I have to re-buy games I already own? 🫠

1994 - 1996 and beyond. Originally played on Win98, currently on Win10. Trying out several different CDROMS, but I’ve been testing out an old “Learning in Toyland” CD, but I also have an old “Yukon Trail” CD I’m trying to boot up.

I’ve tried DOSBOX, but I keep getting messages like “requires Windows” or whatnot. Like HOE, I HAVE WINDOWS AND IT DON’T EVEN WORK

Money and good health insurance. Seriously, it would help me out so dang much.

I have pretty bad PTSD, which has made it near impossible to make real, human connections. If I could get out of my own head, I feel like my life might be able to improve.

I have a house of my own, though. I feel like having your own space contributes a lot to self-improvement and peace, tbh. I am extremely fortunate.

I hope this fucking clown-house leads to laws being passed protecting workers from this kind of shit in the future.

For real, this deep-fried dumpster fuck needs to leave the planet.

Little Big Adventure 2 / Twinsen’s Odyssey

Man, I love that game, but it has some things I’d love to see improved by a remaster.

His video on the soundtrack had me fascinated!

Man, that so tragic…

Looks like he struggled with drugs and homelessness? That’s so sad.

Apparently it won some kind of award? It’s definitely a bit fun for me as an adult, but DEAR GOD did it frighten me as a kid watching it at night!

Only saw it once and it stuck with me for about 25 years. Spooked me good!

YES! Well, kind of!! With the apple!!

Canadian animation is wild, and so much of it is unknown outside of the country.

I remember seeing a short called “La Salla” on Canadian TV when I was a kid. Caused me a bit of childhood trauma lol

Old Soviet cartoons are so absolutely beautiful! I really do hope you are able to find them someday.

There is a video about Soviet animation, if you haven’t seen it already!

I HATE ads with a passion. Even taught my kid from a very young age to put his hands over his ears, look away, and say “la la la!!” until an ad ends.

Once Vanced shut down, I was devastated. ReVanced really saved my experience, though, and I’m so thankful it exists.

That really did put the nail in the coffin for me.

He lied about that. What else will he lie about? How many other innocent people will he accuse of wrong-doing in the future? He’s obviously shown that he is very openly willing to do so.

No thank you.

That’s fucking ghoulish.

— someone who has to do that shit in order to have a stable life where I don’t want to end it all on a daily basis

I would sew costumes, clothes, and stuffed animals!

I would also give away stuffed animals to people in my town. It’d be fun to hide them around different areas to be discovered, with a note encouraging people who want them to take them home.

This might sound weird, but bare with me!

I save funny stuff, goofy things, and positive content in a folder for my son to browse through, which keeps him from looking for content himself in parts of the internet unknown. He loves it, and I had been able to keep the folder updated with a good amount of new images daily, thanks to R×ddit.

However, lately that has changed. Posts deemed as “wholesome” and “made me smile” now increasingly have the edge of a dystopian nightmare (“look at this father reuniting with his son who he thought was dead amidst this war-torn country! Awwww! Wholesome!” and “this teacher was surprised when his students gave him something that his paycheck should have been able to adequately provide but he is not actually paid enough to afford it! Awww! Made me smile!”). I’ll find animals doing something “cute”, only to realize that behavior is caused by bad or abusive care.

Now I struggle to find things that are actually funny or nice without having a sexist edge, a horrifying implication, sexual undertones, or some kind of underlying dark tone.

I am finding less content here, but the content I am coming across seems to be much more genuine! I’ve actually saved quite a bit more things than I’ve seen on R×ddit within the past year.

God, it’s awful, right?? I’m upset that not a lot of medicated folks know about the magnesium thing! It really does have an affect on your life. Best part is, when you take it, you typically get relief in like 20 minutes or so!

Magnesium oxide & magnesium citrate are not great to take. Oxide has a wildly poor absorption rate, and will typically just make you have diarrhea instead of doing what it’s supposed to. Citrate taken long-term will actually make it so your body builds a tolerance to your meds. I’m not exactly sure why, but it does.

Definitely bring it up to your doctor! Super glad I mentioned it.

No problem! Oh, also: drink tons of water everyday. I keep a refillable water bottle with me at all times and go through at least 3 daily. Dehydration will cause issues.

Oh, and lastly, look into taking magnesium glycinate or magnesium taurate at night. Stimulants will sap it from your body, and it will cause muscle tightness and especially a tense jaw/teeth clenching at night! It can lead to headaches, too. Taking it will replenish your magnesium supply and cure those issues.

I mean, if everybody gets access, that’s fine with me. But if there’s a shortage and the people who need it can’t get it, that’s where I have qualms. But that’s a different can of worms.

Ugh. Diet is such a paaaain.

Okay, so breakfast affects it a lot. Milk? Get rid of that. It apparently hinders absorption. Same with citrus of any kind! Stick with yogurts, toast, and especially eggs and/or meat. Protein boosts it real good! Love me some egg whites in the morning.

I don’t know about anyone else, but soda seems to absolutely saps all effectiveness out of the meds. Citric acid also does.

Take a multivitamin. Make sure your iron levels are good. Do all that. Also, if you’re a woman, YOUR HORMONE LEVELS WILL AFFECT THE EFFECTIVENESS OF YOUR MEDICATION!!!

That’s my personal experience. Everything except the bolded sentence is not proven science (mostly), but it has been my experience long-term. Hopefully it can somehow help your experience in the future.