The one man I know who loves video games the most - he loves the history, he knows the names in the industry, he reads critiques, he has an entire room where he keeps his game library (and will talk at length about preservation and physical media) - is not actually good at playing them. He is helplessly enamored with games as art, despite that he can't really beat anyone at his favourite games. It might be plain distractibility or some form of dyspraxia, but it has not lessened his pleasure. I used to smirk when we were young, but I think he has sense on his side.
That's a great thing you're doing for them and the local environment. I heartily applaud it.
My aunt is a stray cat fancier, but she does it with the misguided goal of someday winning their love. I think she finds the remoteness of their affection enthralling, and I can't tell if it's toxoplasmosis or emotional immaturity.
I like your approach better. Live and let live, I say.
Can you believe how compact the download is? They spent that long building in the age of incredibly bloated games, and it would fit on a game disc from back when my voice hadn't cracked yet.
And despite being a mere handful of gigs, it still broke every major platform on release.
It's definitely that bad if you know how bad it is and still do it.
We all know what happens when people feel persecuted for ignorance though, they just make that thing part of their identity. Hell, without even checking I bet there's already a cat owner subculture that glorifies letting cats out in full knowledge of the harm.
It's definitely cold weather comfort food. I was joking, but there's a place in SF that will sell you an entire boule of sourdough filled with clam chowder. I had it about fifteen years ago and I'm still full.
I hadn't heard of those two, loving them both already! I love brass mixed into other music but I've never been much of a ska fan, which is the first place you usually expect to get that. It's hard to know where to look and I'm always delighted to find it.
Stuff like Gwar's Saddam A-Go-Go (even when Brockie was poking fun at ska he did it well) and N.A.S.A.'s Spacious Thoughts where the brass takes an already heavy sound and makes it soar - it gives me life every time.
Eager to return to this thread when more people have had their say.