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People have been talking about/fearing this since before the show was made.

Suolevram posted...

Imagine never building the courage to ask someone out... I just... can't see what's so difficult about it.

This is all it comes down to honestly. But it truly is hard for some people. You probably couldnt understand unless youre one of them.

I would actually say its a combination of that, and apathy.

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Yeah if you step outside youll see all types of guys with wives/GFs. Hint: theyre not all Chads, far from it. The difference is that they actually put themselves out there and tried.

Sure you might not get the 10/10 woman which some nerds seem to only want, but Ive been surprised at some below average guys walking around with fairly attractive women. Once again the difference being they actually took a stab at it.

Not really, it doesnt seem like he was killed for any one of his beliefs in particular. And he wasnt really some sort of radical either. People were calling him the Japanese equivalent of a fairly standard Republican here.

Yeah on Tinder I can get matches (a slow trickle, but they happen) but I can never get a conversation going. Always dies after one or two messages. FB Dating is full of scammers and is probably the worst so far.

I see, IYO what is the easiest dating app to use?

How did you meet her?

Master Kazuya posted...

Finding a girl that I like and actually likes me back sounds hopeless lol, I am pretty sure I'll die before this happens

So what happened then 9 months ago? Did you just lower your standards and go with whoever liked you on Tinder etc

RottingGoat posted...

Might be good to block her just so you aren't tempted.

I was thinking about deleting her number but nothing more than that. That way Id have to ask for it again (which would be weird so obviously I wouldnt do it) to ever text first. I think itll be ok though, as the days go by the temptation will fade. I have at least some willpower.

WrkHrdPlayHrdr posted...

It seems like she may have been interested at the beginning but along the line changed her mind and now just wants a texting buddy.

There's a lot to read there so I may have missed it but you've been trying since December and have yet to actually hang out with her, besides a game night? If she was interested she would have said yes and followed through by now.

Hmm, didnt expect to see more posts in this but yeah. Trying since February actually but not like it makes a huge difference. Theres been a few game nights.

The thing that threw me off the most about this whole thing was she kept reaching out and texting first. I really didnt think she would if she was uninterested as I had asked her to hang a couple times and you think she wouldnt want to encourage it. Honestly, I wouldve dropped this whole thing after the first failed attempt if she hadnt done that.

Anyway I do know I need to move on from this, this is kind of the last week Im letting myself think about this. It does keep coming to mind though. Anyone have any moving on tips? Lol.

I think Id be open to friendship with her eventually but I dont want to force that either. Im not texting anymore.

Persona 5 Royal completely replaces the original Persona 5 and renders it obsolete. Theres no reason really to play the original anymore IMO

Trickfinger posted...

It wasn't obscure when it came out. And the lead song was by Abingdon Boys School who's popular in their own right.

Eh, I just never got the impression that CE had many anime fans that went beyond Toonami and Adult Swim at any point in its existence.

Yeah, I thought it looked cool. Hopefully it actually comes out.

Trickfinger posted...

This board is officially washed.

in 2010 this thread would of got 10 replies in 1 minute.

Was CE ever into anime enough to have watched Darker than Black? Its pretty obscure for more casual fans.

Just one bump before I put this to rest in my mind.

Punished_Blinx posted...

A kid with special needs is a major factor that I don't think many here are gonna fully understand. I could see that being something that is causing her to have anxiety going out without them.

But on the other hand you have your own life to handle. It's not going to go anywhere if you can't actually go out together regardless of the reason. I think you've handled it well and leaving the ball in her court is good. You can move on in the mean time.

I doubt there's anything different happening with that bumble account personally. I don't think it has anything to do with you or what you did. I think it's her struggling to get out there. Which is also why her friends and family are trying to set you up.

Yeah her kid actually has autism- she was less specific at first but eventually she told me that. I think he's about 5 or 6.

I'm sure she definitely does struggle to get out- the "source" at work was apparently really excited when I said I was interested too, hence the set up attempt. Here and there I would get encouragement about it from her through my other coworker Ellen whose office is close to hers. I would get asked for status updates etc.

However the latest time I tried to get some "intel" Ellen told me that the source just shakes her head whenever it gets brought up and said that she's "afraid" to ask Mary about it.

Yeah, there must've been some initial interest because otherwise she wouldn't mention me to "the source". That's kind of how all this started. But maybe it fizzled out in the course of talking to me, who knows.

I'd send a final text, basically this isn't working for you but given an open invitation to lunch or whatever works for her if she ever figures out the baby sitting.

I basically did that, just told her to reach out if she ever wants to get lunch and that she can pick the day. I also sent another text (at the same time) with just casual conversation related to what we were talking about before to let her know there's no hard feelings from my end etc and that of course we can still text like we were, but she never responded to that.

Also another tidbit I left out of the OP- I did spot her on Bumble like the week of my final attempt at asking. I didn't interact with her profile or bring it up to her (of course) though. So it seems she is interested in dating- this does push it more towards she isn't interested or lost interest in me, though.

Its a long story but Ill keep it as short as possible. Probably will still be long though.

Anyway back in December a coworker (Ellen) told me that another coworker (Mary) had a crush on me. This came from a source (Marys relative) who also works where we do but a bit higher up. I never really talked with Mary before and was interested too but didnt know how to approach out of the blue. Anyway Ellen told the source I was also interested and all of a sudden there was a work social event organized (game night) and it ended up just being me and Mary going. I felt like we hit it off decently so I asked her to lunch after it was over. We exchanged numbers at her suggestion. I asked the following Monday if she could do Friday.

Anyway it didnt end up happening because she couldnt find a sitter for her kid (who has special needs). But she genuinely seemed to have tried. I was going to leave it be but Ellen came up to me like a week later and told me that Mary was very nervous about going since shes so awkward and that I should try texting her to get to know her better. This all came from the source who I guess Mary discussed it with. I ask if Mary actually wanted to go and Ellen assured me she did.

Anyway the next game night was coming up so I decided to test the waters and send a text about it. We pretty much texted non-stop over the next two weeks, paragraphs back and forth with her re-initiating it after it died. I felt like we were getting to know each other (a lot of common interests) and that she actually was interested. Anyway that went on a couple more weeks and I decided eh, try number 2. So I asked, and she takes a while to answer (she sometimes took a while but never days). After like two days she says we can try for Friday. She ends up not being able to again (her kid had something). I just asked for lunch btw, not necessarily something obviously romantic.

Anyway this time I feel like it was really time to back off and leave it in her court. However over the next couple months she keeps reaching out. She would text first and start conversations (ended up being super long like the others, lots of questions from her), chatting on Teams at work, etc. She misses a game night (the last one until maybe Fall, organizer is getting busy) and texts me asking how it was and that she wishes she could be there etc. We text for another few days or so but then I decide what the hell, one more try. So I ask if she wants to grab lunch since it didnt line up the last couple times. She says we can try for the weekend after the current one, and I say Ill follow up next week. However we end up texting all week that week again (I left plenty of opportunities to end the texting but she always kept it going). Finally the next week rolls around and I follow up like I said I would. No answer for two days then she finally says shes too busy (she gave reasons but I wont get into them). This time I tell her I understand shes busy and if she ever wants to hang, just hit me up instead rather than me asking. She says ok and now I havent heard from her for three weeks.

Any thoughts from more experienced CEmen? Not interested? Really that busy? Trying to not think about it but I cant help but wonder. Not really looking for advice as Im not taking further action but I cant help but wonder what was going on especially since she kept reigniting it when I was ready to let it lie.

Would just minoxidil be effective at all? I don't really want to go on finasteride. I take enough medication for other shit.

Sleep all day

yemmy posted...

I used to watch shit like that when ISIS was at their peak. It didn't do well for my mental health.

After watching ISIS videos I had to go for a walk afterwards to process what I had seen.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=D4Q7o1yc5J0

Because I like elitism and gatekeeping

JTilly posted...

Based king

Seriously, I think of it like a "feature" I'm missing, lol.

LordFarquad1312 posted...

Yes, it's the Mexican label which is pretty much just the same as the US one.

Interesting, I would've thought Mexico would've just used the US/Canada packaging as most of the time the descriptions are in Spanish too anyway.

Honestly I don't care too much either way but if I actually got to choose I would've picked to be uncircumcised. Not really a fan of getting pieces of me cut off without my consent.

WarfireX posted...

Do you think they will have time to re-do his voice for the new game?

Not the voice actor, voice actor is a black dude IIRC.

He's just the mocap actor. Would've been a bigger deal if it was the voice actor.

PS4/5 are region free but what region is that?

I've never seen that rating before, only PEGI, ESRB, and CERO.

I'd be way too nervous to get this. I'll stick to my coke bottle glasses/contacts.

I never drive higher than 85 or so

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Yeah, I think anyone who would want to maintain any image of professionalism would pass on this question.

Yeah I would try not to think about it too much.... it's not THAT big of a deal. It's definitely uncommon, but I don't think it's *that* super rare to be in this boat. I think more guys than you would think are in this situation, and most would never admit to it or talk about it (wisely, I'd think).

But even with that said, you need to start putting yourself in situations where it's a possibility if you are interested in getting something going.

I just ordered one. I had a Series S already and PS5 but decided I'd order a Series X if I had the opportunity.

I've actually often thought about this while taking walks in my neighborhood. I'd probably just climb on top of someone's car and stay there until it gives up.

If there's no cars, no idea honestly.

:(

Trying to determine if this is my PS5 or my TV.

I've noticed some games have some green-ish "static" that appears in certain parts. It's not all throughout the games, but it will pop up and be noticeable for a few seconds. It will kind of look like a small scattering of green pixels over certain areas. It's always during the same parts, too- if I replay the part, I will see it again in the same spot. Strangely enough, I've also noticed that while looking at trophy lists, some small parts of the text (dates, trophy names) will be very subtly green. Only really noticeable if I get up close to the TV.

This only seems to happen when playing actual PS5 games. I haven't noticed this happen with any PS4 games played through backwards compatibility.

I'm wondering if it's my PS5 or some TV setting I have on causing this. Kind of leaning toward the former as it doesn't ever happen with the Xbox Series S.

I recognize the username but know nothing else about you.

Im over 30 and several of my friends (all my age) still live with parents.

Yeah it kind of feels like the Ukraine invasion is officially replacing it as the next thing

Im not particularly worried about being tracked. With the absolutely massive amount of people that are being tracked (assuming its happening), you would have to do or say something really bad for them to want to look at your file or whatever.

Not that I support spying on/tracking people. I just dont actively worry about it.

Casuls..

Might give it a watch later. Ive been really wanting to learn how to play.

I seem to hear a lot of people referring to websites as apps.

Like talking on Reddit and saying something like I just got this app. I mean its technically true but I tend to think of them as individual websites first and foremost and the app as a secondary thing.

What if they smoked weed

Tobi011 posted...

Two question. Is this some Neptunia stuff? If so that would explain the age. Also, why is the Sega Genesis one a cowgirl?

Im guessing the development of the console was like a joint US-Japan effort. I know some of the Sonic games were.

Yeah honestly video games are way better