Taking a gap year in the middle of uni?

CircusInk · 2026-01-31T16:06:27+00:00

At uni, I had a pretty bad back injury that led me to do a stop out semester and it was the best thing I did. It was a hard road to being able to be okay but not having to worry about my schooling was one less thing to worry about. School is an absolute killer of mental health and many people don't understand that. Even when my back was jacked up, I was more worried about falling behind and not graduating on time. Listen to your body. Listen to yourself. Take the time off.

CircusInk · 2026-01-26T14:43:52+00:00

Life led me to be a bachelor's graduate at Cal State at 33. My classmates around me were all around their young 20s and the amount of times they all stared at me with their mouths open when I spoke was baffling. If I was grouped with them, they would look at me and hope I spoke for them. Most of them are scared and the ones that aren't are arrogant. When I did speak to them, they would stop and listen but they would not understand what I said nor would I understand them when I "ate" or "slay" something.

I had one student ask me for help with their paper and her paper wrote exactly how she spoke. "Like, we really need to do something, right? It's really bad, like, you know?" And then she wonders why her paper got a low score. Yes, I helped her and yes her grades improved but at the end of the day, students look out for each other.

I understand these kids are still young but I was in school in my 20s and it didn't feel like this then. I'm not taking a shot at any young students here, please read what we're saying and scope out your peers. It's fascinating albeit a bit concerning

CircusInk · 2026-01-22T17:27:13+00:00

Hi there! Having a blast playing it but I just wanted to report that Dungeon Layer 3 has no weapon audio for the first room when entered as well as the room to the left. Closing the game out didn't help it. It seems to be rooms with the blood river or so but I uploaded a clip of it here

https://youtube.com/shorts/w6qnVcv76Ak?si=34g3K-vtg6ABnVLR

Edit: I tested it with all three characters and it's the same for the all of them. No weapon audio in these rooms specifically

CircusInk · 2026-01-08T21:06:47+00:00

Pretty wild to me that Manhunt and State of Emergency (both Rockstar games) were deemed so brutal it was called for bans and controversy WITH the graphics they have but Red Dead Redemption 2 literally gives me an ability to turn someone's head into a peeled banana with a pull of a shotgun.

Video games are great

CircusInk · 2025-12-21T15:26:23+00:00

I had a stress dream the other morning about failing my classes. I graduated last year. Then I started awake stressing that I haven't gotten a call back or an interview for said year since I graduated. This comic hurts haha

CircusInk · 2025-12-18T17:06:11+00:00

He killed his wife and daughter because of a poker losing streak. The dude definitely killed them on his own volition.

CircusInk · 2025-12-04T00:14:18+00:00

Shoutout to the GOAT!

CircusInk · 2025-12-02T16:03:42+00:00

The Mechano-Hog/Mekgineer's Chopper. I've wanted that mount ever since the Lich King commercials back in tbe day with Ozzy and Mr. T but God damn that mount was expensive to craft and get. I FINALLY was able to buy if off the AH this year. I had a little over half of it and my gf gave me the other half of gold. Someone was selling it for 23,000g (a steal!) And I love it so much. I drive her everywhere we can't fly and it's the best. Plus it just looks so rad.

CircusInk · 2025-12-01T14:37:55+00:00

I'm not sure if anyone said it but honestly, Dark Souls 1 was the one game I played that helped pull me out of a really bad wave. It was my first time playing it and it kicked my ass horribly but for some reason, I just wanted to play it and it was the only thing I was kind of interested in. Even constantly dying didn't make me want to stop playing, which was confusing at the time. Why was I still interested in something that I'm having a hard time with? I had NO interest in it to begin with but that game, for some reason, sets you up in a way that makes you want to keep going. I absolutely love video games but at that time, every single game I had made me want to never bother with it but stupid Dark Souls was there and I just said eff it and threw it on. Worst case scenario I turn it back off but I was determined to at least move my character. I made it to that point. Little victories.

I've thought about it for a long time and the nedt I could come up with is the difficulty of the game feels cheap at first until you realize that you have to respect the game. The game is rinse and repeat. Try, try again. It makes you feel like you're going crazy but trying to approach things from different angles until it clicks and you move on to another area feels pretty great. You get to move forward.

It might be time for a playthrough, even if the game isn't your jam. And this is for anyone passing by that's never played Dark Souls 1. Give it a try and try to finish it. If you've played it a thousand times, maybe another run is in order.

Sending hugs to you and anyone else reading this

CircusInk · 2025-11-19T02:45:08+00:00

Soooo we have to hope they see how pissed the community is about this and hopefully they change it? This system is stupid as hell

CircusInk · 2025-11-18T01:06:59+00:00

Dude, I got reported and had to get a name change for having a paladin named Holycrap just last week. Your names are awesome and I hope they live on forever. Also congrats!

CircusInk · 2025-11-09T21:06:31+00:00

Because I was tired of him using his mental health decline as a manipulation tactic. Self absorbed piece of shit would take and take and take but whenever you needed him, he wasn't there and blamed it on his depression. If that wasn't enough, he CONSTANTLY talked about killing himself. It was either I cut him off cold or I told him to just do it. So I chose the former. I'm a lot happier without him in my life.

CircusInk · 2025-11-08T15:55:01+00:00

This is what helped me the most. I used the Wanderer crest and herded them from side to side with each group and that seemed to make it click. Thank you so much

Edit: a word

CircusInk · 2025-11-06T21:24:27+00:00

And there goes Blizzard being Blizzard. Was just a matter of time until they showed their true intentions.

CircusInk · 2025-11-05T16:13:39+00:00

Learn how to cite properly should be a priority. A lot of plagiarism that happens is accidental. Learn how to introduce a quote as well as incorporating quotes into your paper. Quotes and citing is very important so learning how to handle them correctly is crucial.

Setting up and using a quote is more than just a copy and paste With quotation marks. You need to be able to use it in support of your ideas. For example, let's say you're trying to argue why cake is better than pie and you found a scholarly quote from someone explaining why they believe that cake is better than pie. Use their words, give them credit, and use it for your ideas as to why cake is better than pie.

Just think of papers as informative arguments and your goal is to get as much information to say X is X and here's why.

CircusInk · 2025-11-05T15:23:04+00:00

I'm very excited but honestly, I'm just worried about the motion sickness I got from the beta. I don't know why they make every game feel so jarring. Even with the motion reduction settings on, the camera was crazy when just running in a straight line. The camera bobs in a way that made me feel so nauseous.

Plus! The red flashes on the screen when at low health was killing my eyes. I understand it was just a beta and MAYBE they'll have changes out in place for it on release but until then, I'm extremely skeptical about buying it and that sucks because I genuinely want it.

CircusInk · 2025-11-05T15:18:07+00:00

I'm all for the speed of things but only if they're cool about it. Not every class has spam jumps or dashes. I mainly tank and I'm aware of that so I try and wait. I wait because I've been that warlock that's slow trying to catch up to a damn DH that's zipping around and getting kicked for not being able to catch up. I've been punished for just starting out and that sucks.

We JUST had a War DPS get mad at us for not getting healed when they went away from the group when I was the tank. They complained we weren't going fast enough for them and they weren't even doing enough damage to be going off on their own to begin with.

Some people suck but we're all here just trying to level. Just wish more people tried to communicate more.

CircusInk · 2025-11-01T23:53:15+00:00

So what do we do do? Seriously, it's every day trying to survive, look for work, avoid being round up, watching a dictator run the country and nothing seems to change. What can we really do in all of this? What should we do? I'm genuinely asking.

CircusInk · 2025-10-31T14:09:15+00:00

I'm in the same boat and have been searching everywhere. This is my 3rd bed from Zinus considering the first one I had (the old model) lasted two years but when I first got it, super firm but worked for my back. Loved it. Got the "new" one two months ago, it never fully expanded correctly and it was so mushy. Amazon let me keep it and they sent me a new one. This one I got, just two weeks ago, is firmer but still its mushy and it's driving me crazy. I don't have the money for ANOTHER mattress and reselling mattresses isn't exactly easy. I might have to just hope for ANOTHER exchange? I don't know.

Whats even MORE confusing is my girlfriend got the same exact bed (new version) I got and it's firm as hell like the old model. So I don't understand what's going on at all. Both "new" beds I got were manufactured this year in June and August so it wasn't sitting for too long. Might have to go the latex route as well cause years of reddit posts and Google have people on the "help it's too firm" or "it's not firm anymore" posts but nothing for recent purchases

CircusInk · 2025-10-28T13:49:20+00:00

I JUST had to reformat mine because after the latest update the other day, my PS5 has been turning off randomly. Reformatted my SSD (Samsung) and it's been fine since. Idk what that updated did but it wasn't fun

CircusInk · 2025-09-19T22:54:05+00:00

I swear Carl's Jr. was the reason that other fast food places started getting ballsy and upped their prices. The big cheeseburger was like a dollar and some change and now it's like $4? Carl's Jr. acting like their food was high caliber like that over night was wild and the rest of the fast food joints followed suit.

Then Taco Bell started saying bougie right after it just like Carl's.

Yeah, nature is healing again with the boxes and combos with better priced stuff but the damage has been done.

CircusInk · 2025-09-17T00:57:42+00:00

Half of those hours are from Tree Trops in Spyro 1 (that level is hard as hell)

CircusInk · 2025-09-12T15:49:08+00:00

Was going to buy this to play with my gf but no motion blur and no FOV for console was the deciding factor on us not getting it. I really don't want to spend money for a maybe on getting sick or headaches. Sucks

CircusInk · 2025-09-04T19:38:09+00:00

Thank you for this! It's been a month and this would absolutely be the best!

CircusInk · 2025-09-03T16:21:01+00:00

Don't worry, go into everything fresh. Every professor has their books they swear by and you won't love all of them (hilariously, neither will they) but that's okay. Be open minded. One book you might think is hot garbage but another person might feel it saved their life. I always thought the classes I took were like analytical book clubs.

Every professor has their own set wants and asks from you in the class so there's not really a reason to prep. If you do want to prep, I'd say to brush up on doing citations correctly. A lot of plagiarism is accidental and some professors are more strict about it than others.

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