That's neat! We just have a sign on the river, and people guess when the ice will start moving. More precisely, when the sign will pass under the bridge. A dummy would definitely be more fun, but some teenagers would probably steal or break it... or someone would mistake it for someone drowning in the spring as it travels towards the sea. Maybe it's better to just stick to the sign.
One of the weird guys who come to a small grocery store without a shirt and start screaming at the poor cashier when they don't sell a very specific brand of tar shampoo. I'd say you did quite well indeed.
The green-black things remind me of 'black metal' in Valheim, collected as scrap metal from some goblin creatures. It's now my headcanon that this is what their civilization was like before its collapse. They use fire magic too, which also fits.
This might honestly be one of my favorite paintings I've seen. I've never wanted to have any art on my walls, but I actually wouldn't mind falling asleep looking at this. The moon (?) is a nice touch as well, makes the whole a lot more interesting.
I never really learned this skill. I can just lie down in bed all day doing nothing (apart from thinking), and not get bored. This trait is not very beneficial for productivity...
In recent years I've run some experiments on what works for me and what doesn't. '6h for work - 9h for rest - 9h for whatever' division seems to work wonders for me, with one day off in a week.
Trying to sleep less than 9h just messes everything up, unless I divide the sleep into two sections. Funny how that works. Extra 1.5h of being awake, especially during the productive night hours, was quite nice. But I hate waking up, and doing that twice a day is just simply too much!
Since plastic was already everywhere, we collected it, made it white and covered huge areas with it to reflect more sunlight. Great idea, didn't backfire at all.
I've been seeing some of that, but there are apparently also a ton of bots being created for who knows what reason and that's spooky. (it made the user count jump up in hundreds of thousands) Can't say I know much about that, but I'd imagine it'll cause some issues sooner than later...
Gandalf said he wasn't interested, so Saruman locked him in the attic. "He'll learn to love me eventually."