Avery Black (u/avery366)

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Question about monitor height after a neck ache

I had my 27 inch monitor on a stack of books for a year. My neck always hurt after 3 hours of work. Last week, a friend saw my setup and said, 'Your screen is way too low, you're looking down all day.' I measured it, and the top of the screen was 4 inches below my eye level. I bought a basic arm mount for $40 and set it so the top third of the screen is at eye height. The neck pain is already gone. What's a good rule for checking your own monitor position?

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avery366•3d ago

Vent: Board game nights used to be about friends, now it's all about the hype

I was digging through my old photos and found pics from our game nights around 2010. We'd just grab some snacks, pull out Catan or Ticket to Ride, and spend hours laughing and talking. Nobody cared about having the newest game or knowing every rule by heart. These days, when my group meets, it feels like a showroom. Someone always has a huge box of a game that just came out, with a fifty page rulebook. We spend half the night reading instructions instead of playing. The chat is full of news about kickstarters and rare editions. I miss when the fun came from being together, not from having the latest thing. It's like we turned into collectors more than players.

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