audiow0lf’s meme field

If my 10 year old self saw that I could play old school runescape like this, he’d probably have an aneurism. I love revisiting this world. It’s a time locked piece of my childhood, teenage years, 20s, and then some.

I remember spending hours collecting wood. Freaking out when I figured out how to bake a cake, I spent an entire weekend collecting the ingredients.

I’m nostalgic to the early years, the game barely ran on the family Compaq computer, that clunky big beige CRT and ball mouse. We only had dial up, and my parents didn’t like the phone line being tied up all the time (you younger folk, dial up wouldn’t allow you to use the land line phone and use the internet at the same time, and we didn’t have cell phones haha). So I would get up at 4am on Saturday to log into the dial up internet and start loading runescape. It would take 2 and a half hours to load, I’d go back to bed and wake up at 7am and play for a few hours before my parents started waking up.

The worst part was if you walked to a new zone or city, the game would have to load for another 2 hours! 🤣

Wow Antonio, that’s… absolutely unique.

Got tired of the snow and cold in the PNW so I dipped to Scottsdale AZ and rented a 2012 Lamborghini Gallardo. #lifesgood

So quick review. This was the “automatic” e-gear model. The car aesthetics are awesome. Great look, huge head turner. I was surprised by how quiet the car was actually. The V10 makes a sweet sweet sound that I can only describe as CLEAN. But it’s surprisingly on the quieter side. I just want more of that sound.

Handling : 7/10 with 10 being a literal physical dime turn. I think the main issue here is I just wasn’t a fan with how long and wide the car is. It’s not a problem, just a matter of preference. Car turns well, handling is excellent. Braking is a little difficult with the e-gear. It just doesn’t have a natural feel to it.

Comfort 4/10 it’s clearly and obviously compromising comfort for the cool factor. The bucket seats are surprisingly comfortable but a few things stood out to me as glaring issues. Your left leg in the drivers seat can’t rest straight forward, it has to make this awkward 90 degree angles resting position and after some drive time you’ll notice it starts to wear on your knee. The second issue is the doors have absolutely no arm rest capability, with the quirky e-gear that requires both hands basically on the wheel 24/7, my arms were TIRED after driving the car around for the day. I know this sounds like nit picking but boy you’d be surprised what makes or breaks you wanting to drive a beautiful call all day vs not. And I feel these are issues that don’t exist for any reason for the compromise of the functionality of the car which makes it upsetting.

More on comfort: Man, buttons, buttons everywhere. In no discernible pattern or arrangement either..it just frankly feels like it had no thought put into it outside of aesthetic niceness. It’s very aesthetically appealing but it ends there.

Performance 7/10: hella fast, not the fastest, but the pulls have a great feeling to them. I think my GT4 pulls harder and is louder. A titanium exhaust would fix the sound issue. The e-gear is a problem for me. It’s close enough to having to be driven like a manual, that I’d rather just have the manual and have full control. It’s definitely a unique and fun experience. I’m very happy I picked this model to experience this quirky transmission, but I wouldn’t own it.

For real though, went undiagnosed for 30 years and the anxiety and issues only got worse with the pressure of needing to succeed growing stronger. Go see a therapist or a psychiatrist and get diagnosed!

You could be like me too and learn something completely new about yourself. I knew I had undiagnosed anxiety and adhd, but I learned I actually have severe OCD, moderate ADHD, moderate anxiety, and severe depression. I’m not asking for sympathy or a pity party. Knowledge is power guys, I was finally able to get on medication catered to my needs. For example I couldn’t take a stimulant because with the OCD it would make me manic. I ended up on Wellbutrin instead.

Fun fact, people think OCD is keeping things clean and organized! But that’s only a sub byproduct. The real issue is the never ending incessant thoughts that won’t leave you alone. The downward spiral. The thing is, OCD can be a great thing too, if you retrain yourself to spiral upwards. I’m still working on it and am by no means perfect, but every day I’m trying to improve

Bottom line is, work towards bettering yourself. And not the way society demands you to be. Humans are made to live slower than the pace the world wants us to go at nonstop.

Every day is a winding road.