LongRedCoat

joined 2 years ago
[–] LongRedCoat@kbin.social 5 points 1 year ago

I listen to audiobooks or podcasts while playing so it doesn't feel like I "wasted" all that time cleaning pixels.

I work from home and it's also great for helping me focus during meetings.

[–] LongRedCoat@kbin.social 6 points 1 year ago

I thought I was a vernal pool, but y'all, I might be a playa...

[–] LongRedCoat@kbin.social 3 points 1 year ago

I remember a time when news like this would generate an incredible amount of hype instead of just speculation on how bad it's going to be, which is exactly where my thoughts first went also. Too much PTSD from the industry now for us to get excited about anything.

[–] LongRedCoat@kbin.social 11 points 1 year ago

Wait, tyromancy is real?! I thought CDPR were joking when they made an entire quest line out of it in the Witcher 3. I got a nice sword called the Emmentaler out of it and everything. Huh. TIL indeed. Thanks, OP. I never thought to Google it.

[–] LongRedCoat@kbin.social 41 points 2 years ago (12 children)

I sometimes finish the sentence for them to speed things along. It's a bad habit of mine and I try not to be rude about it. Hopefully it just comes across as understanding and supportive rather than usurping the conversation.

[–] LongRedCoat@kbin.social 12 points 2 years ago (1 children)

Ghost of Tsushima is one of my comfort games, but I hate replaying the end of act 2 because of the emotional toll.

In Devil May Cry 3, the Nevan boss fight and backtracking through the rearranged tower after it's activated are just tedious.

Another user said the Fade section of Dragon Age: Origins, but I'll go with the Deep Roads. Everything you learn in that section is fascinating, but man, I just want to see the sky again and you're down there for a while.

[–] LongRedCoat@kbin.social 1 points 2 years ago

No pressure (ha!) of course.

[–] LongRedCoat@kbin.social 1 points 2 years ago (2 children)

As someone who has one of the non electric bidets installed and was afraid of having a puckered asshole the first time I used it, it's not that cold. And it's so worth it. I can't go back and will have a bidet everywhere I live in the future.

[–] LongRedCoat@kbin.social 10 points 2 years ago

I've been pretty happy with my Motorola moto g series phones over the last several years.

[–] LongRedCoat@kbin.social 1 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago)

I think I got lucky and got one of the models with improved battery (Onyx Boox Page). I've been reading the Trigun manga on it for over a week now and it's only just getting to the point where I need to charge it finally.

But good point. Some of the older models might have worse battery life to consider. I only have a black and white model too. Color might use more battery.

[–] LongRedCoat@kbin.social 2 points 2 years ago

I also read some things in the languages I'm trying to learn, and this feature is essential for translating words I don't know yet.

Plus, the backlight (adjusted for warmth so as not to keep me up) lets me read in bed with the light off and I don't have to get up to turn it off when I'm done.

I was very pro only real books for a while, and still am a fan of a real book, but the quality of life features of e-readers eventually sold me. Especially because night is one of the few times I can read.

[–] LongRedCoat@kbin.social 11 points 2 years ago (4 children)

Maybe look into an Onyx Boox instead of a Kindle. It will let you download books straight from the web (like standardebooks.org and Project Gutenberg) without having to side load. Also, you can add the Libby and Overdrive apps to it since it accesses the Google Play store. Also, it accepts all files formats so you don't have to convert anything.

 

This explains why sometimes I'll research something or study German on my days off instead of playing a video game. I thought I was "wasting" my day off and not properly relaxing. Instead, I was letting my brain off its leash to do what it wanted and that's what it picked. That task was actually relaxing for my brain at that moment.

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