Topic: The Chit-Chat Thread

@Pastellioli you’re not gonna worry about Slang in Kuwait. Only Arabic speakers, but English speakers won’t need to worry because English is not spoken as a native language and thus it struggles to form a culture that could form a separate dialect. As an example, India, Indonesia and New Zealand all have English as one of the native languages thus making it more likely for slang to form in those countries.
The same can apply to a lot of African countries and many other places around the world.

I’ve heard Japan’s more urbanized or tourist friendly places will likely have more English speakers. I’m not sure about things like taxis or random restaurants, though.

@Yousef- Cool! Thanks for telling me.

Is this what the British call "Smashing"?

@Tyranexx I am not British haha! I just used that word cuz its used to describe something that is really good and energetic, usually a song. I am not familiar with British slang, if it is one.

@WaveBoy I don't usually watch video game channels run by a single person, but I do think the ones that act like the one you are mentioning sound super unenjoyable. I dislike watching gaming YouTubers who have an automatic bias or are sort of fanboy or fangirl-ish over a specific brand and will do anything to protect it or make it look good, especially if they dunk on a game or a console from say another company or developer almost automatically without giving it a fair chance. I prefer channels that are very open to using any game console and playing any game from any company and game developer and are entertaining with their commentary (some of Scott the Woz and The Act Man's videos come to mind for me) and don't shy away from providing criticism to the companies and gaming consoles they like a ton. I think one-sided opinions aren't helpful at all with gaming.

Although not YouTube, I never used Twitter/X (and never will) but I remember going on the web version and seeing these obvious troll accounts that are just dedicated to trashing and making poor and unfair points on specific game consoles just to rile people up and I remember it being so annoying and terrible. Even the Xbox accounts would troll a lot and it just makes me sad, since I use that as one of my main gaming consoles, and seeing that other fans would want to troll for attention instead of just saying they prefer the Xbox over other consoles is so trashy. It is fine to like one console over the other, but trolling is so insincere and a poor way to share an opinion.

@Pastellioli I always thought it came from British English. It always brings to mind Nigel Thornberry from The Wild Thornberries since he was British and used "Smashing!" as a catchphrase. Not to mention he was voiced by the excellent Tim Curry.

@Tyranexx Oh yeah, I know who Nigel Thornberry is! I think it's because he was a meme character a few years ago. I am not sure about the origins of the word "banger" but I think its internet slang.

It most certainly is, though since I'm English and my friend's American we have very different takes on what that means. We did Smashdown and I ended up losing 37-4, granted we picked random every single time but he's far better at it than me. Only time I won or got close to winning was when I lucked into one of my mains (Roy, Link, Pyra/Mythra, King K. Rool, Dark Pit).

Got him back later by pummeling him into the dust in Mario Kart though, so I wouldn't feel bad for me .

Anyone else having Nintendo Life stuck on 'desktop mode' meaning it is tiny on mobile? It's happening to me only on this site. And manually changing the site settings to mobile format doesn't appear to do anything. It was fine an hour ago.

@FishyS oh no, I thought it was just me! Hmmmm try to clear your history. That’s what I did. After that things you’ll be fine, you’ll only have to log-in again obviously.

@FishyS That does happen to me too, like what Yousef- said, try to clear your history, and then the site will be back to normal when you log in.

@Yousef- @Pastellioli Thank you, it worked. Never seen that happen on any site. Confusing. I didn't even have to log in again, just deleted the last few hours of history.

@FishyS awesome, I’m happy : D
Yeah you likely figured you only need to trace your steps back to when it happened, so it’s good you reported this barely a few hours in.

Especially Since I am in a hotel and only have my phone and have no idea what my password is for this site 😝

Too true. Lost access to an ancient account (that I barely used, so nothing of value was really lost) due to that. It’s why I have a hyphen in my name. True story.

@Yousef- Ooh, I worry about losing my passwords for my accounts for a few sites and not having access anymore.

I always write mine down on paper so I can remember it since I have a pretty bad memory. I nearly lost my phone this one time back in May and had all my accounts stored on there, and I freaked out when it happened. However, I kept the account names and passwords written on paper and I was able to log the accounts in on another device and I logged the accounts off of my phone. However, someone luckily found the phone and returned it, and no one got inside the phone or tampered with it, so my info stayed safe anyway, but in that situation, it was better to be safe than sorry, since I thought my phone was gone for good. I avoid saving the passwords on these password managers since I don't trust the security on a few of those, and if I do, it is only a one-time thing and I delete it immediately.

@FishyS If you do remember your email and have access to it, I think you can try resetting the password and changing it to a new one later if you forgot the one you have, but I wouldn't do it if it is too risky. If you do, I'd recommend writing it down in a notebook and keeping it safe and in a place you'll remember. But again, if it is too risky, don't do it. I would hate to see you lose access to your account. It is a pretty terrible feeling...

Good morning. 😊
Today is the first day for grade 1 students back to school.
There will be a school orientation for 3 days on this week.
The grade 1 students from Monday until Wednesday, but grade 2 - 6 from Tuesday until Wednesday.
As usual, I will do storytelling with property for grade 1 students on Wednesday during the school orientation.
I choose The Three Billy Goat Gruff for the storytelling.
And after the storytelling, I will ask them about the characters and the storyline then they will do the worksheet.
Btw, if you want to see my storytelling characters, check the Art thread.

Yup, that's what I got when I first saw Conker's Bad Fur Day in magazines. It was more "South Park" for lack of a better comparison.

Indeed, especially one that usually is only meetable at Universal parks. It really was an incredible and special event. It can be cool, for me, it's more so a sensory thing. I don't like the feel of the brush against my face and such, which is why I didn't want to do the face paint. It was cool they still let me have the hair.

Nice, I think the best sushi I've had was from an Asian supermarket that use to be near where I use to live. I remember going there often for ingredients and even some of the best dumplings I've had. My grocery store makes sushi too, now I remember, the local mall has a Japanese place in the food court. Always got Chicken Teriyaki from them. Indeed, I went for New York pizza after the Trolls event, really good pizza too. You're welcome.

Any way to stop watching a topic? Every time I change Watch this topic: Yes No to “no”, it changes back to “yes” whenever I refresh. And I keep retrying every few hours. Would logging in and out help? I’m honestly more sure.

@Yousef- I believe that if you scroll to the top of a topic, there is a bar that says "Stop Watching" if you are watching a topic, so I think you have to click that. It'll show up as "Watch Topic" when you are no longer watching a topic.