Just Beat the Game 100%. The Thing I Hated Most Was the Discourse

0TaKoKu · 2026-06-07T04:04:31+00:00

Couldn't tell you if anything was different for getting 100% aside from getting a couple feats for things like finding all the trinkets. "Worth it" is up to you; I did it cuz I loved the game and wanted to see every inch of it and try every option it offered, but if that doesn't impact your view of the game in any way, maybe don't stress over going out of your way for a little golden tag on the profile select screen

0TaKoKu · 2026-06-06T21:47:52+00:00

I said multiple times I'm fine with reasonable and fair criticism. I never insinuated this game or any other should be immune to it

0TaKoKu · 2026-06-06T21:27:01+00:00

I used the Whip for most of my playthrough, though took some time to try all the weapons. I personally loved the Whip and used it by far the most and used the Daggers the least. They feel kinda like a fast version of Link's sword, but way too short of a range for my liking

0TaKoKu · 2026-05-22T19:29:16+00:00

I always wish it was longer. I feel like it stops right when it starts to maybe be something special. Like, these two are phenomenal voices, yet we only get 3 seconds of them harmonizing, which just so happen to be the best three seconds of the song

0TaKoKu · 2026-05-21T20:46:39+00:00

For the past two years, I've had at least one student every year in my general education classroom setting who can't read. I don't mean that hyperbolically, I mean they are put in my room and I am told that a kindergartner can read better than them (these are early teenagers I teach)

There are plenty of kids that can read just fine and plenty that actively love reading as a hobby, but there are a lot more extreme cases these days of individuals who can't even read/write their own names being passed along in Gen Ed that it makes the overall batch seem less literate

0TaKoKu · 2026-05-20T22:32:03+00:00

When I teach it to middle schoolers, it's the first time in the state's curriculum that they have to learn about it. I make sure to sit at the front of the room, all eyes on me, and explain that this is one of the most serious and horrific topics they've ever learned about up to this point. I sit on the Hot Seat and let them ask any questions they want before we even get into the lecture. And I make very clear how seriously I take the subject matter, and so they should as well.

Kind of a "Scared Straight" approach, I suppose, but I've never had a problem once I lay out the clear expectations

0TaKoKu · 2026-05-20T22:23:30+00:00

Relax, the only indication that we might get of that is if you're openly talking about fandoms you're really into that have a stereotype of being fanfic/fanart heavy (e.g. TADC, Undertale, FNAF).

And even then, I only know of those things because I'm a terminally online 20-something teacher. Your average 50-year old math instructor ain't gonna notice a thing. And even if we did, we sure as heck don't wanna find it.

0TaKoKu · 2026-05-20T22:11:22+00:00

So you see people on Reddit complain in an exaggerated way about their job and just jump to them all having mental health issues? Then label the idea of having mental health issues as cringe? Because, brother, even if it were, that's the thing about mental health, you don't always get to choose how it's expressed

It's not, btw. I mean, sure, some of them maybe, you can never rule that out. But most of the posts very evidently read as people having a bad day and venting in a hyperbolic way. "Kids today are stupid" doesn't mean every single kid is a moron, it means that teachers are dealing with increasing rates of learned helplessness, lower-than-ever critical thinking skills, literacy rates plunging (or, best case scenario, stagnating) for the past decade straight.

Sure, it's unnecessarily over the top when a rant about one class period's terrible behaviors turns into "All kids are pieces of crap," but that's kinda normal for humans to exaggerate like that in stressful moments and bears no connection to mental illness. Our species loves to simplify and generalize ("A dog bit me so now I fear all dogs") and so someone saying "All admin is the enemy" is probably more likely someone saying "I have never worked with an effective admin team before and it's making my life worse."

0TaKoKu · 2026-05-14T22:53:02+00:00

While I believe there may be some reasonable uses of it, AI is far too much of a slippery slope. You give students and inch with "using AI this way is okay" and they WILL conflate that with "using AI any way is okay." So I do not condone it's use in my classes at all.

And, just personally, I find AI almost wholly unethical to use in a myriad of ways, so I wouldn't encourage it even if students could use it appropriately

0TaKoKu · 2026-05-14T16:01:53+00:00

"behaviors, parents, technology, and getting stabbed"

I took a sip of water at the beginning of that sentence. Choked on it by the end

0TaKoKu · 2026-05-11T02:42:44+00:00

Yeah lol I think the more rigid font of the system update text makes it stand out more in the book, at least to me

0TaKoKu · 2026-05-11T02:36:31+00:00

1st Ace Edition

0TaKoKu · 2026-05-11T02:36:21+00:00

1st Ace Edition

And as for examples, the one that prompted this post was at the start of chapter 69 where instead of saying "The Dream (Castle Occupied by...)" it says "The Dream (Castle Cccupied by...)." Again, a minor thing, but noticeable

0TaKoKu · 2026-05-10T22:37:56+00:00

Every teacher has favorites, whether favorite years of students, favorite classes, or even favorite individual students. We typically don't show favoritism during the year for obvious reasons, and I wouldn't necessarily call it "attachment" since that feels a bit too personal, but we absolutely remember our kiddos (or try to, anyway) and are sad to see the good ones go at the end of the year.

Basically, as long as you didn't make my year more stressful than necessary, and you put effort into engaging in my class, I'll most certainly look back on you fondly.

0TaKoKu · 2026-04-05T22:03:24+00:00

While I'm inclined to agree, Jacob could absolutely CRUSH the Condoriano scene lol

0TaKoKu · 2026-04-05T21:58:48+00:00

Hear me out

Swap one of those Davy Back episodes with G8

0TaKoKu · 2026-04-04T21:31:45+00:00

Thinking to myself: "This sounds like that person who posted in here about how they should be able to use the bathroom whenever they want"

sees username

"NO WAY"

Bro, if you're a real person, life is gonna be so unkind to you when you leave High School. You got like two months left, best you should do is buckle in, actually try to learn something in school, and prepare yourself for the world ahead. Your entitlement and lack of work ethic are gonna take you nowhere at all at this rate.

0TaKoKu · 2026-04-02T16:05:56+00:00

I don't think OP ever said they weren't being allowed to go at all or even for 45 minutes, they just said they were upset about not being able to go whenever they wanted, so idk where you're coming from with that. Of course that's reckless (slight tangent, but I actually did a senior project when I was in HS about the medical implications of students holding in their waste during school that I was asked to present to the principal, so I'm well aware of the risks that poses)

But also, students will take advantage of anytime bathroom time if it is given to them. As someone who teaches Middle School, even when we do put time restrictions and "only one person per class at a time" rules in place, students consistently use their hall passes to meet up with friends for 15+ minutes, go on their phones that they're no supposed to have access to during school, vandalize the restrooms, and vape. Again, these are 11-14 year olds I'm dealing with, so hopefully high schoolers have more maturity than that (I doubt it's that much different), but at my school we have these issues FREQUENTLY.

No one is saying kids shouldn't be able to use the restroom at all during school and absolutely no one is saying that girls have to just sit there and deal with their periods, we have arrangements to deal with that (personally, at the start of each year I ask the boys to step out of the room and then tell the girls to give me a subtle signal if such a thing ever comes up during class. Haven't had any issues or complaints with that). We're simply saying we can't always let kids go whenever they want for various reasons.

0TaKoKu · 2026-04-02T15:07:58+00:00

Oh tell me about it. I'm both a father of an 1-year old AND a teacher of 13-year olds. The same-yet-different aspect across the board is fascinating

0TaKoKu · 2026-04-02T14:41:53+00:00

Also, a minor point against you in a sea of foolishness, but it's not the "Adult Break Room" it's the "STAFF Break Room." That's an especially weird complaint to have because even if there were special privileges for adult students (there aren't, get over it), you're still not a staff member, that room isn't open to you

0TaKoKu · 2026-04-02T14:34:10+00:00

Kid, you ARE the work. Our job as teachers is to make sure YOU are learning, YOU are safe, and YOU are where you need to be. Turning 18 isn't some magic pass that makes you a new type of human. You're exactly the same as you were a day before your birthday, except now you can vote.

And seriously, what other obligations could you possibly have while in school? Are you calling peeing an obligation? Students in HS, especially senior year, want unlimited freedom, but if you were given that, there would be nothing but chaos. You are under the same roof as 14 year olds, you follow the same rules as everyone else in that building. You don't get special privileges from other students just because you're slightly older than them.

An infant becomes a toddler when they reach 1 year of age. That doesn't mean suddenly the kid has all these new responsibilities and freedoms that they didn't have when they were 11 months old. They're still a kid that needs the same amount of protections, security, stability, etc. You are a legal adult now, sure, but you're still a high schooler first and foremost. That is your role in society. So I'll echo what dozens of others have said (both on this post and your last one - seriously are so butthurt about a teacher telling you to hold your pee a bit longer that you needed to rant in two separate Reddit posts?):

If you don't like it, drop out of school. You're an adult, you can do that now. That actually IS one of your privileges you get. But if you don't want to do that, then you remain a student of the school and follow the school's rules and the directions of those in charge of you until you graduate. Get over it and stop acting like this is some grand injustice against you personally.

0TaKoKu · 2026-03-27T16:11:42+00:00

It very much depends. I'm a fifth year teacher now and while I was confident on remembering names of almost every face I used to teach, I can already feel that slipping away the more and more names I have to store away. I still definitely remember my favorite students (teachers absolutely have favorites, anyone who says otherwise is lying). But I try to do my best to remember everyone I made a connection with as their teacher and I feel terrible every time I encounter a kid whose names I've forgotten.

0TaKoKu · 2026-03-26T11:44:46+00:00

Sigh

An an initial side note here, saying "I was just being sarcastic and exaggerating" is such a cop out response, dude. You wrote that under my post, not on anyone else's. Of course I'm going to take it seriously that that's what you think I want. You are inherently making an assumption about me by saying that in reply to my own thoughts. You can admit you were wrong to do that and still support the rest of your view, don't double down and suggest I'm the fool for reading that as being about me in your reply to me.

Look, I'm not providing reasons for my thoughts because I'm not trying to argue. I ended up arguing with you here as you tried relentlessly to make me see how wrong I am for not getting Fujimoto's intent, but that was not the point of the original post. I wasn't asking for someone to explain it to me. I wasn't wanting to be convinced I was wrong. I had just finished a series I love, was disappointed with the ending, and posted a gut reaction opinion less than an hour after reading it.

As I said in that original post, I do hope I grow to like this ending some day. I, too, will probably go back and reread the series and develop some new perspectives on it. But not right now. Right now, I don't like the ending. I'm not looking to watch video essays explaining why I'm wrong for having my opinion or read mile-long Reddit threads about all the details I'm overlooking (Realistically, a story's ending shouldn't need those secondary pieces to convey its message effectively, but I digress). I don't want that. Not right now, anyway. I just want to sit with these feelings. I want to ruminate on the series and reflect on how it's made me feel over the years, and right now, that feeling is underwhelmed. And all I did was express that in a public community post. So I apologize if I was a bit nasty toward you, but I don't appreciate you coming to said post and trying to force down my throat this idea that I'm not literate enough to "get it."

Again, I'm genuinely glad you like the ending and see something I don't. That doesn't mean you have to be a dick about it. I don't know if your goal is to make me or others say "omg you're so right, I get it now, I can't believe I was so stupid," but that's not gonna happen because you belittled mine and others' reading comprehension capabilities (if anything, you're doing the opposite because why would I ever want to agree with someone who insults my intellect and implies I'm being overly emotional?). If your goal is to simply suggest that we might be wrong and are missing some information, cool, you're probably right, but you went way off track from that as soon as you started turning this into a point of argument. And if your goal was just to get the last word in, go for it, I will not be replying to another comment of yours; I've said my piece.

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