Pronell
@Pronell@lemmy.world
- Comment on Delta Green 3 days ago:
I’ve had an idea for years I really want to try using this system.
The basis is the SCP story “What happened to site 13?”
And the answer is ridiculous, I won’t spoil everything but in the end they win by sending the site to an alternate dimension.
So I want to do that, have them win, then translate the end state into a dungeon in my D&D world for them to conquer.
- Comment on Chloe, Chloe, Chloe 4 days ago:
We are very lucky there.
Our youngest cat, Maryjane, is the enforcer. Any new animals in the house get hassled by her until they meet her standards.
Doesn’t matter how unruly the dog is, she will patiently hiss and bat at them until they chill a bit.
- Submitted 4 days ago to showerthoughts@lemmy.world | 3 comments
- Comment on You ever wake up and question, "am i the bad guy"? 1 week ago:
I often think of myself as a fuckup, especially lately as I am unemployed.
But when I look at my life honestly and with open eyes, I know I am a decent person who has grown and tried to make up for my past wrongdoing.
And I don’t know that there is much else to ask from anyone except that alone, to continue to try to grow and be better in some ways.
I can always beat myself up with would’ves and could’ves, but I can’t redo.
The only chance I have to do things differently is now.
- Comment on What television series in your opinion had very good writing and character depth? 1 week ago:
Dan Harmon has said the producer did this magic for him. He would often telling Dan that, no, they were over budget when they weren’t, so he could then say yes to the best ideas, actors/cameos, etc.
I’m a huge superfan. My ringtone is Professor Professorson’s.
- Comment on Slay the Spire 2 - Early Access Trailer 1 week ago:
It’s basically climbing a tower and killing most of what is in your way, but even then that is abstract.
It’s a deck building roguelike, and one of the best.
- Comment on Nothing good ever happens in a ravine. 1 week ago:
There was a ravine out back of my house in Ohio in the early 80s.
We had a ton of fun cleaning it up and exploring up and down the creek. There was a shale cliff nearby and we would snap off pieces and skip stones.
Solid memories of free time in the local wilderness when I was a tot.
- Comment on Single dose of DMT could help treat depression 1 week ago:
Fully agree, DMT clears my brain out for months. Unfortunately I can’t legally use it.
- Comment on To better understand the sexuality of living organisms Kinsey studied gall wasps. What if we armed ants or something with what would be the equivalent of a nuke... 2 weeks ago:
Neurotoxins.
- Comment on 4 weeks ago:
I hate having to drive in the snow.
I love getting to, especially when it’s fresh, fluffy stuff, undisturbed in an empty parking lot.
- Comment on There is *shower*thoughts, but is there a "snowstorm thoughts" for when you have random nostalgia moments about the past? Particularly about a past snow storm in your childhood, like the SNOW DAYS 5 weeks ago:
I live in Duluth, MN.
In 1991 it started snowing on Halloween and didn’t stop for something like four days.
We had four feet of snow in our yard. The town was paralyzed for days.
My sister and I took three hours walking to the corner store and back. She had to walk behind me because she was too short to even break a path through the snow.
It was so much fun.
- Comment on Is it normal for a simmer to not produce any bubbles? 1 month ago:
I’d just raise the temp slowly until it starts boiling. The only reason I can think it wouldn’t be simmering at that temp is that the water has been boiled off, but that’s almost certainly not the case here.
But I’ve never made stock before.
- Comment on [deleted] 1 month ago:
My interpretation would be that she has a crush on him and is hoping that converting him would be a way to (innocently) sink her claws in.
As such, she is nervously laughing off his sexuality because it’s another thing that makes him harder ‘tame’.
- Comment on I wonder what humans do when they’re not taking showers. And where does all this water come from? And how did I become sentient? 2 months ago:
I am very sorry to tell you that it’s quite likely you came to sentience just so you could eventually be killed by one Arthur Dent.
- Comment on In the US one can graduate *cum laude, magna cum laude, and summa cum laude*. There should be another honor added if you survive a school shooting. 2 months ago:
I was at my wife’s work holiday party last night.
They had a clever icebreaker bingo game with facts about the attendees. One person’s was “survived three school shootings.” I found her and got a bingo. The prize was a $10 doordash gift card.
Lame prize, great game idea. Terrible that this has happened to her but she’s a bright and cheerful woman.
- Comment on [deleted] 2 months ago:
If it’s already a crime and you involved a minor in the crime while crossing state lines, you now trafficked that minor and additional charges are added. Add a gun, more charges.
One crime at a time is the rule for a lot of good reasons. Of course zero crimes is preferable, if we are being picky.
- Comment on 4 months ago:
I loved that book!
- Comment on It's official: EA is going private. 4 months ago:
I was already not buying their crap.
Now I can do so gleefully.
- Comment on How to relax and most importantly stop thinking about the things i could be doing? 5 months ago:
Heh. Autocomplete.
- Comment on How to relax and most importantly stop thinking about the things i could be doing? 5 months ago:
Any attempt at self-improvement is not pathetic. My phone suggested self-forgiveness, which also is key here.
You are trying to be more aware and less impulsive. The key here is mindfulness, not that it’s easy to attain/achieve.
I said self-forgiveness because beating yourself up for your perceived failures will also hold you back.
Failure is key to success.
I’ve made a little progress toward changing my internal monolog, and it has served me well. Be nicer to yourself and laugh off your failures lest the memory of them become baggage.
My dad is a Buddhist. I never got good at meditation, but I recognize its value.
But mainly, be kinder to yourself. Perfection was never an option, so why would you expect it from yourself?
Relax. Breathe. You’ll figure things out, whether or not you achieve these goals.
- Comment on what video game deserves to be in a museum? 6 months ago:
Karateka, along with everything else Jordan Meschner did following it, starting the Prince of Persia series.
It’s a nice evolution of personal style.
I’ve more or less dropped out of mainstream gaming so have no idea how the more recent Prince of Persia games play, nor if he has any involvement… but anyone who knew the original games should understand that these games did something foundational with movement and interface, helping the player to feel involved in the action.
- Comment on The worst day to get Groundhog Day'd would be when you have an early flight in the morning 7 months ago:
Watching it now. I’d learned of it from a YouTube series analyzing similar movies called Goodnight Rita.
- Comment on First video of an earthquake fault cracking has revealed another surprise 7 months ago:
How is that something we never caught on video before? Fascinating regardless.
- Comment on Danny McPhee: A remake of Nanny McPhee starring Danny McBride 7 months ago:
I actually know a Dan McPhee.
- Comment on Why doesn't the US government just tax illegal immigrants a little bit more than the Average american? Then use those funds to fix infastructure or a new WPA of the 21st century? 7 months ago:
Not necessarily. Sales taxes, payroll taxes, and income taxes are all paid by people who are living somewhere while not being an immigrant with a visa or the like.
- Comment on Why doesn't the US government just tax illegal immigrants a little bit more than the Average american? Then use those funds to fix infastructure or a new WPA of the 21st century? 7 months ago:
Undocumented immigrants already pay more in taxes while not being eligible for most benefits programs.
This isn’t about a rational solution, it’s racism.
- Comment on Going to bed makes any dream possible 9 months ago:
Believable shower thought… wanting to go back to bed.
- Comment on What level of interest do you have in "empire building" location based games? 9 months ago:
I’d give it a shot, but I honestly leave my home only once a week, which makes these types of games less appealing to me.
I almost never travel either.
I’d still play a game that let me use/invest in local resources generously, and unlock more areas with travel.
I’d never be competitive in such a game, but I’m comfortable with that.
- Comment on [deleted] 9 months ago:
What works for you, works for you.
It may be possible to slowly wean yourself off of these behaviors that are worrying you. If it’s down to once a month, there isn’t as much of a jump to zero times a month, but maybe sometime. And then once it’s been a year, congratulate yourself for that and keep going.
Habits are hard to break and much easier to fall into. But if you are more conscious of these decisions, it all becomes a little bit easier with time.
That kind of mindfulness is a skill that is hard to develop, but your post leads me to think you’re already on your way.
- Comment on What techniques do bad faith users use online to overwhelm other users in online discussion and arguments? 9 months ago:
That’s a tactic I’ve seen widely used, especially by the assholes we are talking about.
Words have meaning to us, and fascists love that because they are not beholden to any truth at all.