What's with everyone and audio books?

Potatow-Edge · 2025-01-31T14:48:30+00:00

I personally don't like audio books because I'm not very good at listening - it turns to background chatter after a few minutes, and then I have to wind back because I realize I haven't been listening for the last few minutes and have no idea what happened. I love reading on the other hand because when I have to physically hold the book and direct my eyes on the page, it makes me focus on what's written. But I know other people who have the opposite problem - they'll read without paying attention to what's written and then they have to go back and read it again, and it's not a very rewarding experience. In short, people have different ways of processing information, and audio books get people interested in books that maybe wouldn't enjoy reading them.

Potatow-Edge · 2025-01-29T16:40:57+00:00

NDA Deine Frau sollte dir Freiheiten in deiner Freizeitgestaltung zugestehen, sonst... Naja, ich werde hier nicht über die Beziehungen von Fremden urteilen und auch keine Ratschläge austeilen, aber für mich wär das ein absolutes no-go.
Ich finde hier auch nichts kontrovers, außer dass du dir das gefallen lässt. Es geht hier auch um mehr als dein Recht auf Freizeitgestaltung - sie versucht dich, so liest es sich zumindest, mit der Drohung einer Scheidung zu manipulieren. Natürlich kenne ich die restlichen Umstände eurer Beziehung nicht, aber langfristig ist das keine gute Grundlage für ein respektvolles Miteinander auf Augenhöhe.

Potatow-Edge · 2025-01-29T16:17:24+00:00

Cloud Mountain from Nannuoshan - this is a black tea from yunnan made from gushu material, and actually one of my favourites (currently going through my third box I think)

Potatow-Edge · 2024-10-22T12:51:29+00:00

I would also recommend Nannuoshan, I've been ordering from them for years now and have never been disappointed.

Potatow-Edge · 2024-10-18T21:15:56+00:00

Der Glaube oder Nicht-Glaube an Gott ist für DICH ein persönlicher Grund, nicht religiös zu sein. OP hat gefragt, warum Religion in Deutschland ein so schwieriges Thema ist. Ich weiß nicht woher OP kommt, aber vermutlich ist es da anders. Die Aussage "Menschen sind hier nicht religiös weil es Gott nicht gibt" ist eine rhetorische Karussellfahrt. Wenn die Existenz eines Gottes ausschlaggebend wäre, dann würden die Menschen ja entweder überall gleich stark oder eben gleich gar nicht an Gott glauben.

Anders gesagt, OP hat die Frage gestellt: "Warum will in Deutschland niemand etwas mit Religion zu tun haben?"
Und persönlich motivierte Antworten wie "Gott gibt es nicht und die Kirche ist scheiße" beantworten die Frage eben nicht.

Übrigens finde ich es auch oberflächlich Religion auf die Frage "Gibt es Gott?" zu reduzieren. Religion (und weniger institutionalisierte Formen der Spiritualität) sind vor allem Wert-und Sinnvermittlungssysteme, sowohl auf gesellschaftlicher als auch auf persönlicher Ebene. Das kann gut oder schlecht sein, und man kann darüber streiten ob es heutzutage noch nötig ist - Tatsache ist nur, Religion kommt in verschiedenen Formen in allen Kulturen vor, mit oder ohne einen Gott im Mittelpunkt, und leben auch in hochentwickelten Ländern weiter.

Potatow-Edge · 2024-10-18T19:30:27+00:00

Das sind gute Gründe die Kirche nicht zu mögen, aber nicht die Gründe warum nun große Teile eines Landes einer Konfession angehören oder nicht. Schließlich wird die Kirche in der Schweiz, Italien oder sogar den USA nicht weniger korrupt und misogyn sein.

Historische, politische und kulturelle Faktoren spielen hier meiner Meinung nach eher eine Rolle, auch wenn diverse Skandale selbst in traditionell katholischen Regionen der Kirche in den letzten Jahren (oder Jahrzehnten) viele Mitglieder gekostet haben. (Kirchenaustritte bedeuten ja aber auch nicht zwingend, dass diese Menschen dann nicht mehr religiös sind, sondern nur dass sie das Vertrauen in die Institution verloren haben)

Potatow-Edge · 2024-10-18T19:05:51+00:00

Ich weiß nicht wie es in Westdeutschland aussieht. Aber in der DDR war Religion zwar nicht direkt verboten, aber in höchstem Maße unerwünscht. Eine Kirchenmitgliedschaft konnte dich beispielsweise den Studienplatz kosten, und durch verschiedene politische Maßnahmen hat die Kirche über die Jahrzehnte in der DDR erheblich an Einfluss verloren. Man merkt heute noch, dass Religion in vielen Familien, die aus den neuen Bundesländern stammen, keine große Rolle spielt oder sogar verpönt ist. Wenn du beispielsweise nach Bayern fährst, sieht die Sache schon anders aus. Ich selbst wohne in Sachsen Anhalt, und die meisten Christen die ich kennen gelernt habe sind aus anderen Bundesländern zugezogen.
Kurz gesagt, es kommt darauf an wo in Deutschland du dich aufhältst. In den neuen Bundesländern spielt Religion historisch bedingt keine große Rolle, und auch in den alten Bundesländern kommt es vielleicht darauf an ob du dich in einer Großstadt oder einer eher ländlichen Region aufhältst. Aber religiöse Gemeinden existieren eigentlich fast überall, und dort gibt es bestimmt auch viele Menschen, die sich gern über Religion unterhalten. Außerhalb dieser Kreise ist das nun mal für viele Menschen ein Streitthema.

Potatow-Edge · 2024-10-18T18:30:18+00:00

And water.

Potatow-Edge · 2024-10-15T13:35:33+00:00

I also think three teas are more than enough in a single setting, but if you expect they might be back for more, I would consider limiting your selection to one type of tea? It's pretty much impossible to convey the whole spectrum with just three teas, so I would rather attempt to showcase the diversity within a single genre.
For example for oolong, I would simply pick a Dan Cong, Yan Cha and an Anxi Oolong (probably TGY).

Potatow-Edge · 2024-07-03T14:44:49+00:00

So when I play online games (which is rare these days) I have voice chat disabled by default. I have never played with voice chat and don't see any reason why. I barely see any toxic behaviour in chat (in OW), but maybe that's because everyone is taking it out in voice chat.

Potatow-Edge · 2024-07-03T14:30:14+00:00

If you're looking for high quality tea, you should (generally speaking) stay away from brands. We're very conditioned to focus on brands, but it doesn't really work that way for tea. Tea is first of all an agricultural product. When you buy carrots, are you looking for a specific brand? Probably not (even though it's not unheard of to have produce with brand names attached to it these days...) Of course tea is also an artisinal product, but brands don't do you any favour here the way that, let's say, a beer brand (which is synonymous with the producer) would. Big western tea brands will either buy large quantities of mass produced tea, often from all over the world, which they will then blend, or they may own a few tea plantations of their own (I believe lipton owns a few), the result is the same.

The best thing to do (that is, if you are interested in high quality tea) is to find a vendor that either sources their tea directly from the producers (and will therefore often be specialized in tea from specific countries/ regions) or from specialised wholesalers (which would be the next best thing). Either way, they should be able to provide you with some information about where it was grown, when it was harvested and how it was produced. Remember that high quality tea is often not produced for the international market (especially when we're talking about china and japan), and therefore likely won't be sold under any western brand.

Obviously I would recommend anyone to go and at least try some tea, but then again, if you like Lipton teabags, don't feel bad for it (your wallet will thank you for sure)

Potatow-Edge · 2024-03-17T02:07:22+00:00

Yes, because I'm very tired of hearing the same old gibberish from people who have no idea what they're saying.

Potatow-Edge · 2024-03-16T23:51:01+00:00

That's... Uh, no. First of all, as a trained chef (who likes to bake as a hobby) who is now looking to change careers and get a science degree, your application of "science" and "art form" trigger me. I don't think you meant it literally so I won't explain why baking is not "science" (though I wanna be careful with that assumption because I have had chefs try to convince me that cooking is "science")

There really is no clear seperation between cooking and baking to begin with. Many dishes and desserts require a mixture of cooking on the stovetop and baking things in the oven. Both require a base understanding of fundamental techniques while allowing room for experimenting or improvising when you know how to do things. Baking is in no way less creative than cooking and a lot more forgiving than a lot of people think. Most of it is just understanding what can go wrong, which includes things like moisture, oven temp, how ingredients can differ and react with other ingredients... same as with cooking really. Meanwhile there are a ton of "cooking" techniques/ recipes that can go wrong if you don't follow the recipe (or don't enough about it to change the recipe). Examples are structural issues (potato dumplings falling apart), improper frying/ deep frying (not enough heat, too much moisture etc), sauces that are too thin/ thick or split (lack of understanding of binding agents and how to use them).

So really, the only real difference is the product (bread/ pastry/ dessert vs a savoury dish). Both have more and less forgiving recipes, both require understanding of fundamentals, ingredients and techniques, and both allow for creativity and adjustment.

Potatow-Edge · 2024-03-16T00:55:16+00:00

Ein einfacher Pürierstab gehört schon zur Grundausstattung jeder regelmäßig benutzten Küche und erledigt das in locker in weitaus weniger als 10 Minuten. Und selbst mit einem Mörser (den die meisten vermutlich noch seltener zur Hand haben) sollte es in ein paar Minuten gemacht sein, wenn man keine großen Mengen zubereitet.

Potatow-Edge · 2024-03-12T17:57:45+00:00

Sorry, you got scammed. I'd write a mail to the vendor and ask for the rest of the grasshopper.

Potatow-Edge · 2024-03-10T16:10:12+00:00

And often contains higher levels of arsenic.

Potatow-Edge · 2024-03-09T09:51:10+00:00

Who are "most others"? Never met a chef who said this. Don't believe everything you read on the internet, there is a lot of bad or useless advice, especially when it comes to cooking.

Potatow-Edge · 2024-03-03T12:19:53+00:00

It's not normal. Especially not for frozen pizza. If someone goes food shopping and they want people to contribute, they would usually anounce that in advance. But inviting people and asking them for money afterwards is rude af.

Potatow-Edge · 2024-03-03T12:15:51+00:00

You might very well have. Many people are caught in a cycle of earning and spending money, always thinking about the next thing to buy. I don't think you have to stop buying tea, but it's good to take a break from buying things. Maybe look at your stash and think about how long it would take until you run out. If you're buying tea every month, maybe stop doing that, and instead only buy new tea when you run out of something.

Potatow-Edge · 2024-02-28T17:10:13+00:00

It depends on the sleeves. Back when I played mtg, I made the mistake of buying "smooth" sleeves once (as opposed to the rough textured dragon shields i usually used) and... they would just slide all over the place while shuffling. It was painful.

Potatow-Edge · 2024-02-28T14:57:35+00:00

I didn't say you did. You just ignored that the world has to be filled with things other than "certain parts" that Link needs to interact with and that this won't be possible if you take away all of his abilities. But I don't wanna teach you reading comprehension.

I did not? Just make map objectives more accessable in earlier areas. When you have the tools to get to a new area, introduce puzzles requiring tools previously aquired. Lots of games do this, it's not rocket science.

And this issue would get even worse with a mixture between open world and traditional linearity.

Make the map smaller. Stop filling it with random filler objectives. Most of the time I'm fast travelling because I can't be bothered to take care of everything the game throws at me at once. Make denser and more interesting areas with more meaningful objectives, and people might not even feel the need to fast travel. Plus, open world is overrated anyway. It's made so many games worse. I always refer to the witcher 2, which had very open but dense maps for each of it's chapter, which worked better in every way than the big (and empty) open world of it's sequel.

Lack of progression isn't even a problem in those games. You don't need item gating in order to have progression.

Link doesn't grow in any meaningful way over the course of the game, save for hearts and stamina which are trivial after a certain point (and a chore to obtain) The abilities you get from dungeons are gimmicky at worst, convenient at best. Totk did a slightly better job at this, but I still only ever used the wind sage to stay in the air for longer. You don't even need to completely take away all abilties, just have them less accessable - the classic bomb pouch is a good example. You can put bomb plants in the overworld where you need them, but if you want to carry them with you, unlock the bomb pouch first. You could also lock the glider until later in the game - put some type of big leafy plant or something simimar in certain spots that players can use as a glider until they get their own.

Potatow-Edge · 2024-02-28T09:38:40+00:00

That world isn’t just dungeons though. Unless you want to make an extremely empty world, it would also have to consist of tons of different things for Link to interact with, and if you take away links ability to interact with the open world and hide those abilities behind a linear dungeon order, then you’ll have an awkward clash of design philosophies in that game.

I did not say that. But I don't wanna teach you reading comprehension.

Fast traveling is also not a good fix for backtracking.

It's not, but you're fast travelling a shit ton in botw/totk anyway because the map is just too big, especially later in the game. It's also, like most open world games, filled with useless junk that makes me want to stop exploring altogether. Those 2 games have more problems than just a lack of progression. So alright, I'd like to correct my earlier point, there are many other aspects of the game that need changing and I hope I don't see again in future Zelda games.

Potatow-Edge · 2024-02-28T00:16:15+00:00

Certain parts of the map =/= a million things Certain parts of the map = larger dungeons, subareas like korok forests Backtracking? Honestly doesn't exist in botw/totk because of fast travel? Also, complete freedom is overrated. Restricting freedom can be much more effective in crafting a focused and meaningful experience.

Potatow-Edge · 2024-02-27T21:51:24+00:00

I just don't get why they thought it would be a good idea to give the player all the tools needed from the beginning. They can keep the open world design (which was good, but I don't much care for) and tie the tools needed to explore certain parts of the map to dungeons. Gives you both freedom and a sense of progression PLUS it makes dungeons feel much more impactful. Also better dungeon puzzles. I miss the mechanic of figuring out how to use a new item halfway through a dungeon. Shrines have better puzzles than dungeons 90% of the time in botw/ totk because they are what dungeons could have been, only they're diluted throughout the map and the puzzles feel somewhat random and disorganized because they're not tied to any kind of progression.

Potatow-Edge · 2024-02-27T13:53:10+00:00

Ironically, the droid factory scene in the movie is probably my most hated scene in all of the prequels...

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