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Sadly, I think we’re going to see that picture a lot over the years. I hope the next defining image of him features a jumpsuit that matches his spray tan.
the meaning behind the picture will ultimately depend on the verdict. what it shows now is that no one is above the law.
I remembered as a bored primary school kid circa 2004 discovering my dad’s old OG Game Boy from 1989 and playing the hell out of the bundled Tetris game.
What if Tetris is the source of my trauma?
Were you cursed by the Tetris God?
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I have never forgotten “LINE PIECE”
College Humour put out so many funny little videos, this is definitely my favourite though. LIIIIINE PIECE! Still makes me laugh after all these years
Tetrises lol
My mum used to work with criminaly insane people in an asylym. I realize now why she frequently jacked my Gameboy to play Tetris.
Can I ask what role she did? I read a book last year called ‘The Devil You Know - Tales of Forensic Psychiatry’. It was very illuminating and interesting, each chapter a different (anonymised) story of one of her patients. Especially her ‘bike lock’ theory of why some people can commit such horrific crimes.
‘Bike lock’ theory?
She posits that some people have a ‘combination lock’ which, when the right numbers all come up together, pushes them over the line into a horrific violent act.
EG if someone was beaten by their father as a child, go through some trauma as an adult, are under a lot of stress, then some guy in the street who looks a lot like their dad used to starts screaming at him because he bumped into him, then BLAM they’re smashing his face in with a nearby brick before they understand what’s happening.
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I didn’t know Muse did psychological studies. Fascinating!
Whoa shit 😳
Uh, I think she was a handler, of sorts. Don’t rightfully know, I just know it was a job with a lot of risks and it was hella stressful. Her workplace had one “inmate” escape and murder a 9-year old one time and that was just, well devastating.
I take my hat off to anyone who does these sorts of jobs, it must be very mentally gruelling.
https://openpathcollective.org/ provides a long list of therapists that work on an affordable, sliding scale. If you experience something traumatic, please seek support for your mental health
Nah, Post Traumatic Growth is where holy grail of human behavior lies. (Been there, done that)
After reading this I thought there must be a nice and simple Tetris game in the play store. Boy was I wrong. I think some guy has a “block puzzle” empire and has just rereleased the same tetris clone game a hundred times. And official Tetris is a total abomination of unlocks and achievements.
Bummer.
There are three main Tetris games as far as playability goes.
Classic Tetris for NES where you play with your foot
Tetris effect where handling and graphics are decent
Tetr.io where speed is everythingNotable mentions
Tetris 99 - tetris for Nintendo switch
PuyoPuyo tetris - sometimes you play puyopuyo sometimes you play tetrisEverything else is basically irrelevant
Tetris Effect is great, really immersive in VR
Yeah the ip is very horribly maintained. Imo the best game is an fangame, tetr.io
This is quite playable!
For Android there is Techmino, though it isn’t on the Play Store and instead you download it from the project’s github. https://github.com/26F-Studio/Techmino
Google ‘first person tetris’ it witb turn your world upside down.
I’m glad I decided to re-read the comments on this, as someone with aphantasia who really struggles with spatial stuff… WHAT THE FUCK, you weren’t exaggerating haha
Tetra classic
You can play regular Tetris for free on Tetris website on a laptop or something. I agree the app version is abominable
I went through a similar thing, conclusion I came to was that as Tetris is so popular, the owners of the IP have it on lockdown… it is quite a specific IP that’s kinda hard to do something similar-but-the-same.
Options I came up with were pirating a copy, or xbox game pass (iirc Tetris Effect is available there). Or… are there any Gameboy emulators that run on mobile?
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lucky us Tetris wasn’t a thing back when Batman was a kid
does it work with candy crush?
When’s the study coming out about Tetris Attack? Because I feel that would just increase your stress.
Also, just an anecdote, but good music and puzzle games seems to help those of us who had PTSD form.
For me, in my deepest depressive state, I found stupid movies to be a really good tool for managing my symptoms. My go-tos were Ocean’s 8 and Rampage.
There was just something about pointless entertainment that occupied my time well without eliciting emotional responses. (ie, emotional responses I was incapable of regulating)
That’s interesting, seems you use a similar strategy to me.
I have bipolar, knowing I’m going to have extreme lows in the future even with meds can be very dispiriting, but I know that I’ll always have a giant weapon in my arsenal… comedy shows. The difficulty comes when there’s nothing to watch and I need a boost, only so many times you can rewatch The Office, It’s Always Sunny etc.
(yes this was a thinly-veiled request for suggestions of funny!)
Here come my suggestions, I find them funny and most have a feelgood undertone too: Parks and Recreation, My Name is Earl, Raising Hope (same writers as in my name is earl), Better off Ted, Schitts Creek, Chuck, Space Force, Brooklyn Nine-nine, Outsourced, Modern Family, The Middle, Community (the earlier seasons). Most of these are pretty well known I guess but I hope at least one of them is helpful!
Better off Ted,
Much appreciated! I’ve seen most of these but a few I don’t recognise so will check them out. Better Off Ted, imo, is so underrated and I never understood why it got cancelled. Made me laugh so much.
Great! I hope you like them! I know, I’ve rarely heard anyone mention it and it’s just so good. The Veridian Dynamics™ voiceover bits especially are so funny, and poor Phil of course! I’ve been hoping someone might pick it up and keep going, but I’m guessing that’s probably too late now… Won’t stop hoping though!
Some news to assuage the pain of no more Better Off Ted, maybe you’ve already seen but Community is finally getting the “… and a movie” fulfillment :)
https://screenrant.com/community-movie-release-date-cast-story-details/
Ooooh, they finally got it huh, cool! Thanks for letting me know, it’s always nice to have something to look forward to!
Umm, a few.
The IT Crowd, Ted, Dodgeball, Zoolander, Office Space
So you’re saying if my parents had let me play video games, my childhood traumas would have been easier to deal with. Those f%*&ers…
Can confirm it doesn’t help. You’re good.
yo… everyone is laughing cause its kind of funny but I had a really intense and traumatic childhood… and I also played a lot of tetris as a kid. Like more than 12 hours a day of it.
Is that seriously why my trauma didn’t effect me like it would have with other people??
That’s fucking nuts. Like what.?.
Glad it worked out for you!
Sorry to hear about your childhood. Are you one of these superhumans I watch playing Tetris and thinking “how the FUCK can anyone react that quickly?!”. I’m pleased to hear though that you found a way to not be traumatised!
Imo it gets impressive really fast if you play on keyboard, that’s what I like about this game: it surprises myself
I too, am shocked at how fast I end up going. I’ve gotten first place a few times in tetris 99 when I really focus.
Dont hesitate to check out four.lol, a very good database of tricks you can use
that site just blew my mind, thank you!!
Ur welcome!
yeah I can go pretty fast using the arrow keys on a keyboard. I’m out of practice these days but I use to be that kind of impressive.
Here is the actual paper; https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5822451/
Thanks :)
Can confirm, I’ve been playing tetris for three hours and I’ve almost completely forgotten about the dead hooker in my trunk.
Huh, that’s the kind of thing that would just make me start visualizing how many I could fit in there.
that’s basically tetris, we’ve come full circle
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It really all depends if you leave them whole, cut them up or use a blender.
An industrial food processor would be best, but not everyone has access to those, and cleaning all the bits off can be hard
My problem is that I always go for the biggest hooker, when offered the choice.
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