Remember, rats scatter off a sinking ship

When I was in college, it was very clear to me who wanted to or actually felt a need to be there and the people who were there because they were expected to. The people who didn’t really want to be there simply went through the motions, did the bare minimum for whatever situation they were in, and immediately fucked off because they did what they showed up to do. Their goal wasnt to be there, ot was to get through being there so they could do what they actually wanted to. The people who were actually invested in being there put in the effort and did extra stuff to ensure their success. They formed study groups, watched some YouTube videos on fuzzy topics, talked to each other about the material, went over sample tests, etc. Their time after class wasn’t the left-overs they had from their time at school, it was a resource to use to make their time at school better. Because school itself was actually their focus.

When I see statements like “Give it your all,” that’s where my mind goes. It tells me to not just go through the motions and expect true success at the other side. That shit takes work and dedication of time and energy. Not necessarily all of it to the point that you’re damaging your health, but that is often where it ends up. And it’s hard not to end up there if you compare yourself to others and feel a need to keep up to unrealistic standards.

In short, to me it means to actually apply your time and effort into it. Be invested in how well you do and what you can learn.

From what I understand they moved away from the Rand stuff pretty hard and publicly distanced themselves from it. I honestly never got anything but wholesome vibes from the dudes, even if they were a bit misguided in their early years. Their songs are usually about fostering connections with others, doing your own thing, and accepting others who are doing the same. That just translated into hyper-individualism and maybe buying into red scare propaganda in the seventies. The USSR and China really had a bad taste in everyone’s mouth when it came to communism. Not saying they’re perfect or that i agree with it, but i can see how they got there.

Oddly enough, for all its Rand influence, 2112 goes fuckin hard. Discovery was an absolute delight to me as a musician, and Priests is still raw af.

You telling me I can painkiller my way away from the massive amounts of cringe I generate? Say less, lemme go buy a costco-sized barrel of excedrin

“C’mon, honey, show them you’re one of the good ones.”

Got a drink thrown at me and a lifetime ban from Applebee’s, 2/10 do not recommend, mozzarella sticks were p good tho

It’s a bunch of stressed, impatient parents who just want to grab their kid and get out, but are apathetic to everyone else trying to do the same. If all these other people weren’t here they could do this so fast, why won’t everyone get out of their way? It’s a highly concentrated dose of the “Im gonna get mine and the rest of you can fuck right off” mentality. And, like most shitty driving behaviors, it feeds into itself. It makes good drivers make bad decisions because, if they don’t, they’re not going anywhere. “No one is letting me in, so if I dont cut someone off, I’m going to be stuck here another 15 minutes” type shit. I dont know why well-built pickup and drop-off areas aren’t required for building schools past 1990, but here we are.

Oddly enough I have a reverse relationship with this game compared to many others in the thread. I played Dishonored first, and I feel like THAT game spoiled the stealth genre for me. I tried Thief chasing that feeling and was sorely let down. I think if I’d played Thief first like a lot of you guys, I might have that attachment to it. And I know that Thief is likely a large reason why Dishonored exists to begin with, especially with the level design in mind. It just didn’t feel compelling to play, game mechanic wise or story wise. I ended up wanting to just play Dishonored halfway through. I pushed through till the end, it just felt like a worse version of a game i loved. May give the second one a shot, might stick with me more. But the first one left a not-so-pleasant taste

Something something flared base

I was kind of a shit as a kid and butted heads with my parents a bit. My step-dad, born in '68, told me he was stationed in Germany during his stint in the Army. My dumb ass asked if it was for WWII because I connected Germany and US military with WWII without even trying to do the math on time. Almost got an ass-kicking before my mom had to come to my defense about me just being a dumbass and not trying to call him old.

To be fair, it was the kind of cheek I would pull from time to time and I was at some level at odds with my step-dad most of the time, so I dont blame him at all. Point is, kids are dumb sometimes and often have no real concept of time over long periods.

Fuck, I’d settle for a printer that just did its job

Lol I don’t do any of that. I just laugh and shake my head. Nothing bakes these people’s beans more than just not being taken seriously because of their own choices. Heh I just thought about how much they all paid for a ticking time bomb of failure points just to feel superior and really it just shows lack of understanding and judgement. Made me chuckle again. Dumbasses.

It’s only a model…

Was about to say this. Excellent drinking game. I used to always shotgun mine at the start and drive uninterrupted and tipsy the rest of the race. Good times.

!Oh, that creepy dude was in the book as well. Iirc he was her stalker. Not sure if they did the deed, been a while, but that was definitely the premise she used to get him with I think the sickle. His little man did not survive either. I dont think it played out the same in the movie though. I think i remember a crossbow? Or maybe that was chisato, i might be conflating those two since they had their scenes pretty close and i think ended up meeting. That or it happens off screen, not sure.

But yeah that Mitsuko scene was in the book and was brutal af!<

Oh damn, I forgot there was a manga. Didn’t they change a lot in the manga? I have the feeling that was why I didn’t get into it, but it’s been like 15 years since then. It might have just been to expensive for me at the time, even at like $10 an issue

Got the book from my sister when I was young, blew my mind that not only did this exist, they’d made 2 movies by that point (a third came later). Young, edgelord me was in paradise.

Still a good book and movie. Highlighted a lot of still very relevant problems. Did Hunger Games both first and better. Recommend if you like that kind of thing and/or are pissed off at your government like I am

My bad, was meant to be an expansion, not a correction. I have the insufferable need to chime in sometimes and pre-resolve potential ambiguities. It’s something im working on.

Reason I even brought it up is I’m usually nice to npc’s in general, but man. Some people I see in videos or anecdotes from assosciates got me giving them a mad side-eye. 1’s and 0’s or not, the malice and sadism gets ridiculous sometimes. Makes me repeatedly realize how different some people consume the same game as me in ways I never thought of and/or could never bring myself to do.

Anyway, interjection over, that was it

Depends on the game. Depends on the player.