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Cake day: February 6th, 2025

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  • Yes. I had a buddy who started taking it to ween away from his alcoholic tendency to enjoy a 5th of whiskey every night, and he quickly became addicted.

    He told me the withdrawals felt worse than what he was dealing with from the alcohol (though he was getting hit with both), ended up losing his job and spiraling into a recluse who spent all his time in bed or doing kratom. He eventually got help and got better.

    There’s this idea that its a “safe” drug, and posts encouraging its use in threads like these as some sort of alternative to getting drunk don’t help that perception. Its very addictive and the withdrawal symptoms suck just as much if not more than with booze, although I don’t think you can die from Kratom withdrawal the way you can from alcohol. Someone fact check me on that.

    Edit: What makes it dangerous is how quickly you can become physically dependent on Kratom.





  • It’s super cool when they decide to build these fucking things in water scarce actual deserts in the Southwestern US. I’m aware of a handful of these projects currently being proposed - and the one nearest to where I live is being proposed to use “reclaimed waste water”…after the initial 3-4 years after the data center is up and running. They need time to build the reclaimed water infrastructure you see, and they can’t just leave the data center turned off until then. No, they need 3-4 years of scarce drinking water so they can be up and running generating a profit, and then in half a decade to a decade they’ll totally get that reclaimed waste water infrastructure in place to make sure it runs 100% on stinky water.

    This totally wont be a rug pull or anything. There’s no way these massive silicone valley companies would do something like that!


  • Valheim is great! I recently started playing with my partner and we’ve been having tons of fun.

    The sense of progression is great. Simple skeletons were giving us so much trouble when we first started, now after about 40 hours we’re competently making our way through dragur swamps to grab some scrap iron, while dodging abominations. I don’t feel “good” at the game yet and it’s been cool learning how to play without feeling the need to look anything up on wikis.


  • I missed out on playing Gothic during its time, but I did play Risen and really liked it. I’m hoping that the Gothic Remake will be decent enough to enjoy so I can finally see what the hypes about with that franchise. I’ve wanted to try Gothic, but ive heard it’s janky, and without the nostalgia of playing it previously, I just feel too old and tired to deal with that kind of jank now.



  • Frozen veggies are kinda underrated for convenience and you can never go wrong with any of the many variations of beans and rice. Dry beans are cheaper, but you do need to remember to soak them the night before which I frequently don’t. Canned beans are also solid.

    If you consume meat its always best to buy it as whole as possible and process the cuts yourself. It’s not as difficult as you would think, but it does need to be learned.

    I always keep some tofu in the fridge (buy it at Asian markets for the price) because its always hella easy to chop some up, toss some spices and oil on it, and toss it in the air fryer for about 20 minutes for a easy versatile protein addition to whatever I’m making.