Hop on HorizonXI! It’s a very populated classic server.

Final Fantasy XI. It’s been online for over 20 years and still has a devoted player base. The game’s scale is so epic that many people still haven’t beaten the expansions.

When it came out it was so far beyond what we had seen in an MMO before - The only competitors were UO and Everquest, but the graphics, music, complexity, and storyline were miles beyond those games.

It’s a game with unimaginable depth of play that takes years to master - not like the hand-holdy easy games we get nowadays. Truly a gem the likes of which we will never see again.

I used to watch a streamer who ended every stream with the phrase “humans are just house plants with anxiety” and that always resonated with me.

Same here. Nobara was too glitchy so I switched to Bazzite and love it so far. Sigh.

This is kind of a superpower though, isn’t it? I owe much of my success to repeatedly reassessing each situation to find the best possible outcome. I don’t understand how anyone can improve their situation by just going with the flow.

Good job standing up for yourself.

I’ve always wanted to try sardines and this may be the best way to do it. What is country ketchup, though?

That sounds like the beginnings of emotional manipulation and gaslighting. Seriously bro, take a big picture view at this and be careful. I’m worried about you.

Be careful bro, the red flags are strong with this one.

I met Moot at Otakon 2007 and he was kind of a dick. But here’s a fun bit of 4chan lore - When asked why he named it 4chan, he said that he wanted an English version of 2chan, and 4chan sounded cool because it was pronounced like “fortune”. Thus the logo is a 4 leaf clover, for good fortune.

I’ve never seen this mentioned anywhere online, so I wonder if he was just making a joke.

I’m glad you were able to talk things out!

Give him space for a day then sit down and have a talk to find out what’s on his mind. Something is bothering him - is it the relationship or something else?

Either way, the way he is responding here is disrespectful and he’s old enough to know better. It doesn’t take much to say “Hey babe, I need some space tonight to mentally unwind. I’ll hit you up tomorrow.” and his lack of either emotional intelligence or giving-a-single-damn is concerning.

Still, if it were me I’d focus on what’s causing his slump first, then once that it in the open (and if it’s nothing that would destroy the relationship), I’d have a discussion surrounding expectations for communication. In my past relationships we’d use “I need to burrito.” meaning that our emotional/mental energy is so low that we need to just wrap in blankets, eat snacks, and doom scroll for a few hours until we feel better. And the other partner gives space and picks up the slack until the slump is over.

A bit of give and take goes a long way, but communication is key.

What are the ages here? It’s a much different situation if these are teenagers vs 40 year olds.

When I was living in a car I’d wardrive nightly to find Wifi. This was before Wifi was commonly available in public spaces, and household routers often used a default password or no password at all. I’d use it to pirate games and movies to keep myself entertained.

Later I moved into a 4 plex apartment and convinced the neighbors to share one Internet connection. We ran ethernet through walls and across the roof and split the bill.

You really shouldn’t use your debit card for anything other than withdrawing money at an ATM. Credit cards are safer plus you get rewards.

A House-like TV show about troubleshooting computer issues would be absolutely fascinating to me and a dozen other people. All along you thought it must be drivers but it turns out that the exact RGB configuration used on the case fans combined with the anime waifu wallpaper caused a slight over-voltage on a RAM chip resulting in game crashes and only Hackerman was brilliant enough to see it.

Heterosexual men in particular tend to rely more exclusively on wives or girlfriends for emotional and social support, whereas women are more likely to have a proverbial village to turn to.

Fellas, is it gay to talk about feelings with your homies?

Fellas, is it gay to have regular and healthy bowel movements?