▲ 4 r/loseit

I almost lost my balance and it almost made me cry

Title maybe a sounds a bit strange, but it's what happened. I was doing something really inconsequential in my living room and almost lost my balance, managing just about not to fall onto my coffee table. It is 30°C in my appartment and it sounds pretty inconsequential at first, but it really hit me hard.

I've never been someone with the best balance. In the past this was mostly in more challenging situations, though, like on hikes or in tricky terrain in general. I've now been overweight for a long time, but it seems my balance got worse with me often just about catching myself in my own appartment in the last half a year or so. In addition, I had a really shitty accident two years ago in which I literally just slipped on some mud, fell on my ass and broke a vertabrae.

It's obviously tough to say how much of this is due to my weight, but it's hard not to make the connection when I am once again fearful about a steep, but not undoable, decline on a hike. Then again, maybe it also means there is hope that these things might go away if I lose the weight. I also noticed that I have problem thinking sometimes, my thoughts seemingly getting scrambled for no reason. It also affects my typing (two finger technique, so my fingers not going where I want them is pretty obvious).

There is not really a point in this post, but I felt the need to tell someone about it and I thought people on this sub are most likely to empathize and have past experience with this.

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u/Version_1 — 9 days ago
▲ 24 r/Fantasy

Do you like antagonist chapters?

The topic is on my mind because I'm re-listening to the Wheel of Time series, but it's obviously something used in many different series and books.

I'm talking about the chapter written from the view of the antagonist, in which they are planning, scheming or just talking about the protagonist. I personally do not enjoy these chapters at all. For me, the villain's plans are only interesting in their collision with the protagonist.

Edit: seems I'm the only one, interesting

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u/Version_1 — 9 days ago

No orchestral CD this time?

It seems to me that Napalm Records already has the releases ready on their homepage. So, I guess I'll have to be the annoying one asking if there is not double CD with the orchestral versions this time around?

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u/Version_1 — 14 days ago

Help me find a song!

Okay, so I know this song exists and I know I really like it, but I can't think of anything else.

It was by a modern Power Metal band. The band usually has male vocals but this song is by a female vocalist. It's acoustic and very melancholic/sad. I think the lyrics of the chorous mention something along the lines of universes burning or something.

Anyone got any ideas?

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u/Version_1 — 21 days ago

Du you guys keep walking routes in mind?

I always love it when Zoos IRL have circuits, allowing me to see all the animals by following one simple route. Is that something you keep in mind?

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u/Version_1 — 1 month ago

Does iRacing create a log when disconnecting?

Have been driving several times a week since start of the 2026 season in December. It went well for the most part, but I get more frequent disconnects for some reason. It started at the first DTM race, then last week in a F4 race and today in a league race (hosted session).

Does iRacing create a log file in that case?

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u/Version_1 — 1 month ago
▲ 26 r/aoe2

Favourite unit visuals?

Random thought of the day: What are your favourite units when it just comes down to looks?

I always loved both the Knight and Cavalier and always hate that I have to update to Paladin for maximum strength. Other than that I always loved the Samurai.

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u/Version_1 — 2 months ago

Favourite closing song?

I'm not really just talking about the best songs bands tned to play for closing, but songs that are specifically good for closing concerts due to their style, meaning or suitability.

My picks are:

  • Sign of the Cross/The Seven Angels Medley by Avantasia (before Sammet decided to sing Sign of the Cross basically solo)
  • Northwest Passage by Unleash the Archers
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u/Version_1 — 2 months ago

Does anyone know why labels/bands feel the need to fill every side of an LP?

Kinda hoping someone with insider knowledge sees this, as I have been interested in this for a couple of years now.

As we all know, the LP is an old medium at this point. And while some bands (like for example Alestorm and Gloryhammer) still stick with album lengths that fit on one LP, many bands write their music for CD/Streaming with albums lengths approaching one hour.

This obviously causes a bit of a problem when an LP can fit 23 minutes of music by default (can be stretched to a bit more). What confuses me is that most bands solve this by just splitting the album on all four sides of a double LP. Instead, they could just fit it on three sides and then maybe leave the last side blank or add bonus songs of some kind. That would make the core album listening experience way smoother, as you'd only have to change sides every ~20 minutes instead of every ~15.

Anyone know why that is?

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u/Version_1 — 2 months ago