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  • Cossty@lemmy.worldtoTechnology@lemmy.worldDiscord alternatives?
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    1 month ago

    I use Steam Chat for playing games with family and friends. It has better audio quality than discord in my opinion, and you can make groups (something like Discord servers) too. It doesn’t have all the functionality of servers, but the basic idea is there.

    I am actually surprised nobody mentioned it yet Why use some third party application, when you can use the Steam’s one.

    It’s not like the OP is concerned about privacy. They were using discord. They didn’t say it has to be open source.

    For talking outside of gaming or away from PC, I use signal.






  • Cossty@lemmy.worldtoComic Strips@lemmy.worldMiracles
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    Okay, this didn’t discourage me at all. I am actually a little excited to start it now. You said that the main protagonist often takes time off and stuff like that, could Ward be described as “slice of life”?

    I am a little disappointed that the dragon doesn’t have a bigger role.

    I will have to go with audiobook version. I love books but I am a slow reader. When I read normal books or ebooks I finish like 20 per year. Three years ago I switched almost exclusively to audiobooks and now I am going through 130 plus books per year.

    Reading ward would take me probably whole year. While listening to the audiobook, I would be done maybe in 3-4 weeks.

    Do you know if there is more audiobook versions? I found only one.

    https://parahumanaudio.com/series/ward-audiobook/

    I didn’t try it yet and I don’t know if it’s any good but if it’s the only version I can be picky.

    Do you know what the original commenter meant by this being a trilogy? Is there something after ward?

    Did you read other works of the author like Twig, Pact, Pale? Are they any good? And are they in any way related to parahumans?


  • In what way is it diffrent? Is it slower and has less action/fights? If that is the case then that is no problem for me. Is Panacea and Dragon there? Are they a side or main characters? I really liked them in Worm, and felt they were unutilized. What about those titans? I don’t remember exactly how it ended for them, but I think some of them should be still alive, like that angel lady. Are they a big part of the narrative?


  • I listened to the audiobook last year. It was amazing. Best superhero stories I have experienced. Better than marvel or dc imo. But what do you mean trilogy? Worm is 7000 pages long. Which is like 15 books. Then there is sequel “Ward” which has 9000 pages. I didnt read this one yet. I heard it isn’t as good as the first one. Maybe when I will have more time. As far as I know there isn’t anything after Ward.

    There are 2 audiobooks for Worm. One is older, fan made. Where every chapter is narrated by diffrent person, mostly guys I think. I didn’t listen to this one. I like consistency. Second is new. Fanmade too. Finished last year. Narrated by a woman, which fits better when main character is a woman too. Only interludes are by diffrent narrators. This one is very good. The narrator isnt perfect, but better than some professionals I listened to. It is 170 h long. I finished it in less than 3 weeks.

    Here is a link https://abaddonproductions.org/category/worm/ Or you can find it with podcast apps like AntennaPod.



  • Cossty@lemmy.worldtoLemmy Shitpost@lemmy.worldUnpopular opinion
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    5 months ago

    Maybe I am biased, but that’s because my sister, when she was 17, she had 6 years older “boyfriend” than her. I was the only one in my family who felt like it was weird, but nobody listened to me. It didn’t end well for her.

    You have to put the line somewhere. If 17 is fine, somebody can say, what is just one more year? 16 should be fine too. And then, 15 is fine too. And so on. The line has to be somewhere.

    Those terms that you wrote… it seems to me like those are just some pedo apologist shit. Probably only people who don’t want to be called pedophiles are using them.

    If I know Jim raped 12 year old girl, I will call him pedophile and not hebephile. Most people don’t know what it is and wouldn’t know what I am talking about.