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dottedwaves · 13 hours ago

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I’m about 50hrs in and so far there’s been one big decision. And people are using it as an example of having to make hard choices/dark things happening. But it’s just… not. Because the same bad thing happens either way - you’re just choosing who it happens to. You aren’t even doing anything bad to anyone, it’s just who are you not doing something good to.

And it’s not like Mage v Templar where you’re choosing between a historically oppressed group vs whatever the Templar argument was supposed to be. It’s literally just Option A or Option B. Even if your background should leave you invested in one group or another, it doesn’t because of other writing flaws. And you don’t really spend enough time with the groups to get invested in both.

And maybe I have soup for brains, but I can’t think of a single other decision I’ve had to make. In the earlier games I was constantly deciding if a blood mage should go free or a dwarf should leave their home and family or who should lead an army or kingdom. And those decisions had consequences.

And now in dialogue I’m just getting little pop ups that say “He’ll remember you said that/He remembered you said that” and then it not actually meaning anything to the rest of the conversation, let alone the world.

The skeptic in me thinks the only reason is that having decisions that matter means you need more branches in your gameplay. And those are expensive, so best to having nothing actually effect the single plot line you’ve written for.

i remember a common criticism of dragon age (inquisition especially, but maybe it sticks out more to me because it was the first da game i played on release) was that in an attempt to portray moral ambiguity/shades of gray, they ended up losing historical context and nuance, often portraying groups or issues as equally bad (like "the mages and templars are equally bad")

it feels like some at bioware/EA (writers? execs? other devs???) took the wrong lesson from those critiques - rather than improve upon their portrayal of moral ambiguity, they just...largely removed it

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touchlikethesun · 1 year ago

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it’s that time of year again, and i get so annoyed when my family is like “oh you’re so hard to get gifts for” and i’m just like. i’m literally not. i am so loud and open about my interests, the quickest of google searches will turn up dozens of little knickknacks i’d love. i’m not hard to get gifts for, you’re just not listening to me.

#if you don’t want to get me fandom stuff get me notebooks! or nice pens! or jewelry!#literally it doesn’t have to be expensive #one of the best gifts i ever got was a cheap pair of garnet earrings #i like philosophy get me philosophy anthologies i like linguistics get me books on linguistics #even pop linguistics is fun for me!#i’m so easy to please i really am #maybe i don’t seem happy when i get the same lotion set for the 10th year in a row (i don’t wear lotion bc sensory issues)#maybe i don’t seem happy when i get unnecessarily expensive clothing that someone in their 60s would wear #or with little hallmark toys that have nothing to do with me or my interests #but it’s because im so open about what i do like and all of that just seems so last minute like something you’d give a coworker #i don’t like sending just like a list either. because doesn’t that defeat the purpose?#if you’re just going to get me exactly what i say off a list i’d rather you just not get me anything it feels so disingenuine #personal

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molosseraptor · 3 months ago

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#I hate this #I had a potentially really important and much needed opportunity come up #and literally the only thing stopping me is being poor #too poor to get a loan lol #best case scenario right now #aside from suddenly coming into money #would be that it doesn’t work out on their end and we can try again next year #otherwise I have to try to figure it out #Via’s long illness completely wiped me out financially and put me further back than I’ve been in years #and the world just keeps getting more expensive with no reprieve

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iwatcheditbegin · 24 days ago

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I had a migraine and had to use instacart. Yeah this is why I don’t. And why I try to always get a female shopper if possible bc the male incompetence I am always subjected to. And I try not to make generalizations but this sounds like it’s an across the board experience . How are you telling me a store doesn’t have any tomatoes or almonds?

#i usually try really hard to not do instacart bc it’s expensive and they never get it right #but I needed food and cant go anywhere with a migraine #or when they take a pic and what they say us not there is literally right there #man really tried to say the store doesn’t have tomatoes or almonds #the male shoppers are incompetent as fuck #when I was in res treatment we used instacart a lot and it was a joke what they might mess up #I do no replacements but then I end up paying delivery for like 3 things #I had them replace too many things that aren’t even close #they literally replaced yogurt with pears #and another guy thought pudding cups were yogurt

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thnksfrthmmrs · 8 months ago

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#was literally trying to work on an expensive mistakes edit last night and was having trouble making it look the way i wanted it to #i wanted to do it justice because i love that song. it’s always one of my most listened to songs and the bridge means the most to me #i don’t want to say i’m sad they played mania but i’m admittedly selfishly sad i wasn’t there #i’ll wake up tomorrow and the world will go on and i’ll be okay. but i’m sad tonight #i feel like nobody really understands why i’m so sad too and i just feel lonely about it #hiding under a blanket trying so desperately to remind myself this is a good thing and it’s the healing tour and blah blah blah #telling myself fall out boy wouldn’t want me to be sad #but i’ve spiraled so much that i just wish i could disappear #on a related note i admire fall out boy so much for everything they’ve survived and how open they are about it #pete doesn’t lay under a blanket and think about dying anymore. i hope one day i can say the same. he gives me hope #sorry for the whiny dramatics. i will get over this but i’m letting myself be sad Tonight

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meraus · 1 month ago

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Someone explain to me why the noise suppression function on my €120 earphones creates noise when activated

#ANC ambient aware and talkthru all suck by adding baseline noise and amplifying wind #I had the first gen of this model and it worked PERFECTLY #and the twice as expensive second gen is this shitty?#it doesn’t even block out wind. actually makes the wind worse #tell me why I’m paying out my ass for features that make the product worse #jbl live pro 2 developers go to hell #literally have to turn the features that make this thing so expensive off in order to use them

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fxmmeangel · 2 months ago

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doordash is shut down from the hurricane damage until further notice so i can’t make any extra money and i have like $20 to my name until the 10th :3 thriving

#and all of the grocery stores are closed outside of the very expensive ones #our classes are shut down until literally the 16th too because of the damage #but we might have to cancel the semester #i’m working as much as i can but that doesn’t help before the next paycheck #if anyone’s reading this and wants to help my apps are all under @sapphixjpg but don’t if you can’t obvi

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j-esbian · 5 months ago

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thinking abt how much of my life i’ve lost to depression and i truly want to throw up

#day to day doesn’t feel like much but. oh no it’s been like fully a decade #i wish therapy wasn’t so expensive #bc for a while i was on meds (that. didn’t do much tbh.) but that made me feel like i was Treating It so i was making progress #spoiler alert it did not. and now the fact that i’ve wasted so much of my life is making it worse #bc everyone else i know has like. lives and people in them #and i pretty much just have my parents. and my mom is also going through it #i have relied SO much on them and that also feels bad!!! feels like i’ve taken advantage of them!!!!!#i know people talk about how much it messes w your memory but i figured it was short term bc the days all blend together #i literally had a moment yesterday where i forgot i went to college at all #the whole thing feels like a missed opportunity bc i didn’t do anything i wanted to really #i was too afraid to go to clubs that looked interesting. i didn’t think practically abt what i was studying #i mostly didn’t have roommates but when i did i was Bad At It #i managed to go through the whole time only speaking to like. three people #so you can see how it’s kind of. completely forgettable #i have worked jobs bc it’s a paycheck. never really enjoyed them never really made friends (even tho now i’m kicking myself for not keeping #in touch with some people) but i have always kept a very strong work/life division even in school #because i was there to do a Specific Thing so that’s all that matters yknow #anyway. sometimes i DO wish i could go back to high school bc even tho it sucked. it was structured #and i had resources and more time to try things and like. a life outside of my computer. a little bit #yknow. i feel like people have more sympathy if you’re anxious abt everything and never gone outside #when you’re 16 as opposed to 25

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twistedappletree · 7 months ago

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i’ve been at the emergency vet for 3hrs and it’s a 1hr drive here and back and it’s 5am now and i’m so fucking tired omfg there’s no way i’m gonna be able to sleep for work today 😭

#i hate that my town doesn’t have a goddamn ER vet #literally no access to a nearby ER vet is actually why one of my past dogs died #bc the hour long drive was too long for him even tho i sped like a bat out of hell #thankfully my baby’s getting seen but ffffffff #i couldn’t have even go a to her reg vet anyway #bc they’re only open when working class people are at their jobs lmao #like the only way you can get fucking vet care during the day #is you’re retired and have NOTHING to do ever and don’t have to worry about fucking anything #tf kind of hours are 11AM TO 2PM FUCK OFF #😒😒😒#anyway #$600 for everything which actually isn’t that bad considering #my reg vet would’ve been more expensive actually #just wish priya’s insurance didn’t have a wait period otherwise it would’ve been way less #but i had to bring her immediately my poor girl was vomiting and had bloody stool and was so lethargic 😭#apple babble 🍎#non fandom

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zippityzap · 8 months ago

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aw man, I think my laptop is on its last legs

#it’s slowing down and the screen only works at certain angles #like i have the money to replace it but i’m the sort of person who doesn’t like replacing things (especially expensive)#unless it literally doesn’t work anymore #shit i got a similar thing going on with my phone too- it barely holds a charge now but i’m not in the mood to replace it yet #well at least the good thing about the laptop is i don’t need it for school or uni anymore #it’s really just a flash games and stardew valley machine now #zippy speaks

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lilgynt · 1 year ago

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moms WILL make sure you cry once a day at least

#personal #i’ve been cleaning my room all day and #that doesn’t effect anything but mid crying i’m just muttering i didn’t do anything bc at this point it’s a comfort mantra for when my #family fucks around with me randomly.#anyway so my mom calls and said she was talking with a friend and i got brought and so did my issues #and she got me these expensive vitamins and im steadily getting sadder/ more annoyed during the call and crying silently #and i saw yes to taking them and she keeps going and i’m like mom i said yes #and she’s like it’s just a conversation and i tell her i’m just upset bc the move for my mental health is #ignoring any issue i bring up then buying me expensive gifts so i can’t talk about said issue #and i was like i want to be clear. this is extremely nice gesture. thank you. thank you very much #and she’s like i can never do anything nice for you #so i’m like maybe we can hold off on nice gifts or treats and focus on communicating or get pass these door issue #and she just went silent like she always does so i just said never mind thank you and we hung up #and now i’m crying in bed feeling utterly alone cause it’s not like i can reach out to either of my brothers #and i feel resentment for ben grow everyday just bc he gets to live his life after doing that to me #and i have to live with the consequences of his actions everyday #and everyone keeps saying their not blaming me for it and then treating me like shit #i m just gonna stop talking to my mom as much for a while i’m not talking to either of my brothers if i can help it but #i just let her slide even tho she’s literally begging me to get back harder with my ed

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alexi-01 · 2 years ago

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I need Lando to drive Alonso or Lewis McLaren car in Goodwood. To take him back to the reason why he fell in love with McLaren and F1

i need to see this to remind ME why i support this team 😭

#also goodwood always makes me have mad fomo #like my mum doesn’t live far but the ticket prices are so expensive #and not far i literally mean we see the red arrow planes before they fly over goodwood

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bending-sickle · 16 days ago

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me: *doing things right*

mom: and i took that personally

#told her about my plan for a dr visit (which was her idea)#to convey all necessary info and get necessary paperwork #she suggests a scenario where everything goes wrong just so she can tell me what to say and do #as if i couldn’t figure it out without her script #and when she doesn’t win that fight (and i point out plan b just pay for the meds full price #which can’t be more expensive that shit i have already bought and she never bitched about)#(and she’s already mentioned how seeing a public specialist last time #took me a year and then they canceled on me)#(not that i’d need to see one because i am literally walking in with specialist reports)#she threatens with kicking me off their insurance #she just. i swear she just picks fights because she wants to.#(and then when i brought up her threat as a final form of arguing she was like what??? what threat??? when did i threaten you???)#(and it’s like??? threatening to kick me off health insurance??? maybe??? that’s a fucking threat)#anyway i’m doing great #all of this fighting for something that was her idea and will maybe be like what? five euros discount? ten??#like i don’t even need tbe prescription! i already have the prescription! this woild just get me a discount!#dear mom #randomness

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geraldmariaivo · 2 months ago

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I don’t want to be rich so I can have five yachts I want to be rich so I can tip 200% at restaurants, and get furniture that helps me work around my squirrel brain that isn’t WHITE, BLACK, OR GRAY FLAT ASS CUBE-LOOKING MINIMALIST BULLSHIT.

#I need to SEE the shit i need or else I forget it #but everything that looks nice and NOT LIKE A LIFELESS PIECE OF SHIT is either TOO EXPENSIVE or will Will Not Work For Me.#Jfc i swear to god Mars has more life than most of this bullshit.#and my parents absolutely Will Not Budge on certain things so I’m stuck with white furniture and DRAWERS FOR DAYS #which is something that has historically MADE MY CHRONIC DISORGANIZATION WORSE #Apparently it doesn’t fucking matter if my ability to find things is“functional” or that this exact kind of setup has already FAILED ME #having things be openly visible would make my room look “too messy”#or else I wold need to deep clean my room ONCE A WEEK #mom i love you but WE BOTH KNOW THAT I DON’T HAVE THE ENERGY FOR THAT #is an open cubby system/storage area that isn’t completely lifeless or have sharp edges too much to ask for #I couldn’t even paint over it if my parents would let me get one because my mother would inevitably bitch at me until SHE gets to paint it #i just want to design my own fucking room #is that too much to ask #I’m going fucking crazy #I’m angry and feel like crying because I can’t even control the furniture I use for the space I live in #literally the only things I picked out were #the headboard i has to get HER permission for because I KNEW she would make everything else fucking PLAIN WHITE #and the mattress i sleep on.#I have LEGITIMATELY seen more color in HOSPITAL ROOMS

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boneless-mika · 2 months ago

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ATEEZ Europe tickets release in a little over a week. I’m so nervous

#I did get the atiny membership it’s literally 10 euro for an entire year #and I signed up for the venue presale so if that doesn’t work I still have good chances #tbf I think last year they were also at Royal arena and the seats didn’t sell out #but I’m only signed up for Copenhagen presale so I really need to get a seat #(also booked a hotel in Copenhagen)#(I know y’all have more rational thinking than tiktok but just in case I booked a rate with no cancellation fee so if I can’t go I’m not #out of any money whatsoever)#(but I still probably got it cheaper than most people who get one after they get tickets and it’s right next to the arena)#(famously the most expensive place to stay during a large event)#(I do feel very powerful having done this)#(hate that train tickets won’t be available as soon as I’ve bought event tickets though)#(I’m kind of worried the trains will get full/too expensive)#(it won’t happen but I am still worried)#(there better be a solo space left for me)#(I say as though I won’t be like the first person to buy a ticket for the train lmao)

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binders-and-beanies · 2 months ago

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Seasonal depression rly starts earlier every year huh

#I remember last year november 2 was like the first day it was officially very bad #and this year it’s (checks watch) september 23 and I’m in winter amounts of pain from walking in cold rain throughout the day #the dark is coming back so abruptly and it already feels like late fall and I feel short of breath when I think abt it too much #doesn’t help that I already had to make my first car related expense of the season today #and today was one of those days where several bad things are happening literally in the same moment and I can’t even comprehend it at once #relentless ass day. I wish I could physically cry. I wish I had TIME to cry #i know I say it every year but idk how I’m gonna get thru 6+ months of seasonal hell while horrors also happen in my life the whole time #it’s so scary. and I don’t even have the luxury of acknowledging that I’m scared. I have to be constantly professional #literally they should cancel society during the cold dark months. expecting the world of me rn is inhumane #mine #txt #personal #vent post #seasonal depression

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