How many Philosopher Kings do we have here?

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Philosopher_king

I self-inflicted some pain like that for me as well.

I got close to the end of Act 2 and my friend said that the difficulty was too easy and I was breezing pass everything and to switch it to Expert. Well guess what. I didn’t level, upgrade or put my Pictos in a way to deal with it. So most of my boss fights turned from a close-win into 45 minutes of me dying a lot. Like, I’d be one-shotted so often.

I then took some time and then cashed in some Lumina for stories and then actually put some strats in and went through the skill tree. I think it was worthwhile in the end but it totally changed the experience for me.

I really wanted to like the remakes.

Playing the FF7 remake felt really dated in terms of a lot of things. After playing God of War and others, the cinematics felt cheesy and less cohesive now in FF … I didn’t care for much of any of the voice acting. A lot of the side quests didn’t fit “in world” to me. The heck do I care about some lost kittens? Why am I figuring out this time-wasting crane control? … Also, not sure what’s going on with the “ghosts”. I didn’t like the combat and found it annoying. Which is strange because I enjoyed FF15: The backstreet boys edition and even Guardians.

On the positives, I felt if I could take a screenshot of any part of the game and sent it back to the younger version of me … My mind would be blown. I’d just stop the game several times to just admire the scenery and the look.

Everyone loves FF 7 remake and all that and I know I’m in minority but it put me off Rebirth. I’m happy other people enjoy it now though. I just wish I was one of them.

Thursday night I was at work drinks, I said I respect vegans and vegetarians because they do good for the environment.

Director was like, “I don’t believe that”

I laughed and said, “which? that they’re good for the environment? or global warming?”

“Global warming”

What came after was this guy saying how it’s all bullshit and I’m just like, “90+% of climate scientists would disagree though?” but he wasn’t really wanting a discussion. He wanted to get his talking points out. I was really taken aback.

City of God - movie about the struggles of growing up in a tough spot in Rio de Janeiro, it’s just great

Gattaca - my favourite sci fi film, it’s just a simple concept … what if we could tell who you were going to grow up to be, just from your blood

I’m a talkative person and also quite shy at times! I’ve been called both quiet and too loud/too much.

It happens. I don’t feel the need to put them down as I didn’t think that was their intent to do so to me.

I think the patient was like a tyrant dude played by James Earl Jones: https://house.fandom.com/wiki/President_Dibala.

I mean, this journalist went out to intentionally date alt-right men:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LU5gjuffw3E

I’m sure some of you guys have seen it. I’ve seen multiple videos and I think the first date was a guy that threatened to kill her before and that women like her would either be killed or be slaves or something like that. She also said that these men hang around left-leaning people and act and talk like them when they’re in front of others. So they seem to hide well too.

Part of it is age. I know everyone has had bullying issues growing. I did but I’m also aware enough to know that I was a bully too at times. Probably not physically but probably intellectually bullying my schoolmates and insulting people. A lot of that is internal insecurity and bullying I faced. A lot of the times we do mean things and don’t know why. If you’ve got kids, you’ve seen this a lot of times. Ignoring all of this and doing what you want is an important part of growing up. I’d like to think that I more often than not was pushing my friends towards their dreams and at times facing reality. However, I know sometimes I’ve definitely teased someone about their dream. I hope that they were strong enough to ignore my stupidity.

Have you thought about having kids?

I’ll join you in the downvotes. There’s many reasons to hate YouTube. Asking them to pay for video content to everyone for free is a bit silly.

I’m also not saying you shouldn’t use alternatives or run an ad-blocker. Those are cool. I just find it funny how someone is saying: “I get some benefit in paying for this service” results in such backlash, lol.

when a rich person does it: “they’re smart and also who wouldn’t take advantage of it if you were in their position?” … when a poor person does it: “they’re lazy and just want things for free”

I’m not the guy replying and I agree with you “to a degree”. Although I got burned out listening to the “other side” for years. I don’t even really listen to “my side” … or at least I don’t think. The right-wing manosphere loves culture wars and complain about people starting culture wars so much to me it’s tiring to listen.

I do admire your ability to go through it. I think I probably would have kept listening if the “other side” wasn’t in charge of so much and reeking havoc.

I remember someone asking about Jon Stewart and The Daily Show during the Bill Clinton administration if he could keep doing his comedy if times were bad. He said something to the affect of, it works better when times are good. Which always struck me as funny because he flourished even moreso afterwards and was then accused on loving the bad times so much because he profits from it by lazy journalists. Anyways, I ramble a lot >_>.

How you enjoying After: Earth? I’m finding myself being less interested with every new episode.

I’m sure whoever is in charge into the government, who will have no interests in this, is going to definitely look into Tesla. /s

My friend’s a chef and his wife is a picky eater and so are the kids. It’s crazy the lengths he goes to to make sure that everyone will eat.

The way I was raised was that I had to eat everything that was given so I’m kinda blown away at this.

Anyone else identifying a lot with these ADHD and Autism posts more than they should?

Never been diagnosed with either but I’m also like 40 something now. Wasn’t something we checked when we were younger.

I take a bus and then walk … half hour or so on the bus and half hour or so of walking. If I drive it’s like 35-45 minutes?

However, I’m always more tired when I arrive there. Also, I’m not a fan of finding parking and stuff around the office.

Yeah, I pointed out how the Dems weren’t as bad as Trump and they say I’m promoting genocide.

Idiots or bots? I don’t know. If they’re being earnest, I get that the corporate dems are in Israel’s pocket and stuff. No denying that, but like you said … the Republicans haven’t stopped it as far as I can tell either.

Quite similar to me. I just barely care enough about my parents. Also, thanks to the financial situation we’re in … they’ve decided to move into my house and not move out.

Like I earn decent change (not enough for two mortgages, mind you) but I’m already in my forties and I’m waiting for them to pass. I’m barely mentally holding onto living this day-to-day life while not freaking out on them on the regular.