I am well aware, but not caring what my food tasted like would make things much easier.

Some people don’t mind bland food or eating the same thing all the time. As someone trying to lose weight, I envy them.

Gunpla and similar plastic models.

This is pretty much me. If Linux and associated software like Proton were at their current state 10 years ago, I would’ve made the jump by now. At this point, I just can’t be bothered. I work in IT, so I already deal with computer stuff at work, and I really don’t want to tinker with my pc at home as well. I bought some extra storage a few months ago, partially in preparation to try Linux, but have yet to install it.

I remember hearing this about the Monster Hunter games a few years ago, so it isn’t surprising to hear it holds true for their other franchises, as well. That said, it would be nice if they focused a bit more resources on optimizing the games for their new primary platform.

Babymetal

I avoided them for quite a while because I’m not a fan of Jpop and the fusion with metal did not sound like a good mix. I eventually listened to Kingslayer, and my attitude on them a hard 180 before the song was over. They have done quite a few great collabs, but their one with Electric Callboy is just chef’s kiss.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EDnIEWyVIlE

Some of these groups have dozens or hundreds of people on them, no way I’ll get even a fraction of them to. I don’t have the time or desire to start a new community from scratch.

As much as I hate it, people join Discord because that’s where all the communities are and they stay because all their other communities are there.

A lot of communities only exist on Discord. And no, you can’t just find alternatives if they’re locally based or similar.

Apparently there are quite a few art majors who turn their “useless” art degree into a living by making hentai, especially furry stuff.

OP already mentioned the .hack games, but someone else may be interested.

Most of these don’t fit “offline MMO” super closely, but are games I’ve played that share various aspects that I enjoyed in MMOs:

Kingdoms of Amalur: Reckoning

Minecraft with mods

Hytale

Various Bethesda games with mods

Sword Art Online games

V Rising

Big screen. Watching something on my phone in bed is not comfortable in the slightest. If I want comfort, I’ll go sit on my reclining sofa and cuddle with my pup.

Sounds like you were shadow banned for something. Your account is still active and you can post, but no one sees them. A lot of people see this is cowardly, but many platforms use it because if you outright ban a bad actor, there’s little stopping them from making a new account and continuing doing whatever it was that got them banned.