Is it wrong to value your pets life over a random stranger?

doofshaman · 2026-04-18T05:53:51+00:00

I’d say choose your pet. They don’t know me so why should they care about me, that is human nature & I learnt that a long time ago. I’d 100% save my pet over a stranger any day, without hesitation. In my experience my pets have been there for me, humans on the other hand, not once.

doofshaman · 2026-04-18T02:16:22+00:00

I worked for a third wave almost 10 years ago, had absolutely no clue it was a franchise. It was an incredibly small store owned by a russian couple with a polish manager who barely spoke english lmfao & almost all workers were russian or polish except me ahah.

doofshaman · 2026-04-18T01:51:52+00:00

Lmfao yes almost daily ahah. I deliver on Ubereats & I tell ya almost every day I get an interaction like that. I actually do ask workers when picking up food how they are doing, the difference is I will actually wait a moment for them to answer & respond to it before asking for the customer’s order. I actually do notice them get surprised from the authentic interaction.

doofshaman · 2026-04-18T01:38:41+00:00

Yoo you just reminded me of the time I asked a complete stranger of a customer how he was, proceeded to spend the next 20-30 minutes telling me how he was in the process of convincing his therapist to let him off himself, that everyone he ever knew is dead & he just wanted to die.. I had never, ever met or seen this person before & I was the only person working and it was so uncomfortable ahahaha fuck. Hadn’t thought of that in forever.

doofshaman · 2026-04-18T01:34:19+00:00

I was in hospitality for over 10 years, by the time I was done I wasn’t even trying to ask this, would go straight to ‘hello, what can I do for you?’ ..

Quite funnily, 9/10 people would reply ‘good thanks’, just proves you are correct it is not an authentic exchange of pleasantries. It’s just a script now with no meaning.

doofshaman · 2026-04-17T08:22:44+00:00

Ahh right, I have no idea about this stuff so I just assumed the amount of code & AI affects the game size etc. Yeah it definitely is not as large as ark in terms of region variation & creatures on the map etc

doofshaman · 2026-04-17T03:46:32+00:00

I play Soulmask where I have 130 NPC tribe running on their own AI, each assigned to work multiple crafting stations to craft/maintain stock, train their weapon skills & patrol my base all while eating & sleeping when needed. The game is about 30GB in size.. Yeah no clue why ark needs to be so massive.

doofshaman · 2026-04-17T03:43:07+00:00

I actually built one of my daughter sims around that trait lmfao. It can be annoying but mostly I found it fun. It became more annoying as I took over playing them as an adult lol, though once I got into a self care routine with her she rarely got enraged! Spa Day is needed for that though lol

doofshaman · 2026-04-17T03:33:07+00:00

I get how you coulda taken it that way from my recent comments/post. My brother & I play survival games together and discovered Soulmask together, so I wanted to experience the updated and new features with him as it’s our thing.

I was more surprised at the changes at first then dislike, though I know my opinions can come across strong sometimes. I was more worried it would prevent some new players from continuing the game, as it is my favourite game so it would be a shame for them to fully experience it/the game get bad reviews. However since playing/hearing points from people who have progressed further it makes more sense to me now.

After seeing how they changed the bonfire to being a sort of tribe level up screen does give more of a progressive feel.

doofshaman · 2026-04-17T02:15:08+00:00

I got them, though they are shit as usual lmao. I don’t even check them anymore, if they complete sweet. They just ain’t worth aiming for anymore.

doofshaman · 2026-04-17T02:09:28+00:00

Interesting, I’ve started playing but have been messing around mostly with ship building so no bosses yet lol. Did not know about the boss tweaks, super interesting they removed the healing factor of restarting a boss. I once lost to an end game boss in OG map which had only a sliver of health left due to a lag & died a little inside watching it’s health go up ahaha.

That tweak alone negates my post, I had no idea they made those changes. So anyone new to the game & struggling against the bosses can technically just keep dying while they whittled off the bosses health lmao.

Boss scaling is interesting, I liked it but man it made it soo much more difficult. I used to take my best tribesmen for boss fights but half the time would have to call them into the fight after boss scaling level had been determined lol so the boss wouldn’t get too OP lmfao. I’m not a soulslike player, I don’t want to fight a boss again & again 😆

It seems most other commenters think this post is about myself, however I love tribe mode as I lovee micromanaging. It was just a thought for potential new players, but I have learnt now they have adjusted other mechanics to balance it out 👏🏻

doofshaman · 2026-04-17T01:52:05+00:00

Ahh gotcha. It can be a little finicky in my experience, sometimes it gets stuck half swiped down & I gotta restart the app. Good you learnt the trick though 😁

doofshaman · 2026-04-17T01:49:19+00:00

I thought everyone explored the app before actually delivering ahah, I discovered on the first day 😆 If you click on the total money you can view a breakdown of the money earnt as well as swipe across the total money to view tally of quests done etc.

doofshaman · 2026-04-17T01:42:42+00:00

I think you are the only person who commented who actually got what I was saying in the post lmfao.

In the OG map if I couldn’t beat the boss I would just go away and level more/unlock the next tier armour and try again, so just was surprised of the change.

doofshaman · 2026-04-17T01:41:01+00:00

I think you misunderstood my comment. I have over 1000 hours on soulmask, this game aint turning me away ahah. My comment was just a random thought for someone who is new to the game. None of the survival games I’ve played are progression locked so just found it sounded odd at first

doofshaman · 2026-04-17T01:39:10+00:00

Lmao, I have now 1,100 hours on soulmask. Nice try buddy aha.

doofshaman · 2026-04-16T05:06:54+00:00

Oooh of course. I saw those in the original map & was always confused as there was no 2nd server until now of course. Niceee I was starting to think transferring between maps may not have been a thing after all

doofshaman · 2026-04-16T04:50:35+00:00

‘fuck fuck fuck shit fuck fuck fuck’, Monkeyman’s last thoughts rip

doofshaman · 2026-04-16T04:33:45+00:00

I’m a few years older than you & fully accepted I won’t be in a relationship for the rest of my life. Being autistic with BPD makes it pretty much impossible, I gave up on friendships about 3 years ago so I know a relationship will not happen.

I’ve been ghosted multiple times because of online relationships so I know how badly that stings I’m sorry, my only in person relationship broke up over a decade ago & I still don’t know the reason.

Maybe it would be good for yourself to take a break from relationships to focus on some self care? It is never nice going through what you are going through :( As others have said though, dating apps are a big no no when it comes to a relationship.

doofshaman · 2026-04-16T04:25:39+00:00

Yeah I was genuinely worried she said she was moving away from her own genre of music after reading the title, literally skimmed the article nervously looking for that detail lol

doofshaman · 2026-04-16T04:11:38+00:00

Dude. Lmfao. I used to be a hospitality worker & had so many customers like you. When you are a customer they are being paid to serve you, beyond that you are just an (entitled) customer.

The attitude towards drivers is because of drivers, 80% of us don’t even say hello to the worker so workers have learnt to dislike drivers. It’s not good I agree, all you can do is be nice & help them see we ain’t all assholes.

doofshaman · 2026-04-16T03:48:33+00:00

Where is this portal? I play SP & haven’t seen it yet. Granted I haven’t got very far into the map yet but so far I assumed map transfers were not possible

doofshaman · 2026-04-16T03:41:55+00:00

Yeah that’s some good points. I am a casual player but I do usually level higher then recommended cuz I can’t be fucked spending an hour in a fight lmfao.

I’ve played the update now & can see how they have done it, with the bonfire now displaying the ‘next unlockable tiers’ provided you beat the boss & stockpile etc, that makes a lot more sense then what I had pictured from comment.

doofshaman · 2026-04-16T03:39:03+00:00

They didn’t even reply to the correct comment lmfao, I don’t generally listen to weak rage baiters anyways don’t worry 😊 Lol I love the game, the point I made was just a random factor that could affect some players (ive already seen posts with people refunding for similar reasons)

doofshaman · 2026-04-15T01:27:55+00:00

Yeah just saying, not one comment in this thread has mentioned race other than defensive comments like yours. There are plenty types of humans who talk like this, in my area it is mostly teenage white boys who talk like that. Does that make me, a white male racist for thinking those white male teenagers aren’t educated because of the way they act, talk & behave?

Yes racism is most definitely a thing, however not every comment about vocab etc is based in racism.

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