1. I finished Ori and the Will of Wisps. The story is nu-pixar-tier emotionally manipulative libslop which might sound surprising for such a simple family-targeted game but the villain is one of those “I was rejected by society as a minority so… I will destroy everything” types. The platforming and bosses were really good though, it just didn’t grab me as anything beyond a good toy I guess. So it was an 8.3/10 for me.

2. I played Minishoot’ Adventures and shelved it after beating the true last boss. Don’t get me wrong, it’s a good twin-stick shooter and decent metroidvania with addicting exploration, however I find the artstyle a bit bland and the story is pretty much non-existent, so I can’t be assed to do the optional post-game battle challenges without any exploration in new areas sprinkled in. It was a 7.5/10 for me pretty much.

3. I also tried Pipistrello and the Cursed Yoyo after trying and liking the demo, but the actual game didn’t manage to grab me so I refunded it. I didn’t really like the yoyo combat which utilizes sloped walls to pierce through many enemies, also the town you explore throughout the game was a bit boring for me.

The following games are cheap (lower than 10 euros), not graphically demanding at all, and range from good to being masterpieces in my opinion:

10/10

• CrossCode
• Hollow Knight
• ZeroRanger

9/10

• Katamari Damacy Reroll
• Spelunky
• Terraria (with friends, 8/10 without)
• Rabi-Ribi (it has horny anime cringe, but it is an excellent metroidvania)

8/10

• Xanadu Next
• Copy Kitty
• Dragon’s Dogma: Dark Arisen
• Pseudoregalia
• Rabbit & Steel (with friends)
• Hades
• Ys Origin
• Ys: The Oath in Felghana
• Void Stranger
• Portal & Portal 2
• Ori and the Will of Wisps (Ori 2)
• Celeste
• Undertale

7.5/10

• Grim Dawn
• Minishoot’ Adventures
• Ori and the Blind Forest

The line manager told me to do what I need to protect myself and that I am doing very well, the senior that oversees me told me that I can take 5 days/week and they will defend me against the middle manager since I do my work well.

Once the middle manager caught wind of my violation of RTO, I got chewed by the line manager for taking too many days when I haven’t gotten ownership of my area yet, and when I confronted them about their previous words they told me they didn’t mean that.

After that, I continued to ignore RTO but to a smaller extent because it’s either testing my luck like that or quitting. I dunno if it is the autism or the anxiety but working in the office for more than 2 days/week leaves me a wreck that is unable to enjoy things.

I got chewed again last week by the middle manager themselves, with the line manager and the senior I mentioned as backup. Pretty much all of them played the bad cop role, telling me that my performance (they switched to what they really meant, my attendance after 5min since I actually perform above average) was not satisfactory anymore and that my remote privileges are completely revoked and that if I can’t come to office I should take paid leave). The middle manager pretty much told me to leave if I didn’t like that, even when I talked to him about providing the HR with a medical certificate about my health issues (mental health but like hell I am going to tell that to them and give them another reason to discriminate against me). The line manager and the senior, the ones who encouraged me to begin with just made me feel like shit and doubt myself about my supposedly “bad” performance.

I decided to leave after that, I can’t stand that workplace anymore and I cannot fully RTO. I’m not sure if they soft fired me or if they are delusional enough to believe that I will somehow pull myself from my bootstraps and go there everyday (they are short on people due to RTO + one person being seriously sick and the workload will be doubled pretty much in the following months).

When talking one-to-one, the line manager mentioned that my work is great when I am there but I took too many leaves the past month. No shit, if I am burnt out from having to come to the office and having to work overtime sometimes, and having to cope with our customer’s unreasonable demands, of course I will have to take some leaves and my performance will halt (I will admit this only for the past 8 days before the 2nd chewing up, due to the aforementioned burn out). I can’t stand this duplicity from him and the senior (which I of course know is due to the pressure from their higher up).

I can’t work there anymore. I pretty much lost my first job due to being autistic (I even tried getting accommodations through the company doctor which were revoked my the middle manager because everyone has issues so no-one should have accommodations [sic]). I don’t know what to tell my parents. I don’t know if I will be able to find the courage to job search again anytime soon. Capitalism is hell but if you are disabled its just another whole shitpile of suffering. How tf do I have to do this until I die

The recruiters care more about experience than grades tbh. If you can get an internship with a B you will be in a better position than someone with an A but absolutely no experience

Living through the 3rd year of WW3 and seeing things escalate while having to go to work and function as a normal human being is completely absurd. How the fuck does everyone continue to live

https://hexbear.net/PPB

Survival of the fittest

What the fuck. I am 8 episodes in Kamen Rider 555 and it’s actually good. I would like it more if it had some more mature themes but it’s pretty good, especially for a child-targeted TV show. I think shows aimed at adults in my country are less well-written and directed than this one

When I am in full work mode for weeks and I don’t really experience media I have an intense desire to collect yu-gi-oh cards, which disappears once I play a good game / watch a good anime. I had understood that people consume useless stuff because they want to feel something when they don’t have time for a more time-consuming but more satisfying activity that has some substance, but feeling it myself is a whole other beast.

Why can’t I work 4 days / week or something, I am not even asking to not work at all. My job is too stressful to have to go to the office and talk with representatives of our client everyday. Does everyone feel this way regardless of mental illness or neurodiversity?

When I was unemployed I had a ton of free time but I felt that something was missing, and I was anxious about not having a job. Now that I am employed, my free time has been reduced by a ton and I miss being unemployed. Shits weird

For co-op games try Rabbit & Steel and Secrets of Grindea

Well THAT just happened

I think I have reached the autism/ADHD/OCD endgame. I cannot make myself experience anything new without someone else holding my hand and doing it with me (usually my gf), whether it is some new piece of media or learning something (which I loved before my symptoms flared up and targeted it in uni). The only thing I can do is work work work until I get fired for being too burnt out to do it.

Is any Kamen Rider any good as an adult? I’m in the mood for something light media-wise so I am curious about this series

New rock bottom just dropped: instead of doing something actually worthwhile with my life I am just grinding pet battles on a WoW private server

Look into love languages. Some people want to hear a verbal expression of love, others want physical contact, others gifts etc

The ADHD+OCD combo (executive dysfunction + a need to find the perfect distraction-free moment) have left me unable to experience media while having a job. I miss it

I am thinking of getting on Ozempic. It is expensive but I am tired of losing weight only to gain it again because of stress eating and generally having intense cravings (I was obese as a child so that might have contributed to it). I don’t want to die early, I want to live a full life with my girlfriend and friends.