Weird that it’d be random when they could just ask every user. Would give a more accurate breakdown on certain categories.

How do I take the survey? I never seem to get the popup.

I think they were joking with the Kia. They’ve implied that the Tesla is so bad, even a Kia is better.

Same in Hungarian, narancs.

When I did this quitting thing from MMOs and FOMO inducing gachas that you describe, I suddenly

• got a non-dead-end job
• got a girlfriend
• got a promotion
• travelled around Europe
• girlfriend died
• travelled around Europe some more
• got another girlfriend
• ended up in Canada
• got married
• got kids
• stuck in dead-end job again without promotion for the past five years

I still think it was worth it to quit though. My mind just gets stimuli from the seemingly simplest things, like looking at a beautiful tree on the roadside, brutalist architecture, interesting conversations that I focus on instead of my mind wandering onto the next mount or raid boss I will have to tackle.

And when it comes to gaming, if I want to satisfy my itch for twitch and a bit of adrenaline, roguelites scratch it the best, without the long term commitment to playing them for days or even hours.

But what works best to keep sanity is exercise, and with riding a road bike at least twice a day I can combine elevated heart rate with zoning out and Zen for stress relief really well. It’s simply meditative.

I think of the twelve years I’ve spent playing MMOs fondly, lots of memories were made. But I would never do it again. And it has nothing to do with self-control, and willpower to not start it again, although quitting cold turkey definitely required both. But it had everything to do with the realization that it’s a trap that’s a poor substitute for real life, even if real life has dealt you shitty cards.

I can spot the hazy, reality-disconnected look of addicts from a mile away. The self-deluding statements when the topic somehow gets brought up. And I can do nothing but feel a bit sad for them, and hope that somewhere, someone manages to gently nudge them on a path that helps them escape from this trap.

*tod

And you are mid twenties now?

Probably shit, like most mammals.

Edit: I looked it up, and they can maintain 29-40km/h charge for about 150m.

You don’t need a lawyer in small claims. Can also go with a paralegal or just represent yourself.

But that’s not why the small claims is backlogged anyway. I have actually no idea why it’s backlogged. I’ve been a defendant in a small claims court case since 2021 and nothing has progressed except for an arbitration hearing in 2022.

Edit: 2020s, not early 2000s. Fuck, it hasn’t been twenty years yet.

Wizardry 7 comes to my mind. My party has been resting for days, trying to recover hp and sp from the last random encounter. And now as I’m jumped and half obliterated again because not everyone in the party woke up immediately to being attacked, it’s time to rest for another week.

Modern textile.

Since about 2023 July.

Schau mal wo wir hier sind. Genieße die ml runterwählis, Genosse.

Yeah, that one. Too bad about it.

I’m not sure I mind that. The last one was pretty good. Not sure about the spinoff as I stopped watching it after two eps maybe.

Naw. I’m just stretching the thought.

Thought process was not FOSS = not communal = capitalism.

Until you mention that you don’t mind select proprietary packages or drivers.

I usually don’t like sharing 2D games because they’re hard to make look presentable, but i also like sharing images that break out of my usual “Here’s a Landscape shot” and wanted to share this.

I’ve been following your posts daily, and this is probably the most interesting one yet.

And Pillangó in Hungarian. I love both words.