As a beardy glasses guy, why WOULD I put my face on a profile picture? I already fade into the background IRL at least here I can be interesting

I'd agree to that. I've been a pixel user for a few years now, the only reason I chose them over Samsung is that I don't like Samsung's software preload.

The S8 is very similar to the S10 in construction! Very repairable with proper know how. I recommend looking up ifixit videos for specific repairs, they are easy to digest and in depth instructions.

Battery repairs are easy but you will still need to heat up the back of the phone to separate the glue holding on the back. If there's visible bloating to the battery inside the phone, I'd either be extremely careful at this stage or opt for a new phone entirely. Battery fires aren't common, but they aren't straightforward to extinguish either.

For screen repairs it depends on part availability. Often Samsung OEM screen will come with a new frame preattached to a screen and it's a simple matter to remove the battery, motherboard, subboard with charge port, and cables from the original frame and I stall them all into the new frame with the new screen. No gluing of the screen necessary!

I haven't seen one in person or online in over a decade

I'd love to be proven wrong though!

As someone who's first TTRPG was 4e: people just like to complain. 5e is a perfectly fun game, as is 3rd, 3.5, PF, or PF2e

The real issue I noticed is that people tend to expect D&D to be the "best " system for THEIR game. And D&D (and by extension Pathfinder) have never been the "best" system at anything besides BEING D&D and Pathfinder.

I look at it as the traditional system. D&D has a ton of old, basically unusable rules that simply exist because... We expect them to exist. We remember these rules existing in old editions so they basically HAVE to exist in the new edition. And this expectation has led to a system that is just really good at emulating itself and not much else.

People who expect D&D to be the best for their horror game, or their survival game, or their political game often complain because that's not what it's for. People who expect D&D to be the best for their old 1st edition game complain because it's that's not what it's for.

It's just meant to LOOK like the old edition.

You'll definitely enjoy playing 5e! A good group of friends and a solid starting adventure will get everyone rolled back into the swing of things quickly.

I like to replay Pokemon Emerald version sometimes! It's fun to make up new challenges in one of the first games I played of the franchise. Those sprites and music are like a mental health cleanser for me