On a serious note, have any of my US friends noticed how thick ol Washingtons neck has gotten on the newer quarters? Got rid of his braid too.

  • Famko@lemmy.world
    12·
    6 个月前

    Haha congrats on being old. As for the origin, ‘cap’ originates from the twitch emote ‘Kappa’ which is used in response to someone lying. It got shortened to ‘Kap’ and got turned into ‘cap’ when it went mainstream.

      • Famko@lemmy.world
        2·
        6 个月前

        Huh, interesting, it may be a mix of both origins since the album didn’t seem to be sold very well (at least in physical copies). Still, the meaning is the same.

    • sp3ctr4l@lemmy.zip
      3·
      6 个月前

      Well thanks for the explanation.

      I think Twitch culture is largely cancer so I never followed it.

      Never saw the appeal of like watching a Twitch stream for hours and hours.

      All the good moments just get clipped by the author or someone else and end up in a time respecting format on youtube anyways?

      So OLD.

      • Famko@lemmy.world
        5·
        6 个月前

        Twitch culture can vary drastically between streamers, it mostly depends on the moderators and the streamer themselves (almost like any internet forum). And the main appeal is the interactivity between other people usually, whether with the streamer or other viewers.

        • 𝓔𝓶𝓶𝓲𝓮@lemm.ee
          5·
          6 个月前

          Yeah small twitch channels are fun. streamer saying hi caught me off guard and felt somewhat surreal first time like eee wait are they talking to me wtf

          • sp3ctr4l@lemmy.zip
            2·
            6 个月前

            True, I can see the appeal of small Twitch channels where you have a reasonable chance of actually interacting…

            …but so many of the larger channels …

            1. chat is literally an overwhelming barrage of randomness

            2. so, so many streamers develop gigantic egos, and then get into fights with other similar people.

            Kik is even worse. While many of the popular people on Twitch have serious personality disorders, Kik seems to legitimately just be streams of gambling and the worst person you knew in high school being paid to commit crimes.

            • 𝓔𝓶𝓶𝓲𝓮@lemm.ee
              3·
              6 个月前

              There is this whole group of crime, sociopathic streamers it’s disgusting. I hate to see many people enjoy those things and that I share the planet with them as they watch streamers beat up their moms or smh

              This is the filthiest filth out there you can feel. apparently some pay to feel that. Modern colloseums

              • sp3ctr4l@lemmy.zip
                2·
                6 个月前

                The 00’s internet had ogrish and bumfights.

                That shit was waaay more fucked up in terms of content, but it was also extremely niche.

                I have met tons of kids and young adults that act nearly identically to kik streamers or the more insane twitch streamers.

          • Famko@lemmy.world
            2·
            6 个月前

            Building some kind of bond with a small British streamer and becoming his mod is pretty surreal for me in hindsight.

            • 𝓔𝓶𝓶𝓲𝓮@lemm.ee
              2·
              6 个月前

              That’s super cool. This is the internet we need

              Tbh I am not here because this site is superior or foss but because it is still rather small and thus maybe, maybe you can remember some names and have like healthier community. Feel more like in a virtual village than a sprawling city while still having critical mass of new content and at the same this village should be diverse enough to see various sentiments and experiences you would never knew