Wow, these are incredible! I wish actual movie posters were designed more like this. So much meaning and flavor packed into them, they feel like representations of the movies rather than advertisements for them.

The Quiet Girl. Absolutely enthralling despite the slow pace and, well, quiet. One of my favorite movies of the past few years.

I don't mean to imply anything magical about it, just thought I'd mention that it has some legitimate benefits beyond placebo for anyone unaware! The site linked above has all the information I was talking about, and cites the source studies too.

Wow, that sounds like the worst GoT viewing experience possible lol. I think I can see what you mean; there are definitely a lot of scenes technically unnecessary to move the plot along, and combined with the number of plotlines it makes the story move glacially (not helped by plotline conclusions not necessarily making the impacts you would expect on the story).

I think that's actually a big part of what makes it stand out, though. It gives the world- and character-building a uniquely organic feel that wouldn't be there if the story was the focus, with lots of incidental moments that don't necessarily need any weight. The enjoyment comes more from learning and immersion than anything.

Admittedly I'm all about characters and atmosphere, as long as those are solid I can enjoy something regardless of whatever else it does or doesn't have going. Watching with full spoilers I got basically nothing from any progression in the show; though in a way I think it actually made me appreciate the moment-to-moment of it more when I had zero expectations for the destinations and could just enjoy the progression.

Now that I think about it seeing the last few seasons first might be the right way to watch it lol, if someone's still interested after knowing nothing concludes satisfactorily then it's for them.

Funny, my first experience with the show was similar to yours - watched the first season or so and wasn't into it, then started watching again in season ~five with someone else - but I actually started to really enjoy it from there. Granted it only took like a season for it to really go downhill, but it got me interested enough to watch from the beginning once it was over. Despite the knowledge of the terrible conclusion the first few seasons ended up being some of my favorite TV.

I definitely notice the oral absorption with edibles with just normal eating (not sure if everyone gets that? I have a pretty low tolerance), I've never thought to keep it in my mouth on purpose though. I'll be testing that out next time I have some.

I was planning to go on a trip later today so I'll be trying that trick with shrooms, thanks for the tip.

Edit - I'm mostly back to earth now; I really liked it. normally I feel kinda weird and tingly for the ~hour it takes for shrooms to kick in and sometimes that can put me in a bad headspace, but there was a nice and very noticeable immediate effect with chewing them for ages that helped me get into the right mood to appreciate the 'main event' more. I really needed it :)

Take a look at Floorp, it's a little rough around the edges but has vertical tabs plus a lot of other nice features. Feels a lot like Vivaldi but Firefox-based instead of Chromium-based.

+1 for PorkBun, I've never had a bad experience with it.

Never heard of it, but it sounds really interesting. I love a good mystery. Thanks for the recommendation, I think I'll give it a shot.

Too bad there isn't a pyrovision mod for skyrim. (I checked)

Wow, that's the best description of the connections thing I've heard! Well put

That makes more sense. Still, I think the point stands; tracking different things is different enough that trying to fit all of them into the same framework wouldn't be ideal. Off the top of my head, one example is how a 'watched'/'read' list is needed for books and movies, but a 'listened to' list wouldn't make a lot of sense for music; while on the other hand an 'owned' list is important for music, but not as relevant for books and movies. There's plenty that would make sense to federate of course, like reviews, but if it was me making this I would be much more inclined to have separate backends with certain parts having ActivityPub integration.