in the old days, this would have 20 million views and get a national news segment
07.03.2026 07:05
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in the old days, this would have 20 million views and get a national news segment
Watching my grandma suffer in the hospital throughout 2023 until her passing, then trying to get a diagnosis for a mild ailment of my own the following year has completely poisoned all medical stuff for me so I'm probably making it a much, much bigger deal in my head
My crashout earlier was vague, so: I had a typical but disappointing experience at urgent care where most of the time with the doctor was her explaining why she wasn't going to prescribe me a certain med (one I did not explicitly ask for) while repeatedly diminishing my issue.
"life is hard, I don't want my games to be hard too!"
life is hard, so I want to occupy my brain with safe & artificial difficulty that is distinct from that of work and social situations
I work in a tourist town that has *2 Trump stores* (for real, labeled "Trump Store") and their parking lots were totally empty the other day.
how would you begin to explain this to someone like my 84 year old grandpa
me: "make me a beautiful honse," where "honse" usually is a misspelling/skamtebord-speak for horse (like homse, hors, horsy, etc) the "ai" artist: a house shaped like an 'n', which is an upside down u, implying "honse" to be "house" with an upside down letter
incredible meta-dadaism happening here
I was just thinking about how staying on topic is a totally lost art because he makes every "speech" about all of his gripes and brags. There is no such thing as a big idea or thesis. Like a walking microcosm of Context Collapse
Nostalgia for Windows 10 is kind of ridiculous (or maybe it's not) (maybe it's very valid)
Being sick gives me anxiety because I don't have the energy to "play hospitable" or present any warmth, so I'm worried about coming off as rude or apathetic. I am losing my voice and the doctor repeatedly leaned toward me when I was speaking like I needed to speak up. That's why I'm here. Omg
The staff were actually yelling at each other over merging someone's two accounts, and the nurse who checked me into the room said "sorry for the chaos" to which I replied "it's okay" then she said "no it's not" and then she got close to me and explained her home remedy for my problem
Most prolonged interactions I have with strangers leave me embarrassed or upset now. I've never been the type to send my food back or file a complaint. Maybe I'm really this thin-skinned but I have more interactions with an undercurrent of hostility than not, or maybe I'm losing it
Tried to explain over and over again to the doctor that I am a singer and I can't really be out since the show opens next week and all she did was give me a work note
The employees are fighting in this urgent care
thinking about trying to post on youtube shorts but I heard people are really mean on there
I fully believe a sign of a good game is if it consumes space in your brain when you aren't playing it (even if it frustrates you) ⬇️💯
adventure games from the 80s were intentionally designed to be tricky, mean and occasionally counterintuitive so that you could get stuck for long periods of time. this was called “value for your dollar”
Star Wars: Episode I – The Phantom Menace
Only the best fine dining wear for Alex’s bday
I watched a couple more and noticed he's relatively reasonable. I also just watched his film The Dinner Plan (saw a trailer a few months back) on Nebula.
So yeah, maybe game devs aren't as willing to challenge players anymore for a reason? Are young gamers afraid to try things in a game like boomers are afraid of Windows error messages? just spitballing
I used to check the Dreamlight Valley subreddit back when I played, and literally a couple hours after an update, people would be asking about quest solutions. Scrooge McDuck would be like "find the gems in a cavernous home" and people would be like "WHICH CAVE? ELSA OR SCAR??" just go try it!!
...is a distraction for me as well.
A lot of games don't have consequences. You can redo and respawn infinitely, and hints are pretty much baked in. If you can die in a game, but you just reappear in the same spot.... [shrug] For games for kids, sure. There's just so much spoon feeding idk
So for me, those types of games aren't anything like what I'm interested in, or I at least don't go out of my way to play them. It feels like they shouldn't be a game, because what's the "game" part? Gratification that you pressed a button to open a fridge? The emphasis on photorealistic people...
He didn't delve into this part, but the "press X to pour coffee"/Heavy Rain type games having an "adventure" label bc they are narrative games can be frustrating when talking about traditional adventure games. You aren't really solving anything, you are being prompted to press a button.
somehow have never seen a video from this channel before but this.... has helped me.
I've been putting off my next youtube video bc I don't trust some of the claims I'm making about "modern video games"-- I generally stopped playing new ones when I was a kid. But this also reflects what I think.
@herculinds.bsky.social
I started watching at that exact moment then closed it immediately
Sounds like an admin position my college would make up to increase the faculty-to-student ratio