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[–] [email protected] 93 points 1 month ago (1 children)

Fake: dating someone

Gay: having a boyfriend

[–] sugar_in_your_tea 13 points 1 month ago

Writes itself.

[–] [email protected] 77 points 1 month ago (3 children)
[–] [email protected] 10 points 1 month ago (1 children)

They're not dating anymore afaik

[–] [email protected] 6 points 1 month ago

They were when this was posted.

[–] [email protected] 9 points 1 month ago

tbf if there's one woman I expect to encounter on 4chan it's her

[–] [email protected] 6 points 1 month ago

No, if this were her then her bf would have paid someone else to play the game for him.

[–] [email protected] 58 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago) (1 children)

Fake. Only neckbeards use 4chan

[–] [email protected] 62 points 1 month ago (2 children)

Anon never mentioned their gender, so it can also be real and gay.

[–] [email protected] 33 points 1 month ago (1 children)

I knew a girl that went on 4chan.

She didn't seem to understand that trolling doesn't work IRL and that was kind of her entire persona, It was like babysitting an adult. You'd hang out with her for her own good, so the world wouldn't attack her. Then one day my friend and her broke up and that was that. NFI. Don't even remember her name, just how weird she was.

[–] [email protected] 26 points 1 month ago (1 children)

I knew a girl

Waaaa? 🤯

a girl

WTAF

girl

Is this real guys?

[–] [email protected] 13 points 1 month ago

Only neckbeards on 4chan, it's obviously a troll post, newf...

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[–] [email protected] 42 points 1 month ago (11 children)

I'm just gonna put this anecdote out there:

When I first started dating my ex, I wanted him to play through some Dark Souls to see if he had any determination. He failed completely and whined a lot, but I kept dating him anyway. Nearly 5 years later, I ended up leaving him, and a big part of it was his defeatist outlook and complete lack of willpower.

I'm not saying being bad at Dark Souls is a red flag, but I think girlie would be justified in getting out now.

[–] [email protected] 22 points 1 month ago (1 children)

I've 100%'d all 3 souls games.

Can we date (As an experiment)? I suspect dating someone with the obsessive qualities to do this is also frustrating.

[–] [email protected] 9 points 1 month ago (1 children)

I've only 100%'d DS1, so I'm pretty impressed by your ability. I'm not obsessive enough over most of the franchise to get 100%, namely because there's sections of DS2 and DS3 I don't love replaying, but I love DS1 to death so I wanted to have the Dark Soul achievement.

Anyway, if you wanna shoot your shot dm me, just know you gotta be cool with bussy.

[–] [email protected] 9 points 1 month ago (1 children)

Bitch, I don't care what colour your snatch is, but you better be stacked like the Asylum Demon.

Lay down some soapstone for me and I'll drop into your ass like I start that fight.

When I'm done with you, you'll be begging for NG+

[–] [email protected] 7 points 1 month ago (2 children)

4 real people read that and thought "great!"

[–] [email protected] 3 points 1 month ago (1 children)
[–] [email protected] 3 points 1 month ago

This would never happen on Reddit.

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[–] Gurei 18 points 1 month ago (1 children)

Did he try finger but hole?

[–] [email protected] 8 points 1 month ago (1 children)

Y'know it was another one of his failings, not really? He was very big on railing me, but not super big on lubing me up properly with his fingers first.

[–] sugar_in_your_tea 6 points 1 month ago (1 children)

Sounds like a selfish dick, glad you kicked him to the curb.

Though 5 years? That's a long time to put up with that nonsense, you must have a very strong sense of loyalty.

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[–] savedbythezsh 11 points 1 month ago (1 children)

But here's the thing - I didn't enjoy dark souls when I tried, but I do enjoy other games that are very difficult for me and where I need to be determined to win

[–] [email protected] 10 points 1 month ago

That's fair, and that's why I stayed with him for 5 years after watching him ragequit after losing 15 times to Asylum Demon. I was hopeful that it was just him bouncing off the game, and I also assumed he'd have other moments where he could show me what he was worth under stress. He never did, and eventually I became fully responsible for the both of us.

Like I said, being bad at DS isn't a red flag. Having no determination and constantly giving up at the first sign of adversity is a red flag. There's a very faint correlation between the two, but that's all.

[–] [email protected] 8 points 1 month ago

It's probably more seeing how he reacts when frustrated that's the red flag.

If he kept his composure until he eventually stopped playing and said "I don't think this is my type of game", that would have been a more mature approach to the issue than whining.

[–] [email protected] 6 points 1 month ago (1 children)

Just gotta git gud. Maybe he needed to level ADP.

[–] [email protected] 6 points 1 month ago (1 children)

I'm not a monster, I'd never start a man off on DS2.

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[–] [email protected] 4 points 1 month ago

Playing games in relationships to the next level!

[–] [email protected] 3 points 1 month ago (1 children)

Sounds like he dodged a bullet

[–] [email protected] 18 points 1 month ago (5 children)

I don't think he dodged much, that was the issue.

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[–] [email protected] 3 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago)

the problem that i have, is that i'd have to be good at it, and enjoy it to be capable of playing it for an extended period of time, i would probably fail darksouls instantly, because i suck at competitive combat, shits too stressful for me, but if you sat me in front of (technical) minecraft or factorio i could cook like a motherfucker. There are different types of challenges, some people like combat, some people like analytical, and some people (me) really fucking enjoy implementation challenges.

You definitely need a better litmus test i think.

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[–] [email protected] 41 points 1 month ago (3 children)

My SO hates it when I play dark souls. She says it increases the stress levels in our home.

[–] [email protected] 35 points 1 month ago (2 children)

She didn't say you create a stressful situation. She said "it" increases stress levels. It's US against the problem.

That's a keeper right there.

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[–] ace_of_based 25 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago)

My wife and i do a lot of game-cussin-at but if we start yelling at each other instead of the game we gotta do a kissin break

[–] [email protected] 8 points 1 month ago

Well then your Superior Officer should send you away from the frontlines for some R&R.

[–] southsamurai 31 points 1 month ago (7 children)

Pfft, sometimes you just want wreck shit all casual. Ain't no shame in it as long as you aren't trying to pretend you're uber 1337, or fucking someone over.

[–] [email protected] 8 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago) (3 children)

I always say "there's no such thing as cheating in a single player game" and it's interesting seeing the varrying reactions. Some people take a minute and see the wisdom, others say "but...but...you're using cheats...that's cheating!"

[–] southsamurai 6 points 1 month ago (1 children)

Yup, I'm with you.

Mind you, if it was an all the time thing, it seems kinda boring, but as an occasional thing, it's fun. It extends replay value, and sometimes lets you see things in the game you don't have time for normally.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago)

My mind always goes to my long running Sims 4 save file that's somehow lasted about 3 years despite the hundreds of mods (many of which are abandoned and a couple by a mod author who sadly passed away) and countless game updates in that time.

I've mostly played with mechanics as they exist in the game and mods but I've gone to cheats when it better helps the overall story I'm going for, or just I'm getting bored with a given branch of the family tree and want to move it along.

Sometimes that means I'm skipped some annoying grinding, sometimes that means I'm exploiting unpatched exploits, and sometimes that means I'm using cheats because a mod broke something, or even just trying to make something look better. It enhances my play and I'd probably have less fun without it

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[–] [email protected] 25 points 1 month ago (4 children)

her boyfriend? bold assumption

[–] [email protected] 14 points 1 month ago

No, her boyfriend would be a bold assumption, her boyfriend is an italic assumption

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[–] [email protected] 13 points 1 month ago (1 children)

Be me, playing STALKER 2

Spouse hates it

That's the whole story.

[–] sugar_in_your_tea 6 points 1 month ago (1 children)

Something changed in my SO and now they love watching me play scary games and watch scary movies (they watch from the safety of their desk while playing games, not on the couch w/ me).

[–] [email protected] 7 points 1 month ago

Nah, they love scary games, they just think STALKER sucks. Hits different when the NPCs call me "loner".

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