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Cake day: June 13th, 2023

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  • I’m so glad I’m not the only person that gets the same “theme park” vibes from MMOs. It really takes me out of it when someone is doing the same quest as me but is a few steps ahead so they trigger a unique animation or dialogue from the quest giver, and then I experience the same animation or dialogue a few minutes later. Kinda like waiting in line for a ride but you can hear or see some parts of the ride as you progress through the line.










  • I got one for ya. I was changing the oil in my fiancée’s car and wanted to know how to clear the “maintenance required” light so I looked it up online. First result was of course someone asking the same question to some sort of car forum. The top response? “That is something the dealership can do for you”.

    Motherfucker if I wanted the dealership to do it for me, I would have had them change my oil in the first God damn place! Jesus fuck that response just ruined my day. Utterly useless waste of kilobytes. Luckily the response right under his had the answer I was looking for. This happened like a month ago and I’m still pissed off about it.



  • Do they drown in natural water? And if not, why do they die in poolwater?

    I can answer the 2nd part of the question. Man-made pools have chemicals (chlorine being the main one) introduced to them as a means of stopping or slowing plants and fungus growing in them. These chemicals aren’t just harmful to plants and fungus, but to all life. We (and larger animals) are OK because there are just enough chemicals to stop plant and fungus growth, but if we drank the pool water we would get very sick. Insects, being as small as they are, are affected by these chemicals and die quickly if they do not leave the pool in time.

    I do not know if these chemicals also somehow alter the surface tension of the water and therefore makes it harder for insects to leave, or makes it easier for them to get stuck in it. Hopefully someone with more knowledge can chime in.