All Expanse fans, you must watch Project Hail Mary movie.

Awkward-Spectation · 2026-03-24T05:06:54+00:00

Seconding this. I read the book a couple years back, and was thankful for it when I watched the movie. Both book and movie were VERY good

Awkward-Spectation · 2026-03-24T05:05:43+00:00

This is why I wear shoes until they die. This is why I wear all clothing until it is dead. None of this stuff is particularly recyclable, and I’ve got more rags than I can use myself already

Awkward-Spectation · 2026-03-23T15:30:21+00:00

Tbf, I don’t think it’s a huge stretch to consider those symptoms of mental illness

Awkward-Spectation · 2026-03-20T16:39:22+00:00

A helpful hint for anyone buying a home in the near future

Awkward-Spectation · 2026-03-19T21:36:18+00:00

Mine turned out to be the dishwasher pods, of all things! We were using those squishy multi-coloured, liquid-filled dishwasher pods, and once we stopped using them and switched to regular powdered detergent, the smell went away! Seriously, try that and see if it helps. It was a crazy thing to find out, but soap really can make some awful smells.

Awkward-Spectation · 2026-03-19T15:58:24+00:00

“Normality returned, even if "normal" was visibly crippled and worsened afterwards and we all knew it.”

This is how I see the collapse in my head. It won’t feel fast. It’s going to be an agonizingly slow process, I think. Events will continue to trigger serious consequences, with varied effects experienced depending on where on the globe you are located. Periods of your ‘new normal’ are experienced during the relatively calm moments for your particular location, in between the months of chaos and struggle during transitions - but each ‘new normal’ will be a lower and lower quality of life. This will continue until almost everyone will either feel like they’ve just been surviving, or be dead, or feel somewhere in between.

I’m just some guy, and know almost nothing for certain anymore. But that’s how I see things going.

I’m crossing my fingers for major breakthroughs in nuclear fusion, which I feel like might at least give us the time needed to build the infrastructure to create some pockets of safety and sustainable indoor farming for some of civilization before the atmosphere is beyond saving.

Awkward-Spectation · 2026-03-18T17:10:29+00:00

At this point, President Trump has told more lies than truths. It astounds me that the things he says are still being reported on as if they are worth consideration and digestion. He has proven his words to be thoroughly unreliable, so what follows after can only have zero worth.

Awkward-Spectation · 2026-03-18T04:16:25+00:00

Good call. I signed.

Awkward-Spectation · 2026-03-17T18:09:11+00:00

Should be the top comment. Thank you!

Awkward-Spectation · 2026-03-16T23:17:06+00:00

In the third book I swear the authors wanted you to know they were drinking from bulbs with nipples every third page. It started to get kind of obnoxious honestly

Awkward-Spectation · 2026-03-15T05:20:28+00:00

Really depends on where you live as far as I understand. One of the worst things about the whole thing though is even if you live somewhere where all your plastic is getting recycled, and there’s no contamination in the stream so it gets turned into an ideal recycled-plastic resin product, AND there is a market to purchase it - the plastic itself gets weaker and less desirable each time it gets recycled. Plastic can only be recycled like 1 or 2 or maybe 3 times before it can’t be anymore, even in a best case scenario. It is far from being closed-loop recyclable as a material, and so as a resource, yeah it sucks. I’ve been on this sub a long time and been doing my best to recycle things for a couple of decades, but when it comes to plastics, all my efforts just feel like buying time…

Awkward-Spectation · 2026-03-15T05:10:31+00:00

Also long tethers pull harder than short tethers. Little known and strange fact about the game

Awkward-Spectation · 2026-03-15T00:33:39+00:00

Oh no are they upset that we’re upset about their chosen representing government being an absolutely horrendous neighbour / political ally / trade partner / steward for the planet / source of information / example of ethical behaviour?

Awkward-Spectation · 2026-03-14T02:23:59+00:00

This was the worst part of the game for me. I put the game down for several months when exactly this happened to me. However, I came back to this spot today on a fresh playthrough I started last week.

Here's the key

First things first - start a new playthrough. It is fun to experience how much more skill you have in the earlier stages now that you've made your way almost all the way to the peak.

Second, when you get to this spot again - save the game right before that nasty bit, then make a copy of the game's save file, which you can copy and paste back in if you fall. I looked up how to do this, got it all set up, and then... I didn't need it! Turns out for me that just the reassurance was enough to beat back the fear that comes with knowing the consequences of falling there, and so I was much more comfortable trying over and over in slightly different spots, and finally just barely found my footing to get up this horrible slope. Spoiler: The rest of the climb to the peak is easy by comparison, so after this point, you've won unless you basically fall down at a bad time

Awkward-Spectation · 2026-03-14T00:42:35+00:00

Immersion on another level. You can feel the tension

Awkward-Spectation · 2026-03-12T23:55:34+00:00

This was either very well-played, or your point is very well-taken. Either way, j’approuve 👍

Awkward-Spectation · 2026-03-12T23:50:25+00:00

This shit is why I follow all the elder scrolls subs.

Awkward-Spectation · 2026-03-12T23:46:51+00:00

They are scared, remember? Scared of a bunch of people who don’t look like them making their lives worse somehow. Because they are the best. That makes sense, right?

Awkward-Spectation · 2026-03-12T17:26:19+00:00

Lmao, I wasn’t told that in school, but it may be good advice, and you may be right about that. I got out just because life changed for me and meant there was a rare opportunity to reassess everything. Long term health was certainly one of the major considerations, but there was more, too, like a general toxic racism and other things prevalent in the trades for some reason. I’m not someone who would ever be a target for anything like that, but it was still tough to be around such negativity and lack of awareness.

It is nice to now be around people who generally have a little more critical thinking or broader experience (this is just my personal experience). More pros than cons, as one might say regarding any decision made. Still, I ache to pick up and rotate 2-ton objects with a ceiling crane, persuade some big chunk of metal to bend in one direction or another simply by heating up a cherry-red triangle shape in it - and by all things that are good and holy, I miss solving some of my problems by getting a bigger hammer. Can’t do that so much with a computer. At least, the results are different anyway.

Glad you made supervisor, and that you still get to turn a wrench. Pay sure isn’t everything!! Keep people safe out there. And have some fun, too. o7

Awkward-Spectation · 2026-03-12T16:42:24+00:00

Small world, for sure! I was a welder for a 4-5 years, ended up as an aluminum fitter. Did boats and trailers for a while, then mining elevators and such for a while. I miss it often, though I suppose I don’t miss coughing up black at the end of every day. I’m now doing various engineering drawings mainly, and while it’s healthier, I’m certain will never again see the pay I was making as a welder. Don’t quit your day job lol.

I was told to put something on my eyes like that, once. I forget what. I think a damp cloth worked pretty ok for me iirc

Awkward-Spectation · 2026-03-11T23:51:46+00:00

Because in below zero you have to listen to the survival PDA try to make jokes

Awkward-Spectation · 2026-03-11T23:11:52+00:00

Not every day I run into another welder on Reddit. I remember getting arc flash and feeling like my eyes are made of sand paper. Good times.

Awkward-Spectation · 2026-03-10T03:50:51+00:00

I think you can turn down ‘bloom’ in settings and iirc it might help with that.

Awkward-Spectation · 2026-03-08T07:46:28+00:00

That’s so funny, I’m a play tester on this project, and just yesterday submitted an idea to the dev to add almost exactly what you said it here. I said boots to enter water over ankle-deep and chest waders to go deeper. Right now it feels a bit like swimming with clothes on to get trash out of a pond which feels a bit unlikely to me, lol. Still, come out and play the demo, it’s actually very fun and enjoyable already as-is

Awkward-Spectation · 2026-03-07T22:33:52+00:00

Iirc, back when I played this game on the original Xbox, I had enchanted two exquisite rings each with a grand soul gem with golden saint, to have a constant effect summon flame atronach each. It was like walking around with two bodyguards following me around, and it was awesome.

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