Random thing you love right now that doesn't deserve its own thread

Antichulius wrote:

My 7yo daughter has a strong fear of getting water in her ears during baths or swimming. It’s been a struggle for a long time, but today, I finally convinced her to try some ear plugs, and she was able to get her head under water for the first time and loved it! Her bath was suddenly twice as long she kept wanting to go under. So proud of her right now!

Oooh! And summer is basically here, so next stop... THE SWIMMING POOL!!

Word is getting passed that SECDEF and SECNAV have directed that most COVID-related restrictions be lifted on active-duty military of all branches who have been fully vaccinated. Gotta say that after the last six months of watching the USAF and Marines dining in restaurants and hanging out on beaches, it will be nice to actually be able to sit down to a meal inside a restaurant for once.

I also suspect that "vaccine hesitancy" is going to suddenly get much less common in the active-duty Navy population.

I've been reading Imgur for a few years now, but only recently started diving into UserSub and commenting. Checked this morning and I had a notification - I had the top comment on Imgur yesterday! I know it's just silly Internet points, but I was gobsmacked. There are a lot of people commenting on Imgur...

Don't forget to link to your SoundCloud!

This is my Paternity Leave vibe:

https://poolside.fm/

I've had ear problems my entire life- aches, infections, clogs, surgery. As annoying as this stuff is, cleaning and maintenance with hydrogen peroxide is oddly pleasant.

First time since the covid mess happened we were able to have a family get together.

Much smaller then it would be normally but I didn't realized how much I missed this.

We were able to give my 3y/o an awesome birthday. She's the best, and making her feel like she's the best also makes me feel like the best. Everything's the best!

I am new to working on a car. I've spent literally hours trying to thread a transmission cooler line into a new radiator and it just will not attach. The threads are clean and intact, I feel like it's just a matter of getting exactly the right angle, and since the lines are steel they're kinda sitting at whatever angle they feel like sitting at. And of course the bottom one is the one being the problem, so I have to do everything bent over at 90 degrees while reaching towards the bottom of the engine bay.

Posting in the love thread because this is a pretty cool problem to have and I'm having fun.

I can’t go in the Star Wars to thread due to Bad Batch spoilers so I’m posting here. I was inspired to re-watch season six of Clone Wars to get ready for Bad Batch. Some of the season six episodes dove tail with Bad Batch. Or rather season six leads into the much delayed season seven where Bad Batch is first introduced.

I LOVE SEASON SIX OF CLONE WARS

I just want a Kit Fisto spin-off series where he does Jedi stuff but also plays in a reggae band.

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One sec, I have a DeviantArt search to make it a private browser tab.

Mixolyde wrote:

I just want a Kit Fisto spin-off series where he does Jedi stuff but also plays in a reggae band.

...underwater... WITH AQUAMAN!! Oh yeah and Mon Calamari is the bass player but it’s some weird improbable Star Wars bass. But their reggae band only plays underwater gigs. So there must be some underwater PA system, which is plausible.

Captain Snowball

Working on developing my own visual novel in the Godot game engine, and I finally had a good idea on how to implement the determine of what scene to play next. With this implementation, I can make the decision tree pretty much as complicated (or simple) as I want. For once, my background as an SAP ABAP developer was actually useful for something other than putting bread and butter on my table.

I have not had this much fun coding in years! The visual novel will probably sell 5 copies max on itch.io if I ever get to release it, but that's fine.

bobbywatson wrote:

Working on developing my own visual novel in the Godot game engine, and I finally had a good idea on how to implement the determine of what scene to play next. With this implementation, I can make the decision tree pretty much as complicated (or simple) as I want. For once, my background as an SAP ABAP developer was actually useful for something other than putting bread and butter on my table.

I have not had this much fun coding in years! The visual novel will probably sell 5 copies max on itch.io if I ever get to release it, but that's fine.

Make that six! I’ll have one, please.

Tell me a little more about the Godot game engine... well?... I’m waiting.

RawkGWJ wrote:

Make that six! I’ll have one, please.

Assuming I ever finish it, I will probably advertise it on this forum for sure. The current plan is to release for PC and Mac first, then Linux and mobile later.

RawkGWJ wrote:

Tell me a little more about the Godot game engine... well?... I’m waiting.

It's a free, open source 2D and 3D engine. For 2D things, it seems to work pretty well so far, and I find it relatively simple to use (although I did work my way through an entire Udemy course before I started, and it helped a lot).

I think3D is not as polished, but version 4 should fix a lot of that. My next project (most likely a classic Tomb Raider clone) will be in 3D, but for now, sticking with 2D makes the whole process simpler. After years of doing nothing but boring business and manufacturing related development with an IDE straight out of the 80's, I'm having a blast!

After 16 months of not seeing my son for covid safety reasons, just flew home after spending time with him this week. Hard to articulate how much of a weight has been lifted off me.

Grats Rahmen! I have been visiting my father once every 5-6 weeks for that same reason/feeling.

Robear wrote:

I've been reading Imgur for a few years now, but only recently started diving into UserSub and commenting. Checked this morning and I had a notification - I had the top comment on Imgur yesterday!

You should do a podcast. Call it... Top Comment or Top Comment Today

Rahmen wrote:

After 16 months of not seeing my son for covid safety reasons, just flew home after spending time with him this week. Hard to articulate how much of a weight has been lifted off me.

Yeah we did our first trip home last weekend for mother's day. A couple days with my parents, then switch on Sunday, then a couple days with her parents, then drove back mid-week.

The drive sucked... first time with 2 kids, boy did it really suck. But it was nice to see family and have that normal part of our lives back.

Got a verbal job offer for a position I really want. Now just waiting on the formal offer before I put in my resignation. What a relief!

bobbywatson,

I have this story in my pocket that would be an interesting novel. Yet, I’m no novelist. So, I’ve been toying with the idea of turning it into a visual novel.

I’m going to PM the outline of the story to you.

I only ever intended to buy a few Warhammer models because I wanted to paint stuff. I liked the stories and wanted something to do during lockdown that wasn't just playing video games all day. It's been nice having a creative outlet again.

It's been a few months and I played my first full game today. Safe to say I fell a bit too deep into the hobby. I liked it. It was nice to just be with other people throwing dice. I missed playing boardgames/tabletop games, and the added fun of showing off all your hard work was nice. A few people came to my table and commented on my army, they really liked the paint job!

The kissing couple from the 2011 Vancouver Hockey Riot are still a couple.

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Roke wrote:

The kissing couple from the 2011 Vancouver Hockey Riot are still a couple.

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All together now!

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Grenn wrote:
Roke wrote:

The kissing couple from the 2011 Vancouver Hockey Riot are still a couple.

https://www.espn.com/nhl/insider/sto...

All together now!

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Trueheart78, I summon thee!

Mixolyde wrote:
Grenn wrote:
Roke wrote:

The kissing couple from the 2011 Vancouver Hockey Riot are still a couple.

https://www.espn.com/nhl/insider/sto...

All together now!

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Trueheart78, I summon thee!

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trueheart78 wrote:
Mixolyde wrote:
Grenn wrote:
Roke wrote:

The kissing couple from the 2011 Vancouver Hockey Riot are still a couple.

https://www.espn.com/nhl/insider/sto...

All together now!

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Trueheart78, I summon thee!

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Hell yeah! That what I’m talking’ ‘bout.

My girlfriend started on antidepressants about three weeks ago. Am starting almost immediately she has been much more even-keeled, less irritable, and generally happier. She’s happy with the results (interestingly, she hadn’t really noticed until I pointed it out), and I’m thrilled.