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That makes sense. If I had a proper gaming PC (not Steam deck), I also wouldn't have bought an xbox. But if you don't have a gaming PC, then xbox series s + game pass is IMO the best deal.

Love claire de lune btw 👍

I'm surprised noone mentioned xbox series S yet. It is really cheap (I got the certified refurbished version for 180€ and it looks and works like a new console). With the game pass you get a huge amount of games, including new games (Starfield, Avowed and Stalker 2 will be included on release in the pass) and also many games from the previous generations you might want to catch up on (Elder scrolls 3 to 5, Yakuza series, GTA5, Star Wars games, Persona series, Minecraft,...). If you're willing to spend more, you could also get the series X, but personally I think it's not worth the extra money because the higher performance doesn't translate to more fun gaming (IMO). Larger memory is nice to have though.

I also have a steam deck and think it's a great product, but being a handheld, it is a fundamentally different console with different advantages and disadvantages.

Concerning the games you asked about, I recommend Minecraft, Stray (buy on sale, it's great but really short), Elder scrolls series and Life is strange if you're looking for a beautiful story. Since you're getting a steam deck, you might wanna check out Pokémon fan games and rom hacks if you're a Pokémon fan. I find them to be even better than the originals. Ironic that I can easily play the Pokémon games I want on the steam deck, but would have to put in a lot of work to get them running on a Nintendo console.

One of my favorite games of the last years, and also fun to watch someone else play.

Time to transition.

I never met anyone who had a turtle as pet. What's it like? Is it difficult to provide it with an environment where it can live healthily?

I use the app Inoreader for that. No idea if it's the best, just the first one I tried and I'm happy with it.

Then you just subscribe to the feeds you are interested in. Almost every blog or news site has an RSS feed. Just make sure you don't subscribe to any that make dozens of posts per day, or you'll end up overwhelmed. My personal favorite feeds are the top 10 daily hacker news and a few youtubers I like.

Totally relate to that. I love discovering new things and reading many different people's thoughts on a topic, but every platform based around scrolling on a feed is too addictive to me. If I use them too much I can already start to feel some cognitive abilities decline after a few days. The slow pace of lemmy is really nice.

You might also be interested in curating an RSS feed for yourself if you haven't already.

Sounds like you're doing good work :)

I fostered four kittens when I was a kid after their pregnant mom followed me home. We gave three away and kept one around, but he went missing after he grew up. Hope that he just got snatched away by someone because he was really charming, even to strangers. The mom still lives with my parents and I have a strong bond with her. Unfortunately no pets are allowed in my apartment so I gotta live without cats for now :/

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Your idealistic view of shitposting may sound coherent in itself, but it lacks any basis in reality. Humans aren't machines who can give monotonous and one-sided output indefinitely. Every action has a reaction, and every serious post requires its corresponding ironic shitpost to keep the mental balance in order. I'm not even saying that a compromise needs to be made, but rather that they are different sides of the same coin. No internet community, it is said, can grow to heaven if its shitposts do not reach down to hell.

Definitely no. In addition to the downsides you mentioned, I feel like the redditor's desire for karma is what causes these hiveminds/echo chambers and cliché comments that are so typical of many subreddits.

Edit: Thank you so much for the gold kind stranger!

So the veggies are still completely frozen when you put them in wok? I thought I had to put them into boiling water or microwave them first. This could be a game changer for me if it works well.

Do you add the veggies as the first ingredients to the wok or only later?