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I know staying up past bedtime is illegal but I did it once to check and fortnite was in fact off πŸ˜”

Truly terrible news

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[–] [email protected] 3 points 31 minutes ago

Yep, that's what I heard. They also do overnight backups so it needs downtime, kind of like people.

[–] [email protected] 25 points 3 hours ago (2 children)

Easiest way to do this: Turn the modem off after bed time (you will also lose internet)

Most expensive but still easy way to do this: Buy a "smart router" with time-based parental controls (lets you use the internet at night).

Nerd way to do this: Pihole with a script that enables and disables certain blocklists at certain times (free and open source, because fuck "smart" products)

[–] sudoku 13 points 3 hours ago (1 children)

Cheaper alternative: flash existing router with DD-WRT or OpenWRT and access advanced features for free.

[–] [email protected] 6 points 3 hours ago

And possibly get a damn nice router for not much money.

Sent via my Xiaomi AX6S

[–] [email protected] 2 points 3 hours ago

Just a good ole lag switch

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[–] [email protected] 10 points 4 hours ago (1 children)

This is why we trust but verify. Thanks mom for teaching me that cruel lesson of unplugging the phone cord to get me to bed (dial up days). It lasted about a week before I caught on you always came up from the basement before bed.

I'm so glad you never noticed I swapped my line with the guest bedroom. Also glad that ancient block in the basement could be hand wired.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 3 hours ago

You need enough sleep.

[–] [email protected] 19 points 7 hours ago

This reminds me when my mom told my dad Netflix didn't serve their area because she didn't want another bill.

He told me that and I was like "Well..." and my mom just yelled from the other room "I JUST CALLED THEY'RE TRYING FOR NEXT YEAR." so I shut up.

[–] [email protected] 89 points 13 hours ago (3 children)

I love that part of the internet.

Kinda like "guy code"

"Was said he was with you last night"

"Yep, all night. Cleaned the spark plugs in my car and drained the blinker fluid. Couldn't have done it without him "

But instead it's "parent code"

"Yeah fortnight is closed. They close it so everyone can get a good night's sleep and be ready for the morning!"

I was going to tell a personal story about telling my son McDonald's was closed when I was broke or in a hurry but it reminded me of another cute store.

My son broke his arm in a McDonald's once. Hyper extended his elbow. Got a couple pins.

Anyway a year or so later they completely remodeled that McDonald's.

We drove by the demolished building during the remodel and my son shouted "that's what you get for breaking my arm! Who's broken now!"

Adorable vengeance served adorably cold.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 56 minutes ago

How did you explain how McDobalds knows when you're broke or in a hurry?

[–] [email protected] 11 points 9 hours ago (1 children)

Your son has ice in his veins. I'm very impressed.

[–] [email protected] 8 points 7 hours ago

One day he will rule, I hope he lets us live.

[–] [email protected] 4 points 8 hours ago (2 children)

Just FYI that cleaning spark plugs is actually a thing. Not common but sometimes they can get 'fouled' from things like oil or incorrect air/fuel mixtures.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 3 hours ago

Depending on the engine and whether or not you use double iridium-platinum triple splitfire plugs, once you go through all the work of taking them out, no sense in putting the same ones back in.

[–] [email protected] 8 points 7 hours ago

Sure wink and oddly enough spark plug cleaner smells a lot like perfume wink

I got you bro.

[–] [email protected] 59 points 12 hours ago* (last edited 12 hours ago) (1 children)

Oh man, if my kids start fact-checking I’ll have a lot of explaining to do.

[–] [email protected] 14 points 8 hours ago (1 children)

Found J.D. Vance's account

[–] [email protected] 6 points 8 hours ago (2 children)

I don’t know who that is, but somehow I know if I did know, I wouldn’t like this

[–] [email protected] 22 points 8 hours ago (1 children)

I envy your world, free of American politics.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 4 hours ago

Yes, basking in blissful ignorance

[–] [email protected] 0 points 7 hours ago (1 children)

Well, soon we'll know whether you'll have to find out.

[–] generaldenmark 2 points 3 hours ago (1 children)

I don’t think the entire world is required to know about American politics.. only the western counties suffers from American influence

[–] [email protected] 2 points 2 hours ago

Boy do I have bad news for you ...

[–] [email protected] 85 points 14 hours ago (1 children)

Presumably they shut if off for 14 days, hence the name.

[–] [email protected] 35 points 14 hours ago

Thats gotta be it

[–] [email protected] 30 points 15 hours ago (2 children)

Problem is that it's regional. So even of you watch a big streamer, they are before 9pm so the game still works.

[–] [email protected] 4 points 3 hours ago

actually if a streamer is every streaming fortnite past 9pm, they've secretly prerecorded the stream as an alibi

[–] [email protected] 10 points 13 hours ago (1 children)

All big streamers are time travelers. They stream from the times when the game works so that people who were too late to play can still watch

[–] [email protected] 7 points 12 hours ago (1 children)

they login through 7 proxies to be time lords. hence origin of time cube you can't deny the logic.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 9 hours ago

Till You KNOW 4 Simultaneous Days Rotate In Same 24 Hours Of Earth You Don't Deserve To Live On Earth

[–] [email protected] 8 points 13 hours ago

It's right there in the name, it shuts off for the night.