Yeah, I am in the same camp. Their various explanations do not line up and it all reeks of them doing damage control after they showed their power level. I still have an account on GoG, but haven’t used it in ages and now I am definitely not inclined to use it again.

Another user already made the point about enjoyment, but allow me to add another one: Every activity can be turned into a hobby if it is pursued with intent and intensity: You can flip burgers and the you can triple-flip burgers, salting them in midair and send them flying into a bun you juggled in your other hand.

Jokes aside, if you enjoy making beef jerky and spend your time perfectioning this particular skill, it is certainly your hobby.

I love the smell of bursting bubbles in the morning.

Sounds Sisyphean to me.

Another classic is Matthew 19:24

"Again I tell you, it is easier for a camel to go through the eye of a needle than for someone who is rich to enter the kingdom of God.”

You can always count on the cHRisTiAnS to object to that one.

Hahahaha! I don’t get terrified in the bread aisle. I can be terrified wherever I am. Checkmate, anxiety!

I did not know I wanted this, until you mentioned it.

Yes! This way please!

Dionysus would approve.

…and buy a shark plush from IKEA.

Good point. I will mention it to them next time when I drown under one of their trees.

While I recently dug into some Alemannic folklore, I discovered a different spin on the “fairies/spirits drowning people” tale, the Dolden. Essentially these malevolent spirits/ghosts resemble children caught in trees above stretches of water. At night they will call out for help, pretending to be trapped children, but they only wish for the helpful people to approach the tree they sit in and then fall into the water below where they drown. According to the myth, the Dolden were once mortal children who left to drown in a flood and now punish humans.

our precious QTEs, lootboxes, huge empty open-world “worlds”, deep ersatz-philosophical dialogs or a huge variety of fetch-quests! Let alone our eye-bleeding special-effects glimmering palette of red, pink and gold!

Tokyo Game Dungeon is for indie games, not a big industry event where marketing people are advertising the latest AAA live service trash stuffed to the brim with exploitative monetization and all the other things you are describing.

A truly haunting film. I highly recommend seeing it if one can find them and the other parts of Bill Douglas’ childhood trilogy, but it is a gut-wrenching experience.

Yeah, that’s the point. The resistance in movies is always a very professional, single-minded and effective operation with perfect logistics and a common goal. It’s easy to imagine being a part of such an “activist power fantasy” where everything is smooth sailing until the world revolution while getting cheered on all the way.

While IRL activism and organizing is messy and tedious. It’s hard to feel like a hero when the political landscape is a confusing mess, there is no clear strategy on what to do next and the group you joined can’t agree on when to do the next coffee break.

Ackshually he is a game designer now.

No, you are correct. Nobody could play a cold-hearted sadist like Louise Fletcher.

To alleviate your problem, I can personally attest to the effectiveness of pantyhose. It’s amazing too. 😊

Yeah, that’s the tragedy about this, isn’t it?! The community knows because it affects all of us and it’s our peers who are dying, but we need a platform to get the news out, because our suffering has been so normalized.

Congratulations! It’s awesome that you finally get to live the way you have always been inside.

A general piece of advise: While everything may feel exciting and knew, keep in mind that a transition is a marathon, not a sprint. A lot of things (such as hair removal for example) require patience and while it can never be fast enough, it is better to be mentally prepared. The same goes for HRT, while it’s awesome to have it, physical changes can take anywhere from months to years before they become visible.

I do not want to temper your enthusiasm, but advise you to manage your expectations. On the flip side, this also means that you can take your time. You have a chance to try things out before you settle on how you want to look and what feels best. You do not have to have all the answers right away. You can and you should experiment.

Godspeed, friend!