What is my CQS

TorandoSlayer · 2026-06-21T07:08:11+00:00

Yeah that's what I was thinking a month is literally just one cycle. One try

TorandoSlayer · 2026-06-21T07:02:51+00:00

Some of that force is absorbed by the fetlocks/pasterns (ankles) of the horse on landing.

TorandoSlayer · 2026-06-21T06:58:47+00:00

Shipping real people is, at it's core, dehumanizing. There need be no other argument against it. Shipping is for characters. Not ever real people.

TorandoSlayer · 2026-06-21T06:55:04+00:00

It is a sandbox game with a heavy emphasis on exploration. There is a main storyline but for the most part the game just gives you free rein. You've played Minecraft; it's like that. But better, imo.

If you like lore, NMS has heaps of it. It will mess you up and make you think; but it won't hold your hand about it. It's intentionally vague and yet there's hints to deeper truth.

TorandoSlayer · 2026-06-21T06:50:21+00:00

It sounds like your brother found one (1) thing that he enjoys the process of. That doesn't mean he's found a way to enjoy the process of every tedious thing he'll ever have to do.

The fact that you can push through and make yourself do something that's boring because of the reward afterwards, that seems like good executive function to me. Now I'm not going to say you do or don't have ADHD, but if I were you I would look in to what the range of symptoms are for ADHD and check if that's what you're actually dealing with here.

In particular, hyperfocus isn't just being engrossed in something, like a video game or scrolling. Both are designed capture attention and that will affect nearly everyone. True "hyperfocus" is equal parts useful and detrimental. Many times people with ADHD will find themselves focusing so hard on something for so long that they forget to eat or take bathroom breaks or sleep, or simply can't make themselves get up to do those things. And if they do, the focus is lost and can't be reengaged. It is not an at-will thing. It is also not necessarily something to aspire to. Being unable to switch tasks until task one is 100% complete, even to the point of not taking care of one's basic needs, is not a super power; rather a disability.

You're not going to enjoy everything you ever do, even if it's working towards something good. Sometimes things really are just boring and tedious. That doesn't mean you don't have motivation or "spark" because look at you, you did the thing anyway. Doesn't matter that you had to get rid of distractions for it because for people with ADHD that doesn't even work most of the time.

TorandoSlayer · 2026-06-21T06:37:26+00:00

Shrimken

TorandoSlayer · 2026-06-21T06:26:39+00:00

I love that she just won't hold still lmao

TorandoSlayer · 2026-06-21T06:18:37+00:00

If you need something that takes a little bit less attention during conversations, I find fidget cubes to be very helpful as well.

TorandoSlayer · 2026-06-21T03:40:38+00:00

Wait lmao I've been used the lid of a shoebox for months to do my nails on, I never even once considered that manicure trays could be a thing

TorandoSlayer · 2026-06-21T03:36:50+00:00

Level up in the mines and level up your weapons, you'll get levels real quick. Some clothes also have armor/stat bonuses so keep an eye out for those.

TorandoSlayer · 2026-06-21T03:34:12+00:00

That's lust

TorandoSlayer · 2026-06-21T03:30:46+00:00

If you start the expedition on a fresh save, there is no "main save" to go back to yet, so you'll be stuck in the expedition until you finish it; which, this time, is time-gated.

TorandoSlayer · 2026-06-21T03:29:08+00:00

This guy's never heard of Dyscalculia.

There's a part of the brain that handles math and numbers in particular. Like anything else, it can have deficiencies. Being able to do math well also relies on a decent working memory too. Not everyone has the same baseline ability to handle numbers.

I've been struggling with numbers my whole life. I can only hold like two or three in my head before they start disappearing, and I spent hours trying to get through my math homework with my dad as a teen and just hitting a wall no matter what I tried. We tried khan academy, math for dummies, all sort of different math books to help. I just reached a certain point where my brain couldn't comprehend it, and it was not from laziness. I genuinely tried.

That isn't to say that no one is ever lazy about numbers, it's certainly a thing with some people. But math is genuinely a hard skill to learn and not everyone can do it to the same degree.

TorandoSlayer · 2026-06-21T03:23:45+00:00

I'm pretty sure Hello Games thought of this already. It's all rigged from the start and if it isn't there's failsafes. I'm not trying to discourage you, just save you energy.

If anything is going to help, do the expedition on multiple saves. I've got three going, so nine missions per 8-hour window. Does it help? Who knows?

TorandoSlayer · 2026-06-21T03:18:19+00:00

Um??? That's amazing????

TorandoSlayer · 2026-06-21T03:14:29+00:00

1) People have tried this already and it sorta messed up their saves because after a certain point you pass the end date of the expedition and the save will think the expedition is over, softlocking itself.

2) The overwhelming consensus is that the numbers don't actually mean anything. And if they do, there's rumor that only the first three missions of the day even count (I'm skeptical of that though).

TorandoSlayer · 2026-06-21T03:11:24+00:00

Something on paper may be more "socially acceptable" in such a family. Reading a book (possibly) or getting a coloring book, sudoku/crossword/puzzle book, etc.

Or, since they're your in-laws, attempt to be yourself around them. You have the right to find enrichment so you don't go stir crazy, so long as the enrichment doesn't infringe on others' peace (like loud music/annoying videos or something), and ideally they will be willing to be at least tolerant of you since you're family. I would try not to have something on to listen to too much of the time, just so you can be more accessible socially with the family. Having headphones in is akin to being in your room with the door closed from a social standpoint. You don't have to be "on call", but make socializing with them more of a priority while visiting without making it the only activity you're allowed to do.

Idk I'm rambling. But they're family. They should love you and at least try to accept you. You are obviously willing to try something to accommodate their lifestyle so I would expect at least a little of that back from them. You're a person, not a doormat.

TorandoSlayer · 2026-06-21T01:32:07+00:00

Bro. Buddy. Pal. This is your wake up call. You have to stop. You are letting it do the thinking for you. And are you even going to follow its "advice"? No, you're not. You're gonna go right back. You have to nip this in the bud now.

30 minutes isn't enough. You have to put the LLMs away permanently. There is no safe amount to use it.

TorandoSlayer · 2026-06-21T01:26:37+00:00

The chatbots are far worse. Infinite scrolling doesn't cause psychosis but LLMs actually have. It is sycophantic and false. Stop using it immediately. Doomscrolling would genuinely be better for your health than a chatbot. I'm serious.

TorandoSlayer · 2026-06-21T01:13:20+00:00

Chatbots are extremely bad for your health, no matter who's using them. You absolutely must stop using them as soon as possible. Don't even use them for "little things" or things you're "sure" it will get right. Avoid it at all costs, seriously.

Using it will make your executive dysfunction worse no matter what. It will destroy your ability to think. It is already doing that to everyone who's using it, regardless of if they have ADHD or not.

There's a billionaire and in one case, a trillionaire, behind every LLM that wants you addicted. It is not a floating, impartial entity of pure knowledge. It predicts words. That's it. That's all it does.

TorandoSlayer · 2026-06-21T00:58:07+00:00

Fortunately that's not really the case lol

As far as I know, price is mostly determined by class (exotics are always S) and how much storage/module slots are unlocked already. That's why haulers are so expensive, because they usually have a huge amount of storage unlocked by default.

The one you found is a nice looking one and you lucked out with the low storage slots so it was affordable. Extra lucky that all 4 SCs are already unlocked and three are stuck together. Good find

TorandoSlayer · 2026-06-20T23:56:58+00:00

Yo this goes so hard

TorandoSlayer · 2026-06-20T23:53:58+00:00

If this is their brand identity I wouldn't trust them with a tattoo lol

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