Yeah, being truthful is generally good but that’s independent of being an ass about it.

I’ve always read about half the speed of everyone around me. I’ve never understood why. I think it could be mild dyslexia. I also have inner monologue narrator voice. You’re not alone.

Beating the executive dysfunction finally. I’ve been trying to get myself to 3d print something for about 2 weeks. It’s a 5 or 10 minute setup. Haven’t been able to make myself do it. Dunno why.

Rome, but not the empire part. I love aqueducts and construction/mechanical engineering. The things they did without electricity is amazing to me.

Excellent solution.

One hundred percent. If you liked that show, then you might like the Wildcards series or Aberrant rpg.

Have you ever seen someone poor get a lot of money and they go from being a normal person to a psychopath? Not everyone does, but enough do that you can notice. Being rich is a super power irl. If you’re a billionaire, you can crash a 100k car and just go get another one. A middle class person cannot comprehend having a 100k car.

There’s a reason the phrase “fuck you money” exists.

Exactly. It’s like when people joke “eat the rich”. Zero desire for cannibalism, but 100% desire for the rich to be removed from the earth.

Honestly, some people don’t. Assuming op isn’t trolling, one of my kids is like this.

I get told I am too harsh on myself a lot. Sigh.

It’s complicated. It’s the difference between fun and happiness. Video games are fun and a little bit of fun can contribute to happiness. However, I am also unhappy because the time I’ve spent on video games isn’t really long term.

It’s like eating healthy food which will make you feel better overall VS having a little treat. That ice cream I had isn’t really helping me except get fat. That apple I ate is gonna make me live better and longer.

However, a life without treats… Is that a life worth living?

Video games, but not because I want to. I have so much on my plate right now that could make my life better. I need to exercise more. I used to run and lift. I need to spend time with my hands-on craft hobby. I need to bake more. I enjoy video games SOOOOO much but I feel my life would probably be better without them.

The bar is so low compared to my parent’s days.

Yeah, I do deserve all that but it ain’t happening. Hasn’t happened for decades. Don’t see it changing any time soon.

For the record, I don’t think it’s malicious, I think it’s that my needs are high and/or unusual or something. Idk.

You can stop being friends with people at any time for any reason. You liked them then, you can ask them if anything changed and that you liked them previously but not a fan now. Then if they don’t want to act like that anymore you leave the relationship. It sucks but she’s not going to be that person anymore, it seems like.

I do, constantly.

Did it get better? I loved the music video from a while back. However, I watched ep 1 of the series and it was underwhelming, so I dropped it.

In my experience, there’s an inertia to staying still. You either need a pull from the destination or a push from the source. I didn’t care where we ended up but I couldn’t live where we were. The state government was persecuting one of my kids and failing on maintaining civil services. The destination wasn’t great but it was better than the source and has family nearby. Overall, I don’t regret moving, but I’m not happy. I went from a terrible situation to a not as bad one. Note - I didn’t say this is good.

I hate him, too, but he was good in Blade Runner 2049. I mean, the role should have come naturally since he was playing a narcissistic sociopath.