I’m stymied at Renoir at the Paintress’ monolith. My pride is such that I rather take a break from the game than go down to Story.

Late 20s: You realize gaming from the couch is getting difficult because the distance to the TV is too blur without glasses

Mid 30s: No longer able to consume infinite packets of instant ramen. In fact it kinda tastes nasty. Halo 3 at Legendary still tho.

Early 40s: Quake 3 Arena and Half Life 2 now give you motion sickness. Can still get by Halo at Heroic.

Late 40s: The 2ft distance to your monitor now looks blur without glasses. not getting past gold or silver in ranked Overwatch

Mid 50s: Gonna need reading glasses to play. Clair Obscur difficulty now set to Story.

Some people just wanna watch the world score a Flush Five.

If you spend most of your teenage and adult years over the weight of 220 pounds you can move your timetable ahead 10 - 15 years. Permanent medication at 30 or 40, debilitating pain especially in the knees at 45, heart problems anytime from 40-60, welcoming death at 80,

When I went thru immigration, I made small talk about what my college’s Football team was up to that year. I HATED football. But my roomie was a fan and he always gave me a tl;dr I could recite in under a minute.

Holy hell I was always the fastest Asian guy thru foreign immigration at LAX.

Pretty soon the word SLAM is mean “to gently prod in a meek and inconsequential manner”

Me and my roommate in college come from Southeast Asia. I’m of Chinese descent with lighter skin and he is darker skinned, more indicative of Southeast Asian natives ie Indonesia, Thailand, Phillipines.

We went to college in Texas. While he was out with a bunch of our fellow countrymen, they got stopped because the cops thought they were “behaving suspicious” while driving. But quite obviously it’s because they looked Mexican. While waiting for one cop to search the vehicle, my friend put his hands in his pockets, and the cops immediately had their hands on their pistol holsters. HANDS WHERE WE CAN SEE THEM.

This was before 9/11. We both moved back home and found work here. Being a damn good engineer, he was given a contract job in Texas for a couple years, in the 2010s. He was asked by his bosses if he wanted to stay on for good, but he turned it down. Without elaborating, he told me, THINGS HAD GOTTEN WORSE.

As for me? Nothing much, just was called a COMMIE and asked where my little red book was. I think now they would shoot me.

Linux Mint hides and automates a little too much for my liking. Arch should be within my skill lvl but most days I don’t want to be tuning the suspension while the vehicle is moving. Endeavour seem the right cup of tea for someone who has grown up using DOS and terminals and still retains the ability to touch type at 50wpm.

For a desktop PC I’m trying Endeavour OS. Feels quite good.

There is an air gap. You’re safe.

But if water splashes up then it’s GAME OVER MAN.

As I get older, I start to view eating competitions less as fun and awesome and more like illness.

You say that and it’s funny, but it’s also sad and true.

Body: I need water.

Me: Every pizza is a personal pizza if you believe in yourself.

Playing marvel rivals is this for me. I just fixed my nephew’s PC for him. To test for overheating I opened up his account to run a dozen games. His MMR is so high I’m getting disinfected like a pesky germ. I ruined his KDA, but at least he’s not complaining because he can still rely on me for tech support.

Grayjay by futo just released a desktop app.

I’m hopelessly addicted to gatcha. When I saw this I bought Balatro.

The purpose is allergies and a night’s sleep without coughing and sneezing. If you don’t have sinus problems before, you may develop them later in life from excessive exposure to dirt and dust.

It’s not that the icons are tiny, rather people driving usually operate by touch because their eyes need to be on the road.

Rich people. The cost is rich people.

That’s a very cromulent thing to say.