u/ObjectiveSherbertHyH

I’m not Very open about being furry but my attitude is very “whatever” about it: basically I won’t deny it if I’m asked and I may casually drop that fact in conversation, and while I know that there’s misconceptions (some pretty nasty) I just think of it as their problem. Basically I really don’t care.

But one of my irl fur friends is the complete opposite, he’s very paranoid and closed off about anyone knowing, fearing how it may affect his reputation etc, he’s even hesitant about discussing furry topics in public, whereas I’m like “most people don’t know what FurAffinity is and if they do and have a problem with it I don’t care” but even my parents, who are tolerant about this hobby, think my friend’s totally right about being careful because people might get the wrong assumption, word may spread fast and all the sudden people near that social group don’t want to date me, even though my mindset is if they don’t like that part of me they’re not worth my time.

They insist that some things like that I should keep to myself, but they think being a furry is a kink (there’s def sexual aspects but it’s not the whole picture) and also I don’t have “Furry” on my business card or is the first thing I say to people I just met, but I’m also not hiding it at all costs like it’s a shameful secret because I’m just not ashamed by it.

Idk I’ve experienced my fair share of bullying, harassment and trauma growing up so I’ve learned to not care about all this, should I be rethinking my nonchalant behaviour?

I’m very interested in getting into Evercade, particularly through the Super Pocket, but I am mainly hesitant because of the lack of a standby mode.

Most of the handhelds I have hold some sort of standby mode, so I was wondering how much of a deal breaker this might be, does the system have a save state feature? If so then I wouldn’t mind, but I just want to make sure

I recently got the U2 with the dock and 2.4G/Bluetooth options, and it works great, except that whenever I move the left stick upwards specifically, it makes this squeaky sound that’s very distracting, this Only happens in the left stick when it’s moved upwards, the right stick is totally silent, I have no idea what is causing this

Let me be clear by what I mean: I mean instances where the latest and greatest Thing gets announced, it’s more expensive than expected, and suddenly everyone is going on about how entertainment is dead forever.

Now I’m not making excuses for things being expensive or calling out people for being upset about it, but I’m more annoyed at the Mindset of “in order to be entertained I must have the hottest product” which I fundamentally disagree, and have a leg to stand on as I frequently buy games on sale, go to charity shops, make use of deals/discounts and get by on legacy media, and I’m not even struggling that much either, it’s just a smart decision and considering the current state of prices, it’s currently the smartest decision.

The latest example I can think about is the Steam Machine and its pricing, there are So many people acting like PC gaming is dead and how they Need the 2TB model and the price isn’t even worth the specs oh the humanity.

This is ridiculous to me, it sucks that it’s so high in price it does look neat, but there are So many alternatives. Even when you don’t factor in emulation or retro consoles in general (though tbf ymmv on the affordability there) these people likely have massive backlogs, and can access many quality games that are free, but it seems most people are so FOMO poisoned they think it’s a binary of “go bankrupt over a PS6 Pro” or “become a luddite”

You see this with streaming too, I still remember folks saying “I can’t afford another streaming service” when DVDs and DVD players are dirt cheap especially used, and if you’re in the US Tubi is absolutely free and has an insane amount of content, yes it has ads but you’re a big boy with a job you can handle it. Same goes for movies older than 1978, watching a black and white movie on YouTube or Tubi won’t kill you, there’s some timeless classics out there, The Apartment, Some like it hot, 12 Angry Men, Casablanca has aged quite well too.

And as I said before I do practice what I’m preaching here, the latest consoles I have is the first Switch and the Steam Deck, that’s it, and the SD is the LCD model that I also bought while it was on sale before it was discontinued, the Switch 1 I also bought while it was on sale with also No games so for at least a month I had to make do with Tetris 99 and cheap indies, yet despite the fact that I don’t own the latest and greatest I can absolutely make do with what I have, my backlog is so big I could comfortably not buy any new games for a year and still have shit to play.

I’m even saving up for a PS Vita right now through vouchers because they’re Much cheaper than a 3DS and the modding/emulation potential is great, but you don’t need a console to emulate either, even a midtier PC from a few years ago can comfortably emulate up to like GameCube, and that kind of backlog can really last you a while, hell let’s be optimistic and say it could comfortably last you until prices become reasonable again.

Yes so much entertainment is expensive today and it sucks, but it’s not the end of the world, there’s alternatives, there’s ways to adapt, and if people don’t like the idea of buying used or make the most of sales or experiencing older media because it makes them look uncool or poor, tough, get off your high horse, and stop drinking the FOMO sauce.

I'm currently reading through Ultimate Spider-man (2024) and I'm loving it as it is, I went into it just with the hook of "Peter Parker becomes Spidey as a grown man with children" and just in general seeing how it plays with and subverts a lot of the mythos.

However I noticed that there was some bits of lore and worldbuilding I wasn't familiar with, particularly with the talk of Protectorates and Kingpin being subservient to a greater power etc, so I did some research and now have a general understanding of what happened (evil Reed Richards from another dimension took over the world and that's why Peter became Spidey so late and why Tony Stark was talking about it being deprived from him) and I'm now aware of the other publications like Ultimates, X-Men etc

It all sounds really cool but I'm not really sure where to go on from here once I'm done with USM, I love the look and premise of Ultimate X-Men but what's the intended order so I can get the full picture? Like if I go straight to The Ultimates without having read Ultimate Black Panther or does it not matter since they're being released simultaneously?