Currently into...
Currently into...
A little thread to talk about whatever you've been into lately (besides getting lost figuring out Lemmy, that is).
Honestly I've just been completely lost in lemmy today, ive been way more active on here than I ever was on reddit
My experience thus far has been similar. I think it has to do with the fact the quality of content overall is higher, and the volume is slow enough that you can actually meaningfully contribute to conversations without having to exclusively browse r/new
I got sandals, so that's pretty neat I guess.
In all seriousness life has been pretty harsh these last few months with a pretty major health thing concerning my wife (she'll live; she's in good spirits but our lives have very suddenly changed a lot rather permanently). We also had to say goodbye to our oldest cat and very good boy shortly before all this.
So I'm just focusing on trying to be positive and maintain a good outlook and take care of myself better, for my own health and to be able to help her better. I have earrings that look like orange slices and I got my wife a pair that look like avocados.
omg! That's so much change to happen so quickly. It's always good to have a good outlook, and I am sending all my best energy to y'all.
Also the earrings sound super cute!Thank you so much.
I'm very sorry to hear that, it must be hard. What kind of sandals?
I've been rewatching Buffy the Vampire Slayer and Angel with my GF, who had never watched either. I know Joss is on the world's shit list for good reason, but I still enjoy his writing, and it's a part of my past that influenced some of my world views that I am proud of.
Also embarking on an experiment to test the viability of federated social media, go figure!
I enjoyed Angel quite a bit. Joss’ style of writing hadn’t become worn out by that point, and I found the dense urban fantasy setting of LA more interesting than Buffy’s setting.
I had the benefit of being introduced to Angel by a friend who was a huge fan and was able to sync it with Buffy and explain so many things to me without ruining it. It was a very fun time, and I agree that LA was more interesting than Sunnydale as a playground for the cast.
Oh well, various hobby projects. I need to finish up a bunch of Romans I have and then immediately turn to doing a bunch of 40k orks.
Switching to Lemmy has revitalized my interest in worldbuilding a personal scifi universe.
Been really hitting the weights and doing, but not as much as I should, cardio. Going out and doing those runs. Ugh. I need to be better.
I have been hiking a lot. Much better at carrying a pack and going a slower pace than I am at running.
What We Do In The Shadows series. Haven't laughed so hard in ages
That and cosy games. Currently Potion Permit
I got into Linux and the Fediverse.
My overall feeling is the sense that I'm actually saving money with a hobby for once? It's new.
My overall feeling is the sense that I’m actually saving money with a hobby for once?
Mfw I found resources like Project Gutenberg and open access journals. It's such a nice feeling to just be able to...access stuff with no strings attached.
Edit:
Also, intermittent reminder that libraries are fuckin' awesome for a variety of media beyond books.
Personally I've been catching up on some shows that I missed the airing of, or could never catch in the right order, like the '90s Outer Limits and the original Quantum Leap.
Btw, lil' heads up, if you're also into some shows from the '90s, there's a '90s tv community over here.
the original Quantum Leap.
That would be a fun re-watch! I haven't seen it since the original air dates.
IIRC, you should be prepared to have a some music missing or changed from what aired due to licensing costs. Not in the know, but this list may be a good place to start.
I never thought I'd do it - but I have gotten into Manhwa and Webtoons. Woof.
I generally had a negative opinion on korean and chinese webnovels and comics, since they are usually edgy as hell and every character in these works is a hypocritical piece of shit who betrays others for the slightest gain.
I was right in a way, this was only because the main audience at the time for webcomics and novels were teens and edgy/shallow one-dimensional stuff brought in more views and money. However, these audiences have grown up and thankfully matured, so now the works that are getting translated are much more nicer and tasteful.
I've found some masterpieces, but there's still a lot of edgy-but-kinda-ok stuff in there - which I'm also consuming because I'm emotionally exhausted lately and junk like this helps wade it all
I think manhwa (Korean manga) has always had a lot of very matures content tho. Chinese tho... Can't read it because of what you wrote. It is always about having money and women in the most edgy way possible an sooo much revenge!!!... And they always do this slap stick humor that feels so forced that I feel embarrassed reading it...
But manhaw can be great, for example all of the gammer themed manhaws have always been very good. It can be cheesy in the beginning but usually it speed up and leaves its embarrassing past pretty quickly. The Mc is usually pretty arrogant and may be even harsh to those he do not see as part of his group but I don't mind that as long as he can show results in a uncheaty way. It is important the story follows its own logic at all times with very few exceptions (what the Chinese Mangas don't do). I really liked legendery moon sculpture, the gamer and solo leveling and pick me up for example :D And they are good at medieval fantasy too like loat of counts family
And there are many manhaws with a woman as Mc which are great! Like villains are destinate to die, I shall master this family, Roxana, beware the villainess, the villainess is a marionette
My only complaint is that they don't put as much effort in drawing props and backgrounds, they use a lot of badly/ok looking 3d objects. I think the resources is free because ALL OF THEM use the same 3d props you can really tell especially the horses 😂
I first read Manhwa in the era that it was almost Manga - black-and-white art, japanese af tropes, etc. At that time Manhwas and Korean webnovels were even worse than the Chinese ones imo (atleast the ones I've encountered), which put me off manhwa for a long time - something I now regret, as I would've loved some of the better works when I was younger.
It is always about having money and women in the most edgy way possible an sooo much revenge
OH MY GOD I HATED THIS SO MUCH. There is no depth of character. Every romance was a woman falling for a guy because he was strong or bc he killed someone. I remember reading a line that deadass went "People feel elated when they are safe and others are suffering in front of them. It is human nature to enjoy the superiority". UGH
The Gamer was the first Manhwa that I liked! I dropped it around season 3-4 when it went stale, but I loved reading it. Gamer-theme has because way too common these days imo. They're Korean isekai basically.
I agree with you - Almost every manhwa that has a woman protag has better writing in general.
I don't mind the backgrounds and 3D stuff as much, but you're so right about the horses. Every horse I've seen in a manhwa has a nightmare face haha
New King Gizzard and the Lizard Wizard album just dropped. I don't expect to be awake long enough to listen to the while thing just now so I'm saving it for a little later this morning.
I’ve online been able to listen to it once but it absolutely slaps.
I got some new bits for my two main guitars. I've got a pair of Yamaha Pacificas, a 2021 model 112J, Strat type, and a 1995 model 102S, Tele type, and the Strat's got a vibrato bridge but goes out of tune when I use it too hard, while the Tele's got a hardtail but height screws on the bridge are too long and poke your hand, as well as making palm muting unnecessarily hard. So I went to Graphtech and invested in some TUSQ bridge saddles, nuts, and string trees.
So far I have installed the string trees, and am going to wait until the next time I restring the guitars to install the other bits. But given that those guitars live most of the time at the music school where I work, and other people are allowed to play them, it's probably not all that long before they're due a new set.
I also posted about it over at /c/[email protected], if that's your scene. Although I think I mucked up that link.
You got the essential bit of the community name down, so you're good! Folks can copy [email protected] and add a little ! at the start to find it, but juuust in case, I got URL:
https://lemmy.world/c/[email protected]
So if they're just seeing us, they can copy that over to their search.
Sweet, thanks!
JoJo's Bizarre Adventure All Star R is on Xbox Game Pass! And I am more than awful at it. It's kinda similar to Mortal Kombat, so I don't know why I thought I would be good at it in the first place... But I'm having fun, so I guess that counts??
But I’m having fun, so I guess that counts??
