I don't believe for one minute that this war will end while Trump is in office. He just cannot restrain himself from fucking things up.

This is so me, find the right gear and feather the clutch, never touch the brakes.

When it's 30F and sunny I'm on my snowboard in a t shirt. Course, I'm in Chicago, 30C feels like a nice cool day to do shit outside in summer.

Spending time being out of reach. The power button is by far my favorite on my phone.

I have done this, not sure if it's much of a flex.

I have the world's most expensive PlayStation controller. For the past five years I've pretty much only played Rocksmith 2014, and have a few hundred songs downloaded. I'm about to hit 1000 hours played.

On my fourth bass, a brand new Ibenez fretless, and finally have a setup without all the buzzing and crap of a cheap bass.

I like blues, classic rock, but my brain just seems hardwired for 90s grunge as that was my youth.

Greenday, Offspring, Primus (on easy) are my go to. Really enjoy Me and Bobby Mcgee by Joplin and Moonage daydream by Bowie when I've been drinking.

Been thinking about taking lessons at a local store, I really want to learn to read tabs and get things setup to play along with YouTube.

I'd love to be able to play some Pink Floyd, Phish, and Grateful Dead. Other than three Dead songs there's none of that available.

I live in an apartment so it's all headphones.

My free time is divided between audio books, video games, some TV, mostly YouTube, and learning bass guitar.

I try to skateboard once or twice a week in the summer, and snowboard at least twice a month in the winter.

I have a few motorcycles but those are more cheap transportation these days than a hobby.

The skating, snowboarding, and motorcycles are my "Screaming at the gods". Dangerous activities that require total focus so everything else in life can be forgotten for a while.

Books and the bass are to keep my mind active and learn new things.

I can't remember tears of joy, I think I'm just too jaded.

The last thing that brought me happiness was getting to ride a skateboard pump track for the first time this weekend.

Been wanting to try it for years, but there just weren't any in my area.

Scary and challenging at the limits of my skill, which is just what I had hoped for.

Been a lot of tragedy in my life recently, I'll take what I can get.

While I'm all for physical media, I get why things are going this way.

I have a large library of PS3 games I can just fire up and enjoy, offline.

With the PS4 and PS5, I can't think of a single game that works from the purchased disc. Everything requires huge download patches, to the point the disc is nothing more than a license to the game.

I think the bigger issue is game longevity and ownership.

If I buy a game, I expect to be able to play it, today, next year, ten years from now.

I have N64 games I still play on an original system from the 90s, they are mine.

Games, especially single player games, that require online connections to servers that can be taken away at any time is absolute bullshit.

I've spent a crazy amount of money on Rocksmith 2014 over the years, and when they pull the servers I'll lose access to hundreds of DLC songs.

I think that any game you buy, physical or download, should be yours, and if they need server access to run, the company should be required to provide the server source code, or a free patch, that allows you to continue to play the game, when they take the servers offline.

I love my career, which took a very long time to develop.

Over the years I've had plenty of jobs I didn't like, some I'd even say I hated.

Some helped develop my career, others were just solely for the paycheck, though I'd like to think I learned something at each.

Been at my current company for about six years, and I have to say, I love it.

It's a company I respect, making products I believe in, and my role gives me the freedom to do projects the way I want, with the technology I want.

I like the people I work with, and I can honestly say I've not once woken up with that dread of '"Crap, I have to go to work".

The company, my chain of command, and the people who use my systems, all appreciate the work I do.

Now, would I do it for free? Hell no, those are hobbies.

My only real answer as to why you should like your job, I know love is a stretch for most people, is that a job you enjoy doesn't leave you as stressed and burned out as one you don't.

I agree, all my real success has been with technical recruiters.

Temp to perm positions where the head hunter takes a fee until you are either hired on or move to another contract

But it is in and of itself a piece of history.

Changing a story that is thousands of years old is wrong.

Go ahead and make the movie, but be faithful to the original work.