I kind of like all the stupid hair cuts tbh

The specific intersection of youth and privilege is pretty annoying, but that's not an entire generational thing. As a USian, most people in general seem to be self-centered and not considerate, age has nothing to do with it.

Yeah I'm sure those Dutch football fans in black face don't have any racist feelings/thoughts about the world whatsoever...

Damn that goes hard. James 5 for those wondering, had to look it up.

It is ambiguous because fish are not humans. You are anthropomorphizing the experience of the fish.

That being said, I do not fish and it appears very cruel.

This is so similar to my situation. I'm deeply anxious and have avoided life for...a long time. Gonna need to find an income soon, so really I'm looking for advice in this thread as well, lol. It's difficult to find motivation to get a job when you're already not finding much satisfaction in life. I suppose the hope is that any change or shake-up at this point can lead to at least something different and possibly even better. But I really do sympathize with the anxious fears you listed, just reading them caused me some symptoms

Just want to let you know that I sympathize and wish you luck!

Also, how did you manage to be life avoidant and not like videogames? Impressive

Honestly have a hard time correctly identifying the shame that I shouldn't feel and the shame that I should feel regarding this stuff.

Good points. Mass Effect felt dated pretty quickly imo, it's a great reflection of it's time/society in that way, though. Very chauvinistic and individualistic.

I've always felt that stories with more limited scope are far better than grand scale stories, and I think the difficulty of writing materialism in an engaging way is likely related. The grand scale stories feel hollow when the story format demands to be told through a handful of characters (low key why I felt the ending of the Dune Part 2 movie was sorta hollow)

I've never engaged in fan discussions, but I enjoy how you've utilized them to back the assertion that Dragon Age is overall better based on the greater depth and nuance of its debates.

Helplessness Blues while being the crack smoking president's son is too good

I'm glad to have seen, albeit very young at the time, the world pre Internet/smart phone.

I saw Her for the first time this year and it looks nice and sounds nice but dang it's pretty cringe with the self insert sad sack white boy stuff. A big part of AI ScarJo's self actualization is by hanging out with AI Alan Watts. And they do Rooney Mara dirty with her cliche emotional ex-gf routine. I legit thought the movie was gonna turn itself against the protag but it never comes. Like, dang did I write this screenplay as a teenager? /end rant

swing revival revival

It's called being depressed

Shit take, everyone sucks here

Have you considered once swords but now guns?

Any historical depiction is automatically ahistorical and always reflects the ideologies of the time, this includes Ubisoft specifically choosing a black protagonist and this also includes the ahistorical Western white-man-dominated depictions of history these chuds were exposed to as teenagers and internalized as 'correct' and 'default'.

It's kinda frustrating to an extent that either side in this stupid gamer debate claims some closer simulacrum of history.

It's literally Charlie from that It's Always Sunny ep

"When I'm stressed I eat a block of cheese!"

I recall gameplay not great and probably even more dated, but I enjoyed all the characters and running around with them

What does "tech debt" actually mean?

A Chinese gun slinger in an American West setting gunning down slave drivers and railroad barons sounds great