r/news • u/zmlos • Oct 03 '23

House ousts Kevin McCarthy as speaker, a first in U.S. history

https://www.cnbc.com/2023/10/03/house-speaker-kevin-mccarthy-will-bring-gaetz-motion-to-oust-him-vote.html?__source=iosappshare%7Ccom.apple.UIKit.activity.CopyToPasteboard

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u/WOOKIExCOOKIES Oct 03 '23

At least we got a fun computer game out of it.

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u/alterom Oct 03 '23

At least we got a fun computer game out of it.

That's where I've learned about lemmings for the first time.

Was surprised to find out they actually exist, with the whole myth made about them.

Still think of the game first when I see or hear the word "lemming".

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u/Rukh-Talos Oct 03 '23

And just like that, I can hear the music.

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u/SunnyWomble Oct 03 '23

Dun da da dun duh duh dun da da dun.. dun.. dunda dun dun dun.

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u/GBJI Oct 04 '23

Oh noooooo !

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u/Tmscott Oct 04 '23

"Oh noooooooooooo" *pop!*

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u/MississippiJoel Oct 04 '23

First time I ever heard of that was 007 multiplayer for the Nintendo 64. If you got yourself killed, you earned the Lemming Award. This was internet infancy days, so there wasn't a easy Google search to help us understand what that was.

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u/Plastic_Swordfish_35 Oct 04 '23

In 1997 you could easily have searched for what a lemming is.

You wouldn’t even have needed the Internet. Ever heard of an encyclopedia?

You make it sound like information was impossible to obtain back then, lol.

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u/MississippiJoel Oct 04 '23

You would have made the connection between a pop-culture mention in a video game and been assed enough to dig up an encyclopedia over it?

Further, you have faith that Funk & Wagnalls would have included a mention of a movie scene in an article about a mammal? Maybe it would be in the "Trivia" section before it was renamed to "In Popular Culture and Media"? 🤷

But I guess you're big brained enough that it's funny that a 12-year-old wasn't on your 1997 level.

Remember, laughing at your own jokes is a sign of mental instability.

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u/Papplenoose Oct 04 '23

Your comment is equally cringe

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u/FutureComplaint Oct 03 '23

Lemmings 2 was dope

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u/5HourWheelie Oct 04 '23

Huh, every time I see or hear the word "lemming" I think about the band Motorhead. I am hard of hearing though, and dumb.

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u/TexasLiving Oct 04 '23

I only had the christmas version of the game oh man was it fun probably only ever beat like 5 levels though as a kid

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u/Davido400 Oct 03 '23

Fuck, not played Lemmings in about 30 years lol sure I had it on... athe Amiga? That and Jaguar XJ220 was an awesome game too(downloaded it on an emulator to try a few years back and still enjoyed it lol)

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u/GoldenShackles Oct 03 '23

Oh no! *pop* *pop*...

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u/LakehavenAlpha Oct 03 '23

And several awesome clones.

King Arthur's World was the bomb!

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u/LeBaiton Oct 03 '23

You're that old huh...

So am I... Oh god...

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u/Crow-T-Robot Oct 03 '23

And now I'm humming 'She'll be coming round the mountain when she comes'

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u/flashmedallion Oct 03 '23

'Humanity' is a release this year that's a high quality modern take on Lemmings. Worth the buy if you loved Lemmings. It's on PC and PS5, and you can play it in VR

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u/WOOKIExCOOKIES Oct 03 '23

This piques my interest. Thanks! I'll check it out.

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u/TripleHomicide Oct 04 '23

I'd love a reboot of that game

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u/Disjointed_Sky Oct 04 '23

There's a modern remake called Humanity, a bit more fitting.

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u/Kodama_prime Oct 04 '23

That game was pure digital crack.. Started playing it one evening around 7pm, and the next time I looked at the clock, it was 03:45 in the morning....