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Now I'm wondering what Skyrim would be like if the Nords were more like actual Nordic cultures and less like the white supremacists fantasy of vikings.

Me, age 18: "wow all these stories about the power of love etc are really trite."

Me now: "Love and beauty are all that we have in the world, let's celebrate the shit out of them."

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Yes, this means I go into movie theaters with both earplugs and subtitles :D

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This cat is nicknamed "revolting beast" for a reason 

@memnus@octodon.social aaaaaaaargh.

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I can hear >95% of things just fine and still use subtitles for everything I can.

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Yeah I was anxious the first time or two about asking for it but seriously theaters are generally super chill about it. Don't worry about "not needing it enough". If it helps, it helps.

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Another movie theaters tip:

They offer subtitles! All you have to do is go up to the front desk and say "hey I'd like a subtitles thingy for <show>".

Most places, it's a long-focal-length screen on a gooseneck that you can position to the edge of your field of view.

At some newer theaters, they have glasses that project the subs directly over the screen.

I use the subs every time.

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Seriously, if you always walk out of movie theaters with a headache, give these a shot.

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Okay y'all, PSA:

EARPLUGS. They are good shit when going to live music or movie theaters. Nowadays you can get reusable ones for <$15 that don't change the way things sound at all, just make it less loud. The keyword is "flat frequency response".

I've used these ones for years with good results, but there's plenty of other options. amazon.com/Etymotic-ETY-Plugs-

capitalism is a fuck 

like imagine a world where the "stay at home mom" thing returns but it's just two staying-at-home-half-the-time people, or even four people who work like 30% of what one normal person would be

where your life balance would suddenly be more about you and you'd have more than a quarter of your life to live on your own terms

instead of spending hours and days for someone else

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Looks like Firefox Quantum might be what I need to finally ditch Chrome :)

Otherkin Praxis 

@indi Thank you for this. I've bookmarked it for later reading, since I can't really focus on it right now.

HER NAME IS NATALIE.

HER NAME WILL ALWAYS BE NATALIE.

Unpopular Tusky opinion 

@memnus@octodon.social this is my big problem with the client.

Parked below a freeway overpass waiting for my ride to work, listening to the clack-clack above and watching clouds of traffic mist sparkle in the sodium streetlights.

Beauty in everything.

Thought: tabletop RPGs are unique among storytelling for the degree to which retcons are not just permitted but expected. Key pieces of narrative can be instantly and retroactively changed by consensus. I think that's really cool.

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