I have no friends. I am in fact addicted to screens.

They could probably write a five line script to reject two out of every three claims and it would work about as well.

The scientific method. Try to falsify your own beliefs.

I live in a farming area and there are no real farmer’s markets here. The supposed farmer’s market is mostly low-grade Etsy crafts and maybe two tables reselling grocery store produce at 300% markup.

Ahhahahaha, no, just the opposite

The least believable part of this is a person like that just voluntarily hanging out in public around people.

Like I said. Judging, and projecting your problems onto everyone else.

If they drank the whole damn thing that night, then agreed, that’s a red flag. OP didn’t say that though. Maybe they can clarify.

Yes, millions of people for thousands of years have done something like this. It’s called liquid courage for a reason. I used to give myself exact small doses of alcohol to loosen up my introversion before social situations. If your job depends on it, it’s basically a performance enhancer.

Not promoting alcoholism here, despite what I’m sure lots of comments will say. Personally, I barely drink at all anymore because it’s gotten really hard on my body. Just giving a different viewpoint. There’s so much addict pearl-clutching in here. Plenty of people can and do use drugs and alcohol responsibly. If you “don’t need” them, great. If responsible doses help you live better, great.

I downvoted you because I think you’re judging just a little. Not everyone is an addict.

And here I am, having not eaten McDonald’s in years because it tastes like shit.

Everyone hates lawyers until they need one, then resumes hating them shortly after the work is done.

A critical part of being a consultant is personally knowing rich people who will pay you millions of dollars for your advice, regardless of what it is. “Giving good advice” is barely relevant.

DotAge. It’s a rogue-like turn-based strategy game where you try to build a village on cursed land, where you have visions of upcoming doom events and the eventual apocalypse. You have to balance stacking resources for growth and basic survival against efforts that will improve your chances of surviving doom events.

The board obviously is different every time. The factors you have to weigh and plan for are just complex enough, and just enough of the future is beyond your sight and control. The gameplay mechanics also change just a bit every time, due to a new mix of buildings and resource gathering methods, as well as new random events that can sometimes have a huge effect on your strategy. You’re not just accounting for randomness in your strategy–you have to adjust how you play the game all the time.

Just when you think the game is getting easy, the next chapter drops, you start doing the math, and realize you have overlooked something that may doom your village, depending on whether the RNG punishes you sufficiently. There’s definitely a big luck factor, as there is in real life. But you can make your own luck if you see far enough into the future and play well.

It’s a very well-made game that can run on a potato, and I’m a little obsessed with it.

Now do trees and shrubs! A blooming maple gets buzzing

He wants out though 😭

I never liked gyms. I get great workouts at home with a little open floor space and a stationary bike.

Back when I practiced law, I thought the same thing about services like LegalZoom. Thing is, laypeople are terrible at evaluating risk in a professional way. All they see are prices and marketing. Nobody cares about cybersecurity until they get ransomwared AND have a financial motive for preventing it. And most attacked companies now just shrug and hand out a year of credit monitoring from a company no one’s heard of.