Sorry to hear about your friend. While I'm no doctor, that seems to fit the bill to me. I've known people that had other trauma when young, and yeah, maintaining healthy relationships seems to be the hardest thing for them. Your story reminded me of a lot.

L is real 2401

I actually had to look that one up. That's much better.

It's out of control. Here's me trying to lay down this rule a couple weeks back: https://lemmy.world/comment/10616445

Yeah, "big-box-banknote bankers" or even "big-box-bank-ers" makes a little more sense and has the right kind of contempt for this rant. And to be fair, with the consolidation of small banks into major players these days, a tad relatable.

I like that. Some of the things Bones posts here are about as inscrutable as Game Genie codes. At the same time, the rest have that "die in this specific spot and unlock infinite lives" energy.

Yes, but it's a little worse than that. One might take that to mean environmental, congenital, or even genetic factors. But there's more. Consider the role that trauma has to play here as it can directly cause arrested psychological development:

https://psychcentral.com/ptsd/signs-trauma-has-you-stuck

Ah, I see the problem. The punctuation is wrong.

But as who we really are , fellow Americans.

FTFY

Not anymore. >_<

Put him in a red uniform and let him tell us odd facts about museum ships and out-of-the-way (windy) Federation worlds.

Don't give them any ideas!

You're not alone. I recall getting sniped from every direction at some points, with very tough 1:1 battles and boss battles that just kinda "happen" out in the open.

looks like purgatory

Having visited with family that "retired out to the country", I can tell you that it feels like purgatory as well.

That's alarmingly low - it suggests that it doesn't take much for any given influencing campaign. If there are fifteen discrete such campaigns in play, that's just 1/100 of everyone. Now imagine that there's tens of such campaigns, and the numbers look even more reasonable. Also, it's probably cost-effective at this scale since this has been with us a while, which is terrifying.

What I want to know is: what percentage are human users that ate the ~~onion~~ metaphorical tequila worm^1^ and are now parroting these trolls?

1. Follow me here: drink a bottle and eat the worm inside. You're not thinking straight and did something you wouldn't do if you had your wits about you, or maybe a friend nearby that is thinking clearly. Propaganda has a way of forcing you into a phantasm by emotional manipulation, making it easy to jam all kinds of nonsense into your head. Extending the metaphor, said propaganda also lays out how to defend your worm eating habit as though it's totally normal to do.