Day 14 of living with my friends: We put orbeez in grape juice
From left to right: orbeez grown in grape juice only, orbeez moved from grape juice to water once we noticed they weren’t going to get any bigger, and orbeez grown in water (control group)
Results: obviously the grape juice ones absorbed the color and didn’t grow to full size, but the half-and-half ones grew bigger than I’ve ever seen orbeez grow. They’re also a little duller in color than normal orbeez
Additional results: they smell like musty grape juice and taste super sour and gross, according to @deathbygummybears. She also says the regular orbeez just “kinda taste like I just put plastic in my mouth, cause I did.”
New challenger approaches
The milk orbeez (morbeez) are the brightest orbeez we’ve seen yet. They’re bigger than grape juice orbeez but still smaller than normal ones. They’re also very soft for their size.
According to Lena (braver than ANY us marine) they taste pretty much the same as normal orbeez.
Final conclusion: 2% milk has a higher water content than 100% grape juice.
God: Okay, here’s the Earth, have fun in the trees.
Some monkey like six million years ago: Hey guys check out this bipedalism mod.
God: Oh, I guess you guys can keep looking for berries and stuff on the ground now.
Some pre-human smashing two rocks together: Listen up everybody, I have the cheat codes for a new item to access more food for your inventory.
God: Oh, you guys sure are doing a lot. Too bad there’s not a way to organize yourselves.
Some hominin guy: Install hyoid_morphology.exe and you can access chat from within the game.
God: But don’t you have to watch out for those bigger animals I put down there?
Some early human, looking at a mammoth: bro, you can win the boss battle if you just combine your wood-type weapon with your stone-type weapon and avoid a critical hit.
God: Okay you guys, you’re breeding pretty fast, and the Earth can only provide for about 10m of you, so save space!
Some Neolithic Dude: Lmao Earth HACKED – guys just empty your inventory of a bunch of plants right by your spawn point and then you have to use way less energy to collect the items.
Having concrete anticipations also gives you a solid reference point against which you can check your mental health status.
The way I knew I had slipped from morbid ideation to suicide risk was when I realized that the release date of kingdom hearts 3 wasn’t enough to make me leave a bottle of hydrocodone alone. The moment of recognition that something I had been dreaming of for 14 years wasn’t enough motivation to make it through the night was how I knew I needed an intervention.
Video games just happen to have concerts dates and strong reactions from people. They’re an excellent and accessible tool.