I'm okay. This has been a weird week. Working Black Friday was fun, but yesterday definitely came up negative in the end of day calculations. I abruptly lost a friend (like we're not friends anymore; she's not dead) mid day. Then one of my budtenders cut the hair of another budtender, right at the end of the night. So that's a problem. But tomorrow I'm off work. Time to regroup. Next week will be better.
"This is how I deal with my developmental disorders!"
"You must have a developmental disorder!"
Real Sherlock this one. What mysteries will they solve in their next caper? Tune in to find out! marks it on the calendar none of us remember to check
At work, the weed filled box where everything makes sense! <3
Don't tell my communist friends, but I'm super excited to work Black Friday at my dispensary x_x I read Convenience Store Woman while off work this week, and I am ready to be back where things make sense to me. I have faith in the world inside the weed filled box <3
Yeah, I've been spending more time on Discord lately, but I'm sure not going back to reddit. Tbh I've really disconnected from spaces where I was/would be exposed to right wing extremists and hatred of me. Instagram obviously has it's problems, but the algorithm won't allow me--a trans lesbian stoner--to view hateful content without a fight. If I need to see some fringe beliefs and content, I'll dive head first into the Hexbear pool!
Tbh I play the hell out of some Kairosoft games on mobile <_< I love watching my little guys thrive.
BG3 is a huge exception. It's more popular by far than most games of the sort. And still only two of the dozen gamers I work with has played any of it, and they are both done with it.
all these gamers glowing about how great it is
Where? If you mean online, yeah, online discussion and gaming publications focus on more complex games that more serious gamers are playing. There's just more to say about them. And news sites are gonna pay more attention to exceptions to the norm like BG3. None of the many gamers in my life are talking about it. If you're hearing about BG3 and other huge, complex games regularly, it's because you are spending time in spaces where and with people who care about them. Because it's not just everywhere.
Oh yeah I know that, it just seems like these type of games are super popular.
I honestly think that's just your circle. That does not describe the majority of the gamers I know or have known. I have always been in a minority for wanting to do math in my free time and have to find places online to discuss these games because usually nobody else in my life is playing them. Most of the people I know who played BG3 did so because it is popular, and they avoided as much of the math and homework as possible. And most of them are done with it.
There are tons of games that don't require that sort of knowledge base or study investment. It's a minority that do. But you're on Lemmy. This is a self selected community of extra thoughtful nerds. This community is more likely to be excited about games with homework than your average gaming community. I do genuinely love the research part of complex games. I like crafting builds and planning battles. I loved both Divinity Original Sin games and will love BG3 when I get there.
But sometimes I do just want a game for my hands to play while by brain takes a break. That's why I spent most of the summer with Earth Defense Force 5, a 9/10 space insect exploding experience. Highly recommend it if you don't want to fuck with the details.
I don't take it for granted that my job is amazing. My GM also has ADHD and can't always work five days. She very much prefers working long shifts a few days a week when she can. I actually got promoted on my four day schedule, and our new management team is half orderly brained and half ADHD women. It actually works phenomenally well. We're finally getting back to stability after 3/4 of the management team quit within 3~4 months. We're gonna have such a beautifully functional dispensary, and I'm so glad I'm part of it.
This is more or less something I am actively trying. I just read Convenience Store Woman, and the way the main character/narrator thinks and talks about herself and her convenience store is very similar to how I think of myself and my dispensary. Tbh, I don't know if I've ever identified with a character more than Keiko. So I've decided to become the creature known as a dispensary worker. I have to take care of myself so I can be a good dispensary worker. I have to keep my life in order for the dispensary. It's very important to me, and I'm very important there.
I only just started thinking this way, but so far I'm encouraged. I didn't end the day so hungry it was hard to count money tonight. I made myself eat so I would have focus and energy to close. 2023 was a year of wild change, almost all for the better. In 2024, I'm going to stay right where I am and learn to listen to the voice of the dispensary <3