Dear Criterion,
Need for Speed deserves a future. Please bring back the passion, customization, and street-racing spirit that made the series great.
We want Need for Speed back.
Sincerely,
A fan
@CriterionGames@JsLockload@_InfamousGRouse@Zakon_BY@siwoofanboy
The internet constantly tells women that men are terrible listeners because the second a woman starts venting about her day, the man immediately interrupts to offer a logical solution. We are taught to view this as him being dismissive, emotionally unintelligent, or invalidating our feelings.
The strict, unpopular truth is that to a man, fixing the problem is his absolute highest, most desperate form of empathy.
Women vent to connect; we want our partner to just sit in the dark with us and validate the emotion. But men are hardwired to view the woman they love being in distress as an active threat. When he immediately offers a spreadsheet, a strategy, or a solution to your problem, he isn't trying to silence you. His brain has recognized that something in the world is hurting his partner, and his immediate, visceral instinct is to assassinate the thing causing you pain.
We constantly shame men for "not just listening," completely ignoring the fact that his attempt to fix your life is his most profound declaration of love.
When a lot of women are ready to leave a good guy but don't want to look like the villain, they will intentionally engineer the breakup. We will withdraw affection, become impossible to please, and pick exhausting fights over absolutely nothing until the man finally snaps and leaves out of pure exhaustion. Then, we immediately run to the timeline and the group chat playing the heartbroken victim who was "abandoned." We actively sabotage his peace just so we can leave the relationship with a clean public image.
a friend of mine asked a woman out after talking with her for weeks. she smiled and said no, i’m not really interested like that, sorry. years ago, he might have tried again, maybe sent flowers, planned something thoughtful, put in extra effort. back then, that was seen as romance.
this time, he just nodded and said no worries, then left it there. no second attempt and no pressure.
months later she told a mutual friend she was surprised he didn’t try harder, but that’s the shift most people miss. a lot of men aren’t less interested, they’re just more careful now.
they grew up hearing persistence was attractive, but today that same persistence can easily be read as pressure. so the rule changed quietly. ask once, respect the answer and move on not because the interest isn’t there, but because effort feels safer when it’s clearly returned.
If you were to ask me what is the "Main Theme Song" of Need for Speed ProStreet, I nominate Foreign Islands - We Know You Know It. The song is HYPE. When this song plays in a Speed races, you're in for a good time.
That bit after the "4. 3. 2... 1." part of the song is so good.