That's something to work on. You're not immutable.

If you accept rejection with dignity, it's not that big a deal. Don't be a creeper. It's not that embarrassing. And if your friend group is cruel about it, that's good to know. They'd be assholes in that case, and you probably want to find out they're assholes in a low stakes situation.

She could ask you out. But if you just wait you're giving up your initiative. Use your agency.

..yes? That's what you have to do. Maybe she says no. Maybe she says yes. Doing nothing definitely won't get you anywhere.

Lots of other good points already made, but I'll add my own two cents.

When I run a game, I always require players to make characters together. No "go off and make a character in isolation". That's just a recipe for disaster. You can have some ideas already in mind, but nothing is canon until the whole group agrees.

Second, everyone needs to have buy-in to whatever the hook is. If the scenario is "you're starting a courier business at the edge of civilization", there are lots of good options. Guy on the run from the law. Lady studying local wild life. Intelligent, local, wildlife. Don't play "guy who doesn't want to be here and is a total killjoy"

Third, it's better when characters have connections to each other. You can play the "we just met and we're forming a relationship!" arc, but like "what if we play ourselves in a fantasy world??" it has been done.

Honestly, everyone should read Fate's "Phase Trio" https://fate-srd.com/fate-core/phase-trio and the rest of character creation.

will humanity ever learn to stop acting like dumb angry monkeys?

Seems unlikely.

As to your broader point about the tools themselves not being bad, the root problem remains capitalism, or "a few people have unaccountable power over many"

People should keep right except to pass, typically.

Over short distances, the difference between going 40 and 30 or even 20 are miniscule. I've still had people lose their shit when I wouldn't blaze through a school zone. Just chill out bro, the fast food will be there all day.

But I live somewhere I don't need to drive anymore, and I'm happy with it.

I feel like the current AI stuff has been net negative. It prompted layoffs and hiring freezes, but then didn't produce quality results.

You have to jump when you're doing it, too. if you touch the ground before it finishes, it won't work and you'll just get shocked.

If you clear some post-game optional challenges, there's a special move you can unlock that does it easier, but that's only useful if you want to do NG+

Hours on the centipede man, you say? Once you get into the deflect rhythm, they're very satisfying. Fill their posture right up and then finish them. But without the timing, you're going to take a lot of chip damage or get posture broken yourself :(

Sekiro is one of my favorites. I like that it's not really about leveling, and it pretty much gets right into it. I could pick it up today and blast through a new game.

Do you know how to do the lightning reversal? There are a handful of bosses that it really counters.

I knew a bunch of people that were teachers, but left for tech jobs because the pay was twice as high and the work half as much. This is bad for society.

Quality education for children pays tremendous dividends for the future. Having another "we're AI on the blockchain" startup does not.

All this venture capitalism bullshit needs to go. Minimum wage needs to be way higher, and universal basic income would help, too.

I read the headline as Australia was arming their journalists and I was confused by the escalation.