@Jacel I've been trying to start more one-on-one conversations with people for literally exactly that reason. Public Internet has not felt healthy for me for a while.
@Jacel It's hard not to bring conversations back to the same things that are worth avoiding here. Everything that's actually happening in the world seems worth avoiding. That suggests "ruminations on video game design" would be the best old standby!
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