Off Topic Discussion Megathread

[SturmChurro]

Rats are incredibly loving, intelligent, and clean pets. Once my cats pass away I'll probably go back to keeping them.

No way. Rodents relieve themselves wherever they stand! Disgusting. I honestly don't know how anybody can have dirty animals like that around in their house. Granted, I think most animals are dirty except for fish (Even then it's mostly contained and they aren't too hard to keep). No offense. I'd probably keep them in my garage or something. I don't mind dogs too much, but they fulfill another purpose, like guarding the house/property.

[Padudu]

No way. Rodents relieve themselves wherever they stand! Disgusting. I honestly don't know how anybody can have dirty animals like that around their house. No offense. I'd probably keep them in my garage or something.

A fun fact.. you can actually "potty" train some rodents.. it's not easy, but you can lol. I'll speak experience from chinnies but you can set up a little litterbox space for them. Rodents are surprisingly clean animals - I won't speak for rats, but chinchillas LOVE dust baths and grooming themselves, and they will do it as often as long as you provide them the dust.

[MilkieTea]

here y'all go to make up for my sillies, my two boys this morning who (not so politely) asked for sticks

my catte today

[Kolsykol]

I'd really love a big DLC for Cyberpunk 2077 that is just 100% focused on improving the open world ( more activities, less locked door memes, maybe an actual bounty hunting system since they already got the scan thing ).
The game really feels more like an open world action game than an actual RPG which is unfortunate, especially with the lack of dialogue choices V is just a set character you basically have no choice to decide what they're like.
The world is absolutely incredible tho, I generally don't like open world games but it actually made me not fast travel a single time outside of having to pick something up from my apartment.
For all of the story and side quests I never did it once, and I even intentionally did a ton of detours across the entire map to check the stores because I just loved driving around the map so much.
But it feels so empty tbh, especially after you've beaten the game or even just towards the end and you've cleaned the map out essentially.
Even if it's great empty space it's still just empty space with some NPC's.

But damn is it pretty.
I just don't rly care too much about story DLC tho in the end of the day it's not really my character and I am not all that interested in more of V's story.
I just want some improved mod support ( which granted they've been worked on ) and improvements to the world because it has so much potential.

[Vahlnir]

That Stranger Things season 4 trailer was amazing. Not sure why there's a man performing a guitar solo in the middle of the Upside Down though, but I am all for it regardless. lol

[SturmChurro]

Getting way too addicted Lost Ark, so I am wanting to deposit another $100 for eventual skins, but I also want to drop some money on a fantasia (I always have the fantasia itch) to switch back to viera, and I'm barely even playing FF. Probably shouldn't do the viera since they are a limited race, that SE doesn't seem to actually care about, and I will more than likely switch back to au ra if I did do that, but.. Lost Ark will probably drain my throwaway money anyway, so I guess I don't have to worry much about it.

It's somehow actually a good thing for me that Amazon isn't releasing any skins in that game in other versions, but I'm spending money anyway - that eventuality of skins. I might drop another $100 in May and/or June as well. I have a serious issue with impulse buying cosmetics in games, I mean, obviously with my fantasia addiction. Apparently, they are going to implement a battlepass as well, and I absolutely hate those systems.. but it has a "super premium" that has skins, so I need to get it. This is why I didn't want to have two mmos that I play regularly.

[SturmChurro]

Been really obsessing over how I missed the tiny hat event for this game. It's like a dirty mark on my account. Don't really know why, but every time I actually miss an event, it's not even the rewards that bothers me, but the fact that I miss out on an achievement. Doesn't happen very often. I couldn't care less about most of the rewards, although the tiny hat might have looked good with a red mage glamour. It probably would have actually. I procrastinated until the last night to do it, then I fell asleep after playing Lost Ark that entire day. Really don't know why nasty marks like this bother me so much. It's always something small that has me thinking about it for weeks after the fact, years actually.

Aside from that, in Lost Ark, I seem to have fallen back into my usual. I only play three characters (or jobs), for the most part. I feel really bad about it too, because I kind of made myself into a liar. I joined a guild on a different alt, but I just decided one morning I hated that class, so I just stopped playing it pretty much altogether, aside from some minor daily stuff (not actually playing content with it). I only accepted the guild invite, because the guy was nice in PMs, and I didn't want to join a guild on my actual main character, but I had told him that, at the time, I might have made that character my "main" alt, and that definitely isn't true now. I still log into it to donate to that guild every single day, even though I get no value out of it, over some sense of obligation.

[Kolsykol]

I've been watching a lot of food videos, and there's a channel called '' Food Insider ''.
It's pretty funny to see how they label everything '' iconic and legendary '' then you scroll down the comments and it's a bunch of natives who are upset because it's like the lamest thing ever that is just overrated due to tourists lol.
One of them was some German Kebab van that looked totally basic it honestly just looked totally average and what you'd find everywhere in Germany or Sweden.

I get this in Sweden too it's always annoying to get people with such a limited experience with food here and they either say that it sucks or they ate at some really basic place and act like it's incredible just because it's uncommon where they're from :P...
Most tourists will also go to places like Stockholm too we honestly have more unique food in the Southern part especially in regards to meat.
An example from the same channel was Cardamom Buns, damn if you think that's the most incredible thing ever you have no idea xD.
We have a ton of great pastry, Cardamom Buns is like the most basic thing imaginable you make as a kid.

But yeah Fermented Herring turned into a meme and now that's basically all we're known for I guess.
It doesn't help that people ALWAYS eat it wrong and just open it up right in the open, I am not really a huge fan of it but it's still pretty okay if eaten correctly.
Apparently tubed stuff is more of a thing here too and I see people just emptying the tubes into their mouths and then wondering why it's bad lol, it's for sandwiches...
It's almost like emptying a bottle of butter into your mouth and wondering why it tastes bad xD.

I haven't rly seen this tried because it's not a meme like Fermented Herring, but Knäckebröd ( Crispbread ) is another one of those old things that has been around for at least 1500 years ( perhaps more ) and we still eat today.
I actually like it more than most bread too especially with butter and cheese it's also healthier than bread.
Now I am just imaging people eating it raw and wondering why it's so bland tho lol, the texture as a sandwich is quite pleasant imo.

One of my favorites tho is Kalops especially my grandmothers, especially the Southern version.
But yeah it definitely seemd like a common thread, either their food was prepared/ eaten wrong or it was the most basic or boring stuff ever.
But people on the outside are all like WOOOW :OOOOOOOOOOOO.

[RobynDaBank]

Gaaaaah, I finally found this thread. I had to work with the PC version on phone and fine-tooth the search results. Kind of wanted to really vent about the whole WoW expansion reveal thing.

IDK. I felt a visceral anger watching it. I'm still in several circles actively centered around WoW topics because I like the people I meet sometimes. It's somewhat grating to see people cry and cry about the game, and yet get so immensely defensive about it that it becomes unbearable to converse with them. Perhaps the FFXIV fandom is like this. Perhaps all games are like this. But the people in the WoW community... such a major portion of them are self-admitted adults. People with families and work. To see them swoon and fight over a game as if they are still in their late teens is a bit... second-hand embarrassment-inducing.

Plus, to have seen first-hand the entire débàcle that occurred around Blizzard, the absolute unforgivable things they did... and for customers to indeed, move on like nothing happened... Extremely saddening. No one cares anymore. Everyone wants to tune out stuff and consume without remorse.

[Thaciscokidd]

Plus, to have seen first-hand the entire débàcle that occurred around Blizzard, the absolute unforgivable things they did... and for customers to indeed, move on like nothing happened... Extremely saddening. No one cares anymore. Everyone wants to tune out stuff and consume without remorse.

Thats the harsh truth thought. Most corporations have a lot of skeletons in there closets. Multiple big name food and clothing companies profit from child labor to this day. Apple, Amazon, Disney, and others profiting from forced chinese labor. Amazon and there crappy US labor policies. More and More companies moving towards automation to avoid paying higher wages. Even Square Enix has more than a handful of controversies.

A wise man once said big corporations are not your friend. They are just after your money no matter what they say. And if you go the route of not buying from companies like that well you'll be soon out of people to buy from.