Thread:Deathstalker666/@comment-1496755-20171111143841/@comment-1496755-20180731144158

True - after that nasty 2-year period of unemployment, I can surely appreciate the security. And it's a fairly conservative institution, so changes are a rare thing overall - most people stay until they retire. Trying to imagine my older self scolding the new recruits for not having everything on paper.

Conversation can be fun, as long as it's not just small talk. This becomes bothersome very quickly. My colleagues love gossiping about other people, but I can't find any value in this. Or talking about mundane stuff - I have to deal with it every day, why spend any extra time discussing it with someone else. Hey, would you like to hear how I cleaned up my oven today? It's a very exciting story, I swear :P

People tend to forget me - I've tried to keep in touch with old friends but at some point I can sense that they are growing indifferent, so I decide to stop bothering them with my presence and we drift apart. And that happens even with people that I used to be fairly close with for one reason or another. The only real childhood friend I have left is that guy I mentioned before - having grown up together and experiencing many things side by side creates a bond that is not easily broken, I suppose... The internet allows me to find like-minded people that I can truly relate to, but it has the disadvantage of very long distances (and different time zones). But it's very convenient so distance isn't really felt. It's not like exchanging paper letters like people used to. I know my mom exchanged letters with some French kid while she was a high school student (they were studying French, English classes were restricted due to it being the "enemy's language" at the time). Dominus is a nice guy - I can understand what he's going through, as a I once went through it as well (at the same age too). I am sure he can handle it.

Hah, I am horrible with Discord groups - I'd show up once a month at best. Even in groups where we discuss stuff I like. Maybe we can try having our own little group, though time zones will surely interfere again.

Ah, emotions. I tend to go into both extremes - I'd usually wear a stone-cold mask of calm detachment. But sometimes someone would push my berserk button and I switch to "evil" mode where I start saying things that scare even the people who are used to my quirks. I get angry very, very, very rarely, but when it happens, it's an ugly mess.

Everything has its prime and eventual decline. I suspect every band has a period where they lose sight of what makes their music good, or try to reinvent their identity, or just try to follow trends. Linkin Park, for example - I really like their earlier albums, they really resonate with how I feel and were a huge part of my 2001-2005 period. But then they started drifting more towards a softer sound that doesn't appeal so much to me, even if it's considered more "mature" or "refined" by critics. At one point they returned to their roots with the heavier-sounding The Hunting Party and I liked that - it felt like a step in the right direction, a memory of the glorious past. And the whole cycle repeats itself again, with the latest album (from 2017) being very soft, even feeling spineless at times. But then there's the matter of the frontman committing suicide, so I guess that is the end of the cycle... maybe. We'll see.

Yeah, I usually check out the stuff you propose, looking for that next thing that will spark the fire within. This is also a grat opportunity to finally learn to differentiate and recognize sub-genres, something I really suck at.

Regarding the difficulties - I was mostly wondering if there are any specific damage reduction (or enhancement) factors based on difficulty like Doom 3's system. If there aren't, then yes, it would probably be pointless to go into too much technical detail.