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[Duke 2.0]

 And again I run into the mental brick wall of a friend being depressed, and finding myself in a weird situation. I want to help them, but every time they get like this I draw a blank and forget everything they like and what makes them happy. I am powerless to help them. And it tears me up knowing that they are miserable.

 And for added weirdness I'm getting a vibe that they are starting to bully me through this. This friend does have a very... strong personality, but recent questions and remarks are giving the real impression that they are using their sadness to get what they want. If I assume my assumptions are true then I really don't know what to do. If I'm wrong then I have a doublesad friend.

 Friendship is hard.

[malimbar04]

And again I run into the mental brick wall of a friend being depressed, and finding myself in a weird situation. I want to help them, but every time they get like this I draw a blank and forget everything they like and what makes them happy. I am powerless to help them. And it tears me up knowing that they are miserable.

 And for added weirdness I'm getting a vibe that they are starting to bully me through this. This friend does have a very... strong personality, but recent questions and remarks are giving the real impression that they are using their sadness to get what they want. If I assume my assumptions are true then I really don't know what to do. If I'm wrong then I have a doublesad friend.

 Friendship is hard.

Something that almost everyone likes: food.
Something else almost everyone likes: playing a game (board game, video game, anything multiplayer)
Hopefully that's just enough to get them to talk to you, which is the huge gateway into helping a person.

Ideally you want them to use you for social things (you want to use them too! they're your friend). So, if you can, patiently try to get them to do the fun things. Eventually they might realize "hey, this is how I get to be happy, doing fun things with friends", and then the problem is basically solved.

For some reason, my computer stopped connecting to the internet. It connects to the router fine, but won't go any further. So, I'm stuck using the wife's laptop. I despise laptop keyboards.

However, I second the rum'n'coke. It does make for a better day.

I wonder if... oh we should probably put troubleshooting on a different thread.

[MaximumZero]

Arkham Horror: the Drinking Game. For each hour you spend setting up the game, each player gets a shot to "distribute" to another player, one at a time, throughout the game. Every time the terror level changes or a gate opens, everyone takes a shot. If someone closes a gate, everyone else takes a shot. If you are killed or lost in space in time, take a shot, and move your piece to the asylum with no inventory or money. If the eldrich abomination wakes up, everyone takes a shot. If the eldrich abomination defeats your party, take a double, and start the game over.

[nenjin]

Arkham Horror: the Drinking Game. For each hour you spend setting up the game, each player gets a shot to "distribute" to another player, one at a time, throughout the game. Every time the terror level changes or a gate opens, everyone takes a shot. If someone closes a gate, everyone else takes a shot. If you are killed or lost in space in time, take a shot, and move your piece to the asylum with no inventory or money. If the eldrich abomination wakes up, everyone takes a shot. If the eldrich abomination defeats your party, take a double, and start the game over.

Dude, I'm getting plastered just calculating how much booze an average game for 4 would require!

On topic, the fact people are actually upset by such trivial things as tildes and "Auuu." Seriously, nothing makes the internet look like it's full of emotionally fragile closet dwellers than stuff like that.

[MaximumZero]

Just think, I usually play with 8 folks.

I'm sad that I haven't played that in a long while.

[MetalSlimeHunt]

I'm suprised you've played it at all without dying of alchohol poisoning.

[Aklyon]

I wonder if... oh we should probably put troubleshooting on a different thread.

Go revive the Dedicated Tech Thread if you can find it. I thinks thats what that was for

[nenjin]

I'm suprised you've played it at all without dying of alchohol poisoning.

Depends. An 8 hour game of Arkham Horror with lots of table talk wouldn't be that much different than an epic bar crawl.

Just more tentacles.

[Lord Shonus]

You obviously go to the wrong bars.

[nenjin]

I said "more."

[Sowelu]

Someone needs to sig that stuff.

(I like my new pony too much)

[lordnincompoop]

I wonder if... oh we should probably put troubleshooting on a different thread.

Go revive the Dedicated Tech Thread if you can find it. I thinks thats what that was for

Indeed it was (amongst other things), but people seemed not to like it. I may start one in Life Advice if there is need for one, since that's where it belongs the most.

[Puzzlemaker]

The fact that I do not have a girlfriend, and can't seem to get one.  Ever.  I am awkward!

[Vector]

Good thing:

Found solutions manual for chapter whose problems are giving me trouble.

Bad thing:

Many of my solutions are wrong.  Like, maybe half.  Or 75%.

Fuck.

[MaximumZero]

Jeez, no wonder they're giving you problems if the solutions manual can't even get them right. Is it time to use the universal answer to all of life's questions?