Fucking DO IT AGAIN, UNCLE BILLY!

Ya know what, dude? It’s your life, not mine. I’d just recommend that you make sure you’re out of the country before Trump is inaugurated.

Bruh. I’m an American, living in Texas. This isn’t doomerism, this is real.

You will get detained when they start rounding people up.

You will be deported, assuming you live long enough for them to do so.

They will not care that you came in legally.

This is not being done out of concern for the American people, this is being done as a scapegoat.

You will become part of the scapegoat.

Do not come here right now. You are setting yourself up for a world of hurt.

Edit: You have no comment history aside from this post. Your account is an hour old. The first person you interacted with was someone asking you why you’d want to come here right now; and now you’re accusing people of being hysterical or doomers. Fascinating.

1 - selfishly, I have been truly happy for the first time in an extremely long time and I want to see where this happiness is leading me. I’ve been waking up excited to see what happens next. I don’t want to miss the ending; I’m hoping it’ll have a fulfilling conclusion.

However, from a more objective standpoint, we don’t know who else is out there in our universe. Pressing the lever because of the shitshow here on Earth is also a selfish act as you may be ending the lives of an incalculable number of intelligent species just because humanity is having a “No Good, Very Bad Day”.

that’s how cruelty squad got started.

Alright, cool! That’s a good thing to know!

I’m not a huge fan of Hexbear, they were… unhinged when I was originally exposed to them. One of the things that concerned me was when they started a beef with Ada (blähaj.zone admin) and another being that they seem to favor accelerationism (let’s just burn it all down and start over) over damage reduction (let’s try to make sure the system isn’t gonna start murdering more people so we can try to organize without the Sword of Damocles hanging over our heads). They also love shit-stirring which… just isn’t a thing I think is useful (at the very least, it doesn’t work on me, I’ll just get annoyed with whoever is doing it). At least, those were the vibes I got from them at the time. It’s probably been over a year though, so maybe the attitude has changed *shrug*.

Glad to hear they were able to help you though! Same with your wife and gf! <3

I personally would have loved it if they’d actually carried through with physically swappable components. While the touchpads are awesome for games that don’t have normal gamepad support or require faster turn speeds, they just don’t have the same feel as a physical analog stick for the games that do support it.

Holy fuck what a makeover! I’m not sure I could give up the dairy, meat and weed. I like cheese, pepperoni and, well, weed, too much. That’s incredible.

Edit: I love stories like this because, and hopefully this’ll cause euphoria and not dysphoria, I feel like I will never be pretty or beautiful or cute or anything like that; but then I see makeovers like yours and it gives me confidence and hope.

The base game or the patch? Not surprised about the base game considering how much detail modern games have and how large textures have gotten; however it sounds like the patch size is a Microsoft problem, not the devs.

Holy fucking shit. Bruh. Just… goddamn. I’m pretty sure my parents would be over the moon if I was wanting to marry someone like that, regardless of intentions. Furthermore, it sounds like they’re clear on what her feelings are and things like that. It’s totally possible that he’s looking for an heir which is why her attraction to his wealth isn’t something he has a problem with (he’s already planning to give it to her and/or any children she might end up having). It’s also possible (as someone else pointed out) that it may be more kinky and saying she is marrying him for his wealth is an easier (or less awkward) explanation. Regardless, however, it sounds like it’s consensual.

I think the way I’d handle it is to voice my concerns just to make sure she’s thought of what might happen. When you do so, make sure she understands you’re not rejecting her, but trying to make sure she’s thought everything through; and that you need some reassurance yourself that she’ll be okay. Explain that you care about her and you don’t want anything bad to happen to her, and that’s why you’re so concerned. Then let her go and be there for her if things go south. Ultimately, she’s an adult and you can’t stop her from living her own life. At least it sounds like this path will ensure she (and any children she might have with him) will live a good life.

I’m actually kinda jealous lol.

Maybe the community has gotten better, but back when I played it wasn’t uncommon for mid to get salty because they fed early game and start feeding couriers to the enemy team.

Factorio, Warframe, Minecraft, Dota 2. However, the only two I’d still recommend are Factorio and Minecraft. Warframe’s grind seems to have finally burned me out for good, Dota 2 is bad. You’re not gonna have fun with Dota 2. The game concept is good, but like most competitive online games, the community fucking sucks.

In addition to Factorio and Minecraft, try Voices of the Void, The Long Drive, WEBFISHING, and Balatro.

Edit: oh yeah, and personally I have both Sims 2 and Sims 4 w/ all DLC (yeah, I toootally bought all the dlc) installed on my steam deck. Both fun games with their own ups and downs. Sims 2 is great vanilla, Sims 4 is great when heavily modded. Don’t bother downloading the F2P version of Sims 4 from Origin if you’re wanting to mod it with stuff like sacrificial’s mods. Those’ll break with every major update (and sometimes minor updates too!) and you can’t pause updates anymore. So, you’ll have to find alternative methods.

Homosexuality is still technically illegal in Texas; they just aren’t allowed to enforce it. If they strip away the supreme court precedents regarding LGBT discrimination, then those kinds of laws will automatically go back into effect.

They’re not swapping by 2040. Geomagnetic poles take an obscenely long time to swap; we’re talkin’ hundreds of thousands of years. What’s gonna happen by 2040 is that Earth’s geomagnetic “North” will line up with “true North”.

The only time I’ve had someone tell me we’re living through the end times was during the whole 2012 thing, but they said it as a joke.

On the other hand, I’ve always had a feeling, even before I was a teenager and started becoming aware of the world outside my little bubble, that humanity won’t be around by 2100. I very much hope I’m wrong.

Meanwhile Sisko is the one making them to help fund wartime upgrades to DS9; and Janeway got a beta version before they shipped off and is now using it to pilot borg around like meat puppets.

Kirk had a prototype that he used to attend every +18 VRChat meetup.

That’s awesome! I wonder if there’s anything like that around me

You know, I’d never thought about doing something like that. Tbh, that seems more helpful than most things; because you know where the person you’re talking to is, and that you can go and see them in person. Like, you really shouldn’t do that do a store clerk, that’s not what they’re being paid for; but at the same time, if I was in that position then I’d absolutely put my job on the line and take the time to talk and comfort them.

I wonder if LGBT-positive stores give people crisis training in case they get calls or emails like that. If not, then it might be worth considering doing that as a community. Then someone who’s struggling can find their nearest LGBT-anything and have someone to talk to.

Heh, if it sounds suspiciously specific it’s because I went through that recently. I’m doing better now tho!