that’s pretty much figured out for me

Why are people OK with this?

I’ve had zero interest in taking psychedelics in probably almost 10 years or so at this point (what’s the quote, “if you get the message, drop the phone?” something like that?), but I feel as though so much of my understanding of the world, and myself, was facilitated through them. I can’t imagine that I would be nearly as self-possessed and self-realized as I am now, if I hadn’t gone through those experiences when I was younger.

I stopped looking for external meaning in life a long time ago.

Look into nihilism (like actualy nihilism, not like “hurr durr I hate everything so I’m going to make the world suck” people who label themselves “nihilist”). It’s actually very freeing.

Edit: Just saw your “Context,” so it appears you’re on that track already. I guess I lean more toward the, “there is no meaning, so stop wasting time and effort trying to find or invent it” side than the “create your own meaning” side.

Sir/Madam, this is America. You cannot say that word in a public school.

How would you like a one-way, all-expenses paid trip to El-Salvador? No? Too bad.

Egg sandwich every time. Crack the eggs right over the (already hot and buttered) pan and drop them in. Break up the yolk a bit (but don’t scramble it too much) and mix it around. Try to keep it the size of a sandwich patty or whatever. Flip it once, put a slice or two of cheese on it, a small bead of water next to it, and cover it with an upside-down bowl for a couple of mins.

Remove from pan, put onto a toasted everything bagel (or kaiser bun). Add your bacon (or pork roll… If you know, you know), some hot sauce… Goddammit now I’m hungry.

“A historical” does sound a lot like “ahistorical” when spoken out loud.

Just an observation I just made.

This is the real reason they’re so obsessed with AI… Let the computer write this shit.

Once I started having to write “{ }” by hand for school (Calc 3 maybe? Infinite series?), I would just zone out in class practicing them because they always looked like trash.

I can say now, that years later, I can still write them very well. Calculus 3 on the other hand…

Once you download it through the protonup-qt app, it gets added to your compatibility list dropdown in Steam automatically.

I dunno, worth a shot. Like I said, probably unlikely if every other version hasn’t worked. But if you’re desperate…

I’d say it’s also worth just having GE-Proton on hand anyway. I often just default to it. And if a game has any issues whatsoever with the official default, it’s the first alternative I try and works nearly every time.

No OLED here yet but next TV I will definitely pony up the extra for it.

Do it… I might even say that I’d rather watch a regular blu-ray on OLED, than a 4k on LCD… but that might be a stretch. Once you get OLED though, it’s hard to go back.

I only have a few 4k, most of my blu-rays are regular (I’ve been collecting Criterion Collection films. Criterion blu-rays used to go on sale regularly for under $20 on Amazon until recently).

I do have the Criterion Collection Citizen Kane 4k blu-ray (sounds kind of silly, I know, but it was on sale and man it looks outstanding).

I’ve learned that I wake up feeling like warmed-over shit whether I’ve slept for 4 hours or 9+ hours. So why bother going to sleep early if I’ve got something to do?

It’s even worse, man… At least the robots in The Matrix weren’t capitalists (I don’t think… I honestly forget most of the Animatrix)

My friends think I’m crazy that I still buy blu-rays sometimes (including 4k), but for some movies, on an OLED screen… it’s just next level.

The new Dune films, for example…

Well, to be fair, blackface is also a type of makeup

Since people are linking to other twists on Chess, I’m a fan of 5D Chess with Multiverse Time Travel. Though, I will not try to say that I can wrap my head around it very well lol.

It’s mind-wrinkling, but it somehow does actually seem to kind of work as a game.

Have you tried GE-Proton? Probably won’t work but might be worth a shot.

A different game, but I recently read about someone having to go all the way back to Proton 3.something to get it to work (forget which game), so maybe try that if you haven’t?

I’m stuck at the tutorial boss (“how does that make you feel?”)