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prerat
@prerationalist
sometimes life feels like when you're playing a rhythm game and suddenly u mess up & u get smacked w a bunch of notes flying at u & can't seem to get back into the flow of it except irl u don't get to stop & restart the level; the notes just keep coming & hitting u over & over
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Jessica
@manipulanda
this is why i really liked school, you get automatic resets after every quarter (bc i messed up and lost flow every single quarter) i don’t really have insight abt what to do when you can’t reset, but i’m def afraid of losing flow now that i have a real job
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Rat King Crimson
@Alphiloscorp
Same. It gave me a finish line to shoot for. Even if I slid to home in my face I could know I had made it this time and gear back up for next time. Have had a real job for 7 years, now. I lose flow about twice a year and it takes almost as long to get back only to lose it again
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prerat
@prerationalist
i was thinking about this bc a few days ago, i kinda figured out how to "get back" into it in just a couple seconds playing this kinda game, now i'm (admittedly rather over-optimistically) trying to see if something similar could work for the infinite game
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Rat King Crimson
@Alphiloscorp
Replying to
@QiaochuYuan
@losingcontrol23
and 2 others
This is true for myself as well. If I'm trying to make someone laugh, then it usually isn't for 'applause', but to render some truth/exhortation/sentiment isontonic for their absorption. A tool for a good purpose. I only really 'clown' (and I do) in meatspace with an audience.🧐
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