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140 pointsnkanaev3y ago31 comments

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dang3y ago

Related (and quite a bit better, too - you guys need to post more substantive comments!)

Snakisms - https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=13804522 - March 2017 (140 comments)

For the views which state “swipes control snake”, is it part of the gag that by and large swipes do nothing? Or is that because I was too hasty loading nihilism?

dgoldstein03y ago

For me the swipe controls only work some of the time. Might be dropping some inputs

JoshCole3y ago

It must be really hard to play when you can't swipe. I suggest playing determinism; it should completely eradicate your control issues.

eyelidlessness3y ago

After clicking nihilism, determinism was my next stop for sure. I didn’t have any expectations that weren’t met!

cwillu3y ago

Try dualism if you want to experiment with mind control

lrpe3y ago

Took me way too long to realize that you can't die in stoicist snake.

fardo3y ago

You can instead enjoy the horror of creating a situation in which despite not losing, there is no valid direction of motion, so your immortal snake is forever trapped in a prison of its own making.

kelseyfrog3y ago

The true winning state is to understand that it's up to you to decide whether to feel neither horror nor comfort in that realization.

lobstrosity4203y ago

I have no idea if the people ITT complaining about the mailto link are in on the joke or not but I lol'd.

cbanek3y ago

TFW you read this as snackisms and was confused for like, a full minute.

Then you realize it's snake-isms, and finally get the joke and laugh for a full minute. What a day. Love this.

idk13y ago

Narcissism my favourite, I won't spoil it because it's a delight to find out, that was just fantastic, the whole this was brilliant.

smitty1e3y ago

Worst python article ever.

eliasffyksen3y ago

Nice to see I'm not the only one obsessed with Snake. This goes directly in my bookmarks :P

jb19913y ago

It was interesting until it auto-opened a mail window somehow without me pressing on anything obviously, and the email had a subject of "I love your work!" to the developer. Man, do I not like that sort of site behavior.

blendergeek3y ago

This is the "narcissism" snake. That is expected behavior.

GRBLDeveloped3y ago

Anyone able to beat my 10K on casualism?

lobstrosity4203y ago

I can do it in optimism :)

camtarn3y ago

Very much amused by Nihilism.

sAbakumoff3y ago

I wish it had the "Buddhism" mode.

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__MatrixMan__3y ago

Narcissism is my favorite. I lol'd.

eurasiantiger3y ago

On iOS this suddenly wanted to open a page in Mail. You have been warned.

cwillu3y ago

Joke explainer:

Narcissism mode attempts to send an email to the author when you score a point: “https://mail.google.com/mail/u/0/?fs=1&tf=cm&source=mailto&s...

   Subject: I+love+your+work
   to: pippin.barr@gmail.com
   body: I+wanted+to+take+a+couple+of+minutes+to+write+you+an+email+about+how+much+I+respect+and+appreciate+your+work...

eurasiantiger3y ago

Right. Joke.

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viridian3y ago

Wait, are you Eurasiantiger from reddit?

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31 comments

dang3y ago

Related (and quite a bit better, too - you guys need to post more substantive comments!)

Snakisms - https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=13804522 - March 2017 (140 comments)

eyelidlessness3y ago

For the views which state “swipes control snake”, is it part of the gag that by and large swipes do nothing? Or is that because I was too hasty loading nihilism?

dgoldstein03y ago

For me the swipe controls only work some of the time. Might be dropping some inputs

JoshCole3y ago

It must be really hard to play when you can't swipe. I suggest playing determinism; it should completely eradicate your control issues.

eyelidlessness3y ago

After clicking nihilism, determinism was my next stop for sure. I didn’t have any expectations that weren’t met!

cwillu3y ago

Try dualism if you want to experiment with mind control

lrpe3y ago

Took me way too long to realize that you can't die in stoicist snake.

fardo3y ago

You can instead enjoy the horror of creating a situation in which despite not losing, there is no valid direction of motion, so your immortal snake is forever trapped in a prison of its own making.

kelseyfrog3y ago

The true winning state is to understand that it's up to you to decide whether to feel neither horror nor comfort in that realization.

lobstrosity4203y ago

I have no idea if the people ITT complaining about the mailto link are in on the joke or not but I lol'd.

cbanek3y ago

TFW you read this as snackisms and was confused for like, a full minute.

Then you realize it's snake-isms, and finally get the joke and laugh for a full minute. What a day. Love this.

idk13y ago

Narcissism my favourite, I won't spoil it because it's a delight to find out, that was just fantastic, the whole this was brilliant.

smitty1e3y ago

Worst python article ever.

eliasffyksen3y ago

Nice to see I'm not the only one obsessed with Snake. This goes directly in my bookmarks :P

jb19913y ago

blendergeek3y ago

This is the "narcissism" snake. That is expected behavior.

GRBLDeveloped3y ago

Anyone able to beat my 10K on casualism?

lobstrosity4203y ago

I can do it in optimism :)

camtarn3y ago

Very much amused by Nihilism.

sAbakumoff3y ago

I wish it had the "Buddhism" mode.

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__MatrixMan__3y ago

Narcissism is my favorite. I lol'd.

eurasiantiger3y ago

On iOS this suddenly wanted to open a page in Mail. You have been warned.

cwillu3y ago

Joke explainer:

Narcissism mode attempts to send an email to the author when you score a point: “https://mail.google.com/mail/u/0/?fs=1&tf=cm&source=mailto&s...

   Subject: I+love+your+work
   to: pippin.barr@gmail.com
   body: I+wanted+to+take+a+couple+of+minutes+to+write+you+an+email+about+how+much+I+respect+and+appreciate+your+work...

eurasiantiger3y ago

Right. Joke.

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viridian3y ago

Wait, are you Eurasiantiger from reddit?

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