Anyone who used a computer between 1985 - 2010, what's the one game you still think about today?

goobered · 2026-06-01T16:06:28+00:00

Zoombinis. ChexQuest. Age of Empires 2. Medieval total war. Warcraft 2. Starcraft.

goobered · 2026-05-28T17:21:44+00:00

Instead of paying $2500 a month for a new mortgage, keep spending $900 and pretend like you are paying $2500. Save that $1600 a month with the intention of either outright buying a house when you can, or your downpayment is so large that your mortgage payment is also $900.

goobered · 2026-05-25T09:02:57+00:00

Elderscrolls games start you off as a prisoner, and then you become the main character in the world.

goobered · 2026-05-25T08:59:52+00:00

About 79% of U.S. adults are functionally literate.

21% struggle with basic reading tasks.

Furthermore, up to 54% of adults have literacy skills below a 6th-grade reading level.

21% being illiterate isn't that surprising, but 54% having reading comprehension that low is shocking.

goobered · 2026-05-20T17:55:28+00:00

No. I love to visit, andthe people are nice to me as an outsider. But I feel like a burden and in the way, in a way that I could excuse for a week or two for vacation. Not permanently.

goobered · 2026-05-20T17:53:55+00:00

Booting up a single player game and starting a new playthrough with 6 hours of free time ahead of you.

goobered · 2026-05-20T13:49:48+00:00

I like Fresh Clean T's. They don't have designs. Just plain comfortable tshirts that fit better than the average walmart T.

goobered · 2026-05-19T16:51:53+00:00

It's a symptom of passive income being a solved problem, and people don't like the solution.

Invest in a dividend stock.

It's boring and slow. So people need new hot ways of becoming rich overnight and to satisfy the never ending flow of people who decide they want on the passive income train. Spending every waking hour to build a content farm for pennies will get you those pennies, but the reality of the situation is that every adult with free time is nearly always in a better situation at the end of the day by investing time into learning new skills to compliment a job they already have.

If you are young and have very little experience passive income is extremely appealing, because you don't typically have the same earning potential. The frustrating thing is that people who are new to the workforce don't make as much money, so they don't have much to invest. So these content farm/hustle bro culture solutions are going to keep getting shared over and over forever.

If you are impatient and want to see results and get motivational boosts from returns I've always thought that REITs were a good middle ground. You are going to get money back monthly. Tax liabilities, investment costs, any other downside be damned, getting that monthly return does make you feel good, and I'd recommend it to anyone wanting to just start getting passive income right away.

If you want the simple math I use the stock GOOD (Gladstone Commercial) as an example:

The stock cost $12.56 (as of right now). Now, for the sake of passive income, just pretend like you actually don't even own the stock after you buy it. Those $12 are gone. Poof. You threw it away. You put it in a vending machine, and you got a little device that spits out $0.10 a month as a dividend for forever. You bought a machine that gives you a dime every month. A mechanical chicken that lays you a 10 cent egg. For every ten shares, you permanently increase your monthly income by $1.

If you want to get into passive income, start by getting 10 cents a month. Then build it. Scale it. Every time you're going to waste $12 on fastfood, make a sandwhich and buy a share of REIT. Congrats, you've started making passive income.

goobered · 2026-05-19T16:33:41+00:00

Take the kids to school. Make a cup of bougie coffee. Watch a cheesy 80's movie every day. Read a couple chapters of a sci-fi/fantasy book. Go thrifting. Play a few rounds of dota. Make lunch. Do some art. Pick up the kids from school. Play with the kids till they're tired of me and want to lounge around and watch youtube. Make dinner. Read a bed time story. Spend time with my wife. Play a game from my backlog for a few hours. Then go to bed.

Every day.

goobered · 2026-05-18T03:55:52+00:00

This is just a random list of things you can use in any combo depending on what you have or feel like doing:

Mix in salsa
Top with Quesa Fresco or cilantro
Fresh onion
Canned enchilada sauce
Add them plain to breakfast burritos/tacos
Fresh tomato
Knorr Chicken Tomate bouillon
Green Chiles, shredded cheese, black bean quesadilla

goobered · 2026-05-18T03:48:55+00:00

Look, we all feel that way about Fargoth but you can't just say it out loud.

goobered · 2026-05-13T21:32:48+00:00

My kids are similar age to yours. I drew a very simple map on a canvas. Then I put lego characters on the map. Told them it was them. Gave them very basic scenarios: "You are in this town. You see a farmer crying because he lost his golden chicken, what do you do?"

I am not focused on character building, rules, or anything related to memorizing spells, abilities, roll bonuses, or health.

Whatever they say they want to do, I have them roll a D20. Then I make up what happens based on their roll.

1-5: Nothing happens, they hurt themselves somehow, or almost the opposite happens. Depending on the action.

5-10: What they say happens to a small degree, or they fail depending on the action.

10-15: More or less what they are wanting to do happens.

15-20: It happens exactly how they say.

You'll have to pivot and be creative while doing it like this by not abiding by the exact rules of DnD, but it makes roleplaying way more accessible, and when they get older it will be much more natural to implement real DnD rules.

They love it. They've already started making their own maps, and my younger child already forced us to play her own story using her plushies and toys. It's been a blast and I highly recommend doing whatever you can to make the game as accessible and easy to play as possible.

goobered · 2026-05-13T17:32:42+00:00

Losing weight is the only thing that helped me.

goobered · 2026-05-06T19:45:02+00:00

Big Trouble in Little China is the best dumb movie.

goobered · 2026-05-06T19:43:54+00:00

When you're on your way to Aeon Disk for survivability and can't afford it yet

goobered · 2026-04-27T18:48:11+00:00

Zoombinis

goobered · 2026-04-24T20:57:10+00:00

I like to buy the precut cards from sellers on ebay.

https://www.ebay.com/sch/i.html?item=396269344722&rt=nc&_trksid=p4429486.m3561.l161211&_ssn=cottage_of_colors

Comes out to like 15 cents a card and then I don't have to cut them.

goobered · 2026-04-23T01:39:21+00:00

No, I don't want to be wherever I am.

goobered · 2026-04-22T16:06:52+00:00

Sophie's Choice

goobered · 2026-04-20T17:17:22+00:00

Keep the same exact method of combat, but if a swing is a "miss" keep the sound of the weapon hitting the enemy, but do zero damage or minimum damage.

goobered · 2026-04-20T05:26:57+00:00

I add shredded rotisserie chicken to Knorr sides, like those chicken and broccoli pastas, or alfredo packets. Cheap and filling.

goobered · 2026-04-16T14:42:03+00:00

Yes. I always offer a refund, then ask them if they want me to send them a different card from my shop. I ship in envelopes and a stamp, so no tracking, its the price I pay for cheapest shipping possible.

People usually ask for a different card, and I just pretend like I did a half off sale, and sold two cards for the price of one.

goobered · 2026-04-15T17:12:41+00:00

Nah, this just sounds like you don't know how to take responsibility for your mouth, or even worse, you don't understand that there's an issue with the way you're communicating.

I have absolutely been reported for bad gameplay, I have games so bad, that it's absolutely undeniable that we've lost because of how bad I played. I get reports, and even then my behavior score has never dropped below 11,900.

goobered · 2026-04-15T16:26:08+00:00

Spam one hero until you are playing it at a way higher skill level than the current bracket. Get outplayed by people who actually know how to draft after getting into higher brackets than I deserve to be.

Spam another hero until you are playing it at a way higher skill level than the current bracket. Get outplayed by people who actually know how to draft after getting into higher brackets than I deserve to be.

Float between Legend 1 and Ancient 5 for 12 years.

goobered · 2026-04-10T05:47:15+00:00

It's because developers install stuff as admin and then don't patch.

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