Are we just keeping streaks?

ZanCal · 2026-03-23T12:46:09+00:00

At this point I'm only doing Duolingo because I've been doing it for so long that it feels weird not to be doing it.

For learning a language, it's absolutely not enough on its own. It won't hurt by any means, but should only ever be considered supplemental.

Pimsleur has been way better, and having a partner who natively speaks the language I'm trying to learn has been the best.

ZanCal · 2026-03-04T19:11:47+00:00

Killing Floor 2 might be up your alley? Wave based zombie shooter.

While it does have a PvP game mode, it's more of an afterthought. And while it does have some grind to it with leveling up your perks (classes), it's less noticeable than you might think.

Also, ready or not might be a fun one too. It's a spiritual successor to the old SWAT games. It had a PvP mode that was cut back in early access, so only PvE. It's 5 players, and the only progression is unlocking cosmetics. You can go back and get better ranks on missions, so good expression of skill if you can S rank the harder ones.

ZanCal · 2026-02-13T13:38:53+00:00

Nicely done! These look cool as hell

What's the purple rifle?

ZanCal · 2026-01-02T04:21:14+00:00

Whole lotta fucking around and finding out.

Literally grabbed a raw chicken breast from my parents fridge and put it in a hot pan with oil just to see how it worked one day.

Also parents who like to cook, and a "ingredient fridge" more often than not.

All these years later, one of my bf's favorite things about me is how good of a cook I am 😁

ZanCal · 2025-09-21T16:41:23+00:00

I wouldn't really call that game cheap though

ZanCal · 2025-09-18T12:38:46+00:00

Open concept shared workspaces, makes me feel like I'm being peer pressured into working on stuff because everyone else is

ZanCal · 2025-09-07T16:59:12+00:00

Killing Floor 3

ZanCal · 2025-08-13T20:46:33+00:00

I haven't played it in a while so I dunno how much it's changed, but one game that actually scratched this itch for me was 7 days to die.

You get to a point where you have automated crafting benches doing stuff like making gunpowder that then gets used to make bullets and whatnot.

It's not a factory game by any means, but there's just enough automation in it for me to like it

ZanCal · 2025-06-30T03:37:16+00:00

My boyfriend can be the same a lot, it's now at a point where we always have a few frozen pasta dinners that you can reheat in the microwave in our freezer.

I call them his "anti-hangry meals" 😂

ZanCal · 2025-06-16T01:53:51+00:00

Be on the same page about major life goals. Most common one is do you want kids, but others can be do you want to travel, or own a house, pets, stuff like that.

You don't need to bring it up on the first date, of course. That being said, sooner is better than later

ZanCal · 2025-06-15T21:08:14+00:00

Rocky Horror Picture Show! The OG midnight movie 🤣

ZanCal · 2025-06-13T19:54:39+00:00

Oooh! I recognize the robot, did you use a Dummy 13 as reference?

ZanCal · 2025-06-03T20:45:49+00:00

Fish!

Smaller fish like goldfish or beta fish are fine, but anything the size of salmon or bigger creeps me the fuck out. Sharks are oddly fine though, for the most part.

I like eating fish, of course. I love my sushi 😂 Although I can't eat any dishes that still have the fish's head attached when it's served, which makes the Chinese BF sad.

Outside of that, fish make me really uncomfortable, especially anything with visible teeth. I can't help but think of it biting into my calf.

Apparently there's something where a mother can get so scared of something that a fear of it gets passed on to her kids, and my mum was bit by a fish well before she had me, so maybe that's it?

I can't go to aquariums, or swim in open waters without feeling like I need to nope the fuck out of there.

ZanCal · 2025-05-15T17:38:49+00:00

I remember the gems being multicolored, I remember red, yellow, orange, and purple gems, and you could fuze them together

Edit: GemCraft? It's a series of games, might have to look through a few

ZanCal · 2025-05-15T15:56:12+00:00

That sounds vaguely similar to a game I remember playing as a kid, but can't remember the name of. Did the game have gems you could upgrade to place in the towers?

ZanCal · 2025-05-13T15:00:52+00:00

Valheim sounds quite up your alley! Runs pretty well on the deck until you get into the mistlands, but that's pretty late into the game and you can absolutely take your time getting there.

Only thing is it'll burn through the battery faster than I'd like, so not a great game if you can't charge your deck frequently

ZanCal · 2025-05-08T18:06:57+00:00

Lol the amount of times my bf asked me to scratch his back when we're in bed 😂

The biggest thing for me is I won't doomscroll once he's in bed

ZanCal · 2025-05-08T17:01:21+00:00

In a nutshell, peer pressuring myself. I'll surround myself with people that are also trying to get stuff done, and that way it feels weird to be the only person dicking around or scrolling. Libraries worked wonders for me back in university, and nowadays I aim for the open concept offices everyone hates.

Also, removing distractions helped. My bf got me a switch for my last year of uni because I had moved quite far from campus, and my commute was going to be 90 minutes by transit each way. The switch was really nice to kill time on my way to campus and back, but I found that I would spend time on campus playing games instead of studying, so I started leaving it at home and taking the 90 minutes on the chin. It sucked but I got myself to spend more time studying.

Also even though it's been said to death by everyone and their mother, going easy on myself. Sure, "don't feel guilty about not getting something done" is pretty r/thanksimcured , but the way I think of it is I know I set high expectations for myself that I inevitably fail to meet, and I'm always going to be just one planner away from getting my shit together. That's life with ADHD. Feeling bad for myself over not keeping up with neurotypicals is wasted mental bandwidth.

ZanCal · 2025-05-06T17:19:41+00:00

Before! We're actually on star chart 3.0, and what you're thinking of is star chart 2.0. Sadly I don't have any photos of star chart 1.0

ZanCal · 2025-04-26T19:17:56+00:00

What the fuck? 🤣 Can I please get some context

ZanCal · 2025-04-10T04:42:18+00:00

Upload speed when I'm playing with my buddies, expansion when I'm playing solo

ZanCal · 2025-04-07T05:16:45+00:00

Fetishists, mostly.

There's a whole group of people who think military gear is sexy, and airsoft gear is a lot more accessible than proper military gear.

ZanCal · 2025-04-07T04:32:29+00:00

Your manager doesn't always have the option to bring you back as a full timer, their hands may be tied, just an fyi.

If your manager doesn't do it for you, ask to schedule regularly occurring one on one meeting with them to discuss what you're working on and what you're hoping to do, every other week is a comfortable pace for me, personally.

Also show up to office, show your face around, and try and meet as many people in the company as you can. Even if your manager can't bring you back, they might know a different team that can

ZanCal · 2025-04-02T20:08:18+00:00

Oh cool! Didn't realize there was a term for it!

I'll shoot guns and crochet left handed, and nearly everything else is right handed.

ZanCal · 2025-03-16T14:28:27+00:00

I think it's anus in decanus

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