yofuckreddit
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yofuckreddit
15hr ago
I played Crysis. I didn't finish it precisely because I never really liked the gunplay compared to even CoD or Halo. Was it the same?
yofuckreddit
15hr ago
The HL2 pulse rifle is one of the most satisfying guns.... ever. I mean, the whole repertoire is good, even the pistol and SMG are fun. I'm not saying you're wrong, but I find the gunplay in HL2 and Counter-Strike to be a lot more compelling than "Parkour with a Rifle" in modern shooters.
yofuckreddit
1d ago
I'm glad you're having the same experience that I did. I played HL1 stone cold for the first time in... 2009? Zero Nostalgia. Still loved every second. The magic was very much still there.
yofuckreddit
1d ago
No, I do, I think the shooting was more real than the golf course stalking and the storming of the correspondent's dinner. It also had a lot of "I wish he'd aimed better".
Unless you're saying there's another I'm missing? I count 3.
yofuckreddit
2d ago
Eh, I'm more than happy to make fun of anything - 9/11, rape, my own crippling need for validation from strangers (especially women).
But frankly I'm still pissed that he got killed and that the bloodthirsty circlejerk online and IRL went largely unpunished. The double-standard for violence between the right and left is untenable. I was, perhaps, even more furious with this than Trump's first assassination attempt, and I considered Kirk a bit of an edgelord previous to his murder.
yofuckreddit
2d ago
Yeah same. I thought
yofuckreddit
6d ago
Oops, fixed!
I'd suggest adding spoiler tags.
That said...
I meant to tell you, I went to see it partially on your rec.
I'm glad I did - probably one of the best shot and mastered movies in recent memory.
Though I have to say: I have lost my appetite for horror. It did fuck me up and make it hard to sleep. Based on the expressions of others in the theater, I was not alone.
I'm trying to figure out how much of the main actress's facial expressions were augmented with CGI, because I feel like very few people have that range.
yofuckreddit
8d ago
It's funny you pick on Huntsville, I have a cluster of friends there, and you're right that it's the same as other places. The good news is this was never as suffocating, culturally, as a place like Mobile or (god forbid) Montgomery.
I agree with your thesis completely. But what could be meaningfully regionally different for each city?
- Food: This is an obvious one, but the great food in each city is easily replicable in others. I can get great Phillies where I live, and even a passable Po-Boy, and BBQ joints generally cover the whole spectrum now.
- Bars: America has great beer, but it's trivial for a brewery to cover 4-5 major styles and do them fairly well. The differences end up being how nice the bartenders are and the decor.
- Activities: People generally like hiking, biking, and sitting near the water or up high to hang out. They go to sports games.
If you look at a Tier 1 city, I see better execution on some of these fronts, but that's it. There's a barcade, an escape room, and a go-kart track if you're down to trade money for an experience.
If I wanted to make a mark on a city to make it meaningfully different, I'd really struggle to come up with how. I feel like the only vector you really have is through jobs or maybe hosting a unique regular event. Maybe geography or architecture, but the latter gets more and more expensive to do so in a differentiated way every day....
yofuckreddit
11d ago
First, condolences/vibes. I hope it's not some awful triggering situation leading to it happening.
I'm also therapy averse, and doubly so for couples therapy, but I'm sure it's worked for someone. I just don't know anyone who's given it a raving review yet.
yofuckreddit
11d ago
If it was Trader Joe's then this was their fault. Fuck the parking spots there.
yofuckreddit
11d ago
OK I'll be the asshole here - When I get my kids out of the car, I make sure to put my hand between the door and someone else's car. Two pieces of steel rubbing together doesn't feel like something we should be doing, on average.
It's another reason why the American obsession with SUVs for parents sucks so bad. The sliding doors on a minivan are far superior for this use case. But no, we have to pay $15-40k more for an equivalently-capable vehicle because mommy needs to be high up on the road AND see the hood, even though she's not very good at parking :(
I am sure you didn't scratch it and I'm taking it too seriously, but I just don't touch other people's cars and I don't like people touching mine.
yofuckreddit
11d ago
What about destination patterns? Did you enjoy any of the random cities a bit more or less than you thought?
Your music point is heard. I incur some non-trivial costs for playlist creation and maintenance, but over the past decade or so I've built up a critical mass of 1-8 hour playlist collateral I can safely just hit "Play" on in shuffle mode and fit the bill. I think it's worth doing so for a couple of your favorite artists and genres to start at least.
yofuckreddit
11d ago
It's so on the nose and makes me feel so good that my default position is that a lot of it is astroturfed bullshit. But:
- I react like that to excellent food when I have it in other countries
- I genuinely think that our food culture is undersung, and pretty much every euro I know who has actually visited here says it's way better than they expected
- Nobody is being brought to the ghetto or the middle of nowhere for these WC games, there's already some good filtering in what they're actually seeing and experiencing
yofuckreddit
25d ago
I've debated between two paths:
First would be taking a software gig with some ideological value behind it. But that's not always clear. Would that be Abel Police to help reduce anarcho-tyranny? Helping the Libertarian party elevate its technology backbone? The former is enabling a semi-automatic police state, the latter is supporting a bunch of buffoons who can't engage in realpolitk, but they're the first things that come to mind. Some folks I know with a similar ideological bent are still in crypto (!) but I'm behind enough on the tech curve there it may be tough.
The second would be returning to social/services labor. I've already seen people mention bartending or bike delivery, and if the latter were possible I'd definitely give it a shot. Even this is fraught though. The community bike mechanics who help serve the poor with transportation also can't help themselves from being leftist freaks at the same time, and serving coffee (another fringe interest) would have the same shit going on.
yofuckreddit
29d ago
I was debating between Backrooms and this, but I do feel like I need to get in the theater for this one.
yofuckreddit
29d ago
I'm surprised that the cybersex numbers are so low, given the model of infidelity as driven by availability.
I'm not at all. I've participated in cybersex and cyber relationships regularly since 2004. They're competing with instantaneous, highly niche porn on one side and genuine human connection on the other.
It doesn't compare favorably in either case. Finding women to talk to as friends on the internet is still as difficult as it was 20 years ago. The closest you can get is a long-distance ex sending you nudes on SnapChat and it's just not really all that great.
yofuckreddit
29d ago
Hope you don't mind me asking:
- The ugly part you can't change - any interested in GLP-1 driven weight loss?
- When it comes to non-romantic relationships, do you have strong value as a friend? Do you get some of the utility you'd recieve from a partner from others?
yofuckreddit
29d ago
Getting caught cheating is the coward's method of initiating a breakup. Especially during teenage years and early 20's.
I wish I had understood this more deeply. It's tempting to forgive "minor" transgressions - a little flirting here, a drunken kiss - for someone you love. If you forgive a 20 year old for that, they're just going to escalate until you get the message!
yofuckreddit
1mo ago
I always try to listen to lyrics. They're a major part of songs. Sometimes it makes them worse, most of the time it makes them better.
yofuckreddit
1mo ago
... Are you serious? Have you been to any weddings at all for the past 20 years? Or Karaoke?
I'm already aware you live in a different subculture but this is pretty surprising. It would be difficult for me to find a single person who's unaware of it.
yofuckreddit
1mo ago
Absolutely. I try to think of my children reading it in the future and it cheers me up a bit. But primarily a sense of accomplishment.
yofuckreddit
1mo ago
First, Congrats! Hopefully the weirdness is offset by the enjoyment of being seen as important. For what it's worth I'm one of the people that will dig a bit to say "Thank you" when a piece of art or science transcends the mundane. I pretty much never receive a response but I figure people get negative feedback so often on things it's a way to put some positivity out there.
I was unable to meaningfully achieve anything academically. My ascent from a mediocre student to decent mid-level professional guy was a happy surprise. It's still crazy that the company I "co-founded" is still around almost a decade later and making $40m a year from $0.
I think if I get to retire early I'll hop back into food service for at least a year, maybe 2. I miss it quite a bit.
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