Weekly what have you been playing discussion - week of August 6th, 2024
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    I've kind of been bouncing off a few things this week. I'm playing through Freedom Planet for the first time and loving it (I've already bought the sequel in preparation), chipping away at Brotato, playing a bit of N++, and doing a few runs in Darkest Dungeon 2. I finished Super Mario Wonder after bouncing off it when it originally came out, and now I'm just trying to cram anything into the hole.

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  • I’m guessing a character from TOS?
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    It was actually unbelievable timing! I saw the memes this morning and thought oh that Kevin guy must be a bigger part of TOS than I expected.

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  • Fiction audiobooks you've enjoyed?
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    IT by Stephen King was read incredibly by Steven Weber.

    Stephen King got me into Audiobooks after being a bit hit-and-miss with them but I've been using them when I'm out walking and then read the book when I'm home and have time. It's been a great way to zoom through his back catalogue.

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  • Did anybody watch TOS for the first time AFTER Strange New Worlds?
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    Okay cool! I'm definitely going to dive in either way but I wasn't sure if characters like T'Pring or Nurse Chapel become really different or suddenly there's big differences in their personalities etc

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  • I've been watching the Next Generation for a while but on my dad's recommendation I started SNW and I love it. I'm getting through it really quickly and thought about jumping straight to TOS after. Is it going to be really jarring or do the two sync quite nicely? Do the characters feel a bit flat after all the exploration they get in SNW?

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    It always fails and saves as a draft for me. This is the error I get every time. ![](https://slrpnk.net/pictrs/image/cdcde421-f664-41bc-bcc6-f94c71ba0143.webp)

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    When I first started using Lemmy it seemed like such a nice place with interesting discussions. It seemed like the first group of people to join after the app exodus were being quite careful to be respectful of the existing culture. Now, it seems as though the culture from Reddit has completely replaced it. Toxicity and all. I will say I do follow a lot of communities from a wide range of instances so it's clearly not everywhere. Am I the only one who's feeling like we've just stormed in and bulldozed Lemmy?

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    [[No spoilers if possible as I'm reading it currently. I'm up to Jake's time in Derry now.]] It seems to me that Al basically said "Jake, here's a weird time hole. Do you want to save JFK because *insert random musings* and Jake just went "Fuck it, why not?" Like, is it ever adequately explained? Taking a risk that things would be better if they prevented the assassination attempt seems like lunacy.

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    I'm not saying I dislike it but I'm finding it hard to get through and it's incredibly short. I enjoyed the first chapter in Tull and I enjoyed the desert scenes but since then I've been finding it hard to focus on. I like the characters too but it just feels a bit... Boring in places? Is the entire series like this? Edit: I've now finished it and I'm reading 11.23.66 but not sure if I should read The Drawing Of The Three after.

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    I know we're not federated with lemmygrad but hexbear seems more leftist in general rather than pure tankie/ML. They'll also be the biggest (or second biggest?) instance when they start federating. What are the general thoughts on it? I personally wouldn't mind and browse hexbear every now and then already so I might be biased. I think there's a fair amount of likeminded people there though.

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    My son is epileptic and the Reddit community used to be great for asking questions.

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    I've Installed all the available apps to test out and it seems like everyone shows me a completely different set of posts to the others!

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    My son is epileptic and I used to find the Reddit community was great for asking questions.

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    In the UK at least I know of Rage which is self-explanatory and The Eyes Of the Dragon which is a bit strange since it's available in other regions. Any others?

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    I normally have some level of anxiety but I've been having really extreme anxiety and panic attacks over the past few day. The only thing I've taken that I don't usually take is loratadine for allergies. I've seen online that it's meant to have the reverse effect on anxiety but I've also seen maybe one of two other people asking the same thing with no definite answers. Anybody else get this? I also haven't taken any today and I haven't had any panic attacks. My anxiety is at base level too.

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    Fucking hell man. The book started off kind of slow but once it got going, it was just an incredible ride. I'm still thinking about the end and probably will be for a while even though I really want to move on to the next book on my list!

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    I'm really looking forward to making this. It looks so good..

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