Zero22xx

Around the time I first started using this username about 7 or so years ago, I was playing through the Megaman Zero games, that take place approximately 100 years after the events of Megaman X, which take place during "year 21xx". So 'Zero22xx' specifically references the version of Zero from the Megaman Zero games.

On top of that, I also just thought it was a cool mix of letters and numbers that can look pretty random if you don't know the games, or if I'm not using a profile pic.

The only annoying thing is that at some point around the time I created this username, I started seeing an anime character called 'ZeroTwo' around. So I guess it could be mistaken that I'm referencing that too.

I've definitely not got anything against Japanese wrestling. Watched NJPW for a little while a few years ago. Although one of the main things I watch pro wrestling for is the storylines and larger than life characters, more so than workrate (although there's nothing wrong with technical masterpiece matches either). And I also appreciate women's wrestling.

If I could find both of those aspects, plus I didn't have to watch 5 shows a week and follow social media accounts, I'd be happy to try anything from any country. TNA was basically just the easiest option that offered all of this.

I'm late here but felt like sharing my goblin tendencies too. I've actually got a lot of random shit that I collect and keep in a box, thought I would take a couple of my favourites out. Sorry for potato quality picture, I have a potato quality phone.

• A plasticky spiked collar that a stripper I used to party with and had a huge crush on took off from her neck on put on mine one night. And no, I'm not the strip club type and never even watched her work, her and her colleagues and friends used to frequent the metal/alternative club that I haunted. ~~15 to 20 years ago.~~ Actually I'm not that old yet, more like 10 to 15 years ago.
• A card with a witch that I found lying on the ground probably also around 15 years ago. Says "creative child games" on the back.
• A completely washed away and blank puzzle piece that I also picked up off the ground somewhere.
• A round rock with the word "Safety" written on it that was randomly handed to me by a hippie girl at a music festival years ago.
• A very poorly cut black tourmaline (or so I was told) that I bought at a flea market for way too much money while tripping balls on ecstacy. That was while I was still in my hippie phase so very close to 20 years ago.
• Lucky beans! I've just always loved them since I was a kid and have bunch floating around. I've even put some in the linings of one of my jackets.

I've actually been a boring hermit for at least the last 10 years, so I'm running out of trinkets with cool stories attached to them though.

Wondering if I'm even looking forward to TNA at all now. Not to signal that I have virtues or anything but this Tessa business has left a bit of a bad taste in my mouth.

If they had done this a year or two ago, I wouldn't have liked it but I would've been more inclined to give them the benefit of the doubt that they knew what they're doing and it's a genuine redemption arc. But the timing of this makes it look more like they're doing this because they just don't have to pretend to care anymore.

Plus, maybe I'm making false connections but with all of the wrestlers, including TNA diehards, that have just left without a word, it really does seem like something is rotten in the state of Denmark.

Thinking I might take a break for a couple of weeks and reset, look for something else. Just not sure what yet.

Oh yeah that's for sure. I think the first Sonic movie especially took us all by surprise because we were all expecting something truly awful and it turned out to be pretty fun. And these movies are what got me revisiting Sonic in the first place. And I'm just gonna say, because the '90s kid in me can't help comparing the two, they're better movies than Super Mario at least, which was also fun but kinda like an extended Nintendo advert.

It's just that watching Sonic 3 now after I've spent the last 6 months to a year consuming other Sonic content, I've realised that these movies aren't actually such great adaptations.

I hope that James Gunn keeps this shit up throughout the DCU and the next few years, personally. Peacemaker also had some good hearty doses of shitting on white supremacist types, so it seems to be his thing.

Someone needs to start keeping a central list of all corporations and organisations that have been rolling over like they've been waiting for this moment all their lives. Just to keep around as reminders, any time they decide to do a little rainbow capitalism or black history month marketing.

If the world, and especially the USA regains its senses, please all I ask is that everyone remembers exactly who these people are when they're begging for your money and support again.

LineageOS 20 on the Nokia 4.2. The only option for this phone besides LineageOS 19 and it's one of these cases where the dev just stopped updating anything and deleted their XDA profile. Might go back to vanilla but the problem is that's a downgrade in Android version too.

This whole phone is a regret. My previous phone had just died unexpectedly and it was a spur of the moment purchase with a low budget, based on nostalgia for a 'Nokia' that doesn't actually exist anymore. Should've just gone for a cheap Samsung and I probably would've at least had more choice in custom firmwares.

All depends on which app / UI you're using I guess but it should look pretty much like Reddit almost everywhere. The only difference here is that there's no grand total at the top of your profile like a high score. But when I was signed up on world, in the app I'm using you could see separate up and down vote counts for everything.

They're really not meaningless though. For one thing, they allow moderators and admins to more easily detect trolls and bad faith actors. And on platforms or with add-ons that allow better tracking of vote history, it allows the user to more efficiently moderate their own experience, should they so choose.

Also, I think you've got to be kind of an asshole to not recognise that a little bit of validation from communities that you participate in is a nice thing to have and that downvotes can hurt to an extent, even if it's not the same as getting physically slapped. And to be clear, I'm not pointing at you or anyone, I'm just riffing here. I haven't even seen downvotes for a while now.

So yeah, I'd say they're meaningless in a video game sense. You're not going to win any prizes with them. But there's a reason they exist, plus no one is immune to the effects of positive or negative reinforcement.

movies are meant for general audiences

I definitely hear your point but also, maybe always trying to take this middle of the road, lowest common denominator, please all the pearl clutchers approach and turning everything into a bland , soulless gruel isn't that great? This also makes me think of the Crow. Not even counter culture shit is safe from the bean counters or sacred anymore.

All I'm saying is that I think it's about time punk rock made a comeback but it's never going to happen as long as all of our entertainment providers just give us this weak shit to maximize their profits.

I've been making my way through the games, haven't got close to present day with them yet though. As far as I can tell though, he's still more or less the same freedom loving free spirit that stands up to injustices.

About bloody time. Containers are fine for on the fly use - for checking what pages look like logged out, or visiting a link that you don't want affecting algorithms etc. but for separating personal and work and whatever else, profiles are the way to go. It's actually already pretty easy to add 'about:profiles' to the toolbar but the more accessible they make it, the better.

I look forward to profiles also making it to the Android app 5 to 10 years from now.