Sigh. This is embarrassing to admit. I dipped my toes in those waters for a year or so but decided it wasn’t for me. Those grifters are preying on guys, like me, who struggle in relationships, which I do. I tried out their tactics and found one of two things. 1) it didn’t work at all like expected or 2) it worked like they said but it made me feel like total shit. I gave it up. That’s not the kind of person I wanted to be.

The ends didn’t justify the means, at all. Additionally, the ends weren’t even what I wanted. The end goal for most PUA types is sex with the girl. I do like sex, but not to just get off. Call me sentimental, but I’m after a best friend who I can also have sex with. Negging someone doesn’t make them your best friend. It makes them a pawn to your manipulations.

All that said, in short, I would guess a lot of guys tried it out and realized that they’re not sociopaths like the grifters are and decided that it’s not what they actually wanted.

When you grow up, life only gets worse.

Not for me. Sure, some categories have gotten worse. Some have gotten better. On the whole, though, my balance is slightly positive… Slightly.

You gotta get a job, sometimes two, to buy the stuff everyone wants and just to survive because not everyone is born with a silver spoon in their mouth

No argument.

All you do is sell your time on Earth and your very soul for minimum wage.

Eh. I watched my kid at a art competition today. Art is beautiful and tickles my brain. Gotta find the good diamonds in the pile of shit that is life. Most things suck, our duty is to find the good bits.

My existence is worthless. Nobody likes me either.

Nobody likes me, either. While there is a part of me that would enjoy that, there’s another part that thinks it’s incredibly freeing. I am not beholden to anyone’s expectations. I can do whatever the hell I want.

Dicks out for harambe remix https://youtube.com/shorts/3Q7-77VfmRU

Not weird at all. It’s frustrating, though. I want a father who actually gives a shit instead of the sperm donor I got. I love the idea of a father and the 5% of the time he was decent. I hate the human I got.

Math is hard.

So a gun has 2 damage types - normal and durable. An enemy has certain resistance types, normal and durable. Different ratios mean some weapons are better at hurting enemies than others? For a durable enemy, you want a high durable damage gun. For a normal enemy, you want a high normal gun. If you mix that (durable gun VS normal enemy or vice versa), it’ll work, but not well.

Is that right?

Yeah, the base game shows it really has 8 years of polish to it. Space age is great, but isn’t 8 year polished. It’s like the difference between 99% and 98%.

What’s durable damage?

2.1 confirmed! Yay!

I’m decently happy with space age but it needs another Wube trademark balancing pass.

Yeah. I thought it was exaggerated a little for TV, but, no, that stuff can be straight up harassment irl

90% of what the TV and society told you doesn’t apply.

You aren’t just weird, you have definable conditions.

Go to therapy.

Your needs are as valid as anyone else’s.

Seratonageric? This probably affects with people on SSRI 's even more.

Lol. rimshot

I think they’re a bit overhyped but good… Also, I always love a good Sci fi reference in main stream media. Being a nerd kid in the 90’s leaves you with a chip on your shoulder.

Everyone has a band that makes their brain go “ooooooohhhhhhhhh”. For me, it’s daft punk (except random access memories) or dance with the dead. Gimme loops, distorted samples, and repetition. My wife can’t stand it.

Sleep Token is just not your flavor of ice cream.

Like garbage on connect, giant rectangle, nothing else, but fine on web.

https://i.postimg.cc/mrK1bvT4/Screenshot-20251021-160529.jpg

This post is breaking my lemmy client, connect. The main image is fine. The content of the post is a huge gray rectangle. It’s at least 30 screens tall. Wtf.

Thaaaaats going into mecha@lemme.zip

Thanks! Things improved but aren’t good. Just less bad

I wonder how healthy that must be for your psyche…

I went thru several months of it. Even with my anxiety meds, it felt like I was losing my mind.

Never really been a big fan of the waifu concept, but if had to pick one, it’d be her. She checks so many of my boxes. Absolutely the best.

40’s. Once every 2 to 4 weeks, sometimes less. As an extrovert, this is killing (figuratively) me.