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J0eCool@CountJ0ecool• almost 5 years ago

YOU THINK OF YOURSELF AS THE HERO OF THIS STORY?

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11/24/2020

yatharth ༺༒༻@AskYatharth• almost 5 years ago

Replying to @CountJ0ecool

@CountJ0ecool more like the main character who can play a protagonist, support role, or even just observes https://t.co/TfUcmGfGeN

yatharth ༺༒༻@AskYatharth• almost 5 years ago

1️⃣ You are the main player. Everyone else is an NPC. Don’t confuse what they want for what you want.

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J0eCool@CountJ0ecool• almost 5 years ago

Replying to @AskYatharth

@AskYatharth what was the most interesting hint someone tried to give you? https://t.co/hDvFRgb3NT

yatharth ༺༒༻@AskYatharth• almost 5 years ago

7️⃣ You get bullshit hints. Everyone tells you about their quest. Find someone playing yours.

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11/24/2020

yatharth ༺༒༻@AskYatharth• almost 5 years ago

Replying to @CountJ0ecool

@CountJ0ecool “follow your passion” “work hard first, then pivot to passion” both equally bullshit smh is nuanced advice illegal or sth

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11/24/2020

yatharth ༺༒༻@AskYatharth• almost 5 years ago

Replying to @CountJ0ecool

@CountJ0ecool “stop trying—you’re hopeless. you’ll never make it” https://t.co/H66rvf9pYg

yatharth ༺༒༻@AskYatharth• over 5 years ago

A koan to 3-months-ago me: Master: Let go of expectations. Type A student: *tries* Type A student: *trying intensifies* Master: You are trying to overcome overcoming. Student: OH ****! You’re right!! So what to do?? It’s a paradox. Master: *pauses* 1/n

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11/24/2020

J0eCool@CountJ0ecool• almost 5 years ago

Replying to @AskYatharth

@AskYatharth fascinating I do not like this sensation https://t.co/RFhAoUOqKz the hat that says "there are no answers for you; they will get it, you can not"

yatharth ༺༒༻@AskYatharth• over 5 years ago

To others like me: Not saying this is the truth. Asking you to try it on anyway.

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11/24/2020

J0eCool@CountJ0ecool• almost 5 years ago

Replying to @CountJ0ecool

@AskYatharth surely there must be some mistake "you yourself acknowledge that I have wisdom you don't; how do you suppose to outthink me when thinking is precisely the issue?" this isn't fair "for what it's worth I'm sorry" I refuse to accept this "not helping either"

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11/24/2020

J0eCool@CountJ0ecool• almost 5 years ago

Replying to @CountJ0ecool

@AskYatharth well so now what do I do "there's nothing to be done" I can't accept this "." was all this work pointless then? "probably, yes" I do not like this "and yet it remains so"

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11/24/2020

J0eCool@CountJ0ecool• almost 5 years ago

Replying to @CountJ0ecool

@AskYatharth I can't figure it out THERE'S NOTHING TO FIGURE OUT what should I do WHATEVER YOU WANT what do I want ASK YOURSELF

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11/24/2020

J0eCool@CountJ0ecool• almost 5 years ago

Replying to @CountJ0ecool

@AskYatharth sitting with the unswallowable rock of "dead end" causes a certain dissolution of structure which is almost pleasant https://t.co/MaMw6DK76E ^ not as relevant as I thought but there are no goals, just inputs explore as thou wilt

yatharth ༺༒༻@AskYatharth• almost 5 years ago

Your main is just the character you most directly control. It’s an infinite, 1-player game with lots of cool NPCs.

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yatharth ༺༒༻@AskYatharth• almost 5 years ago

Replying to @CountJ0ecool

@CountJ0ecool I wrote some more in response to your thread, but I actually don’t like what I wrote so much, not very playful/shitpoasty/my style? I will have fun writing these threads, or not at all. Anyway, here it is: https://t.co/AINHtLpsX5

yatharth ༺༒༻@AskYatharth• almost 5 years ago

Here’s @CountJ0ecool grappling with this. Could help you to read. https://t.co/U2i3uzKuDN

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11/24/2020

J0eCool@CountJ0ecool• almost 5 years ago

Replying to @AskYatharth

@AskYatharth You're riffing off my energy, makes sense you're somewhere unusual 😜 Which is the essential core of the improv game, taking it in turns, going somewhere neither of us could get to solo.

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11/24/2020

J0eCool@CountJ0ecool• almost 5 years ago

Replying to @CountJ0ecool

@AskYatharth https://t.co/1vd6AuWEUr the secret can't have been "there is no secret ingredient" this whole time FUCK YOU https://t.co/BvlRbPWcqx

J0eCool@CountJ0ecool• almost 5 years ago

@AskYatharth I can't figure it out THERE'S NOTHING TO FIGURE OUT what should I do WHATEVER YOU WANT what do I want ASK YOURSELF

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J0eCool@CountJ0ecool• almost 5 years ago

Replying to @CountJ0ecool

@AskYatharth more of this bullshit https://t.co/2EPTdmm236

Visakan Veerasamy@visakanv• almost 8 years ago

@fortelabs @vgr Somebody painstakingly fills in an entire questionnaire & waits in excitement for the Fedex guy. His box is empty. He attains enlightenment

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12/7/2020

Visakan Veerasamy@visakanv• almost 5 years ago

Replying to @CountJ0ecool

@CountJ0ecool @AskYatharth it's very cute, wholesome and healing to watch ya'll work this stuff out

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12/7/2020

yatharth ༺༒༻@AskYatharth• almost 5 years ago

Replying to @visakanv

@visakanv @CountJ0ecool Isn’t it? At some point, I sit back, relax, and watch my own self figure this out. That part of me has retired. The others are still running, and I have zero issues with them continuing as they seek whatever they need.

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12/7/2020

J0eCool@CountJ0ecool• almost 5 years ago

Replying to @AskYatharth

@AskYatharth @visakanv This video is a much more eloquent summation of the brand of "fuck it" I'm trying out today https://t.co/WkZWjLnVHH Life is a movie that we're watching, not something you can control. You != your mind, your thoughts. So You are just along for the ride.

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12/7/2020

yatharth ༺༒༻@AskYatharth• almost 5 years ago

Replying to @AskYatharth

@CountJ0ecool If you’re ever played a video game, you know that the main character can be a hero, a team member, maybe just a witness to a story being well told Western games tend to be boring, just heroes, but there’s a wealth of styles beyond. Check out https://t.co/k4X0sjh3J5

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11/24/2020

J0eCool@CountJ0ecool• almost 5 years ago

Replying to @AskYatharth

@AskYatharth I dabble >_> https://t.co/pB9hyj9BsZ

J0eCool@CountJ0ecool• almost 5 years ago

If games haven't cost you anything, you're not hardcore. If games haven't ruined your life, then I'm sorry but you're Just Not A Real Gamer.

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11/24/2020

yatharth ༺༒༻@AskYatharth• almost 5 years ago

Replying to @AskYatharth

@CountJ0ecool I highly recommend the Japanese RPGs in the video, actually. They get at the “fourth-person perspective” I point to in my thread. You are not the main character itself. You are the player of the whole game. Who cares if your character is the hero??? https://t.co/8x7GQ6xTB2

yatharth ༺༒༻@AskYatharth• almost 5 years ago

@darksamaritan_ Remember: You are not identical to your character. You do not have to care about your character anymore than the other characters. The needs & wants of these so-called “other people” are available for you to prioritise just as much as the needs & wants of your main character.

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11/24/2020

J0eCool@CountJ0ecool• almost 5 years ago

Replying to @AskYatharth

@AskYatharth Consider the case of Earthbound, where they have you name the party of characters... and also they ask what YOUR name is And then [final boss spoilers]

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11/24/2020