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Why thank you so much Tardis Dot Wiki, the free Doctor Who reference, I would have never figured this out otherwise.

Are they laughing with you or are they laughing at you? When you read self-deprecating humor on the dash8oard, you may immediately relate to the posts 8efore you due to a poor sense of self-image. We’ve all heard it all of our lives. “Fake it until you make it or die trying under the oppressive weight of the society!” Now, I will admit that I may not 8e the foremost authority in self-esteem, 8ut I surround myself with trolls who are very confident in themselves and their a8ilities. The first step is to stop comparing yourself to trolls who are actually successful. If you spend all of your time figuring out what they are doing that is 8etter than you, you pro8a8ly will miss out on actually 8uilding your skill set. A diverse skill set will help you clim8 the self-esteem ladder faster than anything else, 8ecause other people will want to 8e like you. When others want to 8e like you, you’re doing pretty well. I can’t wait for the night everyone wants to 8e exactly like me, 8ut thanks to my lifespan, I have plenty of time to get there. Some of you, on the other hand, have very small and pathetic lifespans, so you’re going to need to start earlier.  On the note of 8eing critical of others, when you criticize yourself, you are merely saying to yourself: Here are the goals I have acquired that I have not yet met. I don’t meet my own expectations for myself, so I pro8a8ly don’t meet anyone else’s expectations of me either. My advice to fix this is very simple: stop having aspirations and just start 8eing exactly what others want you to 8e. That will help you get on influential troll’s good sides, and you will start making powerful allies. The more powerful the ally, the more likely making a joke a8out your weaknesses will open you up to exploitation. If you just already doing whatever the higher up wants you to do, then you can’t 8e exploited. Forgetting all sense of individuality will make you less likely to mock yourself 8ecause there is no standard for yourself you can’t meet. Once you have mastered not having a sense of self or importance, then you can work on detaching yourself from all of your surroundings. The less you care a8out others and the things around you, the less likely you are to make jokes a8out how insignificant or how dum8 or ugly you are. (These are the kinds of posts I regularly see. I am not calling anyone insignificant, dum8, or ugly. These are the things you have 8een saying a8out yourselves with total strangers watching. It’s very sad to me, that’s why I’m helping.) Try to actually mean what you say when you say it. Do you mean to say that you’re dum8 and ugly? If so, reflect on why you want to say that. I mean, if you are dum8 and ugly, presuma8ly we will 8e a8le to tell without you la8eling yourself. It is at 8est unnecessary. These are judgments others will make a8out you without your influence if they are true. Finally, failing that, try setting goals for yourself. This is the step that I’m currently on. Having a goal I’m working towards has me motivated to keep going forward even when no8ody likes my company. I hope this essay has helped you. Have a great night! Send me an ask if you’d like customized advice.

In hindsight I suppose "Andrew Hussie 8ecomes an Umamusume fan complete with horse girl sona" really should have 8een the easiest thing in the world to predict. She is practically the OG internet horse girl, really.

Fun fact: with infl8ion it is now $13.75 to dance in that 8uilding.

The auto-generated summary for the Silksong release chat was fucking hysterical. The robot just has no clue what it is looking at.

from Doom 3 remains the single hardest piece of dialogue in the entire franchise. Especially with how it heralds in the masterfully executed invasion setpiece where you hear everything going to a8solute Hell (8a dum tiss) and 8etruger cackling echoing through the air and soldiers panicking trying to make sense of everything over your intercom (that one guy screaming "THEY'RE 8R8KING THROUGH THE WALLS" has stuck with me for well over a decade) and a fucking lost soul springing forth and posessing the guy right in front of you and stalking through those dark hallways with shadows jumping from wall to wall under the flickering lights just 8arely clinging to life and aahh 10/10 no notes a8solute chef's kiss *mwah*.