sometimes I wonder if I could set up a successful competitor to RTINGs that caters to the needs of eccentric weirdos instead of well behaved consumers

[rygorous@mastodon.gamedev.place]

@aeva Some products that I do not hesitate to recommend to anyone who is in the market for them:
- Get a microplane grater for your kitchen. Brand doesn't really matter. They're inexpensive and you'll neither hurt yourself using them nor need to spend more than 30 seconds cleaning them; decidedly not true for most other kinds of graters.
- MoYu RS3 M 2020 Rubik's Cube. They're like $9 and not the _best_ you can get but really good. If you're not sure if you might like cubing, try this one.

[aeva@mastodon.gamedev.place]

If I were to start such a business, I'd probably need to rent an office next to an ewaste disposal facility though because my product testing for laptops and phones would conclude with finding the exact amount of abuse needed to render the device unrepairable for most users starting with ordinary mishaps and gradually escalating to increasingly absurd treatment (this process would be filmed, of course).

[aeva@mastodon.gamedev.place]

@rygorous I usually just use a knife to cube things

[rygorous@mastodon.gamedev.place]

@aeva - Keychron keyboards, which are well-built and reasonably-priced (you can do a bit better if you go more DIY, but if you just want something off the shelf, they're good)
- Lamy 2000 fountain pen, if you're a fountain pen user. Very no-frills Bauhaus style design but it's well-made, well-designed, and a joy to write with. There are nicer-looking/fancier pens if you're more of a collector etc., but if you want a nice pen _to actually write with_, this is great. (Not cheap but it's worth it.)

[rygorous@mastodon.gamedev.place]

@aeva (NB, if you've never done fountain pens before, this is not the first pen to get. But if you know how to use them and like them, it's a good one.)

[aeva@mastodon.gamedev.place]

@rygorous I know how to get india ink all over the floor of an art studio with a nib pen, that's like basically the same general concept right?

[rygorous@mastodon.gamedev.place]

@aeva You'll want to avoid spilling it all over the floor, especially when using document ink, but periodically inking up half your finger without knowing how exactly it happened is par for the course

[rygorous@mastodon.gamedev.place]

@aeva this is a speedcube. so it's more like if sonic had a knife

[aeva@mastodon.gamedev.place]

@rygorous ooooo

[rygorous@mastodon.gamedev.place]

@aeva magnetic speedcube, I might add.

so if sonic had a knife BUT WITH MAGNETS

[rygorous@mastodon.gamedev.place]

@aeva you see where this is going? no? EXACTLY

[aeva@mastodon.gamedev.place]

@rygorous to be fair I usually can't tell where I'm going when I play sonic the normal way

[rygorous@mastodon.gamedev.place]

@aeva yeah that's also how it goes when you rubik's cube the normal way

[aeva@mastodon.gamedev.place]

@rygorous is the abnormal way you peel it apart and just put the pieces directly into their correct spots

[rygorous@mastodon.gamedev.place]

@aeva the normal way is you scramble it, try to solve it, realize you can't, and put it in a drawer somewhere to forget your shame

the abnormal way is you actually learn how to solve it