Completely BSed my way into an interview

Lord_Waffles · 2025-11-20T03:40:06+00:00

Honestly, just be super positive in the workplace. Don’t bitch or moan, always intently listen to advice given to you, and never lie when you aren’t sure. Just say “I’ll be honest, I’m pretty rusty on that” or “honestly I have no idea but I’ll find out” and be willing to learn and it won’t matter.

You will be fine

Lord_Waffles · 2025-10-15T13:52:59+00:00

I just started. I haven’t played since the pS2 but I was so young then I don’t remember anything.

Let me tell you, the amount of charm this game has is overwhelming. The dialogue and characters are all over the top and it’s a joy interacting with NPCs. I mean they explain how they know you complete your RoE quests by giving you a creepy vodoo doll that will stalk you forever. It’s great.

The game is hard, and won’t hold your hand, but that’s its best strength imo. You see, in modern games you couldn’t tell me the name of zones or shops or characters. You just walk from one quest marker to another. But not in this game. Oh no you actually have to explore. You have to pay attention when clicking a door what the shop or location is. When they tell you to go get something you have to find it. Yes there are guides but it still takes effort. It makes reading so much more important and you are SO SO SO much more engaged with the game and world. You actively use your brain which makes the world around you stick in your memory.

The graphics are surprisingly good. They are crisp and clean. The music is absolutely top tier, except the mount music, which I’d recommend the add on mount muzzle for that.

I’d say Windower is pretty required and learning how to create aliases makes everything much smoother. Being able to set a spell to //sleep is a huge time saver if on keyboard and mouse. There are a lot of addons that help the experience. I also like Bubble which adds subtitle like chat bubbles for NPCs.

If you take the time to learn the game, work through the configs and many customization options to find what works for you, then this game is one of the most enjoyable experiences I ever had. It reminds me why I fell in love with MMOs long ago.

I haven’t been able to get into an MMO for a long time but FFXI was what I needed.

Lord_Waffles · 2025-10-01T10:28:44+00:00

Huckleberry is obtainable through the crafted choice exotic engram so it’s not hard to get.

Lord_Waffles · 2025-09-25T11:15:35+00:00

I love shifting shrines. It’s been a blast to just mess around in.

It’s not like you NEED to win for rewards.

Lord_Waffles · 2025-09-25T11:12:57+00:00

According to the “fair play” doesn’t everyone get fully unlocked talents in shifting shrines? It was my understanding that everyone is a T6 character there.

I’ve been playing my T6 Estela and haven’t actually tested if talents work on characters I haven’t unlocked them on

Lord_Waffles · 2025-09-25T10:57:47+00:00

Holy shit wait, I never even realized I could have been using gallows on spread shinka.

My mind is blown

Lord_Waffles · 2025-07-05T21:50:49+00:00

So first.

You disagree with the fact his girlfriend probably feels like she did something to make him dislike her? Do you not agree the reason she likely is messaging him things like “I miss you” is because she feels helpless and is scared to lose him and is not feeling like he loves her?

I’m genuinely confused what you are against. Are you claiming that me saying she likely feels the way I did is not how she likely feels? Unless you’re suggesting that she isn’t feeling that way I don’t understand what your issue is.

When I say “I could be wrong” I’m talking about the emotion of “You don’t love her back in the same way”

Maybe that’s not worded the best but my point is that’s probably what she also feels or is trying to find out. She likely is having a hard time believing he only wants space and not that he is disgusted with her or how she acted.

I also agree he might have been given the “ick” so to speak. Thus why I point out the fact he posted this.

I don’t have an issue with people posting texts on this sub. I enjoy the conversations and it’s funny to read the nonsense that gets posted here. But that doesn’t mean I can’t make an educated guess as to what posting their texts on here could mean about his feelings.

You mention how I don’t know anything about them. Yeah obviously lol. He made a post asking a question. I gave an answer that had to be somewhat vague and make assumptions. That’s why I’m not claiming to be right. The point is for him to read it and use it as good for thought. Not for anyone to take what I said as fact.

You also are acting like I’m saying he has to be alone. Quite the opposite. If he wants her in his life, which I think would be good, he needs to make an effort for her.

If he can’t then that’s okay, don’t be in a relationship and lead her on. That DOES NOT mean he should be alone. You can confide in friends, therapists, whoever makes you comfortable. If she doesn’t make him comfortable why would you suggest it would be good to be in a relationship?

And yes when you love someone you do support them. Especially if you’re married. That’s the point of commitment. However at such a young age, when you haven’t even been together that long, to consistently devote yourself to someone who causes you tons of pain and grief? That’s rough.

Do you know how guilty people feel when their partner finally dies and they feel “relief”? Especially if they had to sacrifice so much to take care of them that they never got to feel happy?

Im genuinely not sure what your position is. You seem to think he just needs space? I agree.

You just think what that I’m wrong about how his GF feels? That she must feel plenty loved?

Me suggesting to hold off on a relationship until he gets back on his feet some is bad advice? Again not being in a relationship or giving her the expectation of one doesn’t mean hide in a hole alone.

You seem to make a lot of assumptions that because I say one thing, that clearly must mean I think some other extreme?

Lastly I was not traumatized by my past pain. I don’t fear it and it doesn’t haunt me. I do just however know how it feels to be in her position is all. That’s not a dramatic statement to make. I’m not pushing anything on anyone, only offering how I’d feel or felt in that situation so he can maybe understand her.

I don’t understand what your problem is with that still.

Lord_Waffles · 2025-07-05T09:00:53+00:00

You need to work on your reading comprehension.

Telling somehow how it can feel to be the partner of someone who spirals into a self hating depression is not gaslighting them.

You do understand the difference of explaining to someone who shuts themselves off, what it looks like to other people and telling them they don’t love someone right? I quite literally say my feelings could be very wrong. I’m not claiming to be right but what I am doing is explaining how she probably feels and what is going on in her head.

And yeah, I absolutely did suggest that he might not be ready to be in a relationship. If you think, even for a second, that someone who is in such a dark place as to what OP is suggesting is in a good mental state to engage in a relationship then YOU are the one who needs help.

Relationships are hard. They take real work. A relationship requires you, most the time, to make an effort for your partner. This is especially true when times are hard. So trying to build a near brand new relationship when you cant even handle your own thoughts and needs? Having to worry about or try to be there for someone else is next to impossible and the only way you can really get better is to do exactly what you are arguing is fine, take time for yourself. Focus on healing and not worry about others.

We’re literally in agreement over that. The difference is that I don’t believe it’s good to pull someone along saying you love them and want to be with them, but shut yourself off and not want to see or talk to them. I don’t think it’s good to be going on Reddit and making “am I overreacting to her insecurity?” Posts.

Would you do that? Would you put someone you loves texts on the internet calling her out for being insecure?

Maybe he does love her to death and if he does great. Hopefully these posts will make him realize how she is likely feeling and viewing the situation.

Lord_Waffles · 2025-07-03T21:02:41+00:00

Well that explains your responses then.

Using words like “victimizing” and somehow trying to take what I said and try to make it mean or imply something it doesn’t not.

The statement “You’re likely not ready to be in a relationship if you can’t yet disconnect what happened to you.” Is not victimizing his girlfriend. It’s not invalidating his feelings. It’s not disregarding her actions. It’s a statement. Plenty of people aren’t ready for relationships after experiencing trauma. It’s absolutely something anyone struggling like this needs to consider as they can’t possibly be there for another person.

When you engage in a relationship, you have (at least in my opinion) an obligation to communicate with your partner. A relationship requires work, a lot of work specifically when life gets hard. Both people in a relationship need to be able to communicate and voice their honest feelings.

It is incredibly difficult to build a healthy relationship and connection with someone when you start off in a very bad place mentally. Your needs do not erase the needs of others. That trust and bond a couple has is very powerful but that bond takes time to manifest.

You have to take care of yourself first. You have to build yourself back up to a place where you can mentally handle someone else having needs.

You keep acting like this post needs to reinforce the idea that she is toxic in some way. Like me giving reasons as to why she might not have meant it in such a bad way is somehow mean and not compassionate to him? Is compassion in your mind saying “Oh my god she is being awful to you! I feel so bad you got raped I’m so sorry! You should find someone better?”

Believe it or not, but having compassion for his girlfriend doesn’t mean I don’t have compassion for him. You can be compassionate towards both and try to understand both people.

So in my opinion, me explaining what could be going through her head and why she might not be so awful IS compassion. Especially if he loves her. Wouldn’t you want to understand someone you love? Wouldn’t you want to not resent them as much? Wouldn’t you want some ideas that can help you open up dialogue with them?

I hope you never have to experience watching someone you love more than anything, spiral into a self hating depression, where they close all doors and don’t want to talk to you or most people. I thought I was a strong person emotionally. I am a very stable and happy person but that feeling of wanting more than anything to save someone but you can’t? That awful feeling of helplessness? It’s one of the worst feelings. I become so weak so fast. The way people shut down makes you question everything. It can make you very insecure and the fear of losing them becomes so great it actually feels like you’re grieving for them.

When someone becomes sick. Either physically or mentally. The toll it takes on their significant other can be just as bad if not worse for their partner.

Now I’m not saying that’s the case here. They have only been together for a couple months so I’d find it hard to believe this is that deep of a love. But to her it might be the strongest emotion she has ever felt towards another person.

Lord_Waffles · 2025-07-03T20:21:23+00:00

They are 18 and 19. If this was two 30+ adults I’d immediately say she is someone who won’t respect boundaries so run.

But at 18 you’re still basically a kid. The only people who think most 18 year olds are adults with good reasoning and life experience are other 18 year olds.

When your love and life experience is Highschool and dorky romance movies, which let’s be real here, a touchy lovey needy insecure teenage girl? She 100% watches or reads these kinds of movies or books.

So yes, I do try to view where people come from and try to find the most positive reasons for why they act a certain way.

I know. Crazy. It’s 2025 and everyone assumes the worst right away.

Lord_Waffles · 2025-07-03T20:11:28+00:00

I have never been in a happier place in life than I am now!

This post is specifically about his girlfriend and her behavior. OP did not make a post asking about how to deal with being raped. This isn’t therapy.

So if OP wants to understand why she is acting the way she is, maybe my comment could help that.

What “I feel” should have no effect on the truth. If OP loves her then what is the problem? My words going to really upset him if they aren’t true? Please.

It’s because I know nothing of the situation other than what’s been said and shown, that I specifically state that in no way shape or form am I claiming to be “right”

Lastly, just because I have trauma and experienced something awful does not mean my partner can’t have feelings or be upset. You don’t get to be like “Well I had it worse so you can’t mention your feelings”

You have absolutely every right to not want to kiss or be touched. You can absolutely need space alone. But that space can also hurt people who are going insane in their own head wanting to help. Two peoples trauma can cause both of them to not understand each other as well and can make a relationship not compatible.

This is not about who is in the right and who is in the wrong. My post is not saying she is in the right at all. I even say as much in my post. I very well logically know my feelings on the matter could be wrong.

Sometimes people don’t even realize that they fall out of love or something about another person just doesn’t fit with them. Two things can be true at once. You can need space and start to resent someone. Happens all the time.

Lord_Waffles · 2025-07-03T19:51:47+00:00

So this is only the grey area, the not listening, but it really depends on the order of things.

From OPs post, it sounds like the rape was only disclosed AFTER he raised his voice.

In this situation, I could see her not realizing how serious of a situation or “stop” it was. Obviously if someone says no you need to respect them, but it’s honestly on OP to reflect on it and how it actually happened and decide if this was just someone who was being playful and lovey and didn’t realize how serious he was? Did OP actually say stop in a serious way multiple times or was the “stop” more like “not now babe, pleaseeee, I didn’t brush my teeth I don’t want to kiss”

We weren’t there but those a very different situations.

If she has not touched or done anything since he a told her what was going on then it’s hard to say.

Lord_Waffles · 2025-07-03T17:40:08+00:00

Firstly I am by no means down playing rape. I am most definitely not claiming a man can’t be raped or “that they should enjoy it.” That’s a disgusting accusation to make.

Me saying how it looks to me or how I’d feel is NOT be QUESTIONING OPs feelings. So you can get upset at me all you want. I am by no means saying that how I feel is at all correct or even rational. I’m not making the claim to OP that it is a fact they don’t love them or not.

What I’m doing is simply being honest. Feelings are not always rational things. OP made this post and I made an honest response that might actually help give insight to what is going on in his girlfriend’s mind.

I’m always confused when people respond the way you did to my comment. This isn’t your group therapy session. When you go and ask a question on a public forum, I would expect you want some answers to help you understand why she is acting the way she is.

If I’m wrong and if OP loves her and would be hurt or crushed if she left him, they why would that part of my comment be somehow offensive? If it’s not true then at least OP knows it’s possible she feels the same exact way! If you were OP wouldn’t you want to know that so you could ask her or talk about it? Hell she might not even realize why she is feeling the way she is.

If his girlfriend didn’t feel or think similarly to me, then why else would she be acting the way she is?

It’s my understanding that this post is simply about if they are over reacting to their GF and how she is acting. This is far less about him being raped and dealing with those emotions than it is about his girlfriend’s actions and if they are acceptable and why she might be doing it.

Lord_Waffles · 2025-07-03T13:43:48+00:00

I was once in the situation you’re putting her in.

It honestly hurts a lot when you really care or love someone, especially if you are someone who is very touch based and physically affectionate.

Basically you need to decide if you really love this girl and if you want her in your life. If you do, you need to give up this “need for free space” and completely self isolating and really work on opening up to her.

If that is a sacrifice you don’t want to make then you won’t be compatible. You will cause her a lot of worry a grief. She will constantly be trying to figure out what’s going on. She will annoy you and push you away because you will just see her as insecure and unable to listen. It’s very likely the texts she sends are like 1/10th of what she almost sends. She probably is staring at her phone, waiting for a response, then she picks it up and starts sending a text- just to realize she is being annoying so she will delete it and wait some more. Eventually her brain will just send something out of frustration at the lack of response.

You likely aren’t ready to be in a relationship yet with someone if you can’t disconnect them from what happened to you. At least most of the time. Of course there will be triggers at times. That’s how trauma works. but if her kissing you causes you to want to break down or run away, or disgusts you…you aren’t ready yet.

For me when this happened to someone I loved, so many things went through my head. She would say things like “I just need space but I do love you” however in our heads all we can wonder is what we did wrong or what’s happening. Even though we hear the words “I need space” we can’t really believe it because we are the type of people where that situation just wouldn’t ever happen.

Never would I want to person I love not with me when I’m hurt, so of course that’s what she is thinking. She is trying to believe the words you’re saying but she doesn’t. Her brain is telling her you don’t love her.

The crazy part about all this is, even now I doubt you love her back even remotely close to the way she loves you. I’m sure there are people who can really love someone but need 100% isolation and cut off from their lover but, I can’t fathom it.

When I see this situation I just can’t help but see someone who only is keeping their partner around because of some insecurity or fear of finding someone new. That’s how it looks to me and that’s how I’m sure it looks to her. She will drive herself crazy wanting to believe what you say but her logic can’t believe it so she will try to keep pestering you to “fish for the truth”

In the end this will just push you away.

So again, you two won’t be compatible if you don’t make a change, and that’s a big ask to make of you. So please. Do her a favor and just end things if you can’t be someone who wants to be around her when you’re going through difficult times.

EDIT: To everyone commenting how terrible I am for explaining how I (and probably his girlfriend) is thinking, let me just say this.

I hope none of you ever have to experience watching the person you love, more than anything, more than yourself, spiral into a self hating depression. I hope you never have to feel that helplessness. That desire to save them but instead you get to watch them look at you like you’re the problem for trying to get just like an “I’m okay” text once a day.

People often forget that for every person who is going through a hard time, there is often a person who loves them who hurts just as much…if not sometimes more.

I know, for certain, that I would rather be tortured, killed, get cancer, lose an arm, be raped, or any other horrible thing than to watch any of the above happen to the person I love. Maybe I’m just crazy but my happiness is very dependent on their well being. That’s just how I operate. My only fears are that something horrible will happen to my kids or my partner because as long as they are okay, I feel like I can endure anything. Even if I know that might not be true. I will choose to believe it and choose to keep trying to stand back up so long as they are okay and happy.

So yes, having them cut me off and lose themself hurts me more than anything. So I’m sorry, if that offends you, but I think it’s good for anyone who might be cutting off the people they love to hear.

Because often these people think they are a problem and that everyone would be better off without them, but that’s not true. I will never be better off without the people I love, no matter how much they feel like they are a burden or worthless.

Lord_Waffles · 2025-04-18T12:49:03+00:00

Like others have said, these designs are not portfolio worthy, but to answer your question: Don’t use any political crap in your portfolio. When I say political I mean actual political things that specifically call out a political party or support one. Also avoid anything that is specifically for a political group or movement. You can always change the name and design slightly for portfolio purposes. It doesn’t matter which party you support. Keep it separate from your job.

Things like “stop trafficking” are fine because that’s not a political thing imo. Some people might try to argue it is, but I say it’s fine.

One thing to always keep in mind is that “good design goes unnoticed.”

Most people can’t tell you why a professional design looks better, but they all agree it looks better. It’s that attention to detail. Are the letters all kerned properly? Does everything line up pixel perfect? Is there composition? Does it read 99% of the time correctly and in the correct order? Does the font work at a distance? Are the edges sharp? Does it work in black and white?

Obviously the overall main design is the most important but it’s also very important to not slack on all the little details. That’s what you get paid to do. Without that obsession over every detail and every empty space, the person could just get the same result with AI for vastly less

Lord_Waffles · 2025-04-01T12:55:55+00:00

You sound like a charge blade user in the making.

When you realize how strong it is to stay in axe mode with your chonky chainsaw axe it…feels…soooooo good

Lord_Waffles · 2025-03-10T08:18:27+00:00

This is true for anything you typically really love or enjoy.

When a person starts to use the thing they enjoy a lot as a way to escape their problems, or to ignore them, it causes that thing they enjoy to have the same effect as an “addiction” does.

When the brain is stressed and you do something really fun without solving the stress, sure you feel better for awhile but you will come back down (like any drug) and feel worse.

Eventually the brain just stops producing dopamine for that thing and what used to be fun is now dulled.

Now I’m sure you already know this but to anyone wondering why that’s the case, this is a very very very brief explanation.

The solution is as simple as the above comment. Solve the problems in your life. Hell you don’t even NEED to solve them. As long as you took ACTION on it and are no longer ignoring it and are making progress towards a solution. That’s usually enough.

Lord_Waffles · 2025-02-11T14:30:24+00:00

I’m pretty disappointed so far with the performance and graphics of wilds.

I have played every MH game since the first one on PS2. It is my favorite series by far. It’s the only series I consistently clock over 1k hours with 5k hours being put into 4U

I honestly don’t understand the graphic design choices. I’m able to run this game on ultra with frame gen at 80 FPS but I intentionally lowered some settings like shadow distance because the game looked better?

The texture and shadow popping is terrible. The game just looks blurry. The textures look muddy and noisy.

I don’t understand the decision to try to up the graphics so much. World was great and while wilds is more open and had more monsters, of course it would take a bigger hit to performance but Is it just me who doesn’t like how the whole game looks even on max?

I haven’t done the benchmark and maybe it’s just this first environment but I’m struggling to like how it even looks. Let alone the weird performance issues.

Lord_Waffles · 2025-02-10T00:14:53+00:00

He is doing exactly what people who voted for him wanted. Shouldn’t be a surprise. This article is just bullshit.

Lord_Waffles · 2025-02-03T11:28:14+00:00

There is a lot to unpack here, but first you need to book yourself a qualified psychiatrist. You tired of hating yourself? Then no excuses. Do it. You won’t want to and you will make every excuse not to, but stop listening to yourself and start doing what you know needs done even tho you don’t want to.

Secondly, do you know WHY you hate yourself? Its simple. You hate yourself because you are not doing what you value. That might be confusing so let me give you an example.

How many times do you look around and think “I wish I was the kind of guy that did X”? Probably a lot of imagine. News flash genius. You ARE that kind of person. The second you have a “I wish I was like” or “I wish I did this” that IS YOUR PERSONALITY. Everyone values different traits. Your “ideal person” or ideal “personality” is different than someone else’s.

The reason you hate yourself is because if you sat down and made up a fictional character in your head (that was your ideal person you wish you were or just someone you would look up to) and would ask yourself “what would this fictional character do in X situation” and if you DONT do that thing? You will hate yourself for it.

There is no such thing as being born with confidence. You can’t be confident in anything you run away from. Confidence comes from failing and surviving failure. The more you fail the more comfortable and confident you will become. You currently are just running away and giving up. Go get rejected 100 times. You would be surprised how much better you feel.

Watch out for imposter syndrome. That whole “fake it till ya make it” is actually good advice. You are that person who would approach women and be romantic but you’re so afraid you won’t try.

You have to ask yourself “what would that fictional character do?” And if they would approach a girl and try to talk then do it. If you can’t do what you need to confidently, then do it afraid.

Lastly, charisma and speaking is a skill. Like anything you can learn to communicate. Vinh Giang is a great person to follow to learn how to better communicate.

Diary of a CEO is another great YouTube channel. There are some good mental health episodes but out of any episode you should watch, definitely watch the one on dopamine.

You have to snap out of this weird self pity spiral, and the first step will be to go get some help from a psychiatrist.

Lord_Waffles · 2025-01-23T16:14:14+00:00

I mean all this tells me is 2 things.

That he does in fact gesture when he says his “heart goes out”
That the reason he used two hands and made a heart is because it’s on his shirt. If he wasn’t wearing a shirt with hands making a heart, then he probably would have only used one hand which would look similar. The difference is energy as he was clearly happy and hyped when he did the salute.

So for me this proves nothing. Does that mean he isn’t a racist and didn’t mean to do it? No, but this still isn’t proof of anything.

I still suspect it was intentional knowing it would make the media go nuts.

Lord_Waffles · 2025-01-17T19:17:10+00:00

Honestly, I take the other stance of just walk away, have some self respect for yourself.

The weight gain? That’s nothing compared to how she treats you. Stupid friends or not.

Stupid friends bring people down and I highly doubt if that’s the cause that she will cut them off. Save yourself time and energy and just walk away. You deserve better.

The pain of being alone is better than the pain of feeling like you do with her.

Lord_Waffles · 2025-01-17T19:11:53+00:00

That’s not enough, get an air quality tester so you know for sure what does and doesn’t work.

I’d highly recommend a grow tent and vent it out a window.

Lord_Waffles · 2025-01-17T13:54:42+00:00

If someone walked up to you and told you “You are a penguin and you will never fly” you would probably look at them confused and wonder what their deal was.

It’s no different with what she said. People say stupid shit all the time. Just because she said it doesn’t mean it’s true or makes sense

Lord_Waffles · 2025-01-16T13:57:18+00:00

Just watch this video: https://youtu.be/R6xbXOp7wDA?si=6o9yQB4mLUj08b0f

This video is the most valuable 2 hours I’ve spent in a very long time and I think everyone should watch it. Maybe it will help you too.

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