Our parents should be able––and willing––to protect us and to fight for our best interests. But that's not always the case, and the unlucky ones can spend years seeking mental health counseling to figure out what went wrong.
Our parents are human and they have the ability to disappoint us and devastate us like anyone else. It just hurts a little more, as we were reminded once Redditor banbidoe asked the online community,
"What's the worst thing your parents ever said to you?"
"My family..."
"My family never went on vacations, we couldn't afford them."
"When I was 18 my parents told me that they were going out west to see the Grand Canyon, do some hikes, etc. I exclaimed how cool and fun that would be. Then my dad said, "Oh, you're not going. You're staying here with Sally (16). We're only taking Mary (14) and Jeff (12)."
"I froze for a minute, trying to compute what he said. "Why can't we come?" I finally asked."
"You have summer jobs."
"We can take time off..."
"Well, we just can't afford to take you."
"They had a really fun time without us. I still think about it over ten years later."
This is heartbreaking. Do you even talk to these people anymore?
"10 years later..."
"One month after my sister died unexpectedly, I was having a complete breakdown about it and called my mother for comfort."
"Get over it." She told me, before hanging up."
"10 years later in therapy, I was finally able to trace the start of our relationship breakdown to this moment."
"I hate that phrase now."
It's such a dismissive phrase, especially so in a circumstance like that.
"I'm 30 now..."
"My dad telling my brothers (10 & 6 years old) and I (8 years old) over and over again that we should go find a new dad because he didn't want to be ours anymore while ranting and raving after our mom served him with divorce papers. The best part is that he would also tell us "You'll understand why when you're older." I'm 30 now and the only thing I understand is that he's a lunatic."
Sounds like you cut him off and if so, good riddance to bad rubbish.
"They told me..."
"They told me they didn't want me, they wanted a girl so they tried again and got lucky and had the girl they wanted."
It must be an awful feeling to be second best to your own sibling. Parents should not do this. It only breeds resentment.
"I'm adopted..."
"I'm adopted, and at one point my mom said to me "If I had known you'd grow up to be so screwed up I would have picked another child," as if my physical conditions are my fault somehow and my mental disorders aren't at least in part caused by how she raised me."
Your mother sounds like she doesn't appreciate you. She might be incapable of it.
"That I was faking my depression..."
"That I was faking my depression, and I need to "man up."
This so harmful. Depression is real and so painful. You are not alone.
"When I was 15..."
"When I was 15, my dad patted my belly and said "put on some weight haven't you?"
"Which is probably not the worst thing in this list, but as I was already struggling with my body image, this was the last nudge I needed to push me into an eating disorder."
I've had relatives say similar things to me in the past. I get it; it's so painful.
"After my sister died..."
"After my sister died, I was in a very dark place mentally / emotionally. The way I dealt with the grief was to keep it bottled up inside - I know it wasn't healthy, but that's how I survived the trauma. My mother was frustrated that I never talked about my sister. I couldn't even say her name or visit her grave. I did attend the funeral, but after that I went back to my silent grief."
"One day, my mother was pushing me to talk about what happened. I was frustrated because I didn't want to talk about it and she wouldn't let it go. My mother told me I disgraced my sister's memory by not talking about her, and it broke me."
Everyone grieves in their own way. Hopefully you're in a better place mentally and emotionally.
"My Dad once told me..."
"My Dad once told me that no girl would love me because I'm fat. That cut me like a knife! There are people who love fat people!"
"Who does he think he is?"
He clearly has no idea what he's talking about!
The ones we love the most absolutely know the right buttons to push when it comes to an insult.
Do you have similar experiences to share? Let us know below.
We all had that same speckled roasting pan, right?
Not long ago, a friends kid was visiting. I, of course, cooked dinner—in this case a roast pork shoulder.
When I pulled the pan out, my friends kid made a comment that her grandma in Maine had the same roasting pan. Kiddo had a distinct memory of learning to cook chicken in it.
So did mom, but with a completely different maternal figure who happened to have the pan. That started a conversation with everyone about that specific speckled roasting ... and it turns out all of us had it in Grandma's house growing up.
The conversation ended up on Facebook, where friends commented and now I'm convinced there were only like two roasting pans actually made in the last century.
Reddit user fengmalo asked:
"What’s a childhood memory that almost all of us have?"
Roasting pans, wrapping paper tubes and that game with the light in your fridge—it's all here on this walk down memory lane.
After Hours
"How the school seemed a different world when you stayed late, or had to be there on a weekend."
- 971365
"Imagine a middle school on the weekend during the summer."
"My uncle was a head janitor at one in Colorado, he'd always let the entire family in and we'd have dodgeball tournaments in the gym. But as a 9 year old wandering dead middle school halls in the summer was such a haunting feeling."
- SeVIIenth
"Also how it struck me, going back to my school as an adult was how small it seemed. In my memories it was really big and intimidating."
- ilikespookystories
GiphyThe Balloon Game
"The balloon game where it can't touch the floor."
- -Black_Guardian-
"Some seriously impressive dives and kicks came out of this game."
- amazingphrasing
"Lmao my daughter calls it 'keepy uppy' she’s 5 so it’s played often."
- mysuckyusername
"A few weeks ago our restaurant was completely dead for about 2 hours so we blew up some latex gloves and played this in the dining room."
- VitaAeterna
"My Kung-Fu instructor came up with a version of this where you’re allowed to punch and kick each other while trying to get the balloon through a goal at either end of the room."
"We played it once and never again, but it was talked about for months after."
- funkyibis
GiphyThe Wiggles
"Having a wiggly tooth"
- annasassin007
"And when it's super wiggly, pushing it out with your tongue and then returning it back to its place, still attached."
- Nyruel
"I really loved having wiggly teeth. They were so satisfying to play with and push on."
- ClassicMustang67
GiphyWorld's Oldest Toy
"Finding a really cool stick and imagining it as any object we wanted - a sword, lightsaber, wand, laser gun etc."
"Fun fact: the stick was recognized as an iconic part of childhood, so it was introduced into the Toy Hall of Fame being referred to as 'the world’s oldest toy.' "
- El_Quetzal
"At one point I had a branch that I found on a walk that looked like Jack Frost’s staff from Rise of the Guardians."
"That was the ultimate stick - aside from this even bigger one that was affectionately named 'Ol’ Conniption' after my mom’s reaction to me dragging it in the house."
- BrittneyofHyrule
GiphyRichie Rich
"Being gifted a small amount of money and thinking you were rich"
- Fair_Border4142
"20 dollars was a world of possibilities"
- Spielburger_witFries
"I grew up in a third world country. I vacationed in the States for the first time when I was a fifth grader in 2009."
"Since the trip coincided with my birthday, I was given a birthday card and in it was $25 given by my cousins who migrated there. Instead of spending it on vacation I held onto it."
"When we flew back home, I converted it with Dad to the local currency and I used it to buy 3 litres of Mountain Dew and a ton of junk food for my friends and I."
"Hung out by the river and consumed it throughout the afternoon lol."
"Good times."
- jethroo23
GiphyThat Field Trip Air
"How different the air felt on the morning of field trips"
- RockNRollTrollDoll
"God everything was different that morning wasn’t it?"
"The teacher was suddenly wearing different 'outside' clothes, there were a bunch of new adult chaperones, the bus, being able to listen to music on the way (depending on the grade). Field trips were the bestest."
- LA_all_day
"One of the rare times you actually enjoyed getting up for school. The air felt like Christmas morning."
- ishyaboy
"God, I closed my eyes and felt this in my soul lol"
- andinshawn
GiphyNew Room, New Me
"The feeling of triumph rearranging your room; new room, new me"
- andy_james_78
"This never goes away, though. But now its the entire house."
- ThaRealEverlost
"OMG, the days I came home and my mom had rearranged my bedroom were the best days ever."
"I have no idea why it was so exciting but I always just spent a few minutes just laying in bed being amazed by the new angles."
- Nackles
"And when you got a new poster and finding the perfect spot to hang it up, feeling so proud of your kid self that you just added something new."
- Adventurous_Yak_9234
GiphyThe Fridge Light
"Trying to see how the refrigerator light turns on and off."
- Ambitious_Athlete216
"I was watching my two and a half year old trying to figure this out a few days ago."
"Peers into the fridge while slowly closing the door, then standing 'inside the fridge' (don't worry, the shelves don't allow him to fit or close the door) trying to close the door with him inside, and finally discovering the little button."
"He was so happy, pushing that button over and over grinning like a weirdo."
- Eviljim1
GiphyTeenagers
"Thinking that teenagers are really cool"
- StudentofChemistry
"I work with kids, mostly under five, but sometimes older kids as well. Any time I work with the teenagers, even the ones who are 17-18, I realize how young and inexperienced they are."
"When we were little, we looked up to the teens. When I was a teen, we all thought we were the coolest and smartest people in society."
"I left home for school a little younger than average and I look at these kids now and think 'I was doing all that at this age? They’re babies!' ”
- hereforthemystery
"Those skaters filming each other at the park were gods among men to me…"
- wheatable
GiphyBwoomp
"Playing swordfight with the cardboard tubes of wrapping paper"
- hummusdapug
"I could hear this comment. 'Bwoomp!' "
- alamosakid
"I work at a Fabric Store, and I can confirm that the THICK cardboard tube for upholstery fabric make the BEST 'BWOOMP.' "
"100/10 recommend."
- BohemianWhatsername
"My dad collects all the empty tubes for him and the grandkids to have a a Battle Royale on Christmas Eve."
- HowAreYaNow
GiphyDid we uncover any core memories for you?
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People say age is nothing but a number, or maybe it's a state of mind.
In my case, it's mostly a state of bladder.
In all fairness to my bladder, I'm not even 5 feet tall so it would be weird if I had some enormous elephantine organ.
I've always had to pee a lot ... but now I'm almost 40 and have a few pregnancies under my belt and honestly it's easier for me to just announce when I DON'T have to pee.
It's never. The answer is never.
Don't even ask me.
Yes, I have to pee.
And I'm not the only one.
Reddit user NordicModro asked:
"What is a clear sign of you getting older?"
Before Leaving
"You don't dare leave the house without peeing."
- GrimmRetails
"Especially in the winter."
"One of my biggest fears is getting into a car accident and pissing my pants, laying in the snow in wet pants waiting for the EMTS, ambulance, freezing my ass and Vjay off."
"I HATE being cold, but wet cold is hell."
- gerrywasi
"Oh yeah, and before you sleep, and when we wake up in the middle of the night and then the second time."
- docsav0103
"Whenever I see large sport championship parades or events like NYE in Times Square the first thing I think is: Where do they pee? I also will not go anywhere without knowing beforehand there will be enough facilities LOL."
- Capital_Pea
GiphyThe Elder Scrolls
"When you are asked your birthday online and you realize how much you have to scroll to get to your birth year."
- ManicPrincessofKink
"It feels like I'm spinning the wheel on The Price is Right."
- Bubbly-Explanation
"The Elder Scrolls"
- NearbyBreakfast
"I had to travel in the early days of covid and my state required an online travel declaration before arrival."
"The web page only let you enter your birthdate through a calendar widget. I had to manually scroll back 598 months."
- needlenozened
"I was setting up my online bank account and they wanted my birthday. To get to it you had to click the calendar back month by month."
"I was born in 1964. That's over 680 clicks to get to my birthdate."
"That system was designed by a blithering idiot. Probably a teenaged blithering idiot."
- PaperPlaythings
GiphyUntil...
"I saw this somewhere yesterday, you live your 30's just like your 20's until 'the injury' or 'the diagnosis.' "
- -Words-Words-Words-
"This is me."
"No injury, but life-changing (not life-ending) diagnosis -and the following ramifications- at 33 signaled the end of the good times, and forced me to come to terms with my mortality."
"Now my Friday/Saturday nights consist of couch, Cooper’s Hawk (home by 10), or DnD. Youth, and life, is precious ya’ll. Don’t waste it."
- deltavictory
"I feel attacked."
"Ate sh*t on a snowboard last year and dislocated my shoulder to the point it needed surgery. Now I walk like an old man on slippery surfaces for fear that something else is gonna fall apart on me if I go down."
- Puzzled_Reply_4618
"Yup. I strained the hell out of my back when I was 35 and In good shape - sitting on the ground pulling a weed. Could not move on my own. Needed to go to the ER for meds! That was like smacking into a wall"
- JohnExcrement
GiphySneaking Out
"I used to sneak out of home to go to parties."
"Now I sneak out of parties to go home."
- TheYoungWan
"Your next stage of old is not going to parties in the first place."
- YouveGotItMister
"I hate you and feel attacked by this comment. This is amazing. And hurts."
- Phoenixapartment
"Fact! My husband and I have a code word for when it’s time to go."
- Notjustapornacct
GiphyAction Movies
" 'Ooh I like their cabinetry' while watching an exciting action movie."
-SpatulaJamtown
" 'Who is going to pay for all this?' after an explosion"
- AtmospherePerfect532
" 'As if they'd furnish a million dollar penthouse with Ikea furniture. How unrealistic' - Me watching Hawkeye"
- BCS24
"Haha, I've been telling my husband about the cabinetry in the second season of the Punisher for two years now!"
- CallieCatsup
GiphyLegitimate Comfort
"You don't feel as compelled to engage as much. For better or for worse I suppose."
"I'm in my early 40's. And at this point I've learned to be ok with people being wrong. Used to feel like some sort of crusade to make sure everyone had the right information. Like many things in life, you always have to ask yourself if the juice is worth the squeeze."
"End of a game of Overwatch, had a bad game? Some random says 'Wow thanks for throwing, you were trash' My response? 'gg' "
"Someone cuts me off? Give them room."
"I just leave people the fuck alone as I want left alone. It's kind of become my life's mission. Fuck all that bs about pushing yourself."
"Seek some goddamn legitimate comfort because life will never stop throwing you bs to maintain that hobby of dealing with challenges. But what life will never offer you without you making it for yourself is comfort."
"And I find comfort in ignoring almost everyone. Most of the time. Not from a lack of compassion. Just don't like the volume that loud you know?"
-
GiphyNo Longer Static
"The biggest one for me is realizing and recognizing that my parents are getting older."
"For my childhood, they were these static, never changing figures. But now, they're older and I can see that. It's definitely pretty saddening and worrying."
- Kaidsburg100
"I had this realization last year."
"My dad is almost 60. I've always had young parents but the years are finally starting to show and it freaked me out. Like a glass shattered moment. '
'I hate it."
- PirateQueenDani
"Had this realization last week when my dad turned 70, it just made me sad."
- stevio87
GiphyZombies
"After sitting still for a long period of time, standing and walking involves shambling about like a zombie."
"You're fine after a seconds of movement, but initially nothing works right."
"To be honest, it can be solved by more movement in our lives."
"Daily walks, stretching exercises, yoga, that sort of thing. Aerobics would be great, but nothing high impact."
"The older you get, the worse being sedentary is for you; sitting down without moving or stretching for long periods (over a few hours) is fine when you're 20. When you're 40, it means your joints lock up, your muscles fall asleep, and you get cramps."
"If we moved every hour or so (even just standing up and doing a few stretches), it would likely go away."
- Kiyohara
GiphyEarlier
"I schedule plans with friends earlier and earlier every passing year."
"There's just something so satisfying about getting dinner and drinks at 6p and being back at home wearing my comfy fit binging the show du jour by 9p."
- cheerioguvna
"Yep. I'm 34 and now limit evening activities as much as possible."
"Just can't be bothered anymore."
"It's wet, cold, dark, you have to drag yourself out when you really don't want to then have the effort of getting home again afterwards."
"Screw that. I'd rather do stuff during the day and just have a quiet evening in to myself."
- _spookyvision_
GiphyThe Grumpy Neighbor
"You know that movie trope where some kids play baseball or something and break an old guy’s windows?"
"As a kid I thought that guy was a grump. Now I just think about what a pain it would be to have your windows replaced."
"So yeah, that’s my sign I’m getting old."
- KickedInTheDonuts
GiphyWelp ... after having read all of this I am now more convinced than ever I'm really, really, old—and maybe I always have been.
Time for a nap.
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It is the dream of everyone. Maybe not the main dream, but one of the big ones.
To have a career or just a day to day survival job you love.
Or at least a temporary thing you don't hate and despise going to.
How can we find them? Where do we look?
There are people out there who love their jobs.
They actually wake up with a smile ready to... "get to work."
Amazing.
Redditor AcidHV wanted to hear about all the careers that make people smile.
They asked:
"People who actually like their jobs, what do you do?"
I guess I can't complain.
I have this job.
But I have a side hustle that only brings tears.
Wide Open Spaces
"I am a park ranger. Just me and the trees." ~ bibas4d
"I work as a ranger in the UK pay isn't the best around 20k however you spend everyday outside, a lot of my work is conservation orientated so basically managing habitats for wildlife and making sure they are as diverse as possible. There's such a vast range of aspects to a rangers job it's hard to pin point as everyday is completely different. Hope that helps." ~ 5awb0nes
Finding the Land
"I’m an environmental geologist. I like uncovering the history of a property and working outdoors is enjoyable when the weather is nice. I don’t love every aspect, of course—paperwork can be tedious, often the weather is bad, and telling clients bad news is intimidating—but it’s satisfying when the pieces of a problem fall together." ~ hypo-osmotic
In the Wild
"Wildlife biologist. Long hours but amazing experiences that I usually enjoy waking up for." ~ vimap5
"Currently getting a degree in Ecology/Conservation Biology with a GIS certification. I want to do a master's program for wildlife bio/management down the road. I am trying to get most of my higher level electives wildlife bio focused. Eventually want to work in western big game management or research!" ~ AGib04
Books...
"I shelve books at the library." ~ purple_yosher
"School librarian checking in. I love my job to the core." ~ BookDragon3ryn
GiphyLibrarian?
Really?
It's so quiet.
But hey, if silence is your savior, more power to you.
Travels
"I’m a flight attendant. Absolutely love my job. Thinking about going to flight school to be a pilot though. But nothing beats getting paid to travel the world." ~ TastyAssBiscuit
GiphySaviors
"Year round paramedic, summer lifeguard." ~ harinonfireagain
"12 year Paramedic. Job's dope. If your agency allows for a high scope of practice and you like solving problems, it's an excellent way to solve that itch... sometimes."
"Lately it's been a bit bullcrap with Covid. When the answer is always covid, you don't get to enjoy problem solving as much." ~ MedicManDan
Details...
"I have had my own detailing business almost 28 years now." ~ scottwax
"I'm 18 and this is my dream job. I can binge watch car detailing videos for hours and it never bores me. might take aeronautical engineering in college but hoping to open an auto-detailing shop in the future too. good luck to me."
"To be honest I'm more into restoring those old and rusty bad boys and trucks of the 80s-90s making them look fresh and new. good luck to your business!!" ~ MuffinBasic500
That is my real passion...
"I am a loader for a distribution warehouse as my 40-hour job. I like it, but I keep it for the money and health insurance. But my second job, I am the Regional Director for a non-for-profit that helps guys with Transitional housing when they get out of prison."
"We also help homeless guys on occasion and people who just need a hand up. That is my real passion." ~ RepresentativeCrow77
Just Cool
"Receptionist at a very small company where I also fill in when other departments are shorthanded. Everyone is nice (with very few exceptions) and no one cares if I have an AirPod in and Netflix playing as long as crap gets done." ~ invisible_23
GiphyTechnical
"Surgical technologist."
blameitonmyADDbaby
"You basically become the surgeon’s second pair of hands. It doesn’t require any specialized education beyond tech school. But it does involve become very advanced at your skills on the job."
"My stepdad and mom both did this before my mom became a nurse. They both performed incisions, sutured, and more. My stepdad went on to create his own contract business where he would work for specific surgeons rather than the hospital. Made his own schedule and made really good money for the education required."
quelindolio
teaching...
"I teach kids welding."
Famous-Example-8332
"When I was an electrical apprentice, welding was a required class. My instructor said I was the worst welder he ever taught. I kept asking for darker and darker lenses because the arc hurt my eyes. I think I pissed him off. I did manage to make some stands for my stackable washer and dryer. I've been using them for 15 years now without issue so I couldn't have been that bad at welding."
The_Truth_Believe_Me
Swings
"Make wood for construction site. Only have to work roughly 16 days a month and make more than I ever did as an electrician and without any of the stress. Four on, Four off swings should really be the norm for work/ life balance and I'm unsure if I'll ever be able to go back to working Monday to Friday."
thorpie88
"artsy"
"I'm an accountant. Grew up as the 'artsy' type that everyone thought would be a traveling musician or music teacher. I thought I hated math and that I was bad at it growing up. Turns out I had untreated ADHD. I took a job as a teller in my early 20s and realized I really loved balancing things."
"Got my degree, and now I enjoy a job where every day I'm problem solving and investigating. Everything is a puzzle, and I love it. Accounting is way more than numbers and balancing. I'm so happy in my job. (I work in industry. I did not like public accounting)."
Bethanyjcoolio
Bloodletting...
"I was a phlebotomist at a blood bank. People came in to donate blood voluntarily, so I never had to hold any nervous kid down to take their blood. And you’re literally saving lives."
Aggressive-Chemist11
The Simpsons Beer GIFGiphyBuild It
"I’m a carpenter. Building stuff is fun."
Key-Conversation3993
"If I wasn't so crap at it, I'd switch careers today. But I love it as a hobby... kind of gave it up for a bunch of years after my dad died, but recently got back into it. Can't express how much I missed it. Was like having my dad back in the room with me."
RedDevilsEggs
Anything stimulating...
"Rec Therapist for Alzheimer Patients. I would say it's a health/wellness approach to implementing programs to maintain their activities of daily living. So, exercise programs, memory games, educational programs, having volunteers come in (many of my patients can't go out). Musical entertainment, Pet therapy etc... Anything stimulating."
BadP3NN1
Readers are Great
"Library clerk. Basically means I’m at the front desk all day every day, answering every question under the sun, watching how the joy lights up a person’s face when I unite them with a book they want to read, helping people in dark times, and being around a bunch of other people who do the same thing and love it, too."
tatyama
humbling...
"Helping adults obtain their high school equivalency and learn computer/customer service skills. :) It's very rewarding helping those students who didn't finish high school because of personal family matters or undiagnosed learning disabilities. On the other end of the spectrum, it is very humbling teaching students more educated than me (e.g. graduate degrees from their home country)."
-ethereality-
Scary Times
"Fabrication at a company that sells products for haunt attractions and escape rooms."
hohove
"My son would go bananas at your job. He loves all the Spirit Halloween animatronics. Seeing the real deal good stuff would melt his face off. What a cool job."
Fly-Hulud
Trick Or Treat Halloween GIF by Craft RecordingsGiphyThis is a list I'm gonna reflect on.
There are interesting ideas here.
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Video games get a bad rap—often being blamed as time-wasters, brain-rotters, etc...
But there's an altogether different side to be considered.
They can be masterpieces of storytelling, visual stunners and bring people together in ways they couldn't have connected otherwise.
Reddit user justanabricot asked:
"Gamers of Reddit, what is your favorite game ever?"
Reddit users had all kinds of reasons to love the games they love - and they're not afraid to totally geek out about it.
Experience The Fear Again
"Subnautica!"
"The fear of the unknown, but explored in the comfort of my own room."
"It lets me explore, be afraid, and subsequently conquer each fear as it rises."
"What gets me is that after I figure out the 'enemies,' the game somehow reminds me that I'm the alien here. They were there first."
- Exciting-Shame-88
"This is probably my #1 game that I would want to delete from my memory and experience again for the first time."
- Badios
"I have a bit of thalassophobia, so this game was a pretty incredible ride for me."
- PunkandCannonballer
"I just finished it again the other day, and I agree it is my favorite game."
"I want to start from the beginning with no knowledge and experience the fear and wonder I went through again."
- bringbackbulaga
GiphyFreedom Beyond Anything
"Morrowind."
"The experience and freedom was so beyond anything else I experienced at the time."
"The ability to craft crazy spells so powerful they had almost no likelihood to not succeed, kill essentials NPCs because you're not gonna tell me the story is more important than getting his armor, and the amount of little mechanics and things to discover that seemed unending."
- CrusadersSolace
"It has been overshadowed by Oblivion and Skyrim, but people forget how revolutionary and different it was for fantasy RPGs back in 2003"
"Takes place in a part of the world where humans are a foreign minority. Yes, the Empire is human run, but this distant province is home of the Dunmer."
"The varieties of cultures you experience. It isn't just your run of the mill standard European Medieval fantasy: weird Daedric ruins, steampunk Dwemer ruins, mushroom towers, and bone-armored warriors that live in giant crab shells. Not to mention the flora and fauna to match."
"The background lore is so well done- and they leave the right amount of it unknown. There are so many different versions of "the truth" that gains genuine interest in the backstory and motivations instead of 'Big evil thing wants to rule/destroy/etc the world.' "
"The amount of customization. You can create your own spells, potions, or charm your weapons/clothes/armor."
"The 3D world. It seems mundane today, but as a teenager, walking into a tomb in POV was something new."
"The theme song Nerevar Rising (the first iteration of TES theme) is stunningly beautiful. Years later I used it to walk down the wedding aisle to."
- Whizbang35
GiphyTerrifyingly Beautiful
"Bloodborne."
"The gothic/Lovecraft world is so terrifyingly beautiful. Every turn or corner had something horrible. I loved every moment."
- ebenni500
"I wish I could forget Bloodborne just to replay it for the first time again. Talk about an amazing first play through."
- Dr_Truelove
"I played it through for the first time last week. Absolutely Phenomenal"
- BelowAverageWeeb
GiphyAs A Kid Who Didn't Have Friends
"100% Mass Effect."
"The story was so rich and giving the ability to shape not just your physical character but who they were through so many actions and choices give the character a life and make friendships with the NPCs really gave me a safe escape place as a kid who didn’t have a lot of friends growing up."
- Admiral-Shepard
"It's insane just how much I got attached to those characters"
- SuperMajesticMan
GiphyBuild, Fly, And Blow Up
"Kerbal Space Program."
"You get to build, fly, and usually blow up space ships with relatively realistic physics!"
"It is the type of game I would dream about growing up (I was a space nerd) and it has incredible scaling difficulty and a great modding community so it really never gets dull."
- willstr1
"Right there with you! This game has brought me thousands of hours of entertainment."
"Can not wait for KSP2!"
- KetzerJefe343
"KSP is an amazing game!"
"It is so easy to fail, but it makes it fun none the less! It makes you learn from your mistakes and keep building from there!"
- g00diebear95
GiphyFighting With Friends
"I really like the Mario Kart/Mario Party series."
"Those games have brought me so much entertainment and joy when hanging with friends, and DEFINITELY some arguments in between."
"So much hours spent on those games, with some of the BEST music as well."
- [Reddit]
"Unkillable classic."
"I don't play them as I'm not a switch user, but a game or two when I'm with my girlfriend doesn't hurt."
"Still great games, if I get a switch it's for 3 good reasons: Mariomaker 2, animal crossing and Mariokart."
- justanabricot
"Mario kart is such a good multiplayer game, I remember playing it on the Wii with my family for hours."
"Sadly my cat destroyed the console. I will probably get a switch with Mario Kart on it to have fun with it again."
- brokebecauseavocado
GiphyFor Love And Dogs
"Fable. Mostly because to make people fall in love with you, half the work is saying "Hey" over and over again."
- ChebbiesPebbies
"In Fable 2, when you beat the game they gave you one final choice with three options:"
"One was to resurrect everyone that died in your quest, and the other two were something like money and weapons."
"Near the end of the game, your dog companion dies protecting you. I had named mine after my aging childhood dog, so obviously I made the choice to bring everyone, including my loyal video-dog, back."
"At around 2am, after beating the game at the end of a long binge, I put it down and went to sleep."
"The next morning, I got a call from my mom that she'd had to put our dog down the night before. I like to think of him like he's running the fields in Fable 2, helping me dig up stupid sh*t."
- liberal_texan
"I f*cking love Fable."
- ultravioletblueberry
GiphyMeeting Your Destiny Playing Destiny
"Ignoring my favorite old school games, my favorite modern game is Destiny/Destiny 2."
"I met my wife through Destiny about four years ago."
"We had a Destiny themed wedding and we welcomed our own 'Little Light' in February 2020."
"We still play together most nights and spend most of our time teaching new players the endgame content (Raids/etc). From the gun play to the lore to the raids, there’s a lot to love in Destiny for me."
- Sephiroth0327
"Destiny is def a big part of your life. Gotta respect that"
- justanabricot
GiphyAlways Alistair
"Dragon Age: Origins."
"I just love everything about it. I feel like it has great replay potential due to all the different choices/ending you can have."
- PUCK202
"With ya there bud. Dragon Age: Origins is my no#1 most beloved game of all time."
"The characters, the setting, the combat and character role-playing, I even loved the shit out of the combat system."
- EthanWolfMan
"I've replayed it many times with many different character builds, but I always end up the same way."
" 'THIS TIME I'M NOT GOING TO ROMANCE ALISTAIR' "
" *Narrator: She romanced Alistair.* "
- Starsuponstars
GiphyPlay With People You Know
"Honestly I know someone is going to hate me for this, maybe everyone, and I wouldn’t at all blame you, but please hear me out."
"Fortnite."
"I play it a lot with my boyfriend and some of his friends and it’s such a hoot if you’re playing with people you know."
"If you’re playing random fill lobbies on your own, it is kind of sh*t because you’ll usually get teamed up with some squealing 8 year old kid who thinks having 100+ skins effects how well he plays the game."
- dumbblondebimb0
"Fortnite isn't a bad game; it just has the most garbage community you can find."
"I played a lot of save the world, the first game mode of fortnite, and gosh it's not the same. But things got boring quickly. You farm to get better so you can farm better stuff and quicker. It's a loophole."
- justanabricot
"I've always thought the same thing."
"Only played a handful of times, but I was impressed with the game. Really fun to play with friends."
"The enjoyment falls off when you're solo or playing with kids."
- apollofour20
GiphyPersonally, there's no video game greater than Oblivion.
We've already talked about Morrowind, so it's clear the Elder Scrolls series has been impactful, but for me Oblivion offers color, storyline and mythos that just can't be compared to anything else.
Also Sheogorath.
I really, REALLY, love Sheogorath.
GiphyWhat about you, readers?
What are your favorite video games and why?
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