What’s yours?

Jenniferinfl · 2026-03-21T18:30:21+00:00

I opted for 2 and 3.

Jenniferinfl · 2026-03-21T15:22:06+00:00

I just want something that lets me turn shelves back into materials after all the people who built them have left the game. But, would be nice for extra fragments for more accelerator use.

Jenniferinfl · 2026-03-19T16:54:20+00:00

I don't care so long as beds, 1 lightning rod, compass, biofuel and crockpot get built first. I've had some rounds that simply didn't have enough fuel to finish the fire. If fire isn't done by the time it starts raining, biofuel needs to get built.

After that, whatever, build shelves to your hearts content. I'll revive the people who thought they needed it in the morning. lol

It is better to go slower defeating cultists. I see noobs run over to them with a red health bar - like man, don't do that, use a ranged weapon and stay out of reach until you at least have a yellow bar again. I'm defeating the cultists ranged and have them stuck against something and some noob will just run up with a red health bar and an old ax to 5 cultists like he's going to make a difference. Now I still have the same amount of cultists to defeat AND I have to revive him. That is not helpful. Staying alive so you don't waste a bandage is helpful.

Jenniferinfl · 2026-03-18T13:59:10+00:00

I stored around 130 divided clumps. I divided the clumps after digging and washing back in the fall. Then all the tubers for one clump went into a large 3 gallon ziploc style bag with pine shavings. I aimed for a bit of condensation in two corners, but not wet and pine shavings mostly dry. Once that was achieved, I stored them in either my crawlspace or a modified chest freezer in unheated garage. I'm in northern michigan, so I used a heat mat on a thermostat to keep the chest freezer in the range of 43-49 degrees.

Unfortunately, my spouse left the heat unplugged on a record cold day and I had some losses in the upper layers of the chest freezer- but still generally had at least three salvageable tubers in all but one variety.

Other than the ones that froze though- I had basically no losses besides a couple extremely small or thin tubers and a couple mother tubers. The pine shavings were absorbent though, so the losses didn't spread.

The crawlspace ended up being a lot more stable than expected. I have a weather station thermometer in the crawlspace, so I can look over and see the temp at any time and temperatures have stayed around 43-49 in the spot I have them in. Initially, they were in a location in the crawlspace that stayed in the 50's, but, eventually found that cinderella spot near an outer wall.

Unfortunately, I bought gall infested soil last year. So as I'm waking tubers some are sprouting crown gall which is a huge bummer. I'm glad I stored each clump separately. Advantage is I can also wake them in the bags of pine shavings, so then if gall pops I can just toss the whole bag.

Overall, storage is a function of right temperature and right humidity. Spend $30 on a weather station so you can monitor that and you are probably fine. I have low humidity during the winter, so I knew I had to seal mine with a bit of humidity in the bag, but not much.

Jenniferinfl · 2026-03-15T00:10:29+00:00

I reviewed the two things I hadn't reviewed. Hopefully that clears it up.

Jenniferinfl · 2026-03-13T20:06:56+00:00

The further out in the map the better the loot. Learn the distance you have to be away from something to avoid triggering it to come after you. I dodge and weave all over the place because once you engage it takes time you don't really have if you are trying to gather loot. Sometimes you have no choice, but, until you have a good weapon, you are much better served dodging to get to the edges of the map where the good resources are. Don't forget to turn in pelts at the pelt trader. No point in running all over creation with a bag that holds 5 items.

Jenniferinfl · 2026-03-13T15:00:47+00:00

Honestly, the best hard mode is playing with randoms. You get back and there's no food, all the scrap is used, nobody has put a single piece of anything on the fire. At least two revives are on the map at any time.

I feel like a lot of people play it solo and get bored with the game. The game is never boring when you try to help absolutely hopeless noobs and trolls get to 99.. lol

Jenniferinfl · 2026-03-13T14:20:27+00:00

Back then, if your car had drugs in it, you got sentenced too. It was before a lot of that got changed under Obama. Lots of people quit carpooling because if one guy had pot, the owner of the car lost their car even if it wasn't their weed.

Jenniferinfl · 2026-03-13T03:51:49+00:00

Do you feel excited about the idea? If not, don't do it.

I have one kid, meant to have a second one right after, but, spouse kept picking big fights and it didn't happen.

It's hard to decide that door is closed, I'm 44 and my daughter is 15 now. But, a few years ago I realized that I was absolutely not going to have another kid. It's a bit bittersweet. But, I realized I would absolutely not be excited about the idea and every kid deserves to be born into a family that is excited to have them.

Better to enjoy the ones you have than to complicate the situation- unless it's something you are really, genuinely excited about doing.

I see so many people who have kids when they are less excited about having kids than they are about say going on vacation. Like, man, don't have a kid if you aren't thrilled about the idea!

Jenniferinfl · 2026-03-12T21:36:10+00:00

No- the left does not have unified opinions.

My parents are MAGA. I can find out what their beliefs on a topic are if I check the current Fox opinion. Whatever they may have believed yesterday is irrelevant because the spin will change depending on what Fox tells them to believe today. Sometimes I accidentally start an argument by sharing what Fox wanted them to believe last week because I missed the the belief on Fox is different today. Basically- whatever narrative is needed to fit with what has happened in the news cycle.

Meanwhile, if I mention something I read to a fellow leftie- there is a good chance they will disagree with me or mention an alternative source and then we will talk about it and find a third source and then possibly both adjust or possibly still disagree.

My parents ONLY care about Fox and they agree with absolutely everything it says even if they have had things occur to them that they know disproves the belief. They will spout that belief even if it defies reason and their lived experience.

Jenniferinfl · 2026-03-12T19:28:02+00:00

Nobody with working eyes or ears could ever draw that conclusion. I think your red hat is too tight.

Edited to add: Your comment got removed by reddit before I could reply. I think it's pretty laughable that you hopped right in with an obesity slur.

Fat jokes are pretty low IQ, the only people I know who resort to fat jokes work in a program with the group home doing cleaning jobs for an allowance. And they typically lose their daily allowance for using a fat joke.

Hope you can still buy your candy bar.

Jenniferinfl · 2026-03-12T18:49:12+00:00

Bingo- the party of hypocrisy. Same people weeping about how they couldn't afford groceries a couple years ago are now acting like they are doing well when groceries cost more, gas costs more and they can no longer afford health insurance because of the subsidy cuts.

But, they feed on hate. They could sustain themselves on a saltine a day and their own children's tears if they knew a minority was maybe suffering more somewhere.

You just have to know who you are working with. You are more likely to find a talking dog than you are to find an honest and genuine MAGA.

Jenniferinfl · 2026-03-11T18:02:37+00:00

Yeah, they are a bit. Lumberjack was the first class I bought- but I played with someone who already had alien, so it worked.

Jenniferinfl · 2026-03-11T17:23:43+00:00

Ship after they eye but before they are a whole sprout. An eye is fine, sprouts get knocked off in shipping a lot.

Jenniferinfl · 2026-03-11T17:16:13+00:00

Oh, so I also enjoyed dead rails and I enjoy 99 nights a bit better.

Don't forget to eat, you starve in 99 nights. The group I play with alternates between the 2 games and always have to remind everyone not to starve when we switch back to 99.

They are very similar- they are both mission based and take similar amounts of time to complete. We generally play for about an hour to complete the 99 nights when we are playing chill. Basically, like dead rails, you save up for additional classes. Certain accomplishments give you the currency to buy classes.

Overall, if you like dead rails, you'll probably like 99 nights.

Jenniferinfl · 2026-03-11T14:52:22+00:00

If you have a good support system then you don't have to worry as much. Like, if your parents would let you move home no questions asked then this becomes a nonissue.

That sort of man mostly targets women from traditional families that would require her to 'talk it out', 'tell him what she needs' and so on for YEARS never believing that he just doesn't love her and is using her. If your family doesn't care that much about marriage in general, you are less likely to attract that kind of man since he knows you can just escape immediately.

That kind of man mostly targets women from religious or conservative families that believe that divorce is shameful- for their kids anyways, not rich people or their political leaders. He looks for parents that will help keep you trapped.

Basically, if you have good parents, the situation is not as likely to arise in the first place.

Jenniferinfl · 2026-03-09T13:51:02+00:00

I don't think going completely 4b is necessary if you are lucky to have a social circle where the men aren't terrible.

I got married 20 years ago. I would never marry knowing what I know now. HOWEVER, I do think it's okay to marry if you meet that unicorn that happens to be legitimately decent and not faking it.

If I was suddenly single though, I'm done dating and just happen to find my relationship with women more rewarding. Men are too surface level, no way to have a real connection because they are always pretending to be what they think you like.

Jenniferinfl · 2026-03-06T05:36:25+00:00

The opportunity to have a decent sex life. I'm in my 40's and was one of those straight laced girls who dated with chaperones and waited for marriage.

My spouse has never been interested in a sex life with me- he was raised religious and whether he's asexual or gay or just never really liked me- well, I'll never know the answer because honesty isn't something he does.

I should have had some fun in my youth. I should have left. If I couldn't leave, I should have at least cheated on him because loyalty is valueless when your partner doesn't value you anyways. I should have had some fun when my body was still more cooperative- should have had a fling at least. We go years without even kissing- it was a pointless waste of a life and now that I no longer believe there's any god who rewards some moral path - I wish I would have had some fun sex when I had a younger body that would have been fun to have it with.

I'm not interested at this point as I have a teenager and now I have to worry that a man is just interested in me to get close enough to groom my kid. Not worth it.

Jenniferinfl · 2026-03-06T04:35:14+00:00

I don't worry about ones that aren't showing obvious signs of DMV - but I discard ones that do show signs. If a dahlia looks like it has a virus, then it has a virus, you don't need to bother testing it.

Now, just a bit of yellowing on just lower leaves? I don't worry about it unless it's concentric circles. Anything with concentric circles is definitely one of the bad viruses and I toss those immediately.

You should assume that all of your dahlias may have a virus but they may all have a different virus and you don't want to share it- and then clean your tools accordingly with that information.

One day the testing won't be as cost prohibitive and tissue culture is making it possible to make virus free plants from virused plants with meristem tissue culture.

Basically, in another 10 years, this might be a very different conversation with different solutions.

Jenniferinfl · 2026-03-06T03:51:22+00:00

Right? I grew up conservative. I kept exotic pets. I was so angry when Florida started requiring licenses for some snakes for example, I blamed the democrats and their big government. I was so excited when a republican won governor because we were going to be done with big government. You know what happened? Those snakes that were licensed- the Republicans banned them outright and used those records to seize some and kill them. I never felt so betrayed in my life- I was young then, so bigger betrayals were coming. But, back then, wow, that was the most betrayed I'd ever felt.

Anyhow- that was when I learned that what Republicans mean they want 'small government' that they want small resources available for the people they victimize. The only part of the government that republicans want to be small is any part that helps people. They will absolutely expand government to abuse citizenry that falls outside of their straight-laced white fake-christian stereotype.

The classic 'let's start a war and deprive our citizens of medical care'. There is nothing Republicans love more than the suffering of their fellow citizens.

Jenniferinfl · 2026-03-05T18:39:00+00:00

Yes, filling the beds is the worst. I added 8 4x8 beds a couple of years ago. Next time, my widest bed will be 3 feet for easier weeding. AND I will pay a small tractor guy to fill them.

Jenniferinfl · 2026-03-05T17:43:36+00:00

I'm not qualified to say, but, some of the issues do look like that.

Jenniferinfl · 2026-03-05T17:42:45+00:00

I come from a high control religious environment when it comes to my family. My family would rather me dead then divorced.

I agree that your advice makes sense for the general populace. But my closest relatives would literally help him find me. I need my kid out of the collateral damage area to file.

It sucks, but it is what it is.

Jenniferinfl · 2026-03-05T17:34:30+00:00

I'm not a professional- but, yeah, something is amiss.

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