Guilty or Innocent Game

[Reese Riverson]

It's quite common here to have seafood for starters on Christmas. Oysters, shrimp, lobster, scampi... you name it!

Guilty, but it was probably just a couple times when I was a teen. I love music, but I think I love silence even more

Ever liked a dish and eventually stopped liking it?

Huh, that's an interesting fact to learn, thank you for sharing that with us, Hunch!

Yeah, I think I'm guilty of that. There was one specific dish, that my one aunt made that I did like, but end up not liking as much later. I can't recall what it was, but mom hasn't made it in a very long time.

Ever disliked any specific foods, or thought you'd dislike something until you tried it and then you loved it?

[DaveRattlehead]

Didnt even know people eat shrimp on Christmas.

Also to be honest I didn't know people ate shrimp on Christmas either.

It's quite common here to have seafood for starters on Christmas. Oysters, shrimp, lobster, scampi... you name it!

Guilty, but it was probably just a couple times when I was a teen. I love music, but I think I love silence even more

Ever liked a dish and eventually stopped liking it?

Wow that's interesting, I didn't know seafood was also very common on France too

Guilty, and I'll give a sad example... In theory, I have only had COVID once, but I am absolutely certain that "first time" was the second time. Why? Well... Shortly after the pandemic started, I had a little cold. After recovering, I discovered that the macaroni was disgusting - it tasted like iron! For almost a year and a half I couldn't eat macaroni. Fortunately, I got the normal taste back

It's quite common here to have seafood for starters on Christmas. Oysters, shrimp, lobster, scampi... you name it!

Guilty, but it was probably just a couple times when I was a teen. I love music, but I think I love silence even more

Ever liked a dish and eventually stopped liking it?

Huh, that's an interesting fact to learn, thank you for sharing that with us, Hunch!

Yeah, I think I'm guilty of that. There was one specific dish, that my one aunt made that I did like, but end up not liking as much later. I can't recall what it was, but mom hasn't made it in a very long time.

Ever disliked any specific foods, or thought you'd dislike something until you tried it and then you loved it?

Guilty here too. It has happened to me with anchovies.

Ever cooked something so bad that you had to order some fast food?

[Greengoop]

Innocent, but I’d love to hear your story

Ever done something super idiotic and almost got killed?

[DaveRattlehead]

Innocent, I've never experienced a near-death experience after doing something stupid. Not much to say about it tbh.

Ever got angry playing Rayman?

[SilverLum]

I would say that nothing makes me so close to gamer rage than Rayman 1, but I'm a very calm person so at most I just stare at the screen like " " hahahaha!

Hmmm... have you ever stood up for someone who was bullied in school?

[DaveRattlehead]

Innocent. A poor guy was bullied when I went to elemental school, but we were scared. Most of the people find it unfair and, in a uthopy, people would be against the bully. The reality, unfortunately, isn't like that, and if you try to defend the bullied person, people will "befriend" the bully (i.e., they won't say anything, so they're not the bully's enemy) because they're scared of this person and you'll be alone. It's a complicated situation for kids and adults are the ones who should be caring about these things applying severe punishments. I don't know if it only happened here, but I always got the feeling that teacher didn't want to say something because they didn't want to give explanations to the bully's parents.

Ever tried sleeping less time?

[Giant Chicken]

Guilty, I used to get around 8 hours of sleep a night, but I've been going to sleep for 7-6 hours for a couple months now, and it has been going fine.

Doesn't need an alarm to wake up?

[Reese Riverson]

Innocent, I definitely need an alarm to wake up to. Even though some cases I may wake up before the alarm, it just is better for me to get up when I need to. Especially for work in the mornings.

Do you generally get to bed in a timely manner?

[The Jonster]

Nope! It's always random what time I go to bed, and it's the same when I wake up. Although my sleep schedule has become more stabilized lately, I sleep 6-8 hours and sleep anywhere between 1-3AM, and wake up around 5-9AM.

Since we're talking about bed time, do you leave your fans on at night before bed?

[Reese Riverson]

Guilty, I have to have my fan(s) on when I sleep. Partially for the fan noise, and generally the box fans make the best noise for me to sleep to. I can't really sleep well without the noise.

Do you sleep better in a colder room?

[DaveRattlehead]

Guilty. Even if I prefer the summer, it's better to sleep in a colder room as you can always put on more clothes.

Ever been scared of darkness?

[Giant Chicken]

Innocent, I always liked the darkness, its peaceful in a way. The only fear I had was a mild fear of cats (I got over it).

Are you content with what you own?

[DaveRattlehead]

Guilty. Obviously, more money would be ideal, but I'm happy with what I own . However, I would prefer to have somewhat better health. This year 2023 has been horrible

Ever had an existential crisis?

[Giant Chicken]

Innocent, thankfully. Existential crises sounds like a terrible time.

Ever had a mental breakdown?

[Immortalia]

Guilty, sadly. I've kinda lost count by now. Mental illness is kind of a beeyotch.

Ever had a full-blown panic attack?

[ChronicTraitor]

I believe this question has already been asked before, but I'll answer it anyway. I missed it last time!

Guilty, I had a panic attack last month. It was very confusing and a bit scary. I couldn't stop crying and couldn't make sense of why.
I'd never experienced one so strongly before and thought I'd well and truly lost my mind. Thankfully I'm doing better, and it hasn't reoccurred since then.

Ever had to return a gift the day before (or of) Christmas?

[Steo]

Panic attacks aren't nice. I have my fair share of them and often try to get on with my day, especially for fear that showing it will either lead to people mocking it, or just thinking I'm overreacting. I'm self aware that it seems ridiculous, but it's something a person can't help when anxiety kicks in. Too much happens in your own head telling you x and y is wrong with a million "what if's" even when you know that everything should be fine.

I don't think this specifically happened me, but we did have to go shopping yesterday (the day before Christmas in Sweden) and buy someone another gift, due to the scamming that happened which I mentioned in pluses and minuses.

Ever been nervous as to what someone else is going to think of their Christmas present from you?

[Greengoop]

Innocent. I have had people pretend to like my presents though

Ever been embarrassed by something nobody saw?

[DaveRattlehead]

Same here, I always try to buy things I know they will like.

And guilty about that. Not gonna give many details, but I'm lucky dogs can't talk

Ever forced yourself to go to a Christmas lunch with coworkers?

[Greengoop]

And guilty about that. Not gonna give many details, but I'm lucky dogs can't talk

You just made at least 20 scenarios pop into my head and I don’t like it

Innocent. Pretending the school staff is my coworkers, I actually really like Christmas dinner no matter what is served

Ever been disappointed by an important meal?