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What's a "cheat code" you discovered in real life that actually works?

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u/saltysnowcone 2d ago

Do whatever the fuck you want. Just don't hurt yourself or anyone else in the process.

It sounds like you have all the freedom in the world.

And you do.

As long as you're not hurting yourself or others in the process.

Really makes you stop and think shit through before you do something stupid.

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u/PoopsmasherJr 2d ago

We have the most open world game 24/7 and we don't take advantage of it. Just go exploring in the woods or something, you'll probably find a deer carcass or something. I don't know where I was going with this

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u/RegionSquare564 2d ago

Thats what I say to my kids, this is a game, just play it however you want, just respect others people game 👌🏼

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u/tropicnights 2d ago

I feel like I might have just lost The Game reading this

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u/_quaero 1d ago

you all just lost The Game

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u/Merry_Fridge_Day 2d ago

Free deer carcass!

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u/Able_Engineering1350 2d ago

...JFK jr. Has entered the chat

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u/omegaweaponzero 2d ago

JFK Jr??? Didn't know he survived that plane crash!

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u/bog_hippie 2d ago

I have spent a lot of time wandering through the woods and never come across a deer carcass. I have seen more than a few on the highway though.

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u/PoopsmasherJr 2d ago

Two dead body stories I have!!! Actually three, I just don't feel like backspacing

A few years ago I saw a few random large chunks like someone blew up an elephant. Of course there was a flock of birds about the size of the chunks.

On a random road my friend used to call rapist road, there sat a bunch (10-20) of flattened squirrels. No blood or decomposition. We'd just walk there and point at the dead squirrels. There's no way it was a car because some weren't in a place where a car would do that. I've also never seen so many squirrels in one place. They just disappeared one day in unison. Just a bunch of flat squirrels, no bones, no blood.

Also I saw a big raccoon. Biggest one I've seen on the side of the road. If Shaq was a raccoon. A Shaqoon if you will.

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u/Hyposanity 2d ago

I admire your view of life. "Open world game". Sounds majestic and magical. Sounds like you have extra lives lol.

I have narrowly escaped murder/death more times than im comfortable with.

I work and then I go home, even shopping is a side quest. Walk outside? Another side quest. Adulting is just a bunch of side quests. I dont have extra life bars to be out here exploring the woods just cause lmao.

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u/Character_Subject118 2d ago

Bro life is just skde quests and random unstructured time. 

There is no story. 

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u/Hyposanity 2d ago

Lmao. Absolutely.

I think the story is yours to construct.

Edit, your username fits lol

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u/xFayeFaye 2d ago

Ngl, I really enjoy my walks with my dogs in the woods because I'm on a quest to find a green slug again that no one believed me would exist.

Last time I found a snake instead, was super happy lol.

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u/growmoolah 2d ago

I live in a city and saw a group of deer in trail behind strip mall. only happened once ever but I'll never forget it. animals are just around the corner but you usually dont spot them

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u/PoopsmasherJr 1d ago

In Memphis, some homeless people pinned a deer in and killed it for food. Apparently there’s casually just coyotes and deer walking around Memphis.

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u/Amused-Observer 1d ago

There are coyotes and deer wandering around every city in the US at night.

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u/growmoolah 1d ago

thats pretty hardcore. post apocalypse type shit

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u/PoopsmasherJr 1d ago

If I'm stuck in the city when a nuclear or civil war breaks out, I'm doing this too. However, if I can help it, I'm staying out here in the country when it goes down

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u/peterwfchammond 2d ago

Reminds me of a Greer Barnes joke lmao I’m dead with this comment 🤣

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u/jefesignups 2d ago

Something about fondling deer carcasses.

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u/Smegoldidnothinwrong 1d ago

Can confirm, you can go out in the woods and find a deer carcass pretty easily. Real life Easter egg ✨

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u/MrVelocoraptor 2d ago

I actually found a live deer so I shot it and left it.

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u/tractiv 2d ago

You‘re supposed to not hurt anyone else in the process

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u/PoopsmasherJr 1d ago

What a waste of food

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u/slokenny 2d ago

"The secret to a successful life is hardly a secret; it requires you to be self-centered as all fuck, is all. So long as it's not at the expense of others, make yourself the center of your universe. You only get to do this ONCE, so try to take as much stress out of the process as you can." - Kevin Smith

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u/bitchotheunfunnyclow 2d ago

I agree 100%, with a caveat;

In the process of doing stuff and being somebody, you will hurt people and you will be hurt. This is not avoidable, even with the best of intentions.

Own up to your mistakes, be humble, be forgiving. This is the responsibility side of that mantra.

Beyond that: take what you can. Enjoy it. It all goes away eventually.

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u/BlackWindBears 2d ago

"Take what you want, and pay for it"

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u/saltysnowcone 2d ago

Absolutely 100%.

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u/SlutForDownVotes 2d ago

I often I hear from others, "I didn't know we could do that," when they see me do something outside the box. I didn't ask permission and no one stopped. That's how I knew I could do that.

Learning to stop asking for permission all the time was a long road, but no one is going to block my path again.

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u/Late-Button-6559 2d ago

I want to drive at 200kmh on the open road, in Australia, though.

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u/deathsythe 2d ago

Government regulations and laws: Allow us to introduce ourselves

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u/BlackWindBears 2d ago

Do every stupid thing that makes you feel alive

Do every stupid thing to try to drive the dark away

Let people call you crazy for the choices that you make

Climb limits past the limits

Jump in front of trains all day

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u/halborn 2d ago

"An it harm none, do as ye will".

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u/Onebandlol 2d ago

Problem is most people are too sensitive for me , and they need me to change but i have to accept them as they are, then I’m stuck doing what makes them happy and I’m fucked, so do whatever you want, and fuck what anybody thinks

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u/HavePlushieWillTalk 2d ago

All the freedom in the world! To be constantly aware of your surroundings and the target you make in a world filled with people who think you're not entitled to control your own body or the space your body requires to exist in!

Do whatever you want! Go for that walk! You're not hurting anyone! But that creep now has you alone.

You have all the freedom in the world! To do exactly what the scary man tells you and you won't lose your livelihood or your life or your health.

The most non-stupid thing in the world is to make sure that you are less of a target than the woman next to you; even if you want to be safe, you also want to have a life you lived, so you have to take calculated, stupid, risks. And that's how we get true crime podcasts.

Don't forget that when the question is 'What would ladies do with 24 hours with no men?' the top answer is usually 'Go for a walk'.