Shameless plug for my community !patientgamers@sh.itjust.works which I think is quite neat. Best gaming community imo

My girlfriend finds showering and bathing extremely painful due to several very severe skin conditions. She’s also allergic to almost every deodorant that doesn’t cost a ridiculous amount. She doesn’t sweat a whole lot so it’s usually not an issue, and can get away with only one shower a week usually. Her conditions are pretty rare so I’m not saying everyone who doesn’t shower regularly has what she has, but there might be factors at play for some that give them legitimate reason not to shower. Or it could just be laziness

Well in this case it’s quite clever since he’s literally surfing the web

Mechanical watches. Most people don’t understand just how expensive they can get, outside of the ones with diamonds all over them, nor why they’re so expensive. Most people also don’t understand how expensive it is to be allowed to buy certain models, depending on the model and the dealer you’re buying from. Also, watch repairs and regular servicing of mechanical watches is something most people don’t consider, and the price of tools if you want to do it yourself can be very expensive and require a lot of skill.

I collect wrist watches and intend on learning watch repair soon ish

Personally I’d like to see more content over at !patientgamers@sh.itjust.works . Full disclosure, I’m a mod there, but I do think it’s the best gaming community here

One of the advantages of being a patient gamer for sure. Shoutout to !patientgamers@sh.itjust.works

Wait you guys get internet for €13/month? cries in Canadian

Not sure if you’d call it a hobby or more of a collection but I collect mechanical wrist watches and that can get expensive fast.

I started with a mechanical under $100, with a decent movement and a display back case so I could see the gears and rotor inside, and that could’ve been it. But once you get the bug, you want to get different types of movements, different case sizes, maybe some complications, sooner or later you’re going to start wanting some hand finishing, and then it gets really expensive. I wanna get into mechanical watch repair too but that gets really expensive and takes a lot of skill and time so I’m going to hold off a few years I think. Plus once I go there, there’s no coming back. I’ll be buying broken stuff on eBay constantly and there goes all my paycheques

Or donate them to those in need

My first thought was r/USDefaultism. I wonder if there’s a community here with the same premise?

Edit: There is now. https://lemmy.world/c/usdefaultism

My girlfriend loves to watch me play games. She likes to do “comms” as she says, where she researches tough boss guides, cool weapon locations, etc while I play. It’s interactive for her, and she doesn’t have to learn how to play the game (she doesn’t enjoy most video games and finds them frustrating). One of her favourites was Elden Ring, but really any RPG is a ton of fun for her. My dad used to watch me play video games sometimes too when I was younger, and he liked the Fallout games specifically.

Very logical answer. What are some of your old favourites you like to emulate?

Hey, mod here. Guilty as charged, I honestly haven’t played much in months so it’s been hard to come up with good posts. I do read everyone else’s posts though, but not every day. I’ll try to comment more frequently and check in more often too.

As for the monthly games thread, that’s been the other mod, I’ve been patiently waiting for a new post for a while but haven’t seen one from him. I might take over that duty if the most recent post hits 3 months without update.

If there’s anything you’d like from this sub I’d love to hear it!

There’s lots of late 90’s-early 2000’s answers here. You’re definitely not alone in that thought

Time for crab

I haven’t had much time for games lately unfortunately but when I have found a few minutes here or there, I finally started Morrowind. I’m thinking of making a post about it soon, but it’s still an awesome game 21 years later

Micro-transactions and pay-to-win are reason enough, those are some of the worst things to come to video games

I’ve only played Black Mesa, and did so just last year. I haven’t played the original but had a ton of fun with the remake. I gotta try the second one soon

By the time I get to playing a series usually several games in that series have come out. I usually play games that are 5+ years old, I don’t have time to keep up with current releases and that’s more expensive anyway. Playing on a multi-year delay keeps me away from over-hype of game releases and by the time I play them they’re patched, have all dlc, whatever else is applicable. I don’t do it for every game obviously but it’s my typical way of buying games

I get half and pay double, and thought that was quite reasonable

What are your cellular plans like?

There’s some great games for that. My friend’s dad had one we used to play on as kids, and always had a great time. Got any favourite games?

€20 per year? That’s crazy. My girlfriend and I share a plan and combined pay almost $150 (about €100) per month (so $75 = €50 per month each)

During the summer it can get up to 30, during the winter down to -20 ish. -5 up to 20 is the normal range though. Not sure how but she rarely sweats. She’s always freezing cold. Her sweat also doesn’t really smell much, not sure if that’s a pH balance or what, idk much about that.

I keep starting a playthrough but have never gone through it all. Same with NV. I really enjoy the couple of hours I’ve put in but can’t seem to get around to finishing a playthrough. I enjoy it but never get hooked. Not sure why. They’re definitely very well made games though and I’m jealous of everyone who has it as one of their favourite games

Oh man that must’ve been a great time. Very jealous you got to experience that being brand new!

Same here. “Bless your heart” usually means thank you

Honestly PC white cheddar is very good

Great choices! Some classics there for sure

I’ve got 5 days off work for Christmas so maybe I’ll start up a new playthrough and try to push through the initial stages. Got any advice?

Listening to my Christmas playlist. The current song is The Offspring’s cover of “Baby (Please Come Home)”

Edit: Next song to come on is Dexter Gordon’s cover of “The Christmas Song” which is totally underrated. It’s a very good instrumental cover of the classic Christmas tune if you ask me

I definitely prefer Mirror’s Edge 1, and Catalyst was my first so it’s not because of nostalgia. I just think 1 was done much better. But Catalyst is still a really fun game, and definitely worth it on sale. Just don’t expect it to be as good

That was a great read. As someone born within that timeframe I didn’t really live through it much, so I don’t have much experience with it, but I like to get a glimpse at what it was like through comments like yours!

I feel like once good Lemmy apps exit betas and go to the App Store it’ll be bigger. Memmy is great, super user friendly. Once people can get access to it without jumping through hoops (TestFlight, not that complicated but maybe more than what the average user is willing to do), and once the app is ironed out (already most of the way there), it’ll be a much easier shift for a lot of people

Hey thanks! Glad you like it :)

Appreciate the tips, thanks! I’ll be on the lookout for acid damage weapons or ammo, or whatever affects it.

About $40/mo. for 100mbps for wifi. Cellular, I share with my girlfriend who gets a discount through work, we share 200GB for about $150/mo.

Duly noted. Appreciate it

Does anyone know of any apps for Lemmy on iOS? I’m using Mlem and Memmy through Test Flight, as well as the Lemmy web app as explained in the post, but I’d like to know if there’s any more I could test out as well

I do in fact own the dlc. I don’t know anything about it though, but I’ll definitely be giving it a try