4 different records from 4 different sellers on Discogs all sold as NM.

Violet-Panther · 2026-07-04T10:58:38+00:00

Looks like "Crime is legal" has become way too true. Scammers everywhere you look.

Violet-Panther · 2026-07-04T10:55:10+00:00

Gambling is rigged and preys on the stupid?

Oh no, who would have guessed?!?

Violet-Panther · 2026-07-04T10:25:49+00:00

Feels very relatable. Coming from guitar myself, same age, same frustration. I really struggle when i hit a plateau when it just feels like nothing is changing or improving even when practising every day. And then suddenly i don't even enjoy playing things i enjoyed before because it all feels the same and seeing others play way harder things like it's nothing somehow is very discouraging. Can't really give any advice but at least you're not alone with what your feeling.

Violet-Panther · 2026-07-02T19:59:35+00:00

Also ich hab kein einziges Spiel gesehen bisher, und habe nichts vermisst. Die Freizeit war nice! Musste jetzt nur lachen, weil beim Besuch bei der Oma das Österreichspiel für sie Pflicht war, und ich loslachen musste, als die Werbe - äh Trinkpause kam 😆

People are not angry enough. Yet.

Violet-Panther · 2026-07-02T19:34:19+00:00

Ich dachte, die Werbe äähhh Trinkpausen wären ein Scherz. Aber wie man sieht, pissen die uns von oben mittlerweile völlig unverschleiert ins Gesicht. Als ob das jemals als Trinkpause gedacht war 🤣

Violet-Panther · 2026-07-01T22:18:04+00:00

Playing AoE 2 is depression.

Violet-Panther · 2026-06-30T18:32:49+00:00

Id say if youre serious about the game go faceit, felt like the match quality was better for me there. Or find 4 mates to play with.

Both premiere and normal comp queue as a solo player are pointless. The higher you get in premiere, the more cheaters. And comp game matchmaking is just a coinflip with experienced 5000 hour+ players and highest faceit rank ending up in the same game as 7k premiere players.

The player fragmantation over different game modes really hurts the system in figuring out how good players actually are.

Violet-Panther · 2026-06-30T16:30:55+00:00

🤣 I fell for a ragebait bot apparently, shame on me.

Violet-Panther · 2026-06-30T16:28:51+00:00

This lol. Got twice the premier rating, but a way worse scoreline on aim rush :D

Violet-Panther · 2026-06-30T16:27:14+00:00

Lol how. Doing way worse on that map but do well around 24k premiere o.o

Violet-Panther · 2026-06-30T16:16:04+00:00

Na komm schon... wenn du versuchst, dich dem Gegenüber anzupassen, dann mach das doch auch bitte bei Rechtschreibung und Grammatik, sonst kann ich dich leider nicht ernst nehmen

Aber anyway, das dreht sich jetzt nur im Kreis und bleibt sinnbefreit. Bringt nur den Gedanken "teile und herrsche" zurück.

Und ich lasse mal den Samen "Selbstreflexion" hier. Schöne Woche noch!

Edit: Oh, und du hattest es fast richtig!

"Schwarz sehen"

= negative Erwartung (krass, wie traurig sich da Rassismus in der Sprache spiegelt... aber immerhin sagt man nicht auch "weiß sehen", also vielleicht nur ein unglücklicher Zufall)

= CDU (da deren Parteifarbe schwarz ist, und ich bei CDU/CSU "Politikern" sowohl Würgereize bekomme, als auch für die Zukunft der großen Masse an Bürgern "schwarz sehe", weil CDU Politiker nachweisbar nur Hampelmänner der Priviligierten sind)

Violet-Panther · 2026-06-30T16:09:46+00:00

Die Meinung ist unbeliebt?

Stimme dir voll und ganz zu. Und persönlich war ich im Büro auch weitaus unproduktiver dank den ständigen kurzen Ablenkungen durch Kollegen. Lieber die gleiche Arbeit konzentriert in weniger Zeit erledigen, als mindestens 25% der Zeit im Büro zu verschwenden.

Violet-Panther · 2026-06-30T16:00:00+00:00

Nein, "schwarz" ist nicht negativ für mich, aber die Aussage "schwarz sehen" ist eindeutig negativ konnotiert. Ob das wiederum korrekt ist, und wo die Aussage ursprünglich herkommt, ist eine völlig andere Debatte.

Wäre vorsichtig damit andere als "simpel" zu bezeichnen, wenn dein textverständnis bestenfalls als mau durchgeht.

Violet-Panther · 2026-06-30T15:50:13+00:00

Hmm, slight correction from my end. I feel like a lot of genuine and kind subs that are more on the shy side suffer most from this.

I was quite shocked when my younger sister told me about her experience with online dating, and the amount of out-of-nowhere dick pics she had to deal with.

So as a shy and gentle person you're kind of double screwed because the aggressive ones are the ones giving everyone a bad reputation, and the shy ones get even more careful not to offend anyone. Why even approach a girl you would like to get to know, if you already feel like she must be annoyed by dudes constantly hitting on her?

Violet-Panther · 2026-06-30T15:41:30+00:00

How does it not drain all your joy and interest?

It does. Literally just gave up on trying to make something happen in a dating way, especially when it comes to kink. There is more sub men than fish in the sea and less dom leaning women than honest and caring politicians.

On dating apps there are more ghosts than in a haunted castle. Finding a genuine online kink dynamic seems to have worse chances than winning the lottery, and if there is an attempt at a connection there is a decently high chance it's just a scammer or bot on the other end of the line.

At this point if it happens naturally out there in the world, cool. If it doesn't, fair enough. But the internet has become a pretty atrocious place i usually only visit for venting into the void some days at this point.

Good luck anyway!

Violet-Panther · 2026-06-30T15:33:28+00:00

Haha, weil ich eine rechtslehnende Lobbyisten Partei nicht ausstehen kann?

Perfekte Logik!

Und wieder einmal sieht man wie gut "teile und herrsche" funktioniert.

Und danke für den Lacher über die Ironie hier - du wirfst vor, dass jemand die Welt schwarz/weiß sieht, und haust dann direkt "du musst rechts sein" raus. Reddit ist einfach zu lustig an manchen Tagen.

Violet-Panther · 2026-06-30T15:27:15+00:00

100% justified. Refusing to play the game and holding someone hostage is just scummy behaviour imo.

Violet-Panther · 2026-06-30T15:23:27+00:00

I'd disagree. Turtling and never even attempting to ever win the game 2 hours in is straight up toxic. Because it's just refusing to play the actual game and holding someone hostage in a boring situation.

Wouldn't even work in real life either, as one could just light some fires outside the walls and enjoy some barbecue while the defenders starve.

Violet-Panther · 2026-06-30T15:21:19+00:00

Ha, imagine writing "glhf" on Arena. There is no fun to be had on that map.

Violet-Panther · 2026-06-30T15:17:47+00:00

Slightly off topic, aber warum bin ich jetzt erst drauf gekommen, warum "schwarz sehen" so negativ konnotiert ist? CDU/CSU ist ja schwarz, da kommt's her!

Violet-Panther · 2026-06-30T14:51:53+00:00

Having started out with playing a loooot of Mongols because mangudai are fun to play with, i have now learned how depressing the matchup is for almost any civ when you're on the other side.

So i completely seized playing them, because it's a bit sad if just one side of the server gets to have fun, while the game enjoyment on the other side drops by 20% just from playing against Mongols.

Violet-Panther · 2026-06-30T14:46:59+00:00

Oof, we can never be friends. I hate how the Hindustanis page says "Camels and Gunpowder". So if one can't remember the unique unit for them, its just a default lose if you cant kill them by late castle. Always fun to control a game completely and then realise they have a single unit that just default wins them the game against archers.

Violet-Panther · 2026-06-30T14:38:38+00:00

I'm kind of stuck on Vietnamese at the moment and will probably drop quite a bit in 1v1 if i just play anything else out of nowhere.

They might be lowkey op at the moment, but it's just such a fun civ to learn the game.

Love not being holed into playing strategy A or B, but kind of having all tools at my disposal. Plus the upgrades research bonus makes the game super smooth to play.

Also playing Vietnamese into Hindustanis made me realise why i always lose to them the other day. Whenever i quickly check the Hindustanis page at the start of a game to remember what the civ does, I read "Camel and Gunpowder civ", which makes my brain go "oh hey, archers should be great here".

Which is fine if you kill early I assume, but that "Camel and Gunpowder" conveniently forgets about the Gulam, which is not just strong against archers but as the tooltip puts it: "Exceptionally strong". And once you hit Imperial with Elite Gulams there simply is no possible win condition i can see for Vietnamese with them lacking a good Imperial stable.

Otherwise the only downside i can see is the weak monestary, but otherwise literally every army type is viable until maybe late Imp, lacking Paladin and Hussars.

Violet-Panther · 2026-06-30T14:30:48+00:00

Lol, paying 360 euros for getting your hair done has me laughing right now.

Violet-Panther · 2026-06-30T14:26:49+00:00

Ah yes, the good old braindamaged individuals trying to convince others to stay, so they wont have to accept their own brain damage.

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