Tomorrow is another gift-giving-holiday.
That means you might be thinking about offering a video game, a console or some sort of connected device.
Please consider turning the device on beforehand and getting it updated so whoever receives the gift can enjoy it promptly.
I’m only saying this because even the Nintendo Switch with Mario Kart 8 Deluxe required 2 hours in order for system and game updates to install.
I just did this. Brought my kid a gaming laptop, the night before I gave it to him fully set it up, removed the Windows bloatware, installed his favorite games, got him a Steam account, Epic account, etc. Gave it to him today, I just couldn’t wait! He loved it! We were playing on it together within 20 minutes. (The only game we played together had me create him an EA account which is the only one I didn’t try launching.)
Christmas MVP 🥇
Incidentally — does anyone know of a gender-neutral honorific like “Lady” or “Sir”? 🤔
Probably in the works, but there are some adaptable options here:
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/English_honorifics
Like Excellency or Honourable… But as a professor I receive so many emails starting with odd honorifics (e.g. Dear Sire, My Sire, Sir bbbhltz, My Lord, etc.) due to translation software errors that I can’t be bothered to even care about it anymore haha
Well, my dear Professor Bbbhltz, thank you for sharing the stellar advice 😊 I was all “Yes, people should do that!” before realizing I’ve bought a game for my kids 😅
I goofed and Google’d bbbhltz (is there a German reference hidden in there?) before noticing it was your username, found your Bookwyrm account.
Seems like we have some overlapping reading preferences — can you recommend anything in the sci-fi department that you enjoyed recently? I have a week to read 10 books and reach my 2023 reading goal of 52, and I’m strapped for ideas 🙄
I was a bad reader this year… But some quick sci-fi reads are the Murderbot books (Martha Wells) and the Forward Collection (7 books by 7 authors). An older one is True Names by Vernor Vinge.
I prefer motherfucker. It’s not failed me yet.
Example: “You’re a fantastic motherfucker, motherfucker”
Depends on the kid ofc but I’d prefer this not to be done. The spirits are already up when you receive a gift and the setup builds further anticipation, it doesnt need to work immediately to be enjoyed. “Thinking about doing something is more fun than doing it” and whatnot.
