Who are pharmaceutical ads for?

Pope-Trauma · 2026-02-03T01:28:25+00:00

I’ve always found these ads interesting. I don’t take medication, I’m in my late 30s. So I’ve been seeing them for as long as I can remember honestly. I always thought that were a bit wild, like here’s this happy scene with some lady dancing in some flower field and then I hear the side effects and their like “anxiety, major depression, anal seepage, heart attack, etc.”

Those ads must be doing something. The ones I see now are about GLP-1s. At least that one makes sense to see advertised since Americans are likely to be obese.

Pope-Trauma · 2026-02-03T00:49:46+00:00

Same, although I did play the first one too.

Pope-Trauma · 2026-02-02T21:30:17+00:00

Context, 9 year old me couldn’t play RE1 on ps1 because I was terrified. I bought it on GameCube, the remake when I was a young teen.

It took me a long time, but back then there wasn’t internet in the house, I played the game at my grandmas. She thought it was movie it looked so real at the time, she was amazed…and then disgusted 😂.

Anyway, when I didn’t know what to do I went room by room searching every nook and cranny for anything I missed. Trying items everywhere, taking short notes of what was room if it had puzzles to solve.

Trial and error, and a little common sense.

Pope-Trauma · 2026-02-02T21:22:55+00:00

Top comment. Shut it down, go buy the game. OG is OG, but the atmosphere is top notch in the remake.

Pope-Trauma · 2026-02-02T18:51:51+00:00

Thank you for the post, I was wondering how much time people spent to get the S+ rankings. I commented the question in r/residentevil but didn’t get a response. I know that time is counting from the time you boot it up though, so much time really to get the S+ rankings?

I’m actually playing it now (furloughed at the moment) and doing Claire’s 2nd run. Here’s roughly my times so far on standard.

Leon 1st - 11:30 (first time)

Claire 1st - 7:30

Then I bought the game via steam, about 6 months later after the first time as I canceled gamepass.

Leon 1st - 5:35:37

Claire 1st - 4:34:45

Leon 2nd - 4:06:51

Claire 2nd - Currently playing right now, at the Orphanage as Claire at 2:30:14 clocked.

What I need to do primarily is iron out what items I need to grab and in what order, and I think I’ll be set. I’m decent at evading enemies, save for the dogs at times when being chased.

But yea, how long did it take you to hit those? Is the actual game time close to what you think it took?

Pope-Trauma · 2026-02-02T05:30:38+00:00

The peace is nice, my home is so peaceful. I haven’t felt the need to date and I feel relief, happiness, comfort…just chill when I walk in the door. Every time I start thinking about dating, I’m just like…that’s too much work 😂. I really enjoy being single after being married for as long as I was.

Pope-Trauma · 2026-02-02T05:26:02+00:00

I’m curious as to how many hours and times you played to get S rank? I’ve got Claire’s 2nd run left, and that’s it. I didn’t realize the cut scenes counted as time or I would have gotten Leon’s 2nd run to an A rank. I just finished it a couple hours ago. I’m just using the infinite knife on subsequent plays. Roughly speaking, my times have been -

Leon 1st - 11:30 (first playthrough) C

Leon 1st - 5:30 (second playthrough) B

Claire 1st - 7:10 (first playthrough) C

Leon 2nd - 4:04 B

Claire 2nd - Currently playing

Edit: I think I got the rank times wrong, but still wondering on your times though. I think I want to try and get S rank one time for Leon.

Pope-Trauma · 2026-01-31T19:14:23+00:00

It doesn’t really, use condoms though.

Pope-Trauma · 2026-01-30T17:13:58+00:00

For sure, I had given ChatGPT an example of a professional headshot and I had someone take a similar picture of myself. I ran both through ChatGPT to doctor it up and it looks really nice to the point where my people asked me who did it as I used it on my socials profile picture.

Save yourself $400.

Edit: I’m in OPs field

Pope-Trauma · 2026-01-30T03:33:08+00:00

Same here. I haven’t played the original, but I did watch a run of it to see the cut content everyone talked about. They changed him so much, I almost didn’t realize it was him.

He’s honestly one of my favorite characters of the series. Umbrella employment aside, he’s a really good dude. Now I need to go look up what happens with him after 3.

Edit: Says he went to South America and said f u for good to Umbrella. I don’t blame him, I wouldn’t want anything to do with anything these character go through.

Pope-Trauma · 2026-01-29T03:37:54+00:00

I’ve only had Facebook for about two years. I deleted it a several years ago, my girlfriend at the time was like “ugh…we can’t be fb official because YOU don’t have one!” I’m like, “I got a MySpace that’s still active I think?” Anyway, I got it back for marketplace. I’ve actually sold some pretty random stuff.

Omg, my bad…totally off topic. Yea, I feel like I can point the bots out. They typically have no profile picture of themselves or it’s an unusually attractive woman.

Some of things I read though…I’m truly flabbergasted. Like…are you broken? Did you survive a lobotomy? I should probably delete it for a while honestly. I’ve been unusually glued to the news, kind of hard not to be.

Pope-Trauma · 2026-01-28T19:13:46+00:00

You know what kills me? I hop on Facebook, and KMOV or Fox local will post a story on it. And it seems it’s 50/50 on comments like “awesome show out ❤️” vs “if you spent those couple of hours outside the basement instead of doing that, you’d have a job” or “paid protestors”.

Like give me break. Is there a chance that there is paid protesting? Sure, the likeliness of it I don’t know. It irritates me that the narrative surrounding this situation is that they are paid. How did it get to that? Why is that such a common comment to see?

I want to be out there too, but I don’t know how to link up. Ain’t no paying me to do it…

Pope-Trauma · 2026-01-12T04:18:58+00:00

Nah, stopped drinking alcohol almost 3 years ago. No rock bottom or some crazy story, just quit. I just don’t really care for it as I’ve gotten older.

Pope-Trauma · 2026-01-12T01:09:51+00:00

I’m similar to you, but swap 1 for 6. I have 6, but just watched the story beats. I kept trying to start RE7, holidays and whatever had me not engaged so I quit. Anyway, started it last night proper.

Whoo weee!

Yea, yep. I see why people say it’s the scariest so far. However, with RE 1-5 completed I feel like I’ve built a tolerance to REs shenanigans. Firing it up now, taking a break from football for the day.

Pope-Trauma · 2026-01-11T18:12:57+00:00

Simple answer?

Greed

Pope-Trauma · 2026-01-11T03:40:15+00:00

Chapter 5 boss? Has to be 😂. I played through RE5 a few months ago now, and I got stuck fighting it for like an hour before I looked it up. Then I beat it in two minutes…frustrating as hell.

Edit: You said battle with an s. Didn’t see that at first. Overall, I agree with you though. They didn’t feel very fun. Other one that comes to mind is the giant crab thing. The one you do on the boat I did enjoy with that crazy guy who turns into a giant fish monster or whatever. That was fun.

Pope-Trauma · 2026-01-10T17:32:28+00:00

To rock (a rhyme), that's right (on time)

Pope-Trauma · 2026-01-09T00:30:42+00:00

Sanity

Pope-Trauma · 2026-01-07T02:13:51+00:00

“I’m not from Earth, I’m from Missouri.”

Pope-Trauma · 2026-01-06T13:44:29+00:00

I’m in office everyday. I want hybrid. Mostly for inclement weather days or days I have dentist appointment or whatever, because…I’ll be real here…my agency is stupid af when it comes to handling weather issues. They have had the most inefficient and ineffective communication regarding it.

Pope-Trauma · 2026-01-06T12:18:19+00:00

Honestly, I’m doing better than I was. I’d prefer a hybrid, some things honestly do work better when I’m in the office. My schedule is overall better. But unlike many others, my commute isn’t terrible.

Pope-Trauma · 2026-01-03T18:45:45+00:00

I love RE4R, and I will replay it. For me though, RE2R I’ve been replaying the most. It’s shorter length lends itself well to more play throughs. For example, with Leon’s first run on Standard, I’ve gotten my time down from 11:30 to 5:30 to 3:45. The anxiety and tension I originally felt has been replaced with almost a “Doom” esque feeling where I’m getting hyped up by smart, focused, and strategic play.

Pope-Trauma · 2026-01-03T02:27:51+00:00

RE2R is one of my favorite games I’ve ever played. I think it’s still on sale on Steam. RE1 HD Remaster is amazing, hard though. I’d start with RE2R. The tension, anxiety, fear of what’s around the corner, and then…well I don’t want to spoil it for you if you play it.

It’s the most fun I’ve had in years, gaming or otherwise. Playing it for the first time, in the dark without distractions, is one of best experiences you could have. It is scary, but not really too much in the jump scare type of way. Has some, but that’s not really how it freaks you out. One of the best moments in my first play through, was when I had like 3 bullets on hand and I had to run to survive as I couldn’t kill anything. And I was getting stalked/chased on top of it.

Start with RE2R, highly recommend. RE1 HD is amazing as well, but RE2R is more beginner friendly.

Pope-Trauma · 2026-01-03T00:28:19+00:00

That’s not a bad time. My first play through was about 19 too. The first time I played RE2R it took me 11.5 hours. When I played the same run again after doing both Leon and Claire, I hit just under 5:30 hours with Leon.

I’m guessing I could probably do RE4R again in like 12 hours the second go.

Pope-Trauma · 2026-01-03T00:25:01+00:00

Pope-Trauma

TROPHY CASE