The meaning of life is to grow and become someone worthy of raising a child who will become much like you, and then help that child (or those children if you have many) achieve their potential so they can eventually become someone worthy of raising a child and start the cycle again.
I sorta feel like if you can be "gatekept" from a hobby where you don't need to ask permission to start, to engage, or to continue to engage, then you should be because you're clearly not in it for the right reasons.
"I wanted to participate in a hobby where I sit alone and do a thing I like intently for hours at a time, but someone in another state told me I couldn't so I'm thinking about quitting" Oh yah? That's terrible! You should quit immediately.
"I wanted to participate in a hobby where I sit alone and do a thing I like intently for hours at a time, but someone in another state told me I couldn't so I'm thinking about quitting" Oh yah? That's terrible! You should quit immediately.
Ironically, KOTOR 2 basically was what the new trilogy desperately wanted to be, but unlike the new trilogy people really like KOTOR 2 (in spite of it only being half done) because it's made with love and ambition to make a great star wars thing.
If you want to fulfil a dream of beating women, not only is it acceptable, you'll be treated like an American hero!
They might make statues of you for your sacrifice!
They might make statues of you for your sacrifice!

"no you're supposed to pay overpriced crap remakes that include all the current things! You're not supposed to just port it yourself and enjoy it for years on end!!!!"
It's been a good year for open source gaming for me. Not only did I find out a bunch of new games had open source ports (ReVolt was an RC racer back in the day I just found out has an open source port! https://rvgl.org/ ) but my new handheld game consoles play a lot of open source games out of the box.
It's surprising how much opening the code can keep a game alive looong past its best before date.
It's surprising how much opening the code can keep a game alive looong past its best before date.
Every time I see Doom 3 I think the same thing:
"But damn System Shock 2 is a good game. I should go play it."
"But damn System Shock 2 is a good game. I should go play it."
I'm thinking it's just invoking the imagery of a race car, a thing that goes really fast that you can still buy and use on a daily basis.
I'm writing this on a 720p screen, and I think my default youtube resolution is 360p on mobile (and I just checked, I'm watching the latest metatron video on 360p too)
So yeah, I'm mostly blind. (I don't want to see that wops nasal hair anyway)
So yeah, I'm mostly blind. (I don't want to see that wops nasal hair anyway)
Both posts strike me as really strange.
First, willpower is self-control, not external control.
Second, of course willpower exists under Christian ideology, because God granted us free will to make choices. you might be thankful to God for giving you the strength to choose to do the right thing, but you did ultimately make the choice...
I mean, maybe I'm wrong, I'm not exactly the most Christian person on the planet as I've said before, but that's the way I understand it at least.
First, willpower is self-control, not external control.
Second, of course willpower exists under Christian ideology, because God granted us free will to make choices. you might be thankful to God for giving you the strength to choose to do the right thing, but you did ultimately make the choice...
I mean, maybe I'm wrong, I'm not exactly the most Christian person on the planet as I've said before, but that's the way I understand it at least.
Congress hasn't been able to pass a budget in time in 27 years, but they've got impeccable timing in the stock market.
