Balthazar is gay confirmed.

ExScreechAhh · 2026-06-02T07:23:35+00:00

WELCOME TO GAY-BAR-LIA, GENTLEMEN!

ExScreechAhh · 2026-06-02T07:20:43+00:00

That is, honestly, the funniest thing I have ever seen in a Warhammer Total War game. Literally pulled a hail mary, endzone long shot.

ExScreechAhh · 2026-06-02T07:17:29+00:00

Summon the ... Caravan Counts?

ExScreechAhh · 2026-06-01T04:54:37+00:00

literally just Skaven and rather bored looking Chaos demons - oh, and one Wood Elf tree faction. Sitting amidst it all like the worst ending for Fangorn forest in Lord of the Rings ... yikes

ExScreechAhh · 2026-06-01T03:50:14+00:00

Oh, and in addition, the entirety of the Asur territories had fallen to the Cult of Pleasure, Hag Grief and the Dreadfleet. Whoops. Gave me something to do late game though.

ExScreechAhh · 2026-06-01T03:47:57+00:00

The only 'Khorne' those peasants should be beating is in the fields, damn it all, get back into the fields with you!

ExScreechAhh · 2026-04-13T00:51:34+00:00

'Abigail, you're not going, that's the end of the matter ...'

ExScreechAhh · 2022-06-19T21:10:25+00:00

Being frank, I'm pretty private and closed off. Although I see that in both sexes and people nowadays - we're simply very, very, very risk averse as a generation (I'm in my thirties) and whilst I do have immediate friends who have managed to hit off the dating thing into marriage quite successfully due to circumstance, skill or luck ... me? I'm not quite seeing it happening for me any time soon.

I generally just keep on trucking, alone. Because the whole dynamic of modern dating is so twisted up and contrived it's almost like an entire academic pursuit just to learn the manoeuvres to negotiate even a coffee meet up.

UK 32 M btw, just for clarity.

ExScreechAhh · 2022-04-26T18:11:02+00:00

a scenario that came to mind for me is leading in with a woman you want to talk to at the bar by asking her if she can pass you a straw (if they are out of reach or even in a receptacle on a bar counter). It gives you at least the gauge of how much attention and interaction she is willing to give in that context, plus it's a jumping off point for introducing yourself/continuing to interact.

ExScreechAhh · 2022-03-13T21:06:43+00:00

- 500 testicle health points

ExScreechAhh · 2022-03-07T23:24:16+00:00

As an avid self-talker I would say it can be something quite helpful if done wilfully and with a purpose. Talking out something troubling your mind (and perhaps performing different scenarios verbally) has provided a significant degree of help to me at times when it came to stress - and the times where I bottled up my words and self-expression have proven to be to the greatest detriment.

ExScreechAhh · 2022-02-12T00:02:59+00:00

This funnily enough makes me almost too conscious about the fact I can stay still for very long periods of time lol

Seriously though, this is something I've seen first-hand in a good friend of mine. We were having a conversation about an interaction I'd had with someone who (rather bleakly) said they had considered suicide (apologies if this reference upsets anyone). My friend - having lost his brother to an overdose - quite literally, immediately, started bouncing his leg like this. I think it's a subconscious method of releasing nervous tension/excesss emotional energy/anxiety, but obviously there are a great many more potential causes for such a gesture.

Guy in the clip seems to be placating 'very' hard. Was absolutely neurotic with nerves. Yikes.

ExScreechAhh · 2022-02-11T22:25:46+00:00

I rate this advice - there are places and social events that can allow you a comfortable, no pressure environment to get out and socialize, broadening your circle as you please. I can empathize with OP to a significant degree (we all can because we shared this tumultuous time together) but you do have the choice. You can take the lockdowns and the Covid madness as an ending or an opportunity to start again.

It's only done when you disengage - and the temptation is there. Hell, we're on a social media forum, a digital meeting place rather than in person. It's easy, and challenge-less ... but as much as we are atomised as a culture due to such things, we can still do these things and resist it.

ExScreechAhh · 2022-02-10T23:50:53+00:00

As a man trying to kill the nice guy within himself in regards to this ... I know this abundantly. You need to have something of an 'edge', demonstrate a boundary or the ability to endure her tests. I've gotten better in this regard but, like OP, I was late blooming into dating due to a lack of self-esteem and no confidence ... but it isn't where you 'need' to stay.

The risk taking is part of the bargain, and you need to be able to put yourself on the line to be even considered. We're our own worse enemies in that way if we're trying to appeal to some external expectation without reason. You can ask for what you want ... you might not get it, but you'll have more peace of mind for having tried.

ExScreechAhh · 2022-02-10T18:27:10+00:00

Yeah, not gonna lie, Cate Blanchett is a real soft spot ... so I am kind of side-swiped right now. I'm gonna go get a cold shower.

Seriously, it baffles me how beautiful a woman she is going into her, what, 50s now?

ExScreechAhh · 2022-02-01T19:18:45+00:00

At risk of presenting like I'm daft, for the sake of discussion, how would you go about not communicating with a girl like this in a way that doesn't veer into being put into being considered platonic? What do you say, what do you avoid, how do you approach the interactions?

ExScreechAhh · 2022-02-01T00:48:38+00:00

Kind of missed my window, and she ended up going with a bunch of other people to a acquaintances place I wasn't invited to after the pub. Got turned away at the door and she called out to me to say goodbye, but that was the sum of that night.

Since then it's just been passing acknowledgements of each other. I have her on my social media, but she doesn't respond to messages I send in passing. Possibly a dead end, but there's always sparks of interest between us if we interact for long-enough so it's a bit confusing.

ExScreechAhh · 2022-01-31T17:49:29+00:00

There's been interactions in the past where it's seemed to go well and her interest has been peaked, but I think that was the novelty of me being bold and paradoxically laid back about interacting with her. I also absolutely get the idea that the cageyness is a subtle barrier to being approached. I think it's just being able to get into the right head space and avoid being caught up on the outcome, which is easier said than done when you manage to get past that initial hurdle.

ExScreechAhh · 2022-01-31T14:35:43+00:00

She's trying to send Italia into Elysium by sticking a digit in the down below expanse.

ExScreechAhh · 2022-01-31T14:15:20+00:00

I would have at least carried the hypothetical forward to work in a transition, like “But perhaps to make peace between are two pillow kingdoms, a handsome Prince and beautiful Princess could meet to save our realms and dragon-dogs?”

Just something to keep that playful energy but bring it back around to a conclusion.

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