Yes, we did this in late elementary school (I want to say 5th grade, or 10-11ish years old?), but did not do it beyond that. There were two ropes--one standard rope and one with evenly spaced knots that you could use to climb with hand and footholds. This was in the '90s.
Don't have much substantive to add, just want to point out that it's really McNulty of you to have your username be JayLittle and identify with McNulty and not (Jay) Landsman or Omar (Little).
Hot take on your hot take--I disagree that AoT fits as a fumble, but I disagree because I didn't like the writing from the outset. I'm glad so many people enjoyed AoT, but that's one I never really "got."
Only one I'm familiar with is Black Lagoon. Great show, high recommend. It gets pretty dark, particularly in the latter half, so just be aware of that if that tone is off-putting. Absolutely watch in the English dub--one of the best dubs out there, and it feels like the dubbed version is really the intended version rather than the other way around. Just be aware the dub is filthy.
This is probably far from the "worst" example, but the most prominent and notable example for me is anything from the FATE series--Stay Night, Apocrypha, Zero... Really, pick any of them. I don't know if they're "bad," but the drop in writing between the first half and the last half (and last handful of episodes particularly) is so consistent across the series that I just go into any FATE show expecting that it's going to fall off to varying degrees by the end.
The Rock Band series is my GOAT and probably the best party game of all time. The series on its own is fantastic--who doesn't want to jam out? But add a few other people and it's in a whole different league. I was living in the dorms when it came out. A lot of days we'd start it up and leave our door open and let people cycle in and out between classes or whatever else was going on through the days. We don't know you? You don't know us? Nobody gives a shit--we need someone on drums.
We eventually had several hundred songs through the games and DLC--just about any type of music someone might want to play. The equipment isn't made anymore to my knowledge and I don't think there's any way to get it other than second hand, but when it was at ots height the series was the high water mark of social gaming. It also served as a stepping stone to actual musical pursuits--I eventually picked up an electronic drum kit and started playing (very poorly) for real.
I'd be interested as well, and it's actually a bit of an open question in the US even whether an emoji can satisfy Statute of Frauds requirements. Not every contract needs to be in writing, but the Statute of Frauds requires that certain types of contracts do need to have a written contract and agreement--sale of goods valued more than $500.00 is one of those categories. Canada has its own various Statute of Frauds laws, but that's way outside of my jurisdiction, and I can't tell from the reporting whether any applied or were considered in this case.
Emojis are the focus of more and more litigation these days, and it's really interesting watching how these cases play out. Here's a good source (US focused) from Lexis Nexis discussing emojis in contract litigation:
Legend of Dragoon is close to the top of my list of games I'd love to see remade, but almost certainly won't.
Actually, FF8 is at the top of that list. It's my favorite of the "mainline" FFs and the story has aged by far the best out of the series, but the systems, equipment, and stat working is awful. Like you're running into, the systems are confusing and difficult to figure out, but as soon as you "get it" you almost have to handicap yourself so as not to completely break the game. A remake along the lines of the FF7 rework could fix that, and I think 8 would benefit from the treatment more than any other game in the series.
This point in particular seems to be conflating the terms "story," "plot," and "narrative," and treating them as synonyms. We often use the terms interchangeably without issue because people generally understand what's being talked about, but the differences matter on deeper critical examinations. A story is a sequence of events, plot is how those events relate to one another, and narrative is how it's told (the accounting of story and plot itself). Environmental storytelling is often very light on direct narrative, which seems to be the criticism here rather than on story or plot. These games often have a lot of story, it's just not told through a more traditional form of narrative.
This works for things I'm explicitly interested in seeking out, but one thing I use this type of social media for is finding entirely new things that before scrolling past I didn't even know were things, or wouldn't otherwise seek out on my own or even know to look for. I don't have any objection to porn, but I also don't want to be scrolling past it on my phone with my kids around, even if it's blurred or minimized. Having to block each individual community as it pops up isn't feasable--being able to block by server (like a general block on lemmynsfw) would make general use so much easier.
There’s also currently too many steps for users beyond “install app, turn off brain, and start scrolling”. As sad as it is, that’s all many people want: an app that lets them mindlessly scroll.
I agree with your overall post, but I think this part is an especially major limiting factor--the selling points of a decentralized system are also disadvantages for mass appeal for a lot of general users. Most people just want something they can open and have everything already set to go and with everything in one place. And honestly I see the appeal of that. It comes with its own disadvantages, but sheer ease of use is hard to beat, and decentralized systems that have a higher barrier of entry to access content have a leg behind on competing with an immediate one stop shop. I think the overall competition is going to be in quality of community rather than population capture. I don't see decentralized systems outcompeting in the latter category.
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Article appears to be written in Chinese--am I understanding from the headline that they were able to replicate the findings of the recently claimed ambient pressure, room temperature superconductor?