I’ll be at the kenyan coast till weekend. Looking for friends to have an explorative time together. Flexible to travel within the coastal towns. Something fun, memorable, freeing.

First off I’m not a kid or anything like that, this is a genuine question. I’m a woman in college and I have felt like I am just immune to any kind of intoxication. I’m not one to avoid drinking by any means, I will do it at a social event but even though I’ve had some that have made many of my friends totally wasted, I’m not even the slightest bit tipsy. Same for other stuff too. Weed has zero impact on me, even did a whole brownie and no effect.
I am picky with drinks because if it’s carbonated or sour I don’t like it, but I really like smirnoff pink lemonade.
It’s kind of weird saying I want to be wasted, but my friends have all gotten their chance to be stupid and have fun and I haven’t gotten that and I want to have that moment where I’m not like blackout drunk but I do want to be pretty wasted one time.
I don’t know if it’s due to my weight maybe? I’m around 200 lbs but I’m only 5’2 so idk.
Any advice?

I've been thinking a lot lately about the risks associated with violent, physical sports like AFL. With all the research that's been done on concussions and chronic traumatic encephalopathy (CTE), I'm starting to wonder whether it's safe to let children participate in these sports. I'll preface this all with i love AFL and everything about it but it's hard to ignore science and the facts.
On the one hand, I can see the appeal of AFL and other sports. They can be a lot of fun, and they offer a great way to stay active and healthy. Plus, there's a lot of camaraderies that comes with being part of a team.
But on the other hand, to just ignore the mounting evidence that suggests that these sports can be incredibly dangerous, being naive at best and life-threatening at worst (eg, Daniel Venables). CTE can lead to long-term cognitive and behavioral problems, and it's something that scares me to think about a 12-year-old being potentially concussed. Add to the fact that many never make it to the AFL and those who do, don't exactly make NFL money to sway the cost-benefit analysis.
So, I wanted to ask all of you: would you let your children play these kinds of sports? Have you thought about the risks and benefits, and if so, where do you come down on this issue? I'm really curious to hear everyone's thoughts on this.
Do I need Freo to desperately win a premiership in the next 10-15 years before there is no more talent pool available to make up 18-20 teams?

Hey there, I'm going to keep this short cause I think I know the answer, but I still wanna ask.
Few months ago I went to this film course at my university. There I met a girl that I talked with few times and at the end I asked her contact so I can take her out cause I really liked her and she laughed on most of my unfunny jokes + made strong eye contact with me.
I messaged her we talked throughout the weekend and I asked her out pretty soon like the second day of chatting. But she couldn't go coz she was on a motocross trip with her team. So we moved it around and when we had the date after like week and some days.
The date was fun. Went for a walk, talked about a lot of things, she was laughing after most of my jokes. At one point we went for a coffee sat down talk a bit more. At the and of the date I gave her a flower and she was happy. Still plenty of eye contact throughout the date. I walked her to a bus stop and when the bus came we both agreed it was fun, we hugged and just said we need to do it again sometime. Like an hour after that messaged her if she got home safely.
Then like 2 days go by and we're talking through messages. I asked her out again but she can't coz she's going away with her motocross team again. There was a short one week holiday and she and her team wanted to use it to practice. So again we agree to go on a date next week after she comes back. So on last Monday I left her a message to have fun and enjoy it. She said thanks and since then I didn't messaged her and I don't know if I should.
I wanted her to message me to see if she's interested and now it's been like a week since our last message and idk if I should text her or not. Coz I think if she would have like me, she would have texted me by now.
So I'm asking for an advice if I should leave it be any move on or text her.

Perhaps it's a "grass is greener" kind of deal... But, brown eyes are in the minority all the way up here - yet, it's the most beautiful kind, at least to me. Maybe you feel the same about a pair of green eyes? :)
About me:

• I have my life together. I hold a nice career, make enough money to travel(when possible!) and do what I want.
  
• I prioritize health and fitness. I generally watch what I eat and I work out most days of the week. I do martial arts, and have for most of my life. I'm not fanatical about dieting 24/7, I like to eat what I want when I finally go out - but in every-day life I try to eat healthy. As above, I work out a lot. If you're the type who can't understand nor appreciate it, it's probably going to annoy you how I spend hours and hours at a gym every week!
  
• As for looks, I look... Nordic! 6'1/185cm tall, weigh around 90kg/200lbs and luckily a good amount is muscle(not quite ripped, yet at least - I like to cook good stuff as well!). I am broad shouldered and have dark blonde/light brown hair.
  
• I care about my looks and how I present myself. I don't think I over-do anything, but I'm confident enough to say I'm above average in attractiveness.
  

About you:

• You're from anywhere! I love meeting people from places I haven't been. I'd love to learn as much about your background and where you're from as well as.. your personality! One shapes the other.
  
• Writing longer messages back and forth is something you'd enjoy.. Since that's what we'll be doing! Asynchronous communication is something you might find interesting; we'll more than likely be several timezones apart, so it's likely to be the setup. Likewise, there's bound to be some delay in replies from either side due to the same reason.
  
• You care about your looks at some level. You're healthy looking and prioritize fitness at some level. You don't have to be a gym-rat like myself, but I'd love it to find someone to do active things with: Jogging, hiking... Anything really. Your personality isn't tied to drinking, smoking or playing computer games 8 hours a day. Most things in moderation are fine(I drink occasionally, for sure), it just shouldn't be your whole personality. Smoking is unfortunately a deal-breaker for me, I find it very unattractive.
  
• Oh.. You have brown eyes! I like contrasts and opposites in a lot of ways in life. Eyes are a nice contrast. Please be open to swap photos one way or the other relatively early on. Mutual physical attraction is a prerequisite to go forward, whether we like it or not.
  
• Please be culturally open. Maybe you aren't well-traveled(but you'd like to be, one day), but at the very least I'd expect an understanding of the fact that people from different places in the world are... Different. Hold different values, and different ways of looking at things. I'll respect the differences, as should you. If you're in any way (casually) racist or the like, just don't bother please :)
  

I may come off as a bit intimidating/high maintenance like in this post, but I prefer to get ahead of managing expectations! I'm quite silly and fun when you get to know me, so don't feel too apprehensive :).

Just as title suggests, this game has a severe problem that all the guns are laser beams that require no skill.
Combine this with the extremely short TTK (probably the shortest in BF history) and you have super weird gunplay where you just laser people from ranges that were normally the domain of snipers or DMR's.
It's super boring and super frustrating. It makes the game unreadable since you instadie from ranges that were very safe in previous BF games.
I strongly believe that this aspect of the game is what makes it so frustrating to play. At times this game feels almost like a hardcore game, but most BF players want to play vanilla Battlefield, not hardcore Battlefield.
So either increase the TTK or add a ton more recoil to weapons, or do a little bit of both because the current gunplay is frustrating and not fun compared to previous BF games like 1,4 or 5.

Memory transcription subject: Andes Savulescu-Ruiz, UN universal translator technician.
Date [standardized human time]: December 2, 2136
There were a vanishingly small amount of translator technicians among the human population.
Partially, that was because they are really well-designed, with a thousand different redundancies and failsafes, all enabled through some astonishingly nifty nanite programming. This meant that they very rarely "broke". I have no idea how they managed such adaptive architecture with AI so rudimentary it may as well have come out of the 20th century. But they did. Probably at least a dozen species working together. Translators: biotech at its finest.
Partially, that was because humans had only known these things existed for six months. So, not a lot of engineering/linguistic double-majors with a background in neuroscience to pick from for the job.
Partially it was because the job of "translator technician" involved being the world's most overqualified traumatic brain injury rehab assistant. I was originally just a researcher, until we needed to interrogate injured arxur. Those big psycho-crocs can take an impressive amount of punishment and remail coherent. Since the talking teddy bears could barely survive 5 minutes alone with them, I got dragged out of xenoneurolinguistic heaven, and into (ugh) the field.
"These creatures are clearly beneath you, human," Shathel said one evening, and there were no error messages! Massive progress from the previous two days. "Why do you indulge them so?"
The Zurulian doctor I was working with glared at him from behind a reinforced window in the other room.
"They're cute," I said, "Please count backwards from ten."
"Ten. Ninety. Eighty. Seventy..."
"Fuck. Give me a moment. Count up to ten?"
"One. Two. Three. Four. Five. Six. Seven. Eight. Nine. Ten."
"Alright. I think it's good now. Backwards, again?"
"Ten. Nine. Eight..."
Riveting, right? Totally worth a decade of university.
Shathel was fun. Top notch PoW, especially among the Arxur. He wasn't a cuddly teddy bear, but he had his charms.
"I still do not understand the comprehensive nature of this treatment," he said, "you should have left me to die and interrogated my second."
"I mean, we can interrogate your second without leaving you to die," I said, "in fact, we have. But you know more, presumably. Especially since that injury didn't damage your weird tentacley lizard hippocampus."
"I have recovered some vision on my left eye."
"Good. It means the stem cells from your tail are working."
"Are you quite certain you're not a doctor?"
"I dropped out of med school when I realized rotations would drive me insane. The American dollar is not worth that much. Transferred to McGill for research instead."
"...Circles?"
"Close. Tell me about how shifts are organized in an Arxur ship."
He looked at me with suspicion.
"Or not, tell me how fake shifts are organized. I'm not military intel, I just need to know you're talking about time in a periodic fashion while I check this."
He sighed and began explaining. It was relatively trivial to modify the translators to spit out conversions (from "moon cycles" to 2.7 Earth months and so on, for example). It blows my mind that it's not standard procedure and the average human has to personally translate "paw" and "claw" into hours but then again, I was one of ten human translator techs, so that answers that enigma.
"Alright, let's try this again. I dropped out of medical school when I realized rotations would drive me insane."
He looked taken a back and stared at me.
"...You truly are persistence predators."
"Guess so. Not me though, I'm done with the grind."
"Is that why you are here?"
"...Kinda yeah."
He was sent off to be interrogated by Meier or whoever, and I was given a few weeks to catch up grad work. I had to stay on the space station, but they mostly left me alone.
Two days after I finished my thesis and sent it to my supervisor, my university was blown up.
In between the radiation, the battle wounds, and the accidents caused by the chaos, I was swamped for weeks. The number of translator techs quadrupled thanks to the Zurulians and still I was swamped. Not to mention sick of the fucking federation and their genocidal bullshit. The loss was incalculable. Montreal was one of the most delightful cities in the world. The history that was lost. The art. The science. The people.
It was best not to think about it.
I was one of the lucky ones. Regina came out pretty unscathed, so most of my friends and family back home were fine. But the university was gone, and the octogenarians that tended to staff it had collectively decided they were too old for alien war shenanigans and retired.
I never thought I'd have an easier time hanging out with baby-eating lizard Nazis than stuffed animals with anxiety, but there I was: Having lunch with the Arxur helpers, on the grounds that the Zurulians and the Venlil were fucking exhausting to talk to.
"You humans are simply delightful," said Asleth. "Such weak frames, and yet you do more with them than many a mighty Arxur."
"We try," I said with a smile, "what do you think of the steak, eh?"
"It's quite good," she said, "very bloody. You lied to us, it seems. I have seen humans eat it like this also."
"Some humans will eat meat raw."
"Oh good. Those canines are not just for show, then."
We exchanged contact information, and would have calls once in a while, when they wanted to complain or ask about human customs. It was good.
When I found out about the cattle exchange, I knew. I knew I had the most experience with traumatic brain injuries' effects on the translators, I knew I had "no excuse" with my whole department turned to ash. I knew I turned things in on time, and was reliable, and they liked that.
I knew it was my name on that fucking roster. I knew when the email came from one of those stupid @ interstellar-relations.un.gov accounts.

Dear Andes Savulescu-Ruiz,
We would like to inform you that you have been selected to spearhead the human translator implantation and evaluation initiative in the currently-under-construction facility for rescued Venlil. Attached are the details of the position, as well as the relocation requirements.
Should you choose to accept this opportunity, your compensation...

Sometimes, I love the UN. But holy shit, sometimes I hate the UN.
So over the next week(!!!) I had to pack up all of my shit to go live in an alien planet. The good news was that gravity is meaningfully bigger there, which is to say, it made it easy to lose weight and get ripped. The bad news is the everything else.
No day-night cycle. No "night life". No quiet hours of the night. No early morning walks to watch the sun rise. I didn't even particularly liked those things until I couldn't have them anymore. The same endless sun hanging in the sky at the same height kept freaking me out. It was like time had stopped, and nobody noticed, so life just kept going.
Creepy alien gym planet bullshit.
I went to the university. The linguistics department at the university was much better equipped to handle the interdisciplinary nature of translator technical training (obviously) so I did a 3-week intensive (if you can call it that, the study blocks were 3 hours tops) with a whole cohort to top up my skills.
On the third week, my shifts started. They were mostly setting up the lab while the housing construction finished up. But it meant I had to travel home-to-work, work-to-uni, and uni-to-home every day/wake-sleep cycle. The extra 30% of public transit travel time was starting to grate on my nerves. Twitchy little venlil bastards. I'm sure the resting fuck-you face didn't help, but the population made it clear Tarva wasn't all that beloved around these parts. And the "oh no, predator" bullshit stopped being pitiful and started being annoying very very fast.
Eventually, the last week ended, and I was just heading to work, which was awesome because once the path was done, I could bike there directly through the back, and didn't need to take transit.
The refugees trickled in from the hospital at first, and then it became a steady stream. This particular facility was meant primarily for those raised in captivity, on the grounds that they were the ones who needed translators installed. I did my best to stay in my office, so I wouldn't have to wear the stupid headgear. If they didn't want a human interacting with these people why did they hire me?
The Yotul was cool. His name was Larzo He was vicious at chess. The more time I spent with him, the more it seemed like the Yotul were the only sane people in the galaxy.
"Ha! Finally!" he shouted when he finished his mate. I'd been on the defensive most of the lunch hour. My poor queen had spent half the game on the run from his bishop and knight.
"Yeah, yeah, you got me. Little demon quoka," I muttered.
"I have conquered the great fearsome predator! Perhaps you need more muscles here," he said, tapping his head. I laughed.
"Perhaps indeed. How's the gene sequencing going?"
"We've identified several clusters. We're trying to figure out what to do about them. Whether they have an instinct against incest and should be kept together, or whether to segregate them by gamete, or..."
Larzo shrugged.
"I'd assume put them all in reproductively incompatible groups with their closest kin, and then put those groups close enough they can talk to their brothers and sisters, but separate enough you can keep an eye on something like that."
"That's the current plan. How are the implants?"
I groaned.
"They're honestly the easiest part. The problem is developmental. They're... Well, they're fucked up. No kid should have to go through that. Their brain scans remind me of warzones. I have hope for the younger ones, but... Well, I guess the long and short of it is that I'm pretty sure a lot of them are not leaving this place anytime soon. "
"Does it give you pause? About the Arxur?"
I paused at that. Larzo did not pull his punches. I liked that about him.
"I mean, I think I know a Nazi croc when I see one, pal," I said, leaning back. "And maybe it makes me want to puke a little more now, to see the consequences. But I kinda knew what they were going in."
He examined me with his big round adorable eyes.
"I don't understand how you can stand them," he said eventually.
"At this point, Larzo, neither do I."
His alarm beeped. "I should go. Talk to you later, Andes. We'll play Upper Salwick next time. You can't possibly lose."
"I'll hold you to that!" I called after him. Then I slumped and went back to reading scans. Half the kids didn't even have names. The one I was currently looking at seemed healthy enough, given the baseline, and all she had was a string of numbers, and a little tag telling me her dad was named "Glim".
I had only been working for a few days, and already it felt eternal.

I have abusing weed, shrooms and nicotine since I was 14. My grades dropped and I lost all my friends. Seeing how badly I ruined my life, I decided to hang myself. Luckily, I was discovered in time.
After the whole ordeal of being placed in a psych ward and sent to foster care, I was placed into an alternative program that taught me almost nothing during the 3 years I was attending it. Once I was sent back to my old high-school, my grades were a shit show. I was consistently ranked with the lowest scores in all my classes, despite studying and trying my best.
I don’t know if I have a poor studying technique or if my brain was permanently damaged by substance abuse. I just can’t seem to grasp the concepts of any subject. I am extremely forgetful. My teachers and peers have all been baffled by how much common sense I lacked. I have constant brain fog that makes studying troublesome to the point where I am made fun of, by my classmates and tutors.
I genuinely want to graduate high school and get a bachelors degree at some point of my life, but college is no joke. Seeing how poorly I’m doing in high school and life in general, I feel trapped. I’ve worked 4 years in retail and food service and I can’t imagine doing them for the rest of my life.
I think about suicide every day but I don’t have the courage to, after experiencing my first attempt. I have been in therapy for 5 years but I’ve noticed minimal change.
What would you do if you were in my shoes?

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This is a mega-thread for Death Cab For Cutie's show at o2 institute birmingham in birmingham, united kingdom, on Mar 21, 2023.
Use this thread to: * ​ facilitate meet-ups * ​ arrange last-minute ticket sales * ​ post photos and videos of the event * ​ ask general questions about the show and venue * ​ share your excitement with us!
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Have fun, stay safe, and enjoy!

Hey there, I'm going to keep this short cause I think I know the answer, but I still wanna ask.
Few months ago I went to this film course at my university. There I met a girl that I talked with few times and at the end I asked her contact so I can take her out cause I really liked her and she laughed on most of my unfunny jokes + made strong eye contact with me.
I messaged her we talked throughout the weekend and I asked her out pretty soon like the second day of chatting. But she couldn't go coz she was on a motocross trip with her team. So we moved it around and when we had the date after like week and some days.
The date was fun. Went for a walk, talked about a lot of things, she was laughing after most of my jokes. At one point we went for a coffee sat down talk a bit more. At the and of the date I gave her a flower and she was happy. Still plenty of eye contact throughout the date. I walked her to a bus stop and when the bus came we both agreed it was fun, we hugged and just said we need to do it again sometime. Like an hour after that messaged her if she got home safely.
Then like 2 days go by and we're talking through messages. I asked her out again but she can't coz she's going away with her motocross team again. There was a short one week holiday and she and her team wanted to use it to practice. So again we agree to go on a date next week after she comes back. So on last Monday I left her a message to have fun and enjoy it. She said thanks and since then I didn't messaged her and I don't know if I should.
I wanted her to message me to see if she's interested and now it's been like a week since our last message and idk if I should text her or not. Coz I think if she would have like me, she would have texted me by now.
So I'm asking for an advice if I should leave it be any move on or text her.

There's still some big names to come that haven't had a WC/TOTY version. Puskas, Henry, Cantona, Maldini, Best, Jairzinho, Kaka, Rooney, Carlos Alberto, Ferdinand, Lahm, Essien are maybe the biggest names but with "fun" versions maybe a 55 Shearer would be his first great card. Or a Rivaldo with high agility/Balance. 90 Pace Baresi at CB. Maybe just make 1 or 2 of the dreaded low rated ones be much more useful like Riquelme or Lampard. Lots of options still to release either way.

On this day (March 21) in Nintendo history...

• Kirby's Dream Land 2 was released in 1995 for the Game Boy in Japan. In this platform game, developed by HAL Laboratory, Kirby returns and has joined forces with new friends in this thrilling sequel! The Rainbow Bridges that connect the seven Rainbow Islands have disappeared! Help Kirby solve the mystery! Search through the different islands while battling King DeDeDe and his horde of evil minions. Along the way, meet Rick the Hamster, Kine the Fish, and Coo the Owl.
  
• Kirby Super Star (known as Kirby's Fun Pak in PAL territories) was released in 1996 for the Super Famicom in Japan. In this action/platforming game, developed by HAL Laboratory, prepare yourself for the ultimate Kirby combo: not one, not two, but six games in one! Kirby's Fun Pak features half a dozen unique adventures, plus additional modes and minigames, starring the powerful pink hero with the uncanny ability to copy the powers of his enemies.
  
• Pokémon Snap was released in 1999 for the Nintendo 64 in Japan. In this first-person rail shootesimulation game, developed by HAL Laboratory with Pax Softnica, have you ever wanted to see Pikachu in its natural habitat? In Pokémon Snap, you will capture lots of Pokémon found in the wild - now with a Poké Ball, but with a camera! Some shots are easy, like snapping Pikachu relaxing on the beach, but others are much more difficult, such as taking the picture of Pikachu riding on the back of a rare, flying Pokémon!
  
• Wario Land 3 was released in 2000 for the Game Boy Color in Japan. In this platforming/Metroidvania game, developed by Nintendo R&D1, once again, greed has got the better of Wario. Trapped inside a mystical music box, Wario must find a way to break free... while grabbing all the loot he can find along the way, of course! Wario Land 3 is a huge platform adventure with day and night versions of each level, 100 treasures to discover, plus bags of secrets and the typically wacky Wario humour!
  
• The Game Boy Advance (GBA) was released in 2001 in Japan. Developed by Nintendo R&E, this 32-bit handheld video game console is the successor to the Game Boy Color. The GBA was part of the sixth generation of video game consoles. The original model did not have an illuminated screen; Nintendo addressed that with the release of a redesigned model with a frontlit screen, the Game Boy Advance SP, in 2003. Contrary to the previous Game Boy models, which were all following the "portrait" form factor of the original Game Boy (designed by Gunpei Yokoi), the Game Boy Advance was designed in a "landscape" form factor, putting the buttons to the side of the device instead of below the screen. A newer revision of the aforementioned redesign was released in 2005, which included a backlit screen. The final redesign, the Game Boy Micro, was released in 2005. As of June 30, 2010, the Game Boy Advance series has sold 81.51 million units worldwide. Its successor, the Nintendo DS, was released in November 2004 and is also compatible with Game Boy Advance software.
  
• F-Zero: Maximum Velocity was released in 2001 for the Game Boy Advance in Japan. In this racing game, developed by Nd Cube, the famous futuristic racing series that originated on Super Nintendo hit Game Boy Advance with supersonic force in this high-speed title! F-Zero: Maximum Velocity brings brand new vehicles and unique tracks packed with deadly tight turns, stomach-churning speed boosts and gravity-defying jumps.
  
• Kuru Kuru Kururin was released in 2001 for the Game Boy Advance in Japan. In this puzzle game, developed by Eighting, steady your hands and steel your nerves for a challenging game. Kuru Kuru Kururin puts you in control of a rotating helicopter that must be carefully manoeuvred through increasingly tight and tricky labyrinthine levels. Avoid the walls and obstacles, or you'll lose previous time and lives, as you try to reach the goal. It starts simple but soon you'll be facing moving pistons, floating spikes and all manner of dangers.
  
• Super Mario Advance was released in 2001 for the Game Boy Advance in Japan. In this platformer remake, developed by Nintendo R&D4, the NES's Super Mario Bros. 2 returns with an enhanced version unique to GBA, with new features not present in the original, and improved graphics and sound. Play as Mario, Luigi, Toad or Peach, and escape the mysterious land of Subcon. Unlike other Mario games where Mario defeats enemies by jumping on their heads, in this game Mario and pals have to pick up items and hurl 'em at their adversaries.
  
• Napoleon was released in 2001 for the Game Boy Advance in Japan. In this real-time strategy game, developed by Genki, you take the role of the French general Napoleon and his commanders, as they roll over Europe and Africa, conquering territories and defeating enemy armies. Build your armies defences and capture cities or other buildings to strengthen your position or acquire new units. Taking a port, for example, allows you to build ships and attack the enemy by sea.
  
• Pokémon Tetris was released in 2002 for the Pokémon mini in Japan. In this puzzle game, developed by Nintendo, Pokémon and Tetris - two of the greatest gaming sensations ever created - now these two behemoths of spare-time sapping playability meet. Retains the addictive Tetris gameplay but adds a unique Pokémon twist. As before, you must arrange the different shapes of falling blocks so they form a solid line across the screen - which causes them to disappear. Pulling off a Tetris move allows you to catch Pokémon.
  
• Fire Emblem was released in 2003 for the Game Boy Advance in Japan. In this tactical role-playing game, developed by Intelligent Systems, take charge of a makeshift army and transform them into a formidable fighting unit. A gripping storyline, memorable characters and red-hot gameplay will keep you enthralled from the get-go. With a range of different character classes, and factors such as terrain and weather, Fire Emblem's huge array of scenarios can be tackled in many different ways.
  
• WarioWare, Inc.: Minigame Mania (known in North America as WarioWare, Inc.: Mega Microgame$) was released for the Game Boy Advance in Japan. In this action/rhythm game, developed by Nintendo R&D1, more than 200 wacky microgames are packed in, each very simple but played at lightning-fast speed, from hitting a baseball to picking a disembodied nose. Complete multiple microgames in succession, and beat the boss, to clear each stage.
  

What are you favourite memories of these games? How do you think they hold up today? Hash it out in the comments.
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I'm an assistant manager, Ass. Man. for short (got a nametag that says that, lol), and I absolutely love my job. But I was recently offered a job at another store to do a lot less work for a lot more pay. I'm in limbo now, I tried the other job, but it wasn't as much fun as working at Subway. I ended up working shifts even after my 2 week notice was up at Subway And every shift at the other job; sandwich artists would call me with questions they had. I feel like my Subway store needs me, and I love my staff... but should I leave them in the name of more pay?
Also, I asked for a raise and the owner basically told me to count my blessings because "money isn't everything."

(I have adhd so I apologize for this mess in advance I'm trying and making sure with him through this)
Hi, I'm new here I go by she/her. I don't use reddit very much at all, almost never, actually and I haven't been godspoused to Loki for very long either but I just want to share my experiences with him because that's what he wants me to do. From what I can tell or rather, what I can't tell (maybe that's why I'm here) I've had it verified time and time again by myself and other outside sources that it is indeed Loki. I mention this because from what I learned about Lokean godspouses, or from what I can see, rather, is that our relationship is odd? He is my first and only godspouse so I don't actually know. First of all, since the beginning he has made it very clear that I am never to worship him, or give him offerings, he doesn't even want me to call myself a "Lokean" and also in the beginning he wouldn't let me interact with Lokeans or see what y'all are up to, though this has obviously changed as of now. He's not very silly with me or tries to pull something on me other than throwing my tarot decks out sometimes. He's always aimed for equality with us. I don't feel I've met the side of him that everyone seems to know. The side that is playful and chaotic and fun loving, who loves cinnamon and sends you random spiders and pushes boundaries. This isn't the Loki that I know. He doesn't even have red hair. To me he is very tall, kind of bulky, not muscular but bulky and blonde. He's blonde. As a human I am a lesbian so he isn't my type at all 😅. He never really represents himself to me as female. He's never wanted my opinion of him to be based on that of others and it won't change because he has been forever wonderful. I've had a reader tell me recently that he worries about being a bad influence. I think, I mean I -know- you all love him so very much and this is a safe space right? Can you please give all that love to him here?

Cyberpunk - I really hate when games don't explain how to do key things.

• I'm about 14 hours in and I have no idea at all of how to create Legendary items (or even what they are) because it's never explained. I only know about it due to online guides.
• I have no idea how to craft because it's never explained. So I avoid upgrading the Technical Ability stat altogether
• The attribute/perk points system feels vague and inconsequential at times (but it's actually very important)
• I have a very elementary understanding of how to use the Ripperdoc upgrades in-game. I know how to upgrade at the Ripperdoc, but how can I use some of this stuff?

I just really dislike when games try to do too much. Like...this game has hacking, stealth (which i'm terrible at, i dont know how anyone completes some of these missions full stealth), gunplay, melee combat, driving, inventory, cyberware upgrades, attribute upgrades, perk point upgrades, quickhack upgrades, braindance, item crafting, legendary items vs uncommon items vs rare items, gun upgrades (again, how do I do this? It's not explained!) etc etc. There's just SO much going on that it's overwhelming and the foundation of many of it is not really explained or fleshed out at all. It's like..Cyberpunk is so invested in introducing new things into the game/story, that it does not take time explain simple stuff like Legendary items, Armor, or even that you can dodge while shooting lol.
A few other things:

• Gunplay feels weird and heavy.
• Cover during combat is majorly lacking. There's basically 1 cover mechanism and that's pressing O (and it isnt responsive all the time). And you will still get shot through objects. Mass Effect 1 came out in 2007 and basically has the same cover mechanism as this game. And you wont get shot through objects in ME1
• Can we have a tutorial for quickhacks? Seriously, this is a huge part of the game and there's barely a 2 min tutorial of what the different hacks do.
• Why have such detailed character customization if it's going to be First-Person POV? We never see the character. You can customize the character right down to penis size, but it doesn't even matter if we cant see them
• The driving handle sucks
• Certain missions just feel impossible i.e. Norio Akuhoro, Epistrophy Coastview
• I've seen some ppl do some of the missions full-stealth, so I know it's possible. But I also wonder how many hours they've invested in the game to be able to do it. There's no way youre going to complete this game playing full stealth on your first playthrough.
• Why/how am I being hacked/overheated mid-gunfight? How can I combat this? Another example of things happening mid-game that I guess you just have to figure out.

This game should have came with a paper manual .. because there is definitely some required reading necessary!
But overall, not a bad game. And I like the city/map because 1) it looks great and 2) it feels lively. I've had fun so far! But it's also been frustrating at times – which is not something I expect to feel when gaming. A challenge? Yes, love it. But frustration? No, thank you.

[2nd Atempt]
A little bit about myself, I'm just an average college student, struggling through her degree and part-time job. I enjoy everything magic and fantasy, it's fun to lose yourself in stuff like that, no? Honestly, it's been a little rough lately but that's just life I guess. Other people are struggling too and many others are going through worse so I can't complain too much. I'm still alive, aren't I?
Now, let's get into the actual request! Why do I want this game? I am a huge sucker for emotional games with complex characters. I heard this game would tug on your heartstrings and OMG I'm so ready to be emotionally destroyed. I wonder if it's a weird coping mechanism. I don't know what's wrong with me but I tend to get super attached to characters, it's probably unhealthy. I remember playing Spiritefarer last year and I think I ended up sobbing like 80% of the time when I was playing.
From what I've researched, Kratos is a very complex character haunted by his past and consumed by grief and anger (yes, give me that angst). The game throws Kratos and his son through an intricate and unforgiving world while building on their complicated relationship with each other. The game is supposed to be an immersive and thrilling experience that brings you along with the duo's adventure and makes you emotionally connect with them as they struggle with their own self-discovery.
The game is also known to be gorgeous and atmospherically stunning. From what I've seen, the details are so beautiful and magical, I can't wait to bless my eyes. The soundtrack, as well, is supposed to be so amazing that just makes the experience more immersive. I'm so looking forward to just... losing myself in the world and just forgetting about real-life problems or how fucking sucky it is. At least just for a moment.
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So I recently started using a cane for flairs and it was amazing! Suddenly my family is noticing my pain and taking it way more seriously. And I was walking around the store using it and people kept looking at me and I would catch their eye and smile at and clearly make them uncomfortable. I almost started cackling with how happy I was. I'm a teen so people find it strange. Anyway the whole experience was super fun and I have defiantly gained more courage to use my cane in public more.

I was on 2 different American servers for awhile, great runs, lots of fun.
Joined a German server, got fucking punted off the track by other people every single goddamn time I went for a hot lap. Finally got lucky and the server reset and I made it out the gate first to lay down ... the only fucking clean time that showed up for 10m with 20+ people on the server.
Do better Europe, we have higher expectations of you. You're literally better than us. (at driving... and probably school... and you know socialized medicine... unless Logan Sargeant gets a fast car.. then ya'll gonna be angry.)

I wasn't able to no life the entire beta, unfortunately. Some rather unfortunate people, let's call them "friends", forced me out of my cave and into the light for a few wall to wall sessions of table therapy. Or board games. Whatever. The point is, I didn't get to play nearly as much as I would have liked.
But I really enjoyed each dungeon I ran through. The atmosphere, the pacing, the bosses, the events... er, well. Actually. not the events. Well, some of the events. Like, kill everything on the floor was an okay event. I mean, I was probably going to do that anyway. Go find this key and carry it back was actually really enjoyable! Kind of. Well, see, it was a great basis for an event. Really, the only legitimate concern I had with the dungeon events that I encountered, some 20 or so, was that a couple of them required you to backtrack through empty dungeon. There was one dungeon, however, where I had to destroy some evil ground nodes that ended up being an outward spiral. And I missed the little off shoot for the first node. It ended up being faster to move back to teleport out of the dungeon and walk back in to fix that.
There is a good fix for both of those problems, I think. Backtracking with a box is actually totally okay... as long as the dungeon spawns in new mobs for the walk back! I love killing things in this game. It's fun and visceral. I like clearing the dungeon, too. So, I'm fine with wiping out the monsters and then exploring the dungeon afterward. But as part of an event, backtracking needs to be more enjoyable here.
As to the second problem, look no farther than a spiritually similar game: Wo Long, or it's predecessors, Nioh and Nioh 2. They are similar to a Dark Souls game, taking a large bit of that genre's playbook. But they're also a level based game, where you start a level and run through it. Sometimes you have to back track the level but... they also have doors that don't open from this side. That spiral level I mentioned would have been totally fine if, once I got around to the far end of the spiral, there was a lever or a breakable wall, or some other way to create a shortcut back to the earlier part of the dungeon. That way, I can go grab the thing I missed without having to all the way through a now totally empty dungeon.
I've got one more gripe with the events. See, a lot of people talk about the amazingly random worlds of the previous game, and some other games. And you know? I get that. I recognize a lot of people followed the metas and did their best to skip over as much of a dungeon as possible using teleports and other machinations. And you know? Some of those maps were super tedious with their twists and turns. This game, on the other hand, has a relatively small number of layouts per dungeon, and they can get rather predictable. Especially if you go into two or three dungeons with the same tile set. You start to see the pieces and how they fit together. But actually, that's totally fine. It makes repeating the dungeons faster and more efficient.
No, the real problem for me are things like Gharbad the Weak, the Butcher, and the Skeleton King from Diablo 1. That is to say, "random" events that can occur that add to the level or modify the dungeon. The first was a random NPC that gave you a mini quest before he inevitably betrayed you. The second was a set piece found somewhere in the dungeon that was iconic, but also not always in the game. And the final one was a sub dungeon you'd sometimes have access to with a basically mini dungeon inside a dungeon.
So what I'm saying is, I want the dungeons to be more random in their layout, not because I get tired of the repetitive nature of what I see or how the dungeons feel. No, what I really want are more arbitrary random events that might show up that could alter a dungeon in a way that is totally unexpected and not always available in that dungeon.
To be honest, there is at least one event that is very nearly exactly what I want, and if you've seen that event, I bet it made quite the impact upon you, especially for us hardcore players. My only disappointment was it felt more like a treasure goblin than a cool cinematic surprise. There was no seamlessly integrated element to the dungeon that housed this quite enjoyable event. It just sort of felt like a normal thing that suddenly turns out to be more of a big deal than expected! Cool and memorable, sure, but not quite what it could be.
Anyway, this turned into a bit of a rant. If you made it down this far, thank you for your patience. I suppose it's time to wrap this up.
To make a long story short, I really enjoy the dungeons. A few of the events need to be looked at in order to make them more fun, and a few of the dungeon layouts need a better way to get back to earlier areas without a ton of backtracking. And finally, it would be very exciting if integrated random events could be added to a dungeon, something to spice it up, such as surprise side floors or set pieces with an event, similar to what can be found out in the main world.

Hi, I'm looking for a crew! Adults only please.
I'm in my 30s, have about 2500 hours and a sense of humour. I'm looking to join a team or make a duo with some chilled but skilled players who play on the EU (or SEA) Paranoid servers, or similar modded servers.
I can play from about 2-3pm European time, until 6, 7, 8pm, depending on if we're having fun.
I'm English living in Asia. My ping is about 200 for Europe, but it's never stopped me reaching end game in solo. I just get a few more projectile invalids than normal, but nothing crazy.
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I'd like to join a team of adults who have a good sense of humour and like having fun. I don't really get too involved with in game chat (unless it's nice or funny), so if you're gonna keep screaming at kids or crying because you lose, we won't get on.
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If you do creative shit like fun builds, trap bases, 200IQ plans, heists and raids. That's the kind of stuff I'm looking for. A proper fuckin crew.
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I know how to run every monument, do every puzzle room, and I can run Rig and Cargo solo. I'm good at building 2x2 and 2x1 bunkers, but never really bother building too big because it will get offlined on modded server anyway.
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I won't be your farm bot. I won't be your base bitch. I wanna be part of a functional team that works together in a relaxed but productive way.
If this sounds cool, hit me up.