A hopeless solipsist, and somewhat stupid, <name> renders ideas and people that he has met into stories, discursively, since when he does it with spoken words the effect is too ephemeral for his liking. He has taught English, delivered pizzas, cleared houses for auction, washed dishes, landscaped, sold scratch tickets, among other types of work. He also endures the casual heartlessness of his fellow primates - the most difficult of the things he does. First and foremost, he writes.
I can't even.
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Orphanerivers of redthat run to seaRegistered Userregular
I guess maybe you've read this one? After a girl starts talking about a bunch of tragic love affairs.
Mort felt instinctively that some young couples met, say, at a village dance, and hit it off, and went out together for a year or two, had a few rows, made up, got married and didn’t kill themselves at all.
kedinik no I haven't read this. what is it from?
Mort. Discworld book.
I made a game! Hotline Maui. Requires mouse and keyboard.
It's just that the guys get super tense and if they're interrupted there's about a 70/30 chance they're going to respond, um, let's call it "unkindly". This has lead to many actual arguments, so I see LoL as a thing that has the potential to start fights in the house. So I want to kill it with fire and bleach.
This is how we get when we're under the effects of Adrenaline.
It's not personal, but we're basically in flight or fight mode.
Maybe set some boundaries on some game time being uninterrupted or something unless it's an emergency.
yeeeah, no. I'm not limiting how the house functions around a game. here's a recent example:
spool15 asks spool17 (who is playing LoL) for confirmation that's it's really okay for him to borrow something right before leaving the house...spool17 jumped down his throat, huge fight ensued that lasted nearly a half hour.
spool15 is playing spool32 asks him to do the dishes when he's done with that game, spool15 says something shitty, spool32 grounds him from gaming...huge fight ensues, that one lasted nearly a week on and off
spool32 is playing, I have a migraine, the boys want to go to a friend's house since they have to tip toe around our place 'cause I'm near death - they tentitively go ask their father, much yelling later I'm puking my guts out and spool32 feels like an asshole for days.
Explain to me how a game that induces these reactions is fun?
Sounds like someone needs a spanking.
not a doctor, not a lawyer, examples I use may not be fully researched so don't take out of context plz, don't @ me
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surrealitychecklonely, but not unloveddreaming of faulty keys and latchesRegistered Userregular
It's just that the guys get super tense and if they're interrupted there's about a 70/30 chance they're going to respond, um, let's call it "unkindly". This has lead to many actual arguments, so I see LoL as a thing that has the potential to start fights in the house. So I want to kill it with fire and bleach.
This is how we get when we're under the effects of Adrenaline.
It's not personal, but we're basically in flight or fight mode.
Maybe set some boundaries on some game time being uninterrupted or something unless it's an emergency.
yeeeah, no. I'm not limiting how the house functions around a game. here's a recent example:
spool15 asks spool17 (who is playing LoL) for confirmation that's it's really okay for him to borrow something right before leaving the house...spool17 jumped down his throat, huge fight ensued that lasted nearly a half hour.
spool15 is playing spool32 asks him to do the dishes when he's done with that game, spool15 says something shitty, spool32 grounds him from gaming...huge fight ensues, that one lasted nearly a week on and off
spool32 is playing, I have a migraine, the boys want to go to a friend's house since they have to tip toe around our place 'cause I'm near death - they tentitively go ask their father, much yelling later I'm puking my guts out and spool32 feels like an asshole for days.
Explain to me how a game that induces these reactions is fun?
The way to interrupt me while playing video games is to present yourself in my peripheral vision. Stand head bowed, and fingers intertwined, not moving. When I am eventually ready I'll say "yes?" and then you may speak.
I guess maybe you've read this one? After a girl starts talking about a bunch of tragic love affairs.
Mort felt instinctively that some young couples met, say, at a village dance, and hit it off, and went out together for a year or two, had a few rows, made up, got married and didn’t kill themselves at all.
kedinik no I haven't read this. what is it from?
Mort. Discworld book.
ah I haven't read any discworld
that's the life tho
Please consider the environment before printing this post.
You need to sit everyone down and explain this to them Belasco
And then spank spool32 in front of the younger spools to assert your dominance over the household.
A woman walks in her son's room and finds him furiously jerking it to hardcore BDSM porn. She takes it away from him and gives him the usual "just wait until your father comes home!" speech.
Dad gets home, and mom shows him the porn, and tells him what she found their son doing. She asks him what he thinks they should do about it. He responds, "Well, I don't think we should spank him..."
Just to be clear: I am also a gamer, it's not like I don't understand how much it sucks to be interrupted...omg interrupting me during a cutsceen I haven't seen before can be frustrating, but usually I just hold up a finger or say "gimme a minute" and all is well. I don't take people's heads off 'cause in the middle of a self-induced adrenaline high.
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HakkekageSpace Whore Academysumma cum laudeRegistered Userregular
what the fuck my iPhone keeps randomly "restarting" (going to a gray screen with the black apple logo for a minute and then returning to normal)
wtf is happening
It's dying.
You can try backing up and restoring it but if it keeps doing that, it's kicked the bucket. If it's new (less than 1 year) or under applecare, it'll be painless to replace. If not, prepare your $600 and get in line.
I literally bought it three months ago
I may have accidentally dropped it in a toilet but it was like a half second and I fished it out and it was fine and it was like 2 months ago
can they fuck me over for that
how will they know
isn't there a strip in the phone that indicates if the phone has ever got wet that they can use to invalidate free repairs
It's just that the guys get super tense and if they're interrupted there's about a 70/30 chance they're going to respond, um, let's call it "unkindly". This has lead to many actual arguments, so I see LoL as a thing that has the potential to start fights in the house. So I want to kill it with fire and bleach.
This is how we get when we're under the effects of Adrenaline.
It's not personal, but we're basically in flight or fight mode.
Maybe set some boundaries on some game time being uninterrupted or something unless it's an emergency.
yeeeah, no. I'm not limiting how the house functions around a game. here's a recent example:
spool15 asks spool17 (who is playing LoL) for confirmation that's it's really okay for him to borrow something right before leaving the house...spool17 jumped down his throat, huge fight ensued that lasted nearly a half hour.
spool15 is playing spool32 asks him to do the dishes when he's done with that game, spool15 says something shitty, spool32 grounds him from gaming...huge fight ensues, that one lasted nearly a week on and off
spool32 is playing, I have a migraine, the boys want to go to a friend's house since they have to tip toe around our place 'cause I'm near death - they tentitively go ask their father, much yelling later I'm puking my guts out and spool32 feels like an asshole for days.
Explain to me how a game that induces these reactions is fun?
LoL is the worst.
Can you just ban them from playing? Just uninstall it everywhere! Eventually they will get tired of reinstalling it every time they want to play. :P
Ah, the halcyon days where me and my eldest brother fought with my older brother whether the limited room on our computer was reserved for Warcraft 2 or Football Manager.
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TraceGNU Terry Pratchett; GNU Gus; GNU Carrie Fisher; GNU Adam WeRegistered Userregular
I guess maybe you've read this one? After a girl starts talking about a bunch of tragic love affairs.
Mort felt instinctively that some young couples met, say, at a village dance, and hit it off, and went out together for a year or two, had a few rows, made up, got married and didn’t kill themselves at all.
kedinik no I haven't read this. what is it from?
Mort. Discworld book.
ah I haven't read any discworld
that's the life tho
“We may even find out why the duck-billed platypus.*
*Not why is it anything. Just why it is.”
― Terry Pratchett, The Last Continent
Just to be clear: I am also a gamer, it's not like I don't understand how much it sucks to be interrupted...omg interrupting me during a cutsceen I haven't seen before can be frustrating, but usually I just hold up a finger or say "gimme a minute" and all is well. I don't take people's heads off 'cause in the middle of a self-induced adrenaline high.
I am really tempted to pull the sex card for this one.
not a doctor, not a lawyer, examples I use may not be fully researched so don't take out of context plz, don't @ me
cptruggedI think it has something to do with free will.Registered Userregular
Wait. Wasn't there a huge discussion at one point about how horribly old and shitty you were as a parent if you didn't have the courtesy of leaving your family alone while they played an online competitive game that involved the time of 9 other people?
So Belasco and other interrupters are the bag guys here right?
Just to be clear: I am also a gamer, it's not like I don't understand how much it sucks to be interrupted...omg interrupting me during a cutsceen I haven't seen before can be frustrating, but usually I just hold up a finger or say "gimme a minute" and all is well. I don't take people's heads off 'cause in the middle of a self-induced adrenaline high.
I am really tempted to pull the sex card for this one.
Honestly, I think there's something to that
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BeNarwhalThe Work Left UnfinishedRegistered Userregular
My personal rule is, if a video game makes me feel a strong emotion, I have to spend 15 minutes staring out a window or at a mirror
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Blameless Cleric An angel made of sapphires each more flawlessly cut than the last Registered Userregular
Wait. Wasn't there a huge discussion at one point about how horribly old and shitty you were as a parent if you didn't have the courtesy of leaving your family alone while they played an online competitive game that involved the time of 9 other people?
So Belasco and other interrupters are the bag guys here right?
Very bag. Some of the baggest around.
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BeNarwhalThe Work Left UnfinishedRegistered Userregular
It's why I had to stop playing Life Is Strange
I was losing whole days to window-staring
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TTODewbackPuts the drawl in ya'llI think I'm in HellRegistered Userregular
Just to be clear: I am also a gamer, it's not like I don't understand how much it sucks to be interrupted...omg interrupting me during a cutsceen I haven't seen before can be frustrating, but usually I just hold up a finger or say "gimme a minute" and all is well. I don't take people's heads off 'cause in the middle of a self-induced adrenaline high.
it's not the high
League is a competitive game. You are competing against the other team to decide who is best. A lot of times in competitive environments like these people will decide that yes, they care very much about being better than the other person at this game or sport or chess match, because I have attached some of my self-worth to how well I perform at this thing that is nominally for entertainment purposes only. And so, when you do not perform, you get upset because maybe your self-worth has been taken down a bit.
Please consider the environment before printing this post.
Just to be clear: I am also a gamer, it's not like I don't understand how much it sucks to be interrupted...omg interrupting me during a cutsceen I haven't seen before can be frustrating, but usually I just hold up a finger or say "gimme a minute" and all is well. I don't take people's heads off 'cause in the middle of a self-induced adrenaline high.
I am really tempted to pull the sex card for this one.
Honestly, I think there's something to that
Testosterone itself causes mammals to be highly aggressive. I'm having a hard time finding actual studies that link adrenaline/F&F/testosterone directly though.
If it wasn't a multiplayer competitive game I'd be willing to bet money they wouldn't react that way. If it was a single player game with a cutscene, absolutely that response would be alien and extreme.
not a doctor, not a lawyer, examples I use may not be fully researched so don't take out of context plz, don't @ me
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BeNarwhalThe Work Left UnfinishedRegistered Userregular
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Mort. Discworld book.
Sounds like someone needs a spanking.
(its spool)
Thrill as you join a heist set to hard mode and see the host, who set it to hard mode, quit after a few attempts!
Shriek in delight as someone takes your car and drives it into a lake because "slowing down" is an eldritch collection of syllables!
And then spank spool32 in front of the younger spools to assert your dominance over the household.
The O in GTA:O stands for "Only play with friends."
ah I haven't read any discworld
that's the life tho
Or people you meet on trophy websites to coordinate getting those sweet sweet cheevs.
Competitive games and sports absolutely do.
Pretty much any extreme stress can trigger that.
Super cold? Adrenaline.
Someone holding a gun up? Adrenaline.
Deer head pokes head out from the woods on the side of the road and you're going 10 miles an hour? Adrenaline.
Phone call from someone you loathe talking to? Adrenaline.
A woman walks in her son's room and finds him furiously jerking it to hardcore BDSM porn. She takes it away from him and gives him the usual "just wait until your father comes home!" speech.
Dad gets home, and mom shows him the porn, and tells him what she found their son doing. She asks him what he thinks they should do about it. He responds, "Well, I don't think we should spank him..."
not red for me!
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LoL is the worst.
Can you just ban them from playing? Just uninstall it everywhere! Eventually they will get tired of reinstalling it every time they want to play. :P
Reasonably close to losing a match in LoL and someone distracts you? Holy shit.
*nod nod*
I will don't worry
I'd love it if you took a look at my art and my PATREON!
No, you know what? They're the worst.
I am really tempted to pull the sex card for this one.
ban it from the house, @Belasco32
anyone who plays it has to grow up to be an accountant
So Belasco and other interrupters are the bag guys here right?
Honestly, I think there's something to that
this checks out
I'd love it if you took a look at my art and my PATREON!
Very bag. Some of the baggest around.
I was losing whole days to window-staring
https://us.v-cdn.net/5018289/uploads/userpics/612/pUH0US3NOG0IN.gif
was thinking about going downstairs and eating some bread
"hm.... bread is similar to... pillow..."
I'd love it if you took a look at my art and my PATREON!
But Narwhal
what if it was the window that was staring at you?
it's not the high
League is a competitive game. You are competing against the other team to decide who is best. A lot of times in competitive environments like these people will decide that yes, they care very much about being better than the other person at this game or sport or chess match, because I have attached some of my self-worth to how well I perform at this thing that is nominally for entertainment purposes only. And so, when you do not perform, you get upset because maybe your self-worth has been taken down a bit.
Testosterone itself causes mammals to be highly aggressive. I'm having a hard time finding actual studies that link adrenaline/F&F/testosterone directly though.
If it wasn't a multiplayer competitive game I'd be willing to bet money they wouldn't react that way. If it was a single player game with a cutscene, absolutely that response would be alien and extreme.
That's why I always make sure I'm naked.