haelusnovak

The ol' Hammer-and-Anvil!

I just make that up, but I like it. 😅

For this service, is the same login as Lemmy used, or a totally new one? It's confusing to me when these Fedithings interact and when they do not. Sorry if this is obvious! 😵‍💫

I deleted my old accts, and this reminded me to finally delete FB messenger too, which somehow continued to live on like a root I didn't eradicate from an awful plant I chopped down. Frankly, I didn't really use Reddit much beyond lurking for answers to Q's I asked on Google and encouraging others on sobriety pages, so they won't miss me. But at least here I can lurk without feeding a man's ego so much.

Glad you enjoyed them. I actually thought they were P. scaber at first too. And my first image might not have been the best. However, over on the reddit isopod page, they were identified as O. asellus based upon their little pale skirts and lack of bumpy back. Here's a couple other images that may help us come to a conclusion. Either way, they're cute. 🥰

This lady lost an antenna, but helped my populate my collection all the same. 💪

That's a great term, haha. I guess I didn't think of it as a commitment, but a curiosity. I likely wouldn't have gotten so far into the first one if I hadn't seen the two movies. I wanted to see what was consistent or not. So far, beyond the trope outlined above, the most jarring aspect of the world is the contrast in name types. "Jessica" and "Paul" feel out of place even amongst other members of the same house Atreides. I may or may not keep with the series of books depending on how edgy the author finds himself needing to be to show how desperate and desolate the universe is. But I rarely listen to audiobooks as I get distracted, so I consider this a surprising success.

After seeing the new and the campy old Dune movies, I've been listening to the first book. About 1/3 through. I love the writing, but I find myself exhausted with the trope of "creepy bad fat man loves to abuse young boys". I imagine that this book influenced the same character archetype in the first Eve Online novel. But, as a gay man, it feels very frustrating like gay pedophilia is somehow being characterized as /the worst pedophilia/ when ALL of it is abhorrent. The gay themes just added to increase the "ick" factor for the common straight reader even more? To really seal in the evilness? Idk, it's annoying, especially when there's so much anti-lgbt hate being spread with accusations of pedophilia and grooming, but it seems non-lgbt individuals are making these art... Rant about harmful tropes aside, I am surprised by how well both movies stuck to the main events, although the book is much more likeable than either. The audio file is... Around online.

I'm more of a Rod of Seasons man. Aranock-Online. RuneScape. Any Etrian oddysey.

I'm not an expert, but I think these are amazing. Really creative, excellent spirit and colour, and convincing weapons. Bravo.

I like the new location, due to the principle of federation itself. It's interesting to see how theaet many smaller communities will evolve, especially those of identical interests on different instances. There's an inherent messiness to the situation as we're mostly humans, so all the "baggage" I wish would stay on Reddit is someone else's entire enjoyment here...

I've also been surprised how many people are eagerly becoming moderators -- there are many communities I'd like to see, but am not convinced I could even moderate effectively, so it's impressive.

That said, I worry some of the excitement is due to novelty and self-convincing, like when people say "This is fun, right?" But maybe I'm just a bit too skeptical. Regardless, I'm enjoying the ride thusfar, and love seeing people's effort on instances, communities, apps be celebrated. It helps convince me that humans do enjoy cooperative success.

Me, trying to remember which is playBOY and which is playGIRL: 🤔

I used to think I'd die by 23 or so because I couldn't imagine myself at that age. What a surprise when it came and went without notice.

Also, if you dislike toxic gamers, consider turning off chat before you even start. I found myself put off the game by the tolerance of really bigoted things being said. Gameplay was fun, from what I remember..