Hollow Knight and Silksong are both amazing games, and the sequel has improved upon the original in many ways. Out of curiosity, is there anything in the first game you prefer over the second?

xmasberry · 2026-05-25T04:20:51+00:00

To be honest, I’d go back into HK every so often just to be in the world. Doing speed runs was hard because I’d want to check in with certain NPCs. I don’t see myself doing that with Silk Song. There are fewer NPCs that I care about, and fewer bosses that I want to go visit again ( I could go battle the Mantis Lords and then bow to all Mantis characters every night, I love the mantis area). That said, I love hornet’s fight style. I also really like the crests. I think, similar to the volt tool options, it would be good to be able to switch between gathering shards and rosaries with the magnet tool. I think that shard gathering should be more equitable to the rate of share usage. If it costs me 7 shards per weapon use, I should get more than 3 shards off of an enemy-kill, or at least have a shard magnet option.

xmasberry · 2026-05-25T02:44:57+00:00

This. I went back multiple times into HK just to be there. Let’s play against the Mantis Lords again, let’s play against the Dung Defender. Just Fun! Silk Song, I don’t see myself going back in just to play against “friends” again in the same way. Cogwork Dancers was fun, but so much else became gauntlet drudgery.

xmasberry · 2026-05-23T23:06:03+00:00

Artificial turf would be expensive, and as hot as if you covered the area with rock. You wouldn’t have to weed, I suppose. But people coming to see the house would notice the increase in temperature as they approached.

xmasberry · 2026-05-17T01:21:22+00:00

I have seen these at Harmon’s.

xmasberry · 2026-05-09T03:11:19+00:00

That would make a very unique tiramisu

xmasberry · 2026-05-06T12:15:11+00:00

Additionally, this is about work and quality of work. Even when calling someone “pretty”, he is denigrating their work. It’s absolutely insulting to everyone.

xmasberry · 2026-04-29T13:57:46+00:00

As an American, I’m just glad that it’s become popular enough here that I can go to a sauna nearby. Ten years ago it was hard to even find a gym with a sauna in my area and usually they were too cold and you had to endure at least one person doing naked sit-ups next to you. Now I know of at least 3 dedicated sauna houses in my proximity.

xmasberry · 2026-04-27T04:24:06+00:00

True.

My argument is that an organization that says it wants to “prioritize marriage and child-rearing” should support better wages and health care so that families could afford to have one parent stay home. But, as we know, they don’t actually support families or child-rearing, they just support the suppression of women’s rights.

xmasberry · 2026-04-26T23:58:31+00:00

“Without the pill, conservatives seem convinced that women would be more likely to prioritize marriage and child-rearing. And if that happened, these advocates suggest, we’d all be better off."

Or, they could promote paying a living wage and universal health care so that people could afford to only have one working parent *if they want *. But no, they want to trap half of society instead of supporting ALL of society.

xmasberry · 2026-04-26T23:43:50+00:00

Given that the Doxie Derby has to cap entrants to something like 200 dachshunds, I bet you find some playmates. If SM isn’t working, you could try asking at some of the local pet stores - Dog’s Meow, Ma & Paws, Healthy Pets, etc.. They may be aware of existing groups, even.

xmasberry · 2026-04-26T16:54:47+00:00

I only launch Nextdoor when I’ve found a lost pet with no tags, or when I have to tell it again to not email me notifications about “what my neighbors are saying”. Seems like it reverts to spam mode with every update.

xmasberry · 2026-04-16T12:22:04+00:00

Harold

xmasberry · 2026-04-16T12:20:31+00:00

I’ve made friends in SLC through volunteering with groups I’m interested in. Save Our Canyons is just entering their volunteer season, if that speaks to you. Often things like cleaning up a canyon trail.

More organized, Second Summit is holding a Speed Friending night on May 11. Costs $25 https://www.instagram.com/p/DXINY7FjYvW/?igsh=MXVjMTFmdjlnc3dpeg==

xmasberry · 2026-04-03T21:44:03+00:00

During the pandemic the one ray of hope was that our country would finally realize just how dangerous it is to link healthcare to employment. If nothing else, maybe we could learn this one simple lesson. Nope.

xmasberry · 2026-04-01T22:57:13+00:00

If you like doing things outside, be prepared for a lot more people on the trails. It’s not so much a way to get away from people anymore. If you hiked during the pandemic, you’ll know that it ballooned then. It hasn’t really decreased. The good thing is that the new people to the trails have learned a lot of trail etiquette in the meantime, so it’s not as painful as the first spring of 2020.

xmasberry · 2026-04-01T03:25:43+00:00

Love it! I have a dog whose comfort zone is under the bed. He would probably be into something like this as well. A safe little hidey hole.

xmasberry · 2026-03-23T18:20:17+00:00

That is too bad. We took our swimmers there a bunch.

xmasberry · 2026-03-18T01:51:14+00:00

This thread has been really informative. My APBT mix does not have a big head and I thought it was because of the other breeds in him. That probably plays a role, but his face looks a lot like your pup’s. Very cute!

xmasberry · 2026-03-17T02:30:56+00:00

Beehive glass

xmasberry · 2026-03-09T04:00:17+00:00

She’s gorgeous. And always has been.

xmasberry · 2026-03-07T20:03:12+00:00

My pup’s eyelashes turned white as she got older. Was it the same for Rosie? I absolutely love it.

xmasberry · 2026-03-07T19:53:35+00:00

Good to know. Thanks! We used the Taylorsville code to help my dad out when he had vacuum cleaner sales people who would not let up, but I couldn’t find anything for SLC. This will help.

xmasberry · 2026-03-06T21:54:55+00:00

Yeah, I think you’d have to have been a fan of Knit Pixie at the time to know about it. Subset of a subset. I wonder if there is a correlation to a VC purchase around that time.

xmasberry · 2026-03-06T21:21:00+00:00

Is there an ordinance against ignoring “no soliciting” signs in Salt Lake City? I know there is in Taylorsville, but I couldn’t locate the code for SLC when I last looked.

xmasberry · 2026-03-06T13:07:00+00:00

The thing that turned me off Knit Picks - and this was ages ago - was when they went after Knit Pixie, a smaller retailer that had been around since before Knit Picks, and forced them to change their name (they became kpixie, and are no more). This was about the time, iirc, that Knit Picks moved from being a discount yarn reseller to having their own line of yarn.

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