BabaIsPissed

the ice levels in Spelunky HD are my least favorite, but this track almost makes up for all the stupid UFOs crashing into me from out of screen

I think going for the Rebuild treatment was a really cool idea and they mostly executed it pretty well. One thing I didn't get is why they put that blur effect on everything.

The only guy I have on my friends list that plays this stuff is definetly not afraid to let others know, he does extensive reviews of every datable girl in a given game. but also entertaining to read/make fun of sometimes.

And even then, OP still has a point.

Yeah, kinda. But the framing is all fucked. Someone that can't improve themselves because of depression don't need "tough love" or to hear they are disinteresting and on their own, they need to see the inate value in themselves. Everyone IS interesting, they just have to nurture that and demonstrate it to others.

There is no deeper understanding about the issues they are marching for. It is all just slogans.

. I don't understand how people who don't know shit don't just shut the fuck up until they learn more.

I'm sick of simulation theory as well and want something cooler to take its place. Maybe Gnosticism?

They do once their depression gets better though? Anhedonia, loss of interest/libido/attention/whatever the fuck else are symptoms of depression. I'm all for self-improvement, my own mental health improved greatly as a result of trying to improve myself, to the point I consider myself no longer depressed. But we're social creatures and no one builds self-confidence and mental resilience in a vacuum. It's often up to the depressed person to put themselves out in situations where this can happen, but sometimes it does not work out for whatever reason and the whole thing is a long process. In this situation self-compassion is a lot better than telling yourself you're a sack of shit.

Also, isn't the interesting life thing all backwards? If you like a person you get curious and find them interesting. If I like a guy I'll find what they are into cool, be it singing, playing chess or knowing a lot about bugs.

No one is owed that kind of attention, but most people are worthy of compassion.

I started typing a long debatebro paragraph about how Israel is not forced to bomb hospitals because its ego is wounded but a) I suck at convincing people and b) the suggestion of just showing footage is better.

Maybe with captions? "Why should I care if these are 'good victims' like in the West Bank?" " Is this not state terrorism (A.K.A terrorism?)" "The vast majority of Hamas's arsenal is underground, who is this really hurting?". IDK, something snappy to shake them out of the debatebro mentality.

Implementing fascism as a mechanic only for it to be unsustainable gameplaywise is a good bit tbh

Could be because cats can be really distrustful of strangers. My cat is really sweet but she'll hiss to almost every guest. Could be a upbringing thing though, my neighbor has 4 and 3 of them were street cats that she took in, when I occasionally take care of them the only one that gives me any trouble is the one that was there since she was a kitten.

So this guy has the time to complain about vuvuzela no food but not to provide some context for the indictment, instead linking to a 39 page pdf? And the rest of the article is just factoids about gold?? Western journalists are a fucking disgrace.

Also England ~~stole~~ withheld like 1 billion $ in gold from Venezuela, but I guess that tidbit didn't make the cut

1 - Some of the appeal of the books is present in the series, specially early seasons, so there's that. More cynically, it's probably the first instance of medieval fantasy prestige TV (I know there was other stuff like Pillars of the Earth and whatnot but those didn't have the HBO brand) so there was some novelty to it. Borrowing from Lindsay Ellis, it's "hot fantasy that FUCKS". It's juvenile as all hell and eyeroll inducing but it was key to marketing it to general audiences.

2 - decent 7 while it was running because of the whole social aspect and no hindsight of how shit it was going to get, light 3 now, and a 0 if you're in any way averse to gratuitous violence/sex.

3 - I think the appeal of the books that transfers to the series is a) some of the characters and b) the politicking.

The problem with the characters is that they get flanderized to all hell later on, or sometimes it becomes clear the showrunners didn't really understand them, or at least didn't know what to do with them. But still, some of them are compelling, even if they are fucking assholes.

I think the core appeal of GoT though is seeing an inflection point in the history of this fictional world. Not because there's wars going on, but because characters like Jon and Daenarys (not coincidentally fan favorites) are struggling to surpass the "might makes right" world they live in, and sometimes succeeding. Also because of the growing presence of supernatural shit. It gives this feeling of this new world peeking in and all the promise and terror that comes with this kind of change. The show fumbles both os these aspects REALLY hard later on though. That's because it bought into the "dark fantasy" meme and played down the supernatural aspects (nerd shit) and made a U turn back to the status quo (the last few episodes reek of liberalism).

4 - Typical to early seasons in some ways in the sense that it borrows heavily from the books, but the focus shifts to war stuff so there's some distinction there.

5 - it' been a while since I've seen the series, but seasons 1-4 are pretty decent, 5 is okayish, 6 was pretty bad and 7-8 are atrocious.

6 - Dunno, not a native speaker. I was fine with subtitles off most of the time though.

7 - Haven't watched The Sopranos yet, but GoT has probably one of the worst endings I've ever seen.

Mengele is the right comparison because this is not just some oafs botching a surgery, this is sadist shit.

Also the poor monkey finding some comfort by holding hands with her "roommate" through the cage makes me want to cry