call the shit off. there are plenty of not-pedophiles 25 or under for you to date

i guess i can see that most guys your age are childish/inexperienced, and that’s the appeal of “older” men. but let me tell you something (as a guy well over 45): if a dude hasn’t grown up by 25, then they’re not going to grow up. yea, there’s definitely a “type” of 30+ yr old dude who wants to hook up with teenagers, and i’d advise you against it.

be careful with this one-- above all, stay in public, cover your drink

ah lucas arts-- both grim fandango and xwing will always occupy a place in my heart

call me old, but a 33 yr old going on a date with a 18 yr old… yea, red flag

i expected bethesda graphics and gameplay, which were always meh after skyrim

what i didn’t expect was the pointless boring in fact fucking tedious everything else involved in playing a video game-- wtf is this fetch quest about talking trees? go talk to this guy, and then go talk to that guy, and then and then and then-- what a fucking let-down.

don’t worry i learned my lesson. i’ll never buy another bethesda title unless a year has passed and it still has a minimum ‘very positive’ rating. maybe not even then. fuck bethesda

corporate bullshit. same shit with ken and roberta williams of old school sierra

there was some point in the not too distant past where i said “ok, everything is bullshit now” and stopped paying attention. ultima is EA now? ok. fuck EA, and fuck ultima

true, and fuck blizzard too

yes, as a huge ultima nerd, i was excited for UO. after spending hours barely being able to do anything because of my 386 PC and 14.4 dialup speed, and then getting killed because of all the lag and losing everything, i said i guess i don’t have the money to play this game, and left it

but that wasn’t bethesda-- still origin at that point

fallout new vegas

remember when everyone was excited about 76 LOL

also diablo 4 LOL

also starfield LOL

the point isn’t to “win.” the point is to be at war

isn’t that pretty much a minimum requirement to be GOP at this point?

the problem is that it’s not going to stop there. kids will obviously still get porn, and fascists will say “seeeeee!!??! we need even more personal data to protect the kids!!! OS age verification isn’t enough!!!”

steps in the wrong direction are exactly that, and exactly what this OS bullshit is. everyone having to pay the price for parents who can’t be assed to raise their own kids

edit: i need to add–it’s not actually about the kids. it never was. it’s about collecting every 1 and every 0 that exists about you, for profit, but also for surveillance. every dissenting comment, post, photo, etc will be linked to a unique human being via dozens (or hundreds. thousands?) of data points. before you say “no way,” remember the ridiculous percentage of 1/6 insurrectionists they rooted out, based on social media posts. and that was before AI blew up

no worries. USA will cover those skyrocketing insurance premiums too. and by “USA” i mean taxpayers

all the “fuck the system” bands from the 80s-90s were right all along

are you gonna tell me that in a crowd of 1000 people, your eye isn’t drawn to some people over others?

everyone has “shallow preferences,” and yes, some people definitely limit themselves to those alone, but not everyone is that dumb

i can’t say i have a definite answer to why dudes behave that way. if i had to guess i’d say these people have adopted the hive mentality of “it’s women’s fault i can never get a date” and can’t figure out why they get ghosted after acting like an asshole all the time. they don’t idolize asian women, they idolize cartoon depictions of asian women (girls).

one thing i can tell you for sure is that those people aren’t worth a molecule of your time and attention, and giving them either of those things is pretty much giving them what they want.

maybe you’re finding yourself among sweaty incels who own more than one anime waifu body pillow

if it makes you feel any better, i’m an asian man and prefer white women over asian women. nothing “wrong” with either, just my preference

of course. they’re all in the epstein files too

If you are many generations in and have, for all intents and purposes, lost your connection with the hyphenated part of your culture, and don’t have any intent to learn with or contect with that culture other than by name, it does feel a bit preformative

i.e., an american saying “i’m italian” even though they don’t speak a word of it and have never been there, but grandma has an italian name