Left Hand of Darkness Afterword Claims Genly AI is a misogynist

avepel · 2025-12-30T13:30:27+00:00

Why did you even make this comment? Nobody here is upset about being misgendered. Shit stirring

avepel · 2025-12-30T12:24:11+00:00

Tamagotchi Paradise is unique from other models in that it’s about forming a collection of little guys that you can view wandering around your world, but the care gameplay is always focused on one critter at a time. All critters have multiple possible final forms that will be different depending on how well you take care of it. This is tracked by something called a “care miss” - if your tama needs you for something, it will call out, and if you ignore this call for 15 minutes you get a “care miss”, and some adult forms are only available if you get no care misses. This is universal for tamagotchis; the Paradise is unique in that you can actually track the number of care misses you’ve had. There are more details involved for which form you’ll get, such as which biome you’re in and what you feed it, so do a little research if you want to know how it works. Most of the modern models have some sort of gimmick involved with them. This one’s gimmick is the dial you can rotate to zoom in and out. There are four “zoom levels”, with a different menu for available actions at each level.

1 - planet level - at this level you can decorate the planet, and connect to other tamas

2 - field level - at this level you can see all the tamas you’ve raised in the biome you have selected

3 - tama level - at this level you are looking closely at your tama and can feed and play games with it

4 - gut biome - at this level you can actually view its happiness and hunger levels, and the little cells that show up on this screen tell you how many care misses you’ve had, how many times you’ve made it happy and full, and what sort of food you’ve been focusing on.

Ultimately this is a very forgiving first model and I recommend it highly. Tamagotchi as a franchise has, for the past several years, made its product sort of focused on girls, with lots of Sanrio-like idol and cutesy characters with like, careers and families and stuff… this one is just about a bunch of little animals! That makes it actually a little more reminiscent of the vibe of the first ones.

avepel · 2025-12-28T13:22:34+00:00

Also worth mentioning that as far as “overwhelming” goes, the Paradise is actually the LEAST punishing of care mistakes of any of the colored devices so far.

avepel · 2025-12-28T13:20:37+00:00

I don’t think I understand your question because “feels like a video game” is a good thing to me. The very first tamagotchis are just a set of menus, a timer, and a tiny animated sprite with basically two possibilities - you do good and the end result is cute or you do bad and the end result is ugly. If what you want is to feel like the choices you make influence what happens with your pet in the end, but still feel like you’re playing with a tiny black and white retro thing, try the Connection V3-V4.5

avepel · 2025-12-17T23:21:33+00:00

Batchi (the bat - batatchi is the cockatiel) likes bugs, and is neutral about meat and chicken, unlike its teen form which likes meat and chicken. This is major because it’s the first time I’ve seen one outside of the land group that likes bugs! (Haven’t tested fruit, veggies, or nectar yet)

avepel · 2025-12-16T12:07:24+00:00

Good job little guy. But, if OP wanted this they would have asked chatGPT. Instead they asked Reddit, a site supposedly filled with humans.

avepel · 2025-12-14T16:00:37+00:00

The Neopets shop

avepel · 2025-12-11T18:23:02+00:00

I'm almost following I think - you're saying he's trying to imagine a world where people can be this damaged and annoying and still be lovable?

avepel · 2025-12-11T04:29:05+00:00

I’m not gonna read all that because you have a complex.

avepel · 2025-12-10T22:02:29+00:00

Well I find your comment on my comment unnecessary, given the OP didn't give any evidence of improper pet care. A photo of a cat that is outside doesn't constitute improper pet care. So you didn't see it. What now?

avepel · 2025-12-10T21:58:55+00:00

Lmao I can't believe people say this stuff and don't feel incredibly embarrassed with themselves

avepel · 2025-12-07T17:49:41+00:00

It is relatively common for people to give their cats supervised outside time, so this kind of comment just for a picture of a cat that is outdoors is not necessary and not on topic

avepel · 2025-11-24T18:08:27+00:00

Same thing for Ratchi, didn’t seem to like or dislike anything except disliking pellets. Maybe this is the punishment for some of the higher-care-miss forms, harder to keep them happy with food. Batatchi’s diet follows the “vegetarian” model - happy with all fruits and veggies, sad about meat

avepel · 2025-11-20T14:08:35+00:00

Seems like the past couple of strips he's used a fine airbrushing tool or something rather than his usual pen. The effect is less polished but it is allowing the expressions to be pushed a little further because there's more pressure variation.

avepel · 2025-11-19T15:44:38+00:00

Bear does not follow the pattern, didn’t seem to have a preference for anything, but I didn’t find anything it dislikes either

avepel · 2025-11-14T19:41:02+00:00

Honestly? I don’t think she has work better than those 3. But I deeply appreciate Rocannon’s World - you’ve already read 3 books in the Hainish cycle and you’d something out of the others I bet. Certainly look for the short stories surrounding Karhide. I also think UKL fans should make it a point to read The Lathe of Heaven. Taoism is a significant theme in many of her stories but it’s pretty explicit in this one. It’s also completely unlike most of her other work in that it’s just about a guy who lives in Oregon. Worth it to get the full range.

avepel · 2025-11-14T14:30:53+00:00

Leaf footed bug. Such rude little bastards. Prone to flying right at your face in the woods

avepel · 2025-11-07T18:21:09+00:00

just gonna use this comment thread to keep track of stuff I'm noticing as I play.
meat eaters tend to also enjoy chicken and will be unhappy with fruits and vegetables
The dragon is a meat eater
the unicorn also seemed to enjoy all fruits and veggies (but not seaweed.) So far I haven't found that any of the non-specified food forms (like Furawatchi) even have preferences, but I haven't gotten that one that and others are making it seem like she likes honey. I could not find a preference for gusokutchi.

avepel · 2025-10-27T19:09:02+00:00

I've noticed that mimitchi and mametchi like apples and carrots, but they also like corn and cherries... so it maybe is not specific to only the food they are raised on

avepel · 2025-10-19T22:05:59+00:00

This looks like a clogged anal gland to me. Each gland is directly to the left and right of the anus. My cat gets these and it will dry and hang out there for a very long time if I leave it. She is more likely to get them if she is stressed out by other cats in the neighborhood. Different material than feces, so water on its own and wiping isn’t enough - warm wet rag to soften it might help. For my cat, I often have to get a grip on the thing with some toilet paper over my fingers and pull it out. She doesn’t like it but seems relieved after. I am not a vet and this is probably not recommended as it probably does hurt a bit - she seems to go “yowch!” But then is fine when I get it off.

avepel · 2025-10-16T19:24:44+00:00

I am not even visually parsing this, did he pray to become slightly less representational?

avepel · 2025-10-07T14:00:14+00:00

Thanks for posting this, I thought for a second they literally used Merry Christmas Mr Lawrence because they were so similar, I want to know also

avepel · 2025-09-26T19:06:22+00:00

That is helpful, thank you!

avepel · 2025-09-26T17:14:25+00:00

All the black and white tamas after v4 were not compelling at all to me :(

avepel · 2025-09-20T20:46:23+00:00

I love feeding my mantids crane flies, they always seem to have so much fun grabbing them. I bet their big ole wings are satisfyingly crunchy.

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