• Franconian_Nomad@feddit.org
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    5 months ago

    Well, if gamification of real world tasks works, go for it.

    If you treat your whole life as a video game, there might be something wrong with you, though.

  • rumschlumpel@feddit.org
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    5 months ago

    “no respawns” is kind of a big deal when you “have absolutely no inhibition now” … the entire reason why social interactions are easier in games is that you can always try again, plus unlike real life, games generally provide pre-defined dialog options and often don’t even have a charisma stat that might make you fail an option by performing it badly.

  • ragebutt@lemmy.dbzer0.com
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    5 months ago

    anon discovers depersonalization and maybe an undiagnosed mental health issue that’s been ongoing for some time