9. Florida, probably

I couldn’t remember if they was Douglas Adams or Kurt Vonnegut. Both work

Learning about science is like learning about magic.

Functional Anxiety, or type A maybe

One Day Later

I just reached my mid-40s, and at the same time, I realized that I have been overthinking everything. Nobody cares, and those that do, you shouldn’t care about. Too many missed opportunities because I thought it worried too much and did too little. I think my new outlook may have been influenced by the ever increasing deaths of people around me. Time keeps speeding up, I’ll be dead soon. So will everyone. Do whatever you want, be nice to people, it’ll all be over too soon.

30 was the beginning of my youth. I became more emotionaly mature, physicaly mature, I had a decade of adult experiences to reference. I wasn’t the new kid, I was the functional adult. I became more me in my 30’s. I really enjoyed the good parts. Then I turned 40… I’ll let you know how that goes

Dwarf Fortress, obviously.

Yes, but we call it a bar. Same thing, just less tea or coffee

The American empire is failing on all fronts. Sad.

I once modded Skyrim to make hunger, thirst, sleep, wounds, infections, and weather as realistic as possible. Then, from nothing, set out to go dungeon diving. My guy had heard there were untold riches, and being dirt poor, it was going to be his ticket out of squalor. The amount of preperation that was needed took days. I had to build a small camp outside the entrance, catch kill and prepare foods that wouldn’t spoil. Make water skins to store enough water. I may be down there for weeks! Finally ready to go in, I have no idea what to expect, only rumors. It’s very dark (mod), but I made torches. Surprise Frost Troll. Dead. Bethesda update corrupted my modded save, but that’s ok, just another death of no one special in the frozen lands.

Tell him I said what’s up.

But seriously, what’s life like near the top of the world? What do you wish you had more of, and less of? What’s family and friend life like? Does having the internet up there feel like a benefit or hinderance to daily life? What about American culture vs Inuit? When it gets cold here (50’s) we stay inside and play board games and other stuff. Is D&D or MGT popular up there? I’m from the equator-ish region of the planet so everything about the frozen life is interesting.

I’ve always thought that living up there would be peaceful in a “you could die just from locking yourself out of the house” sort of way and needing to respect nature so you don’t die every day makes a better human.

Sorry if I offended with any stupid sounding questions.

Stay toasty!

Santa?

Ireland

The O frickin A.

Thanks, I had hope for a few seconds.

It was a 9kg metal necklace. My sympathy is having difficulty rising to the occasion.

Dang, I didn’t see that.

We invented magic force fields that attract certain metals. The power was always in the universe; we just had to discover and learn how to harness it. We can see inside your mind with it. But if you don’t do exactly as I say, it can kill you. So, are you absolutely sure you don’t have anything, and I mean anything, that is metal?

I once experienced this firsthand. The postdoc kept coming by, trying to find out how we were messing up something he had written a paper on. Eventually, he tried to reproduce it himself. No one could reproduce it, not even him.