I’m 1800 hours deep and overall across the 10 years or so I’ve played I’ve spent about 200 dollars total because there were some pretty cool cosmetic packs. Not gonna harp on and repeat what others have said because they pretty much summed it up, but my only addition is the reason I’m fully ok with it is because of the type of game it is.

Warframe is not competitive, in any way, shape or form really. Conclave exists but we don’t talk about that becuase it sucks. The rest of the entire game is entirely cooperative and designed to be enjoyed with people helping you and vice versa. It’s among the few games you can ask in chat and someone will most likely almost always be willing to help you out with a mission, or even sometimes just GIVING you premium items or currency. Nothing you pay for really gives you an edge OVER other players, it only helps you help more. And the few whales that DO dump money in, really only helps the in game economy.

And then you reload a save just to find out what was down the left path…

Only to find an empty hallway.

So that women will buy overpriced bags called purses instead of being able to just carry things in their clothes

This was the single funniest thing I’ve read all week. Thank you

At my place of work I sometimes come across tickets for users in the company asking for access to certain paid AI tools, with excuses like: “Access to chatGPT to more effectively send emails to clients” and

“Need AI image generation for blog update” even though we have an ENTIRE fucking art department.

It makes me laugh but it also makes me sad. I mark them as low priority and move on to other shit.

It’s the same as 10+4

WTF did I just read 😂

Win11 is your host OS as you say. Recommend OS for what? You… Mean macOS?

This is me but with tan lines instead lol, from biker gloves.

I’d say you’re good. I trust NPM’s SSL forwarding so I’d say spin up Peertube and put NPM in front of it to manage your certs and such, and as long as both are up to date it’ll be fine.

Realistically though, you could still use a VPN and have it be pretty easy for your family members IF you have access to their router console and IF said router supports network wide wireguard or openVPN connections. Having both networks tied in to eachother that way makes it so that nobody ever has to use a VPN client to connect, but still only devices from their network (or yours) will be able to connect.

It’s just a higher quality version of the same image and if you zoom into the license plates and other details you can tell. The extra pixels help

I download all of my music locally, so who’s mostly in my playlist I’d consider metal are, from order of most to least prevalent: Architects, Beartooth, Linkin Park, Three Days Grace, Saint Asonia, Bring me the Horizon, Black Veil Brides, Nothing More, motionless in white.

I’m sure I’m missing some!

Agreed! More people could likely realize this.

None of that. Just reflection and time!

Well, if it’s music and it exists, I’ll listen to it! I definitely have certain categories I listen to more so than others, but I generally like all music. I’d say my top genres are metal/heavy metal and rap. I was a drummer for many years though, so maybe that influenced that!

In a way, I really don’t feel I need to. I’m fully aware and understanding that more bad times are certainly to come, for me and people around me. But I truly can’t think of anything that could possibly happen that would be as bad as what I’ve already gone through. As naive as that may come off as, I really do think I’ve gone through the worst parts of my life already, and although I’m certain I’ll experience grief in my future - I don’t think it will compare and I think I’m already prepared to cope with that. Until then and always, I’ll just keep it pushing!

hmm. Definitely not my recipe - but the best soup I’ve ever had was at a restaurant somewhere in Saint Lucia. Callaloo soup! It’s like coconut milk, callaloo leaves and some type of seafood meat (Think i had crab and scallops in it).

I’ve mostly grown up with dogs, but both. Both is good :)

For me, I think it’s just a distinction I’ve made in my mind. The world is not bad, it is wonderful and beautiful, but the people on it are bad. Specific people consistently too will always be there to ruin it and progressively destroy it around those who simply wish to live peacefully. Its not that I’ve no care in the world or ignore issues as they pertain to me policitally, but I do everything in my power to push things towards what I believe is right, and I separate and acknowledge the things I cannot do anything about. We as people can only do so much and if you do anything towards what you truly believe in? I think thats better than most. In the interim, it’s about putting those things to the side and living in the present moment, saving the introspection and political concerns for another time.

It was really more of a gradual change, that only this year truly have I become to consciously appreciate and understand what it is I have. I’d say it happened after getting close with colleagues I work with at my not-so-new-anymore job, learning how much in common we really have and having some perspective brought on me by all the people I’ve met and spoken with through the years. Friends, romantics, and even the things I’ve learned from enemies and similar experiences… All of that added together has made me the best version of myself I’ve ever been and I only strive to improve that further.

Glad to hear of your advancements as well :)

Something that I’ve started to look back on just a few years ago is being able to go to many places around the world as a child. My parents were almost always able to take a vacation for ~ 2 weeks a year. We’d almost always go a new place, I’ve been to several islands and across new countries. I’ve been on ultra long road trips and plane rides. As that started to die off, going through my life and all the way to now - totally moved out and adulting on my own like everyone else - I really start to appreciate those memories. And i have so very many pictures of those memeries and of the places ive been able to see.

Anyway, to the important question: pineapple complements specifically a sweeter sauce. I’m into it!

Everything is awesome!