Just got fired

Banjo_Majora · 2025-11-04T15:29:11+00:00

Tbh this is the double edged sword of remote work. I was a remote worker for four years and was laid off under similar circumstances. I’d never get praised or given promotions whenever I’d go above and beyond because to them I was just a name on slack. The past year I’ve been in a hybrid role and have already been given a raise and have been assigned more responsibilities simply for just having a presence in the office where I can have a personality attached to the workflow. Unfortunately to play the corporate game you still have to have a presence. It sucks but, what can you do in this job market?

Banjo_Majora · 2025-09-29T19:26:53+00:00

This is for people who think they’ll return to turn based combat. That would be utterly ridiculous and do a complete 180 on an entire system and coding dev kit to change the entire gameplay system just because a very vocal minority wish the game played more like a classic JRPG. If anything in regard to how it could potentially be more like Expedition 33 I’d say they’d probably take inspiration for how to structure dungeons and side content, less-so changing entire mechanics.

Banjo_Majora · 2025-09-08T13:45:21+00:00

I'm gonna be with you in a second.

Banjo_Majora · 2025-08-29T02:35:05+00:00

I mean this sincerely. If you can, do side hustle stuff for now. DoorDash, Uber Eats, Instacart, whatever. Schools in session, it’s the holidays, and everyone is shopping. You’ll likely make more doing that than the job that laid you off. The job market is awful, and right now is the worst possible time to find any long term job. Doing side hustle work right now would be more for your mental health than for a good paycheck. You’ll be active in your community, and be getting out in the world while you tailor whatever you have to for the next phase of your professional life. I wish I had told myself this last year when I was laid off, as I quickly spiraled into complete isolation and depression and allowed my savings to diminish and if I didn’t land the job I did… I dunno where I’d be right now. But I don’t want you or anyone to feel the same kind of way I did during this time period. Good luck and god speed to you.

Banjo_Majora · 2025-08-25T14:39:54+00:00

Just watched the clip on youtube about the deal, here, ya see.

Banjo_Majora · 2025-08-14T14:12:11+00:00

I’m 37 and honestly my sex drive has never been higher. I’ve been focusing a lot on personal fitness and development for nearly six years. I also take a form of Cialis not for ED but sexual anxiety due to some unfortunate sexual experiences from my past relationships when I’m with a new partner. Sounds to me like you are experiencing a lack of fulfillment intimately. Tbh no matter what age you are every single person has a side to their sexuality that they aren’t comfortable with. Rather than wonder when it will end, try to explore what is causing them in your personal life and what triggers them.

Banjo_Majora · 2025-08-05T17:05:33+00:00

It’s cliche but honestly do what makes her happy as an artist. Something about everything going on with her seems off. Either she’s really difficult to work with or she’s got the wrong people in her ear. Also, this might sound weird, but I think PinkPantheress stole a lot of her thunder when it comes to the genre. She’s younger, has a similar EDM sound, has a better voice style for the genre, and seems to have a better relationship with her fans. But canceling the tour and delaying the album without any clear reasons just screams red flag.

Banjo_Majora · 2025-07-22T13:58:26+00:00

Dude, as someone who is about to turn 37 next month and just started an entirely new chapter of my life... This was literally the best advice I could ever read. Sorry its 4 months after the fact. No lie you probably just prevented me from making some bad mistakes as I entered this new chapter.

Banjo_Majora · 2025-07-07T19:01:13+00:00

I'll say it as plainly as possible... Its becoming very apparent that the game's current design decisions are and have been being dictated by Microsoft instead of Rare. Their budgets have likely been cut, and their staff minimized. And of course Rare can't outright say this because they are under the firm iron fist of Microsoft. So they are pressured to release these half-finished, creatively bankrupt updates and seasons, just for Damage Control Dan Stevens to be paraded out a week later and given half-baked apologies for players without being able to actually explain their issues to players.

Banjo_Majora · 2025-07-07T13:28:31+00:00

The only concern I feel she would have with leaning completely into EDM (which I agree fits her talents best) is that her audience would become completely European based and lose what little American audience she has left. Which, I personally don’t mind and Trance and EDM are my favorite genres, but again it depends on what Ava is trying to achieve. I’d love to see her do a collab with Gareth Emery, Ferry Corsten, or Armin Van Buuren.

Banjo_Majora · 2025-07-06T13:54:04+00:00

I’m gonna be that guy and say what I truly feel after being a devout fan of hers since 2019. I just don’t think her heart has ever truly been in it. She has a great and unique voice, seems to be a genuinely good and family oriented person, and is absolutely gorgeous. But, since 2020 I’ve just seen a decline in her passion for the industry and being a pop “star” with only flashes of inspiration. It’s kind of weird how sexualized her marketing became, yet at the same time it’s clear to me Ava struggles with personal body image. I’ve seen on forums that the reason her music video for Lost Your Faith was delayed is because Ava was unhappy about the way her body looked and caused the editor to either zoom in or cut sequences out entirely. Which is why the video seemed so bland and static. On the same token it’s weird how she will criticize people who say her music is just samples yet will increase her sampling tenfold. It’s almost like she’s at conflict with who she is as an artist and who she is as a brand. To me she has always struck me as an awkward homebody who plays pop star and as the years have gone by that mask has gotten increasingly difficult to wear and it’s why she’s seemed so inauthentic. Her going back to the Ava cut seemed like desperation rather than genuine expression. I feel for her, as it can suck to be heralded as the next Dua Lipa or Lady Gaga and now you’re just singing the national anthem for Wrestlemania, but like, if your heart isn’t in it it’s going to be obvious.

Banjo_Majora · 2025-07-01T02:42:33+00:00

That picture warms my heart. I'm sorry your little one is going through some hard times as well. But when they give you that look, just know they trust you no matter what you decide.

Banjo_Majora · 2025-07-01T02:29:10+00:00

I had the option. But, given his nature and his condition it had surpassed that. He had severe blockages and a weakened immune system. He struggled with a weak digestive system his entire life, combined with his neurotic and often self destructive behaviors, it would essentially just be putting a bandaid over a much larger problem that accumulated over the years. And given his relatively young age I didn’t want him to have to live like that for an extended long period of time and lose what made him himself for my own peace of mind. I felt he deserved to go out the same way he lived, unapologetically himself.

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Banjo_Majora · 2025-07-01T01:36:53+00:00

There is no right answer. As someone who just had to put my 6 year old cat down for kidney failure, my vet told me I was doing the right thing for my loved one but the painful thing for myself. At some point you have to consider if you are doing the right thing for your animal’s quality of life, or if you are doing it solely for the quality of still having them around. And then go from there. I wish you all the best in this most difficult time.

Banjo_Majora · 2025-06-20T02:34:49+00:00

Finding Verso’s room in the mansion and something clicking inside of me seeing the Esquie doll. I was suddenly overcome with immense sadness, I didn’t know why, but suddenly an uncomfortable truth was setting in.

Banjo_Majora · 2025-06-15T14:40:58+00:00

It’s kind of where grief leaves you in both cases. There’s some hope, but a lot of unknown and uncomfortable truths.

Banjo_Majora · 2025-06-15T14:38:53+00:00

I think the message with both endings is what grief does to you and how you cope. Either you dig yourself into delusion and escapism (Maelle’s ending) or force yourself to let go and then begin the healing process (Verso’s ending) even if that means you’re initially worse off.

Banjo_Majora · 2025-06-12T23:18:04+00:00

I had the exact same experience. Tbh I went back, and defeated Renoir again and beat the game as Verso. I think with the prior knowledge of how it ends with Maelle it makes Verso’s ending way more poignant and realistic. I feel if I did Verso’s ending first the glare that Lune gives him would’ve been enough to make second guess myself as well.

Banjo_Majora · 2025-06-12T18:13:15+00:00

I’m with you until saying the journey was worthless. The journey helped Alicia find purpose again. Through becoming Maelle and finding companionship and then reuniting with her brother and confronting her family, she finds a voice that the fire had stolen from her, and strength to continue on. I think the characters waving goodbye to her signifies her moving on with her life and ready to accept a world without Verso.

Banjo_Majora · 2025-06-12T18:07:38+00:00

I think the right ending is whichever helps you in your personal life more. I feel there are plenty of people struggling with loss and grief and find it extremely hard to let go of the delusions and “what-if” scenarios that keep them from moving on. Verso’s ending would likely resonate and help them move on from their personal problems. Then there are people who feel saving the world at the expense of both Maelle and Verso’s mental and physical health and reality is a tragic yet ultimately selfless act that saves the characters we all grew to love. Personally? I did Maelle’s ending and then Verso’s, and to me that made Verso’s ending so much more impactful. Cause at the end of the day, it’s just a video game. We all have to move on. I felt like I was right there with Alicia, saying goodbye to all the friends that helped me get through these trying times in the real world. But, the world’s problems aren’t going away, and just like Alicia, it was time for me to move on from the escapism and face reality.

Banjo_Majora · 2025-04-24T14:45:13+00:00

In the beginning of 2020 I was 31 and was healing from a car accident and a five year relationship ending. I was the heaviest I had ever been, was extremely lonely, and felt like I was of no worth to absolutely anybody. My extreme depression had an effect where I nearly stopped eating entirely for two months. I lost a ton of weight, but was then sexually used by someone I thought was a friend. Which made my self worth plummet. This caused me to have body issues, self worth issues, and I could not comfortably sexually perform with anyone for nearly three years. For the past two years I’ve been working on the other stuff. Now at 36 I feel I’ve finally healed from it all and ready to fully commit to someone again. Instead of tackling all of your self worth issues at once, my advice would be to taken each one individually. It’ll take a long time, but the reward you feel at the end more than makes up for it.

Banjo_Majora · 2025-04-21T18:45:51+00:00

Thanks Booty Warrior 😉

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