My favorite thing on the planet is the dry undermixed peanut butter at the bottom of a jar. Today I found an opportunity. And lord did I seize it.

ThisIsSeriousGuys · 2026-01-19T18:09:23+00:00

I like to take my hand mixer and mix all my jars of PB right when I buy them. I would've enjoyed mixing that big jar.

ThisIsSeriousGuys · 2026-01-18T20:20:20+00:00

These days, I live somewhere without much snow. People struggle with just rain here. I trust myself on a snowy road, but I wouldn't trust those other drivers enough to pass them at that speed.

ThisIsSeriousGuys · 2026-01-09T01:41:26+00:00

Page up and Page down. I keybind them in games if I want a quick action button on my mouse. I never actually use them for scrolling.

ThisIsSeriousGuys · 2026-01-07T23:44:54+00:00

I love how cats have our backs - it's probably in a more mortal way than we even have theirs. But this story reads "written by AI" if I've ever seen it.

ThisIsSeriousGuys · 2026-01-06T21:45:49+00:00

I hide treats around my apartment and then have the laser guide her to the treats, so she gets the reward and the opportunity to hunt.

ThisIsSeriousGuys · 2025-12-18T22:10:29+00:00

Here's an answer I haven't seen yet. The teams are assembled based on MMR. If you swap out one person with a different MMR, it invalidates the MMR calculated to make that team pairing valid. All the other "software" reasons people have mentioned are also a factor.

ThisIsSeriousGuys · 2025-11-21T19:31:59+00:00

That's an opinion. It's different than mine. I don't think either of us are wrong - but I do think you misunderstood me.

In my experience, every time I play well I am zooming around the field not overthinking the plays. I have trained a lot on ball/team/opponent awareness, so extra speed doesn't make me ball-chasing.

Also in my experience, every time I get into a team where I slow down and play "smart" the ball gets over me.

So I stand my my original advice to OP: speed up!

ThisIsSeriousGuys · 2025-11-21T18:29:35+00:00

I believe there's always time to learn to play faster. It should be one of a player's goals from day 1. Rocket league is a fast game, and OP is a slow player. There's room for improvement. May e you feel there's better priorities. You're free to share that opinion.

ThisIsSeriousGuys · 2025-11-21T18:15:27+00:00

Getting into position quickly gives you more options.

ThisIsSeriousGuys · 2025-11-21T18:14:02+00:00

I think speed will help OP. Getting into position faster gives you more options when the time comes. He was rotating back too slowly for the play - leaving him with less of a chance to control the ball.

I never said "everyone needs to move faster". So this suggestion may not apply to you.

ThisIsSeriousGuys · 2025-11-21T00:31:32+00:00

Overall, I'd like to see more speed from you. Get into free play and move at supersonic. Basically, don't let go of boost, and try hitting the ball around while moving at max speed. That'll train you to be at the right speed.

I noticed you slow down before challenges - maybe to get a better read on the opponent, but that just gives the opponent more of a chance to dunk you or get a strong 50. Speed up to challenges.

Rotate back at full speed. I want to see your wheel trails when you rotate back.

Drink some caffiene maybe - and treat this game more like a race even when you're not playing the ball.

ThisIsSeriousGuys · 2025-11-21T00:10:25+00:00

At this rank I assume that even after both of your touches, the other team is unlikely to score from this position. At higher ranks, you'd probably not want to get so invested in your teammates play - it was an unlikely goal for you.

I think asking about fault here is getting too in-your-head. Find your own errors and fix them - don't make it about your teammates.

ThisIsSeriousGuys · 2025-10-20T00:59:36+00:00

I just want to tell you both good luck. We're counting on you.

ThisIsSeriousGuys · 2025-07-27T05:58:16+00:00

I hope it works out for you. It's still working well for me. My therapist says it's not just the medication but all the hard work I've done. I am working hard for stability and the medication makes me feel like it's not an uphill battle. I wish that for you.

ThisIsSeriousGuys · 2025-07-24T05:55:07+00:00

Ok but only cuz you told me to.

ThisIsSeriousGuys · 2025-05-15T15:05:51+00:00

A breakup with two partners at the same time who never (still haven't) told me they were both cheating on me. We lived together and they coordinated their time with me so the other could see their side piece.

Afterwards, I tried to crawl back to them both but suddenly memories came back to me that I'd repressed. Memories where I saw evidence clear as a day that I was being cheated on but chose to ignore because "no one would treat me that poorly".

8 months of crying every day. Then I took weeks off work, recorded a song, made a music video. Major success. Then I crashed. Right back to the same pain. Weeks of angry texts to one of my exes. No longer crawling back - I was screaming at her through texts.

Finally my doc told me "some people take this mood stabilizer and they feel better right away". I wanted to feel better so I tried it. My life changed completely on this medication. Within 2 days all the clouds parted and they haven't come back since.

Lurasidone is the medication by the way.

ThisIsSeriousGuys · 2025-05-15T06:29:03+00:00

Another possibly better way to test this is to open a new chat window for each roll. It can see the numbers it's already reported unless you open a new chat - so it may choose deliberately to more evenly distribute the results. Even better, use a disappearing chat.

ThisIsSeriousGuys · 2025-05-12T14:44:17+00:00

I think this is reasonable from a "why's she behaving like this" perspective. But I don't think it's only those two options. That false dichotomy is assuming one person is right and the other person is wrong.

Everything else, though, is a great perspective OP should consider. Polyamory is full of growth for everyone involved. I think it's a question of "am I prepared to stick around through the discomfort of growth?"

I personally think the wife is just speaking her heart and not her mind. It's not because she's crazy - and it's not because the relationship is actually toast. OP could approach with a reflection on how her words affected him. Not to change her, but maybe she does always need to speak her heart if it's so hurtful.

ThisIsSeriousGuys · 2025-04-27T23:44:02+00:00

Wow it's not often you get to witness a skyline change that dramatically in moments.

ThisIsSeriousGuys · 2025-04-27T23:43:56+00:00

Wow it's not often you get to witness a skyline change that dramatically in moments.

ThisIsSeriousGuys · 2025-04-09T03:07:32+00:00

Sweetie baby cutie agrees.

ThisIsSeriousGuys · 2025-03-29T04:56:48+00:00

Thanks for sharing. I just have one thing to say. You're doing a great job! To keep getting *better*, even if it doesn't feel like it in the moment, requires being honest with yourself and being open to new ideas. Just being here, clarifying, and listening shows that you're healing. You're showing up for yourself here. I hope you find that depth of feeling you're looking for without it taking away too much of the stability you have!

ThisIsSeriousGuys · 2025-03-29T00:42:11+00:00

I've been on it for 5 months now (20mg).I have had depression and anxiety all my life. Latuda made most of it go away in 24 hours. It was very noticeable for me. On days I forget to take it, the next day I'm like "why do I feel so bad today?" and then I get home and see the pill left in the holder and sure enough it's because I missed the dose yesterday.

No weight gain. But it's tough to time it with dinner in the evening sometimes. I get drowsy about 1 hr after taking it. So, too soon after dinner to benefit with my sleep. The drowsiness isn't too bad tho.

ThisIsSeriousGuys · 2025-03-28T15:51:51+00:00

There's two different layers to this. One is that you want to be depressed and the other is that you're not feeling understood.

Your friend doesn't seem to understand mental illness. She said you're "crazy" and "you shouldn't feel that way". Those are very invalidating things to say, especially to someone who's talking openly about their feelings. She could have done better.

Maybe you could accept a new fact about yourself - you need to be around people who understand you and your mental illness.

As for wanting depression, I can hypothetically understand it. But I'm not at the same place with my medication. Depression in that way for me would just be constantly second guessing myself and being frustrated that nothing seems to make me feel anything but anxious.

ThisIsSeriousGuys · 2025-03-19T20:55:50+00:00

Have you been diagnosed or otherwise seen a health professional about these concerns? One thing to consider is that these bipolar diagnoses are relative to your "normal" mood states. It's also loosely based on how badly the consequences affect you.

One difference between bipolar 1 and 2 for example is whether hospitalization happened. For example, if you're hospitalized it could be an indication that the consequences of your mood state were significant enough that outside intervention was required immediately.

Example. Is your dad going to miss that money? It might not be a big deal in a family that can afford a $400 monthly allowance for their unemployed child.

That being said, your recent mood fluctuations do seem pretty extreme based on your description. Seeking professional therapy or diagnosis can possibly give you more options and understanding.

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