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Cake day: September 12th, 2023

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  • these combos:

    • survival, crafting, roguelike: imagine building a sandcastle in a beach and watching the waves eat it all up. again. and again. and again.

    • cinematic, puzzle: aka eye-candy for first minutes, stuck/backseat forever.

    • horror, without action: i feel main char is just dumb putting themselves in a compromising situation in the first place.

    • sports, managerial: some ai implementations suck. also these are "babysitter" games. be a professional backseater and all that.

    having any of these:

    • multiplayer: selling a game experience that's dominantly influenced mostly by other players is not my cup of tea.

    • lifestyle: unless that lifestyle is a detective solving mysterious cases, nope.

    • jump-and-run: walking simulators, let's goooo

    • "always online": makes me think it is a phone game. online trackers and data privacy, oh my.

    • "escort mission": technically not a genre, but i haven't seen one where i finished a stage and i feel proud of myself.







  • Thanks for the input on the salt, I'll try it again and see what I am missing on the cavey sensation.

    You have a good point with electric sources being a differentiator. This is like with watered bottles saying their water comes from a natural spring in a mountain.

    Here's another viewpoint to that, if you will: maybe you are paying a mark up for the source (or the assurance of such source, depending on the marketing) and the pure commodity itself doesn't have to be marked up for it.

    As for internet, I think quality happens because businesses tier it to be. And, of course, with pure internet you have to pay for what amount you have used. I still don't think you need to go full bells and whistles as it is more reasonable to just pay what you used. I understand though that some areas don't have much choice on this.


    • salt

      table salt, iodized salt, himalayan... they're all the same for me. I don't think my taste buds are adapted to the subtle differences so cheaper ones are better.

    • show-off jewelry, wallet, purses

      showing off jewelry is an invitation to be mugged (again, imo. ymmv) so the cheaper ones are the better options.

    • coffee

      if only you're fine with cheaper ways to wake yourself.

    • wax-based lip balm

      anything beeswax is good. then again ymmv since people can be allergic

    • pure or as-is things like land, electricity, internet, water, oxygen cans, gas/ heating, alcohol (disinfectant)