Then they should denounce them. Loudly. Otherwise it's compliance and they're part of the problem.

Grass is dumb. I want a clover or moss bed.

I love this thread, so many people passionate about their experiences with games makes me happy.

The Nihilus. My gateway to anywhere.

I'll tell you because I encouraged it. You get fired. Your coworkers realize their worth and seek better. You realize it was always meant to crush you and everyone around you into the dirt. You find a dark hole you can't crawl out of and you learn about the world. You decide you're sick of it and teach others the lessons you've learned. The world slowly becomes a better place, one person at a time. Maybe it gets a little easier for you, too.

I let too many people tell me how to live my life and tried too hard for their approval for too long.

I don't like the framing of this question.

Not trying to say that. I just want people to better recognize who's worth calling their friends and who in their lives are just self assigned obligations. I'd like more people to cherish eachother in their communities instead of feeling the need to 'play the part' all the time.

It's optimistic, maybe, but I genuinely wish better for everyone who feels the need to engage with this kind of banter and doesn't actually want to. There may or may not be a better opportunity for a genuine connection or for both people to recognize they don't actually know each other that well and either work to build that or acknowledge eachother and move on.

Eh. Working through some abuse and it's made me look at things differently lately. Also maybe too off topic at this point.

Make friends you're excited to see

Pizza. Appropriate at any time, can survive off it's varieties and makes you ALWAYS the one invited to parties.

Where's me cyberdeck

"What's in Chicago?"

"Everything."