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Shariq (SHAH-rick)

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You probably know me from the VGM scene (I run the team that runs OC ReMix), but On Here I’m rediscovering Bollywood movies and music. Partial to the 90s/00s era.

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Followed closely by the swelling strings in Earth Angel when he kisses Lorraine. What a MOMENT. Alan Silvestri just *elevates* what whole scene.

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Pretty sure it’s the third one that’s popularly considered the weakest. I don’t agree, I think the whole trilogy is a masterpiece. But Part 2 being the worst? First I’ve ever heard that.

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#selfcare

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🥱 roblox_oof.ogg 🥰 bummer.wav

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Been slinging arrows and singing songs for 10 years now. I get everything to max level but I always go back to Bard.

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Want to sleep early but

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Absolutely insane when anything other than the OS asks you to restart the computer to complete updates.

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Here is something I sometimes say to my wife and always say to myself: “You’re an adult with a child. You don’t have time for this. Just set it to easy and use a guide.” It’s wild when people feel like they have to prove something with video games, and freeing when they realize they don’t have to.

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Genuine question: are you in any Hunt linkshells? I think pretty much every server has one, and when the big FATEs pop, usually a relay goes out to notify people that they’re up. You don’t need to actively camp the FATE location, just hit up the FATE when the relay goes out. This is all in-game too.

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You ever come across one of those guys who always follows up an explanation of something with "and yes," and then proceeds to answer that you didn't (and weren't going to) ask? I wish those guys would stop doing that.

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Reminds me of the Waffle House Index.

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Every single algorithm on The Websites are out there trying to determine what we want to see when they really should be figuring out what we don’t want to see. The internet would be so much more usable if it said “oh you hate seeing this shit? Okay I’ll hide it from you forever.”

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has anybody found waldo yet

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No other anime I want another season of as badly as I want one for “The Eighty-Six.” Absolutely tremendous show about war.

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Imagine being a healthcare professional and the same woman calls you FIVE SEPARATE TIMES in ONE NIGHT about her kids getting HEAD INJURIES.

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Maybe this is just me as a parent talking but I feel like once the first little monkey jumping on the bed fell off and bumped his head, mama really needs to completely shut down any kind of bed-jumping. It's bonkers that she called the doctor 5 times and the doctor didn't notify the authorities.

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Well I mean Dunkin used to sell apple fritters so I dunno.

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I see! I personally prefer narrator-less adaptations but that sounds good too. I’ll check it out. Thanks for the recommendation!!

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Wait… FULL CAST?! Like, a narrator-less audio drama? I didn’t know there was one for American Gods! Have you heard the BBC4 production of Gaiman’s Neverwhere? That’s a great one.

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Comfortable in saying Star Wars for me is Legends, not Disney. Jaina and Jacen. Kyle Katarn. Zayne Carrick. Nomi Sunrider. Exar Kun. Captain Pellaeon. Everything X-Wing, ever. Ania Solo. The Imperial Knights. Mara Jade. I’ll jump back in if they ever go back to that. Otherwise, I’m good.

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Spent 35 hours in Salvation’s Edge but we got that clear, baby! Another jacket to add to the collection! :) #destiny2

For all its faults and flaws, no game even approaches the heights of Destiny 2 raiding. Nothing quite like it.

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Streamers these days are rightfully wary of fans developing unhealthy parasocial relationships but I definitely had my fair share of kids trying to become my best friend via AIM because they liked my remixes.

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Fantastic story. Incredible art.

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SON OF MAN LOOK TO THE SKY LIFT YOUR SPIRIT SET IT FREE 🥹

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I cannot state this clearly enough: I do not want to engage with streamers or the streaming communities associated with video games I play.

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Game Devs: "Introducing a cool new thing we added to the game that you play all the time and pay for every year" Me: "Oh cool how do I get it?" Game Devs: "Go watch other people play the game on twitch" Me:

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You all think I’m playing. I’m tired. Bluesky Shariq is UNFILTERED and ANGRY.

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The infuriating thing is that they say that like they’re clueing you in on something, like they figured out something a long time ago and know The Secret. Like, why are they even engaging in the discourse? “I have *never* liked and you’re all idiots for liking it.” WOW that convinced me!

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Sweet potatoes are a waste of everybody’s time.

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I need Chobani to step up their game and start selling oat milk by the gallon. These quarts disappear in a matter of days.

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I dunno who you’re talking to but nobody pretends this.

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Definitely a kid's movie. Not like...a movie made for kids, but you're right on about #2. I watched it for the first time in my 30s and I was like "it's perfectly fine."

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Here’s a songwriting challenge for you: write anything you’d like, but the verse has to very neatly dovetail into the chorus to California Dreamin’.

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Very much looking forward to someone doing a full demake of Echoes of Wisdom into a homebrew Gameboy game with Link’s Awakening’s entire aesthetic.

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Shut the fuck up about lesbians and black people in Star Wars (ACTUALLY FINE!) and get mad about Poe Dameron making a "ur mom" joke in TLJ (QUANTIFIABLY INSANE!).

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I know this sounds like a parody of people who complain about Star Wars but I really actually truly believe this. You've got bigots out there braying and pearl-clutching about all sorts of things that don't matter when they really should be focused on new Star Wars straying in tone and form.

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Every Star Wars movie, show, game, novel, comic book, etc. should open with “A long time ago in a galaxy far, far away…” the Star Wars logo, and an opening crawl. Every single one. It’s fucking bananas when they don’t do that. I don’t want to hear your dumbass counter-argument. DO IT RIGHT.

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Some of you didn’t spend the entirety of your adolescence and early adulthood completely devouring every single Star Wars novel and comic book you could get your hands on and it’s starting to show.

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Thing I am most looking forward to in #Dawntrail: not having to listen to the disappointing attempt at Indian music in Radz-at-Han anymore.

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Know what would be better than an AI that did that? An actual human editor who’s empowered by the publisher to set an agenda for their writers.

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