Eliseo120
Eliseo120 t1_j9jvsod wrote
Reply to comment by seamustheseagull in TIL to finish writing The Hunchback of Notre Dame within an impossible deadline of 6 months, Victor Hugo locked his clothes away, making him unable to go outside and procrastinate which forced him to do anything but finish writing his book. by Old_Sport7920
Who says these things are new? It’s more like they were discovered more recently and being diagnosed more often.
Eliseo120 t1_j2csche wrote
Reply to Let's make people feel old by just-for-nsfw-things
I don’t play shitty sonic games so…
Eliseo120 t1_j1glbf9 wrote
Eliseo120 t1_j0dxzit wrote
Reply to comment by digital_end in Valve answers our burning Steam Deck questions — including a possible Steam Controller 2 by retroanduwu24
Best controller aside from a huge design flaw. Okay then.
Eliseo120 t1_ix2z0zr wrote
Reply to TIL: raccoons are native to North America, having been introduced elsewhere only in the 20th century. by acequark
I visited Italy recently and didn’t see a single squirrel there. Also, there pigeons almost always seemed to have fucked up feet.
Eliseo120 t1_japzre2 wrote
Reply to TIL "to pull oneself up by one's bootstraps" is an example of an impossible task. The idiom dates at least to 1834, from the Workingman's Advocate: "It is conjectured that Mr. Murphee will now be enabled to hand himself over the Cumberland river or a barn yard fence by the straps of his boots. by meat-juice
… no shit. You never figured it out that you can’t literally pick yourself up by pulling on your shoes?