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we got our first real bikes when I was five, we lived on a dead end so we could ride up and down the street. had training wheels and a tall flag on the back to warn cars. anyways we were riding around but my older sister was just in some sort of snotty and/or resentful mood and refusing to acknowledge me, and would speed up so I couldn't keep up with her. she was on the opposite side of the street, so as I was trying to keep up, I was looking at her to my left. then I finally looked forward and took myself out riding right into a parked car. cried like a little baby (five year olds are kind of little babies), and a man from that house (they were having a BBQ party or something) picked me up and carried me the two or three houses back. lost a thumbnail and sliced an egg-shaped piece of skin off my thumb tip. still remember after the fact when my mom cut the dead skin flap off with scissors. wouldn't touch the bike again for ages.

I don't need anything but I hope your arms didn't get too tired out

I walked into the lynel coliseum the other night unprepared and did not realize I couldn't sneak out of view to cook gloom-heal foods, I killed my way through four of them but couldn't pick up the loot because I was so close to death because I couldn't ungloom my hearts (I was cheesing it pretty hard by the end, I really am not fond of this game and BOTW's difficulty spike revolving around damage soaking/outputting instead of like smarter enemies or new attack patterns etc.), and then the final lynel got a hit in and killed me. Respawn sets you right when his gate opens but all the lynel loot drops despawned. I was so tilted I fought the guy a dozen+ times over and over again with only four hearts and a fairy until I beat him BUT IT DIDN'T MAKE ME FEEL BETTER

happy birthday lobster man @Vercaties!

one boob, two boob red boob, blue boob

regular old rants can go in GD, either as a new thread for angry discussion or the Haters/Complainers megathread for a one-off vent

I grabbed the game when it was free on EGS a couple years ago but I never got to the point of installation. Was totally afraid of getting completely sucked in.

This is probably the crux of the issue. If negative reactions and punishments aren't breaking through to him, then they will only serve as a temporary roadblock instead of a learning experience (in fact he could be learning the wrong things, like how to sneak it around his parents). That's probably a question for his therapist if he has one.

PROVE IT

Yeah I'm wondering if he's actually like emotionally connecting the overspending to the punishment. Like does he internally recognize it's bad to overspend when he gets in trouble? Or did he just cry purely because he was punished? One thing in his defense though is that "properly" developed freemium games are intentionally addictive. Every aspect is geared towards instant gratification dopamine hits and they are literal poison.

How does he respond to the punishment at the time?

I'm summoning as hard as I can @Rogue_Alphonse hhhhhnnnnnnnggggggghhhh

are you sure you didn't spend $20 on Flubber and got a free TV out of it

no just wait @Rogue_Alphonse

There were three times in my life where I came close to fixing it. Twice on school breaks where I had no time commitments, I literally just pushed myself to stay up later and later every night/day until I rounded the horn and was organically waking up at 7am and I held onto it for a couple weeks before falling back into a routine. When I started a job fall 2016, I was just so stressed and withdrawn that everything was forced out except my physical needs. So I'd just like drop what I'd be doing practically mid-sentence and just walk to bed. That went away once I got over the shell shock. I'd recommend #1, but it's virtually impossible for most anyone to find a two week block of time with minimal obligations where you have the freedom to sleep or wake up at any hour of the day.

i am a summoner too, see watch: @Rogue_Alphonse

lol that wasn't exactly the solution i was looking for BUT I'LL TAKE IT

Thanks tsar, but my real objective though is kinda more to spin the future out to everyone. The collective. The hivemind.

case closed!

yes but does "stress out" normally mean "coat the walls and ceiling in diarrhea"?

I sent you a message

I'm fairly certain ASMB was my first internet community, anything I tried to break into after was just not the same and never clicked.

An old board member (I can't remember his actual handle) speculated 10+ years ago that every one of us had a little hole in our lives that this community filled and that's why we all stuck around. I think there might be some truth to that, but I also think there's probably awful metaphors to make about the people who stuck around the longest having the largest holes. And I would never go there.

cidz protip you can tag people with the @ key like this @Cidz and it'll tip you off as to who has made an account here. bonus points if they see the notification and reply!