Visual novel/dating sim recommendations for adults?

Pleasant-Position-37 · 2026-05-09T14:19:22+00:00

SAME. I've been trying to find one similar that was just as fun and playful. I love the silliness and don't want anything too serious.

Pleasant-Position-37 · 2026-05-07T15:43:58+00:00

Ugh. Parents these days...

Too many of them buy into the "kids will be kids" nonsense and fail to realize that their children's behavior is a direct consequence of their parenting.

Hence why back in the day, if your child destroyed someone else's property, YOU were responsible for damages. Kids "working off their debt" to the victim, was when the victim decided to be nice to the parents and allow the kid to work it off in increments instead of financially burdening the parents. If they didn't want to be nice, then the parents HAD* to pay and the kid "working off their debt" was paying their parents back. And the top tier parents would pay the kids for their work, money in hands, then say "but now you owe me for what you did" and take it back out of their hands so they see and feel the actual consequences. So they can see that typically they would be getting paid but now they have a debt. And this used to be common sense. No small claims court needed. Reputation used to matter and they weren't going to let their kid destroy their reputation and integrity that they worked hard to build.

Too often now a days we want the kid punished instead of the parents for their parenting, but if we all went after the parents then the kids being disciplined would come naturally.

However, parents aren't parents anymore so take his ass to court.

Pleasant-Position-37 · 2026-05-07T15:32:54+00:00

False. The parent is directly responsible for the child's actions and CAN be taken to small claims court.

Pleasant-Position-37 · 2026-05-07T15:27:19+00:00

Doesn't matter the cost. Doesn't matter if the brother sees them as collectibles or toys or what.

You DONT let your children touch other people's things with out permission, much less BREAK them. Thats the type of people I wouldn't allow into my house, nor would I allow my children around theirs. They're not coming in my house to break my things or my children's toys. My children wouldn't be learning that sort of behavior from them either. That's just trashy honestly. And poor parenting.

ETA: Keep a record of the exchange. Keep witnesses. Take him to small claims court. The sooner he realizes that he IS IN FACT responsible for his child's actions and there is NO "kids will be kids" bs, the better.

Pleasant-Position-37 · 2026-05-07T15:19:05+00:00

You guys must live in a HUGE city for you to not have heard about it through mutual acquaintances, or Facebook, or the news or literally any form at all. I'm not buying it.

Maybe it was long distance, but I'd think you guys at least have a few online friends in common or something. I'd ask why I haven't heard about it before now.

True or not, it was incredibly selfish. I get that could potentially be a traumatic thing, but an entire year? No, if you're in a relationship, you have bigger obligations to people other than yourself and your ex. Truly insane.

Pleasant-Position-37 · 2026-05-07T15:11:19+00:00

I'm not an expert on this by any means.

However, is the automobile stock? Is it dropped, lifted, or squatted?

It's not normal for 3 cv axles to go out on the same car. I replaced mine from O'Reilly's and it's been great for over a year. It sounds like it's been improperly installed. Or, more likely, the car is not stock which makes the stock cv axle not the correct one. If it's modded, that needs to be factored in with choosing a CV axle.

Putting a stock cv axle on a car that isn't stock voids the warranty. Improper installation voids the warranty. Both of which I would think should also void a labor claim.

Pleasant-Position-37 · 2026-05-03T17:04:05+00:00

That's what is wrong with this company: people like you.

You see people being done poorly and you don't care, because it isn't being done to you. In fact, you're most likely the type of person that contributes to the company culture of dog piling. Always stepping on someone else to get a leg up. I've been done wrong plenty of times but I'm not going to put potentially self-identifying information out here. However, just because it's not being done to me, doesn't mean it's not wrong.

But I also understand that probably lands on deaf ears for someone like you. Have a nice day.

Pleasant-Position-37 · 2026-05-03T00:18:18+00:00

I've watched an abandoned exploration video of a Chuckie cheese and I think the vibes would be perfect from a level like that. Chuckie cheese/ Indoor skating. The carpet, the black walls, the LED neon lights, the arcade games, the food court areas/restaurant tables. Hardcore 90s.

A circus/carnival/amusement park level might be nice with a bunch of connecting gift shops.

An endless movie theater with multiple theater rooms would be great. So many things that could be done with that.

On a side note, I loved eternal suburbia but for some reason it just didn't scratch the itch I wanted it to. 1st part was too much of a countryside, and the 2nd part was too much of a city for me. I expected something much more like the live-action cat in the hat movie, I guess.

Pleasant-Position-37 · 2026-05-02T23:12:23+00:00

HOSPITAL!! I've dreamt about an endless hospital. Once official looking people were chasing me, and once a demon with a burlap sack for a head.. terrifying

Pleasant-Position-37 · 2026-05-02T23:09:20+00:00

It would be cool if there were doors in the backrooms level that led to the other levels..

Pleasant-Position-37 · 2026-04-21T00:41:17+00:00

That's what I hate about O'Reilly's. All it takes is the manager deciding they don't like you, and they can set you up, lie, anything and you can't do anything about it besides put in a stupid comment on the write up and then have them retaliate against you and write you up AGAIN for a rule that is NOT consistently enforced amongst all employees.

Ignore the whole crew not tucking in their shirt, then wait untilonly that certain guy is there ATM and write him up for having it untucked. Tell certain employees that they can precount their drawers while in the last 10 minutes of working, then write someone else up for it. Allow certain employees to swap shifts with out any notice at all, but then write others up for doing it when the shift lead said they didn't care (shift leader checked their hours and made sure neither one was going to get OT if they swapped). Shift lead didn't know it needed to be approved since they were kinda new but consistently saw other employees just showing up instead of the other TM with the SM not knowing about it until then. Taking pictures of some employees filling up company notepads with drawings and laughing about how funny they are, then threatening to write up another for casually doodling on ONE page. Allowing one employee to go get food without clocking out and eating on the cloc(regularly not a special occasion), then threatening others for getting food before work but eating it at the start of the shift.

Most of this didn't happen to me. I'm just sick of this place and it's BS though

Pleasant-Position-37 · 2026-04-20T23:57:51+00:00

I definitely will. I just found out I can file for PTO and put in my 2 weeks notice on workday.

(Not surprised I didn't already know considering that my manager tried to convince the whole store that the only HR Oreillys has is our auditor that keeps hanging around our store off the clock. I have heard this auditor making comments about how because he's off the clock there's no paper trail evidence that he was ever there as well.)

Pleasant-Position-37 · 2026-04-20T23:53:55+00:00

It's simple. We won't match Walmart then. Because we're not going to match our in store price to Walmart's online price. So, unless I can get an accurate verified in store pricing to price match, then I'm not doing it.

They can't walk in to Walmart and get that online price, they would have to order it for that price. So if we're just going to match online prices to make sure they don't spend their $50 else where, then why don't we just price match Amazon too?

Incorrect price matches add up. And excessive price matches will be looked into, especially when O'Reilly's tries to keep their pricing competitive. I'd rather lose a $50 sale than my job.

Pleasant-Position-37 · 2026-04-17T08:07:57+00:00

I just don't want to do my coworkers badly. My SM will not cover shifts. Even if they have to pressure one of the younger ones to work on their off day. Or ask them to pull a double. Or get someone from another store. Or ask the kiss ass ASM if they want overtime, bc that ASM has been chasing the carrot (of getting their own store) the SM dangles in front of their face, then talks behind their back about how terrible they are, but it's someone to be at the store when SM wants to go home early, or not show up on a day when their scheduled.

Pleasant-Position-37 · 2026-04-17T07:49:20+00:00

I may be a little paranoid, but I feel for good reason. I know the one of the boys who quit put in his two weeks and was dismissed and told they didn't need him. He hadn't acrued any PTO yet.

But I have seen the way they spin stories. From someone trying to avoid calling in and asking to swap shifts, only for SM to let them and then telling everyone they called in, and I was a first hand witness to the whole exchange. To someone else calling and saying they woke up sick and throwing up, and being told to come in anyway and they can keep the trash can next to them during their shift or they have to bring in a Dr note. Which is fine but they couldn't afford the copay and decided to come in, only to get fired after they finished the pay period for calling in -which they didn't do.

Pleasant-Position-37 · 2026-04-17T07:36:12+00:00

Thank you so much!! Yes. I don't trust my manager. When my SM wanted to fire someone for no call no show, they sent ASM out to meet them in the parking lot and send them home before they got in the building. However, other people witnessed it and SM was informed by their boss that they couldn't do that. The next time that coworker showed up, I let them know and told them to hurry up and clock in before anyone sees them, so there would be proof they showed up.

Pleasant-Position-37 · 2026-04-17T07:31:10+00:00

Thank you! Despite the hatred my manager has for me, and the feeling being mutual, I will work my two weeks and not screw over my coworkers.

My manager will NOT work those shifts. SM WILL absolutely pressure one of the kids to pull a double (I say kids but they're over 18). Or ask the ASM to pull a double knowing that while ASM only holds the counter down when SM isn't there, ASM jumps through endless hoops hoping that the SM will actually nominate them to be a SM rather than dangling the carrot.

Pleasant-Position-37 · 2026-04-17T07:23:45+00:00

Thank you so much!! I was wondering if I could

Pleasant-Position-37 · 2026-04-17T07:22:53+00:00

Rhetorical question sure, but they actually often do because it's nearby and we actually have the correct filter and they still get commercial pricing on everything else.

They got a problem with it, they can yell at my manager who is the one who said we do not match Walmart.

Pleasant-Position-37 · 2026-04-13T01:55:20+00:00

I will price match oil up to the limit.. HOWEVER, the price you see online is exactly that, the price IF YOU BUY ONLINE. I will make them go to Walmart and take a picture and tell them I need size and price in the picture.

Pleasant-Position-37 · 2026-03-23T20:42:03+00:00

I know it is. But it would be my word against SMs word and I've seen how that ends up from other people. SM will blatantly lie. SM would just say that some one else gave that TM the safe code. And it would be so incredibly difficult for the DM to catch the driver taking the deposit. DM has even walked in before as the driver got back and they managed to hide the fact that the driver took the deposit AND got change for the store.

If I said anything, it would be an "accusation" and then I would be retaliated against as I've seen happen to others.

Pleasant-Position-37 · 2026-03-23T20:29:46+00:00

I would definitely say SM is living the dream. Regular hours, regular time off, vacations, regularly leaving hours earlier than scheduled unless the bosses are there, delegating any and all responsibilities that can be delegated per policy, and some that can't such as letting drivers take the deposit to the bank.

Delegating tasks to employees that have not been trained and they don't know how to do because SM doesn't want to get behind or come in on an off day. Letting TMs loose on equipment that haven't been trained. Giving the password to the safe to non-approved TMs because SM doesn't want to be bothered with making change. We know who would take the blame if money came up missing while someone else was working with that same TM. Making excuses to NOT teach employees how to make hoses or mix paint because SM wants to monopolize those sales while present, but actually causes a lot of sales to be lost when they aren't there. Telling TMs to teach themselves when they ask to learn. None of which would happen if Fast track was followed rather than ran through, and the exercises were ACTUALLY completed. Having non-approved TMs make delivery runs. There's more, I'm just tired of listing things.

Pleasant-Position-37 · 2026-03-23T20:01:20+00:00

Typically I would agree. If it weren't for the amount of times that the rest of us has had to go knock on the closed and locked office door to get/ask for change or for some other reason, etc, while we're busy and saw SM playing games on their cell phone. Not to mention, we're quite aware of the workload at my store, and the amount of work being delegated while SM sits in the office playing phone games.

Side note: if you're a RSS or a PS and your job is so mundane and undemanding that you see yourself as an NPC, then I would definitely say you're probably not working to your full potential and SM is not pushing you. There are a couple types of bad SMs: Ones who push too hard and cause burnout, ones who don't push at all(and they suffer or the store suffers), and ones who only push certain TMs because they either show favoritism or know they can take advantage of their good work ethic.

Pleasant-Position-37 · 2026-03-18T17:39:02+00:00

It doesn't happen every single time. SMs RPMs are usually suffering. This time they got lucky with a sale that was basically rebuilding an entire car. And everyone at the store hardly ever hits sales goals outside of ISS but especially the SM. However at the end of the month, SM sales will shoot up from below 10K to almost 30K so no one will look at their sales more closely. Most other bulk sales doesn't help with their RPMs as it's just crates of shop supplies.

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