u/sniperteddy007

All these videos about the glory days of franchises like Halo and Call of Duty and some others for the 7th generation of gaming, with a little bit of 6th and 8th thrown into the mix.

Those two franchises were my main addictions. I played those video games so much thinking if I got good, got high ranks, got the majority of achievements and challenges done, my friends would like me and appreciate me and respect me more. But they didn't. No matter how much time I sunk into them and in game accomplishments I accumulated many still didn't like me and my friendships were shallow.

Looking back, many games in those franchises were deeply flawed anyway. MW2 (2009) is to this day notorious for being horribly balanced with multiple game breaking exploits, and that game was partly defined by how toxic the people who played those games were. COD 4 and Black Ops were much the same.

Halo was my main addiction, it was less toxic than COD, but still very toxic and a huge time sink. Even after getting every achievement, armor piece and decently high rank I still struggled to make good friendships.

I hate all the videos talking about the golden age of these franchises when looking back, it was never that great. Most of us probably played a lot as escapist coping mechanisms because we struggled a lot in athletics and education. People were assholes on Xbox Live.

I'm embarrassed at the person I used to be, and I feel bad for people who haven't changed that much since that era and look back at that era with rose-tinted nostalgia glasses.

I visited SCU on Thursday and saw a bunch of people sunbathing right next to the chapel in swimwear. Not necessarily complaining but how often does this happen? I would have thought it would be inappropriate, never seen it at other schools.

Seems like even unlawful orders are often expected to be obeyed, or you'll be accused of "talking back" or threatened with failure to comply with a lawful order even if it's unlawful or some kind of workplace retaliation.