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Seconding this, please do NOT give microsoft any money. I have (cracked) W10 LTSC on my desktop which supposedly will be supported through 2027, that should buy you enough time to get more comfortable with Linux before switching completely

My gf got a very nice one in Japan for around $300 USD, it’s quite effective but takes a fair amount of time to use. It’s the price of like, two appointments and can be used indefinitely. I wouldn’t recommend if you plan to do it all yourself though, I can’t imagine how she’d do it herself in certain areas and just getting consistent and even coverage everywhere is way easier when someone else is doing it. If you have a partner that’s willing to spend 1-2 hours a week doing it it’s probably worth it though! She really enjoys being silky smooth everywhere (can’t deny that I appreciate it as well) and it does the job quite well.

I can’t speak too much on efficacy for facial hair though as she’s cis with only the slightest whisper of hair on her upper lip. It completely removes that but I’m not sure how well it does against thicker and denser facial hair. Considering how effective it is in other areas though you’d probably just need to do more frequent maintenance for a longer period. It would probably need to be about the same frequency as shaving normally would be so unfortunately I don’t think it would save much time and effort until many months of use. It does for sure shrink the pores over time and slow hair regrowth, after a few months of use we’ve switched to like 2-3 times a month for maintenance and expect to eventually not need it at all. I’ve tried it on myself plenty and don’t think it’s very painful but ymmv. As pbcupola mentioned, the face specifically is dangerous for accidentally blinding yourself so again I would only recommend if you have someone willing to do it for you

Millei might be a monster but I can’t fault him for being cozy, I need a winter coat if it’s under 20c

Where was this totally organic demonstration at? I haven’t seen anything at all in Seoul this past week but am aware of how deep the brain worms go here

Ay yo? I’m in Fukuoka right now and had no idea this was a thing, I’ll have to check it out tomorrow. A bit far from the city center but definitely worth seeing

They’re certainly not great but I’ve had quite a bit of success with them over the years and met some great people. There’s not much space to be genuine or show much about who you actually are through a short bio and minimal text conversations so I think it’s best to view them purely as a means to get to a first date where you can properly meet someone. I would always try to schedule a date within the first day or two of matching with someone before being buried within their feed of dozens/hundreds of new matches every day. Spending weeks messaging trying to get to know someone first is just setting yourself up for disappointment. Don’t get your hopes up just for matching with someone or take it too personally if you get ghosted, it’s just the nature of the game. I think my fiancée and I exchanged less than a dozen messages before meeting up and instantly clicking in person, it’s the surest way to know if you’re compatible or not

Victoria 3 is the only paradox game I’ve gotten really into, it’s super heavily focused on economy and internal politics rather than building doom stacks to paint the map. It’s also a lot less intimidating to get into as there’s less micromanagement needed to do well (especially after the recent overhaul to trade). I really enjoy the fact that the majority of the game is focused on improving the internal conditions of your nation rather than on fighting your neighbors. You can become an absolute economic powerhouse with just a few well managed states and good trade deals, simply capturing territory is often a bad thing as you will inherit their problems. You can join (or form) power blocs with friendly nations to get preferential trade deals and prevent other nations from bullying you into submission. There is a well fleshed out system of gradually enacting social progress by manipulating which social groups are in power, you can absolutely transition to a full command economy with universal healthcare, education, and social services but it’s far more involved than just pressing the communism button

Synthesis: simply lie down with your short partner and scoot down the bed a little so she feels really tall. Also, hug often on stairs (escalators especially)

There was a period in my life where I would go for weeks without uttering a single word, needless to say it didn’t have a great effect on my mental health. I’m quite an introverted person that enjoys solitude but being trapped in a solipsistic daydream was a VERY bad time

Playing Victoria 3 with my gf and trying to make Great Qing great again. Seems impossible to get a handle on bureaucracy but other than that it’s going surprisingly smoothly. The US started a war with Japan in order to open trade so that’s been fun to watch from the sidelines, I haven’t played enough to know the best way to support one side (also want to help Mexico fight the great satan). This is the first game I’ve played in a while so I’m not sure if the previous system of microing trade convoys is gone entirely now or if it’s a quirk of the Qing trade laws? I don’t know how to properly handle shortages and such when I can’t just send out a few trade ships

Oblivion remastered does look really good sometimes, especially the character models. I thought I’d miss the charm of the original goofy potato faces but am consistently blown away by how good they look now nearly every time I talk to an npc. It’s everything I’d ever want in a remaster, great visual upgrade and minor qol fixes while leaving nearly all the original jank. If only it wasn’t such a pain to mod…

I guess it’s a good thing I hadn’t noticed it being down yet but I am also a big slop connoisseur. I have no technical expertise to offer but am quite interested in its continued existence and would happily contribute for any hosting costs