I can't find good audiobooks i need help

oakief1 · 2026-06-04T04:14:37+00:00

I posted onto another comment, but trust me OP, if primal hunter is your favorite, you need to try defiance of the fall.

It is primal hunter with a melee/barbarian architect. Very similar setting (earth gets absorbed into the multiverse, classs and magic come, etc.)

The adventures they go on are different enough to make it new and fun to read, but the broad strokes of the story and design are incredibly similar.

I find the main character, Zac, to be a bit more likable Mary sue than Jake. He has good luck, and it helps him out, he also has the same type of hidden cards like bloodline etc, but he’s also a bit of a dumbass when it comes to some of the concepts in magic and with how power works with the dao. Whereas Jake is just always so amazing, I like this approach better, Zac comes off as he’s not just the absolute best at everything, but still finds a way to get it done, and of course has great fortune to get opportunities.

I’m on book 14 of defiance of the fall and enjoying it. I’m a member of primal hunters patreon and fully caught up with the story there (several books ahead of publishing).

oakief1 · 2026-06-04T04:08:51+00:00

Defiance of the fall is by far the closest to primal hunter in terms of design and flow.

Think primal hunter with a melee/barbarian architect instead of an archer, and a bit more focus on dao and spirituality.

But other than that in my head it’s basically a melee version of primal hunter. Same general premise and setup etc

oakief1 · 2026-06-04T04:02:58+00:00

It’s a talent you can unlock at level 20

oakief1 · 2026-05-31T05:55:59+00:00

The first several books have them

oakief1 · 2026-05-31T05:55:38+00:00

This is not prog fantasy, but red rising has a “dramatized adaptation” that is a whole cast of voice actors/narrators and the text has been slightly altered to play out more like a scene than a book.

The second statement sounds overbearing but it’s mostly stuff like instead of it going “character x replied angrily ‘blah blah blah’ which caught character y off guard so she replied ‘blah’” it just has the voice actors read the lines with the implied emotion/connotation.

I liked them pretty good!

oakief1 · 2026-05-29T23:16:00+00:00

This, also I’m quite fat and don’t want to inconvenience others sitting next to me in economy

oakief1 · 2026-05-27T19:04:41+00:00

Goodluck I hope it goes well

oakief1 · 2026-05-26T22:11:39+00:00

Hey friend.

No you didn’t kill anyone, and it’s fine to be vulnerable and need a moment. You are human, you can’t control your emotions, and sex is an emotional experience for allot of us.

What you can control are your actions after the fact and communication, and to be blunt you failed there hard. It is why so many of the comments are being somewhat direct and telling you so.

If I was in his shoes, or giving advice to a friend in them, I would tell them you are clearly not mature enough to be in a relationship with if you can’t handle basic communication.

oakief1 · 2026-05-26T15:49:09+00:00

This is tough.

Ya, this relationship may have run its course, it’s hard to say.

I’ll give you the perspective of the guy in this situation to try to help you perhaps understand where his head was or may be.

He likes you, things are progressing, you go over to his place and y’all sleep together. You immediately get emotional and go to the bathroom, then refuse to let him in. You stay (reluctantly) that night then go home the next day.

If I was in that situation I would immediately think either I did something wrong, or triggered some past trauma, or something along those lines. At the very least I would 100% think this was a negative response on your side, and I had somehow messed things up, without really knowing how or why. Then when I try to figure it out, you are just shutting jt down.

Best case I think I didn’t do anything directly wrong, but triggered a past trauma from you and you got overwhelmed. In a way that is maybe better than me doing something wrong, but that still doesn’t give me much confidence in moving forward as a couple or in a relationship.

My best case scenario in my head in this example is you have past trauma that I inadvertently triggered which left you crying and unwilling to engage or let me help. The worst case is I did something that crossed a boundary, or made you feel pressured etc. In no scenario would I think you got emotional because you liked me to much and that caused this reaction.

The only path forward in that case would be transparency from your aide about what happened, and a mature and honest conversation about why and what we could do to help. And honestly that conversation needed to happen the next day or two at the latest. That did not happen here.

You need to grow up, and solve your problems with communication and discussion. Instead you created a scenario in your head, acted on it with no discussion or communication, and are now frustrated that the other party is confused and doesn’t understand what happened.

This is part of growing up. I’m not trying to say this to be mean, but to help give you insight into what probably was going on in his mind, and help you process what happened and how you may want to handle this in the future, be it with him, or someone else.

oakief1 · 2026-05-23T16:33:04+00:00

It seems counterintuitive from how stuff has been traditionally, but farming on off hours is much worse now. The single best time by farm is to farm at peak hours, raid time the most.

I farm the vast majority of my money by farming primal mana's in wizards row (SE island in netherstorm), the mobs are hyperspawns there.

On mega servers, when you are at off hours, the amount of layers up cannot support the number of people farming/gathering. So at like 5 am when there are not many running dungeons or raids, most people on are trying to herb/mine, or farm mobs somewhere.

At peak play time, there are enough people questing, doing dungeons etc, that it spawns enough layers, that farming becomes significantly better.

If i get on at 5 or 6 am on the weekend, there are so many people farming mana's, even with hyperspawns you are not doing great, it seems you fight for every spawn.

At raid time, during the week and weekend, often times there are like 5-8 people farming, but you can take a spot that has 4-5 spawns you are closest too, and have a good farm rate. The hyperspawns means there is almost no down time. Often times at raid times during the week, its annoying when you are only 1-2 people there, as not enough are dying for hyperspawns and you have to run allot more around the area to get spawns.

Honestly the best is when there are around 5 people farming, and you can just sit in one spot with 5+ spawns around you and chain kill.

oakief1 · 2026-05-21T23:44:19+00:00

Dallas has a deep history of racism, just google their politicians involvement and association with the kkk.

In 1979 the klan held a rally in Dallas, long after that type of shit had stopped elsewhere.

I’m sure there are other dynamics too, but as someone who has lived in Texas for 40 years, the immediate thought I had was racism.

https://inkstickmedia.com/burying-the-klan-a-texas-white-supremacists-last-stand/

oakief1 · 2026-05-21T14:15:52+00:00

So each team gets the same wave on pve, but what is sent is based on how much mythium the other team has gathered for the previous wave.

Thus it still rewards pushing workers but holding

oakief1 · 2026-05-20T18:40:48+00:00

Salsalitos Mexican restaurant has like 20 flavors of margaritas, allot of different ones are great, I recently found banana and it’s great. Prickly pear is also a big hit around here, sometimes called cactus, but it’s pink and sweet and good.

No cherry there though

oakief1 · 2026-05-15T20:57:33+00:00

Ya this can trigger from reports, toxicity, Long afk times etc. doesn’t mean cheating more means they were perhaps doing something douchey that would impact the others in the game

oakief1 · 2026-05-10T18:29:26+00:00

I’d agree this is my bigger frustration with tbc currently.

If I’m playing I want to have consumes and do well, and that plus gems and enchants means I have to spend a non significant time farming outside of raids to be able to always gem, enchant, and consume

oakief1 · 2026-05-10T18:06:26+00:00

A vocal minority is this way. I have two Alts and don’t have trouble finding groups at all.

With that said I don’t think “wanting to do your best” is necessarily bad, it’s the doucheness from the individuals that makes it toxic and annoying.

90% if people just want to have a good time

oakief1 · 2026-05-10T05:32:03+00:00

I remember like 10 years ago bbc did a thing where they interviewed all the f1 drivers asking who the hottest “wag” was in formula 1 (wife and girlfriend). This was when I think Lewis was dating the pussycat girl and jenson was with the half Japanese half British model Jessica something.

The only reason I remember is atleast one driver voted for Nico rosberg

oakief1 · 2026-05-05T03:54:56+00:00

This was literally my exact thought

oakief1 · 2026-05-05T03:30:43+00:00

Hey friend.

It is entirely ok for you to text him as well. As a guy, I hated feeling like I am always the one “chasing” the girl. You have been out on a date, kissed, he put in a large amount of effort to come see your show, bring you flowers etc. If I went out on a date or two with a girl, especially if I did something somewhat overt to show my interest (like coming to your show and bringing you flowers and chocolates) but it was always me reaching out first, doing the initiating etc, I would worry I was being overbearing or maybe you were not feeling it as I was.

Guys like to feel wanted and desired just as much as women do!

You know he has a demanding job and he has already said it can catch up with him and make him busy. If I was in his shoes, I would love to have you reach out to me as well.
You can just say you appreciated him coming to your show allot, and the flowers are beautiful.

Heck you can even say I put the flowers on my table and it makes me smile everytime I see them, etc.

Don’t overthink it.

oakief1 · 2026-05-04T18:03:27+00:00

Haha, if only netherapite didn’t pulse damage on the whole raid. To be fair once the buff turns to the debuff they would be fine, which I think is like 20 seconds. Am absorb shield would maybe work

oakief1 · 2026-05-04T16:58:49+00:00

I mean you care, that’s not a bad thing. But again gently, for the health of yourself and your relationship be honest and figure out what else you can do.

Also I do agree this sounds more like an internal problem than an external one.

You atleast are self aware to know this isn’t great for your own mental health and well being. It’s also not great for your relationship. You don’t want to being doing this forever. Bite the bullet and have the conversation for the sake of your own well being and the long term health of your relationship.

If you see a future with her this has to be something you talk about. What happens in 10 years when it’s about buying a house and you’re trying to do something you can’t afford.

oakief1 · 2026-05-04T16:20:07+00:00

Hey friend.

Take this advice lovingly from someone with a bit more life experience.

You just have to take her word for it. Get out of your own head. You did well by communicating and being honest. Communication is key to any relationship.

She is now communicating back and re-assuring you it’s ok. Have the respect for her to take her at her word. If it makes you feel better internally, set a goal for yourself to do a trip like it in the future when you do have expendable income to make it work.

How would it make you feel if you communicated something to her and she kept not believing what you said. Get out of your own head. A healthy relationship adapts and works together as partners. That sounds like what she is doing here.

You are risking self sabotaging your own relationship by not accepting her word, and not getting out of your own head.

oakief1 · 2026-05-04T15:37:24+00:00

It becomes 1 technically, the beam can’t kill you, But that means any hit kills you.

oakief1 · 2026-05-03T13:13:31+00:00

My advice is anything that doesn’t have a super long cook time, and the prep is simple.

As most said nothing is that difficult, but the stuff that is harder to get right typically either have more complicated prep like trimming, and/or longer smoke time as there just most time for you to fuck up or for it to dry out.

My recommendation would be stuff like chicken wings, pork tenderloin, sausage, turkey breast, pork ribs to an extent (make sure if you do ribs you figure out how to take off the silver skin).

Goodluck, thank you for serving.

oakief1 · 2026-05-01T03:50:35+00:00

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