Path of Exile is much more flexible and advanced than Diablo - you have almost unlimited flexibility in what your character can do. Everything stacks too, so your jewel slots, ring slots, armor slots… Everything works together.

So this is not just hack and slash, you won’t actually be able to complete the game even unless you understand some of that complexity.

If you stick with it, you will have many aha moments where your character suddenly doubles his damage because you figured out a good way to build it and combine it’s items to maximize its potential.

I played a lot before but I have grown tired of it. But it probably gave me several hundreds of hours of semi-fun gameplay.

Just start with python or node.js and do some tutorial. :) If you want to get good, you should read a book though. There are many details about a language that online tutorials don’t cover.

Graphics bugs are from the graphics drivers most of the time (but not always). I reported quite a few bugs in kde 5 about window decorations looking/acting weird, and it got fixed quickly.

I used to switch between gnome and plasma all the time but since plasma 6 came out and I switched to a 4k screen, I’ve been sticking with plasma without any issues. Gnome actually looks bad now on 4k for me. :)

I’m spending less and less time on the phone now.

I even managed to go on the subway without staring into my phone. 90% of people are on their phones, but some are not.

I disagree here. The actual mechanical thing is not important but just feeling like someone wants to do that with you means feeling normal.

If nobody wants, you will feel awful. Your entire value of being worth anything rests on this.

I don’t know if I can explain it better.

Video games are about virtual reality, social media is about your actual reality and making you mentally weak.

Yeah it’s an awesome idea. Why didn’t I think of making a site like that. There is a huge market for adults who wants new friends.

Actually yes, I’ve been feeling like that. I heard about https://timeleft.com/ (dinner with strangers) and thought it was such a cool concept. You sign up on the site, answer lots of questions about your personality, and then they have an algorithm that matches you with other people for a dinner somewhere where you live.

I went to one of those and ended up with 5 people, and still are in touch with 4 of them. Playing pool with them in a week. :)

There are many, many people feeling like we do. Just go meet them! I bet you will like it, and if not, it’s just a dinner. Nobody knows your full name so you can easily disappear and never meet those people again if needed.

The best way to handle it is to laugh about it. She makes some remark about trans or gays, just laugh or smile as if it was a joke or as if she is drunk and stupid. :)

It feels much better for the soul. Don’t fight her. She will have those opinions either way.

Each person has their own development journey. You don’t blame a kid for throwing up on the floor. Just relax and accept whatever happens.

If you do this, you will grow as a person and realize there is another way to handle conflict that feels quite good. :)

Another way to handle it is the stoic stare. You just look at her quietly when she says things without saying anything. Just keep eye contact for an uncomfortable amount of time to make a point, making the others around the table notice the bad vibes and get uncomfortable. Personally I think this is harder to pull off in a setting with many people, so I prefer the first one.

I don’t know if it’s most people, do you think so? From my own life, there has been almost only nice people in real life. Social media though is very different and people act like it’s not a person on the other side of this screen.

Are we taking to a bot?

Politics makes you fight people you haven’t even talked to.

That’s the worst anyone has done to you?

You are so blessed. :)

Even if he is, don’t judge people before you walk in their shoes.

Why would you intentionally post a hurtful comment to someone like this, and specially if it’s a sad person?

Meh, matrix brainwashing. Be yourself.

I needed a laugh, thank you.

It’s to overcome challenges and become a better person. To not live like an animal, to have morals, strength of character, treat others well, help other people.

Basically the opposite of what the TV and social media is telling us.

I’m not reading game theory and I’m not talking about myself. I live with a woman for over 10 years now. But I’ve noticed how the landscape has changed and it’s more difficult now to date. I have colleagues that are just laughing about it. Some have given up completely.

I think you don’t notice the difference unless you are actively dating these days. Social media wrecked it.

Sounds like you should reconsider how you spend your life on earth.

What? I think this is awful advice. Social media is not real friends… It’s just Randoms.

To the OP : find hobbies you like and go to them. It’s the best way to meet people you will like.