It’s wild, because when I was a kid, there was this huge conservative talking point about how trading freedom for security was bad.

Did CPR on an overdose until somebody showed up with Narcan. Dude lived.

Ehhh, the sidebar makes it sound like a super depressing place, but thanks!

How do you find what you like? I sew, and do dollhouse miniatures, but I haven’t seen any of that on the fediverse yet.

Yeah, they were pretty clear about having bugs, but at that price point, I was expecting a game I could actually play with some bugs on the side, and not a game that was broken at every turn. It seriously soured me on the whole thing.

I couldn’t even build houses because the editor kept randomly deleting stuff, so I tried reloading an earlier save, but the roof and some walls vanished and parts of the house were no longer “inside” the house somehow?

Weird, I got Paralives on launch and asked for a refund after 45min because it was nearly unplayable with bugs for me. It took ages to load, I couldn’t edit my para because the sliders were covered by something, and I couldn’t edit the buildings without the editor just deleting random stuff. My para also refused to do anything because she had low fun, but a bug was keeping her from filling her fun needs.

I might check it out again if it ever leaves early access, but I don’t typically have high hopes for early access games.

The Sims. They keep changing things and making it worse.

Agreed. I’ve trained my cats to come to a bell, because it’s easier than finding them when it’s vet time. I found a bell that’s loud enough to be heard across the house, and I ring it before giving them breakfast/dinner and before any treats.

One of them doesn’t come consistently, but that’s because she only eats when she’s hungry and doesn’t really care about treats. She’s also not the problem child, so it’s not a big deal.

The problem child, however, has recognized the bell, and is trying to find other ways to make a bell sound when he’s hungry.

I used to do care for developmentally disabled people, and one of the clients my agency worked with was in a surviving mental institute in the late 90s. In some aspects, it was better than some of the stories might suggest. They got her on the right meds at the right dose, which let her regain independence with minimal support.

However, they did pull all her teeth upon admission because it was cheaper than fixing them. They issued her one pair of dentures, and failed to replace them when another patient broke them. One of the first things she did after getting out was to get new dentures, and she cried when she finally had teeth again and didn’t need to be on a blended food diet any more.

I hate to tell you this, but today is Sunday

I think this is Black heart