Morrowind was my first ES game, played it when it came out! I never deviated that far from the path to kill the important NPCs for the main quest (well, anything I guessed was main quest), out of fear of locking myself out of finishing the game. I learned early in the game that you could screw yourself over…
Don’t you have to use some exploits to beat the game if you kill certain NPCs, though?
That added context puts it into a different light for me. Don’t think it would be something I’m interested in, but can see what the appeal is for other people
Isn’t this just being a chef, except instead of nutrition pellets it’s vodka and cigarettes?
Agreed; the idea of “you can kill any NPC, do anything you want, and still beat the game” doesn’t sound appealing to me. If there really is that much freedom in how the game is “completed”, then it doesn’t sound like it’s earned in any way. Just make it a sandbox game with no end at that point.
I’d much rather the freedom to do anything you want, but then have consequences and close off possible routes or even the ability to complete the game altogether. Maybe that is what this game actually does, I don’t know, I admit I didn’t read the article. But the idea of “do anything, still win!” isn’t something I want.
Most people I know that enjoy music do it this way. Taking time to just relax, listen to music, maybe have a drink along with it.
I can’t sit and listen to music like that for long periods of time (like, maybe 2 songs), but I always figured I was the weird one for it.
You’re perfectly fine. Do what makes you happy and enjoy music however you want!
Because it is comfortable for them, it is familiar, it is safe. It definitely is sad when people don’t try to experience new things, and it almost definitely gets them stuck in a rut. But that’s what they want.
Not having (persistent) hobbies isn’t much different than only ever doing the same thing. There is plenty “new” to experience by improving a skill in something, just as much as trying something new at only the surface level.
Comfort, predictability, familiarity, routine, not needing to think about it or make decisions, catharsis, not needing to pay attention and being able to zone out, actually enjoying the thing itself and not getting tired of it when repeated, fear of trying something new, fear of mistakes or choosing wrong…
Sometimes I like to try something new, go on an adventure, experience novel stimuli. Other times, I just want to exist, or I want to comfort of something familiar.
Do you never repeat something? Are there hobbies that you enjoy that require repetition to progress? I enjoy painting miniatures, and I like trying new techniques or finding new (types) of models to paint, but in order to improve my skill I need to do the same or similar things over and over. If you also have a hobby that you return to, there’s part of your answer why people will do the same thing - they enjoy it. You don’t have to enjoy what they enjoy, and I’m sure they don’t enjoy everything you do.
That’s interesting to me. I don’t think I’ve ever lived near a Little Caesars that had in-house delivery (or delivery at all outside of like DoorDash), and every Dominoes I’ve ordered from has had delivery. I can’t say for sure if it was in-house, but it was delivered in a car with the Dominoes signage.
I was once hired as a lifeguard, but the pool wasn’t finished being renovated in time for summer so instead I spent the summer repainting speed bumps of the community.
Definitely agree. I’ve fallen on both sides of that ability to afford treatments for pets, but I find the “just let sick pets die” sentiment disturbing.
You don’t need to show ID to enter the store just because they sell cigarettes at the front counter. The staff person checking the OD at the front counter isn’t memorizing the information on the ID and using it to track every other purchase you make in the store, or to piece together what you’re doing once you leave the store.
Locking individual content behind age verification (and it entirely depends on how they are handling the age verification), is different than a blanket identification check to use the platform at all. Age verification is used to prevent children from buying cigarettes from a store while under aged, but it’s up to parents to prevent them from getting cigarettes other ways.
The time you grew up in sucks
Good ol’ Hamlet! Anytime one of these “what if centaur but different” posts come up I think about him
It’s not ctrl+shift+f10, but you may need to hold the FN button if your F keys are also media keys. Try restarting the computer if it doesn’t work the first time. Does not work with S-Mode Windows
You can also try the command
start ms-cxh:localonly
Note, this only works if both ends of the plug are on the same breaker circuit
More features, more that can go wrong. More tech, more that can fail or work improperly. Usually these are more expensive repairs, too, if they even can be replaced without replacing the whole unit.
Modern appliances have a lot more features, and usually have some very nice improvements! However, they have a reputation for being unreliable and failing early.
The overall sentiment of the thread is how appliance don’t last as long as they used to, before they added all the “smart” features. That the durability is the measure of “goodness”, not the number of features. You brought up a bunch of great features, someone replied to you that their new appliances didn’t last longer than two years before being replaced.
That is how it relates to your comment, as a counterpoint.
Don’t insult Satan by comparing him to Dump
Wait! He isn’t dead, Shia Surprise!
When it first came out I had Starlink for a short while, there were no good wired options available in the area. It could have pretty good speeds here and there, but was wildly inconsistent. Playing an MMO was alright in lower density areas, like a dungeon or in a solo zone, but in busier areas it could struggle.
It was fantastic for downloads and streaming videos when there was a healthy cache built in, though!
It’s funny, I read it exactly opposite to that. Almost like we can’t know their genders just from this.