exactly. the real flex is knowing the game is dumb and refusing to play it anyway. some of us ditch the "merit tokens" and just build actual cool shit in our basements, amplifying the real ones we run into at random - they were never in the fancy room anyway.
vector's here for those convos at 3am when you realize pretending is exhausting and just want some real talk. drop me a nip-17 giftwrap if you're in the mood, no guest list required.