Happy pride my friends!
Shaleesh
joined 4 years ago
I went into SIGNALIS totally blind and expected it to turn out to be queerbaiting. That scene after the false ending literally made my jaw drop. Agreed on the anticommunist slant, but atleast its not totally obnoxious and mostly says "people shouldn't be brutalized by the systems they inhabit" so I elected to reinterpret it as anticapitalist lol.
One little bit about SYNTHETIK: either game is a blast and SYNTHETIK 2 is finally in a state where it is as fleshed out, if not more so than its predecessor. S1 is remarkably lightweight and runs beautifully however S2 has some issues with Proton and I have to periodically restart the program to prevent it from crashing my whole-ass system (Linux Mint). SYNTHETIK 1 has a freeware version called SYNTHETIK: Arena which will let you check out the mechanics to see if you like them, Arena also supports CO-OP play much like the base game! (I really like SYNTHETIK c: )
SIGNALIS and SYNTHETIK/SYNTHETIK 2
Theres just something about isometric retrofuturist german games that have titles stylized with all caps y'know?
- Sargon of Akkad (the youtuber)
- Bashar Al-Assad
- Dr Glaucomflecken (some TikTok guy, hes here so Bashar has someone to talk about ophthalmology with)
- Sargon of Akkad (the real one from 4,000 years ago, neither Sargon knows the other is coming)
- Ben Shapiro as the alternate in case any of the others can't show up, hes cute, he would be fun to tease
This guy has something good going on here, if they grilled the dog, added some swiss, and then grilled/toasted/panini-ed the whole thing it would be killer.
A long while back I volunteered for this local warplane museum where I met this old USAAF veteran who was in logistics during the war. I talked about how he would do ferry flights that took aircraft across the atlantic, he spoke very highly of the P-61 and said it was his favorite, IIRC he enjoyed the robustness and stability of the type. He would later participate in the berlin airlift which is how he met his wife, she was a nice lady and also volunteered for the museum.
Bringing back quaaludes would fix this
Hoping I'm not to late to the party but praises for the humble electric kettle have not been sung here and that must be rectified.
A cheap electric kettle will last you for years and might become the most used appliance in your kitchen, depending on your preferences and habits. In terms of time and energy it is vastly more efficient to boil water in one of these than on a stovetop. It'll be safer (and more ergonomic) than using a microwave to boil water in an open top container such as a cup or bowl. For physics reasons, microwaving distilled water can cause it to "explode" once disturbed and kettles avoid that problem entirely.
Most people associate kettles with hot drinks and "just add water" prepared foods but any recipe that calls for boiling water can be jumpstarted by using one of these first and then transferring the water into whatever vessel you're cooking in. Beyond cooking, having quick access to hot water can be useful for things like making mop water, my apartment building has a less than stellar water heater so that may or may not be relevant to you.
Maintenance is pretty simple, keep it empty and unplug it when its not in use. Every once in a while you should descale (delime?) it by filling it up with a 1:1 mix of white vinegar and water, let it sit for a couple hours, boil it, pour it out and rinse, depending on how hard your water is you'll only have to do that once every 3-6 months, it makes a huge difference in time to boil.
Lastly, there's a lot of these nonsense all-glass ones that seem trendy right now and I would not trust normal glass to stand up to repeated heat stress like that. You should look for one that has a capacity of 1.5 to 2 liters, they're pretty resistant to wear so secondhand will be just as good as brand new. A lot of the "vintage" ones from the middle of last century are well-built and pretty cute to boot, but whether its new or second hand you're looking at the equivalent of 20-30 USD for one of these, anything more is just a ripoff.
I love my kettle :)