Re: shitposts, it definitely strongly depends on who you follow. My home feed on mastodon is inundated with shitposts (and I like each one)

Thanks for the heads up, subscribed :) Might post a photo later.

Olivia Chow just won the Toronto by-election, so my week is off to a good start :)

Also, Pride was over the weekend, and I got a new bike.

I like new and new comments.

Sounds like that person is extremely not okay

It has been a while, but there was a time when, if I was feeling really anxious and almost panicky, a quick playthrough of Enter the Gungeon would chill me right out.

You doin ok buddy?

Tonight was trans march. Tomorrow is dyke march. Then, time to sleep :)

That’s exciting :) I definitely have a lot of nostalgia for Quake 2. The Quake 1 remaster from a little while back was really well done, and remained true to the original, so I hope this keeps that up.

Ooh thanks for pointing it out. Looks like I have it from a bundle too, haha. I will give it a read.

Buncha youngins with your GBAs.

My favourite OG gameboy game was Kirby’s Dream Land. Played and replayed it many times. Even had one of those attachments to magnify it and light up the screen when it got dark :)

Yeah! It definitely comes with a feeling of satisfaction and accomplishment. I like it, too.

Old article but still true. Love boomer shooters :)

Looking at Steam, I’ve got 800 hours in Stellaris, 500 in Factorio, 300 in Deep Rock Galactic, and down rapidly from there. Those are outliers, I buy a lot of single player indie games in the 10 to 20 hour range. Some less than that! I think I prefer shorter games, so I can actually finish them, and try a wider variety.

Then again, I have an unknown number of hours in Doom and Doom 2, since I don’t play it on steam and have been playing it since 1995. But, I haven’t replayed the base games in years; people continue to make new maps for it, after all this time.

It’s complicated. I am not religious, and have considered myself to be an atheist for most of my life so far. I also have strong negative feelings towards most mainstream religions, because of their long-standing hate towards people like me and my loved ones. I also grew up in a Presbyterian church and honestly, fuck everything about calvinist-derived theology.

But, it is hard to shake some amount of magical thinking. And honestly, if it brings joy, and isn’t harming people around you, why not? So lately I’ve been leaning into it a bit, in a vaguely neopagan direction. I definitely don’t take any of it literally, but if a sprinkle of it helps keep me from descending into despondency, I will shrug and go with it. It isn’t rational, but I am a human, not a robot.

I have also considered finding a local unitarian universalist church or something along those lines. Somewhere that is chill with me as I am. The last few years have been isolating and I think I need more community in my life to thrive.

Grew up in the Maritimes in Canada and that sort of culture was there for me, too. I definitely had some bad alcohol habits in my early to mid 20s. At one point, I could go through a 1.5 litre of wine solo, no problem.

I’ve dried out somewhat. Still a few drinks a week, but moderation is good (and cheaper)

This was a good read!

+1, love steel bikes. My touring bike from 15 years ago is still in good shape, and it’s made of steel. Certainly not from the 80s but a good steel bike will last.

One comment on the shared bikes… I live downtown in a major city. Bike theft is pretty common. A private bike probably is better than a shared bike, but I wonder if that still holds true if the private bike has to be replaced far too soon because it got up and walked away on you 🫠

34, here. I’m still a youth!! XD

Eh. I like the internet and the connections it allows us to form. I think internet access for all is a good thing.

I do miss a time when cellphones weren’t ubiquitous, though. They have their purpose but there’s a certain social expectation to always be available, and I think that is a bad thing. I miss disconnecting. I guess, in principle, I could literally just do that.

Last week was pretty quiet. This week is probably going to be quite a but busier (Pride weekend, among other things).

Got out for a bike ride yesterday which was quite nice :) I continue to be out of shape, but I was less sore than after the previous one so that feels like improvement.