the Hearth @Felthry@awoo.space

everyone seems obsessed with Air Conditioning in New Hampshire lately

[10:57 AM] Felþry of the Hearth: A bit of a radical opinion here but i think in most cases of things like this, whether something is "real" or "not real" doesn't matter at all, what matters is whether it's useful, helpful, or even just comforting or fun to the person in question (as long as it's not hurting anyone else, of course)
[10:57 AM] Felþry of the Hearth: honestly that's kind of the core of our spirituality
[10:58 AM] Felþry of the Hearth: we don't know whether the things we believe in are true or false, but it's helpful and makes the world feel more comforting to think they are, so we choose to think they are
[10:59 AM] Felþry of the Hearth: whether they are or not (talking about our own spirituality here, not spirituality in general) doesn't ultimately matter compared to the effect that treating them as real has on our psyche
[11:00 AM] Felþry of the Hearth: hell, we don't even have names for the things we believe in or even any set-in-stone set of beliefs, just. it helps to be mindful of the world around you and animism always feels nice
[11:01 AM] Felþry of the Hearth: it's... Important to be respectful of things, even inanimate things, I guess, is the core of our belief system
[11:02 AM] Felþry of the Hearth: Not out of any belief that they'll pay you back or do something for you that they wouldn't otherwise, just that they're inherently deserving of respect and shouldn't be wasted

our pharmacy has the worst hold music ever

not only is the music playing from what sounds like a badly damaged 8-track tape and periodically cuts out entirely, but the "we're sorry, our staff is answering other calls. please hold on and we'll be with you shortly" message plays every 22 seconds (I timed it), which is *far* too often

it feels like every smash game where there's a sizable competitive scene has one character that's just completely broken. melee has fox, brawl has meta knight, smash 4 has bayonetta--who's the equivalent for ultimate?

Not sure if there's one for 64 either

I think "luigi is transmasc" might be one of the best headcanons out there

morn gooding

only one vote? aw.

holly monorail gayceon

hey @monorail this made me think of you, you like rhythm games right? https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QK1P3A1B1gY

i wonder if we should play the persona series sometime, people seem to like it a lot

amplifier of choice

Copyright, or: verbatim verboten

Ended up printing out a note explaining that it's free food and putting it on a frequently-used staircase

why are we extremely stressed over the fact that we ordered food, got the wrong food delivered, and then got the right food but don't know what to do with the old wrong food now

just

don't want to waste food but also we can't eat this, we can't stand onions and they missed the note on the order that said no onions

we were going to offer it to the delivery driver who brought the right food but then they left before we had a chance

why is this so stressful and bad

one of the best parts of engineering is that you get really strange solutions to some problems

can't get a part with a low enough temperature coefficient for your precision application? Well, they make little insulating boxes that you can put it in with a temperature sensor and a resistor to use as a heating element, so you can keep it at a constant temperature with a tiny oven! (that's easier than a tiny refrigerator)

my gender is *static*

yes, newegg, that is generally how these things work