You could take up hiking, or video games, or rock climbing. None of them require an incredible amount of fitness and can be pretty fun. Video games are diverse enough a hobby at this point that you can really have any taste and find something you’ll like. You could try writing, putting thoughts into words is always fun. Maybe some other form of…[Read more]

I’m coming in late, but there’s a program called CBR that can process downloaded comic books. As for recommendations, I’ll advocate for Transmetropolitan, Sandman, Freakangels, Y the Last Man, and Dr. McNinja. The last of which can be found online at drmcninja.com

So you want something upbeat, huh? Usually not my range of reading material. Brandon Sanderson writes some pretty good stuff that tends towards happy endings, Mistborn aside. He’s pretty excellent, you might want to give him a shot. You could also try reading the Kingkiller Chronicle. Just upbeat, fun, adventure story type things that are still…[Read more]

To clarify further, WD is realpolitk superheroes where people will sometimes get superpowers in addition to PTSD from a traumatic event. GURPS is designed for any setting.

To clarify, Weaver Dice, Generic Universal Roleplaying System, and Call of Cthulhu.

I know I’m not always the most active member of the community, but I have some time right now and I’d be happy to listen to you vent.

@silent-radiance We could stick to older stuff that can be found on project Gutenberg for free. Pretty sure anything older than 50 years that’s of note can be found on there. I’d be in for reading some gothic horror. Jekyll and Hyde is actually an interesting story about coping with homosexuality in Victorian England. As for shows, most anime…[Read more]

I wish we could still create groups, it would help to get this started.

Change your track of study? I just moved away from premed into some combination of compsci, math, management, and polisci. Then again, if you’re not in the US, that’s not so simple.