Well, unless we want to keep playing the new Triple-A games and enjoy the hyper graphics, I don’t really see a problem. We don’t need to keep upgrading and building the best possible PCs… We could just settle at some point. Clean them regularly, change pastes, get the same-level parts if something breaks… There’s plenty of new indie games that would run on a toaster and still be perfectly enjoyable.

The next PC I build, well, build with using the parts I already got and/or can get used from online or from my friends, will be an offline DVD player with Linux. Radical, yes and not for everyone. But it’s an option…

I got a XP PC for playing The Sims 3 and some Lego games and such on it. The PC was my first ever PC, and I have since upgraded it with free parts I have found in the trash… You won’t believe what kind of top-notch-at-the-time things people just throw away. It’s quite pleasant lil machine, my lil machine.

That’s alright, you can just buy another one!

Back in school, like secondary and high school, I used to drink to get my homework done and essays written in time. A sip between pages, or when it started to get hard to think. I quit drinking to smoke herbs and suddenly dropped out because I fell too far behind with all the essays, “weird.”

When cleaning and organizing, no breaks. Break means I sit down until I head to bed, so the only option is to push until everything is done and/or I crash. Drinking plenty of water and not going to bathroom also helps, like “I can go to pee once I do this… Okay I forgot, but I can go once I get this other thing done… Oh, well after this…”

Also blasting fast music helps, I can dance and daydream while getting stuff done without thinking too much. But that might backfire and cause me to zone out too, slip into the daydreams and dancing. But that’s good for my head too, so ehh.

I have met multiple people who have said this, at first I thought it was like a common joke… Nope. They put in a 20€ bill and then put in another once the last one has run out. They don’t count in that the same money suddenly lasts for less time. But no, they have not been very frugal people in any other way either, so… And oh, they do reproduce.

Not just that, but my country’s official, tax-funded news quote Xitter in their news. What random politician wrote, or in the slow days, what some prick wrote to get attention. I have my browser settings so I only see the empty Xitter box, but I try to write to them, and honestly, few other news sources I use, to stop that and that it’s not a reliable source or New Event or significant in any way.

Of course they also use Trump’s Truth Social, when they do those “look at what the orange satan said”-news they do three times a day. I try to complain about those too, but it’s just easy pickings for the journalists to get “clicks”. (But again, as it’s the official, tax-money news source, they don’t have ads so they don’t need the click either…) Fucking gross, would be easier to quit reading news in my mother tongue.

Yes, unless you read into the missinfo campaings. They will follow your local laws, but you can control how much info they have on you.

May I ask why do you consider removing Proton, Brave and Signal?

I grew up hearing that what ever game I enjoyed, “was not a real video game.” And this was IRL, from people I knew and thought as my friends, at the time. If I tried to continue, it turned verbally abusive and my fave games got properly shitted on. So I learned to stay quiet and play only offline games, just play my lil games alone. These days I got real friends who’d like to play with me, but I’m too shy to go online… Like I want to, but just too afraid. It’s really fucking dumb.

I’m glad to hear this! It’s sure easier and tastier. :)

Those are amazing! Also nutritional yeast is pretty good to add in.

I love it in bolognese or lasagna… Or in tortillas. Or well, anywhere, it’s so easy to just add different spices.

I add plenty of oil in the pan and some onions, then add the dry TVP, mix well, add all the spices, let fry until it looks “right” and then I add water/veggie broth or canned tomatoes, depending on what I do. This works with small or smaller texture or “mince-type” or so.

With big, steak-like pieces I do soak them in hot water for like 5 minutes before frying, but never boil.

TVPs are absolutely underrated, it sure takes some learning but after that… Cheapest ever. (Never boil, always fry with spices and then add a little bit of water/veggie stock/tomato sauce…)

We tell our’s that there are bad, bad owls who would snatch him the second he’s off the porch. And he’s a scaredy cat so it has worked so far. :3

It’s so fun to redownload the app twice just before meeting (on phone as I need the camera) and then still end up using it in the browser without logging in!

Just a polite reminder that if you only need to print a few papers, it’s probably cheaper/easier/free to use the printer at local library! Mine does it for like 15 cents a paper, or for free if you have your own paper! Much less hassle than buying a good printer, sorting the ink situation and then fighting with that machine…

I think I break more. I don’t use makeup and wear very boring clothes and we have strong religious cults around here, so I’m always expected to be one of those cultists - until I open my mouth and start swearing.

If the cat only had opposable thumbs and some proper tools… I’d help them find a scrap metal buyer for sure.

Yes, it’s in a small hill! Or a hill that was manually made on top of the concrete structure.