Years ago, a friend of mine adopted the cat that was mistreated by its previous owners and was still very defensive around strangers. He invited a couple of friends over, and one of them insisted on petting the cat despite clear signs that it wanted to be left alone and got bitten as a result. She didn’t think it was a big deal and decided to let it heal on its own, until it became clear that it wasn’t going to so she went to see a doctor a couple days later. That doctor detected early signs of necrosis and told her that, if she had waited a few more days, she would have probably lost her arm to gangrene.

So yeah, cat bites are no joke at all

BMW drivers will never experience it

Former smoker here, and I definitely think it smells gross. However there’s still a part of me that goes “Sure, it stinks, but one puff would feel so great right now!”

It’s a reference to the book Hyperion by Dan Simmons, but now I’ve just learned that a recent videogame apparently has references to it

I think a big part of his story is that his mother wasn’t fucked actually

Wait, what?

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Or at least he would have made it less convenient to touch with your hands, like placing it in the middle of your back or something

I hate that so much. “Oh, this hobby only brings you joy and happiness? Don’t you know you could make money out of it?”

Happened to me in real life and it really changed my perspective for some reason. I was at a bar with a group of people I recently met, and one of them asked me what I do. I sighed internally and started answering the premade answer I give everyone, explaining my job and the company I work for. He cut me off and told me “Yeah yeah that’s great, but what do you DO?”. I was taken aback for a second, and then I started telling him what I do for fun, what my hobbies were, etc. It really turned a boring icebreaker into a genuine conversation

So much this.

"- I hate the fact that my landlord gets half the money I make without doing anything to earn it!

-If you think it’s so easy why don’t you buy yourself a flat and rent it?"

Well because I don’t fucking want to become a bloodsucking leech myself, is that so hard to understand?

I’m sure there are plenty of activities that you could enjoy but never thought of. Try joining a sports club that isn’t a gym, or a board games club, or a book club, anything really. It doesn’t have to be something that you currently do or that you already enjoy, you can also try expanding your hobbies by thinking of cool stuff you’d like to do but never got around to try

Nah, too risky. What if during those two days someone puts a gun to my head and tells me they’ll shoot unless I post the rowboat emoji? What if I’m stranded in the middle of a lake and need to communicate to an illiterate person that they should get their rowboat and come help me?

So how is this not blasphemy? Not that I care, mind you, but they’re supposed to

Really? Do you have more info on that, it’s the first time I’m hearing about it and I’m genuinely intrigued

You’re right i don’t think it’s either, it looks more like some kind of feathered animal

And in a matter of a few hours a single guy will have read the manual, figured out the clue and put it on a wiki or a Reddit post so that none of your other players have to rtfm

I usually struggle with just “going with the flow” and stop trying to minmax everything in videogames, but Crusader Kings is one of those few games where I manage to let go and enjoy the chaos.

Same Edit : found a workaround by looking up the issue. Go to this page https://www.gog.com/cart/add/1486951595

It should add the Freedom to Buy Games as a free item in your shopping basket, which you can then add to your account

Hey, who am I to judge the two-anus person that invented that expression