I used to think that. But the amount of people hiding it, or just coping, is probably higher than you think.

Like I live in a pretty small city with an average gay community, and all it took was one person coming out as trans for a bunch of others to go “oh you know what me too - let’s do this,” so now we have like a whole posse of trans men that I see at the gym all the time (with their gains and their cool names lol).

I’m not saying this is always the case by any stretch, but if someone is super butch or super femme, they might not be cis.

It’s like if Aperture Science designed a Dalek

Finally I can call myself a centrist

Look at that tiny numstat, I’ll finish the review before the CI is even done

I think there’s a healthy hue somewhere in between those two maybe. Like my family are my biggest cheerleaders, and definitely incepted me with the idea that I am special and can do anything.

But we never talked about being rich, famous, or compared ourselves to exceptional figures. Probably some working class self leveling behaviour at play there, but it left me feeling I could do anything, but not like it was expected.

I wonder if this desire for fame or absolutely recognition is more a phenomenon in the U.S. I don’t know anyone personally who actually desires it.

Nice. I’m into it (and not just because it’s on my home instance lol). This is one of the few things I miss from mainstream social media.

Whoa now save some for the rest of us

It is unnecessary.

Just finishing up Episode 4 of the Quake remaster on nightmare difficulty. Episodes 1-3 were challenging, but my god these exploding bouncy ball “spawns” in E4 are such rage fuel.

Only 3 more levels then I move on to the expansions. First time playing those, so looking forward to it!

And I think we’ll discover that the Piglins aren’t totally evil along the way.

I do like that it’s weird…

I know I shouldn’t have even started, but I did, quitting smoking and drinking. It was really, really hard.

I just don’t have time to invest in learning a new operating system.

That’s fair. I got turned on to Linux in college so this is how I feel when confronted with Windows or Mac devices. I just get so frustrated every time I try, and it doesn’t seem like the end result is worth it if I can just stick with what works and not have to worry about some random update radically and inexorably altering how my computer works.

Howling Dogs: https://xrafstar.monster/games/twine/howlingdogs/

It’s a little Twine game that you can enjoy just in your browser (see link above), but it’s great.

Just saw you got it already - enjoy Disco Elysium!

Some of the best, most enjoyable, games writing I have ever seen. Every character is a treat.

Like toothpaste?

Really liking what I’m seeing coming out of Mozilla/FF lately

The dentist’s house handed out toothbrushes. Which actually was really thoughtful and appreciated by the poorer parents

Man those parents don’t know shit - you were a Hallowe’en hero

Man those are some of my favs. I’ve always loved them.