Not as harsh as OP on the deck, but it definitely has more issues than those two. However, I'd say most of the problems are caused by Steam's Big Picture Mode.

I still love my deck its convenient and powerful, but I hate the broken keyboard, borked store navigation & terrible library function, incompatibility with my PC (mindlessly turning one game on during the other system's play will sign me out of the former system, understandableish but frustrating), getting flashbanged by desktop mode because the brightness will reset to ~65% >o< Not had much screen scaling issues, although wifi does get weak a couple rooms away.

The great casual controls, mini pc, and quick lazy game access makes it tolerable but these issues have been reported for years in some cases and Valve has not fixed them. The Steam Deck is phenomenal but not without faults. Large amount? Perhaps not, but they are ever present depending on your use case.

Am I misremembering, or did yahoo also have a video section with classic cartoons?

One of these sites had the old Mario and Zelda cartoons, that was such a rad find.

It's not dialogue for quests (although they probably were generated with AI), it's stationary NPCs irrelevant to the quests that are in the world. Not all NPCs have an AI bot. You can 'befriend' the bots by giving them the right keywords and they'll hardly budge otherwise.

Example and... minor spoilers?: Lie Buxie told me her brothers went to some ruins. I cleared it out and helped the brothers. I glazed over what they said and returned to Lie (who was unrelated to the quest, you clear it by solving a puzzle and clearing a tomb/mini-dungeon then the brothers fuck off). I then had to convince her that her brothers have left by relaying the information I got from the quest. Which was hard because I was glazing over the brothers' dialogue; Boring quest.

AI bots are like a pop-quiz related to the nearby environment or game information, then they send you gifts after they become your friends and you can chat with them whenever with shit retention. They're really stubborn and don't like to RP, but they'll respond positively if you show them 4K phone footage etc so at least that's funny.

It's big dookie and feels like a way to incorporate a.. 'more natural 🤢 🤮 ' feed of lore. If it wasn't hallucinating it. It didn't really add anything positive to my experience other than a laugh and I remember thinking I'd rather have a boring text dialogue to spam through.

We'll clean it laaaater it can wait. ;P

But is it problematic to be paradoxical in this case?

I chased the specs but of course I only play indie games and don't even bother with AAA they're rarely worth it imo... With my VR headset unplayably decaying and (ironically) valve not fixing it, I often wonder why I still have this heavy lunk of metal.

I often wish I had the Steamdeck instead so I could kick back and mold into my bed forever, or bring it to quirky spots of the world like you have.

Very envious, it sounds incredible! You're living the gaming dream - freedom~

I go to my local nature sanctuary. There's a tiny lake with a nicely shaded moss-covered rock but it gets just the right amount of sun for an hour, around 1pm in summer. Perfect for napping.

Best with a bit of wind for leaf ambience and sometimes the ducks are hanging out too. Very peaceful. :)

Take this!

Dopamine BLAST!!!

This was an interesting read on the topic

I watched a vid on #2, that was crazy messed up and I recommend a mini documentary or finding an interview with the poor dude

Physically, no. :(

Mentally, yes! :)

Alway! But mayhaps the revolving door retention style was actually a ploy to efficiently harvest soul energy for some unseen plot?

I barely managed to protect mine own. Beware!!