MrShankles

For what it's worth, you're not alone. I think I'm going with the whole, "I must outlive my enemies" ideology for coping, because fuck it. But it's always refreshing to hear from like-minded people, when sometimes I feel so helpless to change anything. Ignorance has run rampant, but at least I know there's friends all over the world

will not stand a chance of being undone in my lifetime

I feel that in my bones. There's so much backward progress, that it feels like I'll never see any fruit of what I'm fighting for; just trying to regain some ground at this point. I've given up on my own timeline and am simply fighting for future generations. I may never see it, but I'll be damned if I concede

It still hurts though, seeing how much progress is being lost and feeling helpless to stop the backslide. It's mind-numbing to think about, honestly

How long until mushrooms can play doom on people?

Shit, every day is blessed for me than

American here

No /s needed. It's definitely more comfortable that way, as well as more efficient for going from zero to guns akimbo before your blurry-sleepy eyes can even clear up. And by the time you mag dump two of them and can now see cleary... you don't even have to reload! Just grab the next pair and unload.

6 is bare minimum, in my opinion. Gotta have at least 8 under an overstuffed pillow, so that you'll have plenty of cover fire while you go for the armory that's built into the boxspring

Do you have a spouse? Cause now you're rocking 4 at a time, with 12 more at ready... that's before you even have to make a move for the heavier firepower

Good luck walking into my house, cause I'll be damned if the kids ain't just as prepared... we make sure to teach 'em right and teach 'em young!

Huh, I didn't know the Sears Tower was renamed to Willis. Though the Sears Tower never comes up in conversations for me, I'll surely only ever know it as Sears. So yeah, that's a great point you make

This actually gave me a much better perspective, cause I couldn't really tell from the original photo. And holy crow, that's kinda wild! I would absolutely be wearing the coolest kids shoes

Does it cause you any issues with gait/balance? Or anything else most people wouldn't think about?

I did go back and beat The Lion King as an adult, after seeing how to get out of the cave. It was kinda nuts how much muscle memory I still had; like riding a bike. Which makes me wonder how many hours I must've put into it as a child lol

I might have to go back and check out TMNT (if I'm feeling up for a little torture). I never could get far in that game; it felt too brutal and confusing. But we've got the interwebs now and guides abundant!

Edit: just noticed your Pixies username... well played

I can see it now... I'm called first; I don't know what an adjective is (I still struggle); I panic from the social anxiety of stage fright; I awkwardly try to say anything at all, so I can sit the fuck down and move on; so I say, "Really Richard"

I'm told that's an adverb, and I need to use an adjective. Now I'm pale as a ghost and about to faint from the panic. I stutter, "Richmond Richard?". I'm informed that's a proper noun, so I quickly try again (visibly sweating) spouting, "Reading Richard!"... and am told to sit down, because that was a noun and I've now been assigned extra homework on grammar.

Someone snickers and says "removed Richard" in a low voice. The entire class laughs, the teacher is doing their best not to crack a smile (but I can tell), and I am henceforth known as "removed Richard" until graduation and beyond.

Adverbs, adjectives, verbs... prepositions! I'm in a living nightmare. There is no waking up from this. I am, forever, "removed Richard"

Deadly Dick

You can actually beat Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles‽ I thought it was kinda like Tetris or something, where it just goes on until you die (again and again) or the game crashes /s

I was always proud of my kid-self for almost defeating The Lion King on Sega. I was like two levels away, but always got stuck at the end of a lava-cavern level. Rocks would fall from the top and slowly murder you while you tried to find the exit in a room full of lava geysers.

Turns out, a slab of rock would eventually fall onto one of the geysers, and you were supposed to stand on it and get rocketed out of the level. I thought it would rocket you into the ceiling of the cave and kill you (I mean, it's a logical thought)... so I never tried.

I played it as an adult and I know I would've crushed those last levels as a kid. Trying to kill Scar would've been another issue (you have to throw him off the cliff) because I would've just kept trying to claw him to death... but I think I would've eventually done it, at least accidentally

So yeah, the exit to that lava level still pisses me off lol. Lions can't pass through solid matter to exit a cave, for fuck's sake!

Thank you