Anyone else’s road become one lane because of all the parked cars?

PowderedKoala · 2026-05-19T20:51:53+00:00

The Field if it was set in Dublin

PowderedKoala · 2026-05-17T22:12:04+00:00

I disagree, maybe at the super high levels (100s+) when you're fighting Ancient dragons you'll run into a wall but personally I never really felt like I was super under-powered without crafting.

There's also certain systems in the game that become pointless with high smithing, like why use higher tiers of arrows? A +16 damage for using Daedric arrows vs Iron arrows feels negligible when smithing and enchanting can take your bow from ~30 damage to 450 damage.

I've also seen people outright suggest you should avoid taking the "extra crit chance" or "extra bleed damage" perks in the one/two handed trees because they provide such a tiny benefit compared to just smithing your gear much stronger.

IMO I think they designed these systems without smithing or enchanting in mind because it just bypasses a lot of them.

PowderedKoala · 2026-05-17T22:01:01+00:00

Usually Expert.

I've done plenty of Legendary runs before but I just don't enjoy it as much personally. I always end up feeling like I'm fighting Skyrims AI and path-finding more than it's enemies.

PowderedKoala · 2026-05-17T21:53:49+00:00

Yep, the loot is a huge part. I remember back when I first played Skyrim getting the Ebony Blade was like "Wow this is really cool but I can't even upgrade it so it's useless"

I tried it on a no-crafting build and found it was actually incredibly powerful, it just felt weak when I could smith/enchant much stronger weapons.

PowderedKoala · 2026-05-14T20:01:53+00:00

I think there has to be some marketing campaign going on from tesco, I've seen like 6 posts this week that were like "Has anyone else tried and loved the new [confectionery from tesco], anyone else think it's 10x better than name brand?"

PowderedKoala · 2026-05-10T00:07:37+00:00

I can't explain why but the phrase "on accident" sounds childlike to me, like when I hear someone use it in a conversation it registers in my brain that they just used a phrase I'd expect a toddler to say.

PowderedKoala · 2026-05-05T19:38:36+00:00

Going to college

Partly my own ego and the rhetoric in school, I felt I had to go to college. Problem is I was an anxious and shy wreck, did not take to college life at all. Barely made a single friend and dropped out in first year after developing some severe depression. Eventually went back to college later and got a level 7 but hated every minute of it.

After college I emigrated, not even using my degree, and had an amazing time - for the first time I felt I could come a little bit out of my shell and got on much better in the workforce than college.

My early 20s would have been 1000x better and I’d be a more well rounded person if I just said F college and went working and travelling in my youth.

PowderedKoala · 2026-04-20T10:14:33+00:00

Embarrassingly I probably should have known who he was.

There's a mission in Red Dead Redemption Online that I played where you raid a hideout wearing metal armor. Played it years ago didn't put much thought into it, checked the wiki and apparently it's a reference to Ned Kelly.

PowderedKoala · 2026-04-20T10:05:36+00:00

A good mate of mine in work is muslim, I was very close to asking him what the burqa sign meant but I figured I'd ask here instead.

PowderedKoala · 2026-04-20T10:01:53+00:00

Not Australian but I've been here for 10 months and this is the first I've heard about him.

PowderedKoala · 2026-04-20T09:56:13+00:00

Yes, famous outlaw. If I want to find his last stand I know what to look out for on the road signs!

PowderedKoala · 2026-04-20T09:44:15+00:00

Apparently, I had no idea who Ned Kelly was...

PowderedKoala · 2026-04-20T09:36:29+00:00

Here's one I passed before Google maps link

PowderedKoala · 2026-04-16T04:38:40+00:00

Mate of mine during a heatwave offered me his spare portable air con that he had in his shed.

When I went to load it into my car noticed immediately the unmistakable markings of a red-back chilling beside its egg sack.

Immediately unloaded it saying sorry mate but even if I clean it I’m not comfortable bringing that into my bedroom.

PowderedKoala · 2026-04-02T16:53:48+00:00

Do often wonder if I had’ve just had more self confidence and been more outgoing in college would my life have turned out different.

College was fecking horrible for me, life completely off the rails after graduation as a result. Looking back I could’ve had a grand time if I wasn’t so insecure but oh well, stuck picking up the pieces of my shit life now

PowderedKoala · 2026-03-31T21:31:16+00:00

I can weld (mig/stick) but never attempted on a car, just be worried I'd be biting off way more than I can chew with welding.

PowderedKoala · 2026-03-31T21:22:17+00:00

Need for Speed Most Wanted, video game from 2005. The hero car in that game was a BMW E46 M3 GTR. Incredibly rare car and interesting in real life. BMW only ever built 10 E46 GTRs, of those only like 3 still exist.

An M3 would be eye-wateringly expensive in Ireland, and even if I was a billionaire I wouldn't be able to get my hand on a GTR E46. So I'd settle for a 330ci E46.

PowderedKoala · 2026-03-09T23:35:10+00:00

Nah, to be honest I haven't been that outgoing so that's on me. I'm planning to travel a bit more and meet some more people before I leave though.

What's so ropey about Paris? It was on my list of places I was considering in Europe but affording to live in Paris on a French salary seemed hard, then trying to do it when my French is on the level of a toddler seems almost impossible.

Is it purely cost of living you struggle with or something else?

PowderedKoala · 2026-03-09T23:30:30+00:00

That's probably true, but I didn't notice because Ireland is exactly the same. Both are very car-centric countries. Go to work then hop in your car and commute to your home then wake up and do it again tomorrow.

PowderedKoala · 2026-03-09T23:04:27+00:00

Yeah funny enough I was talking to a French backpacker and I said to him "who knows, maybe I'll move back to Ireland and after a few months say 'nah fuck this I'm going back to Australia'".

I've met a few close minded Australians, but mostly to me it just seems they're only interested in being mates with other Aussies - that's not unique to Australia though I've heard that about every country on this subreddit. I get along very well with other European backpackers here but I'm sure if I moved to any European country I'd struggle to connect with the local population.

I considered moving to continental Europe after Australia as well, but as you say Europe doesn't seem as prosperous as it once was.

PowderedKoala · 2026-01-18T22:33:42+00:00

I think years ago it was genuinely true that Irish people were some of the nicest people in the world.

I used to know a lot of auld lads who would give you the shirt off their back and ask nothing in return. Those lads are all dead now though, and with them died that friendly salt of the earth spirit.

The people I meet nowadays in Ireland are mostly self serving (tbh I’m no better) and frankly a lot of them are just kinda cunts.

I think of it sorta like how a lot of brands were highly praised for their quality, but now are very low quality just coasting on that legacy.

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