And at the same time, social anxiety has been steadily increasing among young people due to decreased human connection, driven by smartphone use. Tell a random 20 year old to go to their local park and strike up a conversation with a stranger for no reason except that they are at the same park, and they’ll look at you like you just told them to assassinate the prime minister of Czechoslovakia - not only are they sure it is a bad idea, but they are pretty sure it is impossible, since Czechoslovakia hasnt been a country for quite some time now.

So these factors combine. They believe that even approaching a woman already makes them a bad person. Then layer on top social anxiety that makes talking to strangers already horrifying. And the brain comes up with a scenario that justifies the fear: You are a bad person if you approach a woman - you’re a bad person just for thinking about it - so if you actually did such a fucked up thing, it would definitely get recorded and posted online. Everyone would know what a fucked up person you are, you’d probably get MeToo’d, and sent to jail for sexual assault. Better never talk to anyone, just to be safe.

Damn that was a bit too close to home for comfort. However I’m closer to 40’s than 20’s xD

I see myself as a shy introvert and I’d rather avoid social interactions if I can, as I feel I’m bothering the other person(s). So approaching a woman randomly… Yeah the second quoted paragraphe summarise how the experience would feel.

That’s why I liked dating apps years ago, before it (apparently) went to shit (I stopped now that I have a partner): clear background and expectations, minimised misunderstanding.

Vaulting (making inaccessible) some content made it very hard for new players to start destiny 2.

Between this original sin and the tsunami of bad decisions that followed (fomo cranked to 11, monetisation non stop…) I don’t understand how the game manage to live this long. Yes gameplay was good, but THAT good? Damn…

At this point either do D3 (not sure how now the history is supposed to be complete) or let it die…

At 20 minutes if you’re having a hard time. Finding it.

I admit, it was Densely packed xD

PTSD intensifies…

That’s only if people read the info in the actual email.

“-Could you just explain what this meeting is about”

“-Did you actually read the email summary”

“-yes but it’d be better if you explain it again”

No you didn’t…

Space Marine 2 is the only reason I’m still booting on Windows…

And “APT” stands for “apartments” :)

Copilot is being pushed so hard by management on the users in my pharma company…

This

You fit three of these in the same surface of one EU type

Yes, as usual -_-

Problem is you don’t know how well it was maintained /cared for by its former owner.

Same for me!

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Ahah yeah “sequel” has the same meaning in French ;)

Love the double sense here, I’ll re-use it thanks!

Yeah EA is clearly to blame but in the end the fault also lies on Disney. They are the one managing the license. After butchering the license, at least they had the common sense to realise what they did and not insist too much on it…

The still backed themselves in a corner though. Or rather, “capped” the star wars timeline unless they retcon the movies.

There is a reason why we see no new material happen after/during the ladt trilogy.

How can you make anything after/during something that never existed?

Apparently, surprisingly, bacteria grow/anchor better in plastic. than wood. (wood might still absorb the juices more easily)

Copilot, copilot everywhere… :p

It’s really great but it’s taking a LOT of time.

I was extremely active on it until lightfall.

The way they added story “filler”, the nonsensical scenario, the fomo/mandatory grind as well as the “you have to pay for everything” finally pushed me over the edge of my rabbid “I need to play” and completionist tendency. It was the last straw.

I’m gland I left because it’s when shit started e to hit the fan:

• they started to make you pay for a lot of thing that was previously included in the expansions (dungeons, raid,…).
• They started to fire their (highly talented) staff en masse.
• FOMO was getting out of control indeed.
• You could feel the greed out of most of the decisions.
• Vaulting content (why???)

Shame because

• it was of the best shooting/power gameplay out there. The art and design was incredibly.
• The lore was deepd and with a lot of “hidden” link darksoul style (even if it’d be easy to argue it was just obscure and writer had no idea what they were doing)
• The sci/fantasy mix was working very well and for me is still unique so far.

I might give it a go again, but it’ll not be the same without my old clan.