Strae 11 months ago • 100%
My wife found an Emerald ring she really liked from more of a boutique style jewelry store owned by a young woman. It had the vibe of a brick-and-mortar Etsy store. We went to a few old school jewelers and hated the experience. It felt like we were being scammed by some slimy diamond dealer.
Strae 1 year ago • 77%
I semi-regularly dream that I'm playing a video game, but it usually is a more like a hybrid between controlling a video game character, and being the actual character.
It usually manifests itself as some alternate reality version of WoW (because I've played that more than any other game, I assume). Sometimes I even think to myself, "it's amazing that I've never seen this part of WoW before!"
Strae 1 year ago • 100%
Maybe a stupid question, but does it count if he wasn't there for the game? A player wouldn't get credit for a win if they didn't play, so should the manager get credit for the win if he wasn't managing the game?
Strae 1 year ago • 83%
You're being obtuse about the definition of "go to war". If they invade your country and you fight back you're still going to war.
Strae 1 year ago • 74%
This is slightly extreme. Go tell Europeans in the late 30s and early 40s that there's no justification for going to war against Germany. There are always exceptions.
Strae 1 year ago • 100%
Sports subs are the #1 reason I still occasionally check in on Reddit. I've removed every non-sports sub. Sports subs can also be sorta "reddity", but it's still my favorite place for news and discussion.
Strae 1 year ago • 100%
Tough approach having to carry the trap as well.
Strae 1 year ago • 100%
It forces replayability if you're the kind of person who needs to do everything.
It's absolutely enjoyable. The choices feel like they have a lot of weight. At the end of the day it's just a video game, so you just have to pick a choice and see what happens. You can also save scum if you're super unhappy with an outcome, but I try to avoid that.
Strae 1 year ago • 100%
There are absolutely irreparable consequences to your actions in this game. You have to "plan ahead" in the sense that you have to be sure what path you want to go down because other paths will become closed or non-existent. It also is sometimes not obvious which path makes the most sense to take, which is by design.
Without trying to spoil anything, I made a mistake with one of my characters which caused them to permanently leave the group and I can't get them back.
Strae 1 year ago • 100%
I have similar nightsweat problems, so I did something close to this once: https://www.wikihow.com/Clean-a-Bed-with-Baking-Soda
If you Google "clean mattress with baking soda" you'll find a bunch of similar recipes. Lots suggest using essential oils, which I didn't use.
The results were decent when I did it. Definitely de-funkified the mattress a bit, and removed some of the stains. It was hardly like new, but it was definitely better than before.
Strae 1 year ago • 66%
When six newbies struggle to figure it out, then it isn't well-defined. Or at the very least isn't well structured to find the definition quickly. I will die on this hill.
Strae 1 year ago • 100%
My friends and I started playing DnD during COVID. We're all at least normal intelligence, college educated people (I even work in a job where I regularly research federal regulations, so I'm used to navigating complex rules). Our biggest complaint was how obtuse and difficult to pin down some of the rules in this game are.
Six of us spent a half hour trying to figure out how darkvision works, and the answers we found online didn't seem to match up with what we were reading in the handbook. You would find something mentioning darkvision, but it wouldn't explain how it worked. Then somewhere else would say something different about darkvision. It seemed like you needed to go to multiple different sections of the handbook to piece everything together. We encountered multiple instances of this.
Our one friend defended it all saying it's deliberately obtuse to allow for DM flexibility, but most of us disagree with that approach. The rules should be explicitly stated, and then a caveat added that all rules are flexible if the DM wants them to be. There should not be a debatable way to play the game, as far as official rules are concerned. How you bend the rules is entirely up to you.
Strae 1 year ago • 100%
Holy shit yes. I thought Way of Kings was incredible, and thought I found my favorite book series. Then the next book was fine, and the third book was so insufferable I quit after 800 pages. Never even made it to book four, which I hear is even worse.
Strae 1 year ago • 100%
It's an ill wind that doesn't blow somebody good.
Strae 1 year ago • 100%
I think happiness is a misunderstood concept. It's something that many people take for granted when they're young, but as they get older it seems to wane and comes with a lot more caveats. Your baseline used to be happy, but now your baseline is more neutral. You spend 80% of your time being neither happy nor sad. The idea of being happy all the time is sort of a farce, and I tend to assume people who claim to be are either lying or stupid.
Happiness is more about taking a step back from your life and viewing it all in one big picture. If you like what you see, then you can consider yourself happy, even if that doesn't mean you're smiling about it right this moment.
Strae 1 year ago • 100%
The story arcs are some of the best I've ever seen. I don't really think any other sci-fi shows stands up to Farscape's drama. There's something incredibly unique about this show.
Strae 1 year ago • 100%
This is one of my favorite shows ever, but every person I've recommended this show to has had a weird reaction to it and only made it through a handful of episodes.
People have a hard time with the fact that there are essentially muppets as main characters. The first season is also slightly janky. The production quality really picks up in the later seasons.
I think you need an open mind to appreciate this show. It's very cleverly written, and very rewarding. But it is VERY quirky and even cringey at times.
Strae 1 year ago • 100%
My wife and I gave up after two episodes. Neither of us have read the books or played the games. We just think the show sucks.
Strae 1 year ago • 100%
I feel like the goalkeeping has taken a pretty massive step up this year. It's been one of the weakest parts of the women's game, but I've seen some really impressive performances.
Strae 1 year ago • 100%
I really should give it a try. I liked almost everything else about S1.
Strae 1 year ago • 75%
I really liked The OA, but I thought the end of season 1 was the absolute worst, most cringe-inducing nonsense I've ever seen in my life. I'm not even being hyperbolic. It almost completely ruined what I thought was a great show before that. Haven't given season 2 a chance because of it.
Strae 1 year ago • 100%
This is a microcosm of how employment works in the world at large.
You aren't paid based upon how difficult your job is, nor are you paid strictly based on how much value you add. You're paid based on a function of value added, AND how replaceable you are. Essentially supply vs demand. If your job is hard and you add a ton of value, but you're easily replaceable, then you won't make much money. There's just too much supply. It doesn't matter that RBs are important if you can just throw a rock and hit someone who can fill the role.
Likewise if you're difficult to replace, but don't add a ton of value you also won't make a lot of money. My best guess for an example of this would be long snappers.
Strae 1 year ago • 100%
I think this is terrible advice for most people. You only need to spend like an hour in the airport to avoid missing a flight. Most people don't fly often enough to get much actual gain from pushing this boundary. The only person I knew who would push the envelope like this was someone who flew every week for work. That makes sense to me, because you're saving two hours every week for years. If you're only flying a few times a year just pack a book and ensure you make your flight on time.
Strae 1 year ago • 100%
That's sort of exactly the point. People believe it to be true, and it's sort of impossible to prove them wrong. Nature vs Nurture still isn't proven either way, regardless of how strongly you feel one way or the other.
The simple fact that someone believes it's possible to "make people gay", almost necessarily leads to them believing there are people out there actively doing it.
Strae 1 year ago • 100%
I thought it was entirely fine and enjoyable as a popcorn, action movie. But other than that I don't really understand why it deserves any awards.
Also what is the distinction between "movie" and "television movie"? That line seems pretty blurred in a world of streaming.
Losing the Super Bowl is so strange, because the only objective measure of improvement would be to win it this season. But that feels sort of like an unfair expectation. The team should theoretically be better though, so maybe that is the expectation? When you win the Super Bowl you don't really care about improving. We could have gone 0-16 after we won in 17/18 and I wouldn't really have cared (I still would have been disappointed, but you get the point). Everyone expects this team to make the playoffs, but will the season be a disappointment if we lose in the WC/Divisional round? How about the Championship? It just feels so pessimistic to think anything less than winning the Super Bowl is a disappointment.
Strae 1 year ago • 100%
Oh 100% being able to hit driver well feels amazing. But it really isn't that important for most people.
Strae 1 year ago • 100%
I think the butterfly effect is much more interesting when you think about incredibly far reaching effects that are essentially impossible to predict. Someone running late and getting into an accident might actually be relatively easy to predict.
Instead: someone reading this post is running late. Because of this a different car following behind them gets caught at a red light they shouldn't have gotten caught at. As they hit the brakes for that light, their passenger lurches forward and accidentally sends a nonsensical text to their friend. Their friend reads that nonsense text, and in their confusion spills their coffee on the floor. A person walking by slips on the coffee, hits their head, and dies.
The person running late just killed a person miles away, and they have zero idea that it even happened.
Strae 1 year ago • 100%
I would actually say most people don't even need a driver. I went through a serious struggle with my swing for a while and I didn't even carry a single wood in the bag for about 4 months. I teed off with a 3h or a 4i depending on how I was feeling. My scores were lower without the driver because I couldn't hit the thing straight. For me, 170-180 yards straight was better than 220 yards in the other fairway.
Strae 1 year ago • 100%
An American Werewolf in London. My parents were watching it when I was like 6. The opening sequence on the moors scared the hell out of me, and they decided I should go to bed. I think they had heard it was a comedy, so weren't prepared for actual horror. That scene stuck with me for like 20 years before I ever rewatched it. It's a good movie as an adult.
Strae 1 year ago • 100%
This is 100% of my golf, so I doubly recommend this. It's cheaper, and way more casual. I kinda hate regular golf. Plus 5 hours of golf is way too much, but I'm probably in the minority there.
Strae 1 year ago • 100%
I'll have to try this at the range. Seems like a tough shot to execute, but would be nice to know how to do. Thanks for the advice.
Strae 1 year ago • 100%
Yeah this is my fear. I don't really know how to hit a flop, so I just chip it extra far to avoid the bunker.
I've attached a picture that hopefully illustrates the situation I often find myself in. I'm still quite a beginner at golf. I'm in the rough outside of the bunker, but I have to chip over the bunker to a nearside pin. Bonus jank if the green runs downhill. I feel essentially incapable of getting the ball close to the pin. I just have to settle for ending up on the far side of the green, 30-50 feet away or whatever. Then I have at least two putts to get it down, so this shot feels super score-inflating. In a perfect world I wouldn't be in this situation, but I'm not good enough to avoid it. Ideally I would like to get more loft and just barely plop it on the other side of the bunker and roll to the pin. Is that essentially the ideal play? Any general tips on achieving this?
Strae 1 year ago • 100%
A group of friends were trying to organize a bunch of us going to a regular season football game this year. The game they picked was $180 per ticket. I backed out. It isn't that I can't afford it, I just don't want to spend $180 (plus overpriced parking, food, beer, etc.) for something I might be miserable about after if my team loses. It isn't like a concert where you're almost guaranteed to enjoy the outcome.
I prefer to watch American football on television anyway. I think it's a more enjoyable product.
Strae 1 year ago • 96%
Amazon, sort of. It absolutely cannot be beat for convenience. Ordering something in 15 seconds, then having it shipped within 48 hours is unmatchable.
But if you plan ahead, and aren't an impulse buyer, you can find alternatives with better products and similar prices. Most stuff on Amazon is absolute junk with clickfarm reviews.
Ironically Reddit was really good for finding niche websites for whichever product you were looking for. Hopefully Lemmy will reach that point eventually.
Strae 1 year ago • 100%
Something about the atmosphere this book created was just mesmerizing. I absolutely loved it.
Strae 1 year ago • 100%
Between Two Fires. If you're into fantasy and dark/horror then this is right up your alley.
Strae 1 year ago • 100%
Reading this right now, and a little over halfway through. Enjoying it, but it took a long time for me to really sink my teeth into it. It's a very long book and a slow burn.
Strae 1 year ago • 100%
I get that it's just a meme, but there is a lot of anti-reddit circlejerk content on Lemmy.
Strae 1 year ago • 100%
The thing that always shocks me, is how fucking vile cigarette smoke smells. It's almost like they intentionally engineered it to smell like death.
I think cigar smoke and pipe smoke actually smells sort of pleasant. Why do cigarettes smell so bad? Is it just all the preservatives and other nonsense they put in them? I went to France a few years ago and thought the cigarettes smelled significantly less horrible than they do in the US. Maybe they smoke more natural cigarettes?
Strae 1 year ago • 100%
Super clean looking. Glad it's back.
There are zero posts in this community, so I figured I would start it off with the best advice that can be given to a beginner. Get a lesson! Don't read articles. Don't take swing advice from randos on the internet. And for the love of God don't watch YouTube videos. They will ruin your swing if you don't know what you're doing (which you don't because you're a beginner). I spent years working with a bad, inconsistent swing. One, 1 hour session with a local instructor for $125 fixed it so that I'm consistently flushing all of my clubs, and hitting with a slight draw. And I gained 10-15 yards on every club, despite that not being my goal at all. I genuinely would have paid double or triple the price if I knew how much better it would make me. So why did it take me so long to get a lesson? I think there are a few errors in thought that cause people to avoid taking a lesson (or at least did with me): 1. *You just genuinely think you can work it out by yourself, and taking a lesson feels almost like cheating. Or maybe your ego is preventing you from taking a lesson.* - Drop the ego, and realize that most people who are any good at golf have probably had a lesson at some point. Golf is hard, and without a professional it's hard to know if what you're changing in your swing is helping or hurting (more on this later). 2. *You think that for some reason your swing is the exception, and they won't be able to fix it.* - This is just categorically wrong. There is nothing special about your swing. Any instructor worth their salt can suss out your issues pretty quickly, and give you drills and advice to work through them. My instructor found four major problems with my swing within the first seven balls I hit. 3. *It's too expensive/isn't worth the money.* - If $125 is too expensive, then you're playing the wrong sport. Skip a few rounds and you'll have enough money for a lesson. Trust me it's worth it. One side of this is the thought that if you can fix it for free via YouTube/Articles, then its better than paying for it. This is something that's true in theory, but almost impossible in practice. Without immediate feedback it's incredibly difficult to apply advice you get from YouTube/Articles. Not to mention that everyone is different, and what works for someone else might not work for you. An instructor can give you immediate advice, tailored to your peculiarities. And you KNOW the advice is correct, and will work if you keep practicing it. What's more, the instructor will give you specific drills to work on exactly where your issues lie. There's huge peace of mind in knowing that what you're doing is eventually going to help, rather than constantly second guessing any advice you've received from the internet. Trust the process. Everyone who gets a lesson says the exact same thing, "I wish I had done this sooner." Get the lesson sooner rather than later, and get those good habits ingrained early. Professionals are professionals for a reason. Get a lesson!