lobut

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[–] lobut@lemmy.ca 2 points 3 days ago

How many Philosopher Kings do we have here?

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Philosopher_king

[–] lobut@lemmy.ca 2 points 3 days ago

Undoubtedly, but I'm trying to pitch the other direction. I thought OP did a good enough job describing why it's a vice.

[–] lobut@lemmy.ca 3 points 4 days ago (2 children)

Depending on culture it can be seen as an indicator of confidence, intelligence, fun, etc.

Remember that your perception of someone is yours. Someone else can see something different. They can see a leader despite not knowing everything. They can just fully buy into what they're pitching.

[–] lobut@lemmy.ca 10 points 4 days ago* (last edited 4 days ago)

I self-inflicted some pain like that for me as well.

I got close to the end of Act 2 and my friend said that the difficulty was too easy and I was breezing pass everything and to switch it to Expert. Well guess what. I didn't level, upgrade or put my Pictos in a way to deal with it. So most of my boss fights turned from a close-win into 45 minutes of me dying a lot. Like, I'd be one-shotted so often.

I then took some time and then cashed in some Lumina for stories and then actually put some strats in and went through the skill tree. I think it was worthwhile in the end but it totally changed the experience for me.

[–] lobut@lemmy.ca 7 points 4 days ago* (last edited 4 days ago) (1 children)

I really wanted to like the remakes.

Playing the FF7 remake felt really dated in terms of a lot of things. After playing God of War and others, the cinematics felt cheesy and less cohesive now in FF ... I didn't care for much of any of the voice acting. A lot of the side quests didn't fit "in world" to me. The heck do I care about some lost kittens? Why am I figuring out this time-wasting crane control? ... Also, not sure what's going on with the "ghosts". I didn't like the combat and found it annoying. Which is strange because I enjoyed FF15: The backstreet boys edition and even Guardians.

On the positives, I felt if I could take a screenshot of any part of the game and sent it back to the younger version of me ... My mind would be blown. I'd just stop the game several times to just admire the scenery and the look.

spoilers!Fighting Sephiroth so many times felt odd. I felt it feel off story-wise.

Everyone loves FF 7 remake and all that and I know I'm in minority but it put me off Rebirth. I'm happy other people enjoy it now though. I just wish I was one of them.

[–] lobut@lemmy.ca 2 points 6 days ago

"Le Grill? What the hell is that?!"

[–] lobut@lemmy.ca 11 points 1 week ago (2 children)

City of God - movie about the struggles of growing up in a tough spot in Rio de Janeiro, it's just great

Gattaca - my favourite sci fi film, it's just a simple concept ... what if we could tell who you were going to grow up to be, just from your blood

[–] lobut@lemmy.ca 11 points 2 weeks ago

I'm a talkative person and also quite shy at times! I've been called both quiet and too loud/too much.

It happens. I don't feel the need to put them down as I didn't think that was their intent to do so to me.

[–] lobut@lemmy.ca 13 points 2 weeks ago

I think the patient was like a tyrant dude played by James Earl Jones: https://house.fandom.com/wiki/President_Dibala.

[–] lobut@lemmy.ca 1 points 2 weeks ago

Part of it is age. I know everyone has had bullying issues growing. I did but I'm also aware enough to know that I was a bully too at times. Probably not physically but probably intellectually bullying my schoolmates and insulting people. A lot of that is internal insecurity and bullying I faced. A lot of the times we do mean things and don't know why. If you've got kids, you've seen this a lot of times. Ignoring all of this and doing what you want is an important part of growing up. I'd like to think that I more often than not was pushing my friends towards their dreams and at times facing reality. However, I know sometimes I've definitely teased someone about their dream. I hope that they were strong enough to ignore my stupidity.

[–] lobut@lemmy.ca 7 points 2 weeks ago

Have you thought about having kids?

 

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