Topic: The Chit-Chat Thread

Almost showtime again!

@ThanosReXXX Hah, TGIF indeed! I can totally sympathize with Friday Brain Syndrome....

@KarateLuigi I do also have noise sensitivity. I don't particularly care for very loud noises; while I'd love to get to a rock concert or two, the sheer noise level coupled with the amount of bodies (also not a crowd person) is a definite nope.

Ever since college, I've also had where it's harder for me to concentrate on what I'm doing if a noise in the background is overpowering all others (someone talking obnoxiously, or even just an annoying earworm sound). It helps if there's nonverbal or nonsensical background noise that I can't key in on.

Watch one of the ones I, "Mr. Voorhees" star in as the lead role. If you want one that's really "out of left field", then perhaps watch the one where I'm in space somehow.

Little Monsters. It’s a comedy horror zombie flick transpiring during a kindergarten field trip in Australia. Hulu.

@NEStalgia I feel ya, man. I lived in Summerville, SC. Wide open spaces to five lane roads and tanger shopping centers.

@ThanosReXXX - I’ve heard of these shops. In fact, some friends brought me back some very potent souvenirs in college because I didn’t have the funds to join them for a spring break in Amsterdam.

Totally with you on the “wanting to do it” and “wanting to succeed” aspect of kicking an addiction. It’s the only way. The times I’ve succeeded in the past were due to this. I’ve tried every stop smoking aid over the years, including acupuncture and even a hypnosis seminar, but I’ve only ever succeeded when I really wanted to quit and had the desire to succeed. I’ll not be responsible for influencing my kids to pick up the habit, and that’s a powerful desire to see me through.

I’m an everything in moderation sort as you’ve mentioned about yourself, though I’ll have some weeknight beers, but tobacco is my kryptonite in that regard. It’s either all or nothing for me. Glad you were able to kick the habit and keep it kicked.

You sure about the coffee flavored Coke and Bacardi? You never know. Think about how pleasantly surprised the first person hungry/brave enough to eat a crab had to be about their discovery.

@NintendoByNature - Plenty of good suggestions already, but I have to chime in. If you’re in the mood for some 80s cheese, Class of Nuke Em High on Prime. It’s dumb and funny.

@HobbitGamer yep. Actually i miss the Tanger era. It's not near here, it's some ways away in the formerly more rural area. But that was the good old days. It gets much much much worse than that. Last i heard that was on the rocks too. Rumor had it they were considering turning it into... Wait for it....a high rise luxury retirement"community" (a.k.a where stock brokers go to die...... Though id gladly offer the service much cheaper. )

@ThanosReXXX of course in the states most people learn to embrace the nightmare existence and don't understand what people complain about due to their mind altering perception happy pills. We Happy Few remains more of an infotainment documentary in my opinion.

That and booze. We have nothing but endless bars and restaurants and luxury and booze stores. As of last month the grocery stores now sell booze too. Endless booze everywhere..... And pharmacies.... Booze and drugs and luxury homes everywhere. Because everyone's just that happy. i suppose I'll have to become a drunk at some point.... It's what they expect of everyone after all!

Speaking of rjejr..... .

Btw just to illustrate how fast it's going downhill it got worse after my post.... Apparently the very last store other then food and convenience stores within an hour is now closing..... Poor business? No! The property owner wants to build.... Can you guess? Luxury high rises there! It's now daily it gets worse!

@bimmy-lee Well, the truth of the matter is, that besides the odd Cherry Coke, I don't like Coke without mixing it all that much, and I've already tried most of the official Coke flavors out there. Except coffee, that is, but it doesn't really sound all that appealing to me. I'm not a huge ice coffee fan either. I like my coffee hot, and that doesn't mix very well with a cold, carbonated beverage.

I do like sea food, though, so no argument there. Although I do have to say that as a young kid, it did take me quite a bit of courage to try my first fried calamari rings...

@ThanosReXXX thanks my man. I've seen the beginning, but not fully thru.
@hobbitgamer I think ive seen that? Can't recall.
@SheldonRandoms seen em all. You're truly a spectacle. Best in the biz my friend.

@NEStalgia Well yeah, true. But wouldn't it be nice if weekdays were more enjoyable too? I am a natural cynic so I try sometimes to check my complaining.

Not that I am effective, but I try.

@NEStalgia Yeah, I reckon. We don't have that kind of "take a pill for whatever ails you, and then take ten more" culture over here. We also don't lose as many pop (and movie) stars to medicine overdoses. In fact, we've lost none of them to that, so far...

I'm almost tempted to invite you over and let you cool your jets and relax a little, though.
But all kidding aside, you'd find even this bustling city a sea of tranquility and normalcy, compared to what you're describing. And there's plenty of green areas over here as well, such as parks and all that. All in walking distance.

@NintendoByNature Oh, then I guess you owe it to the movie AND to yourself to sit through it entirely, this time around.

@bimmy-lee hmmm I might check out wolfcop half werewolf half cop
Thanosrexxx just might have to.

@ThanosReXXX You have pop culture and movie stars?? 😜

I’ve been binging Fear the Walking Dead while I play Tetris and Asphalt. Good combo

@HobbitGamer Yup, and they don't even live in windmills, nor do they wear wooden shoes.

Well... at least not that I know of...

I'm now 70+ hours in to Dragoon Quest 11 S and must say this is my favorite Switch title so far. If you like RPG's in any way you will love this game. If you're a newcomer or don't have much experience with RPG's this (IMO) would be a excellent place to start. As it has an automatic fighting setting taking the hard work out of the fighting if you would so choose. With the fighting the worse is you'll lose a fight and have to grind ( fighting so you get experience and level up) for 30 minutes or so and maybe buy better equipment. This is truly a must have for RPG nuts and the best starting point for newbies i've seen in years.

There’s some decent sales, and I was gifted an eShop card this week. I just nabbed Hard West, and I’m tempted to get Gris on sale. I know it reviewed well, and it looks gorgeous. Has anyone here played it? Is it purely an exploration puzzle game?

@ThanosReXXX - I too needed to build up the nerve to try calamari. Seemed weird to eat a blooper, but I’m glad I finally tried it. There’s not too many things from the sea I don’t like. I’m not huge on oysters, and I tried eel once and didn’t care for it. Other than that, I can’t think of much I dislike.

@NintendoByNature - I fell asleep to Wolf Cop one night. I was enjoying it, but I just couldn’t keep my eyes open. Never have gone back to finish it. I think I’m going to put Eli on in a bit.

@ThanosReXXX : I'm the opposite. I overwhelmingly prefer cold beverages in most circumstances, even in cold weather. I don't particularly enjoy hot coffee, but I routinely drink iced coffee. I'm very selective with iced tea though. I only like it if it contains tropical fruit juice (such as passionfruit, pineapple, mango etc.). I always drink tea black (white tea makes me want to barf), preferably with a light dessert on the side in lieu of sugar in the tea itself, but with coffee I can go either way, though I do prefer mine with milk.

I have given up on soft drinks about 6 years ago (though I've been breaking that rule recently by occasionally drinking Red Bull before work when iced coffee is unavailable). I do miss Vanilla Coke though, and I've never particularly been a fan of Coke, so it wasn't exactly a struggle to give it up.

@bimmy-lee : And on the topic of seafood, I remember being quite disappointed with octopus as, flavour-wise, there was nothing particularly remarkable about it, other than its obviously unique shape. I have enjoyed eating oysters (though it's probably been about 8 years since I've last had it; I used to work at a shop with a seafood store just across us and we'd sometimes snack on them when they were cheap) though it's much better with lemon and herbs. Some are put off by lobsters as to some it resembles a giant insect, but I have really enjoyed the few times that I have had it, though I haven't had it in a while as I am apprehensive about eating something that could possibly have been boiled alive (though I imagine that the ones that I have eaten were prepared from frozen otherwise they would likely have been considerably more expensive).

I tried squid nigiri once and it tasted like rubber. Bleugh. I don't mind calamari rings though.

@Heavyarms55 it would be nice if weekdays were enjoyable... But by nature of being weekdays, that's rather unlikely.... Except of you have a schedule of working weekends and having weekdays off instead...

@ThanosReXXX yeah... My guess is if everyone weren't medicated into placidity here we'd have been neck deep in a civil war by now. Everyone is "anxious"and "depressed".... And therefore "ill"and in need of drugs to give them a "normal" life.... Surely their anxiety could never come from crowding, displacement, stratification, gentrification, instability, cultural deterioration, and the world they know being erased in front of them... No, theyre just having a difficult time adjusting to changes due to chemical imbalance! Take the pills and you won't even notice everything vanishing from sight!

Imagine how that "anxious" "I'll"population would be reacting without pharmacies every 90 steps handing out their happy pills? It would be like a Pokemon thread irl. Only with a lot more corpes and less complaints about the 'dex

Yeah, what I've heard of even Amsterdam from folk i know that have been there it's like a little world of antiquity. There's absolutely nothing there that compares to the gentrification and transformation here. Imagine if every building, place, etc in all of Amsterdam you ever knew, had memories of, or used as a part of daily life or simply enjoyed looking at were leveled within about 5 years.... Nearly every last one, and all were replaced with invitation only casinos for the ultra wealthy. 6 +story hulking "soft brutalist" design casinos. You can walk past, but that's all you can do... All those areas are now off limits. Forever. With no hope of anything but those casinos ever existing in the area ever again. The places you went are gone and invite only casinos are guaranteed to take their place forever. And the nearest non food, non boutique, non convenience store were 40 minutes away. And there was no public transit. The life you knew was ended for you because others wanted their exotic play place.

Welcome to my existence. The only reason i don't have a mob to rally into leninist style revolt is because all the others are medicated to accept anything.

What was so scary about Calamari rings, @ThanosReXXX .... ? Squid really has to be cooked well, @Silly_G & needs a good sauce to be reasonable food
I've eaten escargot, so.....

@BruceCM : Bleugh. I wouldn't touch escargot.

I was at a souvenir store and noticed that they had kangaroo, emu, and crocodile jerky (I can't recall if there were any other varieties). I was mildly curious, but resisted. Plus, I wouldn't be permitted to eat a carnivorous animal such as a crocodile due to religious (and by extension hygienic) reasons.

I have tried camel and venison (deer). Deer was delicious and tender, but also quite expensive. Camel is virtually indistinguishable to lamb (my sense of smell isn't what it used to be, so perhaps others can distinguish between them), though it's usually not as tender. Some of the local Lebanese/Arab restaurants in my area serve camel burgers. I haven't yet tried kangaroo, but I have been told that it's a bit gamey. Diced kangaroo and burger patties seem to be available at many, if not most supermarkets, but I would imagine that they are a niche product.

Yeah, I know what venison is, @Silly_G .... Had that & pheasant occasionally Any jerky tastes the same & it's usually rather expensive, so I don't bother Had ostrich steaks, which aren't really anything special but are OK with a good sauce
Not had camel or snakes but would try them, like most things Think there's some Asian area delicacies I've heard of that I would definitely not go anywhere near, though