getting older and softening to forgiveness narratives in media you used to be like, really pissed off about is def an experience

i hate liking snacks because you will NOT get my ass even offhandedly advertising for a brand on social media, this is a voice calls and irl convos only kind of topic. cringe is dead, except naming real ass snack and drink brands on socials. (it's fine when anyone else does it tho)

new mainline pokemon is evoking a handful of visual/design sensibilities and themes from gen 3 in particular (and not just R/S/E but the gamecube games too) that is really getting to me (good)

started making lentil carrot patties w/ a bit of flax seed as a binder, same can be done w/ other legumes and it def feels like the right balance of budget + diet lately for my purposes, really easy to just prep a mixture, put in fridge, and fry up over the week. makes me want a food processor tho

every llm used as an explainer, support bot, etc. all have the same problem and it's so annoying. these things are like, mildly useful but only if you treat them as dumb + prone to error and not a fucking sapient genius like everyone who employs them to customers who are also told it's a genius

low calorie prebiotic sodas that are like 5g sugar are actually kinda nice but ofc it aligns with health trend marketing so despite being worth cents to produce like every other soda, they think they can get away with selling it for 2.50 per 12oz can just because they put a little gut funk in it.

I don't mean this in a salty way at all 'cause I've got my emotions under control but I do reflect often on the fact that I do find myself empathizing and liking folks lately who struggle in ways I did years ago but the problem is that

Biggest thing that blows my mind about gacha/live service is that even when I manage to escape them, I'll literally talk to friends going thru the same exact feelings of like "yeah I'm logging in every day, wasting my time, slacking on more important creative/work goals, etc. etc."

pocket tcg now out of the rotation, only one daily game left and it's mtg arena which i feel like i'm still playing because i'm actually having fun. kinda funny that what it took to get me out of both zzz and pocket tcg was being bored of them and bunnies being the final straw

"too lazy to cook" recipes are usually more involved than the recipe maker thinks, but i do think there's a good middle ground and ppl who are intimidated by active cooking can still learn stuff like chopping up a couple veggies + a protien w/ liquid + spice and tossing it into a big pot for 1 hour

i empathize with folks who are pure of heart and simply believe people, but those posts that are like "erm, why is it my fault for choosing to TRUST people?" are so hard to get behind when it's about like, falling for bait and not like, being tricked by friends.

i know the point of prerelease events is to learn the game and just have fun and even make mistakes but realizing you accidentally cheated in some really small way in retrospect is always like oh my god i can never show my face around my LGS again they're going to kill me (literally nobody cares)

upside to not having a ton of money and still being kind of enamored by the thrill of the more freeing and less stressful side of adult responsibilities (and also not having a car): going for a walk to go grocery shopping is still kinda fun tbh

i gotta go back to the game store to pick up a lavaleaper!!

lorwyn prerelease was so fun!! i went 2-2, and my losses were 1-2 each at least, wins were 2-0 my deck wasn't exceptional but i still enjoyed it and i think it was well constructed at least i got the uhh dragon, spinerock or whatever, and end-blaze epiphany, it was basically like..

similar to putting away the shopping cart, you can tell a lot about someone based on their reaction to getting ID'd for a purchase by an employee and, esp. if they forgot their ID, who they choose to get mad at. (and if they have ever "forgot their ID" ever)

I saw someone compare Lies of P Gemini to that unreal mario bit and i'm coping so hard rn like you're right dude but it's different. it's the worst part of the game but they're at least trying to be tongue in cheek about it, the problem is that no matter how self-aware it is, it's still-

in retrospect, i'm kinda bummed edge of eternities didn't have a legendary creature card, either in precons or in the main set, that cares about void/warp in either grixis or mardu to really utilize those cards. there's a rakdos guy in alchemy, but i really don't care about alchemy :/

that realm of the progressive media environment in journalism that is generally left leaning but necessarily liberal that sort of dominates mid-size radio/podcast spheres is usually worth listening to when it's about mundane topics but very often reveals itself to be really wimpily complacent

fuck this AI nightmare hell we've created but the google search AI is so fucking funny when you try to find any niche thing because it literally makes shit up the same way know-it-all friends do when they're caught on shit they don't know but have to bs their way out of hell with supreme confidence

stray thought i had getting groceries today is that i think i've read at least half a dozen people on the internet say poignant when they probably meant like, salient or somethin' closer to that

i keep looking at lavaleaper i want that fable frame so bad,

thingyyyyy

i'm not enough of a fool to believe, as a user of social media, that i'm any better or different from a reddit user, but i am enough of a jerk that i pride myself in not entirely understanding what it's like to be nor care for the perspective of redditors.

the "making reasonably priced food that's good for you" part about dieting is the easy part, it's the impulse control over snacks and leftovers with a nagging fear that they'll spoil or disappear and the addiction mindset portion in conjunction with easily accessible food that's ten times harder.

i'm committed to not reinstalling zenless because it was such a time waste for me by the end. i don't get hooked on gambling, but i do get hooked on minmaxing and squeezing the most value i can out of such games and ultimately it costs me my time/attention which i hate having captured to that degree

i know he's always going to be popular, and the infamous crash out was 5 years ago, but alton brown is a well off and famous old guy so i don't feel too bad still being skeeved by his vibe even if it seems he's learned to mostly shut the fuck up. i dunno.

i am so unreasonably excited for slay the spire 2 it's crazy, quite literally even more than a fromsoft game it is the only thing in existence that has been a sure thing for me. i am going to love it and i am going to play minimum 500 hours

hill i will die on because it's not even a hot take but game ranking brained people refuse to believe is that sekiro is not a souls game. some of the same parts under the hood, different beast tho.

how do you as politely as possible tell folks that when they're high they're actually like 20% less funny than normal and not like 3x as funny

i can split hairs all day about what really qualifies as "roguelike" but no genre debate will ever be as frustrating and endless as what is required for a game to be an "rpg" and what happens when you throw in the wrench of "jrpg"

mtg adding "pass priority" to my social behavior lexicon has got to be the goofiest nerd tell i've acquired in the last year, i'll be like i'm passing priority if you need to do laundry more than me, want those leftovers, etc.

I know my pc isn't like SUPER juiced but it's funny how being burned by even just a couple AAA games got me so hard off the train that the only $60+ games I buy on launch are fromsoft games lately and even elden ring had performance issues initially

don't mean this to vague any particular people but the way i feel about shame is that it can be a strong motivator but should never intentionally induced. i wish it were easier for people to learn the skill/mentality on how to turn it into motivation -

happy thanks

another heb thing I'll miss: massive selection of quality hot sauces and salsas they exist here but not in store brand and not at the close safeway. almost definitely at the bigger stores, but yeah...

basically just green's cori steel cutter, gives you a creature that benefits off of its secondary effect that is highly synergistic in-color. on par with the advantage/tempo it provides. even if removed, that's just a turn opponent wastes on removal, and you likely got the benefit you needed by then

I generally believe that games should be played in their original form if you want to experience the "legitimate" version of it as an experience, a work of art, etc. but I'm also a hardcore defender of people's right to mod them for literally any reason whatsoever.

I think I dislike critics the older I get and the more art I experience, not that I think criticism is worthless or that good criticism is easy, but rather being a hater is extremely easy and pretending to be a good critic when you're just a hater is nearly worthless.

avatar prerelease was pretty good (even tho I went 1-3 cries) I got THE azula card I wanted + every other version and also just happened to get every toph card too, wild pulls at least for commander. my deck WAS good tho, it just wasn't good enough to stand up to all the really solid earthbending

*holding out hand* let's [overcome executive dysfunction and find the willpower to form the habits necessary to become our preferred selves] together liiike tomorrow or next week or next month or new year or...

still romantically stagnant and unavailable. not uncomfortable or manic about it, just a little like "mm. ok." about it. i need money so i can kickstart some friends' get their shit together arcs lmao

I love Nier Automata's story, visuals, sound, it all comes together to be an all timer, but it is funny that the game and quest design is so whatever. I think if you catch me on a bad day I can be kind of a contrarian and call it bad but it's just ok.

thinkin' about games with random gen and meta progression that I do like, and they're good not because they're "roguelike" they're good because they're xcom lmao. darkest dungeon is good because it's turn based rpg xcom, and not because it's a "roguelike" despite folks calling it one

healthcare premiums already going up this fucking high for everyone is the kind of shit that does have me like are we really just gonna be chill with this?

don't mean to vauge, but I gotta get over my pet peeve of arbitrary sighs 'cause it's usually just a learned habit from family or w/e but my gut reaction is "they're pissed off about something in the environment that is someone's fault and they don't wanna communicate it" and in turn I get pissed

kinda preaching to the choir, but every piece of news on GTA6 being some new disaster does have me hoping it'll flop. I know it won't, because gamers at large don't care as much, but I really do hope its development has been compromised just enough that it fails its own ambition at the very least.

I don't care at all for League but I tried Riftbound with roomie tonight at the LGS. it's pretty fun! and also i love our store more now ;w; the vibe is so comfortable. it's legit like. so so nice when game stores are so openly inclusive, welcoming, and employees seem happy and involved

i'm glad i'm not lactose intolerant but it's also really funny looking in the fridge rn because i've got a tub of sour cream, yogurt, and ricotta in there and then a brick of cream cheese rn like yeah ok that's just 4 different kinds of milk gloop with slightly different processes