Thank your for your post. I have just started seeing a therapist who seems nice so far. Maybe things will change.
Therapists can't do the same for as an actual psychologist. Getting your mental health evaluated can be an eye opening and enlightening experience. (But you say you've suffered from multiple health problems so I assume you've been diagnosed?)
Anyway, I think the best advice I can give is don't look for happiness where society tells you to look, because society is crazy and values happiness in things that will not bring everyone happiness. Instead, find something that makes youhappy. Don't bother with relationships because those are full of drama and conflict. Get away from people who cause you grief, even if they are close family members. Just because they are family does not mean they are worth keeping around you if they fill you negativity and drama.
Try new things. Don't be closed minded. Not things you can fail at, but like trying picking up a new form of entertainment and see if you enjoy it. Something you consider fun. For me personally this was anime, it's something I can (and do) really enjoy, and it what keeps me going every day.
@neonie: You're arguing for the hire of an inexperienced and unproven person for the position of senior editor on an established news site for the express purpose of sexual and/or racial diversity.
Did you actually read what I said? Where on earth did I mention anything about sexual or racial diversity?! My entire pointof everything I've said in this thread was that I could care less about sex or race. I care about genreand opinion.The two new guys don't bring anything new the table. They like the same games the current staffers do. That's what I'm annoyed by.
Give them a few weeks before declaring ''The two new guys don't bring anything new the table''. Jason is a legend of kora fan, that's original.
Maybe I'll be satisfied if I see an Akiba's Trip quicklook where no one at any point uses the word "creepy".
@neonie: You're arguing for the hire of an inexperienced and unproven person for the position of senior editor on an established news site for the express purpose of sexual and/or racial diversity.
Did you actually read what I said? Where on earth did I mention anything about sexual or racial diversity?! My entire pointof everything I've said in this thread was that I could care less about sex or race. I care about genreand opinion.The two new guys don't bring anything new the table. They like the same games the current staffers do. That's what I'm annoyed by.
That's not what I mean. Of course risks are sometimes worth taking. However, they had two spots to fill and had two great individuals able to take those spots. It wouldn't make sense to pass that up. When you have a perfect fit, take it!
Sure. My problem is not them hiring these two dudes, my problem is lack of variety. I hope in the future that, now they have more hands on this boring status quo ship, they actually take more risks with their next hires. Fair enough?
What I wanted from this was for them to introduce to me someone completelynew who would provide a fresh perspective and voice on on things. I don't give a damn about race or gender, but there are definitely genres at Giant Bomb that aren't being covered, there are people out there who no one knows, there are risks to be taken with a fresh view that might not actually just agree happily with everything the rest of the staff says.
If you can't supply an example of an applicant who you think was passed over, all you are doing is fighting for affirmative action, which is horrible.
I think this argument kind of falls on it's face. If the entire point is to get fresh faces and new perspectives, then ideallyno one would know who they are yet or be able to name them. If they had actually taken applications from the community like it seemed like they were going to do before going the Rolodex route with it, then they would have been relative unknowns, not people that were already well known or "famous" in the already present game industry.
What I wanted from this was for them to introduce to me someone completelynew who would provide a fresh perspective and voice on on things. I don't give a damn about race or gender, but there are definitely genres at Giant Bomb that aren't being covered, there are people out there who no one knows, there are risks to be taken with a fresh view that might not actually just agree happily with everything the rest of the staff says.
In any company, you hire people with experience. It wouldn't have made sense to hire someone as a senior editor or someone who could do video from the community unless they had a lot of experience. The point of this site isn't do get new up and comers, it's to basically have a group of friends play games together and then tape their dumb antics. Hiring people that are unknown to the crew would probably end up being a big mistake.
You're right. People don't learn from mistakes, and risks are never worth taking. Good thing they never hired that Patrick guy. We ALL know that would have turned out horrible.
If you can't supply an example of an applicant who you think was passed over, all you are doing is fighting for affirmative action, which is horrible.
I think this argument kind of falls on it's face. If the entire point is to get fresh faces and new perspectives, then ideallyno one would know who they are yet or be able to name them. If they had actually taken applications from the community like it seemed like they were going to do before going the Rolodex route with it, then they would have been relative unknowns, not people that were already well known or "famous" in the already present game industry.
What I wanted from this was for them to introduce to me someone completelynew who would provide a fresh perspective and voice on on things. I don't give a damn about race or gender, but there are definitely genres at Giant Bomb that aren't being covered, there are people out there who no one knows, there are risks to be taken with a fresh view that might not actually just agree happily with everything the rest of the staff says.
I don't care if they are white, black, asian, latino, male, female whatever. I do care they just hired another dude who just likes fighting games which two staffers already like and it opens zero doors for new genres to be covered.
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