Rosemary @Rosemary@awoo.space

whose idea was it to call the profession "shepherd" and not "sheepkeep"?

@cozykaffe@snouts.online qyeen?

@monorail Isn't tabletop mode just handheld mode with the joycons removed? I don't see why the two modes would have any different capabilities.

I wonder what they would be would be if Final Fantasy games had Dragon Quest style subtitles. By which I mean subtitles as used in titling, as distinct from subtitles used to display speech visually. Why do those two concepts have the same word, anyway?

The 3ds release of dragon quest vii has the entire game in 3d except for the battle transitions, which is a very jarring effect; every time you enter a battle, the 3d turns off for a few moments as the battle transition plays, and then it returns for the in-battle graphics.

I didn't notice this until now despite playing through most of the game because I generally play with the 3d turned off, and just now turned it on on a whim.

@Terrana@tootplanet.space We always assumed that it was a similar situation to the term "root beer", which is a non-alcoholic drink made in a similar fashion to beer. It sounds like that's not the case though, and a bit of research suggests that the reason for this linguistic confusion is that there was, originally, no distinction between alcoholic and non-alcoholic apple cider, as anything made in the manner in which apple cider is made will inevitably become alcoholic unless some measure, presumably pasteurization, is taken to kill the naturally present microbes responsible for fermentation. I assume filtering it to produce apple juice also prevents fermentation, possibly by depriving the microbes responsible of some necessary nutrition.

@Terrana@tootplanet.space This is using the American meaning of apple cider, as distinct from cider made with apples, as the word "cider" outside of the set phrase apple cider tends to imply an alcoholic drink.

@Terrana@tootplanet.space I'm not sure how common it is here, either. We used to think that the spices were the only difference when we were young; it just turns out that what we were drinking wasn't spiced at all and unspiced apple cider just has a much fuller taste than regular apple juice.

@Terrana@tootplanet.space In the US, there are two different non-alcoholic drinks called apple juice and apple cider. Apple cider contains more of the apple itself; it's essentially unfiltered apple juice, as I understand it, and sometimes has spices added.

@Terrana@tootplanet.space So you don't make a distinction between apple juice and apple cider?

Huh. Apparently, outside of north america, "apple cider" refers to an alcoholic drink. What do they call the non-alcoholic kind in europe?

@cozykaffe@snouts.online Nickel has a similar etymology.

Freya Crescent really is one of the most attractive final fantasy characters.

@cozykaffe@snouts.online As we don't know who the person in the image is, is this a parody account or an actual political entity mocking their opponents?

@cozykaffe@snouts.online Does that mean something we're not aware of?

@cozykaffe@snouts.online How would you define video if not as a series of images?

@monorail I don't even know what to say about that. How did this person think complex numbers worked? Did they think you need a special coprocessor to deal with them?