I wasn’t popular, but I wasn’t unknown either. I was that kid that kind of fit into any group and had my friends/connections. Graduating class was close to 500.

How do parents know what a baby is saying? They don’t. They spend enough time learning what sounds and movements or facial positions mean to speculate what is being communicated.

Artoo speaks with whistles and beeps and he moves. I’m betting that in the time they spent together, Luke had a vague understanding of the general gist of what Artoo was trying to communicate.

Droids personalities also expand as time goes on and they learn, which is why wiping their memory often is something that happens in Star Wars. R2 and 3PO both skirt memory wiping many times.

I worked in science, pre-clinical pharma, for 11 years before switching careers. I can fucking azure you that scientists and people really are THAT stupid about shit. Complacency from routines or experience is real as fuck.

Well, I like peanut butter and that’s how it’s pronounced. I guess I’m part of the quarter gang.

So what you’re saying is that just like articles—THEY DIDN’T READ. Then they perpetuated fake news until it was accepted by half the audience.

Well now I feel like an idiot because I thought they were actually two different file types with some stupid rule like how many pixels they could display. 😂

I had to look it up and find out it changed because of operating systems and what they could handle for naming conventions.

like that one dinosaurs tail

Ankylosaurus

I scowl and scoff at randos that park on my street or longer in front of my house.

Tools and furniture are exciting!

The limit is skill and discipline.

Most people can’t even drive a car that is held on the ground by gravity. You want them to…fly?

In 1998 no less. Also, he plummeted 16 feet! Bah God!

Thank you for the recommendation!

That’s what I was wondering is should I play certain games and then skip others? I have a PS5, is it possible to play first at all?

Assassin’s Creed

I think when I tried it originally I wasn’t into the controls and how they felt. I’m more forgiving these days so I wonder if I’d enjoy the series now? I love a good story.

Yeah, the first ME you need to really just get in the right mind-frame that it’s old and the controls are clunky. I loved 2 and haven’t played 3.

You have to treat Horizon like a mystery and you’re a detective. I had a hard time getting into it and then I started to try and give a shit about why the world is the way it is and really listening to the logs I found. I finally got very invested and beat both games and loved them.

It won’t be for everybody though. I definitely wouldn’t play Forbidden West without knowing the first game’s story.

The first time I played Borderlands 1, I didn’t understand what it was going for and I didn’t like it. I picked it up years later and blasted through the entire series. It was a riot! I’m older, so all of the stupid references are fucking hilarious to me like the ninja turtles, Star Wars, Frankenstein, Godzilla, Lord of the Rings, Moby Dick, etc.

I appreciate this response. As I said in another post, the Steam Deck is intriguing! I wouldn’t mind one myself.

I do want to say that part of why a laptop is “needed” here is because he does record and edit YouTube videos of his gaming, so a Steam Deck wouldn’t allow him to do that unfortunately.

Oof, yeah, they shouldn’t need the shitty proprietary software when Windows is already installed!

Dude, I’m not getting a Dell! 😉

Good to know. Thank you! I’m in the US, just for reference.