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submitted 3 months ago* (last edited 3 months ago) by tpyo@lemmy.world to c/books@lemmy.world

The titles are:
"Reaper Man", "Small Gods", "Wyrd Sisters", "Moving Pictures"

Went to an adorable book shop and found these guys. I haven't read Pratchett yet but I feel it'll be right up my alley

I'm pretty sure I see "Small Gods" and "Wyrd Sisters" recommended a lot and I know you can't really go wrong, but of these which would you recommend the most? Since this is what I have I'll read them all eventually

Regardless I'm excited to have gotten physical copies because my library has long wait lists for his books

Edit: Thanks for all of the discussion! This post brought me a lot of positive on an otherwise rough day. I've decided to start with "Small Gods"

I just want to say again thank you to everyone who responded to me or to someone else. It's been a joy hearing what each person has to contribute to the conversation

Even if they fall flat (which I highly doubt) all of your enthusiasm came through and that really in itself means so much. It was truly touching

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submitted 4 months ago* (last edited 4 months ago) by tpyo@lemmy.world to c/asklemmy@lemmy.world

2 adults and 1 younger teen

We're going on a two week road trip that'll be fairly leisurely. Stopping by some parks and sights as we go and a few nights at our ultimate destination

I had my car recently serviced. It all checks out

I have a steam deck on the way! Any recommendations here for travel accessories? Or just in general?

We've all got devices and chargers and their respective blocks. I'm looking at a power inverter for the hungrier devices
I was debating bringing the oculus to give whomever a bit of isolation if they need; is there anything specific I'd need to do to use it where there's no internet? I haven't used it enough to be very familiar with most of its abilities

We adults have ps5s. Most likely won't bring one. I've seen portable monitors that people use with a local device; does anyone have experience using one for remote play for the ps5?

And making sure we've got entertainment downloaded to our devices; obviously books and offline/non electronic entertainment will be brought, as well

I'm really looking forward to this and want to make it the best experience for all involved! I look forward to hearing your tips

Edit to add: the point of the road trip is to bury my grandfather. And I'm petrified of flying in the current state of the US

Since we HAVE to make this trip we're trying to make the most of it by stopping by some state/national parks and other landmarks/pois during which we'll be present. But there's going to be LONG stretches of literally nothing exciting. Like corn fields. Many hours of corn fields. Most days are 6 - 10 hours in the car

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submitted 4 months ago by tpyo@lemmy.world to c/summit@lemmy.world

I'm trying to make a post, but I get this error. I edited the title a couple times, but I'm not sure exactly what is wrong

[-] tpyo@lemmy.world 32 points 9 months ago

I feel it is very important to post this here:

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submitted 11 months ago* (last edited 11 months ago) by tpyo@lemmy.world to c/houseplants@mander.xyz

I originally got this guy in Oct of last year from a plant shop and was in pretty miserable shape:

I left it in my south facing window and it lost those leaves and then shot up a whole bunch of new ones all at once (the ones in the before/after)

I was concerned that they were growing too straight as a result of it not getting enough light. I put the plant in another window that gets direct sun earlier in the day and then I started to see the very tips start to curl

My mom had given me a plant light a couple years ago that I never used so it was the perfect opportunity to set it up in a corner of my kitchen currently unused. Over the course of just a couple days I saw some real differences! These should all be taken about 12 hours apart:
11.45am 15th
1am 16th
9am 16th

Those were all taken about 5 days ago, then here's this morning, same as the top photo:
today 21st
without the blurple

Anyways, the photos aren't great because I didn't expect to see progress, especially none so quickly. So they're not staged well and I think I messed up the formatting because my app was giving me issues uploading more than the first two pics. Also my water just got shut off for emergency maintenance and I was already in the middle of an anxiety episode but I'm absolutely over the moon when I woke up to see those tight curls!

Those leaves grew so tall so quickly I was afraid the lack of bright light would have caused them to just be stretched and the info I found on the internet led me to believe that they were forever doomed to be frizzle fizzle until next growing season

Anyways, that's my plant and one of the joys in my life right now!

[-] tpyo@lemmy.world 49 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

About 20 years ago

I went to my family Christmas with my then-partner. I got a Grinch onesie from my family

We then attended my partner's family Christmas where basically the entire living room was stuffed with presents for the kids (my partner and their siblings). My then-partner complained about how the siblings all got more $$ worth of presents. I pointed out that I got a pair of pjs for Christmas. The reply: "it's not about the dollar amount, it's just they got more than me" (paraphrased)

I hated that present. A fucking onesie? It was such a disappointing present, and for a long time I used it as an example for questions just like this

I kept it and wore it. Eventually I lost the bitterness and started to cherish it even. Which is why I still wear it regularly this time of year! It's quite warm.. plus, it has pockets!

Grinch tax:

[-] tpyo@lemmy.world 28 points 1 year ago

You're correct. A comment in the hn link linked to a forum post. Here's the actual damage:

https://www.cybertruckownersclub.com/forum/attachments/img_3663-jpeg.74370/

[-] tpyo@lemmy.world 21 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)
[-] tpyo@lemmy.world 23 points 2 years ago

You're making pancakes in a rice cooker? I'm intrigued

[-] tpyo@lemmy.world 28 points 2 years ago

I never questioned the y but always read it as a G

[-] tpyo@lemmy.world 16 points 2 years ago

Did you have "parallelalegal" in mind before you wrote this or did it come to you after? It's brilliant and will be stuck in my head for a while

[-] tpyo@lemmy.world 18 points 2 years ago

Adult swim has saved me a lot of money because I don't need to do drugs to feel like I'm tripping balls

[-] tpyo@lemmy.world 24 points 2 years ago

I considered deleting the post

Please don't! I've been out and about today and inadvertently left this post open. I've thoroughly enjoyed reading all of the comments and it has been one of the most engaging posts I've seen on Lemmy

I appreciate all of the discussion it generated! Thank you <3

[-] tpyo@lemmy.world 88 points 2 years ago

I had an ex who couldn't fathom why in a walking dead/fallout scenario I'd personally not choose to trade with gold, but actual useful and tangible goods like food, ammo, salt, skills...

Their whole argument was gold has always been valuable so it'll always be valuable and I was like "the fuck good would gold do me when I'm starving"

[-] tpyo@lemmy.world 20 points 2 years ago

My birds! (Blue one is Ripple and the green one is Crocodile)

My snek! (No official name)

[-] tpyo@lemmy.world 123 points 2 years ago

Back when I signed up for reddit, you didn't need an email and they warned you if you lost your password you'd be locked out of your account until you regained it and they would not offer support to reset it

I liked that. I don't want to have to submit my email for everything just to interact

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