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I have commited the Num-Code for ™ to muscle memory.

Other interests include bicycles, bread making and DIY. I do own a 3D-printer and adore the Nintendo 3ds.

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Cake day: May 8th, 2024

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  • If we continue to call people names after very poor communication causes some backlash, we might as well give up on the whole community.

    Like come on, the OP’s PS in this comment for example is a bit late. The comment reads as “I wouldn’t use it if I didn’t have to, same as generators” and OP reply still couldn’t write anything reassuring and instead they wrote so bad it implies he should just move. These people are not “car oilcels” just because they didn’t study Urban planning and/or know what you meant to say but didn’t!

    I don’t know about where you live, but the average driver here just needs to know 3 things to be fuckcars supporter:

    • If you can easily use another form of transport, you should use it so the road is clear for people who must drive (bc driving sucks if roads are full, but every driver knows this already)
    • The government is doing too little to get people to use public transport and E-bikes
    • The government is subsidising car use way too much (it can still expensive). People should hesitate, like they sometimes do at big events (“Wait, where will I park?”, “Isn’t the tram quicker?”) at every use, so they really think about what other options other than driving they have, instead of habitually driving everywhere.

  • Restaurant fries and drinks.

    Was on a really tight budget for a time, so I know I can feed myself for a few Euros a day. Going back to fast food restaurants at all still instils some guilt in me, but there is 1 that has unbelievably good prices and I can still appreciate the convenience at times.

    But fries and drinks are just a scam with how big the profit margins are, and not even hard to prepare at home if you’re ordering take out or have it delivered (I also don’t pay for delivery, my bike is free).
















  • I can’t even make the most explicit Gacha hating post without you guys saying how yours is the one, the special one that’s good.

    I hate the concept. They are designed to obfuscate how much money and time you spend on them with different currencies that don’t feel like real money. They are dark pattern after dark pattern, trying to get you to look at the shop every time you boot up, and entice you with limited offers every chance they get. And this all is then defended by well meaning people like you and me with “Well, you can play for free if you grind hard”.

    And when I look up if the different in-game currency thing applies to this game, I find out I have heard of Limbus company as the Korean one that got a “radical feminist” artist fired because a swimsuit didn’t reveal enough skin for the fanbase’s liking.

    You misunderstood my comment. Fuck off with your recommendation.


  • Gacha.

    For most anything else, I can simply chalk it up as a difference in tastes when I don’t like the gameplay, or art style, or whatever. Even those shitty horror games for babies I despise are perhaps fun if you dive into the lore at the right age, who knows. I certainly have obsessed for less than mediocre games.

    But no one likes gacha, or at least should like it. It’s gambling marketed to kids, preying on the people without impulse control. No “you can spend 2 hours of your life every day on this and save up 2$ in currency” is changing that, in fact that is even worse.

    And yet they give hoyoverse a pass for their series, because everything around it is so high quality. Open your fucking eyes! Games are not supposed to punish you for not playing!

    But of course, no accusation without confession, I am quite fond of the yugioh simulator, and used to defend it the same way. I try to resolve this double standard by doing what I feel they should do: Never gush about it, only mention it in shame, and always warn people to not pick it up.