@nomCookis@money2ign@gjd055205551076 so many problems that can be solved by parents just being more involved in what their kid does in their freetime lol. it's like sending your 4 year old alone to the mall and then being shocked when after their 50th visit it's no longer sunshine and rainbows for whatever reason.
@nomCookis@money2ign@gjd055205551076 even if you bypass age verification, parents can completely turn off chat and friends on roblox. afaik you can also lock certain games you dont want your kids playing.
@MadbaronChudson@forummapping same for protestantism in sweden. it's the norm for people to be registered with the church here but few are actually religious. i think something like 15% of registered members of the church of sweden actually believe in christ.
@Jeremy_socal@theguy64355@joakial_ obviously if the visit was pre-planned to last until/after dinner time then there would be food prepared. it's the spontaneous after-school visits where it rarely happens.
it's all regional as well, some scandis will never have heard of it, and for me it was common.
@Jeremy_socal@theguy64355@joakial_ for me this faded away with age, in my teens i didn't really experience this. dinner with other families tended to be awkward regardless. i really don't see what the issue is, people from other cultures get so upset about it lol.
@bres_santos i remember people accused her of drugs in her 2023 win because of her very calm demeanor but like, that's just her lol. she's the soft lady with thin flowy clothing talking about chakras next door.
@bres_santos loreen is and always has been a very "spiritual" person however you wanna word it. when asked if she'd do melfest/esc again she just said "if it feels right for me at that moment". i dont think this is about trying to boost her career or getting money or anything like that.
@bohocool@che_creates see at least you're self-aware and honest about it. it's the "i'm homophobic but don't want to be called homophobic" that gets mad annoying. just own it at that point.
@Daura_XIV i dont particularly care about burning that specific bridge because it was clear it wasn't going to work. and that's kind of the point. you should be able to see when something isn't working out.
hopefully your situation isn't as dire as mine was lol.
@Daura_XIV that we didn't put enough "energy" into the friendship. it's just a weird mindset to have. at least be self-aware about it and notice when someone doesn't have the same values as you do in regards to how a relationship works.
@Daura_XIV@iiiiwanttolive just had a falling out with like 4 people over this. they couldn't understand where we were coming from when we said "if it doesn't work then it doesn't work", they tried to force it and got mad when forcing it fell flat.
@SquidwardTyping@iiiiwanttolive if we vibe well that might result in us hanging out outside of the context of playing that specific game. that to me is an example of a "natural" online friendship forming.
@SquidwardTyping@iiiiwanttolive to some degree, maybe. but if you reach the point to where you have to ask "how can i make it work?" then that's a sign to give up.
i'll make friends in games not because i want to be with these specific individuals but because i get more people to play with.
@bobbiesees@iiiiwanttolive the point is if you have to make some effort to enter a scenario where things happen naturally then that wouldn't be natural to begin with. like playing a game to get closer with someone - that isn't you playing the game because you like the game, the motive is "make friend".
@donwphotoart@mat1_u a lot of this stuff comes from above, not much the locals can do about it.
five guys came to stockholm last year and for some reason everything is entirely in english to be more "global". just... really weird.