I used to hate touchscreen keyboards, but then I learned about swipe-to-text. Now I can swipe words on a digital keyboard faster than I can type them on a physical keyboard. I can't go back to pressing individual keys now unless it's on a desktop computer keyboard.
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Okay boys, rate my setup
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Ah, gotcha, I didn't know the "V" or "H" was based on the engine shape. That makes sense. But it's the 6 cylinder version of the Outback that we bought. I believe they list them as the 3.6R version.
I exclusively buy used cars directly from other people. I've only paid cash for every car I've ever personally owned; I don't believe in haggling with dealerships. My first car was $1K, my second car was $3K, my third was $2.5K, my fourth was $4K, and my fifth was $6K.
Then my sixth and current car was actually $17K, but it was a brand-new 2017 Mazda 3 Grand Touring edition with only 7K miles on it. A buddy bought it as his college commuter, then didn't start up classes for a few years. It sat in his garage, mostly untouched for 3 years. Then COVID hit and he decided to sell it for extra cash, so I got it for super cheap.
The key is to take the used car to a repair shop before you buy it (preferably while you're doing the test drive) and pay for a quick diagnostic. If everything looks good, then buy. You won't have to worry about buying a junker. Some people have really good condition cars and underprice them while trying to sell them (usually folks who need to get rid of it quick, or make some quick cash).
My wife insisted on buying a car from a dealership, since she'd only owned hand-me-down POS junkers all her life. I posted about it in another comment here, but she got an H6 Subaru Outback for 10% under the MSRP price, a deal because we were active duty military at the time. So we paid $34K for it. Besides that, it's personal sales, cash up front, no debt to pay off or anything.
The Outback is [...] slow
I had to pause here for a moment because my wife's 2016 Subaru Outback is the fastest of our cars and has some serious pick-up-and-go. I couldn't understand why they were complaining about it being slow.
Then I remembered my wife specifically requested the V6 engine variant of the Outbacks. Only 1% of them are made with a V6 engine and there's a waiting list a year or two long for one, depending on where you live. It's worth it; it feels like driving an EV with how quickly it picks up speed, and with the amount of weight it can tow. And since it's so rare, they deck them out with all the options. You don't get a choice; they come with everything pre-installed.
We got lucky; we bought ours from a Subaru dealership where all the employees were salaried, so they didn't give a shit whether we bought a car or not. They weren't pushy or trying to haggle a price. The sticker price was the cost, end of story. You either pay it or leave.
We were both active duty military at the time we bought it, and they had a deal where AD military paid 10% below the MSRP price, so we only paid around $34K for it. It was almost $38K MSRP in 2016. So we got a deal and it's been a mostly reliable car this past decade.
My extended family all buys Subarus; they really love them. I'm the black sheep; my personal car is actually a Mazda. 😜
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What do you love the look of despite it being impractical, uncomfortable, or high maintenance?
That kind of looks like my childhood bedroom, except the carpet needs a lot more bright yellow mixed into the orange. And I didn't have furniture like that. My walls were definitely that vibrant orange color though.
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What do you love the look of despite it being impractical, uncomfortable, or high maintenance?
OP's description of bright carpeted floors reminded me of my childhood bedroom. I grew up in the '80s, but my home was built in the mid-'70s and every room was a different color. My bedroom happened to have bright orange-painted walls and thick shag carpet that was orange and yellow. When the sun shone through the window over the carpet, it almost looked like the floor was on fire at first glance.
I loved that carpet, but my parents made me replace it with a thin, ugly, dark brown carpet when I was a teenager. As an adult, I understand why. That old carpet must've been impossible to vacuum, as thick as it was.
Regarding the color scheme of the house, my parents' bedroom was light blue with a patchy blue carpet (varying patches of blue between borderline white and vibrant blue). My sister's bedroom was pale green with green carpet. The bathroom was half yellow, half light green, with yellow flower wallpaper on one wall and pale green carpet. It had a matching green toilet and green plastic shower/tub insert.
The living room was pale yellow, the dining room was a vibrant red, and the kitchen was just white walls (with some wallpaper designs in places) with dark brown wood cabinetry and white laminate countertops. The hallways and living room/dining room had a reddish-brown carpet that bleached in the sunlight and looked pale and awful by the time I was a teenager.
The kitchen and entryway had tan laminate flooring with designs; the only non-carpeted space in the whole house. Oh! And the entryway had white walls, but the bottom 4 feet of the wall had that brown wood paneling that was everywhere in the '70s and '80s.
The first floor of my house, which was built as a separate apartment, was almost exclusively wood paneling for the walls, except the bedrooms, bathroom, and kitchen, which were just white. The carpet was an ugly tan and the kitchen and bathroom had white laminate tile floors.
My sister and her husband, who lived in our childhood home for a while, remodeled and repainted/recarpeted the whole house, but she kept the different color scheme for each room. Now my bedroom walls are tan, master bedroom is light green, her old bedroom is a bright peach color, the bathroom is a light green, the living room is light blue, and the dining room is still red.
She put tiles on the kitchen walls to bring some color to that room, laminate wood paneling on the floor for the entryway, kitchen, and dining room, white laminate tiles on the bathroom floor, and the rest of the house got an off-white/tan carpet with brownish speckles throughout it.
The first-floor apartment had all the wood paneling on the walls removed and the walls were just painted white. One wall of the living room down there was painted a dark bluish-gray by a tenant we had, and I just re-did all the carpets down there with a light blush-gray color. I added a large gray laminate square by their front door so people aren't stepping immediately onto carpet when they enter into that apartment, and my sister did an awful job with black ceramic tiles in the kitchen. I need to tear those up and replace them sometime; they're a bit uneven. The bathroom is still white laminate tiles.
"Wshngton" is basically unchanged. It still sounds the same either way you spell it.
Nice! I knew the "ð" character was also a "th" sound, but I didn't realize the subtle differences in pronunciation. I thought it was just used in other languages that don't have the "þ" character.
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For English-speakers here in the Fediverse, the "Þ" (thorn) character is pronounced "th." I've been seeing it pop up in some comments recently and throwing people off, since it's not a letter used in the English language.
It's an ancient English and Scandinavian character, no longer being used anywhere except in the Icelandic language. OP has been using it to replace "th" sounds in English words.
And that's your cultural linguistic lesson for the day!
My username is most of my real name already. All of my friends and family know this. I even make comments all the time about stuff I found on Reddit/Lemmy/Discord/etc. No one cares. Not a single person has attempted to look me up; at least no one who has admitted it.
I try to be true to myself online. It's easy to hide behind a username, and eventually you start thinking you're invincible; that no one will figure out who you are. And you start saying things that might hurt you or ones you love if it ever got out.
I choose to avoid that altogether and just be myself online. Keeping a username that can be tied back to myself keeps me in check and ensures I only say or do things online that people who know me in real life would respect. It helps me to be a better person, even with the anonymity that the Internet may bring.
American from the Midwest here. We alternated between pillbug and roly poly.
I personally really enjoyed New Dawn, but it gets a lot of hate from the community. Maybe because each Far Cry game is a completely unique game, and New Dawn is just a continuation of Far Cry 5. I read a lot of reviews that said it didn't bring anything new to the franchise. Of course! It's just part 2 of a previous game! You get to see what the world is like 17 years after the events of Project Eden, so the map is the same and a lot of the gameplay mechanics are the same. You do have a community that you're trying to build up; restoring order and safety amongst survivors of the nuclear fallout, so that's unique.
One thing I didn't like was that your character from Far Cry 5 (the Deputy) makes an appearance in New Dawn. Turns out they've been brainwashed by Joseph Seed after spending 17 years trapped in a bunker alone with him, so they're fiercely loyal to Joseph now. Fortunately, Joseph is not the enemy in this game. You actually ally with Joseph's new group New Eden, so the Deputy (now called The Judge) becomes a gun-for-hire.
I did not like Primal. I played a couple hours of it and just couldn't get into it. It's more of a survival game than a Far Cry game. You have to craft everything to survive and you have a stamina bar that depletes unless you regularly eat and sleep. Fast-traveling takes a huge chunk out of stamina, which is annoying and defeats the purpose of "fast" traveling, but I guess it's realistic.
Unlike most Far Cry games where you're isolated in a region, trying to overthrow a dictator-wannabe or something, Primal is more about building a community and eventually becoming chief of your own tribe. Sure, there are other tribes to fight against, but it just felt weird not having a solid objective besides surviving. Maybe there's more plot to it and I just didn't play enough to get into it.
I still haven't played Far Cry 3 and Blood Dragon. I own both of them and I've been meaning to get around to it. I'm an '80s child, so I love the retro-futuristic aesthetic of Blood Dragon. Are they related in story at all, or is Blood Dragon just a standalone expansion for Far Cry 3? If it's unrelated to Far Cry 3's plot, I might just jump into it and check it out.
Wait... Hubert Manne? As in... Human? Are you an alien posing as a human being?
It's my favorite of the Far Cry games. I love the setting and gameplay! I actually wrote a review on it recently and posted it here to Lemmy.
Gravity Falls is another excellent one! I was so sad when it ended. I wanted more! But I agree with it's creator, Alex Hirsch, that it needed to have a definite end so it doesn't drag on forever and eventually get bland.
My wife and I tried to watch Bluey, but it felt like it was specifically made for parents and their kids, and we can't have children. So we had trouble getting into it. Which is a shame, because I hear from other adults how great that show is.
I don't think the nuclear explosion was related to Joseph Seed. He was just a "prophet," claiming the end times were here. The nukes were going to happen regardless, he was just trying to save as many people as he could, whether they wanted to be saved or not. He was the villain, but only in an "ends justify the means" sense. In the end, he was actually right; the world did fall to nuclear holocaust.
Most children's shows from my childhood ('80s/'90s) were glorified toy commercials. Hardly any plot, every conflict was resolved by the end of the episode, and the status quo was always maintained. You could watch episodes in any order and you wouldn't miss out on anything important.
Not to mention, they had absolutely no standards for voice acting. Anyone could come in off the street and read lines and they'd put it in the show.
I was surprised when I watched children's shows today and found they had interesting plots and stories with real emotional stakes. Steven Universe, Avatar, Miraculous Ladybug, OK K.O., The Owl House, Samurai Jack, etc.
My wife and I started watching some children's shows with our young niece and nephew and we got so hooked, we went home and tracked them down to keep watching on our own! I wish I had shows like this when I was a kid.
Similarly, Far Cry 5. At the beginning, when you're told to arrest Joseph Seed, you can choose to just turn around and walk out the door. The sheriff will agree with you, saying it's best to just leave him and his cult alone and it would've only ended in your deaths if you tried to arrest him. Then the game ends.
I've been using Gboard, Google's keyboard. I don't like it and am currently trying to de-Google my life, but I haven't found a better swipe-to-text keyboard yet.
You'd think it would be easy to replace Gboard. Ever since Google started inserting AI into everything, half my words don't swipe correctly, or they'll give corrective suggestions on the top bar that are way off the mark. It was way better about 5 years ago. But it seems most keyboards are also using AI to predict swiping, so I can't find any that work better at the moment.