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I’d love to give a helpful answer other than Kafka audiobooks (sorry, am dad, could not help myself), but what do you consider kafkaesque?

Friends.

Shallow, punchable people who made being dumb fucks a virtue.

My problem with those series is that there is probably a decent story, but you simply get side tracked by exploration, multiple side quests and a main story that does not develop fast enough to stay interesting.

PS:T was a positive exception to that though. The substories of the party members were actually developed to help along the main story. If you were done explloring, you could just talk to one of your party members, and gradually unlock part of the main protagonist’s history. Very clever.

Baldur’s Gate, Elder Scrolls and Divinity series all spring to mind. I really want to like those games, but the story just progress way too slow.

I loved Planescape: Torment though.

I am getting slightly off-topic here, so downvote me if necessary. When I buy new running shoes, they normally last ~1000 to ~1200 kilometers, with an occasional peak up to ~1400. The salespeople recommend replacing running shoes after ~800 to ~1000 kilometers due to the support wearing out.

Back on topic: if you know a good shoe cobbler, you may want to re-sole your boots.

I wish that I had the luxury to be bored.

Television and streaming services. Just not worth my time.

Atheist here, married to another atheiest. If I were to date, beliefs would be fine as long as we were somewhat compatible. Open mindedness is a big thing here. Observing certain rituals would be no problem as long as I would not have to participate. However, if you are overly dogmatic or bigoted towards other people based on color, religion or sexuality, you can fuck off right away.

And yet, our good-for-nothing, fascist government keeps supporting Israel. Fuck them. Sideways. With a running chainsaw.

OP: what age are you and where are you from?

Another vote for Raising Arizona, although it is a close tie with Wild at Heart.

It won’t get better if you have any kids. I bought Valheim for the casual exploring, but it got a bit more intense than that. :-/

A friend of mine bought a gaming keyboard with magnetic switches (which is a new concept to me). That felt comfortable. I sadly forgot which brand or model it was.

That being said, if you have red or yellow switches, your keyboard should not be clicky. Many mechanical keyboards even have swappable swihches, so in theory you should be able to replace the switches on your keyboard with red ones.

I have been a Cure fan for over 30 years now. I have seen them live twice, both times in their ‘Bloodflowers’ tour. Normally, when they perform near us, they perform on big festivals. I hate festivals.

The “average adults” in my bubble all complain about not being able to game, but somehow know all about the popular TV shows of the moment. And of course Formula 1 and the many football leagues (world football that is, not ‘American’ hand-egg).

It’s all a matter of priorities.

Also, as my kids are a bit older now, we sometimes game together. My son loves coop Portal and my daughter enjoys it when I play Valheim. She loves watching me explore the game world.

And where I come from: expensive German SUVs, preferably Mercedes.

Ouch!

More frustrating: for every little thing you do manage to fix, three new jobs pop up!

Honest queston, not intended as a criticism: what content are you specifically looking for as you specfically mention a Linux gaming channel? Optimization guides or simply reviews / walkthroughs of Linux based games?

I am a bit late to the party. Yes, I have a meat thermometer. No, I do not use it for meat, poultry or other animal matter. I do not cook meat that often and when I do, I usually know how to properly cook it without using a thermometer from experience. It’s not that difficult unless you roast entire birds or anything.

I occasionally use it for measuring temperatures when brewing beer. I have a digital thermometer with a wide range (-40C to +200C-ish) and use it to check the temperature of the wort when pitching the yeast.