Writing Prompts ComicalMayhem • 4 weeks ago • 100%

I'm running out of ideas

Asklemmy ComicalMayhem • 1 month ago • 94%

Say hypothetically I've already shot my shot and was shot down, how would I go about getting over this (without rebounding to other people or whatever)? Edit: Thanks everyone, for all the comments, support, and advice! Majority rules a tie between time and distractions lol. Seriously though thanks y'all

Keep Writing ComicalMayhem • 2 months ago • 94%

I don't know if it's an effect of growing up or an effect of growing up during these trying ass times but sometimes it feels like that spark of creativity is gone (or at least incredibly diminished). Went back and read one of my older stories from a few years back and I gotta say, it's striking how entertaining and creative I found it, and when I think to anything I written recently, it's depressing how dull/uninspired it is.

Jerboa ComicalMayhem • 2 months ago • 92%

I always thought I was seeing too many copies of the same post. Usually chalked it up to cross posting or reposts, but today I just saw the exact same post twice almost back to back, from the same user to the same community on the same instance. Is this a bug? What's going on?

Linux Mint ComicalMayhem • 3 months ago • 100%

Yeah super specific and weirdly worded question, I know. I use the download folder a lot, so much so that I would prefer the file manager to show that folder directly instead of showing me the user folder, and then navigating to the downloads folder? Side question, is it safe to delete folders like the documents folder and the music folder without causing issues in the future?

Writing Prompts ComicalMayhem • 3 months ago • 100%

Clowder is a group of cats apparently

Linux Mint ComicalMayhem • 3 months ago • 95%

Running Linux Mint 21.3 EDGE Cinnamon iso. Linux kernel 6.5.0-41. Not sure what happened here or what the cause was, occasionally happens when using Firefox. It'll bug out like this for a few seconds, then when I move my curser over it everything goes back to normal. I've also experienced an issue where, when opening a tab or doing something in Firefox (usually Google docs), the entire system will randomly do a partial reboot? best way I can explain it is it'll go black, flash (what I assume is) the BIOS terminal screen, then load in my lock screen; all my open softwares will have closed out and I'd have to open it again. Idk if the system is rebooting fully when this happens or not but it sure as hell feels like it. Are these related? are they Firefox issues or is something fucky with my drivers? I've verified everything is up to date like 6 times just in case. Update: Have not personally resolved either issue. unsure if they are unrelated. I can't seem to replicate the issue, unsure if they will be resolved by a random update or not, though the issues do seem to be fairly recent and known about; see comments for what I found on the Internet.

Overlord ComicalMayhem • 4 months ago • 100%

::: spoiler Title when Enri summons the goblin army. ::: all that buildup and all that payoff is just so incredible. the army coming from nowhere to blindside both the reader and Prince Barbro's army in the nick of time, just for them to thoroughly wipe the floor with them, the way literally everyone is shocked by this genuinely random development (that still makes total sense in the context of the story) just grabs me like nothing else. it's not something this story does often either, so it's especially special (ie it's not overdone in the story so it isn't stale). seeing the underdog suddenly get a huge set of reinforcements is crazy n I love it so much. and since it's a side character, it's an excellently well placed foil to Ainz already having that power and defeating the rest of the kingdom's armies. it's just... *chef's kiss*

Helldivers 2 ComicalMayhem • 4 months ago • 100%

Ah yes, have a bug beach spawn literally on top of the drill Ah yes, have a bile titan spawn 5 feet away from the drill and instantly spit vomit all over it, with 0 time to kill it before it does. Ah yes, have all bugs instantly set the drill to high priority and ignore literally everything else Seriously how the fuck are you supposed to do this mission??

Linux Mint ComicalMayhem • 4 months ago • 100%

Edit: Possibly resolved. Noticed there were a bunch of updates that mint wanted to install, but which required a reboot. Live sessions reset everything on reboot, so I obliterated windows and did a full install, then updated. Mic issues seem to be resolved now, dunno what update it was that fixed it. I only say possibly resolved because I haven't finished fully testing it due to time/location constraints but the tests I did do seem to work fine. First a quick thanks to everyone who helped me out before; ended up using Cinnamon Edge and the wifi and bluetooth both work. However, I am having issues with audio inputs. For whatever reason, it seems to detect audio outputs as the audio input (at least from Firefox). e.g. when I have music playing from a youtube tab and try using my mic, it detects the music from the yt tab as the input, and doesn't detect any input from my mic itself. This occurs regardless of whether I have bluetooth headphones connected or not. How can I fix this? Edit: Still having issues with it. Installed pavucontrol (after a lot of trouble), the only input is from monitors but I don't see anything I can do with it. ::: spoiler Issues I was having with installing pavucontrol and the fix I found: From the command line, it returns `Waiting for cache lock: Could not get lock /var/lib/dpkg/lock-frontend. It is held by process 4932 (synaptic)` until it cancels itself. From the software manager, I get `E: Could not get lock /var/lib/dpkg/lock-frontend. It is held by process 4932 (synaptic) W: Be aware that removing the lock file is not a solution and may break your system. E: Unable to acquire the dpkg frontend lock (/var/lib/dpkg/lock-frontend), is another process using it?`. Ended up using `sudo lsof /var/lib/dpkg/lock-frontend` to find the process using that lock and killing it (it ended up being process 4932 lol). ::: 2nd Edit: Messed with the configurations in pavucontrol. Shows two, uh, things I guess: HD-Audio Generic and Family 17h (Models 10h-1fh) HD Audio Controller. HD-Audio Generic has three profiles: the first is Digital Stereo (HDMI) Output (unplugged) (unavailable). The other two are the same thing, except one has Digital Stereo 7.1 and the other has 5.1. None of these seem to do anything. Family 17h (Models 10h-1f) HD Audio Controller has 3 as well: Analog Stereo Output, Analog Stereo Duplex, and Analog Stereo Input (unplugged) (unavailable). I don't think I can figure this out. I have the same issue even when connecting my bluetooth headset, where the input mic registers the output audio as the input for some reason. The "monitor" of Family 17h (I don't really know what it means by monitor) picks up the output as input, and the same goes for when my headset is connected.

Linux Mint ComicalMayhem • 4 months ago • 100%

Linux noob using mint for the first time, decided to boot from a flash drive before fully installing on my PC, just to try it out first. I'm having issues getting Wi-Fi to work during the live session though; clicking the Wi-Fi icon only brings up Network Settings and Network connections. Network connections lets me try to set it up manually, but I can't figure out how to get it to connect after putting in all the info I can find for my Wi-Fi. Is this normal? Did I mess up the installation somehow, or is a drivers problem? Hardware: HP laptop, AMD Ryzen 5 7520U w/ Radeon Graphics (Model # 15-fc0025dx). OS: Linux kernel 5.15.0-91 generic, Linux Mint version 21.3, Cinnamon version 6.0.4. Booted off a flash drive (live session). edit: I also get the following screen when I try to shut my laptop down from the Mint boot: