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This is a place to share greentexts and witness the confounding life of Anon. If you're new to the Greentext community, think of it as a sort of zoo with Anon as the main attraction.

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[–] Rin@lemm.ee 92 points 1 week ago (1 children)

Fake: dating someone

Gay: having a boyfriend

Writes itself.

[–] gedhrel@lemmy.world 74 points 1 week ago (3 children)
[–] photonic_sorcerer@lemmy.dbzer0.com 10 points 1 week ago (1 children)

They're not dating anymore afaik

[–] samus12345@lemm.ee 6 points 1 week ago

They were when this was posted.

[–] stebo02@lemmy.dbzer0.com 9 points 1 week ago

tbf if there's one woman I expect to encounter on 4chan it's her

[–] samus12345@lemm.ee 6 points 1 week ago

No, if this were her then her bf would have paid someone else to play the game for him.

[–] muntedcrocodile@lemm.ee 58 points 1 week ago* (last edited 1 week ago) (1 children)

Fake. Only neckbeards use 4chan

[–] slaacaa@lemmy.world 62 points 1 week ago (2 children)

Anon never mentioned their gender, so it can also be real and gay.

[–] saltesc@lemmy.world 33 points 1 week ago (1 children)

I knew a girl that went on 4chan.

She didn't seem to understand that trolling doesn't work IRL and that was kind of her entire persona, It was like babysitting an adult. You'd hang out with her for her own good, so the world wouldn't attack her. Then one day my friend and her broke up and that was that. NFI. Don't even remember her name, just how weird she was.

[–] drolex@sopuli.xyz 26 points 1 week ago (1 children)

I knew a girl

Waaaa? 🤯

a girl

WTAF

girl

Is this real guys?

[–] ByteJunk@lemmy.world 13 points 1 week ago

Only neckbeards on 4chan, it's obviously a troll post, newf...

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[–] djsoren19@lemmy.blahaj.zone 42 points 1 week ago (17 children)

I'm just gonna put this anecdote out there:

When I first started dating my ex, I wanted him to play through some Dark Souls to see if he had any determination. He failed completely and whined a lot, but I kept dating him anyway. Nearly 5 years later, I ended up leaving him, and a big part of it was his defeatist outlook and complete lack of willpower.

I'm not saying being bad at Dark Souls is a red flag, but I think girlie would be justified in getting out now.

[–] Zozano@aussie.zone 22 points 6 days ago (1 children)

I've 100%'d all 3 souls games.

Can we date (As an experiment)? I suspect dating someone with the obsessive qualities to do this is also frustrating.

[–] djsoren19@lemmy.blahaj.zone 9 points 6 days ago (1 children)

I've only 100%'d DS1, so I'm pretty impressed by your ability. I'm not obsessive enough over most of the franchise to get 100%, namely because there's sections of DS2 and DS3 I don't love replaying, but I love DS1 to death so I wanted to have the Dark Soul achievement.

Anyway, if you wanna shoot your shot dm me, just know you gotta be cool with bussy.

[–] Zozano@aussie.zone 9 points 6 days ago (1 children)

Bitch, I don't care what colour your snatch is, but you better be stacked like the Asylum Demon.

Lay down some soapstone for me and I'll drop into your ass like I start that fight.

When I'm done with you, you'll be begging for NG+

[–] Comment105@lemm.ee 6 points 6 days ago (2 children)

4 real people read that and thought "great!"

[–] SynopsisTantilize@lemm.ee 1 points 4 days ago

I read that whole thing in public and I think I'm gonna have to turn my phone off now.

[–] jabathekek@sopuli.xyz 3 points 6 days ago (1 children)
[–] WorldsDumbestMan@lemmy.today 3 points 6 days ago

This would never happen on Reddit.

[–] KillingTimeItself@lemmy.dbzer0.com 3 points 5 days ago* (last edited 5 days ago)

the problem that i have, is that i'd have to be good at it, and enjoy it to be capable of playing it for an extended period of time, i would probably fail darksouls instantly, because i suck at competitive combat, shits too stressful for me, but if you sat me in front of (technical) minecraft or factorio i could cook like a motherfucker. There are different types of challenges, some people like combat, some people like analytical, and some people (me) really fucking enjoy implementation challenges.

You definitely need a better litmus test i think.

[–] VitoRobles@lemmy.today 4 points 6 days ago

Playing games in relationships to the next level!

[–] Gurei@sh.itjust.works 18 points 1 week ago (1 children)

Did he try finger but hole?

[–] djsoren19@lemmy.blahaj.zone 8 points 1 week ago (2 children)

Y'know it was another one of his failings, not really? He was very big on railing me, but not super big on lubing me up properly with his fingers first.

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[–] savedbythezsh@sh.itjust.works 11 points 1 week ago (1 children)

But here's the thing - I didn't enjoy dark souls when I tried, but I do enjoy other games that are very difficult for me and where I need to be determined to win

[–] djsoren19@lemmy.blahaj.zone 10 points 1 week ago

That's fair, and that's why I stayed with him for 5 years after watching him ragequit after losing 15 times to Asylum Demon. I was hopeful that it was just him bouncing off the game, and I also assumed he'd have other moments where he could show me what he was worth under stress. He never did, and eventually I became fully responsible for the both of us.

Like I said, being bad at DS isn't a red flag. Having no determination and constantly giving up at the first sign of adversity is a red flag. There's a very faint correlation between the two, but that's all.

[–] luciferofastora@feddit.org 8 points 1 week ago

It's probably more seeing how he reacts when frustrated that's the red flag.

If he kept his composure until he eventually stopped playing and said "I don't think this is my type of game", that would have been a more mature approach to the issue than whining.

[–] BreadOven@lemmy.world 6 points 1 week ago (1 children)

Just gotta git gud. Maybe he needed to level ADP.

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[–] KaiReeve@lemmy.world 41 points 1 week ago (3 children)

My SO hates it when I play dark souls. She says it increases the stress levels in our home.

[–] VitoRobles@lemmy.today 34 points 6 days ago (1 children)

She didn't say you create a stressful situation. She said "it" increases stress levels. It's US against the problem.

That's a keeper right there.

[–] KillingTimeItself@lemmy.dbzer0.com 1 points 5 days ago (1 children)

some of us just need the fight our demons, it's better that we fight virtual demons that don't actually exist, instead of fighting real demons. It's a healthy outlet.

something something, bashing my head against a concrete wall because neuron activation, something something.

[–] ace_of_based@sh.itjust.works 25 points 1 week ago* (last edited 1 week ago)

My wife and i do a lot of game-cussin-at but if we start yelling at each other instead of the game we gotta do a kissin break

[–] Slovene@feddit.nl 8 points 1 week ago

Well then your Superior Officer should send you away from the frontlines for some R&R.

[–] southsamurai@sh.itjust.works 30 points 1 week ago (7 children)

Pfft, sometimes you just want wreck shit all casual. Ain't no shame in it as long as you aren't trying to pretend you're uber 1337, or fucking someone over.

[–] Trainguyrom@reddthat.com 8 points 1 week ago* (last edited 6 days ago) (3 children)

I always say "there's no such thing as cheating in a single player game" and it's interesting seeing the varrying reactions. Some people take a minute and see the wisdom, others say "but...but...you're using cheats...that's cheating!"

[–] djsoren19@lemmy.blahaj.zone 1 points 6 days ago (1 children)

I just don't understand it for games where the primary draw is difficulty. Like, if you take the difficulty out of a game like Dark Souls...it's not really all that good? The game has good atmosphere and an interesting story if you're willing to engage it, but both of those are inherently tied to the difficulty of the game. The idea is that you're struggling to succeed in the face of a dying world, and it all falls apart without the struggle.

Whereas if you're playing something like the Sims 4 or like GTA where the point is just to screw around, totally understand why you wanna add cheats or mods. It's your power fantasy, tune it how you like. But if you just want to turn a game like Dark Souls into a power fantasy, IMO there's so many better games out there for you to play that will give you a better experience.

[–] Trainguyrom@reddthat.com 3 points 6 days ago

I suppose you might be right. I've never tried a souls-like because they don't seem like my cup of tea but for a game where the point is specifically difficulty that would take most of the enjoyment out to remove all difficulty

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[–] Ashelyn@lemmy.blahaj.zone 25 points 1 week ago (4 children)

her boyfriend? bold assumption

[–] Sonotsugipaa@lemmy.dbzer0.com 13 points 6 days ago

No, her boyfriend would be a bold assumption, her boyfriend is an italic assumption

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[–] conditional_soup@lemm.ee 13 points 1 week ago (1 children)

Be me, playing STALKER 2

Spouse hates it

That's the whole story.

[–] sugar_in_your_tea@sh.itjust.works 6 points 1 week ago (1 children)

Something changed in my SO and now they love watching me play scary games and watch scary movies (they watch from the safety of their desk while playing games, not on the couch w/ me).

[–] conditional_soup@lemm.ee 7 points 1 week ago

Nah, they love scary games, they just think STALKER sucks. Hits different when the NPCs call me "loner".

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