Off Topic Discussion Megathread

[Cincierta]

Question, are you using the cleaner on it? Residue can build up on the inside and can cause issues.

Nope, no cleaner. We didn't even get a manual from my uncle when he gave it to us after repairing it. He said he got it from one of the garage sales he went to in his town and repaired it himself.

[Rannie]

Nope, no cleaner. We didn't even get a manual from my uncle when he gave it to us after repairing it. He said he got it from one of the garage sales he went to in his town and repaired it himself.

Full tank of vinegar/water half each run through twice the entire tank with fresh vinegar/water solution each time then flush with water... Calcium build up in the machine can clog stuff and it's always good to clean out any type of coffee maker

[Kolsykol]

Watched Josh Strife Hayes's video on Amnesia.
Didn't realize it was a legit great game lol, I always just assumed it was kinda bad for some reason.
I think maybe because of all of the '' REACT '' Youtubers playing it and the games it spawned that rely heavily on jumpscares.
The way Youtubers and Streamers played the game made me think it was just a cheap jumpscare game.

At least in his review he made it seem like a really good horror game.

[Misplaced_Marbles]

I think maybe because of all of the '' REACT '' Youtubers playing it and the games it spawned that rely heavily on jumpscares.
The way Youtubers and Streamers played the game made me think it was just a cheap jumpscare game.

Obviously you shoudn't watch those jesters if you want any realistic take on a game. On the other hand, if they stopped talking, put on clown make-up while making stupid faces and strange noices (so basically what they've been doing, just without the appropriate get-up), even i might watch them.

[Kolsykol]

Obviously you shoudn't watch those jesters if you want any realistic take on a game. On the other hand, if they stopped talking, put on clown make-up while making stupid faces and strange noices (so basically what they've been doing, just without the appropriate get-up), even i might watch them.

I don't really watch those Streamers, I really dislike the obnoxious over the top stuff.
But yeah whenever I thought of Amnesia I thought of Pewdiepie lol.

I am currently watching Jeathebelle play the FFXIV MSQ ( one of the Echo raiders ) which is a lot of fun he's really loving it.
I like that his reactions seem more genuine too no over the top stuff, I kinda like that he doesn't have a face cam even.
When he gets sad there's just silence and I can kinda appreciate that I think that's rly how most people react to crying and feeling sad when playing games, they don't scream and throw a tantrum which often happens with streamers.
I prefer to just have a more real reaction even if that means no reaction too.

I've been watching Nobbel play too and he doesn't have much of a reaction either other than smiling and his chat memes a lot about it too but you can clearly see that he does feel stuff too.
But he just doesn't play it up and fake it, I just find it annoying when people do.

[Vyrerus]

Brother and his wife are finally getting back from their beach trip. They're gonna recover their beagle and half dachshund mutt when they get here. We're also having ribs!

I always go through the same scenario when they drop their dogs off here. At first I'm annoyed. Then they grow on me, and I get used to have two extra dogs. Then my bro and his wife get back, and suddenly I'm down to just my Dachshunds. Makes things a lot quieter, but I do kinda miss those adorable lunkheads when they're gone.

[SturmChurro]

It's always odd to me when just general American things I read are taken completely out of context by EU (or others.. especially EU though). Like just stuff I wouldn't really think twice about, and what's said is made to be taken completely literally. I mean, I guess it happens for everything like an EU thing taken out of context by an American, but it's like there is a vendetta against someone just for being American.

[Kolsykol]

It's always odd to me when just general American things I read are taken completely out of context by EU (or others.. especially EU though). Like just stuff I wouldn't really think twice about, and what's said is made to be taken completely literally. I mean, I guess it happens for everything like an EU thing taken out of context by an American, but it's like there is a vendetta against someone just for being American.

Some weeks ago there was like a huge '' anti-Sweden '' trend because some weird rumor spread that when we were kids our friends had to go home or wait in our room when it was time to eat.
It got into the news and was trending everywhere lol.
Some people even started spinning it into weird racial issues even...

It all started with an account that was apparently infamous for posting Russian and Chinese propaganda.
And they made a post and started this massive global '' controversy ''.

Tbh I don't think there is a vendetta against Americans, most people in Europe have either indifferent or favorable views of Americans.
I think it might just feel that way because US stuff takes up so much space online, and a lot of the sites like Reddit and Twitter have a majority US-based userbase which sets the tone and Americans are quite fond online of shit-talking their own country too I've noticed especially younger people.

I mean it's hard to have a real opinion on anything having to do with Germany unless you speak German.
I don't think most of it should be taken too seriously tho, if you heard how Swedes and Danes spoke to and about each other you'd think we were on the verge of murdering each other lol.
And I think this is actually fairly common amongst Europeans, taking the piss out of each other.

[Vyrerus]

Rannie in here with the life hacks

About out of show again with what I've been watching with my GF. We rewatched Stranger Things from Season 1 up to current. 8 seasons deep in Futurama. Gonna have to pick a new show soon. Hmmm...

[SturmChurro]

Starfield looked interesting. I watched the showcase for it live. It seems very much like a sandbox, huge world(s) and everything. One of Bethesda's strengths is ther hand-crafted open worlds, and if they stray from that, the experience could be pretty diluted. Writing isn't really their strong suit, nor is combat, let's be honest. I know they have had procedural generation before with Daggerfall, but I'm just wondering how this will turn out. Hopefully the building and everything else is much more polished since Fallout 4 and 76. Having a fully crewed custom ship seems pretty cool, the idea of the game in general seems really cool - on paper at least. I just wonder how diluted the experience may end up being.