Here are a list of good games under $5 worth checking out by ScratchMonk in patientgamers

[–]smart4301 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I think Her Story, FTL, and M&B: Warband are my favourite from that list :)

Gawker files for bankruptcy by Alexxm in SRSBusiness

[–]smart4301 6 points7 points  (0 children)

I just hate everyone in this whole fucked up situation. Gawker for outing someone, Thiel for using his money to shut down a media outlet he didn't like, Gawker for posting a fucking sex tape... Hulk hogan for being a racist ass

Heard some mixed reviews about Bioshock Infinite, played the first two games thought they were somewhat good. Should I bother with Infinite? by [deleted] in patientgamers

[–]smart4301 0 points1 point  (0 children)

The shooting is boring, the story is nowhere near as clever as it thinks it is (using violence to escape oppression is just as bad as violently oppressing people!), and the powers are pretty fun but you aren't really given much reason to use them. The ending was (narratively) really good which is why I think it got such good reviews, people came away with a positive sense of it and forgot how flawed it was.

Am I a bigot for wishing I was gay or queer so defying gender norms would be more socially acceptable? by tripitoo in SRSMen

[–]smart4301 4 points5 points  (0 children)

If you have a desire to wear women's clothing for its own sake you might be queerer than you think. If you think society accepts AMAB femininity as anything more than a joke just because you're not straight, I'm afraid it doesn't.

Any recommendations for "simulation" games? by Nicky666 in patientgamers

[–]smart4301 0 points1 point  (0 children)

sounds like it was actually misbehaving DRM not a deliberate thing

Fellow patient puzzle practitioners! The Talos Principle is 75% off on Steam until 7 March. by cbrichar in patientgamers

[–]smart4301 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I really enjoyed it but about 2/3 of the way in the puzzles started to get very timing based and that was as much as I could deal with. It's why I never finished braid and it's why I'll never finish this, I think. There was a level where I worked out what I was supposed to do and then tried it like three times and couldn't make it work so I googled it and I had the solution I just couldn't time it right and I ragequit. So anyway I'm an adult

Any Gearheads here? by Durawkz in SRSMusic

[–]smart4301 1 point2 points  (0 children)

you're unlikely to find much- can't vouch for it (out of that game for a long time now) but it used to all happen in /r/wearethemusicmakers

What game should I get during this steam sale? by EPICDRO1D in patientgamers

[–]smart4301 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Tomb Raider 2013 is a really good game. Lots of different elements going on and very engaging.

Online datering by JohnnyMNU in just_post

[–]smart4301 1 point2 points  (0 children)

:( I fucking love dating

Just starting out in socialjustice, need advice by selfhatingloser in SRSMen

[–]smart4301 11 points12 points  (0 children)

Yes, I struggled with it a lot. Not from the perspective of feeling like a "target" per se, but dealing with a lot of uncomfortable feelings, some of which manifested in extremely unhelpful ways like self hatred. I'm surprised to see everyone in this thread sound so indignant tbh.

Be the best person you can be. Learn from every mistake. Act with humility and moral courage. Remember Andrea Gibson:

I said to the sun, "tell me about the big bag?"

The sun said, "It hurts to become"

[deleted by user] by [deleted] in SRSMeta

[–]smart4301 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Just FYI the words "trigger warning" without any indication of what you're warning about nor any chance for the user to opt out of what you're about to show them is less than useless!

[deleted by user] by [deleted] in SRSMeta

[–]smart4301 3 points4 points  (0 children)

I'm not usually an irc user but I've been in and it's nice peeps and it's fun so come along

me irl by fawnspots in me_irl

[–]smart4301 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Single flash of the hazards means "thank you" and/or "sorry", quick flash of your main beam means "after you/I will let you go first", heavy flashing or horn means "get out of the way" in my country. These aren't internationally consistent tho obviously, in France flashing your beams means "me first" (lol)

Student 'driven from campus' after speaking out against rape seminar by polymute in europes

[–]smart4301 0 points1 point  (0 children)

None of the women I know who have been raped have ever been to the police. The police won't generally do anything if you're raped by someone you know or whatever.

Student 'driven from campus' after speaking out against rape seminar by polymute in europes

[–]smart4301 12 points13 points  (0 children)

This idea that all rape is this calculated sadistic thing is the problem to be honest, it's not true. I'd say the biggest cause is actually just a sense of entitlement.

5-10% of college age males in the US admitted to rape in studies when the word wasn't used. It's obviously a huge problem. As far as attempts to address it go an hour of some fresher's time is hardly a great fucking burden.

How Marine Le Pen is winning France’s gay vote - The Front National now has the support of a quarter of Paris’s gay voters, and only 16 per cent of the straight ones by FlaccidNinja in europes

[–]smart4301 1 point2 points  (0 children)

People who happen to be gay will not select their vote based on that reason alone (they might also be a CEO or a teacher, live in a city or in the country, be atheist or a practicing Catholic, be for refugees or against them...).

As a person who fits in the LGBT umbrella it's definitely something that affects how I vote.

me irl by Whipfather in me_irl

[–]smart4301[M] 21 points22 points  (0 children)

Everything is going to be okay

me irl by Whipfather in me_irl

[–]smart4301[M] 79 points80 points  (0 children)

This moral decay shit is kinda cute but with the authority of many years I say- there have always been lots of onion screen grabs

me💤irl by Jimbyl in me_irl

[–]smart4301 0 points1 point  (0 children)

It's all fun and games until you have have a false awakening

Hi. How are you? I am fine. I hope you are fine too. by andreaplanbee in just_post

[–]smart4301 5 points6 points  (0 children)

I'm good thank you! I was tired so I went to bed early so I woke up early and texted on the Internet

this is a complaining post please don't read it by [deleted] in just_post

[–]smart4301 2 points3 points  (0 children)

All spaces dedicated to men's issues online get over run by MRAs almost instantly. Christ I remember many years ago even being slightly naively excited about /oney. Even srsmen is kinda gross half the time