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It would also be interesting to allow your only entrance to be over frozen water, so you're only accessible when its cold

Vester, I know we're all crazy here, but you have to wear pants! If you don't others will get the idea they don't need to either.

Think of the children!

Ah, the brain in a vat theory.

Arguably, even if everything's not real, you should still go with it. Or, run the equivalent of a virtual machine and live in a sim of the sim. There may be more dopamine there

Borderlands was fun for a couple of (long) days. It reminded me of Guild Wars, but I'm not sure why. Could have used a little more testing time too. And storyline, etc. Still, was fun though.

Dwarf fortress players may not be a good sample (unless thats the idea). A good chunk of them are either short, heavily bearded, not attractive in human terms, manic-depressive, have conflicting personality traits, are mechanically inclined, and sit around in the dark talking to eachother about how the others can't comprehend their lifestyle.

It would be funny to re-calculate those totals with your rounded pound per slice numbers. You could have ended up with more meat than you started with, implying something went horribly wrong with the slicing.

Two of many possible routes...

Math as a peaceful activity
Math as a stimulant

For the first, relax, close your eyes, take deep breaths, possibly lay down or sit cross-legged, and enjoy a scented incense or candle. Clear your mind, and devote an indeterminate amount of time to your math. Allow the world to fall into a solipsm of math and you. Make it your happy place.

Or, for the second, close your eyes, take two deep breaths, drop to the ground and do some pushups. Anxious? Do some sit-ups. Tired? Excellent. Now, while you're catching your breath, start in on your math. Focus every bit of attention you have left into it. Just math and you. After you've recovered, do more physical activity. Once that runner's high has arrived, stop with the physical stimulation and use that extra heightened awareness and feel good feeling and devote yourself wholly to the math. After a few times, instead of anxiety, you'll get pumped for math.

(Using classical conditioning with screamo and running, I would get a jolt of the good kind of adrenaline just from listening to the music)