I never had a real disaster of a date, but one time on a first date, we went to this place near the ocean with a short walk down to a little beach with a really nice view. Across the path was a chain hanging about a foot off the ground. I thought I’d be dashing, so I mocked it and said something like “Silly chain, you can’t stop me!” and then proceeded to try and jump over it, and instead catch my foot on it and face plant.
We were together for three years before circumstances forced us amicably apart.
Almost never. The one exception I can think of is Environmental Station Alpha. I was expecting moderate difficulty and got wildly inconsistent, boringly easy sometimes, brutally insane at others instead. ‘Cheating’ was just a matter of changing a number in a text file that gave me like 4X the usual amount of health. Great game despite the inconsistent difficulty.
If guides are considered cheating, then yeah, sometimes I’ll look something up if it’s taking me forever to figure it out.
Fun fact, I had a hard time beating La Mulana with a guide. What an insane game.