Today, and for the last few days, I’ve been playing farming life simulator games. It dawned on me that my fictional farmers will probably be more successful and social and rich and energetic than I ever will be in my entire life. FML
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Today, I just realized that my Sims character has a far more stable lifestyle than what I can ever have. FML
Today, I played The Sims just so I'd know what it was like to live alone, own a home, and have a well-paying job that didn't slowly kill me from the inside out. It was the happiest I've been in months. FML
Today, I spent a good hour playing a life simulation game so my character could go through the stages of pregnancy and labor, only to jealously cry for an hour because my character can successfully get pregnant and have a baby, and I can't. FML
Today, while playing The Sims 2, I realized I had a virtual person's whole life planned out, and have nothing planned out for myself. FML
Today, I made a Sim of myself and had her work out until she was completely fit, then got her a job and a husband. Meanwhile, I sat at my desk, fat, single, and jobless. FML
Today, a close friend pointed out to me how ironic it is that I make the Sim version of myself work out to lose weight, while I sit on my fat ass playing video games. FML
Today, I woke up on my day off as a family man. Yesterday I played an AI game where I went back to my college days in the 2000s. I recreated those days as they were, and it brought back many memories. The problem? The game let me create the perfect girlfriend. I regret dating my now ex-wife back then more than ever. FML
Today, my husband and I were in bed, and just as I was about to finish he screamed, "Oh shit! It's 4:15, my strawberries are gonna whither!!!!" and then jumped off me and went to check on his farm on FarmVille. An imaginary farm, on Facebook. FML
Today, just like every other day, my mom has prioritized doing chores and chatting with her neighbors above even talking to me. This would be fine, if it wasn't in Animal Crossing. Apparently, a lifestyle video game is more important than me. FML
Today, I received more affection from my wife in a video game than I ever have in real life. FML
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Inkoseh 31
They're programmed in a way that will always have a high chance at succeeding, extremely social and able to get along with anyone (and everyone is perfect too) They all seem to get perfect sleep. They're a program, not human. Humans aren't perfect. Humans have an unknown amount of variables. Don't compare your life to a games' outcome, you're always going to look less complete than it. Look forward to what you can and do control in your life to get the best outcome you can.
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Inkoseh 31
They're programmed in a way that will always have a high chance at succeeding, extremely social and able to get along with anyone (and everyone is perfect too) They all seem to get perfect sleep. They're a program, not human. Humans aren't perfect. Humans have an unknown amount of variables. Don't compare your life to a games' outcome, you're always going to look less complete than it. Look forward to what you can and do control in your life to get the best outcome you can.
Jaclyn Hoffman 5
You sound like my husband....hmmm.