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  1. Comment on Favorite cocktail recipes and unnatural drink experiments? in ~food

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    I really enjoy the Painkiller, and I use the recipe from the YouTube channel called How To Drink: 1oz orange juice 1oz cream of coconut 2 oz tequila 4 oz pineapple juice This is shaken with ice...

    I really enjoy the Painkiller, and I use the recipe from the YouTube channel called How To Drink:
    1oz orange juice
    1oz cream of coconut
    2 oz tequila
    4 oz pineapple juice

    This is shaken with ice and I usually double strain it.

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  2. Comment on What are three things you wanna do once the pandemic is over? in ~talk

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    I want to go to my favorite restaurants again. The Steakhouse, Vietnamese restaurant that serves pho, some new restaurants too. I want to go to a cat cafe. I want to go to the gym again.
    1. I want to go to my favorite restaurants again. The Steakhouse, Vietnamese restaurant that serves pho, some new restaurants too.
    2. I want to go to a cat cafe.
    3. I want to go to the gym again.
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  3. Comment on What upcoming video games are you looking forward to? in ~games

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    Idk about you guys, but I am absolutely ready for Spyro Reignited Trilogy.

    Idk about you guys, but I am absolutely ready for Spyro Reignited Trilogy.

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  4. Comment on Has Tildes attracted any runners? in ~hobbies

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    I’ve always done some light running, but lately I’ve been trying to improve on my endurance and speed because i’m planning to join the Army and it’s the one thing i really don’t want to fall...

    I’ve always done some light running, but lately I’ve been trying to improve on my endurance and speed because i’m planning to join the Army and it’s the one thing i really don’t want to fall behind on in boot camp or in PT tests. So far I can only do somewhere between 3/4 of a mile or a mile and a half. I don’t use C25K but i usually try to map my routes and gauge the distance on google maps to get a rough idea of what how far I’d be running.

  5. Comment on So what's up with the Toto - Africa craze? Are we in another 80's music revival? in ~music

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    Seeing how Troye Sivan recently released a single that was a bit reminiscent of the 80s, and Paramore’s song Hard Times has also followed the same trend, I’d say there’s definitely some kind of an...

    Seeing how Troye Sivan recently released a single that was a bit reminiscent of the 80s, and Paramore’s song Hard Times has also followed the same trend, I’d say there’s definitely some kind of an 80s trend going on.

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  6. Comment on Am I just experiencing some strong selection bias, or are games holding our hands way too much lately? in ~games

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    While I do see your point and I have seen my fair share of hand-holdy games coming out more, I do also think that it may not be as overwhelming a trend as it may seem, considering that there are...

    While I do see your point and I have seen my fair share of hand-holdy games coming out more, I do also think that it may not be as overwhelming a trend as it may seem, considering that there are also other recent big games have come out that have tried to offer a different gaming experience. Monster Hunter: World was designed with the intention of bringing in new people to the audience for the series, and so the game was initially designed to be considerably easier than past games. New content and monsters are still being slowly added to the game that’s been contributing nicely to the overall experience, but it basically followed the same method of giving the player a beginner’s tutorial and then setting them free to just kill things and explore the world as they please. Breath of the Wild followed a similar outline, and even seemed to give people more of a challenge in the dungeons than Skyward Sword did while making the entire story completely optional.

    I could go on, but personally I think the definition of hand-holding in video games may have also changed a bit since the initial boom of the video game market through the 80s and 90s. Back then, there was a degree of hand-holding because a lot of companies were trying to market an entirely new technology for the sake of entertainment and today we consider the hints and tutorials from back then to be more or less remedial. Today it’s either some games focusing primarily on storytelling, or other games focusing on trying new things in game design, or some games just want to sell cheap entertainment.

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