

I'd be down but I can only imagine my logs will be like

Rith Amostgoden drowned in the caverns. Holy shit.

Catten Avuzîton got mauled by goblins. Holy shit. By the way, uh, Litast Ustuthubbul - a 3yo child - somehow defeated a forgotten beast. Also the entire Silverblade squad died and we don't have enough coffins to bury them yet, so their ghosts have begun to roam the halls...holy shit

Zuntîr Kilrudubbul has crafted a masterwork toy anvil using the bones of the forgotten beast. The Captain of the Guard has decided to display it at the entrance by the guard dogs in the hopes of enticing any would-be thieves to only abscond with the anvil.

We're losing morale due to the ghosts. Also Zutthan Dôbarkib is definitely a vampire.

[–] abc@hexbear.net 10 points 1 year ago

rat tail it would be a rat tail

[–] abc@hexbear.net 5 points 1 year ago

i'm sorry but if you need a smart toothbrush you need to fucking be dragged through the streets. my sonicare toothbrush with a single button still works after like 10 years

[–] abc@hexbear.net 8 points 1 year ago

shinji-mug what i wouldn't give to see Ramiel floating in the sky miles away from me, only to have my eardrums burst immediately from the first decibel of its scream as it starts shifting into 4D shapes. And then bliss as it fires a beam of concentrated nuclear energy straight through the firmament.

[–] abc@hexbear.net 7 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (1 children)

I didn't like Rebirth as much as Remake for multiple reasons, this included, but also it's a tedious game full of mindless bullshit that it forces you to engage with regularly. The implementation of tedious bullshit is nowhere near as fun as something like Yakuza and it ultimately drags the game down instead of spicing it up with variety.

dean-smile Cloud, I've discovered a new assassin's creed tower for you to spend 3 minutes climbing for a 45s cut-scene that fills in 1/6th of this zone's map. Be sure to do them all and then also do all the dumbass eikon crystals so Odin doesn't immediately use Gjallarhorn's Warning to buff himself after hitting you twice and then subsequently spam Gjallarhorn as fast as he can.

dean-smile Cloud if you want to have decent armor (and by armor I mean materia slots) you're gonna want to get on your chocobo and spend 2 minutes in the designated zone holding down Up on the d-pad until your chocobo goes through the 25 second animation of lowering its beak to the ground and sniffing so you can get the blue line that will point you to the item, but oh wait it went through a pile of gravel so you'll have to do it again even though we both know it's gonna be in that corner 10 feet away.

dean-smile Cloud if you want to change your materia before doing this simulator battle, you're going to have to close completely out of the simulator and my main dialogue options, open the main menu, set your materia, and then go through the 15 second long "hello cloud, you'd like to try the simulator ok let me just boot it up for you"

As someone who basically 100%ed Rebirth and had a blast doing so, if Reunion (or whatever the 3rd winds up being named) has even 15% less Chadley and 'omg 2015 era open world' exploration padding, I'll be so fucking happy shoulder-grab

[–] abc@hexbear.net 4 points 1 year ago (5 children)

If we're being fair, the original also has a pretty consistent undertone of 'Not All Shinra Employees' with Reeve/Cait's whole presence in the story. The Shinra Manager parts in Costa Del Sol are also pretty much pulled directly from their equivalent npc in the OG. Yuffie gives up on the whole Wutai revolution and her Shinra hate after her dad's like "yeah look its not worth it" & even supposedly goes with Vincent to Midgar to help evacuate civilians and Shinra employees at the end (although this isn't ever actually mentioned ingame iirc)

As long as we get to see

spoilerthe diamond weapon blitz the fuck out of the Shinra building with Rufus in it
I'll be satisfied.

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