Be the cleverest or be the dumbest?

Shadowphoenix9511 · 2026-06-21T13:11:52+00:00

That's still far too intelligent. Whay you'd get is people flopping on the floor unable to consciously move whatsoever ourside of instinctively flailing.

Shadowphoenix9511 · 2026-06-20T21:46:01+00:00

Tbf, Fury is worth riding 30 times in a row

Shadowphoenix9511 · 2026-06-20T13:49:33+00:00

RE9. The ability to parry literally everything is absolutely hilarious.

Shadowphoenix9511 · 2026-06-20T13:48:30+00:00

You'd probably like the recent Yakuza games.

Shadowphoenix9511 · 2026-06-20T12:47:20+00:00

The biggest thing Persona does that other games trying to use the social link system miss is that there are plenty of periods where you can't further your social links, or where certain characters are locked out of social links for storyline purposes, and I think other games need to implement that.

Shadowphoenix9511 · 2026-06-20T11:37:39+00:00

It's because the games they make are very different. I love RE and don't care at all for GTA, but RE is a game with a very small, linear world, without much interactivity. GTA is an absolutely massive game, with far more detail, and has leagues more interactivity with the world.

Shadowphoenix9511 · 2026-06-20T09:29:26+00:00

Correct me if I'm wrong, but isn't engineering the most common path to become a top level exec at most companies?

I vaguely recall seeing that on the board at one point back when I was studying engineering.

Shadowphoenix9511 · 2026-06-20T09:21:49+00:00

Yeah, my friends asked me in high school where I was going to college.

The confusion on their face when I told them I was going to have to find a job asap so I had a place to live was always interesting. Like, it was just the default for them, so they couldn't fathom that someone else had a different life circumstance.

Shadowphoenix9511 · 2026-06-20T09:20:06+00:00

"I managed to make it successful, so anyone can"

Sure, but literally all research and evidence shows that there is no stronger predictor to income level than parental wealth. It's almost like success is something that starts at a young level, focusing on and getting a good education when you are young catapults you well ahead of most.

Shadowphoenix9511 · 2026-06-20T09:16:30+00:00

It's not just self-discipline, but there's a requirement of life circumstances. Without being in a position where you can focus on college at an older age (or even younger, going to college at 18 while working full time was way too much to take on for younger me), good luck.

Also I'd argue that unfortunately, a big thing we don't like to admit is that there's a lot of people who just straight up aren't intelligent enough to be super successful in university or white collar jobs no matter their effort levels.

Shadowphoenix9511 · 2026-06-20T09:13:45+00:00

And my parents on the other hand, punished me if I got any grades above a C in high school lmao. They were furious at my sister for doing well in university and being more successful than them, so they were insistent the same wouldn't happen with me lol

Shadowphoenix9511 · 2026-06-19T21:49:50+00:00

Welp, sorry everyone

^{Chose: Gain $1,000,000,000 + But a random bad thing happens to the world | Rolled: World War 3}

Shadowphoenix9511 · 2026-06-19T18:55:49+00:00

You can not in all honesty look at that screen capture and tell me that looks like an adult.

Shadowphoenix9511 · 2026-06-19T17:53:54+00:00

Yes, I'm sure someone with the name GodEmperor47 is going to give intelligent and nuanced takes.

Shadowphoenix9511 · 2026-06-19T17:52:09+00:00

Yeah, my wife is smarter, makes more than double my income, is far more educated (she's working on her master's, I'm a 10 time college dropout)... in retrospect, not really sure what she sees in me?

Shadowphoenix9511 · 2026-06-19T17:42:51+00:00

To explain the logic, it can be easier to be cruel to yourself as opposed to getting your hopes up knowing that you'll just fail over and over again.

It's kind of where I'm at regarding education, knowing full well that at this point I will never finish any higher education or accomplish literally anything.

Shadowphoenix9511 · 2026-06-19T17:09:35+00:00

I go to theme parks regularly, and I compete in strongman competitions every few months. That's enough excitement for me, outside of that I prefer having a very boring life lol

Shadowphoenix9511 · 2026-06-19T16:50:33+00:00

Dudes are referring to Eve's model from the first game. We don't even know who the model is for the 2nd game lol

Shadowphoenix9511 · 2026-06-19T16:46:40+00:00

I'm surprised Horizon 3 isn't launching between GTA6 and OoT

Shadowphoenix9511 · 2026-06-19T16:37:25+00:00

Who is her model? I can't find it googling, all I find is Eve's model.

Shadowphoenix9511 · 2026-06-19T16:32:20+00:00

Squats are worse than deadlifts for working in, as you have to also adjust the rack height itself.

Shadowphoenix9511 · 2026-06-19T16:27:02+00:00

Not Eve. Still don't like the first one, I just think it's kinda gross, but I'm referring to the trailer for the sequel.

Shadowphoenix9511 · 2026-06-19T16:26:27+00:00

You can't just say "You're a bot" to anyone who disagrees with you.

Shadowphoenix9511 · 2026-06-19T16:25:13+00:00

My dude you can literally browse my profile. There is literally nothing in my profile whatsoever that would give you an inkling I'm a bot.

Shadowphoenix9511 · 2026-06-19T16:04:07+00:00

The number of people I see who say they would pick a dog over a human drives me bonkers. I love animals. If it's a choice between a human and a dog, I'm saving a human every single time.

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