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  • My understanding is that it’s related to the decline of three and four engine planes. Originally airlines preferred them over two engined planes because they were safer, had greater range, and could carry more passengers. On the other hand, they were more expensive to operate due to requiring more maintenance and fuel. Additionally, these planes were larger and couldn’t get into places that smaller twinjets could. Eventually technology improved to the point that the (literal) costs of more engines began to outweigh the benefits to airlines. These days most passenger airlines only operate twinjets and the remaining tri- and quadjets are relegated to cargo.


  • Mom’s side of the family is Catholic and my dad’s side is super reserved, so I got nothing. Anything I know comes from school health classes (which were actually really informative) and the internet.

    My mom also believes that this sort of thing shouldn’t be taught in schools (at all) because it should be up to the parents to decide what their kids should know about the subject. She also says that her parents never taught her anything.



  • I think it’s really impressive what the community has done with Super Smash Bros. Brawl. Project+ is basically the current “flagship” modpack. It builds on Legacy TE (which is built off Project M), so there’s loads of new content and more Melee-like gameplay.

    Another Brawl mod I like is Brawl -. Its main thing is that it balances the game by making everyone’s movesets overpowered.

    Changing genre completely, I really like the Gay Awakening and Gay Fates mods for Fire Emblem: Awakening and Fire Emblem: Fates. The main thing the mods do is add new romantic and platonic supports to the game. The focus is, as the name implies, on adding gay and lesbian content, but it also adds straight content to a lesser degree (like for the characters that can only support with Robin or Corrin).


  • I am sorely lacking in Atari. I would’ve had one if my grandparents hadn’t thrown out my dad’s 2600 when they were cleaning out their attic.

    I’m only a little older than Saturn and PlayStation (based on their Japanese release dates). I get what you mean though. It’s definitely weird when you realize that there are adults that have never experienced the things that were integral aspects of your own childhood. I have cousins who’ve never used a VCR, meanwhile I still have the one our grandfather bought me in the late 90s.



  • I have a large collection of game consoles, with several being older than myself. Just to list the ones that are at least 20 years old:

    • NES
    • PC Engine (Core Grafx II)
    • Game Boy
    • Genesis (Model 2) + Sega CD (Model 2)
    • SNES
    • Game Gear
    • Saturn (Model 2)
    • PlayStation
    • Nintendo 64
    • Game Boy Pocket
    • Game Boy Color
    • Dreamcast
    • WonderSwan Color
    • PlayStation 2
    • Game Boy Advance
    • GameCube
    • Xbox

    I also have some old A/V stuff, like a small collection of CD Walkmans and most of the pieces in my stereo system (the turntable is new, but everything else is pretty old). I buy a lot of old electronics from thrift stores because I really just love playing with them.













  • I have a Thinkpad T480 and I’m very happy with it. I paid about $250 (~£190) for mine. It came with 16 GB RAM, but is upgradable to 32 GB. The one I bought came with a 128 GB SSD, but I swapped it out for a 1 TB drive which added another $100 (~£76) to my initial investment. This model originally came with Windows 10 and most on the market will come with it, but can be updated to 11 if desired.

    I personally have not used Win11 since they made some changes I don’t like, so I can’t really give you advice on that aspect.