If you don't mind a copy of their "Lite" version that often ships with audio hardware, you can google a method to generate a valid license key for that version that doesn't require buying anything. ;)

I call it sequel but I've heard squirrel and squeal.

I listened to the first several seconds of Space Melody by Luna Park and I wasn't quite sure what famous space melody we were discussing. I clicked the link to the original composition and immediately picked up on it, and now of course I have to listen to ResuRection by PPK since I'm fairly certain that's where I first heard this.

Thanks for this wild trip down a music memory lane!

And every time I try to pull off a sweet gymnastics maneuver below an air conditioning unit suspended by failing screws...

When I first got into VRChat to hang out with some friends, I thought maybe I could survive just playing on desktop for free. Now, a couple thousand dollars later, I own a Valve Index, extra base stations and 4 trackers for full-body tracking.

Dune 2, on our 386. Pretty sure my brother pirated the game from a BBS and at the time I didn't know piracy or BBS' were a thing.

I've found in my experience that over the years my internal voice updated to match how I sound when recorded. So when I hear myself speaking on a recording it's much less jarring now since it feels much more like how I predicted it would sound.

I know this doesn't help your current situation but it's a fun fact I recognized since you mentioned it.

I miss lockpicking, it's so cathartic. I used to have a small set of picks and folks near my desk at the office would often try to pop a padlock I kept around when we were bored. I liked how everyone seemed so interested in the ease with which you can pop many locks.

How could one make it impossible for others to shun or ostracize them?

When you figure it out you can sell it to Elon Musk for billions.

Yeah this one right here. I run my own little instance, made it easy to choose.

Did the blog's author just update the header of that post recently? It seems to indicate this was expected behaviour from the instructions they forgot they gave to ChatGPT.