ScrumblesPAbernathy

I wasn't ever a fan of UnpopularOpinions. It seemed like a license to say horrible shit and then feel good about the upvotes but people just upvoted because the opinion was awful.

I can't believe Hugo Boss was on the wrong side of history. How could this have happened? There's no way this has happened before!

At a certain velocity, a certain trick, with a certain gravitational constant, the baby would remain in the stroller. Is it a laser flip on Mars? A 360 flip on Ganymede? When we find the answer we'll learn how to raise radical babies.

The languid torpor of this majestic beast leaves me breathless. Oooh, big stretch

Bro, Viscera Cleanup. It's like space janitors talking while cleaning up the remnants of an alien infestation.

Everybody packed?
All of you stay behind me. I’m gonna take ‘em out to the sand.

Hardwired was awesome! I really liked how it took place outside of the big cities for the most part. A lot of cyberpunk just stays in the city limits. Mega City 1 basically has anything outside of the (admittedly huge) city completely unlivable.

It's not a good one but the first time I felt existential dread was playing Missile Command in the Atari 2600. I was about 8 and realized that the game only ends when all of your cities are destroyed and life is extinguished. No matter how I tried or how good I got the game would end in a devastation.

On a good note, I remember skipping a party to play ocarina of time. I thought I would regret skipping the party, nah. OoT was and is still better.

What about a tardigrade (water bear)? They're little, scrappy and can survive in space.

Gunship rules! If you're looking for low orbit cyberpunk God is an Astronaut. I really liked the Americana music in Hardspace: Shipbreaker but that's kind of proto cyberpunk.

There's always post rock staples like Godspeed You Black Emperor for more of a desolate abandoned town on the outside of the megalopolis.

I've got to second TTRPGs. You have to be somewhat vulnerable to play. You're basically playing make believe, you have to be unselfconscious. It forces you to be somewhat open and accepting.

If you're more analytically minded look for board game cafes or groups. Playing a cooperative board game is almost as good of a friend finding hack as TTRPGs.

If your hobbies are more solitary then look for or create groups. Crocheting or knitting? Find a group where everyone is doing it together. It's like parallel play. This could also work for neurodivergent folks.

One thing to keep in mind is that adults are more discerning about friendships. We know what we want now so it might have to be a bit of a numbers game. But one you have a core group the momentum seems to build. Best of luck and don't give up! Everyone deserves solid homies.

If psychological devastation is something you're looking for you should check out Triangle. It's not as tight and visceral as Possessor but it's pretty good.