Been playing video games pretty much all my life. Like with all forms of popular entertainment, there are so many genres that I’m sure there’s something out there for you. If you want, I can offer some suggestions based on what devices you own and what you’re interested in.
Other than that, learning to cook new recipes is always fun and pretty much essential to live haha. I’ve tried a few Ina Garten recipes and they’ve been relatively easy and tasty.
My local library. I hadn’t been to a library since I was in school, over 10 years ago now. Went recently with a friend to try 3D printing and was surprised how many services were offered entirely for free.
What are you using to browse lemmy? On Android, I really like the Voyager app since it is pretty similar to reddit.
For more general advice, you can view popular communities and join those since they’re more active. I think that’s the thing I miss most about reddit was that niche subs had more activity.
The greenish hue makes me think you live in the Matrix
Nomacs seems to work perfectly! It even has some photo editing built in which is a nice bonus. Thanks for the recommendation!
I love my screwdriver set from ifixit. Not exactly tech itself but I’ve had it for years and with light use it has lasted pretty much perfectly. The 64 bit set has had every bit I’ve ever needed so far. Only downside is that the base is a bit short and stubby so it doesn’t always fit. It does include a rubber extender but that doesn’t work as well in my opinion.
My dad recently passed away suddenly but there’s a saying he used to tell me that has helped me through the grieving process. He used to always say that life has yin and yang. That we couldn’t feel rested if we didn’t know exhaustion, fullness without hunger, or happiness without sorrow.
Having this perspective has helped me accept that all of the joy, laughter, and warmth he brought me has to be balanced with the sadness I feel when he’s gone.
You don’t have to use the exact same analogy but I think the general philosophy is helpful.
So jealous you get to watch the Cunk On ___ docuseries for the first time. They’re all super funny.
My father passed away recently and his wife who he was separated from did not want to relinquish her rights to plan his funeral. Up until last Friday she had been respectful of what my brother and I, my dad’s only biological children, have asked for.
However, on Friday she published the viewing and funeral dates on Facebook without consulting us. They’re on days my brother can’t come home since he’s working out of the country. When my family asked to change it, she said she had formed a committee for the funeral made of my dad’s close friends and to ask them to change it. Of course, she only did this to avoid responsibility for the date.
When I called one of the men on the committee and gave him a list of reasons to change the date, he basically said the plans were set and the notifications sent out. I replied that nothing was set in stone and that we could re-upload the obit. I further explained that my brother and I were hurt we were left out of the funeral planning and that it didn’t have to be this difficult since there was availability a few weeks after the selected dates. His response was, “It’s not. Just go with the flow”.
I was so stunned I didn’t know how to respond. I couldn’t believe the audacity from him saying this was not a difficult situation and for us to just accept their decisions. In the end, I told him that it was hard enough dealing with my dad’s death without all this added stress of being left out. I didn’t want to be overly rude since they could easily change their minds and cremate my dad without telling us anything.
TLDR: Brother and I were left out of the funeral planning for our father and when I asked to change the date for my brother to be able to attend, I was told to “Just go with the flow”
The GTA series might be a good example. All of the protagonists of the games commit exceedingly worse crimes as the game progresses but they’re made to be sympathetic since they just want success in a world with not much other opportunities.
Games with karma systems may work as well if the bad option isn’t overtly evil. I’m thinking games like Dishonored, Fable 3, Undertale, or any Bethesda game.
Anti-hero protagonists like Kratos from God of War, Arthur Morgan from Red Dead 2, and V from Cyberpunk could also somewhat fit the bill.
Edit: just watched an Outside Xbox video that summarizes a few games with just this premise.
Lights Out is an oldie but a goodie horror short. Could do without
the goofy creature reveal
at the end though.
Curve is another really good short that builds a sense dread and hopelessness. No cheap jumpscares, overused tropes (looking at you overly exaggerated smiles), or complicated lore. Just good old fashion universal horror.
The reason I bring up my phone’s age is to try to explain a likely reason why I haven’t experienced any bugs, at least none to my knowledge. Running the Samsung S20. Love my expandable storage and the battery still lasts decently long
Personally I’ve not experienced any problems but that’s likely because I’ve got an old phone with a old version of Android.
One of the tech YouTubers I like a lot did an in depth look at alternative launchers to Nova in this video.
Can you use an aux cable? Just thinking of old school solutions
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Is a dedicated mp3 player out of the question? Would be a simple solution that doesn’t require any internet access for when you’re in areas with poor reception.
Everything All at Once by Bill Nye
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The Devil and the Dark Water by Stuart Turton
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Bill Nye must solve a series of mysterious crimes including theft, witch hunts, and murder on a 17th century East Indiaman ship. I’d read the heck out of that.
The original Jurassic Park. Crazy to think that movie came out in 1993, over 32 years ago.
First thing that came to mind was that scene from the pilot episode of Bob’s Burgers where the Louise calls Tina the worst kind of autistic..
Other funny gags that live rent free in my head:
Since you’re using a laptop, I’d recommend some less demanding games. To check if your laptop can run specific games, use this site here. Below are a list of some I think you should be able to play:
There are some online games you could play too, but for beginners I would avoid them since the communities can be toxic. However, if you don’t mind, you can try out League of Legends (will run on a potato), Rocket League, or CS GO.
There are also emulators you can download to play old-school games like classic Pokémon or Mario. There are too many of those to list and it’s a lot more complicated to download and install. So I would recommend checking out videos on how to do that and what games/emulators people recommend.