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A Bowser course select screen, long thought unused in Super Mario 64 DS, can actually be seen by performing an absurdly specific action: Yoshi must drown underneath the Hazy Maze Cave entrance. If his lifeless body floats up through the pool, the screen will be displayed.

"oh it's sad we still say grinch as pejorative when he changed-" look at this. the son of a bitch just got high on lovebombing. he didn't do the work. and now he's got a career again.

Wario64@wario64.bsky.social · 2mo ago

‘How the Grinch Stole Christmas’ Sequel in the Works with Jim Carrey, Ron Howard www.hollywoodreporter.com/movies/movie... "No deal is done, but Jim Carrey is in talks to reprise his role as the classic Dr. Seuss character the Grinch, with Ron Howard returning to direct."

(cartoon network dub voice getting slightly deeper) Enter Italy, 1944. In this country corrupted by oppression and war, follow a journey of madness. Survive the madness of Saló, coming this year to the Nintendo Switch 2 system. (upbeat voice) Spongebob is throwing a party! Get 4 players together an

SCARAMANGA: our contest is at an end, mr. bond! you have no bullets left - and i still have the only one i ever need! BOND: oh i think i still have "a shot" [starts fucking chucking a million thermos and mugs at scaramanga's head] SCARAMANGA: ah! shit! stop it!

In Mario Party, minigame descriptions treat being eliminated merely as being out of the game, except for Bumper Balls, which drastically shifts the tone by stating the winner is the last one left alive. This implies that while other minigames might be for fun, Bumper Balls is to the death.

In Mario Party, the descriptions for minigames involving characters being hurt or eliminated use neutral language, such as characters being "knocked off" or "poked", and the winner being "the last one standing". However, the tone shifts drastically for Bumper Balls, the Mini-Game Island description of which states that the winner is the "last one alive".
[Screenshot of Toad explaining the rules:
Game Rules
Ride on your ball and bump the others into the ocean.
Clear the game by being the last one alive.]
Source: image: Reddit user "SuperLuigi128", info: donkeykonghistory.bsky.social

dollar and Neanderthal are half-cognates. Thal means a dale or valley. Neanderthal/Neander Valley is where the first remains were found. a popular form of coinage in the 1500s was from Joachimsthal, and were called Joachimsthalers or thalers for short, which became dollars in English.

Tim Clare@timclare.bsky.social · 4mo ago

What's your favourite origin/root of a word? (in any language) I love etymology so much. It's like history & conspiracy theories combined. Our language has secret messages & lizard DNA baked into it. Like how 'gargoyle' comes from gargle / gurgle, because of the water spewing out their mouths