I also got a PS5 and only played my PS4 games on it. I ended up selling it a month ago because it had been gathering dust for 2 years compared to my PC. Not a very high powered PC either. Playstation just can’t compete with Steam and emulation for me

Lol, who has time to play games with a new born? It’s a nice dream.

I did have bad years in school as a kid because of bullies as well. I used to dwell on it a lot. I did conselling some years ago because it was affecting my confidence still and I am glad I did.

Every club I have ever been in has never been worth the price of admission

Something that has helped me recently:

“The only thing that is guaranteed is that nothing will stay the same.”

I can say that as a 30 something, I get a lot more joy now going outside than I do gaming all day.

If I do game, I end up going back to a lot of the games from my youth through emulation. Nothing hits as hard as a PS2 game.

I am a dad to two young kids. I know other guys my age that are recent dads and some of them do seem to struggle to adjust. I hear about their wives complaining about how they are constantly golfing or still going out a lot.

Another commenter here mentioned that having kids changes you and I 100% agree with that. I don’t drink now, I drive like an old man in the name of safety, I spend almost every night at home with my kids and I take them out on the weekends, I cut my hours at work so I can help my wife more often, I don’t watch sports because my kids won’t sit still long enough to watch a game and want to play. My life now is about these kids. I used to think that people that based their lives solely around their kids had no life, but now that I have these kids I appreciate the sacrifices you make to be a parent. All of these changes I realize are better for me too.

You can talk philosophically about how to raise kids, but I think the number one quality of a good parent is being present for your kids and being willing to adjust your life to what they need. Growing up the number one thing I noticed about kids that had bad relationships with their parents was their parents not being around, whether it be work or whatever else. You gotta be willing to dedicate your time to kids over all else, and if you can’t do that, it will be hard to be a good parent.

Retro Game Corps was estimating $500-$600 and they are defintely out to lunch with that

The new stadiums are another factor that really is ruining sports for me. In my city they are building a new one for the hockey team and it is mostly paid by taxes. So our property taxes are going to sky rocket to build this thing and then they will jack up the game ticket prices so we cannot even afford to go to games.

They sold it to the public as this was going to be a community building, which is such garbage. Am I going to be able to go down there when no games are happening and skate on the rink? Of course not

Last year I went to the league championship of my local lower level pro soccer club. Tickets were $40 each for good seats and it was a sell out. Our team won and it was honestly a blast.

I don’t know that I would have had a better time at a top tier pro sports final that would have cost thousands to attend.

I’m glad you brought this up, because this is another great point related to the time suck. I have two kids now and every hour I spend watching sports is an hour not spent with my kids or being an absent parent. Makes it hard to justify.

Recently too I had a brother in law who skipped his infant sons first time trick or treating because his team was in the World Series. It was a big topic of debate for our family.

I have played it multiple times and it has never hooked me. I keep meaning to go back, but I don’t know if I will

Which ones you playing?

I’m having issues getting the microphone on my sony headphones to work on my steam deck. I was figuring it is due to missing drivers as well

Relationships end for a reason. When you breakup it’s important to always remember why you broke up. It’s easy to only remember the good parts and that is often how people get sucked back in again to the same relationships and the same kinds of people.

Keep remembering what the breaking point was and how you felt at the worst times. Doing that makes it easier for yourself to rationalise why you are not together.

Also total separation is key. No willing contact again ever. If they are gone completely, then it will be easier to move on.

When I was a younger I asked my dad this same question and I will never forget how frazzled he was by it. He told me some b.s. answer like, “Oh, I don’t know. You don’t really need to do that.”

He made me feel humiliated for asking. At a certain point I could not ignore it anymore though, so when I experimented and tried to figure it out myself, I did cut myself and there was blood everywhere. I was terrified and thought I was going to bleed out. Luckily it wasn’t really that bad and I managed it on my own, but I remember how scared I was.

After going through all that, I told myself that I would help my future son if he ever asked me a question like that. You are a better dad than mine was in this situation. It’s your job to help them with whatever they need, and it would have meant a lot to me back then if my dad had helped me the way you did. I can guarantee your son appreciated it and will remember how you looked out for him.

Not me obviously, but you should look up the accident Adam Devine had as a kid. Pretty serious, but it is hilarious how he talks about it. His leg is so crazy knarley

The Via rail thing is interesting. I heard travel times are a mess, but free for my kids. Might be enticing.

Great game. I played the heck out of it when it came out and go back from time to time. The DLC is really great too. Like a whole other game with a seperate map and story. They also give you a buggy to drive and personalise. Awesome to run over zombies

I like this idea. What do you use to find open jobs? Just going on Indeed?