I’ve been using an MMO to help distract me from emotional eating, which as odd as it might sound, has worked so far (albeit not without some hard days). But I think the forums for the MMO are making things harder. It’s sort of habitual for me to want to involve myself in forums for stuff, but the forums for the game in question are tinted by corporate bootlicking as many western forums for products are. I was thinking about it today and what a lot of the behavior there reminds me of is the Narcissist’s Prayer. Somebody will post a complaint about the game, or a polite ask for something to be added to it or for something to be different about it, and the spirit of like half the replies will go something like: “That’s not a valid thing to say. And if it is, it’s not a big deal. And if it is a big deal, it’s not the company’s fault. And if it is the company’s fault, it’s because you deserved it. And if you didn’t deserve it, well fuck you anyway for saying things about other things, I am mad at the world and hate everyone and everything.”

Then these same kind of people will suddenly remember what a valid complaint or request is when they have a complaint or request of their own. It very much mimics the reactionary stuff you see in USian politics.