There's an Aztec city building game called Tlatoani. It's in early access, but has enough meat on the bone that it's one of my goto games.

Out of curiosity I checked Steam DB for active player numbers. I have discovered at any given point I am 10% to 25% of the given player base BY MYSELF. I am 1 of 4 people playing this game right now in the world. With the prevalence of the internet I always assume whatever weird bullshit you're into there's at least a thousand people talking about it; making memes outsiders could never comprehend. It's actually novel to fly under the radar for once.

What do you do that doesn't have a community associated with it?

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[–] 54 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (15 children)

Thermodynamics, specifically refrigeration cycles.

Its probably my autism showing but the fact that we can just move funny fluid around and make heat move is absolutely fascinating. I can spend a lot of time making theoretical refrigeration cycles with different fluids, thermoelectrics, heat capacities, repurposing car junkyard AC systems, etc.

Millions of people do it for work, sure. I doubt any of them are "into it".

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  • [–] 29 points 1 year ago (5 children)

    I bet you also enjoy Technology Connections.

    :)

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  • [–] 6 points 1 year ago (3 children)

    Gee, what gave it away?

    I popped an edible and watched his entire catalytic converter video last night. Shit's great.

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  • [–] 14 points 1 year ago (2 children)

    What’s your favorite refrigerant

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  • [–] 7 points 1 year ago* (1 child)

    I touch r134a the most in my day to day life, cuz i fix a lot of people's car AC... But I have a soft spot for propane (R290) or propane/butane blends. Yes it's flammable to a degree but it's naturally provided, cheap as hell, zero ozone depletion and very low GWP. It has usable pressure/temperature curves that are easy for compressors to handle and can produce temperatures as low as -30C.

    I've refilled old farm trucks with propane from a BBQ can and gotten good AC out of them. It's kind of cool.

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  • [–] 6 points 1 year ago (3 children)

    If you haven't before, you should play Stationeers. It sounds like you'd love it.

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  • [–] 6 points 1 year ago (2 children)

    Oh god I already play both Space Engineers and Factorio, don't give me another 500 hour logistics game time sink...

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