/hob/ - Hobbies

>>70400
US has 14.2 traffic fatalities per 100k. China has 17.4. For reference Sweden is the lowest major country with 2.1 and Zimbabwe is the highest at 41.2. So there's not really much difference between the US and China. China has actually implemented stronger standards recently too and competition in the marketplace is such that unsafe cars don't sell well.

>>68029
My car's dead, I live far from work, I'm broke, repairing it's really expensive, but buying a new car is impossible.

I hate living.

Got rear ended and havent had a car since
miss her

>>68029
I hate how I hate to drive so much every day… often I get close to being involved in accidents and it reminds me that a small mistake can cause so much damage, I could become crippled or simply die because of a stupid error, maybe hurt or kill someone and ruin my life feeling guilty for ruining someone else. How do you guys deal with these odd feelings?

No, they make this absurdly expensive in my country, talking about the fees to get it.
But I also live in a city in Europe where I can walk to most things, don't even have to use a bike or public transport, so I can get away with this.
Living in one of those ultra-American suburbs where everyone uses vehicles seems unreal to me.

>>49308
I finished playing Yu-Gi-Oh! Duel Monsters II: Dark Duel Stories on GBC. I love the simplicity in its structure and rules, and the artwork is stunning! I recommend it to any fan of the IP, especially those that prefer the classic stuff, shorter turns, and Duelist Kingdom styled rules, it's fantastic.

>>54859
heh just laughed out loud like a dinkey at a 5 year old picture

I play on duelingnexus
https://duelingnexus.com/home
Its fan-made and free, so no pay to win or grinding for the cards you want, all cards are unlocked for everyone right from the start

>>70453
oh wow i was hoping something like this exists.

>>49308
I played some Yu-Gi-Oh! with my older sister yesterday, Forbidden Memories rules since we grew up on that. It was a lot of fun! I'm leaving my parents' house soon though, just came by to visit for the weekend, this got me in a Yu-Gi-Oh! mood yet again, I might play some more today, and when I'm home I think I'll pop in a video game to play solo as I come from work.

>>70343
>How did you like the novel?
It's the first novel I've read in a long time. There is more symbolism than I am used to but I seem to understand most of it. I think it may be a bit heavy handed with the moralizing but maybe back in 50s it was pushing new ideas. WW2 was still fresh in memory after all so people could appreciate anti war messaging more. This kind of non-partisan government-critical pacifism probably contributed to the hippie movement later. In any case, I think it was interesting.

Read The 400-Pound CEO. The only downside was that it was so short. What a brilliant thing. Other /r9k/ tier books like Whatever or Mars are more depressing, but really, they didn't speak to me like this one did.
It's not about wallowing in one's own misery, and it has some humor in it, but damn, I was really sad by the end. The main character is really pathetic, and it's crazy how Saunders aptly described such a kind of man. Maybe it was too on the nose in a few places, though.
I will read the rest of CivilWarLand collection now.

i didn't even check this board, what a fool i have been. so much wizzardry about reading for me to enjoy!

i made a thread about (ebook) reading and what a wonderful thing the modern e-ink display is. please come visit https://wizchan.org/lounge/res/323200.html

it is very pleasant to the eye and can be used in full sunshine. where i live they spray aluminium in the sky to block the sun as to make the people sick more so whenever there is a short moment of sun, i hurry and quickly grab the ereader and try to sit in it.

Do audiobooks count?

>>70464
>Do audiobooks count?

until i found my lord and savior the kobo ebook reader, i could only listen to audiobooks.

i tried to listen to an old book that someone bothered to make an audiobook version of with an ai narrator voice and it felt so awful and unsettling to listen to a robot that i thought "actually reading myself can't be worse then that"

… and it wasnt.

i still like audiobook read by the author but reading is nice to, especially in mild sunshine.

Any notable dreams from childhood? I probably had this dream when I was around 4.

I was alone on this deserted island made out of ice/snow. It wasn't cold, and I wasn't worried. I was alone which I loved. It started raining toys, and at the time I was extremely into my matchbox and hotwheels cars, also had water guns falling from the sky. Had to have been the best dream I've ever had

I sometimes get these dreams where I'm a giant spider crawling around old victorian mansions and stalking random people there. But I always wake up before I get the jump on someone.

>>70326
Comfy

Nightmare. Cute 2d happy succubus was dancing some classic dance solo at the stage. I was looking from the crowd. She looked like Saber (not exact). The crowd was cheering. It looked like she won something. Then a sofa appeared, it was there unnoticed. A man who looked like a pirate or some filthy baron from France of some past century with dark hair and maybe whiskers with a boner sat there and said something about liking her. Next I saw her standing bended over with her arms in the air incapacitated by a rope or something. She's crying in the dark near a window or a hole for a window while it's implied that's she's getting raped. Her first time too. It was gut-wrenching and painful to watch so I woke up.

I had this weird dream years ago where I was in this large pit kind of area, I was looking for a way out. The sky was red above, everything was basked in this dysty red glow. There was a dog with me that had a shiny mirror like coat of fur, i felt glad that he was there, he told me his name was 'murky' and it seemed important to remember his same for some reason

I think he talked to me telepathically but he was able to alter reality in the dream and I was able to escape thanks to that

This is going to sound like a shitpost but I have this recurring dream that some ethic foreigners are trying to steal my car. It always ends with me killing them in some way. Half the time the car in question isn't even the car I drive IRL but I know it's mine and they want to take it.

>>57285
well-designed encrypted (and entwined in a non-removeable way) channel to update things up

i have created a wizardly video game if anyone is interested in playing.

https://sisyphus100.itch.io/unnamed-wizardvector-game

>>70448
lmfao!!!!!!!!!!!!

>>70449
fake screenshot. the game is neither password-protected nor a virus.

how viable is vibe coding for someone who doesn't know how to code? worth doing or no?

>>70385
>Really nails how dissociation feels like
I don't believe you understand at all what it means to "feel disassociation". It's not something that can be observed and as such it is not something that any actor or film can portray.

>>70386
It can be identified thus it can be observed mr smartass

>>65514
I never watch romance films bacause i think all are bullshit but i watched this film by accident
>Silver Linings Playbook
And i liked it, i feel it humanistic in a lot of ways.
Maybe bacause the feeling of that anyone get how you feel is in the entire film, all are assholes to protagonist and all put moralistic tags or bullshit on them. The protagonist feels lonely in a lot of ways, everyone feel distant to them in a not forced acting way.
There're some escenes that the dude and same the succubus turn full anxiety and i suffered that shit, i feel empathy for the protagonists so that maybe is a good camera and acting job.
I dont know if the book is more good.

>>70389
>more good
>crappy tastes
>low IQ

most likely indian

I watched "Redux Redux" two days ago. It wasn't terrible— just kind of a turn-your-brain-off movie. You throw it on, kick back, and let it wash over you. It's about a succubus with a time machine who keeps jumping between parallel universes to track down the guy who took her daughter away, over and over.

>>69708
it's lright, poemmaking by yourself > poemmaking via Eyyy Aiiii

>>69710
Why do you type like this?

>>69711
Both phoneposting and carelessness

>>69706
Let me be less of an asshole than >>69707.
What do you think of Notes from the Underground?

>>69659
How would it even work here?

>>70270
>Anny wizzie into MTB?
I made a weird move of using a mountain bike as my pointA-pointB bike. Not too comfy, buy not too shabby either. High quality stuff just wouldnt break.

>I've been trying out some trails where I live (I'm blessed to live in the middle of the Alps).

Whoa. I have some trails too. I'm gonna assume your Alps can be either Swiss or Français


0bviously. WEAR A HELMET
1. pressurised WD-40 or such to straight-up spray your bike's chain from dirt and rust
2. Your gear AND your chain both get very smooth over time so you won't be able to use your old gears with your new chain. Keep a chain repair kit in some kind of "bike stuff shoebox"
3. Make sure to keep a shoeboxful of little things for your bike. Never scatter your bike things across your house (even a 50 meter apartment can turn into a quest room if you hoard stuff without organising, in my embarrassing experience)
4. I am gonna assume you may live in Switzerland. I don't know, check your laws (local laws included) regarding headlights, rear lights, honk-honk klaxons vs bike bells vs neither. To my knowledge, Switzerland compared to Germany is what Germany is compared to *the rest of Europe* in terms of being eager to fine you for $$$ over a lack of a 5$ thingy

>>70411
The primary issue with ebikes is the same as that of electric cars. The current lithium ion battery implementation makes the longevity of both incredibly poor and also demands constant maintenance. An Ebike that boasts a 50 mile range without pedal assist may is able to give you such a range (on perfectly flat ground, with no wind ahead, and if you're as light as a malnourished Chinese factory worker). However, once the battery has been fully discharged once, the the individual cells will only charge up to maybe 99.95% of that capacity the next time. Then you discharge them again, and now they reach 99.90% of the original capcity. Then you leave the battery half charged for a few cold nights and some cells begin to trickle power away. You go to charge the battery to full but some of the better cells reach their new 99.85% max before those trickled cells do, so the BMS stops charging all of the batteries with those few still short in order to not overcharge the good cells. After a few dozen trips, a bit of cold and wet weather, and the typical 18650 inconsistencies, you're now only able to drive 25 miles without pedal assist.

So you'll need to drain the battery fully, then charge it fully in a warm dry place, and not let it sit either on or off a charger for long. You'll have to chose either the batteries dying because you're riding a lot or because you're not riding enough. The replacement batteries aren't cheap and frankly it does add quite a bit your nuclear bill whenever you do charge them.

There's also the question of [i]whyi]. Why let an electric motor drive you when you can just pedal yourself? That's not only free but you also earn good exercise. If your environment or the length of your commute demands some assistance, just get a cheap 49cc motor kit and throw it on a junker hardtail mountain bike. If those are illegal where you live, kill the people who made that law so.

>>70412
This is total nonsense. Battery degradation curves are not secret. You lose some of your total capacity with time but it's almost negligible. You can charge it hundreds of times and you will still be more than 90%. 90% of 50 is 45, not 25. Plus you can pedal with your legs if you want extra range, in fact that's kind of the point, to get some exercise while not killing yourself and having some fun.

You suggest pedaling yourself which makes no sense if your complaint is that the ebikes battery range will not be enough. Which is it, the bike doesn't provide enough help or it provides too much? Whatever your reason for objecting to ebikes is, it's not the ones you are stating in your post.

>>70413
>Battery degradation curves are not secret
The fact that Chinese lie about their manufacturing quality is not a secret.
>You lose some of your total capacity with time but it's almost negligible
No it's not. The natural loss with time and the inconsistent "safe" charging of several dozen Lithium cells with the cheap BMSs present in ebikes will quickly accumulate in to a very tangible decline in capacity.
>You can charge it hundreds of times and you will still be more than 90%
No I can't.
>Plus you can pedal with your legs if you want extra range, in fact that's kind of the point, to get some exercise while not killing yourself and having some fun.
The question is "are ebikes worth it" and considering the ones that actually function start at around $900USD, the added convenience of some battery assistance doesn't outweigh the negatives present in all ebikes. Exercise could be had for way less, distance could be achieved with way less, and fun could be achieved with way less. Longevity and versatility also cost way less when buying a regular bike.
>You suggest pedaling yourself which makes no sense if your complaint is that the ebikes battery range will not be enough
People who are interested in ebikes are usually the kind of people who don't cycle at all. It's safe to assume >>70411 is looking for an analogue to a car, and not to make the exercise and fun of his current biking hobby a little less physically rewarding.
>Whatever your reason for objecting to ebikes is, it's not the ones you are stating in your post.
You're right! I also object to them because they're for fags who think they own the road, the bike lane, and the sidewalk all at once. They're a great way for dealerships and people to send lots of money outside of the country in exchange for a poorly built bike frame with shoddy batteries glued on. After the display PCB gets wet, the BMS refuses to charge the batteries, and the aluminium frake cracks, the e-bike becomes e-waste which we all have to pay for.

>>70414
congratulations on being both racist and delusional.

what device do you use? or you use. your phone?

>>69521
Yo that's cool. What even is this place?
>>61342
Love the snow vs the warm inviting lights.

>>69821
>What even is this place?
A Halloween store. It's empty except for the month of October, where it gets full of cute succubus outfits for little with succubi, and anime cosplay. After Halloween, all of the employees are ground in to a fine paste and shipped to the shrimp farms as chum.

>>69820
Photos are taken with a camera. Phones are for ordering pizza.

>>70371
This one right? Looking for Group. If I am not hallucinating, they were done by the people who did "Least I Could Do". Was nice, but yes they went super serious. The undead not actually being undead or something?
I'm not sure if the creators always were, but I dropped them when they didnt hide their leftism. I thin a decade ago I kinda checked on them and saw that they turned the "suck of a buck" hooker in to a FtM Tranny.

>>66244
I also wanted to create comics just like this.

>>66244
>>70377
What holds you back? There are plenty of comics that arent perfectly drawn but still managed to get cult like status, p.E. Tails gets Trolled

>>70375
Yeah that one. And the elf being the king/hero of some prophecy or something, being forced to kill a child to save something greater, except the kid wasn't a kid but some illusion or shapeshifter who orchestrated it, because what the elf was supposed to "kill" was his "innocence". It was just getting too pretentious for me and I dropped it.

This reminds me of another 2 video game related webcomics.
- Goblins one which I dropped when it had a "pseudo rape" arc. Some bald human barbarian and lamia chick had a nice thing going, but lamia is cursed to forget about him and she prepares to leave him when he uses some magic item to make her stop which triggered her PTSD flashback of being raped by some other dude before. Then the artist dumped some huge ass sobstory on the website about how his mom was raped or something and even a small interview with her. I dunno if it was an elaborate joke or not but I just dropped it at that point.

- Order of the Stick. Was nice for a while but then at some point the story pivots to "but umm have you considered that goblins are only evil because of socio-economic factors and it's in fact humans that are bad?" which also caused me to drop it.

It's been a while so I may not be remembering this properly.

>>66162
Pretty degenerate. Thought he made a new webcomic because a lot of his original stuff had guest artists who were already integrated into his storylines. Didn't update or slowed for a while but I sent him a sympathy email when next to one of his comics he talked about being pushed out of a friend group because of a succubus. Then he did one or two more updates after that.
>>66244
>>66544
the GOATs. Don't think they update any more though, or I think Blastwave just did a spinoff and stuck with that.
>>70375
I found it reddit tier, like deadpool for fantasy.

One dumb comic I followed for a while (because it was something to follow) was a lego comic based on star wars and star trek.