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My process on these apps, look at profile, genuinely ask myself if i want this person in my life, come up with something funny or witty to send them, send out, now this is where i either never hear anything back and get sad cuz i genuinely considered getting to know this person, or we match, we chat, now either its dry and they dip, or we have a solid few back and forths, before eventually never hearing anything back, where im than sad again cuz i was just getting genuinely interested in this person, and having fun opening up and sharing myself with them

Now this cycle isn't too bad on me and i'd honestly say its worth it if i hypothetically met someone, but im starting to get frustrated with this cycle of being tossed out by people again and again, all for me to potentially never meet anyone, i feel i may be stuck in a sunk cost fallacy, but im just curious are apps just not made for people who put effort in like im describing? Or care this much? Cuz im struggling to find anyone who views conversation and connection the same way, alotta these folk dont seem to value conversation

My process on these apps, look at profile, genuinely ask myself if i want this person in my life, come up with something funny or witty to send them, send out, now this is where i either never hear anything back and get sad cuz i genuinely considered getting to know this person, or we match, we chat, now either its dry and they dip, or we have a solid few back and forths, before eventually never hearing anything back, where im than sad again cuz i was just getting genuinely interested in this person, and having fun opening up and sharing myself with them

Now this cycle isn't too bad on me and i'd honestly say its worth it if i hypothetically met someone, but im starting to get frustrated with this cycle of being tossed out by people again and again, all for me to potentially never meet anyone, i feel i may be stuck in a sunk cost fallacy, but im just curious are apps just not made for people who put effort in like im describing? Or care this much? Cuz im struggling to find anyone who views conversation and connection the same way, alotta these folk dont seem to value conversation

Looking around for something i can animate on while at work, i work from a car, and was hoping not to spend too much more than $500, but thats looking unlikely

Best im seeing is the wacom movink pad pro, which is running $900+ (haven't checked what used prices might get me tho) but just poking around to see what other options, most post similar im finding either dont prioritize animation or are several years old so any pointers will be appreciated

So im watching a youtube vid on how much a cod campaign would cost, and he mentioned how there's really no way to accurately pinpoint how much money is going towards military budget

So lemme get this straight, the government, notorious for "activities", has trillions of our undocumented dollars, that we legally have to give them, and we just sorta have to trust they put those dollars towards stuff that benefits us? With no requirement on their behalf to document exactly where that money's going? With proof of use? And receipts and such? Surely im missing something right?

Cuz that seems EXTREMELY exploitable, like at least tell me there's a law they pretend to follow, right? like SOMETHING exist right?

I wanna tack on a secondary question of WHY we need such a massive military budget, like is it really necessary? im just genuinely curious, seems like alotta money for a field thats sorta mastered killing

Ive noticed how heavily we all look down on the tiktok "6, 7", fortnite, etc, etc, kids and i know this isn't uncommon, old gen hating the new, it happens every year, but it genuinely feels worse this time

Im not making any claims, cuz im an early 2000's kid who grew up with his grandparents so i got a lil bit of that vhs era flair, but im genuinely asking, is this a repeat, or is this newest generation actually cooked with the attention span, and brain rot, and just overall culture

So i realized i spend ALOT of time playing and analyzing games, and ive always been super creative, i draw and most my peers say im quite good, i write and everyone ive told my stories to love it, and im constantly getting ideas of games i WISH existed, but dont, ideas i genuinely think are brilliant, and i recently started thinking, how likely is it that i could actually make these ideas a reality? Start a career in this? I mean kojima had to of started somewhere, what would i hypothetically need to get where he's at, as an artist

I genuinely dont know anything, so feel free to treat me like a child in your explanation, just curious and cant find any specific information on road maps for someone like me in particular