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Crow Time - Statue 2

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Then he says, “I mean, the problem isn’t the gender thing. The problem is four words: she, her, he, and him. We got rid of stewardess and turned it into flight attendant. It doesn’t matter if the flight attendant is a man or woman, so we got rid of it. We just need to get rid of those. I don’t need to know.”

“You don’t need to know… people’s gender?”

“No. I don’t care, I don’t need to know, and I don’t want to remember it.”

"Do you want to help me cook dinner?"

No, I'm still overwhelmed from earlier and want to stay in my room.

"well fine, dinner will be ready when it's done." And now they're upset with me

If you want someone in your life to switch from Guess to Ask with you, then you need to have a discussion with them, Ask them to meet you somewhere in the middle on this, possibly explain the difference in cultures, definitely explain, "When you say $THING, it does not mean to me what it means to you", and then understand that it will take them time and work to change, and that you may need to be an active participant in that change. You can do this by remembering that things do not mean the same to them that they do to you, and, when they say, "Do you want to cook dinner with me?" replying with, "Are you asking me to do that, or are you asking me if I'd like it?"

Yes, I understand that this will be hard for you also. You and this person in your life will both need to work on this, together, and be forgiving of one another.

Ironman. Your character has one life, and if they die, you delete them or you can keep them around as a ghost.

You cannot use the auction house.

You cannot trade with other players.

You can group with players to do an instance. Each instance can only be done once, whether you succeed in finishing it or not.

You cannot group with other players under any other circumstance.

You cannot ask other players for help or buffs, but you and others are free to buff / help each other of your own volition.

The real fun is joining a hardcore (HC) guild, which is linked up to the other HC guilds on your faction with a universal guild chat. You can talk to other HC players, ask questions, brag about a cool BoE you found, and most importantly, get access to death announcements.

Any time someone in one of the guilds dies, a big raid warning pop-up springs up on the screen with a eulogy in guild chat, announcing the dead character's name, class, level, zone they died in, enemy that killed them, and their final words (which seems to pull from guild, party, say, or yell, whichever they used last).