I heard diablo 4 was coming out and even though I don’t play video games anymore, I got super excited. Pulled up YouTube and searched for a video- big ol fat nope from me. There is so much shit happening on the screen, I can’t even tell what’s going on.
Confession one- new video games seem like they’d be very difficult to play. I’ll take the original where the frame rate slows down if there are more than 10 enemies on the screen.
Confession two- I have been complaining about my knees a lot lately. I also grunt when going from sitting to standing.
These confessions combined lead me to believe I am becoming my father.
@boilerman You’re simply becoming A father. There’s a reason I just keep making new characters in Fallout vs learning a new game. It was good enough for '98: it’s still good!
@The_Myth I have been shirtless the majority of this season. I keep saying it’s to maximize sun exposure, but, really: looking good feels good.
I confess that my local grocery store was selling cartons of egg whites for $3 off, and each came with a fuel saver as well…so I bought 18 cartons.
Why 18?
That’s how many they had.
Yes; I bought out the stock. I left none behind.
Early bird gets the word. Earl carnivore gets the egg! …white.
It’s funny you say that- when I fired up diablo 1 a few months ago I used the same character class (warrior) and even used the same name as the one I did when I was a kid.
Dude, I legit just did the same thing in Baldur’s Gate, haha. Sure, it’s the “enhanced edition”, since it’s for sale for $3 on Grand old Games right now, but still…
Here’s my confession.
I got hooked UP at Texas Roadhouse last night. I’m still on my carnivore kick. My 2 sides were “2 side salads, no lettuce, no tomato, no bread: just the eggs and cheese please”. My server gave me a knowing nod and brought out a literal SALAD OF SHREDDED CHEDDAR mixed with hardboiled eggs. Legit, just picture a salad bowl with enough shredded cheese in it that it occupies the same physical space as a salad, and then crumbled scrambled eggs on top.
My confession: I contemplated actually eating the damn thing, just out of principle, but instead set the majority of the cheese to the side and brought it home (doggo LOVES some cheese) and had the eggs with a REASONABLE amount of cheese.
It was a poor way to honor the memory of Orm Stórolfsson. He would have eaten the cheese.
Edit: here is SOME of what was leftover after letting to doggo have some
I got a full Case Logic CD case in my car. I’m determined to not let my kid grow up without being at least somewhat aware of older tech. I watched movies on VHS and had a cassette player for long car rides as a kid in the early 2000s, so he’ll at least be listening to CDs, haha. Still have all the VHS movies but my VCR broke a long time ago and I haven’t replaced it yet.
I’m here to confess that your post got me thinking about building out a good old-fashioned 1990’s stereo system. I’m talking quality speakers encased in rare wood, with a state-of-the-art receiver, amp, CD player, tape deck and turntable. It seems like something you could piece together from the classified ads or maybe craigslist. Or whatever it is you people use nowadays to buy things from strangers.
I’ve accumulated a good amount of stereo equipment. I have two Kenwoods and a jvc receiver, a few CD decks, two turntables and a couple pairs of speaker cabinets that I’ve been swapping speakers in. I think it’s a really fun hobby.
One of my uncles has a hand wired vac tube power amp… He strictly uses vinyl and has some really, really rare albums (the stones “sticky fingers” with working zipper, some.original press Miles Davis and a whole bunch of others). I am supremely jealous. The power amp is stupid loud and sounds absolutely incredible.
My brother now has a pair of McIntosh M-30(i think) power amps that my dad installed in the mid-60’s, was then given them back by the owners wife when the owner died, which were then passed to my brother when my dad died.
Those things sound sublime.
Heres parts of my system from back when-
(Nvmd the deadlift)
Nah man I can’t nevermind the deadlift! That’s a badass picture.
That’s quite the setup! I don’t consider myself a true audiophile (I listen to music through my phones speaker at work all day), but there is something about having the right song on in the right room with the right equipment that gives me a physical reaction. I get the goosebumps and get super excited.
That reminds me of a couple years ago seeing Manchester orchestra at some venue/bar in buffalo. The sound engineer had it dialed in absolutely perfect. It was the best sounding live show I’ve ever been to.
Confession: as I get older I am getting more judgy of people for being significantly out of shape. I am not talking a few pounds or a spare tire.
It’s probably wrong to be this judgemental, but it’s seems like when it comes to health, most of the population has lost the plot (especially with BS like HAES)
And me, especially when I see them with kids in a similar state. I genuinely believe it’s tantamount t child cruelty when you see these morbidly obese parents and kids
I would say that I train a lot and hardly ever watch TV… but I bet than in total I spend more time watching TV than training! Maybe 4 hours in a week in a gym, that’s 1 movie and 3 episodes of whatever box set you’re into, and that’s not even counting sports (which is obviously exempt from these calculations!)
I suspect sedentary people imagine that anyone with a half-decent physique spends 12 hours a day on a treadmill.
