I thought you were exaggerating, but after checking it out, it really does feel like a mid-late 00's website, and goddamn do I fucking miss it. Everything online these days is flat, overly-simplified, absolutely corporate and sanitized to fuck and back. I feel like, on an atomic level, I'm closer to a frown than a neutral expression when browsing most of the internet these days.
Also Subnautica itself fucking rules, good to see their website has just as much effort put into it.
Kidney stones are second only to biliary colic for me. I've never fucking felt pain like it, and I've got a very high pain tolerance. I had an attack come on that was so bad, I passed out twice between bouts of writhing around on the floor like a worm, unable to even speak.
An emergency run to the hospital, 4 shots of fentanyl, and an ultrasound later, and it turns out my gallbladder was set to explode. Also turns out it'd been fucking rotting inside me for years, and a previous hospital stay failed to mention it in 2019 despite them knowing about it.
So FUCKING glad that's over now. Towards the end, merely drinking water would set off an attack.
They really need to rename it something that actually sounds as serious as it is, like ExecutiveDysfunctionDisorder (EDD) or some shit. My entire life was being played on Legendary difficulty due to no diagnosis until I was in my late fucking 20's, and I was finally given medication and an understanding of all the ways my own shithouse brain has been holding me back.
I'm now slowly catching up on life. It fucking sucks.
Agreed. It actually terrifies me, because the implications are huge on a cultural level with regards to feelings of autonomy, ability to ascertain when rules or social conditionings are inherently detrimental and should be ignored (or outright fought against), not to mention the erosion of critical thinking, the rampant dopamine regulation issues that'll follow the youngest members of society potentially for life, etc.
I am EXTREMELY worried for the young gen Z/gen Alpha cohort, as this kind of thing already seems so deeply-ingrained in their attitudes and acceptance of, quite frankly, bullshit corporate-driven cleanspeak, that I'm certain future governments are just rubbing their hands together waiting for an era where passing oppressive speech restrictions and destructive online privacy policies will be a certainty, assuming that by voting age, the youngest among us don't realize what they're unknowingly being influenced by and push back against it.
I know this post comes off as alarmist, but people have to realize that massive cultural shifts take place after, what at the time seem to be unimportant social attitudes or opinions, begin to take hold of a generation... and I'm personally very, very worried.
Depends on the Ford. imo Ford Australia's final two Falcon models were unkillable, and contained an engine everyone's now wanting to get their hands on due to its bulletproof construction and potential for huge, cheap power.
Source; I've owned an FG Falcon from new which now has over 450,000km on it and never once had any issues (also thousands of taxi drivers over 15 years can't be wrong.)
As someone who lives in country Australia, it's quite common here too. A popular pastime among the young guys out here is to jump into their ute, load up their guns, and go down the highway shooting every street sign they see. I usually hear it every Friday and Saturday night.
I thought you were exaggerating, but after checking it out, it really does feel like a mid-late 00's website, and goddamn do I fucking miss it. Everything online these days is flat, overly-simplified, absolutely corporate and sanitized to fuck and back. I feel like, on an atomic level, I'm closer to a frown than a neutral expression when browsing most of the internet these days.
Also Subnautica itself fucking rules, good to see their website has just as much effort put into it.