Command and Conquer - the Tiberium Saga. Leave Tiberian Sun and Firestorm alone, modify C&C 3 to have better continuity with Tib Sun and Firestorm on the state of Earth (i.e. Tiberium Fauna and Flora, further degradation of Earth environment). Remake C&C 4 where base building is part of the core gameplay element again, and delay the deus ex machina effect of the Tacitus such that the Earth is not in such a pristine state as what we do see in C&C 4

If it was GTA with spells, it would be more interesting. But guns (and by extension melee weapons) just feels too boring

I tried to explain to my friends but they don’t get it. Like it’s too grounded in reality

Heh - Cloaca Cola

YouTube for me. I just realized I’ve been experiencing brain-rot like symptoms (i.e. unable to concentrate, think deeply in realtime, continue conversations without much pre-thinking) for the past few years because I watch too much Lets Plays as a substitute for human interaction.

Similar - I don’t say anything coherent, just contort my face and say things like Patrick from Spongebob (i.e. leedle leedle leedle lee)

Sweet and Sour Pork

Lemon Chicken Rice

etc.

Part 2: Me as a child putting my bare hand on a hot iron. My entire hand was bandaged up.

I don’t recall the pain, but the bandages lol

Coronal Mass Ejection perhaps

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/July_2012_solar_storm

I placed my entire hand on a hot iron. For more than a few seconds - super dumb and ignorant.

Ended up having my entire hand wrapped in bamdages.

I discovered Planescape Torment a few years ago - I can see how it would be impactful to a younger me. Even now I can still remember the moment the Undying One gave his answer to Ravel’s infamous question against the backdrop of the Fortress of Regret’s OST playing gives me a chill

Virtual Lego Assembler; the Virtual Legos are Libraries / PaaS APIs

It’s 7 days in Singapore 🫠

But most white collar jobs here are around 18-21 days.

Misread the first two words - thought it said YOUR DONG

As someone that had a sterile childhood of all work and fenced play in Singapore - that sounds like an amazing and well-lived childhood, for the most part.

I feel down. I haven’t felt happy in a long while / few months. The danger of depression is there but I believe I’m not at that stage yet.

I’m down because I’ve made no progress at a project for work for a few months now. Everything seems to be breaking and out of my control, it’s a bit tiresome to deal with. Plus the Tariffs have derailed whatever FI plans I had, so I’m pretty much stuck here.

During lunch with my colleagues today some of them expressed that my home country is desirable to live in from a security and convenience perspective (from Singapore). But Singapore is also soul-less and boring, and that irks me. I still want to have the chance to live overseas in a cooler and more relaxed climate, but yeah with the job market being shit and tariffs ruining everything, I might be stuck in Singapore for life.

Local SG here, as far as I know direct underground connections between buildings are only common within the city area - head to the heartlands / fringes and you’ll see some sunlight

I tried Google Maps Live View (i.e. AR View) to navigate underground, but it’s a hit or miss.

My feed on Instagram is filled with Nature / Science Documentaries, Comic and Cartoons Reels (Pokemon, Tom and Jerry, etc). But sometimes comments will exhibit the usual shenanigans (i.e. “I don’t believe in evolution”), or accounts that used to be legit suddenly devolve into advertisement spam.

I make sure my preferences are kept by liking the content / posts that cater to them so the algorithm shows me more of them. Of course, I also set a timer on Android so that I don’t spend too much time on the platform (20 mins a day)

Yes - after I nearly drowned in the ocean as a child, I was promptly enrolled in swimming lessons.

Maybe it would be a more difficult choice if it was between Intelligence or Constitution (i.e. physical health)

Intelligence can be attractive too! And even in the cases where it’s not, I think I can always go for surgery or something if it’s really that bad.

Intelligence can be learnt, but it’s much harder than say, correcting one’s facial features or getting into shape imo.