Seriously, if people have that much investment in my enjoyment of anything, that will ruin any chance I might have otherwise had of enjoying it.

I had an experience like that with the anime Berserk. Had my coworker not been so desperate for me to like it, I probably would have.

No, robot, the xenomorph is not the “perfect organism.” That’s a bad robot. Now let me inject more milk into your tubes here. I think I’ll call you “Ash”.

First off, be careful. Make sure you aren’t putting yourself in danger. Don’t talk to them. Talk to someone who can do something to protect you. HR if it’s a work thing or the police if it rises to that level. If in doubt, err on the side of caution. If something like HR or police aren’t an option, ghost them.

I hesitate to even go on. So let me reiterate. Aggressiveness is the kind of red flag you don’t want to take lightly.

All that said, if none of the above helps; if you’re talking about something other than fear for your personal safety (and again, please don’t let denial blind you here), then: don’t talk about their behavior. Talk about how you feel. Say that you feel nervous/on edge/scared when they behave in whatever way you’re alluding to.

My grandmother had an Apple IIe that I remember using as a little kid.

The first computer that was “mine” more than anyone else’s… I can’t remember the exact specs, but it ran Windows 3.11 and had an 80MB hard drive. I remember that much.

Is that a Boring Company™ Not-A-Chainsaw™?

Blaster Master was an underrated metroidvania. I’m a little bummed they didn’t mention that in the article.

Why do people say more people didn’t vote for Trump than did?

Because more people didn’t vote for Trump than did.

Trump got more of the popular vote in the U.S. in 2024 than any other candidate did, but he still didn’t get 50% of the vote. He got like 49.80% of the popular vote. And that isn’t even considering those who didn’t vote.

Don’t you agree that the statement this “question” is rhetorically making is false?

“Is a question?” is a question?

How do I both upvote and downvote at the same time?

Came here to say basically the same thing. There are books I want to have read even if I don’t necessarily want to have to slog through them. And for at least some of those books, the “want to have read” wins out over the “don’t want to slog”.