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  1. Comment on Great audiobooks that come to mind because the narrator is amazing and NOT Ray Porter? in ~books

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    Fry is like your grandpa reading you a story. Dale has won awards for how many distinct voices he made. His voices are still how I hear the characters when I read the books, fanfics, etc. They’re...

    Fry is like your grandpa reading you a story. Dale has won awards for how many distinct voices he made. His voices are still how I hear the characters when I read the books, fanfics, etc.

    They’re different. Fry isn’t bad. It’s just a totally different vibe.

    2 votes

  2. Comment on Great audiobooks that come to mind because the narrator is amazing and NOT Ray Porter? in ~books

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    If you can get ahold of the R.C. Bray version of the Martian, it is so good. My absolute favorite way of presenting that story. Just noticed you mentioned him. You don’t really have to worry about...

    If you can get ahold of the R.C. Bray version of the Martian, it is so good. My absolute favorite way of presenting that story.

    Just noticed you mentioned him. You don’t really have to worry about knowing voices he’s gonna use. Most of the story is just the one voice.

    1 vote

  3. Comment on Great audiobooks that come to mind because the narrator is amazing and NOT Ray Porter? in ~books

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    Come on now, you aren’t listening to Harry Potter for real unless you’re listening to Jim Dale.

    Come on now, you aren’t listening to Harry Potter for real unless you’re listening to Jim Dale.

    3 votes

  4. Comment on How many of you feel yourselves being drawn back to Reddit for the sake of niche communities and discussions? in ~talk

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    It wasn’t so much intended to be about Reddit itself rather than niche communities. It just so happens that Reddit is the only place most of those communities exist.

    It wasn’t so much intended to be about Reddit itself rather than niche communities. It just so happens that Reddit is the only place most of those communities exist.

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  5. Comment on How many of you feel yourselves being drawn back to Reddit for the sake of niche communities and discussions? in ~talk

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    It's the same game, yeah. It's cool that someone has a ...sub-lemmy? for it. Would be great if it grows and will be interesting to see if similar niche communities will be able to achieve a...

    It's the same game, yeah. It's cool that someone has a ...sub-lemmy? for it. Would be great if it grows and will be interesting to see if similar niche communities will be able to achieve a critical mass of users. Not a lot of comments on those topics at the moment...

  6. Comment on How many of you feel yourselves being drawn back to Reddit for the sake of niche communities and discussions? in ~talk

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    That's a great example! Missing stuff because you just won't see the news about it anywhere else.

    That's a great example! Missing stuff because you just won't see the news about it anywhere else.

  7. Comment on How many of you feel yourselves being drawn back to Reddit for the sake of niche communities and discussions? in ~talk

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    Personally, it's not a huge time sink. I get highly interested in a topic for a bit and get it out of my system after I get to talk about it for awhile. But I get spending too much time there....

    Personally, it's not a huge time sink. I get highly interested in a topic for a bit and get it out of my system after I get to talk about it for awhile. But I get spending too much time there. I've seen people do that obsessively.

    3 votes

  8. Comment on How many of you feel yourselves being drawn back to Reddit for the sake of niche communities and discussions? in ~talk

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    I'd agree most discussion is worse quality than it used to be. I've felt that very small subreddits (similar to Tildes in a way) lend themselves to a higher quality bar. Like, they have enough...

    I'd agree most discussion is worse quality than it used to be. I've felt that very small subreddits (similar to Tildes in a way) lend themselves to a higher quality bar. Like, they have enough critical mass to actually get the discussion to happen, but they are still small enough that trolls are kept to a minimum.

    14 votes

  9. Comment on How many of you feel yourselves being drawn back to Reddit for the sake of niche communities and discussions? in ~talk

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    I only say ashamed because I had told myself I was going to do my best to stick to "site:reddit.com" google searches and I'm using it far more. It's a very mild shame, haha.

    I only say ashamed because I had told myself I was going to do my best to stick to "site:reddit.com" google searches and I'm using it far more. It's a very mild shame, haha.

    3 votes

  10. How many of you feel yourselves being drawn back to Reddit for the sake of niche communities and discussions?

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    I'm ashamed to admit that I've been on there way too much the last couple of weeks. I had always planned to use Reddit in my google searches because google sucks without it now, but I've been...

    I'm ashamed to admit that I've been on there way too much the last couple of weeks. I had always planned to use Reddit in my google searches because google sucks without it now, but I've been spending time talking there.

    My niche interest in question is visual novels. There are very few places on the internet where you can discuss them. There was recently a final translation patch released for the Tsukihime Remake. I beat it and wanted to talk about it! Reddit has a Tsukihime subreddit. I don't know if there is any other English community on the internet that wants to talk about Tsukihime. It's niche enough that I know of no one in person who has that interest either. Without Reddit, where do you even look for an alternative?

    I feel like I'm going continue being drawn back for similar things even if they are less niche than visual novels. For example, I wanted to talk about Final Fantasy XVI. I could have made a post about my thoughts here and maybe I would have gotten good discussion about it. Slipped my mind honestly. But I was drawn back to Reddit where there are thousands of people wanting to talk about it right this second. An alternative could have been Gamefaqs, but its a bit more toxic and I hate the style of forum (unthreaded, every post in chronological order, only way to follow conversations is with quoted text. Is there a term for that kind of forum?)

    Does anyone else feel themselves feeling a similar pull?

    115 votes

  11. Comment on Unsure on what to play next, care to help? in ~games

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    I'll go against the collective and say SMTV. If you haven't played any Megaten games other than Persona, SMT games are generally harder than Persona games. There's a good amount more party...

    I'll go against the collective and say SMTV. If you haven't played any Megaten games other than Persona, SMT games are generally harder than Persona games. There's a good amount more party building as you get to choose the demons for the rest of your party from a much wider variety and you have more control over their skills. There's a lot less story, characters, and dialogue but what's there is interesting. Additionally, I always find it fascinating to realize how the demons from SMT and persona are related. In fact, look up who owns the Velvet Room when you have a chance. I've been told this is extremely obvious if you play the first two Persona games, but I haven't done so.

    1 vote

  12. Comment on What games have you been playing, and what's your opinion on them? in ~games

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    I spent most of the last weekend playing Diablo 4. It's fun, but the only class I've been able to enjoy is the Rogue. Maybe the rest get more fun at higher levels. I just love how everything seems...

    I spent most of the last weekend playing Diablo 4. It's fun, but the only class I've been able to enjoy is the Rogue. Maybe the rest get more fun at higher levels. I just love how everything seems to synergize so well and feed into each other by reducing cooldowns, healing, extra damage, etc. And it's the only class where it doesn't seem like everyone's goal is to completely eliminate basic attacks.

    After that, I realized that the final translation patch for the Tsukihime Remake had come out, so I started playing that. Dreading the wait for the sequel.

    2 votes

  13. Comment on Trump/Biden 2020 Presidential Debate #2 Discussion Thread in ~society

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    I guess they just threatened to. It seems to be keeping Trump from interrupting as much as last time.

    I guess they just threatened to. It seems to be keeping Trump from interrupting as much as last time.

    4 votes

  14. Comment on Trump/Biden 2020 Presidential Debate #2 Discussion Thread in ~society

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    I want to be able to go twenty four hours without thinking about it. I want someone who isn't a nincompoop as president

    I want to be able to go twenty four hours without thinking about it. I want someone who isn't a nincompoop as president

    8 votes

  15. Comment on What games have you been playing, and what's your opinion on them? in ~games

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    I loved Hades. I'd love for there to be a sequel.

    I loved Hades. I'd love for there to be a sequel.

    2 votes

  16. Comment on Mike Pence/Kamala Harris 2020 US Vice Presidential Debate - Discussion thread in ~society

  17. Comment on Mike Pence/Kamala Harris 2020 US Vice Presidential Debate - Discussion thread in ~society

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    I want Chris Wallace back but with the ability to mute people. Ugh.

    I want Chris Wallace back but with the ability to mute people. Ugh.

    6 votes

  18. Comment on Mike Pence/Kamala Harris 2020 US Vice Presidential Debate - Discussion thread in ~society

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    I honestly wish the mics were cut automatically. She's so bad at this. She just thanked him five times in a row before he shut up.

    I honestly wish the mics were cut automatically. She's so bad at this. She just thanked him five times in a row before he shut up.

    11 votes

  19. Comment on Mike Pence/Kamala Harris 2020 US Vice Presidential Debate - Discussion thread in ~society

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    Pence talking over Harris for 30+ seconds at the beginning of her time. He also is going over his time way more than she is. The moderator is doing a crappy job. Softly saying "Mr Vice President"...

    Pence talking over Harris for 30+ seconds at the beginning of her time. He also is going over his time way more than she is. The moderator is doing a crappy job. Softly saying "Mr Vice President" doesn't do shit.

    20 votes

  20. Comment on Mike Pence/Kamala Harris 2020 US Vice Presidential Debate - Discussion thread in ~society

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    Fucking moderate. Damn.

    Fucking moderate. Damn.

    12 votes