There are reasons women have very often chosen not to use voice chat in games for decades now. You will get some sort of harassment. Often that harassment is framed as being well-intentioned (“I’m not part of the problem–I talk to girls!” -“Okay, but maybe talking to them just because they have vaginas is still not desirable.”)
I always called it the nipple.
I actually loved that thing when I had one. Much better control than the touchpad and with less need to move your hand off of the keyboard.
What’s really shocking is how recently so much of that occurred. We like to think it’s the distant past, but it’s not.
China continuing to threaten and steal land from their peaceful neighbors.
In recent years, China has constructed 22 villages within Bhutan’s traditional borders, claiming about 2% of the small country’s territory. These settlements come complete with roads, military posts, and administrative centers, essentially creating new facts on the ground that are difficult to reverse.
Also me, who just came back from the grocery store with a frozen pizza, four boxes of mac and cheese, and a bottle of whiskey.
My migraines are actually usually without headache, just a lot of aura. That might sound not so bad, but it’s pretty bad.
They tend to start a bit insidiously, with a little bit of sensitivity to light and sound and, even more so, frequently changing or bright light and fast sound.
That’s when things start to feel overwhelming in my head, so if I’m not being obtuse, I recognize that it’s time to take medication. Sometimes my partner realizes it before I do because I’ll start covering my eyes and just mildly complaining about things being too bright or too much.
Anyway, at that point I take sumatriptan. It requires a prescription, but it’s not expensive. It works like magic for me.
Before I found sumatriptan, I would have to be in a dark, silent room with my head in a pillow.
I just deal with it unless it’s a migraine.
Probably the one where some strange artifact showed up and turned out to be highly radioactive, causing my skin to slough off.
Dude. Sentences are useful.
Trump has been deliberately framing himself as a protector of Israel who supports them doing whatever they want to.
Yeah, you’re misreading that.
They believe that taking a moral stand against the Democrats, who are supporting Israeli genocide, is worth it even if that means that Trump, who even more fervently supports Israeli genocide, becomes president.
Also, for what it’s worth, my experience is that Amazon does not have worse work/life balance than your average tech company. Some of the managers even push you to take your time off. You might work longer hours some days or weeks when a big thing is coming due or a big problem erupts, but that’s true everywhere.
They’ll find tons of companies with better work from home policies but which don’t pay as well.
And the whole thing about being a dev at Amazon being awful is largely untrue. I live in Seattle. I work in tech. My spouse and friend group work in tech. Some have worked at Amazon or still do.
Amazon largely treats their devs pretty well, but it depends on whether or not you have a good manager, just like any other company.
It’s just popular to shit on Amazon.
Similarly, I enjoyed cheap sake until I had expensive sake. I was better off before!
Similar for me, except I’m just an avid home cook. I can make so many things better at home that I won’t eat them anywhere else anymore.
I developed a neurological condition which caused me to have a significantly lower tolerance to spicy foods suddenly. So sad.
Bird-watching is very relaxing and surprisingly engaging. You get to know your local birds as individuals with personalities. It’s pretty neat.
Slightly more active, but not by much, raising native bees is low effort and it can be enjoyable to watch the bees go about their business in your garden or yard, assuming you have flowers. In fact, once you get the bees, you might become more interested in gardening because you need to get some nice flowers for the bees, naturally.
Everyone should use the Oxford comma.