Lyre

Extremely well said, thank you.

"Listen I don't want people to know about this art project because i don't know if its any good or what i want to do with it"

Cut to the next family gathering and every single one of my aunts is like "So i hear your an artist now?"

So reading through these comments and also based on what i already know, it seems like this coolguide is pretty much bullshit.

In the original game? I played before the DLC

I had a really similar experience playing cyberpunk weirdly. Like, you think you're being clever by doing something that logically should save you based on the established rules of the world, then the writers decide to pull the rug out right at the end and say "nope, sorry we've got a thematic ending in mind and you have to die no matter what". Really left a sour taste in my mouth.

I've been reading about Russian history lately.... Life really does just keep getting worse and worse for these guys throughout time

Excellent point

Honestly its bizzare that the original phrase gets said so often. There aren't really that many scenarios in history where "hard times" didn't just lead to corrupt people making times harder.

Well whadya know

Honestly, i feel like there is a lot less textual evidence for homoerotiticism in the iliad than people want to believe. Not saying it isnt there on some level, and maybe there's a wider tradition outside the epic cycle, but i think there relationship is ambiguous enough that old historians can be forgiven the "friends" label.