theblips

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[–] theblips@lemm.ee 0 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago)

Thankfully this is a .world comm focused on mental health so I can say this. I don't think it's productive or particularly helpful to anyone to be constantly acknowledging "the system".
Example: your boss screams at you. IMO the best reaction would be like "damn, what a dumbass, I'll do my best to avoid him in situations like this one or change my job". Simple fixes and you can go on with your life. But no, posts like these want you to turn this simple day to day issue into one you can't ever do anything to deal with, and amplify the negative feelings from just simple anger or sadness to hopelessness, to further "class consciousness" or whatever political motivation. Same thing with right wingers being robbed and turning it into some immigration or race thing instead of just settling down.
Not to say there isn't space to discuss this stuff, but actively reminding yourself of problems you have no say in fixing is a negative pattern

[–] theblips@lemm.ee 9 points 1 month ago (1 children)

Isn't that a core symptom of autism that's shared by pretty much every autistic person?

[–] theblips@lemm.ee 4 points 1 month ago

It's generic power fantasy with no substance. The art is pretty cool though, and it's well paced for what it is. I have read the entire thing, btw

[–] theblips@lemm.ee -1 points 1 month ago (3 children)

Maybe have better hobbies? I like videogames as much as the next guy and do play them, but they are literally "pay for dopamine" as an industry. If your main past time is playing through a carefully engineered dopamine machine, it's no surprise you feel no long term achievement

[–] theblips@lemm.ee 8 points 1 month ago

I'd Jim the camera and say "logs, amirite?"

[–] theblips@lemm.ee 1 points 1 month ago

Early The Office is up there with some of the best comedy ever written IMO. The later seasons are a spin-off doing slapstick cartoonish comedy, which is funny in it's own way, like actual cartoons are funny still as an adult.
The storylines aren't and honestly weren't ever good, except for Michael Scott Paper Company which was an amazing idea

[–] theblips@lemm.ee 1 points 1 month ago

I see this explanation very often but have not encountered textual evidence (either for or against this hypothesis). The feats we see from every ringbearer (be it the Sauron, the Witch King, Galadriel, Gandalf and even Frodo) can more easily be explained by the rings just enhancing magical feats of all kinds, and maybe the elven ones are better at preservation magic. I wouldn't be surprised if I was wrong, though

[–] theblips@lemm.ee 1 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago) (1 children)

Sauron still has a physical form during the events of LOTR. Frodo sees him through the tower window when walking towards Mount Doom, and Gollum remarks he was personally tortured by him, and that his hand has 4 fingers.
Dwarves seem resistant to the rings because of their mechanical nature. As you described, they were first designed by Aule instead of Eru, and then given free will, so that gives them a more "automaton" nature than the other free peoples

[–] theblips@lemm.ee 13 points 1 month ago

Celeste. Emotional narrative that seamlessly blends with the gameplay, which implementa never before seen accessibility configuration, enhanced by one of the best soundtracks ever. All while being cheap, indie, and one of the best speedrun games ever made

[–] theblips@lemm.ee 55 points 1 month ago (3 children)

Can't forget immortality, which is shown pretty clearly in the movies with Bilbo and obviously Gollum, but also:
The Ring enhances the wearers "presence" and ability to influence others. Sam observes in the books how elf-like and majestic Frodo has become by the time they get to Mordor due to carrying the ring. At around the same time as this scene, we see Frodo impose himself on Gollum and the book remarks how powerful he looks and how his words seem to influence Gollum.
Later on, when Sam is carrying the Ring, this effect is noticed even more clearly when the orcs see his shadow not as that of a small hobbit but that of a powerful elf lord

The effects we've seen are on the pretty low race of hobbits, and would be even greater in someone of numenorian descent, but assuming it stops at those: Boromir would become an immortal, ultra charismatic leader who can also become invisible to everyone but the Wraiths and other spirits, which he can pretty easily take on 1v1

[–] theblips@lemm.ee 3 points 1 month ago

After you smoke cigarettes for a while the smell becomes good to you

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