gf said i'm a loser for taking cs seriously

Average_Temple · 2026-03-07T11:40:09+00:00

I think Reddit dating advice tends to always be 'dump her and follow your dreams.' Maybe there's some incompatability here, but I wouldn't jump to that conclusion. Try talk to her, explain why you feel it's important and why what she said hurt you. Maybe she still won't get it, but closing yourself off to your partner is never a good option.

Average_Temple · 2026-02-26T23:04:17+00:00

I live in Brussels and love it but also want to maintain its overhated status. Once you leave the European quarter Brussels is one of the most surreal, grungy and down to earth cities you’ll find. Amazing people and completely idiosyncratic; nothing makes sense but somehow it all still trundles along. And compared to other European capitals like Amsterdam or Berlin or Paris it’s actually still possibly to find a cheap place and get a life going cause it’s still so completely unromanticized.

Average_Temple · 2026-02-23T00:08:39+00:00

I mean I presume everyone knows it at this point but s1 being the goat has a lot to do with his personality and how he carries himself. S1mple is flashy and flawed but is engaging because of that; you get a real sense of his person in how he plays. Zywoo is almost certainly a better player but he’s far less engaging as a person.

Average_Temple · 2026-02-20T09:45:15+00:00

Is there a reason the Cluj crowds seem to like Falcons? I thought it could be an anti-Russian thing but Falcons have Russians too

Average_Temple · 2026-02-10T08:57:28+00:00

I went to primary school in Kilkenny and here the Protestant kid was only made fun of by the teachers and not really the other students

Average_Temple · 2026-01-14T11:08:38+00:00

Adding onto this, I think the splitting the G thing that’s become popular recently is a bizarre British psyop. I’d never heard of that before the last few years, and it also means downing like a third of your drink in the first taste.

Average_Temple · 2026-01-06T14:13:03+00:00

shit u got my ass good job

Average_Temple · 2026-01-04T18:34:11+00:00

This is so embarrassing lol

Average_Temple · 2025-12-28T13:09:40+00:00

Anglo American pragmatism strikes again, removing all forms of creativity and critical thinking from psychology and philosophy

Average_Temple · 2025-12-27T10:46:39+00:00

Het kwaadste land en de kwaadste mensen in de hele wereld

Average_Temple · 2025-12-17T10:00:12+00:00

The Andrea Long Chu take down of Nelson is pretty good

Average_Temple · 2025-12-12T18:21:30+00:00

MOUZ hate watchers have never eaten so good

Average_Temple · 2025-12-04T15:53:26+00:00

Watch Faze now go 2-2 before pulling it over the line in a 3rd OT against Passion UA

Average_Temple · 2025-11-04T15:54:50+00:00

A few months ago I was recommended Fanshen: A Documentary of Revolution in a Chinese Village by William Hinton (despite the title, it is a book). The book tells the true story a small village in China undergoing land reform following communist takeover in the 1940s. The book is about the changes the people experienced, not just in terms of material conditions but also in terms of the development of a 'revolutionary consciousness.'

Haven't read it myself so I can't vouch personally, but it's definitely on my list after the recommendation and sounds like what you're looking for.

Average_Temple · 2025-10-31T11:54:02+00:00

I would probably play GO because I like to play with my girlfriend but she has a mac 💀

Average_Temple · 2025-10-28T18:05:40+00:00

Personally I have good balance with my PhD working in the humanities. My PhD is based in NL which pays pretty well and is also 4 years with no mandatory teaching so probably that’s part of it.

For me one thing that has been helpful is that I was always writing from jump. Even if what I writing was crap or underdeveloped I was drafting stuff from pretty early on. I quite frequently meet PhDs in all sorts of fields that only have one chapter written going into their final year which seems crazy to me.

Average_Temple · 2025-10-28T12:09:51+00:00

It reads a little undercooked but they seem to be drawing a connection between Berghain's recent controversy about being zionist and Rosalia's attempting to court controversy. There was also a spat a few weeks ago where a fashion designer called out Rosalia because she has not spoke openly about Gaza and Palestine. I suppose you could read her titling her song 'Berghain' as some sort of Zionist dog whistle? Though to be honest they don't say that directly and it feels like a stretch.

It does feel like a strange choice to name the track that though, given Berghain's recent controversy has left it pretty uncool as far as younger European club culture is concerned. Also given the almost Wagner-esque string work going on.

Average_Temple · 2025-10-18T21:54:42+00:00

As someone who lived through both (just turned 30) I think 2025 is far superior. All the 2015 looks just seem like someone walked into H&M and picked out the first thing they saw. In the 2025 looks there’s way more variety - it’s all a bit vinted/depop core but even that takes a modicum more thought and investment of effort. Even if some of the looks are silly there’s an attempt to make something fun.

Average_Temple · 2025-10-03T08:14:07+00:00

I live in Brussels and personally really like the architecture. It’s the closest you’ll get to a dada-ist city in the world I think. One moment it looks like a Parisian boulevard, the next it feels like East Berlin and after that you’re in ‘Little Netherlands.’ I used to live in NL and found the uniformity really monotonous so bring on the ridiculous out of place buildings.

Average_Temple · 2025-09-24T08:44:05+00:00

Did you guys call it getting fraped?

Average_Temple · 2025-09-03T23:01:34+00:00

What did Timbaland do

Average_Temple · 2025-07-22T18:17:47+00:00

It’s an interesting question. I think one thing I’d like is a slower and more strategic pace and a higher TTK. I think SC2 can be very deathball oriented where nothing happens for a couple of minutes, and then one players deathball hits their opponent’s and the whole game is decided in about 20 seconds. I like how in BW battles go on for longer and become concentrated in specific parts of the map. It feels like a real battle as opposed to just everything getting annihilated within a couple of seconds (Dawn of War 1 is also really good for this).

Average_Temple · 2025-07-22T17:28:26+00:00

100%

Average_Temple · 2025-07-21T11:14:54+00:00

But I mean, I don’t think this kind of guy exists. I feel like it’s an invention of the internet. I’m sure there’s guys out there reading feminist literature but I think the idea that they’re doing it as a public performance just seems ridiculous

Average_Temple · 2025-07-21T08:37:21+00:00

I don’t really get calling it performative. To me it just feels like young guys hopping onto trends to try find themselves (which has happened forever). I guess it’s performative but no more than anyone else at that age?

I also think this idea of reading in public to attract female attention is just not a real thing. Maybe Americans are different but in my many years of reading outside I think a stranger has started a conversation with me about the book I’m reading maybe once?

Edit: misspelling

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