@itsbighonkin Gentle teasing is a normal part of relationships, but it requires mutual familiarity. I think in many online parasocial relationships, the follower feels like they know the person they follow well enough to tease them when they do not. They just come across as hostile instead.
@Eeeff419 @AshenOneVI There was a great mod for the original Oblivion, Obscuro’s Oblivion Overhaul, that, among other nice additions, dramatically flattened the enemy level scaling.
In America, everything sent in the mail is advertising spam. Except for certain letters, which will ruin your life and possibly send you to jail if you ignore them
“Make sure to stockpile your meds” is one of the most cruelly funny things to leave the mouths of folks who think it’s possible to do so.
Can you get extra prescriptions?
Will a pharmacist fill them?
Will insurance cover them?
Do you have cash to cover them?
Do they expire?
Never ignore the efforts of someone who tries to stay in touch. I can tell you, A lot of people really don't care about you. When someone remembers to text, call, and catch up. Give them the audience. It's not all the time people care
We throw away 60 million tons of food each year and there are more than 16 empty dwelling places for every unhoused person in this country.
Capitalism is predicated on the illusion of scarcity.
Scarcity is a lie.
@CATIAManikin This would be tremendously expensive. I could get 1/2x7x7 out of the local metal suppliers’ drops shelves really cheaply. But 5x7x7 would be an expensive special order. It wouldn’t cost ten times as much; it might be a hundred times.