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[–] stray@pawb.social 1 points 12 hours ago

There's no detriment to either players or developers if people do a single playthrough on their own and then watch others' storyline choices after.

I only played through Life is Strange once, but I wouldn't have bought it in the first place if I didn't feel I would have meaningful interaction with the story. Story-focused games with only a single narrative thread are much more likely to get the YouTube treatment from me.

[–] stray@pawb.social 0 points 14 hours ago

I think it's like how everyone hated Biden/Harris, but there was a common sentiment to vote for them anyway because they're better than the alternative.

[–] stray@pawb.social 8 points 14 hours ago

I wonder how her studies are going.

[–] stray@pawb.social 2 points 1 day ago

I took that other post as a riff on the kinds of people who put unrealistic and shallow demands on an idealized partner while offering little to nothing in the way of good partnership material themselves.

[–] stray@pawb.social 2 points 1 day ago (1 children)

I have a kettle with a temperature setting that solved this problem for me. It can also maintain the temperature electronically, but I've usually give through a liter before it has a chance to cool much.

[–] stray@pawb.social 16 points 1 day ago* (last edited 1 day ago)

Tea will taste different depending on what temperature water it's brewed in, but I can't think of any reason the water itself would be different.

e: The material of the vessel would matter. Perhaps you like the taste imbued by your kettle, which would be lacking if you heated the water directly in a mug.

[–] stray@pawb.social 2 points 1 day ago

Use one of those mixing bowls that has a spout.

[–] stray@pawb.social 8 points 2 days ago (4 children)

Coincidentally, this is the latest drama on my WoW server:

[–] stray@pawb.social 5 points 2 days ago (2 children)

The new administration has also introduced Christian prayer at the start of its meetings, with a Reform councillor, the group whip Dan Price, saying the UK was a “Christian country”.

Cool.

[–] stray@pawb.social 2 points 2 days ago (1 children)

I believe they were engaging in irony, accusing Dr. King of having been a violent thug when he should have protested peacefully like Dr. King, to highlight the necessity of directed violence and the flawed thinking of complete pacifism. I believe they simply worded themselves in a way that was lost on many readers.

[–] stray@pawb.social 4 points 3 days ago

It wouldn't work that way. Individual Pokemon are made up of many stat values that make them much more unique than gacha characters and skins. My Espeon from Gale of Darkness can't be replaced with another Espeon.

 

Self-Made Boys is a reimagining of the Great Gatsby by queer and mixed-raced author Anna-Marie McLemore. It has mystery, love geometry, good humor, and great pacing.

It touched on some pretty heavy topics, but always managed to make me feel really good about myself rather than depressed or triggered. The author made me feel connected to a wider community through the characters' connections with each other, and the supportive ways injustices and traumas were addressed.

Five stars.

 
 

This is going to contain spoilers through season 1 episode 10.

My tastes in media have become somewhat more demanding as I've gotten older. I used to enjoy pretty much anything with a fun adventure, but now I need my entertainment to also be educational or growth-provoking in some way.

I mostly enjoyed episodes 1-7 because even though it was a cute slice of life, it was coming at it from a more unique angle of how we form and value relationships and I felt that it was emotionally meaningful.

But then by episodes 9 and 10 suddenly all these villains have really specific quirks, and the combat is drawn-out as characters over-exposit every detail of what's going on. They even tell you what's going to happen with the fight well before it ever occurs, and then they still drag out the result for some reason. It was very disappointing and I'm concerned this is just going to be the state of things from now on.

I got kind of excited about the way Frieren was talking about demons because her beef with them sounds a lot like what a pig or chicken would think of humans, and I got almost a racist vibe, but my partner's reaction made it seem like we're not going to get introspective about our biases and hipocrisy, and he suggested we move on to something else. (He's read the comic and wanted to watch the show together.)

Thoughts? I'd like to think the story is going somewhere, but it won't be good for our relationship if it just ends up with me complaining the whole time.

 

One time on IRC the topic of what Boxing Day even is came up, and this guy said in seriousness that it's to memorialize the Boxer Rebellion, and we had a big fight about it. He backed up his claim by pointing out that the horse from Animal Farm was an allegory for said uprising, so he wasn't just making things up.

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