I don’t open my notifications unless I’m prepared. Which usually means like a week after which works for me quite well.

Sex is supposed to be a fun bonding experience. I see no problem. If you can’t have dumb fun with your naked bestie who can you have fun with

It depends entirely on where you live. My last place, it was a super over priced yuppie gathering spot with subpar produce. Here, exact opposite.

Rules for thee not for me is pretty typical. Anyone who is surprised about this should pull their head out of the sand and/or their ass

Back when I had really long hair I once had a couple men cat call me from behind talking about my ass. I’m a VERY bearded dude lol. The look on their faces when I turned around and gave them a thumbs up of thanks was like they had a very sudden and unwelcome awakening. Loved the compliment though, my ass DID look great in those jeans, thank you.

Yeah it’s definitely the weakest point of the story, I agree with you there. It wasn’t IRREDEEMABLE though. I’d say it’s worth going back to finish. I mean I didn’t expect it to be EW quality since that was the climax of EVERYTHING and this is just the introduction to a new thing. But it very definitely could have been done better. For what it’s worth, if it wasn’t immediately obvious, it’s based off of the Americas, so the southern half is Brazil and such, and then they had the wild cowboy shit as soon as you cross the border into the north. Made me laugh, not gonna lie. Keep playing, it does get a lot better, I promise you that. ESPECIALLY if you have played FF9

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It was a pretty rough start for the new arc admittedly. The actual expac MSQ itself was decent, I beyond love all the FF9 stuff (apparently I have no idea how spoiler tags work on lemmy so spoiler below) but the patches have left me so disinterested I haven’t been on to do them for the last two or three at least

Especially since it’s essentially FF9 2, being set in the same world just many years in the future

Very definitely worth it. And it’s free so if you don’t like it, not like you’re wasting anything. Have something like 10k hours in it. I don’t play it much anymore other than to check in and/or dick around with friends since I’ve done most of what I wanted. There’s no FOMO or anything like that. It’s very much built as an RPG, just online (though with the recent updates you can play the entire thing single player if you so wish). So you can just take your leave of it once you’ve done the content you want and come back later without missing anything. Very worth it.

Unironiconally one of my favorite FF stories, third to 9 and 10. And that probably has to do with them taking the time to build up a backstory and lore. So it’s not off to the racetracks minute one, big deal. Do you expect that when you read a book? Makes you care more about the people later on since they’ve been established as actual people and not just Spiky Hair Video Game Guy #1 and Woman Who Should Be Cold In Those Clothes #8

So correct me if I’m wrong but this is just them openly admitting to bombing boats they have no confirmed ID on? Isn’t that a problem for THEIR (the deceased’s) government? “Foreign government is performing extra judicial killings on my citizens”?

Device on top that detects the “I’m done” ding and pulls the latch/whatever to open the door a touch. Genius, I know.

It’s about respect for the other person, as I see it. You wouldn’t be a little miffed if your wife of 10 years sent you a “k thx bai (link to divorce papers)” instead of talking in person?

Right? The written word is its own kind of instrument and I dig it

It gives rhythm and flavor to your writing. Varied punctuation - where appropriate - is an easy way to spice anything up, give it a little more flavor, more control over how your words are read. There is a quote by Gary Provost that isn’t specifically about punctuation but illustrates this point well, it’s one of my favorites:

This sentence has five words. Here are five more words. Five-word sentences are fine. But several together become monotonous. Listen to what is happening. The writing is getting boring. The sound of it drones. It’s like a stuck record. The ear demands some variety. Now listen. I vary the sentence length, and I create music. Music. The writing sings. It has a pleasant rhythm, a lilt, a harmony. I use short sentences. And I use sentences of medium length. And sometimes, when I am certain the reader is rested, I will engage him with a sentence of considerable length, a sentence that burns with energy and builds with all the impetus of a crescendo, the roll of the drums, the crash of the cymbals–sounds that say listen to this, it is important

Yes, it’s nuanced but it breaks up the sentence flow in a different way. Also used for listing things. A comma is more a small pause, like this. A semicolon is used to differentiate two independent related thoughts ; it’s kind of a combination between a period and a comma. A dash can be used for many things - a longer separating of thoughts, listing different points such as this, or just as an intentional emphasis to add a more protracted pause.

I know, and thank God they got rid of those things

Fake banana tastes disgusting but kiwi is delicious

I upvoted you for solidarity but strawberry is my favorite flavor so also how dare you

Had this issue recently.

“Vanilla is good.”

“What? No, chocolate is good.”

“Both can be good. There doesn’t have to be a competition.”

“NO! Either chocolate is good or you hate chocolate!”