What's Bothering You? (The thread about what is bothering you.)

[fohat.digs]

$9 ****ing dollars to get $40

I assumed that $2-$3 was typical, but I have never seen anything like $9.
Never could understand why people haven't gotten behind the CFPB and Biden's fight against junk fees.

[noisyturtle]

$9 ****ing dollars to get $40

I assumed that $2-$3 was typical, but I have never seen anything like $9.
Never could understand why people haven't gotten behind the CFPB and Biden's fight against junk fees.

3 $3 fees. One from my bank, one from the other bank, and one called an 'inconvenience fee'
Who exactly is inconvenienced here, and so much so it costs $3 of work to correct it?

[fohat.digs]

Who exactly is inconvenienced here

Are you kidding?

Literally millions of electrons had to get out of bed, shower, get dressed, and go somewhere new through an maze of traces and transistors. If you hadn't gone to the ATM, they could have kept sleeping and would not have been inconvenienced at all!

[noisyturtle]

I requested more hours from my manager today, and instead of helping out the person who's been there the 2nd longest, she fired me. What the actual ****??
No matter. I was giving her a chance to keep me, since I have a new job lined up I'm supposed to start next week.
She made the choice very easy for me.

When things were working and we were properly staffed, the job was super fun. Too bad that was rarely the case.

[phinix]

I requested more hours from my manager today, and instead of helping out the person who's been there the 2nd longest, she fired me. What the actual ****??
No matter. I was giving her a chance to keep me, since I have a new job lined up I'm supposed to start next week.
She made the choice very easy for me.

When things were working and we were properly staffed, the job was super fun. Too bad that was rarely the case.

Wat?!
How, why did she fired you?

[tp4tissue]

decided to install halo infinite again after a long time,  game won't even launch now on my pc.

guess it's losing support crew.

[HipsterPunks]

The price of a regular cheeseburger at McDonald’s costing $2.50 + tax

[fohat.digs]

The price

Get used to it. Prices are not coming down.

[tp4tissue]

wow, what a crappy boss.

[phinix]

wow, what a crappy boss.

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looks like a crappy game

[tp4tissue]

aghhhh.... ate too much ketchup... too acidi(, stomach ache... achhhhgh...

[noisyturtle]

I'm sad

[phinix]

I'm sad

Why you said, Noisy?

[noisyturtle]

I'm sad

Why you said, Noisy?

Just generally. No money, no job, no food, no friends, no car, no woman. Just generally sad.

[phinix]

I'm sad

Why you said, Noisy?

Just generally. No money, no job, no food, no friends, no car, no woman. Just generally sad.

I wish I could help you, I'm same, feeling depressed most of the time.
At least, if you were somewhere close, I could invite you for a nice dinner 
Everyone who I cooked for, say my food makes them happy, I think you would like it too.

EDIT: tp, not just veggies, but also some nice meat - noisy likes meat

[tp4tissue]

Did mario always swim like this or is my copy messed up?

[noisyturtle]

well you are using some horrible filter...

[tp4tissue]

well you are using some horrible filter...

It's 6xbrz. imho, the native pixels are not the intended image.

Crt filters are OK, but because of the way the contrast works on LCDs, there's no compensation for that, and the reduced edge clarity makes visual depth worse.

Can play perfectly on an actual crt, but it's too impractical in terms of placement in the room with other gear.

No perfect solution.

[phinix]

well you are using some horrible filter...

It's 6xbrz. imho, the native pixels are not the intended image.

Crt filters are OK, but because of the way the contrast works on LCDs, there's no compensation for that, and the reduced edge clarity makes visual depth worse.

Can play perfectly on an actual crt, but it's too impractical in terms of placement in the room with other gear.

No perfect solution.

yeah, that filter is used on all old games that needs to be run on modern hardware.
Not ideal, a bit weird, pretty annoying for longer periods.

I'm planning to buy Amiga Mini, I hope that one looks better on new lcd.

[tp4tissue]

yeah, that filter is used on all old games that needs to be run on modern hardware.
Not ideal, a bit weird, pretty annoying for longer periods.

I'm planning to buy Amiga Mini, I hope that one looks better on new lcd.

there are really powerful CRT shaders now for -reshade- , but again, it's hard to truly mirror the CRT FEEL, because CRT has dynamic contrast, dynamic saturation, AND, near perfect 60hz motion clarity.

Even the best LCD right now has trouble with 60hz.

[HoffmanMyster]

I'm planning to buy Amiga Mini, I hope that one looks better on new lcd.

What are your favorite Amiga games? I've played around a little bit with the Amiga core on MiSTer and love the system but don't always know what to play. Any recommendations?

PS, highly recommend the MiSTer for your Amiga-emulating needs if you're ready for that kind of commitment.

[phinix]

I'm planning to buy Amiga Mini, I hope that one looks better on new lcd.

What are your favorite Amiga games? I've played around a little bit with the Amiga core on MiSTer and love the system but don't always know what to play. Any recommendations?

PS, highly recommend the MiSTer for your Amiga-emulating needs if you're ready for that kind of commitment.

I never had Amiga. My first computer was Commodore 128, then after 2 years PC, 386SX. For those 2 years I wanted to buy Amiga 500, I even already collected over 50 games on floppy discs Then my dad said that if i want PC we can buy it, so it blew my mind and got PC.

I want to buy Amiga mini to play all those famous games, which some I played on PC.
Fury of the Furries, Super Frog, Pushover, Cannon Fodder, Chaos Engine, Another World, Lemmings, Flashback, Cadaver, Gods, Monkey Island, Zak McKracken, Indiana Jones...
To name a few

MiSTer sounds good, but just looked and its over £200. To expensive. Recently I spend more on camera lens, so £90 for Amiga Mini is max I would go 

[HoffmanMyster]

I never had Amiga. My first computer was Commodore 128, then after 2 years PC, 386SX. For those 2 years I wanted to buy Amiga 500, I even already collected over 50 games on floppy discs Then my dad said that if i want PC we can buy it, so it blew my mind and got PC.

I want to buy Amiga mini to play all those famous games, which some I played on PC.
Fury of the Furries, Super Frog, Pushover, Cannon Fodder, Chaos Engine, Another World, Lemmings, Flashback, Cadaver, Gods, Monkey Island, Zak McKracken, Indiana Jones...
To name a few

MiSTer sounds good, but just looked and its over £200. To expensive. Recently I spend more on camera lens, so £90 for Amiga Mini is max I would go 

Oh wow! So kind of reliving a childhood/past that never was. That's really fun. Pretty similar to how I enjoy so many retro games now that I missed out on when I was younger - only difference is you actually bought the games!

Thank you for the list of classics! I know I can always google similar lists, but it's fun to get peoples' perspectives on what they would play, etc.

From your list, I've only played two - Lemmings (who hasn't played some version of lemmings) and Monkey Island (really only started a game, I need to finish that...). And holy crap, the Amiga version of Monkey Island compared to PC... the audio on the Amiga is SO GOOD! Where on the PC you needed the Roland MIDI add-on, or whatever the actual implementation was, the Amiga by default was just great. :O

I think you'll really enjoy the Amiga Mini

[iri]

My first computer was Commodore 128

Wow, someone is posh. My first computer was a Sinclair Spectrum 48k

[phinix]

My first computer was Commodore 128

Wow, someone is posh. My first computer was a Sinclair Spectrum 48k

Nah, you know our situation back in 80s. I was 8 years old and had to take a trip to Berlin with my father to buy Commodore, cause there was no way to buy it in Poland.
I remember those 24 hours trips - get to Berlin in a bus full of people going there to buy stuff, have 4 hours for shopping in city center and back to the bus. People were buying everything, from VHS, computers, satellite dishes to chocolate, orange juices, toys etc. Then sit on those boxes while getting through the borders, make sure customs officers won't notice anything 
Beauty of communism era 

[phinix]

I never had Amiga. My first computer was Commodore 128, then after 2 years PC, 386SX. For those 2 years I wanted to buy Amiga 500, I even already collected over 50 games on floppy discs Then my dad said that if i want PC we can buy it, so it blew my mind and got PC.

I want to buy Amiga mini to play all those famous games, which some I played on PC.
Fury of the Furries, Super Frog, Pushover, Cannon Fodder, Chaos Engine, Another World, Lemmings, Flashback, Cadaver, Gods, Monkey Island, Zak McKracken, Indiana Jones...
To name a few

MiSTer sounds good, but just looked and its over £200. To expensive. Recently I spend more on camera lens, so £90 for Amiga Mini is max I would go 

Oh wow! So kind of reliving a childhood/past that never was. That's really fun. Pretty similar to how I enjoy so many retro games now that I missed out on when I was younger - only difference is you actually bought the games!

Thank you for the list of classics! I know I can always google similar lists, but it's fun to get peoples' perspectives on what they would play, etc.

From your list, I've only played two - Lemmings (who hasn't played some version of lemmings) and Monkey Island (really only started a game, I need to finish that...). And holy crap, the Amiga version of Monkey Island compared to PC... the audio on the Amiga is SO GOOD! Where on the PC you needed the Roland MIDI add-on, or whatever the actual implementation was, the Amiga by default was just great. :O

I think you'll really enjoy the Amiga Mini

"bought"... hmm... how should I explain it
You see, back in 80s in Poland there was no actual way to buy original game. They were all pirate copies. Nobody had an original game, we had communism, only way to buy original game was to trip abroad, like to Berlin. So when I said I gathered those games - I meant I got copies from my friends who actually had Amiga (also pirate copies, as nobody had originals). I even remember that I had all those floppy discs in a plastic container after some fruits, like this one below, it had perfect width for 3.5" floppies 

[HoffmanMyster]

"bought"... hmm... how should I explain it
You see, back in 80s in Poland there was no actual way to buy original game. They were all pirate copies. Nobody had an original game, we had communism, only way to buy original game was to trip abroad, like to Berlin. So when I said I gathered those games - I meant I got copies from my friends who actually had Amiga (also pirate copies, as nobody had originals). I even remember that I had all those floppy discs in a plastic container after some fruits, like this one below, it had perfect width for 3.5" floppies 

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Haha, clearly I have forgotten about the prevalence of piracy during that time, and especially in that region. :)) So, much less of a loss than I initially thought, but still it must have taken effort and time to collect all of those! ;)

[phinix]

"bought"... hmm... how should I explain it
You see, back in 80s in Poland there was no actual way to buy original game. They were all pirate copies. Nobody had an original game, we had communism, only way to buy original game was to trip abroad, like to Berlin. So when I said I gathered those games - I meant I got copies from my friends who actually had Amiga (also pirate copies, as nobody had originals). I even remember that I had all those floppy discs in a plastic container after some fruits, like this one below, it had perfect width for 3.5" floppies 

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Haha, clearly I have forgotten about the prevalence of piracy during that time, and especially in that region. :)) So, much less of a loss than I initially thought, but still it must have taken effort and time to collect all of those! ;)

Ooh, of course! Imagine 10 year old boy, dreaming of his computer and all the games he saw at friends' houses, just waiting for that moment in the future when maybe he will have his own Amiga. I bought floppy discs, labelling them with titles of games I wanted to play. I was saving money to buy every single floppy, I remember even taking a trip to city center to buy just a few (back then you could buy floppies per piece, not whole boxes). Taking tramway 30 minutes to city center to buy 2 floppy discs, going back and thinking what games I will get on those :))
Funny times...

[Findecanor]

When I was young, I wanted an Amiga for years. Not for the games but for CAD. My parents got me a C64, a disk drive and then an Atari STe, because they didn't understand.
I had to buy an Amiga for my own money once I could, which was quite late.
But the journey introduced me to games, and to programming, and I found what I wanted to do with my life.

What are your favorite Amiga games? I've played around a little bit with the Amiga core on MiSTer and love the system but don't always know what to play. Any recommendations?

Many old games I remember fondly seem quite primitive by today's standards: not just in graphics and sound but also in the gameplay department.
I played a lot of Worms and Roketz against friends. The latter was late in Amiga's heyday and shareware, each copy registered to a paying customer, so it might be hard to find.

[iri]

My first computer was Commodore 128

Wow, someone is posh. My first computer was a Sinclair Spectrum 48k

Nah, you know our situation back in 80s. I was 8 years old and had to take a trip to Berlin with my father to buy Commodore, cause there was no way to buy it in Poland.
I remember those 24 hours trips - get to Berlin in a bus full of people going there to buy stuff, have 4 hours for shopping in city center and back to the bus. People were buying everything, from VHS, computers, satellite dishes to chocolate, orange juices, toys etc. Then sit on those boxes while getting through the borders, make sure customs officers won't notice anything 
Beauty of communism era 

Wow, someone is posh. You could get to a capitalist country without an exit visa!

[phinix]

My first computer was Commodore 128

Wow, someone is posh. My first computer was a Sinclair Spectrum 48k

Nah, you know our situation back in 80s. I was 8 years old and had to take a trip to Berlin with my father to buy Commodore, cause there was no way to buy it in Poland.
I remember those 24 hours trips - get to Berlin in a bus full of people going there to buy stuff, have 4 hours for shopping in city center and back to the bus. People were buying everything, from VHS, computers, satellite dishes to chocolate, orange juices, toys etc. Then sit on those boxes while getting through the borders, make sure customs officers won't notice anything 
Beauty of communism era 

Wow, someone is posh. You could get to a capitalist country without an exit visa!

oh... not posh
It was Eastern Berlin

[tp4tissue]

Not very politically correct.  male characters can't wear a dress.

[HoffmanMyster]

Not very politically correct.  male characters can't wear a dress.

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It's a 30 year old game, things have come a long way since then.

Equally bothersome is that god-awful scaler/smoother you're using, yikes. This is something you can change, tp.

[tp4tissue]

Not very politically correct.  male characters can't wear a dress.

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It's a 30 year old game, things have come a long way since then.

Equally bothersome is that god-awful scaler/smoother you're using, yikes. This is something you can change, tp.

there are some interesting -reshade- crt shaders out now which replicate trinitrons very well.

[HoffmanMyster]

Not very politically correct.  male characters can't wear a dress.

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It's a 30 year old game, things have come a long way since then.

Equally bothersome is that god-awful scaler/smoother you're using, yikes. This is something you can change, tp.

there are some interesting -reshade- crt shaders out now which replicate trinitrons very well.

Exactly That's what you should be using instead

Haha, clearly I have forgotten about the prevalence of piracy during that time, and especially in that region. ) So, much less of a loss than I initially thought, but still it must have taken effort and time to collect all of those!

Ooh, of course! Imagine 10 year old boy, dreaming of his computer and all the games he saw at friends' houses, just waiting for that moment in the future when maybe he will have his own Amiga. I bought floppy discs, labelling them with titles of games I wanted to play. I was saving money to buy every single floppy, I remember even taking a trip to city center to buy just a few (back then you could buy floppies per piece, not whole boxes). Taking tramway 30 minutes to city center to buy 2 floppy discs, going back and thinking what games I will get on those )
Funny times...

Oh wow, I didn't experience this era of computing first-hand, but thank you for the (for me) fictitious walk down memory lane. By the time I was an active computer user, floppies were still king, but increasingly cheap and bulk-purchased. Then the transition to zip floppies, CD-RW, and flash drives felt instantaneous, haha. Anyway, I can imagine the joy and annoyance of needing to travel all the way into the city for a single floppy. )  What a time.

What are your favorite Amiga games? I've played around a little bit with the Amiga core on MiSTer and love the system but don't always know what to play. Any recommendations?

Many old games I remember fondly seem quite primitive by today's standards: not just in graphics and sound but also in the gameplay department.
I played a lot of Worms and Roketz against friends. The latter was late in Amiga's heyday and shareware, each copy registered to a paying customer, so it might be hard to find.

You're not wrong about the games seeming primitive, but there is a sweet spot in there where the 2D graphics had gotten really impressive and gameplay more complex and fleshed out (for consoles, the SNES era). From the little exposure I've had to Amiga, I think it might be in that ideal zone of retro gaming as well. I'll see if I can get Roketz to work with my setup - it's "mostly" a plug n play configuration, maybe the files have been modified to make it all work easily.

[CaesarAZealad]

Just noticed it cost me $9 in fees to take cash out of an ATM not from my bank.
$9 ****ing dollars to get $40!!!!!!
Such a scam

Did your mom not teach you this 0.0
usually there's a prompt too that just goes "Hey bro we're taking 1.5% in tax because you don't roll with us, all good chief?"

Not very politically correct.  male characters can't wear a dress.

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Reminder, all clothes are unisex if you're not a coward.

[tp4tissue]

The name of the abortion pill being blocked by judges is Mifepristone?

quite an inelegant name.

[noisyturtle]

Chartreuse was already hard to find and expensive for something integral to a lot of popular cocktails.
Now it's about to become even moreso.
https://www.wsj.com/articles/chartreuse-craft-cocktails-liqueur-french-monks-4c07df33

[tp4tissue]

Chartreuse was already hard to find and expensive for something integral to a lot of popular cocktails.
Now it's about to become even moreso.
https://www.wsj.com/articles/chartreuse-craft-cocktails-liqueur-french-monks-4c07df33

This falls under artificial scarcity.  if they were selling the stuff at 35-70 a bottle before, it's something well in its mass production phase, neither special nor rare.

liquor is 99% marketing, 1% narcotics.

[CaesarAZealad]

Chartreuse was already hard to find and expensive for something integral to a lot of popular cocktails.
Now it's about to become even moreso.
https://www.wsj.com/articles/chartreuse-craft-cocktails-liqueur-french-monks-4c07df33

Actually kinda based devoting more of your time to your faith than making liqueur to enable people’s vices.

[fohat.digs]

quite an inelegant name.

Drugs are named by pulling 3 pieces of paper with random syllables out of a hat.

[tp4tissue]

Chartreuse was already hard to find and expensive for something integral to a lot of popular cocktails.
Now it's about to become even moreso.
https://www.wsj.com/articles/chartreuse-craft-cocktails-liqueur-french-monks-4c07df33

Actually kinda based devoting more of your time to your faith than making liqueur to enable people’s vices.

which is why it's all bs.  there ARE NO MEN OF FAITH.  it's among the world's oldest scam.

[tp4tissue]

back from an indian restaurant,

had the roti + assorted gravies platter,  6 small bowls of gravy, but tp4 swears there was 2 tablespoons of oil in each bowl.

so, now, EITHER tp4 is turbo charged with ayuverdic medicine spice energy, OR, he's about to have massive congestive heart failure.

feeling extremely hotted, and greezy.

[noisyturtle]

back from an indian restaurant,

had the roti + assorted gravies platter,  6 small bowls of gravy, but tp4 swears there was 2 tablespoons of oil in each bowl.

so, now, EITHER tp4 is turbo charged with ayuverdic medicine spice energy, OR, he's about to have massive congestive heart failure.

feeling extremely hotted, and greezy.

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Indian food is really some of the most unhealthy food you can get. Many foods are fried in oil or butter, 70%-80% carbs for the plate between the roti and rice, a lot of sugar even in savory dishes.
High carbs, high sugar, low protein, and in India exercise is not really a thing people do as a hobby.

Check out Sattvic style Indian food. Much lighter, and healthier, but still all the spices and taste. Super good.

[CaesarAZealad]

Chartreuse was already hard to find and expensive for something integral to a lot of popular cocktails.
Now it's about to become even moreso.
https://www.wsj.com/articles/chartreuse-craft-cocktails-liqueur-french-monks-4c07df33

Actually kinda based devoting more of your time to your faith than making liqueur to enable people’s vices.

which is why it's all bs.  there ARE NO MEN OF FAITH.  it's among the world's oldest scam.

Upvotes to the left gentleman.
EDIT: Thank you kind stranger!

[tp4tissue]

played with an amd 6850u lappy today, it's kwaazzi fast.  just insanity at its power consumption.   7 series will be even faster.

[noisyturtle]

Been doing 200x arm curls with a 25lb weight 4x a week for 4 months and seen no gains in my biceps.

Why?

This is pointless. What am I doing wrong? I do not understand.

[fohat.digs]

seen no gains

This is pointless.
 

When I started Tae Kwon Do a couple of decades ago I wanted to lose 10-15 pounds. I was surprised that I never really lost any pounds, but I did redistirbute my body weight and converted a lot of fat to muscle.

Just because you don't see changes doesn't mean they are not there. Look at gymnasts and swimmers - extremely strong but very skinny.

[tp4tissue]

Been doing 200x arm curls with a 25lb weight 4x a week for 4 months and seen no gains in my biceps.

Why?

This is pointless. What am I doing wrong? I do not understand.

not enuff veggies eaten.

[tp4tissue]

why are gymnastic mats so expensive ?