When I was younger, gaming was all I did as it was my only hobby and I didn’t have many friends. I’d play the same 5-6 games since my catalog was small and my folk weren’t keen to buy more. I didn’t care much about graphics, performance, or length. I was also more of a completionist, searched for collectables, completed challenges and time trials, and completed side quests. Nowadays, I have a larger gaming library. I own hundreds of games on Steam, but I’ve hardly played a handful of them. Over time I’ve realized that I play games for killing time more than anything else. I’ve become more conscious of how I’m spending my free time and now I spend my free time doing other things.

Eggs, bread, cream cheese, vitamins, orange juice, and water.

I prefer Lemmy, it’s a smaller community and I like the fact that you don’t need karma to make a comment or post. I still lurk Reddit every now and then, but only for information about my interests, I don’t comment or post.

My life would probably be vastly different than it is now. I probably would’ve gotten an actual diagnosis for my autism, I used to be mute when I was very young, rode the short bus and attended speech therapy classes. My folks would’ve been able to afford a childhood behavioral psychologist, would also have afforded a private tutor when I struggled in school. I probably would’ve been better educated and I probably would’ve been better prepared for college as I ended up dropping out to try my hand at the workforce. My grandmother who lives in NYC was a nanny for a rich family, they sent their kids to an equestrian school and later in life their kids studied abroad. The family also has an away home in another state. My granddad inherited a sum of $200k from his dead mother who lived in the UK, but that money is probably long gone by now

Also, my parents probably wouldn’t have gotten divorced, they divorced primarily for financial reasons, my dad lost the house that his family helped him buy. Now my mom’s second marriage is coming apart for financial reasons as well as my stepdad wanted to take an equity on the house to pay down his cc debt and feed his gambling habit. I also would’ve accomplished some of my milestones a lot sooner. I financed my own car back in 2022 at the age of 24, it’s a 2015 Chevy Spark.

My idea of rich is enough money to not worry about bills, maintenance, groceries, and also having the disposal income to afford some modest luxuries. I think the sweet spot for some would be the point where money is secondary to time as a currency as you’re money rich and time rich.

If I’d won the lottery, I’d be able to achieve a lot of my goals much faster and with much less effort, one them being paying down my debt such as my car loan. I’d also be able to dream a lot bigger like trying my hand at starting a local business like a modern arcade or a gamer lounge. I’d also like to try living abroad, but these are some of my way out there dreams. Some of my lower goals are very much achievable without being rich like paying off my debt or buying a three set bookshelf, but it will take a bit longer. Some of my bigger goals will require more time, money, and effort.

I don’t think dating apps are for me. Previous relationships did not work out. Despite having similar interests we were very incompatible. Filters do very little when people aren’t being entirely truthful. For example, last person’s profile said she never smokes and only drinks socially, but she smoked weed, vaped, and drank daily.

I want to go back to the traditional ways of meeting people, but I don’t like night life activities. I hear that volunteering and church are good ways to meet people in person. I’m also going to attend some upcoming local events featuring some of my interests.

These videos cover this question in depth.

Is The US Really A Meritocracy?

The Myth Of Upward Mobility

Fried eggs, I eat it for breakfast every morning.

PS3, I got it way back in 2008. I used to play many exclusive games like the Little Big Planet series, Uncharted 2, Infamous, and Playstation Home. I want to get a PS3 again so I can play games that I missed out on and replay my favorites.

-Assassin’s Creed Odyssey: Legend of the Eagle Bearer, The 300, Odyssey(Greek version).

-Assassin’s Creed Origins: Main theme, Return of the Medjay, Bayek of Siwa, The Shimmering Sands, The Battle of Krokodilopolis.

-Assassin’s Creed Valhalla: Main theme, Shadow Walker, Out of the North.

-Battlefield 1: Nothing Is Written, Avanti Savoia, Hunted, Cape Helles, Zeebrugge Harbour, Sand and Dust, In the Name of the Tsar, Grace and Glory, Sword in Hand.

-Battlefield V: Legacy Theme, Under No Flag, Far From Home, Spitfires, Rotterdam In Ruins, Devestation, I Vow To Thee My Country

-Battlefield 4: Warsaw Theme, Stutter theme, Jin Jie’s Revolution, A Theme For Kjell, Fishing in Baku.

-Battlefield Bad Company 2: The Storm, Snowy Mountains, Operation Aurora.

-Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 2: Opening Titles, Extraction Point, Coup de Grace, Chain of Command, Esprit de Corps, Protocol.

I share similar thoughts. I know the situation is dire and likely to worsen, but I’ve stopped fretting about it as there’s no benefit from fretting. At the end of the day I still have my life to live and I just hope that I can endure and adapt to the hardships ahead of us.

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My bad. I edited my comment to reflect that.

3. Lemmy.ml, Lemmy.world, and Lemmy.nsfw

Caramel

I use Ebay as an alternative for some purchases, but I primarily use Amazon.

It’s a reference to human cannibalism. I found it interesting that humans taste similar to pork. I’m just weird like that.

Learned how to properly pirate. I was still streaming and using direct downloads before I learned about torrenting and Qbitorrent.

I share similar thoughts. I care more about the quality of the content and most importantly the quality of the community than the popularity of the website. I do hope that we continue to grow and that the growth will be to the benefit of the community.

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Weekly, sometimes multiple times a week. I use screen cleaner.