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Thank you for helping me understand what it's like to come at these games with weakness in my mind and piss running through my veins. Now excuse me, it's time to play Noita (I cannot sleep until I've been humiliated by weak enemies).
It's been somewhat traumatic. I had to take things back to where they began two generations ago, return to the roots that once were, though they're new to me. I'm grateful that you and I could commiserate, at least. It's validating to speak to others who felt the same.
Nah fuck all that. The working class needs solidarity forever. Solidarity, forever. Literally the whole rest of human society is against us and they've been winning the whole time, but we're bigger. The only thing they really fear is working class solidarity.
I left three years ago. I saw all this coming, though I still do the voting bit. Sorry it's come to this.
You mistake me: I think it's so bad people should leave if they can, or revolt en masse. I just also like talking about history.
I try. This kid is a force of nature though. You're all fucked when he's grown, no joke
If we're talking about American politics in our lifetime, yeah this is tops. But it's not history's craziest politics by a long shot
"And for the jury, please state what the signs actually said?"
And every conservative said "damn, our guy fucks"
It should be enough to know that Russia prefers the current situation. I'd happily ditch the pound on that basis - it's not exactly as if sir Isaac has been running the mint lately.
Since the sanctions are helping, we should oblige Mr Putin and strengthen them
Utterly insane take from him. Based on the strength of a single referendum that was likely influenced by a foreign power and carried out by some of the most determinedly incompetent leaders we've seen in a generation, we are to lose free trade, influence abroad, freedom to roam, consumer protections, and countless other benefits, to continue for the lifetime of an as yet unelected PM who has purged his party of anyone to the left of Barack Obama.
Thanks! It was more work than it should have been as I'm still learning the software, but I got ambitious. It's far from finished, but I'm delighted to have another creative outlet.
Brimladum, the city at Speed's Folly
Having great fun trying to depict my setting (link) in Flowscape.
In order to create the dramatic geography of this city, the cliff faces are actually 3D mountain assets rotated and transformed. As I get more familiar with the software I'm excited to see what else I can do.
Hopefully I get faster, as this setting has over 50 towns and cities...
Quesabirria de res, with compound butter
I made quesabirria de res and proveletta cheese with consomme. My little innovation is that I gave it a pat of cilantro garlic compound butter with flake salt on top. I'm gonna die happy. These are the best tacos I've ever made. They taste better than being thin, god help me.
Broken Septagram [doodle]
A normal septagram continues in an unbroken loop, and is used by some to ward off evil as "god's favorite number". This broken septagram represents a failed attempt to resist evil. We can see pentagrams within from multiple angles, askew, but always frustrating the eye. We cannot ever fully defeat evil, nor attain divinity.
[discussion] This is what walkability means for me
Living in a walkable city means my weekly shop is a few hours of walking or biking instead of being stuck in traffic, and I'm only mildly tired afterwards since I use a bike with pretty large pannier bags. Since I have no car related costs I can afford more fresh food, a healthier diet, and I can afford to be more choosy about the ethics of what I buy. There's a twice weekly farmers market about a ten minute walk away, and quiet walks through parks to get to the shops. Living somewhere with car centric infrastructure, as I used to, this lifestyle was far less feasible.
Have your experiences been different with moving to walkable/bikeable cities? Any questions or points to be made? I'm not very up on the theory side of city planning, but my experiences line up with the whole "fuck cars" thing.
Reasons never to worry about your setting being too strange
https://www.animalsaroundtheglobe.com/orcas-wearing-salmon-hats-3-90288/
Orcas wore dead fish as hats, and this was a fad among adolescents
I love this album, it's a quirky, twee little bop. Not my vibe at all under normal circumstances, but it speaks to the malnourished side of my soul that just wants to play Earthbound, laugh like a kid, and throw popcorn at the TV.
Impromptu English muffins (first try!)
200g flour
5g baking powder
Pinch of salt
30g oil
125g milk
Truly idiot proof. You just mix and roll out, cut with a glass cup, and cook in a pan. One came out undercooked, just split in half and toast right in the pan, it was actually the best one of the lot
Highland Samoas
These are basically samoas (the Girl Scout cookie) built on top of full sized Scottish shortbreads, laden with caramel, toasted coconut, and dipped in chocolate. Normal samoas are designed so you can eat the whole box before you hate yourself. These accomplish that aim with just one.
Suddenly having a hell of a time using my DS4 controllers on PC
I'm used to it being kind of simple - I'd configure DS4Windows, install hidhide etc, and connect via bluetooth. Now, no matter what I do, no game wants to read inputs from any controller I set up. Feeling defeated after a couple hours of poking around. Not looking for anyone to spoonfeed me a solution unless you've had the same issue and solved it, just grumbling.
Teapot replacement lid appreciation
This is my teapot. It's about 1.5L and has a forward handle for the wrist crushing weight of it. It's a monster, made in America. Sadly I dropped the lid a year ago, and have been using a bowl to cover it, which clatters and makes a hell of a noise from the steam.
Is there a better way? Anywhere that sells lids? Failing that, share your ersatz teapot lids.
Some Turkish city names translated directly into English
Compared with human history, I sometimes think my own setting isn't badly written enough to be realistic.