Welcome, Bill!

Stand naked outside the window and knock.

Or, just put a letter in the mailbox or on the front porch.

Well, see, nazis hate Jews (and people of color, and leftists, and…), and LGBT people, uh, well, you see, they uh… anyway you can’t block one and not block the other. See what I mean?

/s. Also, fuck off nazi punks.

Are you using Mlem on iOS? I keep switching back and forth between the mobile site and mlem. Not sure which I like better at the moment.

Started on lemmy. Haven’t gotten annoyed yet and can’t currently be bothered to try yet another new thing.

This just sounds like too much work to me. I mean to each their own, so rock on if that’s what works for you. I just know I’d end up forgetting which account I was subbed into, and within the course of 1-2 months my communities would be a mashed up mess.

I fully expect the defense to be, “Well, we can’t discriminate based on the applicant’s race, sex, religion, etc… but the constitution doesn’t say anything about discrimination based on legacy status.”

Well, maybe. Maybe fucked for the time being. But part of me thinks the cat is now out of the bag. If Reddit doesn’t end up shitting on everyone now, surely they will at some point later down the line.

I go by new. Obviously the content level here is not Reddit-esque yet, so it’s still remarkably manageable to do this way. At some point, I imagine (hope?) needing to shift to “hot” or “active,” but that time hasn’t come for me, yet.

I just hope OP doesn't break both arms while they're out doing... whatever it is they're going to be doing.

So many good options! Two I hear most about are probably Warbonnet and DutchWare. Fair notice, I have gear from both - a hammock (Eldorado) and tarp (minifly) from Warbonnet and lots of lines / hardware / suspension from DutchWare - and have absolutely nothing but positive things to say about both.

I grabbed my top and underquilts from a small(er) Etsy shop - the Hang Tight Shop - and love them both. Again, loads of options out there, so take a look around.

Last bit of advice - check out Shug’s YouTube channel. The dude is really experienced and has so many great videos for beginners and veterans alike.

Good luck, and keep us posted!

When I lived in Vegas my apartment complex would regularly drop blocks of ice in the pool in the summer. Surely we can scale that shit up for the oceans, right? …Right?

Were they fully aware, though? Sure the ceo was, but if I buy a trip on an airplane I assume the proper maintenance has been carried out. I know it’s not exactly the same, but there’s no way everyone on that sub had the knowledge or expertise to fully know just how not safe the experience really was.

Yes.

See you at the crossroads (crossroads, crossroads…)…

I did not have your experience, but I can relate to the sense that the pandemic brought about some really nice changes for me and my family and, while I would certainly never wish another pandemic on society, I can’t look back at 2020-2021 and say I didn’t enjoy it. More time with the family, more time with neighborhood friends (regular socially distanced evening gatherings around 2-3 fire pits), more flexibility at work (COVID remote turned into full time remote, permanently), more time outdoors… anyway, I do feel guilty (maybe that’s not the right word) about it, and it’s not a sentiment I express often, but I truly like where my life is today vs 2019, and I wouldn’t be here now were it not for the pandemic.

I’m not that guy (the one you asked to reply…), but I will say this as a lover of the first two games - play them. They are remarkable games and 20ish years after coming out I still play them (and do so regularly). If you’re a younger gamer you may find the interface or the graphics a bit clunky, but really, you ought to give them a go.

From my time on the Baldurs Gate subreddit, it seems like 3 was less story connected (per others’ comments), but that was before some of the added characters were announced (e.g. Minsc). That said, I haven’t played 3 at all, so I can’t comment personally.

tl;dr: I don’t know if you’ll be missing out in the story by starting with 3, but you should definitely play 1 & 2 because they’re incredible games.

Baldur's Gate 1 and, to a lesser extent, 2 call me back quite often. I'd say I play them at least once a year. I also enjoy Crusader Kings 2. Yes, 3 is more visually appealing, but 2 is just so rich with content in comparison. Those plus Civ 5 can keep me busy for, well, far too long.

Agreed. I started with a cheap one, then decided I wanted to switch to using it for backpacking. Then decided I wanted an 11-footer. Then needed a tarp. And an underquilt. And then I decided I didn’t want to lug around a sleeping bag, so a top quilt sounded nice. And so it goes…!

You know, that’s not the answer I would have come up with first on my own, but it’s a great answer.