Onii-Chan

Onii-Chan, 3 months ago

I live in Australia, and I hate the lack of seasonal variation. Almost every day of the year is sunny with a varying temperature between 15C-45C, or overcast/humid. On the west coast, it rains a whole lot in winter. Visually there aren't a whole lot of environmental changes, and as an Aussie, the year is generally split into "too hot, less hot, cold, less cold, and repeat."

I get the appeal of seasonal stability to those in the northern hemisphere, but live here long enough, and you'll probably miss the way the passage of time seems to pass when each quarter of the year brings with it refreshing scenery and liveliness.

I've always wanted to live in a country that experiences and celebrates the changes of the seasons and all the visual beauty it brings, and truth be told, Aussie culture and pastimes don't appeal to me at all. I feel very alone here.

Onii-Chan, 3 months ago

imo Tooie it's vastly inferior to the first game, and feels like it has no concrete identity as to what kind of game it wants to be. Banjo-Kazooie even to this day is a tight, defined, and perfectly balanced game that genuinely holds up, but I've never been able to get through Tooie without becoming either bored, frustrated, or both.

I get that Rare were trying to push the boundaries for video games at the time, but it just didn't translate to a better experience.

Onii-Chan, 3 months ago

Only sane take in this entire thread.

Onii-Chan, 3 months ago (edited 3 months ago)

Honestly, sometimes you just need an auto loan to get out of the "stuck in an unreliable shitbox that leaves me stranded at random every other week and the AC doesn't work and it looks like shit and fuck this I want something nicer" hole.

I bought a nice new (ish) car about 8 years ago, and 350,000km later, it's still nice, still reliable, and I still enjoy driving it. Hell, it got me out of the shitty little town I was stuck living in, because I could finally trust my vehicle to go further than an hour from home (being Australian, leaving for any interstate city is at the very least an 8 hour drive, unless you live in Perth, then it becomes a 30 hour drive.) I don't regret getting a car loan for even a second.

In saying that... I'd never go for another loan unless I absolutely had to. I'll drive this car into the ground before I get another one.

Onii-Chan, 3 months ago

True, I guess I'm speaking from the perspective of someone who genuinely loves cars.

An older Camry or something just wouldn't do it for me, but I'm lucky in that Australia used to make pretty reliable cars (modern post-'09 Falcons are unkillable, and get great mileage on the highway - 800-1000km per tank out of mine) and which also have plenty of power and comfort. Not the most technically advanced cars, but I actually can't stand the modern obsession with car tech anyway, and feel that '08-'13 era really offers all I need.

Onii-Chan, 3 months ago (edited 3 months ago)

Yes. People keep spreading the myth that Jack and Jane in the same job working the same hours at the same company during the same year earn $1 and 70c respectively. Even the government sources used to back up their arguments state that the pay gap is as a result of an overall snapshot of the workforce, taking into account a huge multitude of factors.

Not paying men and women the same amount for the same job is very, very illegal, at least here in Australia.

Onii-Chan, 3 months ago

Is Session actually secure though? I know they're based in Australia, and as an Aussie myself, holy fuck would I not trust this country for even a fraction of a picosecond with anything private or sensitive. We have some of the world's most draconian and far-reaching digital privacy and surveillance laws, and I'm not ready to accept that Session hasn't been secretly compromised by the AFP, given the law against revealing government backdoors.

Happy to be proven wrong, but I always err on the side of extreme caution when it comes to Australia. Digitally, we're closer to the CCP than any of our fellow western nations.

Onii-Chan, 3 months ago

Unnecessary dialogue, ESPECIALLY if that dialogue must be repeated ad nauseam in order to complete what should have been a bulk action. Animal Crossing NH, as much as I fucking adore that game, has got to be one of the absolute worst offenders in this regard.

Also, difficulty that isn't "tough but fair", and is instead "every enemy does 10x damage, has 500x HP, has their numbers increased by 5000x, and also you die in one hit." I'm exaggerating obviously, but my idea of a fun challenge isn't being given no room for error against overpowered enemies, it's the Souls approach; once I learn the patterns and flow of things, I should be able to almost play the game on autopilot. I still boot up DS3 all these years later just to relax, as I know the game THAT well now.

Onii-Chan, 3 months ago

I was a member of What.CD back in the day, and holy fuck, the elitism was insufferable... but the amount of genuine lossless music was unlike anywhere else, and the site was so well organized.

Onii-Chan, 3 months ago

Oh fuck.

Onii-Chan, 3 months ago

That's so skibidy. That's so fanum tax.

Onii-Chan, 3 months ago

Exactly. The issue with incels is that they actively do nothing to improve their chances in the dating world, and then instead of looking inward, blame women for their own shortcomings. "I'm a stupid moron with an ugly face and big butt and my butt smells and... women should still want to fuck me because I'm owed sex."

Fuck these people.

Onii-Chan, 3 months ago

Yo that censorship is fucking wild lmao

Onii-Chan, 3 months ago

Yeah, I'm officially too old now to understand a lot of this gen Z slang. Is it 'ahh' as in to scream? Or 'ahh', like a sigh? Some post-drink proclamation of refreshment?

Onii-Chan, 3 months ago

My god that's stupid.

Onii-Chan, 3 months ago

Reality is a dream. Try to enjoy it while you're here.

Onii-Chan, 3 months ago (edited 3 months ago)

I thought you were exaggerating, but after checking it out, it really does feel like a mid-late 00's website, and goddamn do I fucking miss it. Everything online these days is flat, overly-simplified, absolutely corporate and sanitized to fuck and back. I feel like, on an atomic level, I'm closer to a frown than a neutral expression when browsing most of the internet these days.

Also Subnautica itself fucking rules, good to see their website has just as much effort put into it.

Onii-Chan, 3 months ago

Far less than is optimal. I work a lot, and when I'm not working, I'm too tired to do much else. My best mate and I used to hang out once a week or so, drinking more than a few beers whilst playing video games or watching dumb shit on YouTube. It was great, but life just got busy. I'll see him once a year, maybe twice if I'm lucky. It also doesn't help that I'm neurodivergent, so the percentage of people I develop genuine personal chemistry with is very low.

Not fun, but eh. I'm making money.

Onii-Chan, 3 months ago

I'm only 31, but I'm going to do all of these things anyway.

Onii-Chan, 3 months ago

Kidney stones are second only to biliary colic for me. I've never fucking felt pain like it, and I've got a very high pain tolerance. I had an attack come on that was so bad, I passed out twice between bouts of writhing around on the floor like a worm, unable to even speak.

An emergency run to the hospital, 4 shots of fentanyl, and an ultrasound later, and it turns out my gallbladder was set to explode. Also turns out it'd been fucking rotting inside me for years, and a previous hospital stay failed to mention it in 2019 despite them knowing about it.

So FUCKING glad that's over now. Towards the end, merely drinking water would set off an attack.

Onii-Chan, 3 months ago

Are everyone's dicks really pixelated?

Onii-Chan, 3 months ago

This is the big issue for me. It can be as reliable as a Camry all it wants, but if it's a car made in China, I'm going to steer clear purely for the fact that I just don't fucking trust the CCP nor any Chinese company employing tech in foreign countries. I'll keep driving my 2011 Falcon until it dies (and knowing their usual longevity, it'll be a while.)

Onii-Chan, 3 months ago

You weren't kidding, this is a fantastic replacement. Cheers for the rec.

Onii-Chan, 3 months ago

You need a prescription for ibuprofen? That's way too far imo.

Onii-Chan, 3 months ago

They really need to rename it something that actually sounds as serious as it is, like ExecutiveDysfunctionDisorder (EDD) or some shit. My entire life was being played on Legendary difficulty due to no diagnosis until I was in my late fucking 20's, and I was finally given medication and an understanding of all the ways my own shithouse brain has been holding me back.

I'm now slowly catching up on life. It fucking sucks.