Miff

This is, in my experience, basically 90% of what working in a corporate environment is like.

There is one key problem that ensures this will never really be solved: Everyone is doing this to everyone else, so when this happens to me, inevitably I slip on info I promised to someone else for something different because I had to get sidetracked and go on an Information FetchQuest in MS Teams.

I live by the motto "if you want something done, do it yourself." The common adage has an extra word.

I never believed in Santa; I was raised thinking Santa Claus was just a game people played at Christmas and for the longest time I thought that was what everyone thought. Same with the easter bunny/tooth fairy.

It also makes me think of the whole George Reeves/Superman thing. Did kids from the era really believe Superman was real? Do kids these days still have trouble telling fiction from reality?

I don't know if it's just an autistic thing to be able to accept things as fictional from a young age but I think it's a pretty important skill to have. I know Mr Rogers was pretty big on separating the "real" and "make-believe" sections of his show (and even sometimes broke the fourth wall on the "real" portions to help remind viewers that it was all a show).

I'm going to play armchair psychologist here and wonder if a lack of comprehending fiction stunts children's creativity because understanding that Superman is a story someone made up leads into the idea that "I can make up my own stories too".

arbys

Trombone Champ seems like it's one of those weird indie games that looks straightforward and turns out to be really dark and complex like Frog Fractions, Inscryption, or DDLC, but as far as I can tell the secret lore is just some rambling about baboons that doesn't effect the gameplay.