On the subject of existing asset use.. I played yonder: the cloud catcher chronicles, and I am fairly certain the sound for rain in that game is actually the sound of something gently sizzling in a pan.
It’s super close, but -just- wrong enough for me to notice. And then be mildly bothered by it for the next 40 hours of playtime.
Ungh we have a similar thing around me for a used car company.. just absolutely obnoxious commercials (that run way too fucking often) made very very poorly by the people who own the company and have an absolute gob of money.. like they could hire better (and likely pay a lot to stage that shit to look low budget) and choose not to, because stupid people fall for the “Joe Everyman” bullshit they pull.
I had to get two cats spayed last year.. My previous vet, who I hadn’t seen since early Covid days, wanted 2 appointments ($120/visit) before they would schedule the surgery ($800), so basically it would have cost me $1,100 per cat to get them both fixed. So $2,200. lol what???
Got in with my friends vet out in the country, about 45 min drive away.. $150 each, which included the first appointment. So $300.
Sooooooo back in 2008 when I lived in Houston, we got a solid inch of snow.. and the year before that when I was in California, it froze so bad the pipes burst…
I used to joke I brought the Midwest with me but it turns out it was just climate change :(
I spent 172 hours retrying the final boss fight on ff8. I mistakenly saved just before the end boss with 2 phoenix downs, a handful or potions and ethers, and not much else. It took weeks to beat her alone.
I learned many things in those multiple weeks of doing basically the same thing over and over again, with minor tweaks to strategy.. the first of which is always maintain a second save at least 3 hours prior to the current save. The second thing was never have an empty inventory even if you legit never bother using any of it. Don’t sell anything until you hit max stax.
And finally I learned that sometimes trying the same exact thing for the 20th time actually does work for reasons. And that was on like ps1 framework. A lot more stuff is a lot more random now.
Air fryers are nothing but small convection ovens with fancy pre-sets. I’m a bit mystified that people think you can’t use them for anything other than greasy breaded foods.
My air fryer has a thermometer probe attachment and came with roast pans because it’s made to do everything, including whole chickens, roasts, or steak. (It’s roughly the size of a microwave)
Yeah, with this I’m rethinking launching an educational video channel, and will probably end up just sharing my info via blog (are blogs even still a thing?)
Which is disappointing, honestly, because the info lends itself to a video medium, but.. meh. My safety is a lot more important than sharing info.
I feel for anyone out there who already has easy-to-locate pics out there.. and I hope the people in their lives tell them about this so they can do what makes them comfortable.
Haha well I guess at least you get an excuse for something you (hopefully) enjoy.
No disability is fun, and for what it’s worth I’m sorry that it’s a thing you have to find a way to manage. I imagine it’s rough. I have my own disabilities that.. we get by, eh?
Thanks for answering my questions though, I’ve not met anyone in that position, but it will absolutely factor into how I interact with people in the future, so thank you for being open :)
Same tbh. But we do have some normies who stumbled in by chance, and I’m sure there are people who see these small communities as a ripe exploitation vector (during the Reddit exodus everyone was super concerned with how to monetize shit, for example)
But yeah for the most part nobody really wants that.
But really tho, people with high iron are good for blood donation because a lot of people are low and they more readily pass the screening tests for donation.
I’m a fan of pineapple, red onion, and black olive. The black olives provide the salty kick you’d get from the meats.
It sounds weird, but it’s an absolute win.