Growing up, we’d douse cotton balls in peppermint oil and drop them in corners or under furniture to help keep the mice - and some insects - away. It won’t kill them, but they find it very irritating and will avoid the area if they can.

This is not a great idea if you have pets, mostly because they’ll either try to eat the cotton balls or get annoyed by the smell. But as a bonus for you, your house will smell minty fresh!

Agreed. If it really is for a stupid reason like OP said, then this feels like a simple “I was an idiot, got caught, and ended up having a rude (but necessary) awakening. Thankfully that’s all it was, and now I know not to do it again. It’s time for some changes.”

I’m in a similar boat. I don’t know if you’ve heard the news, but it looks like some of the old D2 devs are now working on Darkhaven. It’s not out yet, but there’s hope!

For a chill puzzle game, I’ve been enjoying the water sort puzzle from Martin Kunze. I like that version specifically because there’s no ads, no monetization, no data collection, no login, no nothing. You just sort colored water until it stops being fun.

Valheim and Raft are both fun with two people. Raft’s a bit janky but more relaxed. Valheim can be relaxing or as hard as you want to make it (there are world settings you can change and plenty of mods), and although it’s technically still in early access there’s a ton of content.

That’s the menu you get by clicking the profile icon in the lower right. I’m talking about the one in the upper right:

You appear to be in the “Lemmy Web Preferences” section, not “Look and Feel.” Maybe we’re accessing settings from different places somehow: I go to my profile picture in the upper right corner, it pops open a half-menu, and I use the option at the bottom to access my settings.

I’m on Summit as well and have the option to block keywords.

Settings > Look and Feel > Post Feed > Filters > Keyword Filters

Then you can do the same thing under “Post and Comments” (instead of “Post Feed”) if you want even more blocking.

Yeah… I replaced it with apple juice. (Sorry, but not really.) I’m told it’s good with the bourbon, but I didn’t have any and was assured by a relative that you can’t taste the difference if you swap the bourbon for apple juice.

If you try them both, let me know how it goes! I might give it a go one day just for fun, but I’m pleased with it as-is for now.