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There is one mission in Mirror's Edge Catalyst that I absolutely fucking hate even to this day. And if you have played the game and suffered through this mission yourself, then trust me, you know DAMN why. I truly have never wanted to throw my controller across the room in a fit of rage as much as I did when trying to complete this mission I am about to say the name of. I truly despise it with a burning passion. It is my least favorite mission of the game for VERY obvious reasons.

The mission is... drum roll... ah, who fucking cares, it's the goddamn "Tickets, Please" mission, the second to last main campaign mission. Whoever decided to make this fucking mission as broken and difficult as it is should be forced to play Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde on the NES. This mission is the fucking WORST mission of the entire game, and is required to access The Shard, the final mission of the main campaign. In my opinion, The Shard is Mirror's Edge Catalyst at its best, so getting through that goddamn mission was worth it. And it was a fucking beautiful structure to parkour through, too.

I cannot explain in WORDS how much of a fucking nightmare this mission was to complete. It just ruins the entire flow of Mirror's Edge Catalyst. I can handle boring-ass filler missions like Scouting the Port from Grand Theft Auto 5, but not when they have broken and shitty physics like the one from this fucking mission. Like, literally. It is the most broken-ass mission of the entire game.

I had multiple problems even starting the mission in the first place. They fucking expected players to jump to the first control hub with only a small little edge of a roof as guidance. Guess what? Constantly missed the jump. Multiple times. Couldn't even get past the first part of the goddamn mission which should have been the easiest part! I literally felt like I was going fucking mad hearing the same goddamn dialogue over and over again! "Good, you're there! Good, you're there! Good, you're there! Good, you're there!" SHUT THE FUCK UP! Please, shut the fuck up! I am tired of hearing the same goddamn lines over and over!

And once I finally had the goddamn patience to finally understand how to get to the first control tower, I now had to deal with the dreaded platform. Which I constantly died to as well, go figure. So more hearing the goddamn "Good, you're there!" dialogue again until I got the fucking hang of it and could have the ability to fucking move on and be done with this shit. I actually got fed up hearing that opening dialogue over and over. Holy shit, I've heard it enough times! Let me move on! Let me play the fucking game!

I finally got the hang of it, beat the goddamn first control hub (finally), and finally could move on to the second one. But now, I now had to deal with the worst part of the entire mission (and game as well!) in my opinion; the horrible, awful, and worst thing(s) to ever disgrace this godforsaken game - THE MOVING PLATFORMS. Yes, the platforms in the second tower now moved on top of being small as hell. So, now, I had to figure out where the hell to stop the towers to be able to land on them and move upwards on the tower.

But, because they're 'moving platforms', they're 10x worse than the regular platforms from the first control tower. Holy shit, I died more goddamn times to these fucking moving platforms than I have died to anything else in the entire fucking game. The fact that the platforms moved only made me prone to falling off of them even more likely. I literally died 15 fucking times to the moving platforms on the second control hub. It was a fucking nightmare!

It didn't help that the game was kicking my ass with the broken and shitty physics and animation systems. The fucking moving platforms on the second control hub made up a lot of my deaths during the mission. When I say this mission ruins the flow of the game, I fucking mean it. Mirror's Edge Catalyst is supposed to be a fast-paced parkour game, but in this mission, you are literally fighting against the physics engine and doing a boring fucking task of hacking antennas connected to some sort of transit system in the City of Glass. Even if the mission didn't have these fucking issues, it would still be a useless filler mission with no purpose.

This second control hub nearly broke me to the fucking point with its stupid-ass moving platforms, and the game's shitty physics didn't help one bit. At one point, I did the most logical course of action - I gave up. Quite literally. I said "Fuck this," and quit playing. Was not far from rage quitting and throwing my controller across the room. But then, I took a breather, decided to give this goddamn "Tickets, Please" mission one more fucking shot even though I gave myself clear signs I should quit playing and try again later.

And when that didn't work, and the second control hub started doing the same shit again as last time, I actually gave up this time. Put the controller down, cooled down by watching some YouTube videos. It took my mind off of the frustration and rage that came from fucking with that goddamn mission over and over and it really calmed me down. Before I knew it, I was relieved and relaxed, just sitting back watching YouTube, not even caring to even bother to complete the mission as it was now completely out of my mind.

But then, I decided to give it one last shot. But I was sure as hell not going to fuck around with the shitty physics again, so I decided the best course of action would be to watch a walkthrough on the mission. Found a walkthrough within seconds of searching. It was labeled as Mission 18 according to this walkthrough, and decided that it was to be my last resort. If this walkthrough didn't work, I would be 100% done with Mirror's Edge Catalyst, and would completely uninstall the game at that point and never look back on it.

But before I watched the walkthrough, I made SURE to read all of the comments to see if people were just as pissed off with this mission as much as I was. And I was definitely not alone. So many other people were sick and tired of this stupid mission in the game. One of the comments said that it broke them to the point and caused them to next-level rage quit by throwing the game into the bin (trash can). Fucking insane that ONE shitty mission can result in a game being trashed.

And after I read all of the comments, I decided to watch the video, get the game booted up, and follow along with exactly what the person was doing in the video. I breezed and zoomed past the first control hub, and then came to my archnemesis up to that point, which was the second control hub. And by following along with the walkthrough video, I finally got past that fucking second control hub, and finally was able to move on to the third and last one of the mission.

I was not going to let this goddamn broken-ass mission get the better of me for the 16th time in a row, so I paid close attention to the video, and followed along, making sure to do exactly what the person in the video does, at the exact moments they do it. I fought the physics, and made sure not to screw even the smallest thing up. Even screwing the TINIEST thing up could set me back minutes, and at this point, I was NOT having it. I was sick and fucking tired of redoing this mission over and over again. I was going to put a fucking end to it. Finally put a fucking rest to it. Finally move on and finish the goddamn story. So, to me, it was now, or never. I was going to finish this mission and finish the campaign, or I was never going to touch the game again.

And then, with less than a minute to spare...I beat the last control hub, finally beating "Tickets, Please". I jumped with joy and relief, finally to be done with that nightmare. I flipped off the screen and said "FUCK YOU YOU GODDAMN PLATFORMS". I was just happy to finally be done with that goddamn mission. I sure as hell wasn't going to put up with its bullshit again. I had enough. I had to end it. And I finally did. It was a waste of time, it should not have taken that fucking long to finish.

Fuck. That. Mission. Like, seriously. I fucking hate "Tickets, Please" with a firery, and burning passion even to this day. That mission, if it made me angry enough, could have been my first ever rage quit. The whole fucking mission is full of shitty physics and small-ass platforms, and it just ruins the entire flow of the game. But, by God, I got through the bullshit, was able to play "The Shard", and finally beat the campaign. Put the game down because of that stupid "Tickets, Please" mission after I finally beat the campaign, and I haven't touched the game ever since.

Fuck you, "Tickets, Please". FUCK. YOU. I will never not despise you.

You can go to Hell for the goddamn pain and suffering you caused me.

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I think it's safe to assume that Coyote vs. ACME is not going to have a public releasse. But guess what? That movie was killed for that dogshit adult animated Scooby-Doo series "Velma" getting a SECOND fucking season. Yeah, sure... let's keep the garbage that makes money and not the fucking creative shit that actually fucking innovates. Their stock value has taken a shit due to this as well. Like, I am fuckirg tired of this. Can we just fucking boycott Warner Bros. at this point? I am not gonna buy anything from a company that treats animation as horribly as it does, and I will sure as hell be avoiding the relaunch of MultiVersus at ALL costs. They can suck my goddamn testicles, they're not getting a fucking dime from me.

At this point, I might as well pirate their shit.

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To get to the point, I’m currently working on a comic (maybe more a manga?) and I’ve just come to a grinding halt and can’t really find the motivation to continue the project…I feel like I work on the story constantly in my head and jot down notes but when it comes to thinking of how to bring my vision into the world, nothing feels adequate or satisfying. I’ve gone over it a bunch of times since the beginning: should I make it a manga? An animation? Should I just submit it to some studio to probably never see the light of day, and if it should; then not see a dime? Should I commission help? I’m too poor for that so, can’t do that. so I’ve just been hand drawing crappy panels in a storyboard-esque manner just to get the point across. Now, I’ve been out of touch with drawing for a long long time and idc what anyone says; it does NOT come to you like riding a bike. Usually when all of that starts going through my head I tell myself “look at how one punch man originally started” and it gets me through a page or two, but the past few days I just can’t find any real motivation to pick up my book and pencil….

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so, it turns out my sibling, after college, they became fearful for their (and our family's) life and started pressuring my family. They are controlling me, my grandmother, and my mom.

Recently, I've seen this manifest in their confrontations.

  1. They says something ridiculous (usually about leaving the door unlocked for 10 secconds; not looking behind enough; ).
  2. I prove them wrong;
  3. They gets mad and insist being right.
  4. I slowly get angered when they keeps insisting I'm wrong
  5. then I get uncomfortable and angered so I request to end the conversation and they refuse and insist on me "listening to them" (repeat, multiple times)
  6. I enforce my boundaries (usually when I get harassed).
  7. They harass and try to assult me (they broke the door in my room).

This happened in the past few months…

Well, my mom (a "mental health" therapist, ugh) is basically not doing a thing to fix their problems (anger management therapy); my mom instead just coddles them and blames me for starting them up, when they are pressuring me and our family. (Why am I surprised? Christian liberal-supporters who haven't read the bible, get mad when their children curse (but nor anyone else), and overstock on food; turn out to be garbarge parents and enablers…)

My aunt went on about how "I need to bond with my family and work together" (which really just means "do as they say").

Grandmother cant do a thing about it; because she's weak.


Also, I'm thinking about signing out for good; if I keep posting; I might actually dox myself.

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I'm confessing this now, so I can still maintain my accountability (and not become a piece of shit).

I found porn (firstly face sitting and then wetting) when I was 13; I wish I didn't. I was trying (and unsurprisingly failed) to 'get' a girlfriend. (Retrospect, Big mistake was thinking to 'get' one as if they are objects to obtain like game rewards; I learnt that lesson, lol.)

I still watch it 5 years later… that was a mistake (albeit unconcious, but still my fault) as I am aware of what porn addicts become if they don't stop.

I heard that porn was bad through yourbrainonporn, but some of studies had low sample sizes and subjective measures for testing that I jumped to the conclusion that porn wasn't harmful.

Well, I'm realizing that lacking a source doesn't automatically invalidate someone; and that the harm done is through spreading misogynist ideology.


Of course, (usonian) capitalism is part of the problem. The people are heavily isolated by car-centric transportation, isolated through work, the capitalist state (police and psychiatry), etc. Unsurprisingly, as long as those systems exists, I'm likely going to struggle worse with fighting porn addiction; as I have no consistent acquaintances.

I would have told my parents when this first started; but I feared getting abused (this is the reactionary U.S we're talking about).

I wish I was born in the USSR, where they banned porn. It would have been great to never deal with that.

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My reasoning was that it would "help my microbiome". I'm so stupid; I'm too impulsive. The piece I had was light colored and it was as wide as a fork.

My mouth is dry and I'm peeing clear pee when I didn't have much water, so I think I have food poisoning.

I'm pissed that my mom is just trying to shrug off my worries. It has been 2 hours since I had that piece.

I'm going to fucking hate my life after this. Hope I don't die.

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I had been falsely permanently suspended from Reddit, and not just on my account, but also on all of my sister’s accounts. All of them. They suspended each and every single one of them. I had since deleted my account and decided to make homes on Lemmy and SaidIt. I will explain everything that led up to this point, because quite frankly, this might be the stupidest suspension ever. I am very unhappy with how Reddit handled the situation. Like, very unhappy.

Reddit handled this situation very poorly. Quite frankly, their handling of it was the worst I have ever seen from Reddit. Basically, this nonsense all started because of a certain stalker on Reddit. Destrucity was their name. They were the most butthurt snowflake on all of Reddit. They had been constantly harassing and even stalking me on every single post I created. They kept telling me that dyscalculia, a very much real learning disability, wasn’t real and was fake. The thing is, no matter how many times they got suspended from Reddit, they would make more alt accounts and do the same thing again. They were the worst of the worst. They kept trying to convince me it was fake and I constantly attempted to shut them up, but to no avail as they continued to make more accounts and go right back to harassing me.

The thing is, after the user got butthurt by me for the first time, they reported me to Reddit. Sooner or later, I got hit with a 3-day suspension. They clearly were just butthurt and so, they reported me and I got suspended. Keep in mind this is only the one of two suspensions I had recieved because of them in particular. Destrucity could not be stopped. The user also would have been able to make another account anyway. The thing is, Reddit doesn’t judge fairly. If you are reported, you will probably get a suspension from the site, and for no reason, might I add.

Immediately after I was unsuspended I started to get pissed off with my stalker and plastered them all over Reddit, because they were the most pathetic user I have ever seen on the entire site. I posted everywhere I could to get some form of help, but either barely anyone were willing to help me, or I would just get silenced as enforced by the ‘politically correct’ agenda on Reddit. Finally, some users were able to give me some form of advice, and I got backed up by people who were on my side. For the first time on Reddit, I actually felt like people actually cared about me as a person, which is a very rare sight to see on Reddit.

To no surprise, Destrucity continued their endless harassment and bullying, and eventually, I snapped. I chatted with them and called them ‘pathetic’, because continually making new accounts to harass and stalk a specific user is pathetic. Yet they’re unwilling to accept it because they have absolutely no life outside of Reddit. Once again, the user got butthurt because I called them ‘pathetic’, and once again reported me to Reddit. This time, I did not get a 3-day suspension, I got a 7-day suspension instead. A 7-day suspension for having an appropriate emotional response to someone else’s BS. I even explained it to Reddit, and they wouldn’t even care, because come the next day, Reddit did the unthinkable.

After I woke up, that being today, I had noticed that Reddit had changed their minds and updated my suspension. No, it was not 3-days, 7-days, a month, or even a year. It was a permanent suspension from Reddit for ‘ban evasion’. You know, that right there is BS. And also, they suspended all other accounts that had some tie to it. I got multiple emails from Reddit stating I was suspended. This was an absolute overkill decision from Reddit to permanently suspend me from the entire site over something I did not do. I have never, ever evaded a ban on Reddit, so their blatantly false accusation about me evading my ban was a big bundle of crap. And it all started because a neckbeard keyboard warrior on Reddit was being a dick. And I didn’t even get to be on Reddit for even a year before I got suspended.

I tried to send off an appeal, but I knew it would not be accepted and I would get the usual denied message. So, that was it. That was the straw that broke the camel’s back. I decided that enough was enough and I was no longer going to use Reddit because of this overkill and very unjust decision they pulled out of their asses. I frankly deleted my account because of Reddit’s false accusation which resulted in me getting suspended. I even told them in the message that they would never see me again. It felt so good to finally break out of Reddit’s grasp. It honestly felt like breaking up and getting out of a bad relationship. As such, I decided to make a Lemmy account. Reddit is history to me and I won’t be making another account to feed their hive mind echo chamber. They lost a valuable user today and they won’t be getting it back.

This is a sign we need to stop using Silicon Valley tech. The big tech giants are controlling of everything and if you say or do something that does not meet their ‘politically correct’ agenda, expect to be banned from the site. The only thing Silicon Valley giants care about are control and money. We need to start migrating to decentralized sites like this one, whose goal is clear: to allow anyone to speak freely without oppression. Reddit is not how it used to be. Over the past 3 years, Reddit has gotten worse and worse. The thing I am saying is: let those sites become the hive mind echo chamber they were designed to be. Let them die. Just move your stuff over to decentralized sites. Like, leave YouTube and switch to Odysee. Leave Twitter and switch to Mastodon. And especially, leave the hive mind echo chamber we call Reddit and switch to Lemmy or SaidIt. If it wasn’t clear enough, Reddit, YouTube, Twitter, and others don’t care about you. Leave the sites and switch to more decentralized alternatives. We can only defeat Big Tech giants if we let them rot as their little echo chambers. That is the only true way we can win.

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