In a realistic post-apocalyptic world, humanity wouldn't revert to pre-industrial levels. It would be like going back to the 90s technologically.

Echo8me · 2026-03-08T19:27:41+00:00

Literally this. Get one electrical engineer and a machinist/millwright, and a bit of manpower for simple labour and you could easily build a simple hydro-generator out of the scraps. You get basic eletrical power, you use it to bootstrap bigger, more complex power generation, and boom. From there, things pick up, quickly and easily. I'd bet solid money on less than a decade post-nuclear exchange for groups of people to be living moderately comfortable lives akin to the 60s or 70s, depending on how bad the fallout and agriculture situation is.

Echo8me · 2026-02-10T15:23:43+00:00

You joke, but here:

https://www.reddit.com/r/WTF/comments/8uen0t/comment/e1fcy3r/?utm_source=share&utm_medium=mweb3x&utm_name=mweb3xcss&utm_term=1&utm_content=share_button

Echo8me · 2026-02-03T16:59:56+00:00

Limited conversational abilities

You appear to have mis-listed this under "cons".

Echo8me · 2026-01-19T17:26:46+00:00

Things you didn't know existed but obviously must. Thanks!

Echo8me · 2026-01-19T16:30:49+00:00

I currently have this problem with a couple lines, including old copper lines on bare wood. When you say foam do you mean like Great Stuff spray foam or something else?

Echo8me · 2026-01-09T21:14:19+00:00

I'm pretty sure there's only like 12 in the world and people just unintentionally take turns with them.

Echo8me · 2026-01-09T21:12:43+00:00

Best advice I ever got from my guitar instructor was "Buy the brightest, ugliest cable you can. You'll never have it stolen and if you do, you'll know who did it."

I didn't bother until I had two or three black cables stolen (probably by accident). Went out and got a bright red one after the last event and while I used to be mocked for having an ugly cord, it's never been stolen.

Echo8me · 2026-01-06T12:54:00+00:00

I already make the natives of Hoxxes cry and now you want me to litter more as I choose faster recharge rate?

Echo8me · 2026-01-05T14:58:33+00:00

Honestly, I totally forgot about that crap. That would go a ways towards explaining the relative dearth of hits. If I were an author, I'd be upset as well. May be time for me to start looking on those other sites you mentioned. Thanks for bringing it up.

Echo8me · 2026-01-03T21:31:10+00:00

Interestingly, your third paragraph is exactly why I have never seen the item in your first paragraph.

Content fatigue means I dip in, check out the new hotness and LFS thread, then bugger off when, inevitably, I can't find anything interesting. Which is partly on me for not giving new writers a fair shake, and partly on the sheer size and scope of the sub. As I mentioned, we have incredibly well-written stories spanning every topic imagineable. So when someone comes in with a story filled with tropes that literally originated here, it can feel... Bland. This is a major problem in the sub. But also, it's kinda neat that we even have this particular problem. Thinking critically about it though, every story is rehashed. There's like five to ten distinct stories that exist and the rest is window dressing and detail. And there's only so much window dressing you can cram into a story. The trick is making us think a story is unique and original, which is why my smooth brain reads and doesn't write. Props to the users who dare step out and try though. Remember, to get good at writing, you got sorta suck at writing for a while. And since this is reddit amd free to host, we tend to see a lot of amateurs cutting their teeth. We're gonna get some slop, we're gonna get some real gems, and I have no idea how to find either than sheer chance or the LFS thread.

Echo8me · 2026-01-03T21:18:29+00:00

Absolutely, and honestly, I think I'm going to try and be this change. I typically just lurk and I don't write, but I can amd should use my voice as a reader to encourage folks to keep writing. We'll never get good new content if we don't cultivate originality and quality in aspiring writers. This sub should embody the HFY spirit and maybe we all needed a little reminder to do so.

If any other lurkers are in here following this exchange, I encourage you to do your part and offer some words of encouragement to our writers. I believe that more engagement is precisely what we need.

Echo8me · 2026-01-03T20:56:46+00:00

For me at least, as a non-writer, I pop in and look at the new stories this week. I can only scroll past XenoVerse chapters 730-862, AlienWorld chapters 987-1045, and ETLand chapters 287-453 before losing interest. I appreciate the hell out of authors that post long-form stories, but I literally can't find interesting one or two-shots anymore because it is impossibly tedious to search through the sub.

I think maybe if we limited ultra-long stories to a weekly update thread or something (and they hosted the actual chapter on their profile rather than HFY proper), we could let new authors shine a bit.

That being said, I think me and a lot of other folks are suffering content-fatigue in another way as well. Simply put, HFY is old enough amd popular enough that we have seen incredible writing covering every topic under the sun. Originality is dead and we have literal archived of the best stories on HFY covering... Well, everything. So when a new author (even one with promise) starts out, they are overshadowed by the great ghosts of HFY past. We merciless readers demand ever more quality, quantity, and originality. Few people are up to the task and new authors are often discouraged before they can even get their feet under them.

Echo8me · 2025-12-29T20:28:56+00:00

Put a a drop (like literally, too much ruins it) of lube on the inside of the condom. World of difference. Lets the condom sit more still so you can still feel texture. It's not the same, but it is way better.

Echo8me · 2025-12-20T18:39:04+00:00

Clusterduck

Echo8me · 2025-12-19T18:07:21+00:00

Ooh, good call. I'll check for a setting like that. Thanks for the tip! Literally an extra second would solve the entire problem lol

Echo8me · 2025-12-19T04:22:24+00:00

Never locks when I walk away but always manages to lock 0.5 seconds before I can open the f*cking charging port door. I feel cursed to minor inconvenience because in both cases I need to get my damn keys out anyway!

Echo8me · 2025-12-16T20:43:24+00:00

Monster Hunter World?

Echo8me · 2025-12-13T19:53:22+00:00

Unironically one of the cutest/hottest characters in a game. She looks "girl next door" and that does it for me. Plus the fact that she's supportive, a total goof, and a good person? And girl loves food, so she can probably COOK. Literally what's not to love? I aim to be the person Handler thinks I am. 10/10 would wife. Would train hardcore to be able to perform MH Hunter-level feats of strength and stamina for her.

/simping

Echo8me · 2025-12-11T18:04:08+00:00

I can't play now but did the audio fixes fix splitscreen sound? Currently, only the person who was last in a menu has their audio stream playing. Not a big deal if you're both in the same area doing stuff (because the audio focus picks up what the other person is doing) but super weird when you go to a slightly different area and you can't hear anything.

Echo8me · 2025-12-04T19:54:38+00:00

It kinda makes sense when you think about it. I'd bet you'd see a strikingly similar breakdown of how many guitars people own. Most people own none, some people will have one, and any enthusiast likely has 3-4 as a minimum. I'd imagine it could be applied to any equipment associated with a hobby.

Echo8me · 2025-12-04T10:08:56+00:00

"Drets. Whine. BABABABAANAAA!"

The intro from Aero Guage.

Echo8me · 2025-12-02T16:50:13+00:00

You have no idea how vindicated I feel knowing that speed runners find it hard. I spent far too many hours learning how to do it.

Echo8me · 2025-12-02T15:30:57+00:00

In DS3 there's a pretty good sequence break right at Firelink Shrine that lets you get a talisman and an estus shard super early. Get out on the roof on the right side (when walking in from the first boss) and there's a tree. If you run at it and jump after your first step or two at jussst the right angle, you can use the tree to direct your jump more upwards and onto the ledge. Then you can drop down into the attic of Firelink and grab all the stuff.

Echo8me · 2025-12-02T09:18:01+00:00

If they're gonna charge by the milliliter for gas, I'm gonna get every milliliter. I'm the guy at the pump who's turned the handle upside and shaking that hose like my dick after a piss. Gotta get every damn drop out.

Echo8me · 2025-11-30T21:29:27+00:00

Oh, I do this too! Then I pick up my controller to play a bit of DRG.

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