What was something that you thought was overhyped that actually lived up to the hype?
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Really? What do you like about it?
At first it felt too hard, but I quickly realized I could mould it to whatever shape is most comfortable as I'm falling asleep. I often shape it to hold my neck in addition to my head.
I was looking for a pillow that doesn't feel flat, I was using a memory foam pillow that would end up nearly flush with the bed by the time I woke up, which was really uncomfortable. The buckwheat in the pillow doesn't really compress, so it stays firm and keeps it's shape as long as you dont move too much.
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Dark Souls.
I didn't even check it out until DS3 was about to launch.
Now those kinds of games are basically all I play anymore.
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High quality kitchen knives. I'm partial to hand-forged Japanese carbon steel. So sharp. Maintains an edge. Easy to sharpen. Being beautiful is just an added bonus.
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I got a Japanese sobakawa pillow that a ton of people recommended and it's incredible. I didn't know a hard pillow could be so comfortable.
Which one did you get?
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Air-fryer
bone-conducting headphones
PSX
Firefly
Inis
Innovation
So, I tried wearing earplugs with my Shokz. Disappointingly, the sound became very, very muffled. I don't think that it's true bone conduction, because if it was, then earplugs shouldn't have had a significant impact on the sound. They're still nice, just... Not as cool.
Firefly is solidly decent. It's not great, it's not terrible. It had real potential, and then got cancelled after 12 (?) episodes. Babylon 5 was arguably a better show overall, but I can see why Firefly still has a solid fandom 20 years later.
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Induction range top. Quick on, fine degree of control, quick off, little heat radiation. Better than gas. Only adaptation was flat bottom wok which
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So, I tried wearing earplugs with my Shokz. Disappointingly, the sound became very, very muffled. I don't think that it's true bone conduction, because if it was, then earplugs shouldn't have had a significant impact on the sound. They're still nice, just... Not as cool.
Firefly is solidly decent. It's not great, it's not terrible. It had real potential, and then got cancelled after 12 (?) episodes. Babylon 5 was arguably a better show overall, but I can see why Firefly still has a solid fandom 20 years later.
Interesting test. I just tried mine with my high fidelity ear plugs and it actually made it clearer when my music is at a lower volume. of course these aren't meant to block out all sounds though.
With regular earplugs, its a little muffled, but I'm honestly quite impressed by how good it still sounds.
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This isn't hyped by normal people I guess but when I was looking for a better pillow, these custom-sized memory foam pillows seemed like a crazy overhype and a grab for money by physiotherapists. $200 and a year later, still the best purchase I have made for my bed.
Also, peanut butter. I hated peanut butter growing up and never understood how people are so obsessed with it. Man did I miss out for years, that shit is so good and so versatile.
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That, uh, wasn't the issue. I had both speech and the best quality music available.
Maybe you had the monitor turned off? I don't know, I'm not a hint book
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Buckwheat pillow
Bidet
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Maybe you had the monitor turned off? I don't know, I'm not a hint book
Essentially I found the implementations of many puzzles annoying. As in, I'd figure out the solution but implementing it was tedious or unclear (the hot air balloon, that awful cave maze, submarine navigation, the Atlantean maze section...).
When it was good I enjoyed it but much of the time it let me down. Perhaps I had excessively high hopes but people praise that game so much. I replay the first two Broken Sword games every few years and love them but Fate of Atlantis was just kinda meh for me.
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I think being in 100% totality would make all the difference. I was in like 60 or 70 percent totality and while it was neat, and I'm happy I got to experience it, it wasn't insanely awesome.
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Dang! I should've taken my kids out of school and driven them 100 miles to see the totality! I may never get another chance like that.
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Essentially I found the implementations of many puzzles annoying. As in, I'd figure out the solution but implementing it was tedious or unclear (the hot air balloon, that awful cave maze, submarine navigation, the Atlantean maze section...).
When it was good I enjoyed it but much of the time it let me down. Perhaps I had excessively high hopes but people praise that game so much. I replay the first two Broken Sword games every few years and love them but Fate of Atlantis was just kinda meh for me.
You have to try playing it as a child in the early 90s, or as an adult in 2025 but on drugs
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Dark Souls.
I didn't even check it out until DS3 was about to launch.
Now those kinds of games are basically all I play anymore.
Same here. I think it's hilarious to when I see posts along the lines of "I don't have time to play souls like" or "I want to enjoy games when I play. " I can boot up a souls like and play for 15 minutes or hours. They're so relaxing to me.
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Steam deck
wrote on last edited by [email protected]Dude, seriously. I'm on an extended family trip right now and we bought one right before we came. I wish we had bought two or three. I am so stoked for the future of Linux gaming.
Also I bought the switch 2 before my steam deck. Had I gone the other way, I probably would've just skipped the switch 2. We didn't even bring it on our trip.
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Inis
Innovation
A man of culture.
Glad to see Innovation getting so much love after being on SUSD. It's really a great game.
I've also enjoyed exploring Mottainai after everything in the rules finally clicked.
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Dang! I should've taken my kids out of school and driven them 100 miles to see the totality! I may never get another chance like that.
Have you ever seen a sunset in 360 degrees around you, everywhere you looked?
I have.It's worth travelling for. There will be more coming!
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Which one did you get?
The brand is USLixury, I couldn't tell you if it's better or worse than any other out there but I really like it.
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Induction range top. Quick on, fine degree of control, quick off, little heat radiation. Better than gas. Only adaptation was flat bottom wok which
makes the working world go roundis not quite the same experience.Yea I got a separate plug-in induction wok because I just couldn’t get the flat bottom one to work well.
