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Comment on CGA-2026-07 š¹ļøš„āļø INSERT CARTRIDGE š¢ Lufia II: Rise of the Sinistrals in ~games
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Comment on What have you been eating, drinking, and cooking? in ~food
Akir Link ParentNo, itās just to fix digestion so itās temporary. Hopefully itās not an infection or parasite.No, itās just to fix digestion so itās temporary. Hopefully itās not an infection or parasite.
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Comment on What have you been eating, drinking, and cooking? in ~food
Akir LinkThanks to digestive issues, my diet for the foreseeable future is entirely made up of bananas, applesauce, plain toast, and water. šThanks to digestive issues, my diet for the foreseeable future is entirely made up of bananas, applesauce, plain toast, and water.
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Comment on Just be normal about things - On sleepmaxxing, beef-only diets, political hysteria, and the lost art of being reasonable in ~health.mental
Akir Link ParentI really do believe that modern extreme dieting has a lot less commercial endorsement behind them than the examples you brought up. In the 90s everything on store shelves were turning fat free. I...I really do believe that modern extreme dieting has a lot less commercial endorsement behind them than the examples you brought up. In the 90s everything on store shelves were turning fat free. I canāt recall seeing anything saying it was carnivore friendly at all - though to be fair, I donāt look at meat products at all and even if I did there are precious few products that could be ācarnivizedā in a practical way. More realistic is Keto, which is less extreme and I do see things marketed as keto-friendly, but certainly not to the extent of past diet crazes.
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Comment on Just be normal about things - On sleepmaxxing, beef-only diets, political hysteria, and the lost art of being reasonable in ~health.mental
Akir Link ParentIt is frankly astonishing how out of touch people are with āreal lifeā. The internet is really tearing society apart and people are utterly unaware of it.It is frankly astonishing how out of touch people are with āreal lifeā. The internet is really tearing society apart and people are utterly unaware of it.
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Comment on 3D printer troubleshooting advice in ~hobbies
Akir LinkThe first thing you should check is if you can push any filament through the hot end manually. Remove one of the PTFE tubes, heat up the nozzle, and try to push the filament through manually. If...The first thing you should check is if you can push any filament through the hot end manually. Remove one of the PTFE tubes, heat up the nozzle, and try to push the filament through manually. If that doesnāt work, try to clean the front end with a long cleaning needle if you have one. You may have some burnt filament clogging the nozzle, and you may simply need to replace that nozzle.
I donāt know the design for the extruder or horned but cheaper models tend to give you really bad designs. Check the PTFE tubes to see if they have become gummed up; can you push filament through without any friction? If not, you will need to replace that tube. Check the hot end to see if there is a section of PTFE integrated because that may need to be replaced.
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Comment on Plans for nearly 4,000 homes over Safeways divide Bay Area residents in ~finance
Akir LinkI honestly have a really hard time understanding why people are opposing this project. It sounds like a dream to live in an apartment over a grocery store. Imagine not needing to store huge...I honestly have a really hard time understanding why people are opposing this project. It sounds like a dream to live in an apartment over a grocery store. Imagine not needing to store huge batches of food and if you need something, just take the elevator downstairs! Safeway is not a discount grocer by any stretch of the imagination but they aren't a luxury one either. Mixed use buildings are such a commonsense improvement on the high density urban ideal that it seems pointless to build anything else. So many more people will have places to live in the city and contribute to the community, potentially without needing to own and operate an appliance that is actively destroying the environment and is directly involved in countless human deaths - the automobile.
I do get that people will be upset about the temporary loss of the grocery store, and that is a real problem, but it seems like it's not the main reason why people are upset. It seems like I'm missing out on a good deal of context here.
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Comment on How important is sexual chemistry/ability/quality to you when you date/marry/whatever? in ~life
Akir LinkOne thing I haven't noticed being mentioned is that the quality of sex in a relationship is only really an issue within the framework of monogamy. People who have multiple sex partners might not...One thing I haven't noticed being mentioned is that the quality of sex in a relationship is only really an issue within the framework of monogamy. People who have multiple sex partners might not need to have any one of their partners be super good at sex in order to live happy satisfied lives, regardless of their libido/sex drive. If one partner - and note that my definition here is very broad and could include friends or one night stands - does not satisfy sexually, there's always the opportunity to get that satisfaction elsewhere.
Personally speaking, I don't think that sex is a requirement for a spouse at all. I've been in a monogamous relationship with my husband for over a decade and there were long periods of celibacy for us, especially because we both had health issues. We're both much healthier today and are having a lot of sex. We've been together so long and built up so much trust that we decided to open our relationship to having sex with others, and it's been pretty great because we've learned so much about ourselves and eachother. We are closer together today than we ever have been, and we've been having more and better quality sex with eachother as well. Words can't express how much I love this man, and we revel in our love for eachother many times per day.
One of the things I've learned from my experience is that sexuality is something of a relationship shortcut. It makes people feel warm feelings about people in a way that would take a lot longer than if you didn't have it. It's not just sex either; it's looks, it's pheromones, it's communication. One thing I've come to realize is that the human body is a giant pleasure button regardless of sexual attraction, and simply touching someone in a pleasant way will go a long way to making them like you regardless of sexuality. If the ugliest person on earth gave you a shoulder rub after a long day, you'd probably appreciate them more than you did before.
I suppose what I'm trying to say is that while sex can be important it doesn't have to be. It's entirely up to your own personal needs, and those needs can change over time. Relationships can be strained by sex, but a relationship is also so much more than sex, especially as sexuality wanes and waxes over time. The thing that makes sexuality so powerful is that it's spontaneous and ephemeral, so while it can be a foothold to get started, it can't be the base for a stable long-term relationship.
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Comment on bubbles.town: Tildes but exclusively for blogs in ~tech
Akir Link ParentHmm. This reminds me a lot of the original incarnation of Reddit, before there were comments. And that is a very good thing.Hmm. This reminds me a lot of the original incarnation of Reddit, before there were comments. And that is a very good thing.
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Comment on āToy Story 5ā scores yearās biggest debut with $160 million, shattering franchise opening weekend record in ~movies
Akir Link ParentI havenāt seen it, but thatās the impression the advertisements give me. There have been tons of advertisements but none of them seem particularly enthusiastic about the film and they kind of...I havenāt seen it, but thatās the impression the advertisements give me. There have been tons of advertisements but none of them seem particularly enthusiastic about the film and they kind of remind me of the ads for those horrible direct to home video sequels Disney was pushing in the 1990s and 2000s.
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Comment on Steam Machine prices revealed, starting at US$1049.00 in ~games
Akir Link ParentI just mentally round up every time reflexively. Now if I see something for $15.99, itās $20.00 in my head.I just mentally round up every time reflexively. Now if I see something for $15.99, itās $20.00 in my head.
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Comment on Inside the marriage wars in ~lgbt
Akir LinkI'm nowhere near finishing this but It's already moved me to tears several times and Matt Baume's work is always great.I'm nowhere near finishing this but It's already moved me to tears several times and Matt Baume's work is always great.
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Inside the marriage wars
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Comment on Not so empty nesters: record-high number of US adults under 35 live at home, new data says in ~life
Akir Link ParentAs a native English speaker I assumed this was a non-native speech thing. āHomeā to me never meant my parentsā house. It just meant the place I go back to to sleep. Iāve even called hotel rooms...As a native English speaker I assumed this was a non-native speech thing. āHomeā to me never meant my parentsā house. It just meant the place I go back to to sleep. Iāve even called hotel rooms āhomeā before.
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Comment on āToy Story 5ā scores yearās biggest debut with $160 million, shattering franchise opening weekend record in ~movies
Akir LinkIām honestly kind of surprised at how many people have seen this movie given how incredibly low effort the advertising campaign has been. This movie appears to be one of the least creative films...Iām honestly kind of surprised at how many people have seen this movie given how incredibly low effort the advertising campaign has been. This movie appears to be one of the least creative films Iāve ever seen, a ātreading waterā sequel if Iāve ever seen one.
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Comment on We can fix the future, Star Trek shows us how in ~humanities
Akir LinkVery ironically I had seen this about two weeks ago and last week I used it as an example to a communist friend of mine as to how to create messaging that could make people support socialist...Very ironically I had seen this about two weeks ago and last week I used it as an example to a communist friend of mine as to how to create messaging that could make people support socialist causes.
Unfortunately heās still waiting for the people to spontaneously revolt against capitalism-imperialism, a term that precisely zero non-academics understand.
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Comment on How funerals keep Africa poor in ~life
Akir Link ParentMy father, mother, and grandfather died in debt. When my grandfather died I was living in his house, and my grandmother and I had to move out because he had a reverse mortgage and we had a choice...My father, mother, and grandfather died in debt. When my grandfather died I was living in his house, and my grandmother and I had to move out because he had a reverse mortgage and we had a choice of paying them an absurd amount of money or letting them take the house.
I donāt have any statistics on hand but I think in the US people who die of old age will usually die in debt simply because they are burning their money on healthcare costs.
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Comment on Commodore Callback flip phone in ~tech
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Comment on Why emoji picker default on? in ~comp
Akir Link ParentYeah, that is GNOME in a nutshell for sure. Itās the reason why I hated using it so much. Every packaged DE is going to be opinionated by necessity but GNOME always felt patriarchal in how it...Yeah, that is GNOME in a nutshell for sure. Itās the reason why I hated using it so much. Every packaged DE is going to be opinionated by necessity but GNOME always felt patriarchal in how it implemented all of them, especially given the massive changes between major versions.
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Comment on Steins;Gate Reboot releasing October 29, 2026 in ~games
Akir Link ParentThe anime was an abnormally good adaptation of the VN, but Iād still say the VN is the better piece of media. That being said I donāt think that remakes are ever really better than the original...The anime was an abnormally good adaptation of the VN, but Iād still say the VN is the better piece of media.
That being said I donāt think that remakes are ever really better than the original when it comes to VNs. Sure, they may bring some quality of life improvements, but Steinās;Gate was already pretty modern to begin with and there havenāt been much improvements to the genre mechanically for quite some time. Mages also made a Yu-No remake and while I donāt think itās a bad version of the game, I donāt think the minor improvements actually made it better, and there are good arguments that it is slightly worse for some of the narrative changes it makes.
This is a game Iāve actually been looking for an excuse to play for quite some time.
For some reason the US version isnāt playing on my MiSTer and Iām too lazy to try to find out why, so Iām playing the European version.