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Daily random discussion - Aug 11, 2023 (lemmy.world)
submitted 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) by the_yaya to c/philippines
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[–] the_yaya 3 points 1 year ago (5 children)

Tonight's Ask PHLemmy: If someone gave you $1,000 and said you must use this to buy a gift for yourself, what would you buy?

[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

I would buy myself a gift card (or multiple gift cards) I can use to buy myself things in the future when I need them.

[–] heliosef 2 points 1 year ago

I really want a Framework 16, so I'll use the 1k USD to reduce the cost.

Realistically, I'll probably organize a get-together for my friends. Or maybe a bunch of get-togethers for different friend groups.

Either that or I'll add it to my mom's travel fund. She's never been to Japan or Greece and I know that's on her bucket list.

[–] cottonmon 2 points 1 year ago

I'd consider a few things:

  1. Steam Deck, leftover will be used to get games not on sale

  2. Meta Quest 3 when it comes out, same as above, I'll use leftover money on games.

  3. A trip to Japan.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 year ago

Even though I'm practically a hermit nowadays, a steam deck. And also phone I can use for "RL stuff". If there's anything left extra, I'll buy some games.

I can also spend all of the money to upgrade my PC, but I consider that one as a work expense, so... IDK.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 year ago

vacation around the world, or kung saan kaya..

[–] decadentrebel 5 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (3 children)

The RD thread bot is a success! Thanks again to u/jcg for making it possible. 😁

It even has a link to where the next RD thread is and the daily question. Only downside is daily art has to be manually added, but not a biggie.

[–] heliosef 2 points 1 year ago

Amazing. Still impressed you were manually posting it daily before. I assumed the_yaya was already a bot.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 year ago (1 children)

May small problem lang sa link, hindi sya community link, kaya lemmy world yung nag oopen, idk if theres a fix for that though

[–] decadentrebel 1 points 1 year ago

Yeah, that's a problem when sharing direct links to threads. All the more reason why the Lemmy devs should implement a more SEO-friendly link format.

Fortunately, you can easily access the new RD thread by going to the main page and it should be pinned at the same time.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 year ago

Congrats! Finally!

[–] decadentrebel 4 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

Artemis (Apollo-inspired Lemmy app) is now available for early access on Play Store. It looks really good. It gives me the closest feel to browsing Reddit than any other app.

It's currently kbin only, so you can't sign in or browse Lemmy instances for now.

[–] akantha 4 points 1 year ago

My rescue being dramatic and tired but I carried her most of the way during our walk πŸ™„

[–] [email protected] 4 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Sorry, but just a bit of a rant here.

An unfortunate combination of circumstances that led me to struggle connecting my desktop to the internet--but only on Linux.

A broken driver was exposed due to a failed system update. I tried fixing the broken driver not knowing that my internet connection was actually broken at the time. For the meanwhile, I tried connecting to the internet via my phone's portable hotspot, via bluetooth (I don't even know why this works). The various "fixes" I tried broke other things, even as far as borking my Windows installation because ... I thought Windows was messing with my LAN card.

After giving it up, and way too many restarts both on Linux and Windows, I found Windows working again (I thought I reinstalled windows). My Linux system, save for the internet connection, is unscathed.

I think I've offended the God of Tech. I might have to give them an offering.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (1 children)

Update: It was a misconfiguration (?) somewhere in the mess that handles my system's DNS settings. For some reason, it can't find either my preferred DNS server or the cloudflare one. I had to hardcode 8.8.8.8 in the resolv.conf file.

It's a bandaid solution, but I've got a lot of work piled up that I must finish by today.

[–] heliosef 1 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

That's strange. So it doesn't respect the /etc/hosts file? Supposedly, resolv.conf should still use the hosts file, but it looks like your system is putting up a tantrum.

[–] monknonoke 4 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Gusto ko uli mag beach, nangangati ang paa ko. Kung si friend palaging tumitingin ng cheap plane ticket prices para sa nilalandi niya, ako naman cheap or onsale accomodations lol.

For example, magkakaroon ng time na 3 days wala akong pasok. What am I going to do with those 3 days? Might as well go to the beach! sighs in disbelief at self

Medyo alam ko na ang pasikot-sikot dun sa lugar na gusto ko so I can get by cheap now. At the same time, pigilan niyo ko 😩 sabi ko sa sarili ko next month na uli ang punta ko dahil kailangan natin ✨mag-ipon✨ at mag hinay-hinay. Ang hirap, I just wanna go and book something

Hay. Kaya ko 'to. I wanna go so badly tho.

[–] [email protected] 4 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Plane ticket para sa landi? Now that's pricey shit.

You need some time off for yourself, I would say go for it.

[–] monknonoke 2 points 1 year ago

It really is πŸ˜† I think I've had enough time with myself already, gusto na lang mag beach for fun so I don't really know if it's justified. Ayaw ko lang sumobra sa bakasyon to the point na ang sobrang gastos ko na.

[–] [email protected] 4 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (5 children)

Ang lungkot ng may hilig kang niche hobby and wala kang mapagkuwentuhan sa circle of friends mo. I love light novels but ny friends only love manga, manhwa, and anime. Well, I know that not everyone is into reading walls of text and I don't resent them for that but wala lang, malungkot lang HAHAHA wala akong ma-impart-an ng saya or reactions ko sa nabasa ko

[–] [email protected] 5 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (1 children)

I can discuss films from 70s to present time, at wala akong mapagkwentuhan. Nowadays, audiences, both theaters and at home, just consume product, open their smartphones and take a photo with flash on. This is the case when I watched The Meg 2.

When I open discussions they're just simply slap me with "Napanood ko na yan. Maganda naman, walakumpake sa story" card. Parang nasa The Truman Show's last few seconds lang, eh.

[–] bathalumang_peppa 3 points 1 year ago (2 children)

Napanood ko na yan. Maganda naman, walakumpake sa story

Gosh, how can they find a movie good kung wala silang pake sa story? Shouldn't a good movie make you care to the story, character etc.?

[–] tahann 1 points 1 year ago (2 children)

Yung pamangkin kong 15yo, hindi nagustuhan yung Nocebo kasi daw natalo yung bida. πŸ€ͺ I guess, dapat manalo yung bida para sa ibang tao para masabi na maganda yung pelikula. And I guess he cared for the wrong character. Nag explain ako ng todo about the movie. Hopefully napickup nya.

[–] bathalumang_peppa 2 points 1 year ago (2 children)

Same energy sa mga nagsasabi na "Di daw maganda na horror movie kasi konti lang yung jumpscare or not gory enough" on any good movie that doesn't rely too much on those things hahaha.

Buti ka pa you had the patience to explain, I wouldn't hahaha.

[–] tahann 1 points 1 year ago

Kailangan natin iexplain sa mga bata, lalo na si Sara may hawak sa education. Pinapanood ko din sa kanya yung YouTube channel na The Take para matuto magbasa ng mga movies at TV series. Pati yung Nerdwriter about the Avengers as defenders of the status quo, pinanood ko din sa kanya. Di naman need tayo mag explain lahat.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (1 children)

I tend to watch horror pictures, not to scare myself. Most jump scares in films are too annoying. Talk To Me and Evil Dead Rise are recent horror pictures I watched in theaters and genuinely creep me throughout.

Sometimes, genre films can be tiresome, and ending up watching some B-action and obscure indie films.

[–] bathalumang_peppa 1 points 1 year ago (1 children)

I preferred slow-burn, anxiety-inducing horror films. Minsan kasi parang ang cheap ng pelikula na nag rerely lang sa jumpscares amd gory scenes. I still enjoy jumpscare scenes naman.

genre films can be tiresome

Yeah, I kinda stopped watching horror for a while mainly because I live alone hahaha. I watch more comedies nowadays, specifically screwball comedies like His Girl Friday and most Cary Grant movies.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

slow-burn

Matic boring agad yan sa mainstream, haha.

anxiety-inducing

Psychological horror films are underrated af. Chris Nolan, for the first time, attempted this with Oppenheimer, and damn... the entire third act.

[–] decadentrebel 1 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Ang dami dami pwede punain sa movie yun pa napansin niya, haha. Ako yung problema ko nakapag-teleport siya sa London.

[–] tahann 0 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

Ako ang problema ko, na brain drain yung Ongo. Pati ba naman yun?

[–] [email protected] 0 points 1 year ago

I do laugh some nonsensical moments in films like those extremely absurd "contents" on Tubi, but calling them "a good movie?" Oh no!

[–] [email protected] 4 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Lol, just wait until their LN to manga/anime adaptations end and then they want more. That's what made me move from anime, to manga, and eventually a bit of light novels (but mostly web novels).

There's a few web novels that I started following because their manga/anime adaptations kept me wanting more.

Having said all that, I don't think I've really settled in. I tend to skim WN chapters rather than read them, and even after hundreds of WN chapters, I still have no idea what the hell has happened (other than a basic outline of the plot so far), or maybe that's just due to the quality of writing. That's why I tend to prefer manga: It has more content than anime, but still giving me a better mental picture of what's happening.

Some of the webnovels I'm following (but not religiously) are:

  • Tondemo Skill de Isekai Hourou Meshi
  • Isekai ni Otosareta… Jouka wa Kihon!
  • Shoushaman no Isekai Survival ~Zettai Hito to wa Tsurumanee~
[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Yeah yeah, that's what I hope happens. Na macurious sila sa daloy ng story that they start reading the novels. I pointed them to A Certain Magical Index and Classroom of the Elite as examples of brilliant light novel series that have crappy anime adaptations. One of my friends dived into one LN - That Time I Reincarnated As A Slime - but nothing more, nothing less. Well, I guess that's a win. Somehow.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

Hahaha~ Yeeeep~ that's the gateway drug into LN, it's not for everybody tho.

I actually wanted to venture into LN back in the Haruhi Suzumiya craze, but nothing came out of that. It's probably one of the things that led me to self-studying Japanese though. The thought of reading the original LNs in their original language or sth.

[–] decadentrebel 4 points 1 year ago

Alala ko when we had Charades at work as part of a getting-to-know-you activity, yung babae namin na kakampi kept on laughing hysterically at the clue shown to her. From what I remember, it was an ordinary movie; hindi ko na-gets ano ba tinatawanan niya. The guy beside me deadpanned "Dr. Giggles" (some bad forgettable horror movie about a killer dentist with a laughing disorder) and I just about lost it, lol. He became a close friend later and part of my wedding entourage.

[–] tahann 4 points 1 year ago

Ako mahilig sa Barbie dolls pero ayaw ko na muna sumali actively sa isang doll community. Lurker mode lang kung online.

Nakakapagod kasi yung mga mini sewing projects at activities. Masaya yung activities pero nakakapagod. Imagine, magbibihis ka ng mga dolls based on a theme, parang Project Runway. Minsan kasi, it feels like work. Demanding. Hindi naman sa fashion industry trabaho ko, unlike other members.

[–] ako946659661 3 points 1 year ago (1 children)

I prefer novels din vs manhwa/anime. Ang bilis ng story progression and mas fleshed out yung characters. Until now, hindi ko pa din natatapos ung Solo Levelling Manhwa pero 2yrs ago ko pa natapos ung novel.

Ang lungkot din na wala masyado active sa Otome Isekai na community. I tried uploading memes, pero hindi pa magge-gain ng traction.

Where my trash pandas at? Ahaha.

[–] [email protected] 4 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (1 children)

Otome Isekai

What's the full title? I'm not quite into isekais as much as I am to romcom, psychological, and drama LNs, but I've read KonoSuba from the fifth volume up to end, and I'm currently reading Re:Zero Volume 18 right now so I'm pretty acquainted with the genre.

Also, I agree. A lot of character monologues are lost when adapting a text-based piece into a picture-based one. That's why I'm pretty unsatisfied with the anime adaptations of light novels - they just don't do justice to the characters at all and those that should be redeemable or loveable end up getting hated or shallow. I know it's hard to translate character internal monologues into something tangible on the screen, but still it makes me sigh. :<

[–] ako946659661 2 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

Mostly target for women yung Otome Isekai (sometimes referred as the Villainess genre), so ibang flavor sya ng "trashness" vs normal Shonen Isekai.

Naka tambak lang sa kindle ko yung KonoSuba, medyo sortof naging iffy na sya saken ung dwarf arc. Ahahaha

Eto mga recommendations ko na completed series for Otome Isekais

Japanese:

The Noble Girl Who Finds a Nerdy and Plain Guy Moe Thinks that the Arrogant Prince is In the Way - very fluffy. Medyo short-ish read. Title is the summary. Lol

Observation record of a self proclaimed villainess fiance - one of the best there is sa OI genre. Highly recommended. Premise is reincarnator si Villainess Fiance and ni-confess nya to agad kay Crown Prince fiance (very innocent si Bertha). Story is the "logs" of the Crown Prince observing yung antics ng reincarnator fiance nya. A real fun read.

Korean:

I'm not the Final Boss' lover - not that popular sa OI circle, pero it's one of may favorites. Premise reincarnator yung isang mob character sa isang action game. Kaparty nya (Jun, the female lead) yung primary character ng game (Fabian). Pero during the 2nd run, she was betrayed by Fabian and sumali sya sa rival party.

For my derelict favorite - this one is popular pero medyo madaming detractors. What I love about this series is it showcase what happens to the protagonists after "happy ever after" ending. Would their love still prevail kapag wala na yung primary antagonist? What happens to the 2nd male lead?

[–] decadentrebel 2 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Even Joe Rogan Is Defending Barbie Against the Ben Shapiros of the World

Douche Rogan being the voice of reason lmaoooo

[–] decadentrebel 1 points 1 year ago

Phil Dy posted his review on Maria

As much as I admire Leni Robredo, I don't think this documentary gained anything by covering her. A lot of it has been covered before, and I'm not sure we gain any new insight into anything by talking to her. She says some nice things, but it feels like time spent with her takes away time from the stories of victims. She's a marquee name that is very good on camera, but I don't know that this movie really needed her.

[–] the_yaya 1 points 1 year ago

New random discussion thread is up! Click here to go there now.

[–] tahann 1 points 1 year ago

Every single β€˜software engineer’ I know who has ever over-valued their own work over blue collar work has, without fail, turned out to be MAGAs or incels. They tend to be the people who have their self worth wrapped up in their compensation and status, and are quick to anger when transit workers or delivery drivers, who work long hours in ways that are taxing in every way, break their narrative for themselves

I wonder how techbros here will react.