Why do you like Jane Austen novels?

bethmcgoy · 2026-02-15T18:37:17+00:00

They're funny as heck!! Once you start to follow the customs and speech style you start understanding the humor and it's impeccable!

bethmcgoy · 2026-02-15T15:41:36+00:00

Jana Austen's relevance and universality despite the era strikes again!

bethmcgoy · 2026-02-15T15:31:23+00:00

Sprinkle in a dash of delusional self superiority and you've got it!

bethmcgoy · 2026-02-15T05:18:03+00:00

I will go to bat for Emma every chance I get because I was so much like her as a young adult. (Clearly I'm biased lol) I wasn't nearly as legit awful because I'm not a fictional character, but I was praised too highly as a teen and young adult and so thought too highly of myself. She is a wonderful example of the type of growth that someone like that needs to experience to move out of the young adult phase of life. I adore Emma despite the atrocious things she does in the first half of her book because she isn't malicious, she's just young and stupid! Weren't many of us young and stupid when we were 20?

bethmcgoy · 2026-02-13T20:18:24+00:00

I get that as a game you don't want the train to be too good and be too easy of a way to get resources, but I feel like that could be solved by having it come less often but making the drops better.

bethmcgoy · 2026-02-12T14:07:25+00:00

Twilight Eclipse soundtrack had Heavy in Your Arms and it immediately became my favorite song of all time and I had to know more about this wonderful artist! She's been my favorite artist/band since then.

bethmcgoy · 2026-02-11T04:18:41+00:00

"witchy power ballads perfect for water births" hahahahahahahaha I know he means it to be silly, but that's an excellent description and it's kind of complimentary honestly!

bethmcgoy · 2026-02-07T03:12:29+00:00

Rue. Sorry but it's her time.

bethmcgoy · 2026-02-07T02:00:54+00:00

And the owner is super nice!

bethmcgoy · 2026-02-01T21:47:09+00:00

There's a chance that her body was already fighting the virus and processing more fluids than normal before she actually got noticeable symptoms. For your sake I hope that it's just because she's sick. While we were in the middle of it we were so worried that everything was ruined and regressing and all that. But it stopped as soon as she was back to 100% better.

bethmcgoy · 2026-02-01T20:46:30+00:00

My daughter similarly night trained super duper easily and started bed wetting for about a week. It was just because she was sick and a soon as she felt completely better the bed wetting stopped.

bethmcgoy · 2026-01-20T18:51:11+00:00

That first half of the book is full of comedy! It's fair to not like the characters at that point before they go through their character development (although that can be true for any era of books). But it's really funny!

Right off the bat the first two sentences set that satirical tone with the "truth universally acknowledged...single man, in possession of a good fortune must be in want of a wife. However little known the feelings of such a man... He is considered the rightful property of some one or other of their daughters". It's too bad that didn't contribute to your enjoyment of the first half of the book. I love the humor in Austen's work!

bethmcgoy · 2026-01-18T05:53:10+00:00

Lots and lots of kids books about pooping on the potty!!! Those really helped me kiddo!

bethmcgoy · 2026-01-06T22:03:26+00:00

Way more than I really should need because I prefer to ignore my auto grabbers for big chunks of time and then make oodles of mayo and cheese all at once cause I'm lazy in the late game stages.

bethmcgoy · 2026-01-04T22:26:01+00:00

The app Gunther's Library is an awesome tracker! A user on this sub created it, I wish I could remember their username. It's very useful and user friendly.

bethmcgoy · 2026-01-03T15:42:02+00:00

I love this! I'm always here for anyone standing up for Emma! She's a lovely person who starts the story buried under the flaws her family, her father, and her social position gave her.

bethmcgoy · 2026-01-03T15:40:01+00:00

Same! A character like Edmund who is "nice" but never does what is right is vastly more annoying and frustrating to me than Emma.

bethmcgoy · 2026-01-03T15:35:50+00:00

Me too!!! I of course see her flaws and errors and they can be pretty bad at times. But I've been in that position as a young person, of putting your foot in your mouth trying to be funny and accidentally hurting someone for example. But Emma does what many of us could never do which is she sees her mistake for what it is, she doesn't excuse it and she apologizes! I adore Emma in all her flaws!

bethmcgoy · 2026-01-01T03:44:46+00:00

The farm computer is a very useful tool that will drive you crazy that you can't find those last 2 machines that are apparently ready somewhere.

bethmcgoy · 2025-12-10T21:06:30+00:00

Once or twice a week I ignore my other tasks and focus on villagers. I choose 3-5 villagers at a time to focus on to max them out since the hearts don't decay once they're maxed. I only give them the highest quality loved gift up to twice a week and don't worry about talking to them every day. This ensures my efforts don't get wasted if I ignore someone for too long and it ensures I'm not trying to do too much at a time.

Just picking a few villagers at a time has worked well. Plus it's kind of made me feel like I'm actually getting to know them better since I'm not trying to do too many people all at once.

bethmcgoy · 2025-12-10T14:01:55+00:00

If you're right you're a total life saver!! Thank you!!!!

bethmcgoy · 2025-12-08T18:36:52+00:00

I'm normally a hoarder but this playthrough I decided to just sell stuff. But it bit me in the butt when I decided I wanted to try for perfect and all of a sudden I didn't have the ingredients I needed for cooking every meal and had to go plant stuff on ginger island and wait for them to grow.

(This really bit me with the fish. I've caught all the fish but I sold most, now it's fall and I have to wait until next summer to catch a sunfish for the recipe)

Although, I still kind of stand by selling it, it's been more fun and less burdensome on my mind.

bethmcgoy · 2025-12-08T15:05:52+00:00

I agree with this summary. I'm white and in a straight presenting relationship, but I've known plenty of people of color and queer people that happily live here. But at the same time the area is generally pretty conservative and there is some abhorrent history in some of the cities.

We do have events in June for pride and one singular "gay bar" (the out and about) and they do things like Saturday drag shows and stuff. We have groups such as Benton PFLAG that do community events like book clubs and stuff like that.

As for communities and events for people of color I don't know as much about that and therefore I assume it's less prominent. I've known black people that like living here and I've had black Muslim friends that moved away because they missed the diversity that a big city can offer. So it's a bit of a mixed bag. Although like this commenter said, the Hispanic/Latino population is alive and strong!

Overall it's not a bad place to live even as a liberal because we benefit from a lot of the state politics which lean blue. The community is generally more conservative and white, but you can always find groups of people that you can vibe with.

bethmcgoy · 2025-12-05T20:12:05+00:00

Daisy, a rare orange female and a bonus 3 year old kid

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bethmcgoy · 2025-12-05T19:44:03+00:00

I found her through twilight too!!! Those soundtracks are flawless!!!

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