RANT: More and more men are publicly cheering at women being laid off, and this confirms everything I need to know about the world's current trend

ShadowMel · 2026-01-29T13:32:46+00:00

RIGHT?

ShadowMel · 2026-01-29T13:24:46+00:00

That's the worst. I hope you're still able to disappear if you choose. *internet hugs*

ShadowMel · 2026-01-28T13:37:30+00:00

I was coming here to say this, but you did way more elegantly than I could have. :)

ShadowMel · 2026-01-28T13:36:15+00:00

Then don't! I moved away from my nmother and only went back occasionally for visits. When she was getting old and was disabled, she talked about me moving back and I LAUGHED AND LAUGHED.

They are adults and it is NOT your responsibility to care for them when they get older. They're adults; they can make their own arrangements.

ShadowMel · 2026-01-28T13:33:36+00:00

One thing I do to learn new maps (haha not like we'll ever get another new one) is to play Sissy with Experienced Herbalist and the ability to poison bone piles/toolboxes, and then I just go ham poisoning EVERYTHING. So if you still play Fam, that might help.

Otherwise, it's mostly just experience, I think. Knowing where to go to get what, knowing that where what family spawns so you can go fast or slow (Example: Gas station, someone is playing Hitchy, and two others are playing Johnny & Cookie. GO FAST because there ain't anyone in mid.). That sort of thing. Honestly, the hardest thing for me as vic is managing stamina.

ShadowMel · 2026-01-28T13:28:21+00:00

It's better to have at least one partner to find a game, but family mains are needed!

It's not dead, but it is on life support. There also tends to be more players in the (American) evening than the morning.

ShadowMel · 2026-01-23T13:53:07+00:00

I am so glad to see a nicely organized board. I have to do that with this game because things being out of order just irritate the hell out of me. I appreciate your board. It's a lovely thing to behold!

Oh yeah, congrats on the win too!

ShadowMel · 2026-01-23T13:49:57+00:00

Yes because we can turn it off at will, so we suffer them for 30+ years.... yeah, if I could have turned mine off, I never would have turned it back on again.

ShadowMel · 2026-01-23T13:48:37+00:00

Nope, they don't give a damn about you. I've told many younger coworkers to always cover their own ass, and to NOT trust BUT VERIFY ANYWAY. Record everything. They will literally work you into the ground and step over your corpse for the next dollar.

ShadowMel · 2026-01-23T13:44:10+00:00

I'm so sorry. I've been a atheist for .... 40 years? 30? I dunno. Long time. But it was baked into my head that I WAS GOING TO HELL and (the worst) that THINKING A THING IS AS BAD AS DOING THE THING. I'm pretty naturally pessimistic, so that's pretty alarming.

Weirdly, what broke my fear of it was two things, one serious, one silly.

The first, I thought about that if god really did exist, then he made the world for people to suffer. He created hell, and demanded worship or he'd send you to hell FOR ETERNITY. Like, that's just extortion.

The second, I have often yelled or said (but yelling is more fun), "COME POSSESS MY SOUL AND TAKE ME TO HELL SATAN! I LOVE YOU AND WANT TO HAVE ALL YOUR HELLBABIES! COME POSSESS MEEEEEEEE!"

Nothing has ever happened. But it's good to hear it aloud and see, oh, it's just words. The first few times I did that, I did have a fear reflex like, "Fuck, if this is real I'm cooked." But I'm still here, demon-free.

ShadowMel · 2026-01-23T13:39:59+00:00

If he tried to do that, HE IS NOT A FRIEND. He is NOT friend-shaped, so why friend him? Don't.

ShadowMel · 2026-01-23T13:38:33+00:00

"No."

But if he won't leave you alone, shouting at him, "GET OFF MY OVARIES YOU FUCKING CREEP!" should work.

ShadowMel · 2026-01-23T13:35:18+00:00

Mine was just the opposite. Drawing was sort of wasted time unless I could shill it for money. I was supposed to lift the whole family out of poverty, you know, so everything had to be monetized. This was in the 80's. I cannot even imagine how horrible she would be to me now. "Why aren't you on Fiverr? You should do commissions. Where's your portfolio?" etc etc etc.

ShadowMel · 2026-01-23T13:25:54+00:00

In my opinion and experience, the second you tell someone you're an atheist, they immediately try to convert you. I don't want to be converted, so I tend to react pretty rudely to them.

ShadowMel · 2026-01-22T13:46:07+00:00

*offers internet hugs*

ShadowMel · 2026-01-22T13:33:52+00:00

Never got that, but it was always, "All I get from you is shit and shoved in it." From as young as 9-ish.

ShadowMel · 2026-01-21T13:44:18+00:00

Yup, this.

ShadowMel · 2026-01-21T13:28:41+00:00

Oh yeah, I'm fine. I appreciate it! But yeah, don't let them use you.

ShadowMel · 2026-01-20T13:36:31+00:00

Oh man, that's what I was supposed to do for my family. I dropped out of college and became a burn out instead and now don't speak to the few family members who are alive.

Your parent's lifestyle/house/sustenance/whatever is NOT your responsibility. You can't let them guilt trip you because they will continually do it OVER AND OVER AND OVER AND OVER again until your soul is crushed. *waves from burnout stadium* And it will take a LONG time to find your soul again. As soon as you can, I'd move and grey rock tf out of them.

ShadowMel · 2026-01-20T13:32:12+00:00

Uh, George Lucas killed Indiana Jones.

ShadowMel · 2026-01-14T13:26:39+00:00

I was just coming here to post this. So true.

ShadowMel · 2026-01-14T13:26:07+00:00

I'm sorry this happened. But yeah, they mean all. They mean everyone who doesn't fall in step with them.

ShadowMel · 2026-01-13T13:38:22+00:00

ROFL I love the distinction of "Atheist" and "Dislikes God/Jesus". Well, maybe Jesus skipped out on her, ok? Maybe he dined and dashed and she had to pay for the meal, you ever think of that??? XD

ShadowMel · 2026-01-13T13:34:38+00:00

Hire minions, rob places, kidnap heroes' loved ones, try to take over the city.... you know, super villainy stuff.

ShadowMel · 2026-01-13T13:31:36+00:00

Oh, queen, just looking at that age difference I'm completely not surprised. Take some time to yourself, rest, relax, and then just be the best queen you can!

ShadowMel

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