#pyramid solitaire

[retrogamingloft]

Pyramyd Solitaire Pro Longplay (PC Game) - Mode: Stock Runs 1 One of my favorites solitaire card games ever, hours and hours spent playing it in real life, but hey the "Stock Runs 1" mode, makes it a nightmare. The feeling of beating it is immense!

#retro gaming #retro gamer #retro games #video games #gaming #old school gaming #back to the past #I want to go back #those were the days #good old days #solitaire game #windows games #pc games #love gaming #gaming life #gamer for ever #gamer for life #gamer guy #gaming community #pyramid solitaire

[jo3ydr3w]

Pyramid solitaire

#solitaire #solitaire influencer #pyramid solitaire

[typheus]

i won that game of solitaire btw 👍

#other #t talks #neopets #i fucking like playing the solitaire and pyramid games so much #old school no extra animation or pop up adds #or in app purchases #just me and the cards :)

[esynk]

my hot take: freecell solitaire SUCKS

#rants blants #i hate you freecell i love you klondike i love you spider i love you tripeaks i love you pyramid #solitaire

[cowvboyenema]

im like level 84 or some shit on spider solitaire and have yet to bump that baby up to medium

#when you ask me whats up whatcha doin on a casual work night where im just jerking my shit off i may lie to you or i may say im playing #another fucking game of internetless spider solitaire because pyramid solitaire intimidates me

[ravenintraining]

havent talked about this lately but i LOVE solitaire SO MUCH

#to be completely clear i am talking about the card game #its got so many versions and you can play them endlessly #and when you get bored of one version just play a different one #spider and klondike and pyramid and 40t and westcliff #pyramid heart to heart is literally just matching for grown ups i LOVE IT. #like unironically playing solitaire brings out all of my primal instincts. click button count numbers consolidate piles #and theyre all different yet SOOO the same. do you even understand #okay aaaaaaand post

[whoslaurapalmer]

any time my mom and I play card games and we cheat (sometimes. you must cheat at solitaire and monte carlo. why not cheat when it's just you!) we say 'don't worry, I won't tell gran gran' bc my grandmother is a STICKLER for card game rules. she once called me at like 7:30 at night to google solitaire rules bc she refuses to cheat, not even when she's just playing by herself. anyway I just said 'okay. I will not cheat at monte carlo. I will reshuffle' my mom said 'oo! I'll tell gran gran'

#we just learned monte carlo bc i was googling other ones besides solitaire #we can also play pyramid but i play by subeta rules bc adding to 13 is a pain and stupid. going in order is nicer.

[fourovcups]

I've been reading Edward Abbey's Desert Solitaire as research for a project of mine, and it has certainly been an experience.

Desert Solitaire was one of these titles I'd heard bandied about in American nature literature growing up (the kind of thing teachers recommended once you finished Hatchet), but I don't here his work mentioned as much anymore. I recently re-encountered the title on a literal ecofascist reading list. While Abbey doesn't sound like an ecofascist himself, I can easily see why nature Nazis like him.

The book chronicles Abbey's time as a seasonal park ranger at the Arches National Monument in Utah There is a kind of uncertainty and inconsistency in the way he writes, even in the way he acts towards his surroundings in the desert. Silent Spring had only been published a few years before Solitaire was, and the eco-cultural revolution was not yet in full swing. Abbey writes lovingly about his desert environment. He describes in stunning detail, for example, the everyday beauty of a bumblebee alighting on a cactus flower, and decries the reckless "development" initiatives of the Bureau of Public Roads. But on the next page, he will say something like this: "...it's a foolish, simple-minded rationalism which denies any form of emotion to all animals but man and his dog. This is no more justified than the Moslems are in denying souls to women." Sure dude. Okay, fine, he was writing in the sixties. Some insensitivity is par for the course. But then, after pages and pages of decrying humans driving desert flora and fauna towards extinction, he describes with glee an instance where he stones a rabbit to death for no apparent reason.

It's a bizarre passage, and shows Abbey at his most unhinged. He describes the rabbit as "cowardly" for running away from threats, unlike the brave mountain lion, who stands and fights. He throws the stone and hits the rabbit's head: "He crumples, there's the usual gushing of blood, etc.," and the creature is dead. "I continue my walk with a new, augmented cheerfulness which is hard to understand but unmistakable [...] I try but cannot feel any sense of guilt." Reflecting on the incident, he concludes that his killing of the rabbit has made him a part of the desert, a membership bought by killing or being killed, being "predator or prey". Even so, he decides not to eat the rabbit, which he says is probably diseased anyway. He also describes using his walking stick to crush and stir up an ant colony, also without any reason beyond not liking ants. "Don't actually care for ants. Neurotic little pismires." These are far from the only times that Abbey violates his personal philosophy of reverence for all living creatures.

It's clear that Edward Abbey came to Arches National Monument already dissatisfied with the outside world, and with some authority issues to boot (some quick googling on his background shows two demotions as a military police officer for clashing with higher-ups). The freedom of the desert, its simplicity and balance, is a significant part of what makes it appeal to him. But its harshness, the hostility of its sandstorms and lurking rattlesnakes, draws him in just as much.

Edward Abbey is not an ecofascist. If anything, his ill-defined political beliefs can be vaguely defined as anarchistic, if they can be defined at all. Deleuze and Guattari write in A Thousand Plateaus that fascism is "a cancerous body rather than a totalitarian organism". It is fluid, mutable. Sometimes it lies latent, benign; at other times it rushes outward, colonizing piecemeal and erratically, in "flows capable of suffusing every kind of cell". Elements of Abbey, and of Desert Solitaire, contain such microfascisms.

Let's turn back to the linchpin of it all: the killing of the rabbit, which he sees as a joyous, cosmic act; one that links him into a (circular? pyramidal?) chain of being he was previously alienated from, in the atomized world of civilization. His joy is only augmented when he realizes he is not guilty for killing the rabbit. In per-modern hunting customs across the world, the taking of animal life is never free and unmediated. Thanks may be given to the spirit of the animal itself, or to the unseen powers that led the hunter to their quarry. Naturally, the sacrifice of an animal to a god was just that: for a god, not the human involved. What Abbey describes in the killing of the rabbit is something utterly different.

In Federico Finchelstein's Fascist Mythologies, Finchelstein says that in fascism, "consciousness was not a repression of inwardness (as Freud understood the workings of the Ego and the Id) but its actual distillation. [...] [Fascist consciousness] was not contemplative but similar to that of a sublime sensation of ecstasy."

The fascist subject is most "conscious" precisely when they loose themselves in the ecstatic abandon of the act. Such fascist consciousness is the foundation of the free, easy violence it facilitates.

When Abbey describes casting the stone at the rabbit, it is in a Meursault-like twilight of awareness. He sets up the encounter as a game, one in which he is a scientist experimenting on a rabbit that has been "volunteered" to him, and whose death is justifiable through its natural cowardice. He hardly realizes that the action he is carrying out, and when the rabbit dies he is shocked out of his reverie for a moment.

"For a moment I am shocked by my deed [...] but shock is succeeded by a mild elation."

For Abbey, primordial violence is what at last allows him union with the sacred world of the desert.

"No longer do I feel so isolated from the sparse and furtive life around me, a stranger from another world. I have entered into this one. We are kindred all of us [...] Long live diversity, long live the Earth!"

By carrying out this act of bare violence, Abbey frees himself from the civilized world and achieves union with the world of Nature, in which violence is a simple act: one that creates its own order rather than supporting existing ones. It is this union that, while the moment lasts, allows him to rejoice in his newfound "innocence and power".

That is where I will leave things for now. There are other, more overt themes that Abbey explores that are the chief reason Desert Solitaire appeals to many ecofascists, such as its characterizations of industrial society and "Progress". Abbey's later work, such as The Monkey Wrench Gang, set even more explicit examples of direct action and sabotage that inspired right-wing accelerationists as well as left-wing environmental activists. This is my first long-ish post; if you're interested in these kinds of posts on ecofascism and ecocriticism, let me know and I might make more in the future.

#Desert Solitaire #ecocriticism #ecofascism #books #Edward Abbey #fascism

[clubkira]

VACATION BIBLE SCHOOL PROFILES.

SPOTLIGHT: KUROO TETSUROU HATE CLUB.

internationally regional profiles.

vacation bible school m.list. // hq. masterlist.

MISC. — (y/n) has known kuroo since childhood and kenma since middle school, but met bokuto and akaashi in uni.

SPOTLIGHTING: (Y/N)

second year systems biology student. has a philosophy of never chasing after men and instead letting them come to her. never fucks unless there’s something in it for her. has a part time job at a cafe on campus. she shares an apartment with kenma that neighbours bokuto and akaashi’s. got into utokyo on a scholarship and is really serious about her studies despite her lax attitude. has a lot of acquaintances on campus who she hangs out with sometimes but not people who she considers ‘friends’. doesn’t like getting into relationships (the emotional stuff makes her feel icky) and is pretty closed off to people except close friends.

SPOTLIGHTING: KENMA KOZUME

second year programming student. has an “alter-ego” (as he likes to call it) of being the increasingly famous faceless streamer kodzuken. a lot of rumours float around campus that he and y/n are dating (it lowkey repulses them, but it’s fun to fool people). has a horrible sleep schedule and always looks like he needs an energy drink. goes to class like once a week but is still passing with ease. took programming because of video games but is considering becoming a professional streamer or indie developer instead of going into an industry job. writes absolutely scathing, career ending game reviews on steam in his free time.

SPOTLIGHTING: KEIJI AKAASHI

second year comparative literature and japanese literature student who actually needs an energy drink. rues the day he decided to be ambitious and do a double major. chronically stressed and bokuto never shuts up about it. is around 580k yen in debt so he takes his academics extremely seriously. sometimes called a prude because he gets snarky when sex is brought up. has lost around three pairs of glasses and still doesn’t know where any of them are. has a little side groupchat with kenma and y/n where they hold study sessions and do late night snack runs together. plays solitaire with kenma at two am and their games get a little too heated for what should be considered normal.

SPOTLIGHTING: KOUTAROU BOKUTO

third year sports science major who really shouldn’t be in university to begin with. considered going pro after highschool but thought the transition would be easier if he played in uni instead of making the huge jump immediately. doesn’t really know what he’s doing in his classes so it’s a miracle he’s still in the program and is banking on his future pro career so he can slack off on his studies. works out with kuroo who keeps trying to lure him into a pyramid scheme. on the utokyo volleyball team and still gets lost around campus despite being in his third year. a loveable guy all around who has absolutely zero enemies. what he lacks in academics he makes up for in emotional wisdom.

SPOTLIGHTING: TETSUROU KUROO

third year marketing major who debates if he should’ve just taken chemistry instead because it was easier. the only one of the group who lives off campus and commutes to school (he’s always simultaneously out of the loop and in it all at once because of this). is really well known because he loves networking and is the most socially active by choice. keeps trying to get kenma into stock trading (it’s working to some degree). works out regularly with bokuto. does really sketchy shit for connections and is probably in some kind of ponzi scheme. doesn’t really stress over school because he passes with minimal studying and likes to gloat about it to akaashi who wants to strangle him at times.

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#[ 𐚁 ] 𝒱𝒶𝒸𝒶𝓉𝒾𝑜𝓃 𝐵𝒾𝒷𝓁𝑒 𝒮𝒸𝒽𝑜𝑜𝓁 ꒱ྀི

[copperbadge]

Yeah not to play diagnostician but it doesn't have to be dyscalculia. I add and subtract numbers best on a number-line. The math tricks my grandma taught me for summing large lists? Don't work because I can't remember what came one second before - not because I couldn't do the calculation. My brain goes, welp, calculation over! What now! *toss!* Best way I learned sums was playing pyramids solitaire, which is all sums to 13.

Well, and it's all inter-related somehow, you know. They're starting to believe that despite the differences, there is a relationship between ADHD and Autism, and certainly with our imperfect taxonomy for mental health there's relationships we don't know about between various brain issues of various kinds.

I've actually really been enjoying the game Sumplete, despite the fact that it's all small-numbers addition. It feels like it gives my brain some exercise it doesn't normally get, and I feel good about the fact that I have about a 2/3 solve rate on the medium difficulty on a 7x7 grid. It's kind of making me feel -- not more confident, necessarily, because I still have to do the math on my fingers, but it's making more positive associations for me because when I do the math right I actually solve something, there's a sense of accomplishment there, but it doesn't come with a side-order of weird condescension like I always got from teachers and math games in school.

#sam has adhd #math

[retrogamingloft]

Solitaire City (Mac Version) - Pyramid Longplay - Rule: 1 I'll be honest, you can't win without a bit of luck, just too hard. That doesn't take away that it's absolutely rewarding, lol...

#retro gaming #retro gamer #retro games #video games #gaming #old school gaming #solitaire city #mac games #card games #solitaire #pyramid #back to the past #I want to go back #those were the days #good old days #love gaming #gaming life #vintage gaming #gamer guy #gaming community

[extended-play]

FREECELL MICROSOFT SOLITAIRE FUCKING SUCKS

Why did they even add it. at least like pyramid and tripeaks have something goin for them, tripeaks you gotta add the cards up to 13 thats math! I LOVE MATH! and tripeaks is like 6 on 7 to 6 to 5 to 4 to 3 to 2 to ace to king to ace until you run out of possible moves and draw a new card and start again! dont even get me started on spider solitaire i love that shit, best in the world. but WHAT THE HELL IS FREECELL!!! it only has 4 difficulty settings while the others have like 6.

You see every card at once (like tripeaks and pyramid) but it has the same foundation pile in the right hand corner like klondike which works the same EXCEPT YOU CANT TAKE THE CARD OUT LATER IF YOU NEED IT. like whoops i didnt realize 8 turns ago that i put that card in there and now i cant have it back when its crucial to me winning? WHAT THE SHIT! Why is it called freecell you might ask? Because there are 4 cells in the top that are empty that you can put cards in and get back if you want them

",you can only move sequential number of stack of cards if you have enough freecell spaces." so you are telling me that i can only move a stack of 4 cards at a time??? if thats what your saying then that makes this game honestly worse than i couldve imagined! but the best part about this is that anytime i play this stupi

something with FreeCell that lines up with spider is that if there is an open collum with no card anycard can go there, WHICH! i like. but if you chose to move one card to the foundation pile it will usally just take the rest of them with it even if you want the card!!

but the best part about this is that anytime i play this stupid game it is the most confusing game i have ever played and just feels like they tried to merge all of their good games into one horrible game. IT ALSO DOESNT EVEN TELL YOU YOUR BEST TIME. THIS GAME SUCKS

#rant #i hate freecell solitaire #i have other opinions but we can talk about those if anyone asks #extended-rambles

[surrealisticduvet]

(guy who has basically only been watching m*a*s*h and playing online solitaire for the past three weeks voice) hey has anyone noticed how BJ usually plays regular solitaire but lately [season 9] he has been playing "pyramid" which is the one where you always match two cards up together? do you think this is a metaphor for contemplating and or missing the "two" to his "jack" so to speak [=Peg]? does hawkeye play as a "king" jumping off on his own or will he come into play in some other form? ohh just me then?

#my screen time has been really good lately if you ignore the solitaire stats. 🙂

[perplexed-penguin]

#solitaire #I just have some feelings #I’ve been playing a lot recently and I have some opinions #card games

[12-gauge-rage]

A list of every title Microsoft now owns:

Activision/Blizzard

3D Ultra Pinball

Call of Duty

Call to Power

Crash Bandicoot

Dark Reign

Diablo

Extreme PaintBrawl

Front Page Sports Baseball

Gabriel Knight

Geometry Wars

Guitar Hero

Gun

Hearthstone

Heavy Gear

Heretic

Heroes of the Storm

Hexen

Interstate ‘76

King’s Quest

Laura Bow Mystery Series

Lost Vikings, The

Matt Hoffman’s Pro BMX

Overwatch

Phantasmagoria

Pitfall

Police Quest

Prototype

Quest for Glory

SWAT

Singularity

Skylanders

Soldier of Fortune

Space Quest

Spyro

StarCraft

Tenchu (only the games released before Activision sold the rights to From Software in 2004)

Tony Hawk’s Pro Skater

True Crime

Ultimate Soccer Manager

Warcraft

World of Warcraft

Zork

King

AlphaBetty Saga

Blossom Blast Saga

Bubble Saga

Bubble Witch Saga

Candy Crush Saga

Diamond Digger Saga

Farm Heroes Saga

Hoop de Loop Saga

Papa Pear Saga

Paradise Bay

Pepper Panic Saga

Pet Rescue Saga

Pyramid Solitaire Saga

Rebel Riders

Scrubby Dubby Saga

Shuffle Cats

Bethesda / Zenimax

Commander Kee

Deathloo

Dishonore

Doom

Elder Scrolls (Oblivion/Skyrim)

Fallout

Hi-Fi Rush

Prey

Quake

Rage

Redfall

Starfield

The Evil Within

Wolfenstein

Xbox / Microsoft

Age of Empires

Age of Mythology

Banjo-Kazooie

Bard’s Tale, The

Battletoads

Blinx: The Time Sweeper

Blue Dragon

Conker

Costume Quest

Crackdown

Crimson Skies

Fable

Forza

Gears of War

Halo

Rise of Nations

Killer Instinct

Sabreman

Project Gotham Racing

Microsoft Flight Simulator

Kinect Sports

State of Decay

Midtown Madness

Wasteland

Minecraft

Perfect Dark

Pillars of Eternity

Psychonauts

R.C. Pro-Am

Thunder (Hydro Thunder, Arctic Thunder, etc.)

Viva Pinata

Zoo Tycoon

#microsoft #activision #bethesda #blizzard #video games

[lolo-workshop-of-madness]

ITS DONE!

Time to play some solitaire

(Pyramid)

#art #drawing #my art #traditional art #cards #making stuff #diy #makeshift #art is fun #aaaaaaaaaa