Thank you, I really wish this was something that was taught in school. My parents never taught me anything about personal finance either, so I have spent my early 20s feeling pretty clueless, overwhelmed, and constantly worried that I am making poor financial decisions… I need to spend more time on this sub and read more comments like these.

I’m currently 24, and I’m a completely different person than I was at 17. The difference in maturity and life experience is dramatic, to say the least lmao

I had to go through extensive physical therapy after undergoing orthopedic surgeries myself, so it is interesting to see similar concepts and techniques applied to the canine body.

Thank you for this resource. Seriously, you’re a good person for coming back and leaving another reply, that is very kind and thoughtful of you <3

Mmm I’m going to get some hate because this is a GoT sub, but I am of the opposite opinion. It’s a beautiful and well-polished game, but it’s also just another bloated open world game full of repetitive tasks and mundane activities. I got burnt out halfway through my playthrough—meanwhile, I’ve been utterly addicted to the new Elden Ring DLC, a game that actually has rewarding exploration and unpredictable gameplay scenarios… Just thought I’d give another perspective.

The main bosses in Elden Ring are undoubtedly more difficult—delayed attacks, longer combos, more precise dodging required, and so on. However, Elden Ring also gives players the option of becoming more powerful, with freedom to create crazier builds or by using new resources, particularly spirit ashes, for assistance. So it really just depends on how you approached Elden Ring.

In my experience, as someone who didn’t use a particularly “overpowered” build in Elden Ring, I found Dark Souls 3 to be significantly easier (but it’s still a difficult game, obviously).

Friede was so much harder than Midir, at least for me. I literally had to look up how to dodge some of her attacks and when to punish her in phase 3, because it felt so unintuitive. She was the only boss in the entire game that made me feel the need to do that.

Wow, I have never heard of those supplements, and if they’re available on Amazon, I will definitely be getting them. I’m also not too familiar with electro acupuncture or hydrotherapy—I assume this is for the physical therapy that follows crate rest or after surgery (with vet’s approval)? Thank you.

It’s reassuring to hear that your 14yo dog had a meaningful recovery. Thank you, I really do appreciate it.

You could mention that there is a time limit involved, maybe avoid calling it a “time loop”, and that you’ll be spending a lot of time traveling back to where you once were and redoing things. I get where you’re coming from, I recognize that this is a spoiler, but I don’t think knowing this beforehand necessarily ruins the experience.

And yes, the description you gave is vague, but it is a hell of a lot less vague than “just go in blind and see for yourself”. It’s ironic that you point out vagueness and a lack of a sales pitch when fans of the game insist on not telling you anything about it at all.

Even though the game’s progression is entirely knowledge based, I think people could at least discuss the game’s premise and give an overview of the core gameplay and mechanics (without spoiling anything that would supposedly “render the game completely unplayable”, obviously) in their reviews. But no, everyone collectively decided to be overly mysterious, which leads to consumers being uninformed. It defeats the whole purpose of reviewing a game.

I guess I’m a little biased, because I was “tricked” into buying this game and I just couldn’t enjoy it. I went in completely blind, convinced by the critical acclaim and overwhelmingly positive reviews, only to be disappointed when I learned what the game is actually like to play.

Thank you, I’m just doing what I’d hope anyone else would do in this situation. Researching and interacting with kind folks like you makes me feel more optimistic, as there are indeed more options that I initially thought. I’ll be sure to ask that exact question to my vet, the next chance I get.

While it is an awful thing to watch an elderly pet deteriorate, it doesn’t undo the many years of unconditional love, something that is precious and irreplaceable. I would do it all over again, even knowing I would have to endure this hardship.

I’ve heard of dog chiropractors… but I’ve always been skeptical of the efficacy and legitimacy of chiropractic treatment. Though I am willing to be open minded and look into it, for my dog’s sake. Thank you, I hope your dog’s condition continues to improve.

Thank you for your kind words. You are right, pain management should be the current priority, and I agree, surgery is probably too harsh for such an elderly dog.

Phase 1 was a breeze because it was predictable and there was no luck involved. Phase 2, on the other hand, had an element of luck in my case. When I got caught by that explosion, I wasn’t making a mistake—when I started my attack, he had just finished an attack sequence and was not doing anything, it looked like any other window for punishment in the fight. But I often got unlucky, because he would start that explosion after I started swinging at him, and the explosion would chunk me for 60% of my health before I could finish swinging and roll.

Anyway, people are whining that these bosses are unfair; in my opinion, a boss is unfair if it forces you to change your build/playstyle to beat it. I’m not saying that’s necessarily true of any of these bosses, but it’s telling that you just said that sometimes you feel like you can’t play the way that you want to.

Personally, I’m not changing my build or my playstyle, because I shouldn’t have to. The moment you start going against how you want to play, you are missing the whole point of this game…

Yep, it’s super annoying seeing people claim that they are jealous of “skinny people with fast metabolisms that can eat a lot without gaining weight.” Basal metabolic rate does not vary much at all between people of similar body compositions. Also, those skinny people are skinny because they are, in fact, not consuming that many calories on a regular basis. But people will delude themselves and reject scientific truths, because struggles with weight and dieting are a touchy subject, and the reality that you just have bad habits can be hard to accept…

PS: Big fan of your work in PvZ

It’s brainrot because it’s an insult that’s used almost exclusively by insufferable teenage dorks on social media. Once millennials and third-world people who use WhatsApp catch onto it, it won’t be cool to say anymore. That’s the natural lifecycle of internet language.

I wouldn’t say “insanely easy”… I always got caught by that combo where he does a purple explosion straight into the four snakes lunging at you. I’m doing an unga bunga strength build, so I swing my weapon very slowly, and if I got close to him and started my slow uncancellable attack animation right before he did that explosion, I would just get fucked and have to try and survive that snake combo with barely any health. Phase 1 was a breeze, but phase 2 was what made the fight hard for me.

This is the first time I’ve seen someone use “lil bro” condescendingly outside of TikTok. The brainrot is spreading!

Thank you, I thought I was going crazy… people call this game a masterpiece, a top 10 game of all time, but to me it’s just another bloated open world game full of mundane, repetitive, and uninteresting tasks. The world is incredibly gorgeous, but exploration is neither fun nor that rewarding. Most of the side quests are lame and predictable (wow, Mongols did [insert evil action] and I need to track and kill them, what a shocker). Jin is a boring protagonist, but I suppose that should be expected from a more grounded depiction of a samurai—and, to be fair, he becomes a lot more badass and likable towards the end of the game. The combat is good but, like you said, gets stale, and the stealth suffers from bad enemy AI.

Oops, didn’t mean to rant like that. I guess my point is that this game is just a prettier version of AC Valhalla, a game that everyone called mid, so it confuses me that Ghost of Tsushima gets as much praise as it does.

I strongly disagree… I don’t know if I was just unlucky, but all of the enemies around the dragon focused on me, all while the dragon jumped around and constantly did massive AoE that would one-shot me if I was positioned poorly, even though I have high vigor. I could hardly see what was going on, let alone what was hitting me half the time, so the fight was a frustrating shitshow. And to make things worse, each attempt took 5-10 minutes because the dragon is so tanky and hard to hit.

I don’t think I’m bad at the game, I made quick work of the Dancing Lion and Rellana. This dragon was way harder than those bosses, in my opinion.

Yeah seems like an AI generated comment haha

For sure. He’s pretty proportionate and moves well for being so freakishly tall, I’m curious what NBA scouts think of him

The guy moves like a stick in the mud (understandably so, being 7 foot fucking 9), so Wemby would have no problem maneuvering around him… but it would still be a fun matchup to see

He looks fucking ridiculous, how do you go out in public like that lmao