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I was like 90% of the way through the application process for apprenticeships with them (which took MONTHS) and I bailed at the very end when they required some surprise extra hoops to jump through that I didn't expect. I felt like I couldn't ask for that time off of work.

It was the wrong choice, and I knew at the time it was the wrong choice, but I was too frustrated and just walked away. I should have just quit that current job instead.

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Trying to work on job stuff would be a lot easier if the idea of cold-calling the union didn't fill me with anxiety.

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Should work on job search but I really don't know how to actually do that outside of applying to shit on craigslist, which is like the worst way to actually get hired?

How does networking work :|

I slept in and then had an eight-ounce mocha, and now I want to swordfight an angel or something.

Caught a look at myself in the bathroom mirror and I'm like wow, how am I this gay? :D

Cosmic horror boating simulator where you play a grizzled old ferry captain going back and forth between the mainland and an isolated island hamlet.

You have until the end of the route to convince the intrepid writer/detective/doctor/etc not to set foot on that cursed soil

It's just so sad when a tv show presents a character as into Kinky Shit (or what normies consider such, anyway) to try and be edgy and just ends up being boring instead.

MtG, Color, Philosophy, Nerdery, Discourse 

Blue: "Hey what up I finished that thing to turn everyone into robots. You wanna See me try it out?"

Green: "Whoa whoa whoa! Try it out how? What is this thing, anyway? How does it work?"

Blue: *Sighs dramatically* "It's quite simple. It's a machine that scans a body and replaces it with a carefully engineered artificial duplicate, without rendering the body nonfunctional at any time. It even preserves continuity of consciousness and proper syncing and conversion of a persons aetheric identity, I.E. their soul."

Red, staring at blue through narrowed eyes: "I don't trust it."

Blue, rolling their eyes: "Of course you don't. C'mon white, black, back me up here."

Black, sounding especially sinister: "I think it sounds very interesting. So much potential. I'd be happy to help you test it out..."

White: "DON'T let black get their hands on it. *I* will help you test it, with proper ethics review to ensure it functions for the betterment of society.

Red: "Better for your control, you mean."

White: "My control *IS* the betterment of society, yes."

Green: "I'm still not convinced this is a great idea at all. Even if it works as described, have you considered how this will affect others? What will happen to those who can't get it's benefits? How will this disrupt existing systems?"

Blue: "Ugh. 'How will this disrupt existing systems?' You always say that. I could just put that on a poster on my wall and skip talking to you all together."

Green: "Well, maybe if you'd listen for once..."

Black: "Enough of that. Lemme have a copy and I'll go gather that data for you. Be real quick about it, and VERY thorough."

Green: "They're gonna use it to make horrid necromantic abominations. Don't let them have it."

Black, scoffing: "Well not to start with. First I find some poor people and pay them to be test subjects, maybe skip a few safety checks for the latter ones just to see what happens, and /then/ I make the horrid techno-zombies. Duh."

White, slightly exasperated: "Right, of course. How silly of us. Blue, let me test it, would you? *I* promise not to skip any safety protocols. I'll follow your instructions to a T, I swear."

Blue: "Eh, alright. Lemme write this down..."

Black: "Aww c'mon, I was joking about skipping safety procedures! Blue, w-" *Gets choked out by vines*

Green: "Thats enough out of you."

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I want to talk about books with people in depth. Not strictly books that are High Literature or whatever. Most stories worth a damn have a lot going on and there's value in trying to understand it.

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Actually, my feelings per book:

1: fuck yeah

2: weird loss of narrative momentum but okay

3: ...wot. Buddy you're trying to do too many things at once and not many of them actually work together.

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Randomly remembered that in the Golden Compass series, the study of physics is referred to as "applied theology". I think that's kind of neat.

(the series as a whole is something I have a lot of complex feelings about.)

Subnautica, game design 

Oh, neat. The decision to not put guns in Subnautica is explicitly a political one, largely in response to Sandy Hook.
steamcommunity.com/app/264710/

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Subnautica, game design 

Most of all, I love that progress in the game is measured by gaining knowledge about the world around you.

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Subnautica, game design 

Heck there's so many design decisions I appreciate about this game.

I love that there are no real weapons. The best things you can do are distract and run away.

I love that most predators won't actively hunt you down, but instead just take a nip or guard their territory.

I love that the game world isn't actually that dangerous, and fear is a bigger motivator than true danger.

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