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  • Soggy@lemmy.worldtoGames@lemmy.worldSkill issue
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    6 days ago

    “My position is so tenuous yet so important to my identity that I will not tolerate the slightest challenge.”

    Alternatively, “That’s why my favorite book is Moby Dick, no frou-frou symbolism. Just a good simple tale about a man who hates an animal.”

    Psychonauts is about trauma. Fallout is anti-war. FFVII is environmentalist. Samus as a woman was an intentionally subversive choice. Video games have had socual commentary for as long as it’s been able to be expressed.








  • Soggy@lemmy.worldtomemes@lemmy.worldPlanting mint
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    7 days ago

    It takes a real focused effort. Tear out as much rhizome as you can and cover the entire effected area in a smothering layer. I prefer cardboard or newspaper because inorganic root barriers were sent by Satan to destroy us, but it had to be a substantial layer. Hold it down with mulch and/or decent topsoil and watch it like a hawk. Sow native wildflowers the first year, something that will hold the layer together without requiring much maintenance because odds are high you’re gonna be back in there tearing it up and finding more ivy rhizome and there’s no sense destroying something you love. But you need something there because you’re also being assaulted from the air.

    Birds spread ivy in their shit. They eat the berries, fly everywhere, and deposit noxious invasives wherever they go. You need aggressive natives to maintain the front line and keep those turd seeds from finding purchase. So you gotta be out there fortnightly to check for little English sprouts as well as hoping the subterranean menace is subdued.

    When you have a year with no ivy bring in even more good soil and bury it good, then do whatever you want but never grow complacent.

    This strategy applies to most horrible weeds but some cannot be reliably smothered and must be physically removed in their entirety so rent a Bobcat or something and try not to cry.









  • Soggy@lemmy.worldtomemes@lemmy.worldHow screwed are you?
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    15 days ago

    If you take them at face value and not as a gamified abstraction, sure. “Pallet Town” having three buildings is unlivable but it isn’t shown that way in non-game media.

    The organized crime is rough but that usually gets sorted out by a child at some point so just keep your head down.