Yeah, the fact that it’s not even directly brought up, just strongly alluded to and tangentially referenced is part of what makes it such a good representation. It’s not an important aspect of the character, or relevant to the story. It’s just normal. It feels the same as hanging out with your real life trans friends, they don’t all stand around talking about what gender they are, despite some people seeming to picture it that way, hehe.
Oh… ok… I guess if they really want to invalidate the efforts that were actually gone to so they can keep justifying not playing it. They can ignore that the character is well written and just prominent enough to not feel forced, but you aren’t gonna miss it either.
Is Sirona Ryan a reference to something that I don’t know?
One of the main storyline NPCs is a well thought out and respected trans individual. Jk rowling specifically tried to tank sales of the game, there are two ways licensing can be done, a one-time upfront fee, or residuals. Her behavior suggests it was the former, though no one has specified that I know of.
Either way, us buying and playing the game is against J.K. Rowlings wishes, good enough for me. And I really enjoyed the game. It was well made if a bit generic, similar to the more recent Avowed, I enjoyed that too. Well-made, fun game, but a bit generic in some aspects.
I also played both in VR once VR mods were available. Hogwarts legacy is great in VR(specifically with Luke Ross’s mod, if you haven’t tried it recently it has made some significant strides in the past few months) Avowed in VR takes alot of hardware to run well(UEVR mod), my hardware was just below that line. Still worth it for me, but not as great of an experience.
Wu and Tang, eh? I don’t know enough to know how plausible it is that those are their real names, but if so, then it’s an interesting co-incidence.
Hehe, sorry. But yeah, it is unfortunately everywhere.
Ah sorry, guess I should have tagged it as sarcastic.
The microsoft store sells games? I thought that was only used to occasionally update your xbox for pc controllers by grabbing the xbox accessories app. Never seen the microsoft store otherwise.
And with it unified, it’s easier to tie multiple online identities back to which one single person they all are.
I would hope that the AI would at least be trying to sound human. Otherwise, probably not much I can do. I am Autistic, with most of the traits that make me seem like some super advanced android rather than a human. As far as I can tell, after 40 years of life, I have no emotions, just logic.
So if I can’t convince them by saying the AI would be able to mimic a human better than I can, then I’m out of luck.
Hehe, yeah. Honestly, that could be describing the British and American armed forces at some points in history. It just talks about military might and blitz tactics. Nothing about murdering their own people or lethal experimentation or mass mass incarcerations without just cause. And while it certainly “seems” like they would probably be pretty authoritarian, it doesn’t really say that either. And authoritarian also isn’t automatically fascist or nazi. Just a common component of them.
The tactics described are actually pretty normal war tactics.
So, just an army guy. Lots of women like army guys for their discipline and reliability. Especially when there is not an active war going, all the upsides with none of the drawbacks. Presumably, in this game, we can expect he won’t get called away to war. Probably a bit more popular with conservative women than liberal women, but not by as much as you might think.
And as for the older guy, not only are there indeed 20 year olds that find that attractive, but 30 and 40 and 50+ year old women are playing these games too, in fact it’s one of the highest female demographic game types combined with also being one of the highest average age demographics. Not to mention, if non-hetero relationships are possible with any partner, that dude looks like a prime bear candidate for the guys that like that.
Personally, having just seen all this now, I would have voted for Ines, so I’m glad she made it. She probably has lots of other cool traits too, but for some reason, pink hair just gets me. I would also accept pretty much any shade combo of blue/green, or purple hair. I think those hair colors are mostly just a good real life sign that a girl is just as nerdy as we are, hehe. And not afraid to show it in public, for the few minutes we are out in public each month. In a couple years, it’ll be the girl casually wearing VR/AR/XR gear full time.
I’m not hoping the person from 4 chan is also in here, just giving general advice for anyone reading it now.
One way to understand them better is to occasionally talk. Cuz like, guys and girls are actually incredibly similar. A couple of conversations a day, with the occasional really good conversation, can go a very long way towards understanding each other. Everything you don’t talk about is one more thing you won’t understand.
If this is a normal restriction at your office, would other people who work in that environment have solutions?
I think you are downplaying the effect of current style social media. The cycle and spirals they perpetuate to people that don’t know they should be swimming against the current, rather than letting it carry them where it is going.
If that is where you are coming from, I think it might be worth giving the first message in this thread a second read. You may have brought more to it than what was written. I agree that it’s not “100%” as they stated, but it is -a- percentage and shouldn’t just go unsaid. Other than the “guaranteed” wording, the message is pretty much the same as what you are saying.
Just change all the "will"s to "might"s. And keep in mind it is written for todays youth, not our childhood, this kid has access to social media streams that can very easily reinforce bad ideas as much as they can good ideas.
I’m not saying it “does” fit. I’m writing that to her. As she gave no indication or contraindication to whether it applies. Other than asking what our experiences were and what relevant advice would have fit our experiences… these are experiences that were had, and the advice that would go with them.
Your life was different, you gave advice that fit yours, thank you for your advice. We also gave advice.
Yeah, it’s definitely not an “every male” thing. But other than that, it does contain good advice if it does end up being relevant. And if non-conservative males are tough to find in her area, odds are higher that her son could be encountering those types of influences outside the home.
I was a “relatively” weak guy growing up, videogames with no exercise or weights, I did do some physical chores and participated in most of my gym classes, lol, but I was for sure still way stronger than my mom, and she had a manual labour job. It is unfortunately very likely to be the case even if you grow up a nerd as a guy. And, in the potential case of him growing up athletic with a non-athletic mom, it can indeed be a huge difference. Not quite a shrek and fiona thing… but not as far off as we’d hope.
It can be a reasonable fear as a single mom to a teen guy growing up in a conservative area. And while it isn’t a description of every guy, if the description is sounding like it fits, then those are valid concerns and things that should be addressed and headed off before they can’t be.
My brother wasn’t very athletic either, but a little more than I was. And he wasn’t very rebellious, but a little more than I was. Only once did he ever hurt our mom physically, and it was when he was 13 and treated her the same way he would treat his friends in a heated argument, just gave her a shove… they both learned very quickly that a different approach was needed. That was with a kid who felt bad that he hurt his mom… we had friends(temporarily) that didn’t feel bad about that… those friends stopped being friends pretty quick and are mostly in jail or dead now.
We live in a small town, not super religious or conservative, but I would guess about half and half. And it was about 10% of boys that this advice applied to. In a place where conservatism or religion are further entrenched, that percentage doesn’t just go up linearly. The less sources of proper behaviour you see to counter the argument that people should behave “naturally”… even the nerds eventually succumb.
Be glad you had a childhood where this advice comes across as ridiculous.
Death is big. You only really grasp it in pieces at a time. And honestly, if you spend too long contemplating the meaning of death, you actually start to get physically uncomfortable.
All of life is progressively getting to know death better and better, until you know it on a personal level. Try to fit some fun, good times, and happiness between all that. Maybe some fulfillment, pride, and Ideally love too.
Acknowledge death, fear death, and respect death… but try not to dwell on death, there is a reason every religion has their own fun idea of what death is. It’s pretty much the main point of religion, to make death less scary, and easier to think about. If you prefer that, and can get yourself to believe a religion instead of the truth, I very much encourage it. Just make sure to also follow the one simple rule above all else: “Don’t be a jerk”.