Unless you have money to throw away why not continue to pirate stuff whilst you figure out what you do and don’t like.

I, like you, didn’t get into books until much later on. I found something I liked (for me it started with Lovecraft) and then just explored all of his books before then looking for stuff that was within that similar vein.

I also used other types of media to inform what kinds of things I might like (predominantly video games) which lead me off on to other tangents.

I think this gave me a good basis of what I enjoyed from the stories and writing themselves and then from there I went on to trying other things, usually randomly based purely on a title or blurb and just giving things a go. If I didn’t enjoy something after a few hours then I’d just drop it and move on. When I found something I like I’d usually just binge that author.

You can always go to a library and borrow some stuff to get an idea of the form factor you like in terms of your last question. I’m an audio book only kind of person so have no input really in terms of that.

I’ve owned 5’s and 6’s and used 8’s and 10’s, as you say there are probably objectively “better” monitors but for some powered speakers that are of a high quality both sound and build wise I have no qualms recommending them.

Filled out for you even though I don’t think I am at all your target audience as virtual running races sound like my idea of hell but at least it gives you another point of view :D

I don’t know if I would consider myself an “audiophile” but I do DJ for myself and like to have a decent set of speakers.

I have owned a few pairs of KRK Rokit speakers and currently have a set of Rokit 6’s. I like them for their overall pretty neutral sound, ideally I would have a sub along with it but space is an issue for me right now so I can make do. They have a sufficient amount of bass for my small flat by themselves to be honest.

I run them through my DJ controller (Traktor S4 mk3 if you care) and have run past pairs I’ve owned through other DJ controllers and basic focusrite USB audio interfaces.

I wouldn’t say these are super high end but I find they offer a very good listening experience for not a great deal of money (I always buy second hand where I can), this set set me back around £160 if I remember correctly.

awkwardly looks at IGN’s previous Souls game “guides” on yt Oh yeah, games journalists are great at games…

Practised some mixing with some Drum and Bass.

Kick boxing training and lots of gym.

Riding my bike a lot. (Push bike)

And a little bit of New Vegas.

That’s cool, I won’t post any more :)

A quick search says .ml is the Mali country domain. It may not have been the government specifically so don’t quote me on that but I know they had a purge of people using the .ml domain names around that time.

Thanks for the recommendation :D

Thanks for the recommendation, I’ll check it out!

Fair enough, research time for me! Thanks for the reply

Any recommendations of a good alternative on android? I’m thinking I’ll move to librewolf on desktop but they don’t appear to have an android version.

FMHY.ml domain name got shut down by the government controlling the .ml domain names if I remember correctly. I think around august of last year, it didn’t last very long.

“The way the trees look dead, reminds me that there’s more to life than living”

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No worries, always good to share good music :D

Nah not shavings, it was a chocolate sponge cake with a chocolate sauce over the top

Not “fast food” but a junk food, cadburys used to do a chocolate sponge cake in a tin that was the best. Im not even a massive fan of chocolate but these things were great!

EBay all the way for me.

Generally what “in my opinion” means.

I found it awkward as shit to play on the Steam Deck so I ended up connecting an Xbox controller to actually make it a decent experience. The deck is already absurdly large and then having to carry around a controller and cable as well if I want to play is just not worth it IMO.