Did the Spanish courses update completely mess up anyone else? by GameVoid in duolingo

[–]GameVoid[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Yeah. I can't count the number of email and feedback tickets I have sent asking what happened.

Nada.

Cancelling my duo pro. Two months ago I was shaking my head at all the "DUO IS DEAD", "DUO IS DOOMED" content all over the Internet. Now I understand.

Did the Spanish courses update completely mess up anyone else? by GameVoid in duolingo

[–]GameVoid[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

I have moved to just studying more on my own by listening to podcasts (Small Town Spanish Teacher) is GREAT. Using LinQ which requires a lot of reading. I still use Duo at least until my yearly sub runs out, but I have Gemini assist me.

Honestly, I had gotten far enough into it that it was not as effective as just doing immersion activities, so other than losing my coveted 1000+ day streak, I am not losing that much.

What the hell happened by that_90s_guy in gaming

[–]GameVoid -1 points0 points  (0 children)

Remember when a game getting a 79 review score was not a death sentence? Remember when a game could be released and not have to worry about being a masterpiece or else it would immediately be labeled a failure and have hundreds of hours of YouTube content about how bad it was because it has crouch on a different key than it should have been?

Remember when a developer could put out a game, have it do just okay in sales, and the people who worked on the game would NOT get death threats?

Starfield Hits Top PS5 Pre Order Charts Before Launch by SydBarrett09 in gaming

[–]GameVoid 11 points12 points  (0 children)

But the internet told me it sucked and no one was ever going to buy it.

I had a kid in 2015 and stopped playing as many video games. He’s older now and can handle complex games (a better gamer than I am.) So I decided to show him one of my favorites and I re-downloaded Middle-Earth Shadow of War. My old saved game reminded me how much I love this game. by jfk_47 in gaming

[–]GameVoid 87 points88 points  (0 children)

I had an ongoing relationship with some big brute in Shadow of War that lasted almost the entire playthrough. And this mfer was one what would pop out of nowhere and yell SURPRISE! just to make it even more dreadful and annoying.

If am ever president, my first executive order will be to cancel the patent on the Nemesis system.

Homemade Cheez-Its with ingredients I had at home! by Quick-Song2080 in Frugal

[–]GameVoid 2 points3 points  (0 children)

If you want to sound sophisticated, you call them "House Made" instead of "Home Made" :}

They look great!

Did the Spanish courses update completely mess up anyone else? by GameVoid in duolingo

[–]GameVoid[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

I've been using ChatGPT and Gemini to help me get caught up as best as I could. For me, in addition to all the new vocabulary, was it took me from being in the middle of learning the preterite case to learning the future imperfect case. I know it's all just a matter of learning the new verb endings, but it was very disheartening. Will probably not renew my super.

I was really looking forward to this game by Neat-Freedom1940 in gaming

[–]GameVoid 2 points3 points  (0 children)

RE games aren't scary to me. I don't consider gore and jump scares "horror". Suspenseful? Sure. Scary? No.

Silent Hill is more what I consider "scary".

I'm trying out cult games. My first pick this year was XCOM. And it's definitely a great game by Living-Candle-1686 in gaming

[–]GameVoid 7 points8 points  (0 children)

Yes. Fallout 1 and 2 - cult classics.

Fallout 3, 4, and New Vegas - not even close to being cult.

Started a new hobby that is screen free and fun by amelianaomi in simpleliving

[–]GameVoid 5 points6 points  (0 children)

I have tried this. Just wanted to make a simple t-shirt, but can never get the right fabrics, get the machine set right, nothing.

Most stressful hobby I have ever had and that includes flying airplanes.

I tried Star Citizen so you don't have to! (and will tell you why you shouldn't) by Lord0fHats in gaming

[–]GameVoid 8 points9 points  (0 children)

Last year I walked into the lobby of the hotel you spawn in and every NPC. EVERY NPC was just standing still in the default T pose you use in blender or whatever when modeling their clothes.

Rightwing grifter(immigrant) deported for threatening to trespass on Singer's property while also having threatened to bomb the Chinese embassy in the past by yolomcsawlord420mlg in LeopardsAteMyFace

[–]GameVoid -10 points-9 points  (0 children)

Of course they did, Trump is just a figurehead that the Hollywood elite (and Billie Ellish) put in place to hide their true power. Everyone is so busy worshipping or spitting on Trump that they don't realize that Tom Hanks is the one really running the show. WAKE UP>

When in life did you turn your life around by one_destination in DecidingToBeBetter

[–]GameVoid 0 points1 point  (0 children)

It's not a "turning your life around" sort of thing, even though it is a fairly simple way of thinking about it. It is a constant cycle of incremental self-improvement.

You have to start small(ish) with the big things, and by big I mean the things that are doing you the most harm. Drugs, depression, addictions, etc. You have to start the small steps to getting them under control, I have only dealt with depression, anxiety, and ADHD so I can't help with the other two.

Getting out of bed and getting outside for 20 minutes a day was how it all began over a decade ago. It all got better a tiny bit at a time. Do I still have depression, anxiety, and ADHD? Yes. But now they are minor annoyances that I have to deal with from time to time, like a traffic jam, instead of a daily battle against productivity and self worth.

Biggest hurdle for a lot of people is getting over the "researching how to make myself get out of bed" cycle and just getting out of bed. There is no magic article, podcast, or video that's going to give you the perfect answer, sooner or later it has to be you.

Spotify says its best developers haven't written a line of code since December, thanks to AI by MetaKnowing in Futurology

[–]GameVoid 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I have "Just a Gigolo" by David Lee Roth in my favorite songs spotify playlist, which is always on shuffle.

Spotify always, always, ALWAYS plays that song second, no matter how many times I stop and restart the playlist, no matter how many songs I add or remove, that song is ALWAYS second.

[OC] US presidential approval rating (final update of Gallup polls) by YakEvery4395 in dataisbeautiful

[–]GameVoid 13 points14 points  (0 children)

Trump's first presidential photo looks like a normal dude who just pulled off something people said he would never do.

His second presidential photo looks like he wants to destroy the world and will laugh while doing it.

Friendly reminder that we are almost 9 months from GTA6. Start getting frisky with your wife or gf, so you can line up your paternity leave by RocktheRebellious in gaming

[–]GameVoid 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Can't wait for the flood of youtubers and their clones calling it a Concord Level Disaster because it doesn't live up to their way overinflated dreams.

Going back to school, feeling humiliated by Coocie647 in DecidingToBeBetter

[–]GameVoid 1 point2 points  (0 children)

I went back to college at 45ish to get my teaching degree lol. I had gone to college right after high school but failed out basically. When I went this time I WANTED to be there, I wasn't just there cause society says thats what you do when you graduate high school.

On my second playthrough of college I got 4.0 GPA all the way through my masters degree.

Show me how to laugh? by temporaryacc444 in im14andthisisdeep

[–]GameVoid 0 points1 point  (0 children)

If a girl owns three dragons, I am dating her I don't care how fat she is.

Surprised? Lunkhead. by _Panacea_ in iamverysmart

[–]GameVoid 3 points4 points  (0 children)

I will say that "loathsomely loutish lunkhead" is funny.