Whilst I agree with you in that consciousness is the true nature of the universe, it's science and its disciplines that will slowly help us understand what it actually is and why we even experience existence in the first place.
Onii-Chan
I don't consider someone 'old' until they're in their late 60's-70's tbh.
It's a young gen Z thing. Anybody over 25 is an ancient fucking fossil to them for some reason. I can't wait until they're in their early 30's like I am, and realize that they still feel young (while they try to heal that shitty left knee that hurts for no reason when they crouch down too far.)
As someone that relies on bottled water to survive (no rainwater tank, low rain area, no access to mains water, only undrinkable bore water due to rural location)... fuck.
This complaint about wind power has always come across as the kind of thing people say because they heard somebody else say it. imo, it's just stupid people who desperately want to have an opinion on the topic weighing in with the only piece of criticism they've overhead some Sky News host parrot at some point in the past, and because that host had authority on the matter in their minds, it gives them some kind of false confidence to then go forward and proclaim the visual pollution argument, as if it has any real basis in anything.
Well fucking said.
My sense of smell still sucks, and it's been almost two years since I had COVID. It's marginally better than it was, but is still substantially worse than it was pre-infection.
EDIT: Okay, this is a bit of an exaggeration. My sense of smell has mostly returned, but for example, nuances in the taste of food seem to have become permanently dulled, and it sucks tbh. Something, as subtle as it is, has changed.
It couldn't possibly be the fact that the game is just mid as all fuck, and people are far enough past the honeymoon phase that they're finally having to accept it.
Believe me, the world is better off not seeing me in a short skirt and thigh highs.
I like girls. I like how they look, I like the way they sound, I LOVE their fashion options. It isn't really any deeper than that. That said, I'll usually always play a male character in a Souls title, because [insert valid reason for inconsistency here.]
EDIT: I guess if I had to further expand on this, I'd say that female characters give me a way to explore options I don't have as a tall, bearded, broad, 'built' man. I've always loved cuteness, hyperfeminine fashion, "girly stuff", and so in addition to just really, really liking girls, video games allow me to explore the cute, feminine avenues I can't in the real world.
Also, as another commenter stated, I'd also just rather look at a girl's ass than a guy's for the entirety of a playthrough lmao
This is exactly why I use Proton as well. I'm not worried about law enforcement, I just want Google and other big tech's tentacles out of my fucking business. I don't want to be advertised to.