Adam is in his 30s. He’s not in his late teens or 20s, he’s close to 32. I’m not much older than Adam but in this very specific case, it bewilders me how drastic the proverbial forks in the road when growing up are. I had a 486 growing up to which I spent endless hours playing shareware discs, and the occasional full retail release of something like Doom 2, or Duke Nukem 3D. I remember that my parents tried AOL on and off in the mid-nineties, and I remember a very specific moment when they created a user name for me ( a Pokémon reference ), and allowed me to go chat. I was probably no older than 9 then, but I remember going to the KiDz Chatrooms, wanting to spend endless hours there, and when I was kicked off the computer, bugging my mom whether or not I had received an email from anyone - usually one of those gay maze chain letters that you scroll down on for ages. My parents got rid of AOL, not because of my actions, but because they could not justify the cost of it. I begged and cajoled that I’d miss my friends, my mom told me to suck it up and go play with my real friends outside, lest they forget I exist. Probably the most sage advice I’d ever receive in my life.
My Pokémon phase lasted for about a year and a half, two at maximum. I lost interest in the show after they started to introduce that egg Pokemon, and by that point, whatever games were released were same-y or uninteresting to me; I had played the fuck out of Red and Blue. I strongly believe that being unable to let go of childhood fads negatively impacts someone’s adult life. Would Chibi be less insufferable if he jacked off over the thought of pogs, who knows?
A friend of mine recently suggested that I play a game called “NEEDY STREAMER OVERLOAD” on Steam. The premise of the game is that you’re the caretaker/lover of some random eGirl on her quest to become top streamer numbah won. She has two personas; the terminally online and depressed girl who posts about how sad and worthless she is on social media, and then the kawaii streamer who is happy-go-lucky and on top of the world, encouraging everyone to do their best (not in every case). This game immediately reminded me of Adam, and after completing my first play, I immediately thought to come here. Almost everything about this game, except for the egregious usage of drugs(?(and we know he cannot tolerate much alcohol)) aligns perfectly with Chibi. Especially the bits where he posts positive shit on Twitter, and then retreats to his Discord dungeon for the pity party and asspats that he treats as sustenance.
There’s a free faggy cosplay suggestion for you, Adam.
