Man, I think the whimsy inside me died. I was in line at midnight to pick up my switch on launch night, but I wasn’t even aware the switch 2 had come out.

I’ll check it out! Even without being federated, it’s good to have a discord alternative. Matrix hasn’t been what I need yet, unfortunately.

I’ve been very happy with my Deathadder, been using it for almost a year now.

Unfortunately, most of them are not the leftists mentioned at the top of this thread.

I’m sorry you had that experience. Personally I didn’t think Dread’s bosses or levels were significantly harder than classic entries in the series, and some are straight up cake-walks once you know the patterns.

Regarding the instant death, it really didn’t bother me. In the older games, you would find hazardous rooms that you couldn’t progress through without a suit upgrade. The rooms with the E.M.M.I function the same way, except you get to interact with them instead of just turning around to explore elsewhere. They enhanced my fun with the game.

I’m glad Dread was generally well-received, but I guess it would be nice if they made an assist mode for people who just want the story, and the dopamine from killing a boss without having to try multiple times.

Wait, what in Dread was like Dark Souls that wasn’t already in classic Metroid games?

If my grandma had wheels she’d be a bike

I didn’t have that problem; my parents just did it to my face.

Wait, what? That’s disappointing. I use Shinigamieyes, haven’t noticed anything weird yet.

Appetizer for one, obviously.

Chickpeas, mushrooms, tomato paste, taco seasonings, fat of your choice (butter if you aren’t vegan)

Bake the chickpeas and then smash them, mince the mushrooms. Bring together and sautee in olive oil with tomato paste, seasonings, incorporating your fat. Add salt to taste.

Makes a fantastic taco filling. Garnish with whatever you like.

What sudo is?

Correct, but thankfully that won’t be a surprise since it is evident when you are enrolling. It’s up to each pet owner to decide if that’s worth it.

In our case, a few hundred dollars per year to make ER visits financially bearable is a good value.

I don’t know about that. Both of my cats would be dead if not for pet insurance. One needed a $10k surgery this summer that I was able to afford because of my pet insurance. The other had $4k of surgeries the year before. Both instances my insurance covered 70%. Neither of my cats are much more than 5 years old, just bad luck with their health.

That makes sense, thanks!

Sleep Cycle

There are some alternatives that are usually affiliated with a religion. CHM is one such organization. Members all pay a recurring fee like they do with insurance, and all have access to the pool for their healthcare.
I have never used one so I cant speak to the efficacy, but it seems to answer your question.

To be fair, you have to have a very high IQ to understand cropped memes. The humour is extremely subtle, and without a solid grasp of memetics and linguistics most of the jokes will go over a typical reader’s head. There’s also the high contrast color pallette, which is deftly woven into the message. Lemmy users understand this stuff; they have the intellectual capacity to truly appreciate the depths of these jokes, to realise that they’re not just funny- they say something deep about LIFE. As a consequence people who dislike cropped memes truly ARE idiots- of course they wouldn’t appreciate, for instance, the humour in longing for the bottom half of the text, “Join our Discord”. I’m smirking right now just imagining one of those addlepated simpletons scratching their heads in confusion as the meme’s genius wit unfolds itself on their smartphone screens. What fools…