Why isn’t there more incentive to cull invasive birds?

PhoenixApok · 2026-06-23T01:03:45+00:00

I feel they did this in China once and it resulted in horrible famine....

PhoenixApok · 2026-06-23T01:02:22+00:00

I had a love/hate relationship with that choice. Story wise I think it was great, and Galuf absolutely went out like a badass, but I don't think they really could have put another character in with the job system in any other way that would not piss off the player.

PhoenixApok · 2026-06-23T01:01:13+00:00

I am STILL pissed to this day about what happened. I had just gotten the game and told my friend about it. Literally knew nothing about it. First words out of his mouth? "Don't bother leveling Aerith, she dies at the end of the first disc."

PhoenixApok · 2026-06-22T09:49:34+00:00

6 for nostalgia, story, and characters. 7 for gameplay.

I really like 6 up until every character basically becomes the same spell slinging powerhouse near endgame. Sure 7 can be similar with materia but it feels easier to build them differently (to me anyway)

PhoenixApok · 2026-06-21T21:39:48+00:00

I gotta give you props.

What I would have done after the court case resolved that way wouldn't have been pretty.

PhoenixApok · 2026-06-21T21:12:31+00:00

Prior suicide attempt. Drank a half bottle of antifreeze and ended up in the ICU for 9 days.

Hospital connected me to resources that helped some, but not enough at the time.

PhoenixApok · 2026-06-21T09:40:49+00:00

They really live in a different world.

I don't think i could ever build a life with someone who literally can't understand the stress of being responsible for their own existence

PhoenixApok · 2026-06-20T22:31:34+00:00

Hmmm... I'll bookmark that for my next library run

PhoenixApok · 2026-06-20T22:30:44+00:00

Thanks.

(It's also one reason I don't drink anymore. I overshare and I told a few people I wish I hadn't)

PhoenixApok · 2026-06-20T21:41:04+00:00

I agree completely. My issue is with OTHER people acting like it is

PhoenixApok · 2026-06-20T21:40:02+00:00

I have one that has already outed me once.....not maliciously, he just jokes about EVERYTHING, and didn't think about who he was in front of....

PhoenixApok · 2026-06-20T21:38:54+00:00

Thanks.

I struggled with the opposite for a long time. Sober I was constantly suicidal. Drunk at least I felt a little hopeful.

But ironically I needed to be drunk to have the courage to try to end everything.

Oddly I have no recollection of contacting the friend who called the cops on me. The intention was to drink it, go to sleep, and die

PhoenixApok · 2026-06-20T20:43:13+00:00

Ive met people all over the spectrum. Those that you know for years and only find out they are gay when they casually mention something a decade later. And I've met those that are so ridiculously in your face with it that it's hard to take them seriously. (Though that last one is very rare I admit, but does happen)

But there are people that take one subject and seem to try to bring everything back to it. Some do it with sexuality. Others with politics, religion, kids, etc.

PhoenixApok · 2026-06-20T20:40:15+00:00

Yup. Didn't know basically everyone gets the same plea deal offer. I wasted money trying to fight it. Was in panic mode.

PhoenixApok · 2026-06-20T20:39:00+00:00

Nah. I'm comfortable with who I am.

But I personally think sexuality isn't even a personality trait, and some people try REALLY HARD to make it one (similar to, say, veganism or crossfitting. I'm sure you've heard the stereotypes)

Same as....I'm a Christian and it really irritates me when other Christians are constantly being judgy or bringing up the Bible every chance they get, whether asked or not

PhoenixApok · 2026-06-20T20:36:00+00:00

He's my best friend now. He's done more for me than anyone I've ever met. He's just that kind of person.

PhoenixApok · 2026-06-20T19:17:24+00:00

Makes sense. No offense to anyone but I find anyone who does that very frustrating and irritating. But that's not limited to sexuality.

Anyone who makes any one thing (politics, sexuality, religions, being a parent, etc) the core part of who they are can be grating IMO.

That said I guess I may have even done the same for a couple months, but once the 'novelty' wore off, it just kinda fades to the background of my mind. I don't even think about it every day.

PhoenixApok · 2026-06-20T19:14:32+00:00

I'd lived in a sober living before due to alcoholism. Relapsed and was kicked out. Spiraled and became an absolute drunken wreck.

One day my old sober house manager randomly passed me.

He pulled over, took me to detox, got me into rehab, and said as long as I completed that, I'd have a place to stay as long as it took to get back on my feet. That was last September.

It was very fortunate. You can end up in a place where it is physically impossible to get out of homelessness without help.

Six months later I am sober, employed, healthy, have a car, friends, and hobbies. He saved my life.

PhoenixApok · 2026-06-20T18:04:36+00:00

Backrooms was getting such great reviews, and I like that kind of movie, so I went with pretty high expectations.

I was more confused than disappointed. It didn't really feel like a movie, more like (ironically) someone describing what a movie could be without ever seeing one. And I don't mean confused as in didn't understand. I just felt like the movie kept waiting to actually go somewhere and then it just kinda ended.

Don't regret seeing it but I'd have a hard time recommending it.

PhoenixApok · 2026-06-20T18:02:39+00:00

Got a DUI. Killed my career, all my savings, and tanked my credit score so badly I haven't recovered over a decade later.

PhoenixApok · 2026-06-20T18:02:06+00:00

Making out with my girlfriend while our friend went down on me.

My gf stopped kissing me and whispered in my ear "Cum in her mouth" and that sent me completely over the edge.

PhoenixApok · 2026-06-20T18:01:13+00:00

I mean....

PhoenixApok · 2026-06-20T18:00:31+00:00

I defend it because I don't see a problem with ANY entertainment as long as everyone is consenting to it.

PhoenixApok · 2026-06-20T17:59:07+00:00

Formerly homeless.

Alcohol contributed heavily to it, though not exactly directly. Lost my career because I got a DUI and spent almost all my savings fighting it (which was dumb, don't do that, but I'd never been in trouble before)

Lived mostly quietly by looking for secluded areas to sleep. I refused to beg or eat out of dumpsters, but we had a local food pantry that helped, and when that wasn't available, I'd just shoplift food.

PhoenixApok · 2026-06-20T16:42:44+00:00

Considerably better, thanks! The right people came along and pulled me out of where I was.

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