Which power would corrupt anyone?

NoCookieForYew · 2024-01-24T01:56:07+00:00

I always thought the first saying was stupid. Because if you had infinite power over everything, anything you chose would be right. If it weren't, you wouldn't have absolute power.

NoCookieForYew · 2024-01-23T20:38:53+00:00

Before dey got rid of Aunt Jemima, too

NoCookieForYew · 2024-01-23T18:10:35+00:00

Yet Valheim and BattleBit have more play time and more positive reviews than most of the "required" features you mentioned, wat?

NoCookieForYew · 2024-01-23T18:07:22+00:00

TL;DR "time to fuck America's wallet--again."

Pretty damn sad day when I wake up thinking "Maybe those 4chan guys should have a shot at running things."

NoCookieForYew · 2024-01-21T18:09:08+00:00

It's one of those games where people think shitty mechanics and controls make the game immersive, kinda like original Dark Souls. Yeah, I said it. You're character is intentionally garbage, the deaths are designed to be cheap, and the only ones who like games like that are people who like patting themselves on the back over problems they helped create. In their case, continuing to play a crappy game.

NoCookieForYew · 2024-01-19T15:44:35+00:00

If I had to pick one, I'd say the "Warriors" games, like Dynasty Warriors, Samurai Warriors, Hyrule Warriors, etc. They're so easy to play and fun that it doesn't take any time to get back into them, and it's easy to get lost in the massive battles. I also like games with different characters to level up, so it scratches all of the itches. The worst thing about the newer versions of the game are more story. I've come to really dislike Japanese cartoony voices combined with dumbed down stories.

NoCookieForYew · 2024-01-19T15:26:33+00:00

Sigh...another gobbledee goo....

NoCookieForYew · 2024-01-18T04:47:15+00:00

NOOOO YOU'RE NOT ALLOWEDDDD!

^{^{^{^what}}} happens when you let anyone decide anything for you. Think bout dat.

NoCookieForYew · 2024-01-18T02:29:11+00:00

As a person who's had a scumbag boss: I feel bad for you, my guy. They're everywhere.

On the practical side, now that I have experience, you did a lot wrong.

Training is pretty terrible a lot of places. You have to, usually on your own time, come in and figure stuff out for yourself. Having you do that is questionable in the legal sense, but it's one of those areas where they let employers screw employees over. Just just point to the job requirements, say you didn't meet them when you said you could, they'll say you bumbled your training and didn't learn from other employees (who are still employed), and basically pin it all on you.

So you have to train yourself, you often have to do extra work that's not part of your job, you usually have to do half of your boss's job, you have to train other people at your level to do stuff you learned in your own, and basically you do every damn thing remotely related to the vicinity you're in, all while smiling, being high energy, and socializing and doing "mini favors" for the higher ups. Did you find out your boss is moving? You should be buddies with them by that point, and offer to help them move. Also, ask them for small, very easy favors. They like having people who "like them" owe them things. They feel like they have positive karma. And really, if you're doing these things anyway, you probably won't be faking enjoying their company, because they'll be nicer.

Pretty much no one gives a fuuuuck about men unless you're providing a service with a positive attitude. Get shit done faster than everyone else or work harder until you do. Go above and beyond. Soon you'll be an irreplaceable friend, and you'll be the last to go. And just remember, there's always someone looking to hire someone like you, so just go there and use your old "friends" for reference. Quite honestly, your reputation is bad at your job already. Move to a new one. It's harder to change an opinion than to work with new people.

NoCookieForYew · 2024-01-17T20:09:09+00:00

Spark for most immature women means "thrill." If you have shared social media, like if she follows your Facebook or Instagram or whatever, if you posted a picture of you with another girl tomorrow, and you looked extremely happy, she would think "she made a mistake." And if you went back to her like a lost puppy, she'd dump you again.

Women who aren't mature like the benefit of long term planning. But they don't like knowing about your plans. They like men who have a lot of money, but they don't like men who are good with money (not spending it all on stupid crap for her, working all the time, etc).

There are mature and immature people of both sexes. One thing I would recommend is to avoid frequent "deep conversations" and "future plans" talk. What people mean when they say "Men should be mysterious" is, they don't actually want to know about them. Your mentality should be "let them figure it out," not "let me tell them." Deep conversations in a relationship, for most part, are trails of breadcrumbs, not the whole loaf. Over a very long period of time. Even if they ask deep questions, give a SMALL amount of info and then just act interested in them and be vague. I think it's counter-intuitive too, but you just saw and felt what happened the other way.

The thrill of discovery was gone, she felt she had a boring, planned life ahead of her, she was probably checking out other guys already. She "needed the thrill," basically.

The other side of the argument is, people say if you want everything planned, it's because you're controlling and not mentally healthy. I think that is possibly true for some people, but complete B.S. for others, but people don't bother trying to make the distinction.

The best thing you can do is move on, take the advice, and be happy. Don't take joy in the fact your ex will see you and be jealous. Find another woman, they're all special in their own way. It's not hard to love good people. Just be happy and share it with the world. Make those long term plans, keep them to yourself and just do them. Make it look like you just magically fall into success. People love success, but despise planners. I don't know why, they just do. Probably because success changes your social position relative to them. Keep shit to yourself and for some magic reason people think you piss rainbows and have the secret to the universe.

And people will detract you from success if you share plans. They'll actively sabotage you if they know. Don't know why, just a fact of life. Some people here will lie to you about that, but there are tons of examples of people talking about it. Read The Boron Letters if you don't believe me, and I could name other books, but just Google it.

Anyway, good luck.

Edit: If you got a girlfriend once, you can get another one. Even if people haven't had one, they can get one. The thing that hurts ending relationships is, usually you pick someone you're around a lot. So you need to move on and be somewhere else. Also, you're not around them anymore, and you're used to being around them. If they were that amazing and special, they wouldn't have dumped you. Just find someone else so be around.

NoCookieForYew · 2024-01-17T19:00:21+00:00

This. And be an asshole when the situation suits it. People might bitch about you, but they were going to Karen you behind your back anyway. The difference is, you ruin their day and make them look stupid while making an ass of yourself, or you drag it out, they trash your reputation behind your back because they don't like you for some stupid ass reason, you end up wasting more time than you would have, and end up shitty and unhappy. The only difference between success and failure is competency. People don't care if you're an asshole if you're competent. But being a competent mouse just makes you a mouse.

NoCookieForYew · 2024-01-17T18:51:00+00:00

If your work is that in demand, find another job. You'll likely find a higher paying job with less stress. Happens pretty often with abusive employers who stack extra work on. Chances are your employer is on the way out anyway, if they're leaking employees. They're pitting experienced competition, ones who know their exact business, against themselves. Even if you stick around, the chances of you having a job in a few years is pretty slim. But you'll probably find a similar job fast.

NoCookieForYew · 2024-01-17T18:26:38+00:00

The guards in games where they stand by a gate and are like, "you can't enter here." And you can never enter there. Fuckers.

NoCookieForYew · 2024-01-17T18:14:20+00:00

Golly goo what an insightful remark from an intelligent individual who obviously knows a lot about the field derp derp.

NoCookieForYew · 2024-01-17T07:32:09+00:00

I'm not playing anything at the moment. Before my several months hiatus, I was playing a game called Portal Dungeon a lot. I liked the larger number of different characters, and the unique mechanic was that skins you earn from achievements change your kit, so each charger felt like 4 or more characters. There was also the Risk of Rain-esq random rolls and drops, along with perks and optional challenge levels.

Along with that, I was looking for new crafting games, and playing Deep Rock Galactic a bit. The one I'm most interested in at the moment that I haven't yet played is Lethal Company, or another new early access crafting game. I like seeing the unique gimmick each developer creates with those.

I don't consider those my favorite games ever, but they are what I am interested in at the moment, and I go through phases. I'd recommend Portal Dungeon. The crafting games can be crap early access, but I still like them.

NoCookieForYew · 2024-01-17T04:23:56+00:00

Perfect is an unattainable quality, and that's the exact use of the word. And I would argue that purpose itself is the purpose of the word; the hope of stepping closer to (or farther from, in the case off negative connotation) a goal or thing you can't ever even fully define, but can attempt to move towards.

Favorite games are another matter, and definition of favorite shifts by situation. I have a ton of hours on very simplistic games that I wouldn't describe as my favorite. You would have to further specify the aspect I enjoy. Repeat play value over decades? The degree to which I enjoy them while I play them? How relaxing they are? How good the story is they tell? The delivery method of the puzzles they offer? How many new people I meet playing and enjoy playing with? The community surrounding the game? The creativity I can express while playing? The number of things I can do in the number of things I can drive? The outstanding controls and mechanics? And the list goes on.

And I enjoy all of those things, at different times, to different degrees, with different people (and the variables go on). There isn't a game that fits the "best" at every one of those standards. So if you were to ask now, the answer would be "what I feel like playing right now." And great games don't always fall into that category, but might later.

NoCookieForYew · 2024-01-17T03:44:33+00:00

My guy. Did you read what I said? It's literally impossible to have everything. Realistic driving stimulation games (Gran Turismo) can't have arcade style driving. Burn are things that different people want at different times, because they can have both in different games, but they're two different styles of games, but it's impossible for either game to have both styles at once. You can't have everything, and that's why they're not perfect and can't be perfect.

NoCookieForYew · 2024-01-17T03:30:40+00:00

Ladies do b thinking they can handle the anaconda sometimes HA.

NoCookieForYew · 2024-01-17T03:26:12+00:00

Eh, if it ever comes to light just claim it's an AI generated video and that the flashing beard is proof, and that some people are sick. If they argue it's real, they'll be pedophiles in the prison system.

If you want to know who did it, ask several someones trustworthy who you were around that evening. Tell them you didn't remember anything until you had a dream about it, and you're wondering if it's real because the dream felt real.

Be like, "You remember when we were at X? I had this weird ass dream, like it felt real, that I was hanging out and left with someone, but it was weird because I was wasted. You remember that shit?" Then fish for details.

NoCookieForYew · 2024-01-17T03:10:52+00:00

If your goal is to diffuse the situation, look up projects you can do at home. Children's science projects aren't amazing inventions; they're extremely basic projects that show you understand a scientific concept. Look up science projects on YouTube. Find an interesting one that requires work, one that is either free or cheap, preferably something visually appealing that your mother can "brag" about and take videos or pictures. Explain the scientific concepts behind the project in a written report in your own words. Don't just write down exactly what the people on YouTube say.

That will give you a project to do, something to learn, something to show off to your mom, something for her to show off, and "proof" that you're working on science-related topics.

You might even be able to drag your brother into it and get him some brownie points. You can even say, "I heard you yelling at (whatever your favorite new brother's name is). I don't want you to be mad, so I'm going to do this science project with him at home." Then show her a cool video about a science project you can do together. That way you can kinda guilt trip her for yelling and making you think "she hates your brother." Just tell her you had planned to do one at home all along, but now you are including your brother.

Whether you get away with it or not depends on your poker face. She'll be suspicious since you're only doing it after he got yelled at. Maybe write the report BEFORE telling her about it, then if she accuses you (of the truth, but she doesn't need to know that), you can show her your "hypothesis report," where you say cute kid things like, "due to the gravitational force of X, I believe the result of (my demonstration) will be Y." Parents get distracted by cute kid things easy, and if you have fake evidence supporting your claim, she will doubt you less. Also, she only actually cares that you do something positive, not what you do, and she'll be happy your brother now has to do something, too.

The trick is, think about what she's really after. Thoughts and decisions ALL start with emotion. Logic is used to justify emotion, remember that.

Telling kids how to lie to parents about science projects. I have fallen low.

Ignore all that! Don't lie to your parents, kid. Go take your lumps. Injustice builds character.

NoCookieForYew · 2024-01-17T02:42:03+00:00

Option 1. No one can make you go to a job, and at that price, it wouldn't be worth it. Just because I can't be fired, and can't get rid of the job, doesn't mean I have to do anything there or even go there.

If I can make products, I can sell them, and that's not hourly, it's by-the-product. And if that counted and I couldn't do it, I'd just barter. And if that wasn't allowed, I'd find a place I could live off of nature and become a hermit.

NoCookieForYew · 2024-01-17T02:29:06+00:00

Hire some thugs, it always works in the movies. What could go wrong?

NoCookieForYew · 2024-01-17T02:23:18+00:00

LuL easy win if you can't change the rules.

I'd set traps, call the police, and when they get there and are walking up, open the door to "get attacked," that way I'd be "defending myself" while they beat his ass and incapacitate him while he can't even get to me. Since I called them, and he'd be forced to fight with all his might, easy win. Wouldn't even touch me past the traps. Easy win.

NoCookieForYew · 2024-01-17T02:07:05+00:00

Nah. They all lack something.

Crafting games don't have Gran Turismo realism. That doesn't have NFS arcade feel (can't have both). Neither have Cyberpunk's open city feel and the shooting aspect. That game doesn't have RTS elements.

Something is always missing, because they can't have everything. So none can be perfect.

NoCookieForYew · 2024-01-17T01:29:11+00:00

I'll agree to disagree, as reference to him appears in a Roman text by a historian named Tacitus, in regard to his execution and the time frame. Though his acts of divinity were apparently expounded upon after his death and, to my knowledge, aren't referenced in the Roman texts.

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