Chuffed

Yes, very pleased or satisfied. Like, you’d be chuffed if you made a great pavlova, or parents got you a Megadrive for Chrissy.

chocobaco or something like that

Orion’s Cocoa Cigarette. But Little Bobdog Cigarette is probably more popular.

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As someone who spent the largest chunk of their working life involved in localizing games, and doesn’t come from North America, this post was an ‘oh yeah, that’s knowledge I take for granted’ moment.

You shouldn’t feel dumb; it’s just not been a useful thing for you to know.

I came here to comment that Melbourne had a few train and tram drivers that were very chatty and brightened your commute. I don’t miss trying to change at South Yarra at rush hour, though.

Samurai Shodown series has an amazing soundtrack. A mix of traditional Japnese sound, rock music, chaotic jazz, and ambient sound that barely resembles a song. The ending of 3 is my ultimate ‘get pumped’ song:

https://youtu.be/smKr282S8-I

Free as in freedom (libre), not free as in free beer (gratis).

Thanks to the kind stranger(s) who finished off my “RICE LOVE” doodle (top right) while I was sleeping <3

Pokemon Blue for me. Alakazam. Had to train up this no-attack Abra thing, then find someone else with this “pokemon” game and a link cable to trade your Kadabra with. Very rewarding experience.

I remember teaching it all the elemental punches and feeling like a boss as I used super effective techniques all day long.

We stayed in a few different places across BC and Alberta. I can remember they all had drip coffee machines, but I can’t actually remember if they were equipped with kettles, too! That being said, the addition of drip coffee makers could have been for American tourists (I did make good use of them though).

I think it’s a default item everywhere except north America.

As part of reviewing a stay, Airbnb always asks if the place had a coffee maker. I’ve only ever ticked yes in the US, Canada, and Indonesia.

(edit: I should clarify, it asks if there was a coffee machine, but it DOESN’T ask if there was a kettle, showing the US-centric app design.)

We can laugh and learn at the same time!

Enjoy the meme, then go to the comments for some jokes and insight into a topic you wouldn’t otherwise research.

My point was that they completely absent from most countries. My hypothesis being that if there was a common task these vehicles were particularly suited to they would be more ubiquitous. I can’t help but think their success is due to marketing and masculine appeal rather than practicality.

For efficiency, yes, for dramatic effect, no.

The only places I’ve seen trucks like the 2500HD are north America, Australia and Thailand. They usually have only one, or rarely two people people in them. They never have a significant load in the bed. Everywhere else uses vans and light trucks and gets along just fine…

Although I haven’t explicitly heard anything, I kind of assumed, given the years it’s been on my wishlist :D.

I’ll play it one day, but Dyson Sphere is still filling that hole for me for now.

SO many hundreds of hours spent playing the Q2 mod Action Quake. I heard they remade it and called it, uh, something like “Counter Strike”? Never got into that one, funnily enough.

Brilliant series. I enjoyed the combat and storytelling in equal measure. One of the few single-player games where I’d actually play the challenge maps, just because it was so fun beating up on mobs!

Plants Vs. Zombies!

My wife and I just sat there like… zombies… for the whole day and night until we finished it, and then went to bed surprised and happy when we got our musical reward at the end!

The Flash gaming era at it’s best.

I know a few of the devs on this title but always forget about actually playing it. I think because it’s story-heavy and I followed the development closely I feel like I’ve already played it :D.