Aranock-Online; Still available, but nothing like its earlier days, predictably.

Instead of visiting the Mall of America and shopping at only what the mall will offer, using outdated infrastructure-- you can instead visit a variety of towns (“instances”) which each host their own cute boutiques (“communities”) specializing in a particular sort of item (whatever the topic of the community is). The instances can have their own rules that apply to its communities, but communities can also make their own rules, like a shop can. Skip the crowds and barely functional Supermall experience and find a better place to engage in discussion and get information.

He seems so obsessed with how people receive him that he’s probably already here somewhere to keep tabs on it. At the very least I like to imagine him paying some assistant to do such for him.

This is so colourful. Amazing how well the strident colours surprisingly complement each other.

Phenomenawl**

My opinion is likely outdated. I was really excited for the stream deck, but it struggled to work properly when I received it. And there were often issues with the clock and wifi that made it nearly impossible to use. Throw in some issues with audio not playing over tv speakers…

It ended up becoming an expensive paperweight over the last few months as it brought me memories of frustration and buyers regret rather than joy.

I’m not trying to make anyone angry or anything. Many people here seem to love it, so maybe I should give it another go. I hope some updates have maybe increased its performance. Just wanted to share my honest experience…

Yes! That’s a very good point. I’ll probably splurge after getting paid, but thanks for pointing the finger to Atlus. 😁 I’ll give them a pass just because I love EO games.

Cannot afford it until I get paid at the end of the month, but I’m so thrilled about the Etrian Oddysey re-release. Usually I’m not big on re-release, but these games hold a special importance for me as my first dungeon crawlers. If only Nintendo priced things more accessibly. 😔

I thought the + would be to attach something. I guess I’ll get used to it, but it was a bit confusing for me. I don’t social media much anymore, though, so I’m not going to feign wisdom about this.

Oh, thanks for clarifying! I thought I commit an unknown aggravating behaviour. Feel much better with your comment. 🙇

Am I OP being called 💩?

I honestly don’t know much about this. I wasn’t suggesting it was. I was trying to ask as I’m also new to all of this. 😵‍💫

The ol’ Hammer-and-Anvil!

I just make that up, but I like it. 😅

For this service, is the same login as Lemmy used, or a totally new one? It’s confusing to me when these Fedithings interact and when they do not. Sorry if this is obvious! 😵‍💫

I deleted my old accts, and this reminded me to finally delete FB messenger too, which somehow continued to live on like a root I didn’t eradicate from an awful plant I chopped down. Frankly, I didn’t really use Reddit much beyond lurking for answers to Q’s I asked on Google and encouraging others on sobriety pages, so they won’t miss me. But at least here I can lurk without feeding a man’s ego so much.

Glad you enjoyed them. I actually thought they were P. scaber at first too. And my first image might not have been the best. However, over on the reddit isopod page, they were identified as O. asellus based upon their little pale skirts and lack of bumpy back. Here’s a couple other images that may help us come to a conclusion. Either way, they’re cute. 🥰

This lady lost an antenna, but helped my populate my collection all the same. 💪

That’s a great term, haha. I guess I didn’t think of it as a commitment, but a curiosity. I likely wouldn’t have gotten so far into the first one if I hadn’t seen the two movies. I wanted to see what was consistent or not. So far, beyond the trope outlined above, the most jarring aspect of the world is the contrast in name types. “Jessica” and “Paul” feel out of place even amongst other members of the same house Atreides. I may or may not keep with the series of books depending on how edgy the author finds himself needing to be to show how desperate and desolate the universe is. But I rarely listen to audiobooks as I get distracted, so I consider this a surprising success.

After seeing the new and the campy old Dune movies, I’ve been listening to the first book. About 1/3 through. I love the writing, but I find myself exhausted with the trope of “creepy bad fat man loves to abuse young boys”. I imagine that this book influenced the same character archetype in the first Eve Online novel. But, as a gay man, it feels very frustrating like gay pedophilia is somehow being characterized as /the worst pedophilia/ when ALL of it is abhorrent. The gay themes just added to increase the “ick” factor for the common straight reader even more? To really seal in the evilness? Idk, it’s annoying, especially when there’s so much anti-lgbt hate being spread with accusations of pedophilia and grooming, but it seems non-lgbt individuals are making these art… Rant about harmful tropes aside, I am surprised by how well both movies stuck to the main events, although the book is much more likeable than either. The audio file is… Around online.

I’m more of a Rod of Seasons man. Aranock-Online. RuneScape. Any Etrian oddysey.

I’m not an expert, but I think these are amazing. Really creative, excellent spirit and colour, and convincing weapons. Bravo.

I like the new location, due to the principle of federation itself. It’s interesting to see how theaet many smaller communities will evolve, especially those of identical interests on different instances. There’s an inherent messiness to the situation as we’re mostly humans, so all the “baggage” I wish would stay on Reddit is someone else’s entire enjoyment here…

I’ve also been surprised how many people are eagerly becoming moderators – there are many communities I’d like to see, but am not convinced I could even moderate effectively, so it’s impressive.

That said, I worry some of the excitement is due to novelty and self-convincing, like when people say “This is fun, right?” But maybe I’m just a bit too skeptical. Regardless, I’m enjoying the ride thusfar, and love seeing people’s effort on instances, communities, apps be celebrated. It helps convince me that humans do enjoy cooperative success.