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My best friend wasn't the same person after she came out as trans and started transitioning, but this wasn't directly because of the transition. She became more outward looking, lost her depression, got a girlfriend, became very driven in a career (having previously been a classic unemployed weed smoker), and became super empathetic and kind. Honestly, she's a manifold better person now. Anyway, I think that living in the wrong body meant she was being held back in all of those ways. It caused depression and anxiety, and killed her self-confidence. It made her rebellious for (to an outsider) no reason. Transitioning did change her as a person (for the better, in every way) but only indirectly. However, for someone who didn't know her so well they might believe that it did it directly. It's a nuance worth emphasising IMO.

Anyway, she had her final surgery today and is in recovery. 😁 I'm so happy and proud!

Hey dude,

1. Can we realistically expect a Brutal Legend 2? Is it within the realms of possibility, realistically? I don't mean is it being made, or any concrete details about contracts or NDAs etc. Simply: is it possible/likely?

2. I work on ancient religion - I'm just finishing my PhD now. Brutal Legend is the game with the best mythology of any game I've ever played. It's wonderfully well-rounded, believable, and it uses all of the ingredients and archetypes that you'd expect a religion to. It's just brilliant. How did you guys achieve this? Obviously there's a lot of direct Norse influences, but I've seen some less explicit nods to Greek religion, Mesopotamian and Near Eastern stuff, druidic, and others. What was your methodology for building this mythology?

Just a final comment, I have a constant few copies of Brutal Legend for PC stored on my accounts. I give them away a lot, just because the PC port is decent and the game is fucking amazing. If someone wants a copy I'd be happy to give one away.

It's £10k a year tuition now in the UK, and if the Tories have their way, that £10k cap will be removed and it will be much more than that. So beware of suggesting 'Europe'.

We're not heathens, it's just that the UK is expensive. Even your cheapest possible 10" pizza at a crappy takeaway place will set you down a minimum of £3.50 with no toppings.

I don't know whether it's just that I come from the UK where there's more focus on credibility and qualifications than entrepreneurial spirit, but as someone who in a previous life was a 'professor' I would be very reluctant to work for a University that was created, designed, and staffed by people who hadn't been through the system.

You may not like the way it works but ultimately it trains and qualifies you. I'm sure you know your stuff but you're unlikely have that same level and standard of training as someone who's been through it. That's concerning because it's hard to know you understand the experience other students have and are able to offer parity with it.

It's also difficult to see how you could really know what's wrong with the system without really experiencing it. There are many better ways to do it than the current system. Every HE teacher knows that. But you have to have gone through the full system - Ba/BSc, Ma/MSc, PhD/DPhil - to know the ways that work and the ways that don't.

Business gets in the way of education. The best educational institutions are led by teachers. It's hard to have much faith here given that you've not completed your degree at all, nevermind done PG teaching qualifications. It seems like the exact opposite of what you'd want, as a teacher: a business-oriented approach led by someone unqualified in teaching.

Sorry for going a bit hard. It's in earnest.