Tell me how not to hate mafia

[mastina]

Learn to hate yourself instead of mafia.

Works for me every time.

[mastina]

no one should hate themselves. :/

Believe me it can be surprisingly therapeutic especially when you realize it makes a perfect scapegoat. "I hate myself for playing again", for instance! This self-loathing functions as a way of shifting the blame from the game itself to yourself and lets you realize the game's fine, it's just the people playing it yourself included that suck.

[mastina]

Honestly just embrace it and hate mafia, playing out of hate will make you stronger

I mean.
It kinda does.

[mastina]

Honestly just embrace it and hate mafia, playing out of hate will make you stronger

I mean. It kinda does.

twas a serious remark
hate will free you to be the scumgod you were always meant to be like a cornered beast
hate will free you to powertown as your desperation replaces the complacency you once felt when you enjoyed things

In general I have found that hatred gives you immense strength--this strength is, inherently, toxic. It is, inherently, negative. It is, inherently, shitty. But it is nonetheless a source of strength.

It seems cliched, but yes Sith from Star Wars are a pretty accurate portrayal of this. Their anger is the source of their strength, but it is destructive to themselves and everyone and the result means everyone ends up in pain/suffering as a consequence. Doesn't make the strength gained any less real, but illustrates the issues with relying on it.

(I lowkey actually think that hatred giving strength is the biological reason we're capable of that emotion in the first place, but that's a tangent.)

I try not to channel too much of the dark side so to speak, but it's something that's incredibly tempting to fall into.
Hating yourself, for instance, gives a drive to be better.

[mastina]

Tell me how not to hate real life

I'd be a bad role model there because I hate real life most of all.
I'd live entirely in the virtual world if I could. Alas.