Let's play a game

Hey love this idea! Random shit to start a convo: I just lost my job today (not great but I'll be ok). I am maybe turning the corner w/ a longstanding chronic pain condition, after which I'm gonna get back to my hobby of fighting people in the park.

Also, if you feel like playing too: what have you been up to today?

Hey mate glad you like the idea. Sorry to hear about your job. If you just want to vent other than playing the game, then that's fine too. Happy to hear that you're recovering from chronic pain as well. You fight people in the park as a hobby? What kinda hobby is that?

I haven't been up to much. Mostly just brushing up on my Excel knowledge in preparation for my internship next week

Hi, how's your week going?

Hey mate, my week's been great. I've just been brushing up on my Excel skills for my upcoming internship.

How's your week been?
- Not great, got my first speeding ticket over the weekend. It was a tiny town in the middle of a highway. I strongly suspect that town gets a lot of its income from speeding tickets in a section where they rapidly lower the speed limit to 25 (4 lane road).
  
  So I'm still seething about that.

The Grammar Police fails to capitalize the pronoun "I"? 🤔

Hey pal, I'm here to enforce laws not follow them
- You have made that abundantly clear so far. And in so little space!

My brain is skibidi tier rotten and I have absolutely no money in my pockets, but Boxxy is still the queen and fr fr nobody can prove me wrong.

...sorry, I'm doing it on purpose to throw you off tracks. How's going?

The grammar pedant in me did not appreciate that first paragraph.

It's going great for now. Tell me about some of your niche interests. Nerd out about it if you want
- If it's any consolation, the grammar pedant in me didn't like it either. Even if I was the one writing it. (Also, I'm glad that things are going great for you.)
  
  As for niche interests: gardening, cooking, simulation games, constructed languages, ancient languages. Some tidbits of oil painting, but frankly, I suck at it; perhaps I should stick to digital watercolours. (This reminds me Island - the main character was recalling his travels through Switzerland, his mum painting a watercolour, and his dad sarcastically saying "The milk chocolate advertisement that [brand] rejected.")
  
  But I digress. My gardening is currently pepper plants, I'm trying to breed a new variety following very specific criteria - heat, colour, shape, size. Once I'm done I'm going to spread the seeds here and there, through the city, as some small act of anarchy.

Oh this is such a neat idea for a game! I'll give you a misleading hint: I grew up watching the Andy Griffith show.

Well that tells me you're not a boomer, and most probably not Gen X, at least not early Gen X. So late 80's 90's or Gen Z are my initial deductions.

So what do you watch? Do you watch any cable TV?
- What do I watch currently? Mostly just anime and YouTube. You're basically spot on. I'm 28, so just like right on the line between GenZ and Millennial.

Hey,

Just came home sick from work.. I live in Australia so sick leave is alright...

How you doing?

Oh crikey mate. Hope you're getting better now.

Sorry about the bad joke, i couldn't resist. I'm doing well myself. What do you do for work?
- Ahh, I'm always up for a laugh.
  
  I work disability support, which is really rewarding a lot of the time. I love helping people and giving people a reason to laugh..
  
  How about you? What do you do?

5318008!

And to that good sir, i respond 93N15
- Nice. But how old am I???

Hello there!

Hey buddy! What goals are you working towards right now?
- Wow, that's kinda tough to answer without revealing a lot of clues about my age!
  
  Let's see, I guess I'm trying to be more mindful of my body in taking care of it. But it's not going so well :/
  
  Also trying to find some motivation/energy/time to play some video games since I didn't have too much access to them while growing up

I'll play, though I may not be fully forthcoming, depending on the questions.

Alright, let's start easy. What are some of your hobbies?
- Lorcana, video games

One my favorite hobbies begins with the letter “J”. Guess the hobby and also my age!

Jerking off. The age i can't say until i have enough clues
- Actually it was a different hobby but I certainly enjoy that one too. Maybe I should try to guess your age?

I am an antenna engineer and I quit because I hated the company I worked for as they embraced the corporate American model.

Wow, antenna engineer is a new one for me haha. So what have you been doing since then/plan to do now that you've quit the old job?
- Basically I do what I want when I want. Typically building things. I'm constantly fixing or modifying my cars(they are all old and constantly broken). And I play a lot of disc golf.

This will be an unusual challenge for you. I'm intrigued which angle you'll try to guess my age from.

I have my ways :). Let's start by you telling me some of your interests
- Music in general; woodwinds in particular for playing, though I'm also fond of noodling around on my various kalimbas. Role-playing games. (The real ones, not the computer ones that are RINOs.) I used to be into science fiction and fantasy but kind of drifted away from that in favour of classics, folklore, and history. (Especially the intersection of the latter two.) Huge fan of museums; I count the provincial museum in the city I live in among my top ten favourite places in the world. I'm somewhat of a foodie with a strong fondness for Indian and (authentic) Chinese food.

Yo

Hey buddy. Where are you from?
- I'm in London. Where are you from?

I think this is a pretty entertaining game. Good idea

Thanks. Ready to get your age guessed?
- Looking forward to it! Do your worst!

🎵The hills are alive with the sound of ligma🎵

Is that supposed to be a song?
- It's from a musical, yes.

I play video games, like sports, eat my vegitables, and think the world is currently a dumpster fire.

Hey!

Hey mate! Are you Canadian?
- I am! From Quebec.

Evening. It’s hot. But the only constant in life is change.

It's hot in the evening? Where are you from brother/sister?
- Southern US and the AC only managed to catch up at night. It’s bearable though. We are all in good health. How about yourself?

I am staying up later than usually. How about you?

That's funny cuz my sleep schedule is kinda shit right now. It's currently midnight, and i woke up about an hour ago.

What's causing you to stay up late?
- I'm editing openstreetmap

Given your username if I fuck up the reply do I get some sirens?

Actually hard to cause issues my phone fixes it and I guess almost nothing I type requires punctuation.

You definitely get forcefully shoved to the ground and violently ordered to stop resisting while i kneel on your neck.

Okay, mundane jokes aside, autocorrect just seems to cause more problems than it attempts to fix imo, so i have it turned off. Besides, you could've used a comma before the "and"' in: "and I guess almost nothing..." cuz a comma must precede a conjunction that precedes a pronoun, so i guess you were wrong.
- My autocorrect isn't consistent. Depends on what app is being the keyboard, SwiftKey is better to type on and has a better layout but has significantly worse autocorrect than gboard.
  
  Except my new phone has a gap at the bottom the size of a spare bar that I can't seemingly remove so it took a week to stop having my typing look like crap.
  
  If you want to correct my grammar look at anything long I type, I type like I talk which is non-stop until I'm done so I get really long run on sentences.

German here, currently waiting for the weekend in vocational school.

Oh, what trade are you going for?

Let's see what you got. I like to longboard. I'm pretty big into hip-hop, metal core, and viking metal. I'm also quite passionate about OpSec and Cyber Security.

Cool, that's a lot of interest! What are some of your favourite artists or bands in those genres, and viking metal? That's a first lol
- Ski Mask tha Slump God, Del Tha Funky Homosapien, Die Antwoord, Polaris, Architects, Knocked Loose. uhh... Tyr, Amon Amarth, Ensiferum. Think that's a pretty broad net.
Viking metal eh? I recently found Brothers of Metal and they're banging. What else do you recommend?
- Tyr is really good and similar to Brothers of Metal. Check out Hold the Heathen Hammer High. If you want heavier, I'd recommend Amon Amarth or Ensiferum. The songs Axe of Judgement, One Man Army, or Twilight of the Thunder God get my blood pumping something fierce

Hi, want to play OSU!?

Geometry dash is my go to rhythm game. I have yet to play OSU sadly.

How's it going bud?

Come at me bro

Okay bro, what do you feel like you're missing out on?
- Life in general tbh

Ooh this sounds interesting, I'm game

Alright, let's get to it then. Where do you see yourself in 10 years?
- Pretty much where I am now: retired, spending my time on fitness, healthy cooking, hubby, and hobbies. Worried about aging. Hopefully both parents will still be alive.

What's happening, youngster?

Okay, if you're not Gen X then i would be disappointed. How's the family?
- Not Gen X, dude. I just got back from a hockey game I played in with a couple guys in an adult league though.

Ooo, do me. I pledge to answer correctly and not try to throw you off the track as long as it's not some dangerous personal info or something. I'd like to see how close you get.

Okay, let's try to get some general information out of you before heading into specifics. What do you currently do for a living?
- I quit my job.

You choose the topic.

Alright let's go. What's your favourite movie/film genre? And what are some movies/films that fall under it?
- No movie genre really stands out to me. I like movies of all genres.

Ok go

I see you like politics a lot, so I'm guessing you're American?
- Americans don't LIKE politics. Talking about politics is like seeing a skunk on your daily walk. The conversation switches IMMEDIATELY from whatever you were doing, to suddenly making plans for how we're all going to be ok after this.

Sup I live in New England

Hey there, what's a typical day look like for you?
- Wake up at 8:30, drive to work, do that, come home at 5:00pm. Eat dinner with my parents. Play board games, card games, video games, or watch Youtube. Maybe mow the lawn, work on D&D, or cook dinner. Talk with friends online after and during work. Shower, sleep, repeat.

Yes. I play disc golf with some. Get together infrequently with long term friends, play online video games with my best friend that moved to the UK every Monday and zoom with a couple of high school buddie every month or so..

I've spent thousands of dollars on yoyos, one of which was $750 and is made of titanium damascus.

First thought is rich software developer who's been at it for a few years and decided to spend their money on an addiction. How right am i?

(Don't tell me your age just yet)
- Damn. Nailed it.

What are you, the feds?

If you're talking about the grammar feds, then you'd be spot on

What can I tell you, my brother, my killer, what can I possibly say?

You can tell me whatever you want. Maybe tell me what your #1 pet peeve is

I have a bit of a fever right now, what's up?

Hey bud. Hope your fever gets better. What are some of your hobbies?
- Video games, mostly