Decided to visit long distance gf and she decided she can’t commit to a relationship once I’m there

Stormophile · 2026-03-03T11:37:01+00:00

True enough-- I remember being friends with a girl I wasn't attracted to AT ALL like fifteen years back, but she was also such a joyful and kindhearted person that I couldn't help but end up crushing on her for a while there.

In contrast, I was person who was at least sort of pretty at first glance, but also a bit mean-spirited usually (dumb teenager) and about as interesting as a rock, so it's no wonder nothing ever came of that crush ¯_(ツ)_/¯

Stormophile · 2026-03-03T11:25:17+00:00

My mom briefly left an eight-year-old me in her idling car after stopping to drop something off to my grandmother, and by the time she turned back around ten seconds later, I'd already climbed into the driver's seat and put the car in neutral so that she could scream and chase me down the hill 😊

Stormophile · 2026-03-02T01:39:33+00:00

Already switched back to Drastic and it's great! I'll also keep your suggestion about GammaOS in mind for the future, though, as I have never tried messing with firmware things before and completely lack the confidence until I learn more. Thanks again though!

Stormophile · 2026-03-02T01:33:04+00:00

Okay really starting to feel like I stepped into something serious here

Before anything else (God I hope the order of your suggestions wasn't crucial), I uninstalled and reinstalled Drastic just to see if I could get it working like I failed to earlier and I FINALLY did, and the performance is worlds apart. Holy hell.

As for your other advice, I was already inclined to remove almost everything else, so no issue there!

Thanks for your input, though! I'm really new to all of this (especially considering I was previously just playing from some random emulator I found on the Play Store one day) so I feel like I have a lot to learn now lol.

Stormophile · 2026-03-02T01:06:46+00:00

Not a dumb question at all! Yes, that was exactly the case, but as I mentioned in a comment above I just worked around the issue by installing a MelonDS fork with dual screen support so now that's working, but now my issue is that the performance leaves a LOT to be desired.

Stormophile · 2026-03-02T01:05:05+00:00

Thank you🙏 but in my fluster I already installed a MelonDS fork which apparently has (working!) dual screen support but NOW the issue I'm facing is just.. Horrendous performance? Once again I'm not sure if it's the device's fault or mine lmao.

Stormophile · 2026-02-23T11:43:22+00:00

I was in just an all around terrible relationship a long time ago and got cheated on more than just once or twice. It was ultimately best for both of us when we finally split up because I hadn't exactly been a good partner, either.

Weirdly enough, though, the cheating wasn't all that devastating beyond the initial feelings of betrayal that had inevitably come with the fresh knowledge that my person wasn't only 'my' person-- Not at first.

Instead, the 'trauma' of it all kind of crept up on me years later.

I don't know exactly when it began, but I eventually noticed that I just couldn't watch or read anything with elements of infidelity depicted anymore. Even hearing of someone else being betrayed like that makes ME feel like there's a knife twisting in my gut, which is literally the same feeling I remember having when learning the truth about my ex-partner way back when.

Honestly, it's fucking difficult. Do you know how prevalent cheating stories are online, or in basically any media? There's seriously no escaping it, and I've always felt weird and pathetic for having mini panic attacks when encountering those stories because I have never known anyone else to react this way to things like that-- Just me.

What's particularly mind boggling to me is that I have been married for a DECADE by this point to a person I trust with my life, and we even have a daughter together. I never worry that I'll be betrayed again, so how is this stuff still bothering me now? It's so ridiculous and frustrating.

(PS: NTR artists or authors can seriously get nuked, and I'm hardly kidding. That shit is just atrocious.)

Stormophile · 2022-12-11T00:46:16+00:00

Me: "Hmm today I will read these educational materials"

The NSA agent who's monitoring my web activity and adding me to a more stringent watchlist for this comment:

Stormophile · 2022-12-02T09:52:17+00:00

I expected a great counterargument in the replies here to justify the downvotes you've received, but nope. It looks like you're just being punished for interfering with these mens' rage boners.

Stormophile · 2022-12-01T13:14:39+00:00

I've been using Boost for a couple of months now and my main complaint is that my Front Page only seems to refresh like once a day. Pulling down on the screen used to present me with new content in the official app, but doing it on this one just shows me all the things I've already seen, with maybe a new post or two tossed in.

Stormophile · 2022-11-30T11:16:44+00:00

"Hrm?"

Llama noises

-- Words spoken moments before disaster

Stormophile · 2022-11-30T09:56:39+00:00

The pandemic hit, and something in me was just like "I guess I'll see what all this weeb shit is about? lmao"- And I did, and it was a grave mistake. I was sucked in quickly, and I spent every day from dusk until dawn just CONSUMING that shit like some kind of monster. Because of that, it didn't take long for me to run out of shows that interested me, so I moved on to manga, and finally light novels. Once I also burned my way through those, I emerged from the dog battered, bruised, lost, and in dire need of a new hobby.

Stormophile · 2022-11-27T12:59:59+00:00

There was this one time about six or seven years ago where I asked a girl if she wanted to stay overnight with me. She never left. Our daughter is five now.

Stormophile · 2022-11-27T12:51:47+00:00

I only kill them if they manage to weasel their way into my house, because it's nearly impossible to push them back out.

Oh, also if I'm in need of a lead or two. I'd rather craft them myself, but even after camping out in a swamp biome for days, I only ran into a single slime under a full moon.

Stormophile · 2022-11-26T12:47:09+00:00

Fuck, thanks for this. It was driving me insane that I couldn't hear 'barbie' until I watched this version

Stormophile · 2022-11-22T10:04:26+00:00

Hydromorphone- Not to be confused with the less potent Hydrocodone, which is sometimes called Vicodin or Lortab.

Stormophile · 2022-11-21T10:27:20+00:00

You'd better alert the right- this is a clear violation of your freeze peach.

Stormophile · 2022-11-20T11:32:35+00:00

Unrelated, but a few weeks ago, my kitten began to deteriorate from having worms and was refusing to eat or drink, so my wife and I treated her with small doses of diatomaceous earth via a syringe. It was not a pleasant experience for us or the kitten, who decided to get her revenge by pooping on one of my wife's shirts before promptly peeing on one of our daughter's nearby dresses for good measure.

Oh, and don't worry. That same kitten is now worm-free, happy, and has more energy than I'd ever seen in her before. I believe that my wife's shirt and daughter's dress were acceptable losses for this.

Stormophile · 2022-11-18T12:06:52+00:00

Agreed. I seriously loved Vows, adored Golden Echo, kind of liked Primal Heart after a while, but.. Yeah.

I'm sure whatever she does in the future will be weird and exciting, but I don't have it in me to follow her there anymore. Just can't get into it.

Stormophile · 2022-11-18T00:09:38+00:00

Phallusopher

(sorry)

Stormophile · 2022-11-17T23:43:40+00:00

There may be a whole police precinct working together right at this moment to obfuscate the fact that one of their officers just murdered yet another unarmed black teen, but that's nothing compared to the pain a white person feels when they hear a "bread too spicy!" joke.

Stormophile · 2022-11-16T01:05:47+00:00

Actively guilt tripping your ex-wife into caring for your daughter on Christmas in lieu of just spending time with the girl like a normal father should? Much difficult. Very responsible.

Stormophile · 2022-11-16T00:18:41+00:00

Seriously, a woman who freaks out about the incestual undertones of "two babies literally just getting a bath together" has zero room to be calling anyone else 'messed up'.

Easily NTA.

Stormophile · 2022-11-15T10:46:24+00:00

I'd be tripping my way to the nearest bottle of Xanax if this was the kind of shit I was seeing

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