I’ve had this handle since '94, and I am not letting any of this bother me.

Others have said it better than I can, but how you see yourself as weird, and why it bothers the politicians it does, are not the same thing.

They live in a different world where conformity is king and being different is scorned.

Don’t let it ruffle you, none of this has anything at all to do with you, how you live your life, or how you perceive yourself.

Mass Effect and Dark Souls are my favorites when it comes to gaming.

I just don’t fall that way on a skateboard, so I never wear one, though knee pads are a must.

I will never ever ride a snowboard without a helmet. I’ll ride a motorcycle without a helmet before I’ll ride a snowboard without one.

If you don’t feel it, don’t do it. Some injuries don’t heal right, and many of the hobbies I enjoy have a pretty damned high risk factor. Almost every single time I’ve had a serious injury, that little voice was telling me “This one might not end well”, and I went for it anyway.

I could have walked away, called it a day, and come back another time. It wasn’t a contest, I was just out filming a few tricks for my “You’re turning 40 and still doing it” video. Didn’t stretch, didn’t warm up, and my over enthusiastic filmer was all “Try this, do that”. Ended up collapsing my knee and fully tearing my MCL.

Between that and a few neck and back fractures over the years, my mobility and flexibility are pretty well shot. There are things I just can’t do anymore.

Sure I still skate, and am amazed just how much I can still get away with, but now every minute on the board includes a constant “Is this safe? Is this worth it?” chant.

I know you are but what am I, glad to see he’s going with the Peewee defence.

I simply can’t imagine being ok with someone calling me weird

No, I will. The whole thing fascinates me but it’s the technology that really gets me.

The combination of high end tech and seat of the pants old school exploration ingenuity is amazing.

When we left earth, a multi part history of the space program.

I will never forget how surreal the Four Seasons presser was.

I’ve been skateboarding since '85, and my landing gear is fucked.

So many childish things I would 100% still be doing if I had an MCL.

To give a disproportionate amount of voting power to rural areas.

People look at a map and go “Oh my god look how much square footage is red” and can’t comprehend the population density of large cities, so feel they are under represented.

Same principle as two Senators per state, and Congressmen are supposed to balance that out by representing population, until the artificial cap on number of Congressman.

Between that, and the insane gerrymandering, Red rural votes are just weighed higher than Blue urban votes.

This is a really good point, and Pastor Weirdfish has a nice ring to it.

From now on I’ll start all declarative statements “As a religious leader…”

I never used Reddit directly, only Bacon Reader, when that stopped working, I gave up.

Vert skating in the Olympics

Over all I agree, with the one major exception being playing a new Fromsoft game. It’s only so often I get to explore a new souls game blind, and that is something I take the time to savor, so long as I can avoid spoilers.

Elden ring was the first one that my girlfriend and I got to play new / blind together, and it was one of the best times I’ve ever had gaming.

We are doing that again with the DLC now and having a great time.

Had it pretty bad once while in the military, and this sums up how I felt exactly. Dumb people in a dumb situation almost ended up with me in a lot of trouble.

I’ve had most of them, the big exceptions being the SNES and anything Sega. I think the one I’ve used the most, have had the most games for, and hands down my favorite, is the PS4.

PS3 and N64 are a close second and third.

I believe I at least started a play through on all of them in order.

Did not even remotely understand Demons souls, and it kept going back on the shelf.

Same with DS1, DS2, Bloodborn, and DS3, maybe finishing a tutorial boss and exploring a bit, but always getting confused and frustrated.

Then I read a post talking about calling in a summon who “Ran in like a naked Jedi with just a Katana” and said to myself, maybe I am playing these games wrong.

So I looked up some youtube videos, learned about the mechanics, and started DS3 to become a naked Jedi.

I had the absolute best fucking time. It took a while, but grinding levels and learning to dance around with light roll and fast agressive attacks was a blast.

To answer your question, it’s hard to say what was my first Souls game. The first I played, the first where I started to git gud, or the first one I finished, which I believe was actually going back to Demons Souls.

As far as which ones I prefer, DS1 > Eldenring > Bloodborn > DS3 > Demon Souls > Sekiro > DS2.

This doesn’t mean I hate on Sekiro, in fact I also completely love DS2 for all its janky, but out of all of them, Sekiro is the least of an RPG, and there is just something about it that never clicked with me.

I’m sure it is a combination of skill issue and just not understanding the mechanics, as well as not know what the various items are about.

Maybe I’ll go back to it after the Eldenring DLC.

And small blue creatures from alpha centuri where real small blue creatures from alpha centuri.

I’m old enough to remember when both released and I don’t have a good answer to this, assuming you mean the pink floyd movie and not some other I’m not aware of.