That’s wonderful! Whereabouts are you traveling, if you don’t mind me asking? I was mostly in the north around Trujillo, but I spent a couple weeks in Lima once, and a month in and around Cusco when I made the trek to Aguas Calientes, then Machu Picchu.

I’ve been itching to get back to Perú ever since!

I lived in Perú for a while on a study abroad/student exchange program and can confirm – you can’t swing a cat in Perú without hitting some archeological wonder, and it’s not just Lima. I spent some time in the northern deserts, up near Chiclayo and Lambayeque, and visited so many fantastic Moche sites that they almost started to get boring by the end.

What stuck with me the most, however, as walking through the sand dunes and literally tripping over ancient pottery that was just sitting in the sand, partially exposed. Ceramics were everywhere, and it was otherwise untouched but also unprotected. Absolutely blew my mind as an American to whom anything older than 200 years feels ancient and rare.

Wonderful country, Perú. I highly recommend a visit to anyone who has the opportunity to go. There’s so much more than Machu Picchu (although that site is a stunning must-see, ofc).

They’re right that I grabbed a screen of the map from Halo 2 though, tbf! I was in a haze of nostalgia and got wreckless. 😂

Jesus, I forgot how simple it looked in CE! 2001 wasn’t THAT long ago, right?

…right? 😅

Aww, my bad. I haven’t played CE in ages, and just recognized the layout of the map.

Dude I was just thinking that if there was an OldNeopets (a la Runescape and 2007Scape) I would be all over that shit, possibly to my own detriment.

Making my shop and pet pages taught me HTML, no cap. Then I grew up to become a web developer.

Oh man, the feeling of grinding those games for weeks to save up for my first paintbrush and then FINALLY BUYING THE PAINTBRUSH… just… euphoric.

Oh man, I bet that was the shit. I couldn’t ever get ANYTHING from that goddamn money tree!

I was all about Tiki Tombola.

Yes!

“KAAAAAAAARL, WHAT DID YOU DO?”

I’m posting here enough now (lol, twice, but I intend to keep em coming as a certified child of the aughts) that I should probably volunteer to mod, if you need another. 😁

Honest question from someone ignorant on this topic – what do you recommend for a search engine other than Google?

See if I ever teach him anything else.

Right?! I brought this mess on myself and I’ll be damned if I make that mistake agai-- I should teach the cat to use his paws to open doors, that would be so cute!

I will relay this comment to him: he’s a total ham and very much enjoys people fawning over him.

Oh he knows he’s adorable, too. That’s his whole game. Don’t have to have two braincells to rub together if you’re super cute. 😅

Always, every time. He’s the prince of this household, and the worst part is he knows it. 😅

Sometimes I wish my Orange would do this. He doesn’t accept a lack of attention; just fundamentally refuses it. No, no. He creates the attention he desires by yelling at me and waving his silly little ginger paw in my face (I once taught him how to high five and now that’s his protocol for getting what he wants). And I’m a fucking simp for this ridiculous orange so it works and I carry him around like a baby, just like he wants.

Their tadpoles are low key kinda adorable, ngl.

What do you think so far? I’ve been loving Strange New Worlds!

I’m imagining Fry refusing a vaccine for egg salad sandwich parasite infections et violà, Parasites Regained.