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  1. Comment on Hi, how are you? Mental health support and discussion thread (October 2025) in ~health.mental

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    Yesterday, I resigned from my job, and next week I start a new job that is remote and a significant pay bump. I had a lot of identity invested in the previous job and I enjoyed working with the...

    Yesterday, I resigned from my job, and next week I start a new job that is remote and a significant pay bump. I had a lot of identity invested in the previous job and I enjoyed working with the people at the previous position, but the job morphed into a lot more on the job highway travel that I wasn't comfortable with, and I didn't want to stick it out on the off chance that things go back to the way they were when a new opportunity dropped into my lap. I'm not sure how this new position is going to turn out, but I know I made the right decision for me.

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  3. Comment on Updates to Xbox Game Pass: Introducing Essential, Premium, and Ultimate plans in ~games

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    Twice I bought three years worth of gold and converted it to Game Pass, so when it expires in a few months, I think I got my money's worth. Bought Vampire Survivors and Balatro outright, and...

    Twice I bought three years worth of gold and converted it to Game Pass, so when it expires in a few months, I think I got my money's worth. Bought Vampire Survivors and Balatro outright, and probably put in as much time into those as everything else on the service.

    10 votes

  4. Comment on Horror games to play during October in ~games

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    Night in the Woods is a classic around these times. Not exactly horror through and through, but there's a lot of dread and melancholy and a couple spikes of weird here and there.

    Night in the Woods is a classic around these times. Not exactly horror through and through, but there's a lot of dread and melancholy and a couple spikes of weird here and there.

    1 vote

  5. Comment on What are some of your personal misheard lyrics? in ~music

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    No one has mentioned "excuse me while I kiss this guy" yet from Purple Haze by Jimi Hendrix? That feels like one of the first times that a misheard lyric got popular.

    No one has mentioned "excuse me while I kiss this guy" yet from Purple Haze by Jimi Hendrix? That feels like one of the first times that a misheard lyric got popular.

    1 vote

  9. Comment on Brannon Braga calls for longer Star Trek seasons in ~tv

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    Unpopular opinion, but I like shorter seasons of things if we can have different and weirder shows. Granted, it’s snort of devolved into a lot of franchise churn, or derivative works on the anime...

    Unpopular opinion, but I like shorter seasons of things if we can have different and weirder shows. Granted, it’s snort of devolved into a lot of franchise churn, or derivative works on the anime side of things, but more entry points and weirder premises make for more favorite shows, at least on paper.

    5 votes

  12. Comment on The Mandalorian and Grogu | Official trailer in ~movies

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    More well received than Andor? Or do you mean popular reception vs critical reception?

    More well received than Andor? Or do you mean popular reception vs critical reception?

    15 votes

  13. Comment on Undertale: 10th anniversary in ~games

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    If you get through all of his rounds… He gives you one more attack “for the road,” and drives an undodgeable bulldozer across the screen, forcing you out of bounds and ending the fight.
    If you get through all of his rounds…

    He gives you one more attack “for the road,” and drives an undodgeable bulldozer across the screen, forcing you out of bounds and ending the fight.

    1 vote

  14. Comment on Undertale: 10th anniversary in ~games

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    There was a stream play through of Undertale for the 10th Anniversary, with some new bits that came up. Soundtrack is here: https://files.undertale.com/10thAnniversaryStreamSoundtrack.zip

    There was a stream play through of Undertale for the 10th Anniversary, with some new bits that came up. Soundtrack is here:

    https://files.undertale.com/10thAnniversaryStreamSoundtrack.zip

    9 votes

  16. Comment on What writing 'tics' stand out to you? Repeated phrases, strange words, or otherwise weird stuff that jumps out at you. in ~books

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    I'm a little annoyed with "said" in my own writing, to the point where I would rather write in script format, but don't mind it in other writing. But if I hear "You just don't get it, do you?" for...

    I'm a little annoyed with "said" in my own writing, to the point where I would rather write in script format, but don't mind it in other writing.

    But if I hear "You just don't get it, do you?" for an exposition dump one more time, I'm never watching another movie again.

    5 votes

  20. Comment on Jimmy Kimmel pulled “indefinitely” by ABC after Charlie Kirk comments in ~tv

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    The charitable case could be made that late night broadcast isn’t worth it in the age of evergreen streaming and short form. You could make that case with Colbert because the economics weren’t...

    The charitable case could be made that late night broadcast isn’t worth it in the age of evergreen streaming and short form. You could make that case with Colbert because the economics weren’t there, but yeah, this is pretty brutal.

    5 votes