Zoomboingding
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- Comment on Eating would be weird if we didn't enjoy it. 1 day ago:
I actually do enjoy cooking! I’m usually the one preparing meals since my wife works a later shift. Nothing terribly complicated, but I do stews, stir fry, pasta, etc. I like making my own pizza dough, and I have a great pizza stone for it.
But again, it can often feel like a chore to cook, and if my wife were more receptive to it, I’d probably rely on Soylent more. As it is, I’ll drink about one 400 calorie bottle a month if I’m busy or especially lazy.
Soylent certainly isn’t for everyone though. It’s like a protein shake in terms of consistency. The premade flavors are pretty good, and back when I was buying the powder I was adding my own flavors (peanut butter powder was the best). But doing that for a few meals in a row really messes with you the first time. You kind of feel both full and starving at the same time.
- Comment on Eating would be weird if we didn't enjoy it. 1 day ago:
Yo I’m the person the one above was talking about! I was on a Soylent only* (I mean I had other food and snacks occasionally) for roughly 2 years. Lost 10 lbs (I barely had anything to lose to begin with) and stayed in excellent shape. I definitely enjoy food, but not as much as the other things I want to do (video games, movies, d&d, reading, hiking), and I’d rather down a quick shake than spens time preparing something.
BTW Soylent is very tongue-in-cheek in their branding, of course they intended to invoke Soylent Green. As with the stuff in the book, it’s something that’s nutritionally complete that you can subsist on for 100% of your diet.
I mean, it can be miserable after a while, and now they go with: Soylent shouldn’t replace every meal, but it can replace any meal. And it’s great! If I’m going for a run or have a busy morning, I can chug one and I’m all set. And unlike most protein bars, it’s not loaded with sugar.
- Comment on Eating would be weird if we didn't enjoy it. 1 day ago:
Hey some of my favorite things are wet textured holes
- Comment on Microplastics will be the "boomers all have lead poisoning" of millennials 2 days ago:
There’s actually a lot of work going into documenting and replacing lead service lines in the US. EPA required every state to make sure every waterworks submitted an inventory by last October, with grant money through the Bipartisan Infrastructure Law to pay for it.
- Comment on SAG-AFTRA approves 2025 Video Game Agreement, officially concluding its strike 5 days ago:
The new contract ensures “safety guardrails” around AI, which includes “consent and disclosure requirements for AI digital replica use and the ability for performers to suspend consent for the generation of new material during a strike”.
Great to see. Now we’ll see if this actually ends all of the voice actor strikes in the industry. I know there were a bunch that started due to this strike but actually hinge on the company’s stance on allowing non-union members to remain non-union.
- Comment on Now You Can Buy In-Game DLC And Pay It Off Later 5 days ago:
The era of financing gooner skins for your waifu has arrived
- Comment on Zelda BotW vs TotK - which one should I buy? 1 week ago:
I’d say BotW has less complexity for sure. TotK adds in a fusion system to its core gameplay, not only for vehicles but for weapons and your shield.
I loved BotW’s story, atmosphere, combat… It just had an unmatched sense of wonder. TotK is great but didn’t recapture the magic to the same degree.
- Comment on Developer Interview: my Q&A with the dev who runs 'the' Switch piracy freeshop 1 week ago:
Rofl this is what I most disagreed with as well. 3DS certainly had some bangers, but I think many would list it among the weakest first-party lineups
- Comment on Windows seemingly lost 400 million users in the past three years — official Microsoft statements show hints of a shrinking user base 2 weeks ago:
Hoping Steam OS is launched before Win 10 EoS
- Comment on It's a tragedeigh 2 weeks ago:
This sounds like the NPC I make up on the spot when the players ask the guard their name
- Comment on RFK Jr. Wants Every American to Be Sporting a Wearable Within Four Years 2 weeks ago:
I have a decent sense of time and an abundance of options to verify it
- Comment on I have never in my 43 years heard of anyone else with the first name Sigourney. 2 weeks ago:
I’ve had this exact thought!
- Comment on xkcd #3106: Farads 2 weeks ago:
Their names are Cueball, Megan, and White Hat?
- Comment on How streaming changed the way you watch TV 3 weeks ago:
Now it’s going to the bathroom or grabbing a snack wile in matchmaking queue
- Comment on If a sandwich is defined as any food item between two pieces of bread, then a layer cake is a type of sandwich. 3 weeks ago:
Cereal is soup
- Comment on Hmmm this came from the gutter of the gutter of my mind. You have been warned. 4 weeks ago:
Black pudding is great
- Comment on Switch 2 Breaks Records By Selling Over 3.5 Million Units In Four Days 4 weeks ago:
We’ll have to see how Beast of Reincarnation turns out. Gamefreak’s other side games weren’t anything spectacular, except for Smart Ball.
- Comment on No fucks given 5 weeks ago:
Go for a high score
- Comment on Labubu 5 weeks ago:
Why have these things started popping up in my feed? Are they the new Funkopop?
- Comment on Wise words 5 weeks ago:
Please ******* from ***** *** words
- Comment on So close! 1 month ago:
We usually steam it or bake it with some olive oil, but I still boil it occasionally. I don’t have a steamer for my little pot~
- Comment on So close! 1 month ago:
I mean, I definitely boil things like broccoli or potatoes and drain the water after. Not every meal calls for soup.
- Comment on WalkScape's (RuneScape inspired fitness MMORPG) developer here, we've now released support for smartwatches on iOS & a lot of new content, and we are accepting new players to the Closed Beta! 1 month ago:
Highly recommended. It’s unintrusive and fast, and you only have to check it now and then to switch up your activity. Every time I go for a run or get groceries, I look forward to what I’ve found in game :D
- Comment on What games are just objective master pieces? 1 month ago:
Haven’t actually played these two but from what I gather, they definitely fit the list!
- Comment on What games are just objective master pieces? 1 month ago:
Prey, System Shock 2, Outer Wilds, and Undertale are fully-realized microcosms where the primary game is unfolding the complex origami of the setting. All of them absolutely beautiful to experience.
- Comment on What games are just objective master pieces? 1 month ago:
Have you played Prey? Only other game to scratch that same itch for me.
- Comment on Number neighbors! 1 month ago:
“Ant-like alien bug people”
- Comment on pokémon or dopémon? 1 month ago:
Nope! Singulair is for asthma
- Comment on [deleted] 1 month ago:
My patience ia wearing skeletal
- Comment on pokémon or dopémon? 1 month ago:
More fun picks: Arboliva, Espathra, Palafin, Lokix, Zamazenta, Hattrem, Zeraora, Singulair, Solgaleo, Lurantis, Oricorio, Dartrix
One of those isn’t a Pokemon