Do you remember the last time you were talking to someone for more than a couple minutes? Maybe they were explaining something to you, or telling you a story. You might try to remember what they said later - you can’t hear it, but your brain kind of recreates the sensation of having been spoken to even though your ears aren’t receiving those sounds.
That’s what having an inner voice is like (to me, anyway) - it’s remembering a conversation that you never actually had.
It’s also an autism thing, though there is some considerable overlap there so you could be forgiven for not knowing.
Source: it’s me, I’m the autist
You forgot about the part of option 2 where you realize midway through explaining that the other person either understood and you misread the situation, or they just don’t care, but now you’ve gotten too far into the explanation and you just have to power through even though literally every fiber of your being is telling you to shut up
… wait
When I was younger, I’d be mortified. Now? “If into the archives you go, only pain will you find.” You didn’t have to look, so that’s on you, my dude.
Ah, Sierra. The game company almost singlehandedly responsible for creating a generation of masochists.
You’re still right.
There are no good guys in Borderlands. Full stop.
Ehhhh… I’d classify that one as more Steampunk Fallout (1 or 2) or Baldur’s Gate. Not that that makes it bad - it’s great fun! Just maybe not what OP is looking for.
DDG says it’s from a HubSpot commercial. She plays a CEO of a pirate ship?
Superior Iron Man! The lead up to the story is: a lot of Marvel heroes were magically turned evil, things happened and they all were returned to normal, EXCEPT for Tony, who somehow managed to avoid being returned to normal AND hide that he was still evil, and went on to do some decidedly “modern billionaire tech bro” horrible shit with his advanced tech.
What a fucked up storyline. Still a good read, though.
Optical Character Recognition. Essentially, software that “reads” an image and pulls text out of it.
Hi, person with high-functioning autism here. I was informed by a therapist that, due to the coping mechanisms most people learn as they grow up with conditions like these, they are incredibly difficult (if not impossible in some cases) to get an official diagnosis for.
My experience may not be relevant in this case but due to the overlap between autism and ADHD, it seemed relevant enough to share.
Get outta here with that false equivalence. “I can haz” uses stunted language on purpose. The whole point of this meme is that it’s “it is Wednesday my dudes” but classed up. The grammar should have been correct.
Everyone blames the healer
… at their own peril.
In the interest of disclosure, I don’t have a choking kink - but I’ve also been on the internet for nearly three decades at this point so who even knows anymore.
My understanding is that a large part of it is trust. The chokee is quite literally putting their life in someone else’s hands and saying, “I trust you enough to do this without killing me.” Of course, throw it into casual relationships and it kind of muddies that a little bit - after all, how can you trust someone you just met at a bar/on Tinder/etc. enough to know that they won’t kill you? But I think that’s where it starts, anyway.
Man, ZZT was great. Plus it paved the way for MegaZeux, which is still my favorite “game nobody’s heard of before”. I want that Tim Sweeney back.
BECAUSE👏EVERY👏ACCUSATION👏IS👏A👏CONFESSION👏
Oof. As an American, my heart goes out to you. I wouldn’t wish our healthcare system on anyone.
I love this movie. It’s probably one of my favorite schlock fantasy movies. The casting was way better than it had any right to be - Hugh Jackman, sure, but Kate Beckinsale? Well, I guess she was fresh off Underworld, so she was still in that headspace. And Richard Roxburgh doing the perfect amount of scene-chewing for the villain… introducing himself properly as Vladislaus Draculea… and the opening scene, shot just like a 1920s Universal monster movie! I legitimately think it’s the closest we’ll ever get to a live action Castlevania. I could go on, but I’ll spare you. Might be time for a rewatch.