I briefly visited Belgium for 2 weeks back in 2014. I went with a big group of people who all wanted to use Belgium as the ‘homebase’ while they traveled to other countries for day trips and such.

My partner and I didn’t know shit about Belgium and decided we were going to spend our entire time exploring and learning. We asked our host family for some suggestions for things to do and they recommended Dinant after I said I wanted to see some castles. They also warned us that people in the south mostly spoke French and didn’t really like English speakers that much.

We planned to go to Brussels, Antwerp, Ghent, and Dinant with Dinant being the first stop on our tour. It was like a 5 hour train ride through some of the most beautiful countryside I’ve ever seen. I remember feeling like I was in a literal painting as I was passing by fields of golden wheat and cottages with legit waterwheels. It was surreal.

Dinant did not disappoint. The people were super nice and welcoming. The food was godlike. The castle and museum were top notch. We liked it so much we stayed for an extra 2 days. Which kinda fucked up our schedule but it was well worth it.

I miss Belgium every day. I miss Ghent and Dinant the most. Best trip I’ve ever had. 10/10 highly recommend.

I been competing in fighting game tournaments for over a decade. Its a blast, even if you suck. The fighting game community is one of the most welcoming competitive environments I’ve ever been apart of. 10/10, highly recommend.

Mass Effect Andromeda. I feel like I’m the only person on the internet who liked the ending of ME3 but holy shit Andromeda was fucking awful.

Literal best phone I’ve ever had. Never had any problems getting apps to work. That said, idk whats going to happen now with the changes to the aosp

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idk if this counts as cooking but arugla, sea salt, and half a lemon topped with real balsamic vinegar and hazelnuts if I got em and maybe a slice of parm. The key is real balsamic which can be hard to find in the states - it should have only 1 ingredient; grape must. Shit is delicious. I could eat it every day.

Dystopian sci-fi set in the near future. Every major political decision is made with the assistance of AI because most people believe that its the best way to make difficult decisions. Each country has developed its own AI.

The AI gives 3 possible solutions to whatever question its asked/problem its trying to solve but the final decision is left up to that country’s leader.

The AI is not sentient. Its not evil in the traditional sense. It has no goals. No agenda. It doesn’t hate humans or anything like that. It just gives three possible solutions to difficult questions.

However, one of the three solutions always involves some kind of death or morally questionable implementation. Maybe a genocide will solve immigration. Or maybe mass suicide is the ethical choice when faced with climate disaster.

Whatever the scenario, it just so happens that the AI phrases its most horrific solution in a way that convinces the worlds leaders to pick it, 9 times out of ten.

It’ll be subtle. The average reader won’t be aware that the world is run by killer robots but that’s essentially what happens because that’s what AI does. It doesn’t give you an answer to your question, it gives you what it thinks an answer should sound like. Its just really good at convincing us that its answer is correct.

I think there’s a lot of interesting things to explore in this universe but who the fuck got the time for all that?? Not me.