Swapped my KBM for a Series X pad last week to play Call of Duty on my lunch breaks in the break room and I completely whiffed every shot for three days straight before I gave up and went back, has anyone else found a setup that actually works for cramped spaces?
Went to see a horror flick at this old AMC on 7th Street and the subtitles were burned into the bottom of the screen. Like permanently visible on every dark scene. Ruined the whole jump scare vibe lol. Do other people just deal with subtitles getting baked into the film or was that place just a dump?
He said he skipped all the cutscenes and just ran through the gameplay, claimed it was a 8 hour experience that way. I spent 30 hours crying over that game and now I wonder who actually got the better deal?
I finally sat down last week to watch all of Xena: Warrior Princess again, which I loved as a kid. Got through maybe 8 episodes before I realized the cheesy effects and slow pacing just don't hit the same now. I work in a tiny electrical shop all day, so I was hoping for a comfort escape, but it just felt like a chore. Has anyone else gone back to an old favorite and had it totally flop on you?
So I was on the 7:15 AM express bus stuck in traffic, finally got to the end of a tough boss fight in this RPG I've been grinding on my phone. Right as I hit the final attack, the app froze, then crashed. I sat there for a solid 2 minutes staring at my home screen trying to decide if I should restart the app and hope it saved, or just wait until I got to the office. I went with restarting, and luckily it autosaved right before the fight, but now I'm debating if I should play on a handheld console instead for stability. Anyone else have a close call like this where a mobile game almost lost your progress mid-commute?
I was sitting in my truck on I-95 near Richmond waiting out a wreck and decided to count how many episodes I've watched over the years. Came up with just over 1000 between all the spinoffs. That's like 28 days of my life gone to car chases and courtroom scenes. Has anyone else realized they've blown a crazy number of hours on one show while stuck somewhere?
I rewatched the whole series over 3 months at my desk job and noticed Kelso's locker number changes from 142 to 126 between seasons 2 and 3. Nobody ever talks about it but it drives me crazy every time I see it now. Has anyone else caught a small mistake like that in a show you thought you knew front to back?
I was getting kicked from boss fights in Elden Ring every 15 minutes for two weeks, replaced the router, bought a signal booster, and even called my ISP before I noticed the cable jack was literally dangling out of the drywall - has anyone else wasted a whole afternoon on a connection issue that was just bad wiring in your rental?
I was stuck in the middle of the meatball line last Saturday and realized half the people were just riding the escalator up and down for fun because the layout makes zero sense. You gotta go through the marketplace to get to the exit and it's like a maze. I timed my loop and it took 12 minutes to get from the checkout to the door. Has anyone else walked out of a big box store feeling like you needed a map?
After having a kid 18 months ago my watching style flipped from staying up until 3am finishing a show like The Bear to pausing something as simple as Abbott Elementary five times just to get through dinner, so how do you guys with limited free time choose what to actually commit to watching without feeling like you're wasting the rare quiet hour you got?
I was in my tiny studio in Seattle last Tuesday, finally bingeing the season 3 finale of Succession on my lunch break. Right as Kendall was about to drop the bomb on Logan, my monitor flickered and the whole setup went dead. Turns out a $6 extension cord from the dollar store had a loose internal wire that just gave up after three months. I had to spend my whole next lunch rewiring everything with a proper cord from Home Depot for $18, but at least I finally learned my lesson about cutting corners on power stuff. Anyone else have a cheap fix that cost you more time than it saved?
I was scrolling Hulu last night trying to find a Korean thriller my buddy recommended. The search bar kept showing me the same 5 dubbed action movies instead of the actual film. It took me 20 minutes of digging through a maze of categories before I found it hidden under a random 'hidden gems' tile. Why do these apps make it so hard to find stuff that isn't trending on TikTok?
Finally told my neighbor Bob last Sunday that the fence between our yards has been sagging toward his garden since April. I kept hoping a big storm or something would fix it or at least knock it over so I'd have to deal with it. He just laughed and said he noticed back in May but figured I had a plan. Now I'm borrowing his post puller this weekend. Anyone else just avoid an obvious fix until someone calls you out?
Last week I finally replaced my busted earbuds with a pair from a brand I'd never heard of, and now I can actually hear my podcast over the engine rumble on the 7 AM route. Has anyone else found a random budget brand that actually holds up for daily grinding?
I got stuck with a 45 minute train ride each day to downtown Denver and kept scrolling my phone. My coworker pushed me to try a bullet journal for tracking what I watch and play during that time. After 3 weeks I actually started remembering plot details and finishing games I'd started months ago. Has anyone else found a weird system that actually works for passing the commute time?
I was waiting for the 42 bus last Tuesday and this dude tells his friend he finally watched The Godfather. He said he watched it in 10 minute chunks on his phone during his commute. Called it slow and confusing. I get that not everyone loves old movies, but watching it like that kills the pacing. You miss the whole mood and buildup. Anyone else feel like some movies just don't work unless you give them your full attention in one sitting?
I binged Severance twice last week, once with subs and once without, and the silent facial expressions hit way harder the second time, but my roommate says I missed half the plot without reading the words, so which side do you land on when you are stuck in a 5-hour train ride?
My buddy Jay told me last month that I was shutting down my PC while the game was still writing to the save file. I always just hit alt+f4 and walked away but he said wait 30 seconds after closing the game. Has anyone else had saves go bad from rushing the shutdown?
I was making a short film last spring and spent like 40 hours on a detailed storyboard. My editor looked at it and said "this is wasting your time, just shoot scenes and we'll figure it out in post." I was annoyed at first but I tried it on the next project. I saved a ton of time and the final cut actually had better flow because we could rearrange stuff freely. Has anyone else found that overplanning hurts more than helps?
I was at this coffee shop on Hawthorne last Tuesday grabbing a pour-over and this barista named Jen said I was missing the whole point by skipping the first 3 episodes of every series. She was like "you're just watching plot points, not stories." It hit me because I realized I've been treating shows like homework I need to rush through since I only have 30 minutes of free time after my commute. Now I'm halfway through Slow Horses season 2 and actually paying attention to the setup. Has anyone else caught themselves fast-forwarding through the "boring" parts and then wondering why nothing lands emotionally?
The cheap one kept jamming and misfiring on baseboards, costing me an extra hour per job to fix. Has anyone else found that spending a bit more on one tool saves you money in the long run?
Guy on the train told me he watches episodes at 1.5x speed to fit more in. The whole season felt like a blur to him. Has anyone else tried speeding up shows just to say you finished them?
My brother lived out in Denver for 5 years. When he came back to our small town in Ohio last month, I could barely have a conversation with him. He used to be super laid back, now he talks a mile a minute and interrupts everyone. I think it's the altitude or the pace of the city that did it. He says it's just how people talk out there now. Has anyone else seen a big personality change in someone after they moved?
Last month I got stuck on a 3 hour train ride and figured I'd buy a bundle of 5 horror movies on Amazon for like $80. I had this idea I'd finally watch all the classics I missed out on. Well I got through the first one, it was this old slasher from 1983, and the quality was so bad I couldn't even see half the kills. The second one had subtitles that didn't sync up with the audio. By the third movie I just gave up and scrolled my phone for the rest of the ride. The other two are still sitting in my library unwatched. I feel like such a fool for not just renting one good movie for $5 instead. Has anyone else bought a big digital bundle and regretted it right away?