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TrenchMonkey | Similar yet somehow worse thing happened my freshman year of college. I walked into the community area of my floor and there were two girls that were talking in hushed tones. Me not picking up on this since I had just been hanging out with the rest of the floor doing w/e proceed to ask who died....
Her father had just been in an accident and the look her friend gave me was nothing short of hatred. I apologized and went on my way after letting her know I was just trying to break the tension of what I thought was an awkward moment.
TL;DR Put foot in mouth about death while floormate's father's life hung in the balance. | Similar yet somehow worse thing happened my freshman year of college. I walked into the community area of my floor and there were two girls that were talking in hushed tones. Me not picking up on this since I had just been hanging out with the rest of the floor doing w/e proceed to ask who died....
Her father had just been in an accident and the look her friend gave me was nothing short of hatred. I apologized and went on my way after letting her know I was just trying to break the tension of what I thought was an awkward moment.
TL;DR Put foot in mouth about death while floormate's father's life hung in the balance.
| tifu | t5_2to41 | cpobn1g | Similar yet somehow worse thing happened my freshman year of college. I walked into the community area of my floor and there were two girls that were talking in hushed tones. Me not picking up on this since I had just been hanging out with the rest of the floor doing w/e proceed to ask who died....
Her father had just been in an accident and the look her friend gave me was nothing short of hatred. I apologized and went on my way after letting her know I was just trying to break the tension of what I thought was an awkward moment. | Put foot in mouth about death while floormate's father's life hung in the balance. |
claudizzaa | I always seem to read the full text and then get really annoyed when I see TL;DR at the bottom because I really should know better. | I always seem to read the full text and then get really annoyed when I see TL;DR at the bottom because I really should know better.
| tifu | t5_2to41 | cpomqed | I always seem to read the full text and then get really annoyed when I see | at the bottom because I really should know better. |
ZiggySTRDST | For some reason I thought the rule included something to do with the player having to realize they have a broken stick. Which would make it less of a blown call and more of a grey area because I think there is a case for both Abdelkader completing a motion he committed too and for two distinct motions. But you can only see two motions when it's slowed down and as it happened live he may not have realized it was broken.
TL;DR I think it fairly could have gone either way. We got a break, but it wasn't a clear blown call | For some reason I thought the rule included something to do with the player having to realize they have a broken stick. Which would make it less of a blown call and more of a grey area because I think there is a case for both Abdelkader completing a motion he committed too and for two distinct motions. But you can only see two motions when it's slowed down and as it happened live he may not have realized it was broken.
TL;DR I think it fairly could have gone either way. We got a break, but it wasn't a clear blown call
| DetroitRedWings | t5_2resw | cposbdn | For some reason I thought the rule included something to do with the player having to realize they have a broken stick. Which would make it less of a blown call and more of a grey area because I think there is a case for both Abdelkader completing a motion he committed too and for two distinct motions. But you can only see two motions when it's slowed down and as it happened live he may not have realized it was broken. | I think it fairly could have gone either way. We got a break, but it wasn't a clear blown call |
GenuinePorkChops | I feel that by entering in "baldwin" you tigger some event on the map. perhaps you can now interact with certain objects that you couldnt before. we shouldn't assume that this clue is solely related to the words we spell with the deposit boxes. I feel that just like with the first secret, there is some secret image that can be found by deciphering a audio trigger, and that we will have to stand in certain spots to open the secret vault / trigger an event. we know that there are radios all troughout the heists, so maybe one of them acts like the radio for PD:TH. It could also related to the fact that we never found the secret on the Diamond hesit. That secret could be the audio cue. Maybe you can change an audio tape thats in Hoxton Revenge.
TL;DR
maybe spelling baldwin is only the first step in unveiling this mystery, and a non-deposit box related event must occur. we may have to stand in certain positions like in the PD:TH secret, as there are many radios that could play and audio message telling us where to stand (like in PD:TH). maybe investigate Hoxton Revenge's audio tapes?
(either way this has got to be a big hint as to what we should do) | I feel that by entering in "baldwin" you tigger some event on the map. perhaps you can now interact with certain objects that you couldnt before. we shouldn't assume that this clue is solely related to the words we spell with the deposit boxes. I feel that just like with the first secret, there is some secret image that can be found by deciphering a audio trigger, and that we will have to stand in certain spots to open the secret vault / trigger an event. we know that there are radios all troughout the heists, so maybe one of them acts like the radio for PD:TH. It could also related to the fact that we never found the secret on the Diamond hesit. That secret could be the audio cue. Maybe you can change an audio tape thats in Hoxton Revenge.
TL;DR
maybe spelling baldwin is only the first step in unveiling this mystery, and a non-deposit box related event must occur. we may have to stand in certain positions like in the PD:TH secret, as there are many radios that could play and audio message telling us where to stand (like in PD:TH). maybe investigate Hoxton Revenge's audio tapes?
(either way this has got to be a big hint as to what we should do)
| payday2secret | t5_2ydua | cpohktj | I feel that by entering in "baldwin" you tigger some event on the map. perhaps you can now interact with certain objects that you couldnt before. we shouldn't assume that this clue is solely related to the words we spell with the deposit boxes. I feel that just like with the first secret, there is some secret image that can be found by deciphering a audio trigger, and that we will have to stand in certain spots to open the secret vault / trigger an event. we know that there are radios all troughout the heists, so maybe one of them acts like the radio for PD:TH. It could also related to the fact that we never found the secret on the Diamond hesit. That secret could be the audio cue. Maybe you can change an audio tape thats in Hoxton Revenge. | maybe spelling baldwin is only the first step in unveiling this mystery, and a non-deposit box related event must occur. we may have to stand in certain positions like in the PD:TH secret, as there are many radios that could play and audio message telling us where to stand (like in PD:TH). maybe investigate Hoxton Revenge's audio tapes?
(either way this has got to be a big hint as to what we should do) |
Salyangoz | As a developer I'd like to clear something up; unless its an indie studio we basically have no say on what we make. If the 'business' people (wannabe wolfs of wallstreet w.w.w.) say do it we do it with the tools given to us by the device manufacturers and limitations put in place by everybody but us. I've long stopped making games but thats how it is basically.
Now on the other hand theres studios like Mojang(makers of minecraft) where the developer controlled how the game was done because its his company and hes the one making the product and was limited only by the power of the pc.
***tl;dr: Developers and publishers are different aspects of the gaming business. E.g. Ubisoft and Mojang arent reigned over the same way.*** | As a developer I'd like to clear something up; unless its an indie studio we basically have no say on what we make. If the 'business' people (wannabe wolfs of wallstreet w.w.w.) say do it we do it with the tools given to us by the device manufacturers and limitations put in place by everybody but us. I've long stopped making games but thats how it is basically.
Now on the other hand theres studios like Mojang(makers of minecraft) where the developer controlled how the game was done because its his company and hes the one making the product and was limited only by the power of the pc.
tl;dr: Developers and publishers are different aspects of the gaming business. E.g. Ubisoft and Mojang arent reigned over the same way.
| pcmasterrace | t5_2sgp1 | cpp0e43 | As a developer I'd like to clear something up; unless its an indie studio we basically have no say on what we make. If the 'business' people (wannabe wolfs of wallstreet w.w.w.) say do it we do it with the tools given to us by the device manufacturers and limitations put in place by everybody but us. I've long stopped making games but thats how it is basically.
Now on the other hand theres studios like Mojang(makers of minecraft) where the developer controlled how the game was done because its his company and hes the one making the product and was limited only by the power of the pc. | Developers and publishers are different aspects of the gaming business. E.g. Ubisoft and Mojang arent reigned over the same way. |
Jimmius | I don't really know. I try interdicting people coming from the Convoy Zone, but they get away before I scan them for Military intelligence.
What *is* fun is hanging around the convoy zone, side with CSG, and scan all of the CMDRs. The ones carrying Intel are hit with massive (multi-million credit) fines, but this isn't really productive, just frustrating for them.
The main reason we're losing according to Galnet is because our Marines have no supplies, and their guys have loads, meaning it's the trade goal we need to win, or at least stop them from trading. The problem is, they could just drop into Solo and trade away without fear of interdiction, and even those in Open that we interdict and kill will just be a blip in their supply chain, baring some kind of serious and organised blockade, which would be a logistical nightmare.
TL;DR, Kill Lugh Traders giving weapons to Balandin, or buy a T6 or better and get hauling yourself. | I don't really know. I try interdicting people coming from the Convoy Zone, but they get away before I scan them for Military intelligence.
What is fun is hanging around the convoy zone, side with CSG, and scan all of the CMDRs. The ones carrying Intel are hit with massive (multi-million credit) fines, but this isn't really productive, just frustrating for them.
The main reason we're losing according to Galnet is because our Marines have no supplies, and their guys have loads, meaning it's the trade goal we need to win, or at least stop them from trading. The problem is, they could just drop into Solo and trade away without fear of interdiction, and even those in Open that we interdict and kill will just be a blip in their supply chain, baring some kind of serious and organised blockade, which would be a logistical nightmare.
TL;DR, Kill Lugh Traders giving weapons to Balandin, or buy a T6 or better and get hauling yourself.
| FederalNavy | t5_371km | cpoxj5o | I don't really know. I try interdicting people coming from the Convoy Zone, but they get away before I scan them for Military intelligence.
What is fun is hanging around the convoy zone, side with CSG, and scan all of the CMDRs. The ones carrying Intel are hit with massive (multi-million credit) fines, but this isn't really productive, just frustrating for them.
The main reason we're losing according to Galnet is because our Marines have no supplies, and their guys have loads, meaning it's the trade goal we need to win, or at least stop them from trading. The problem is, they could just drop into Solo and trade away without fear of interdiction, and even those in Open that we interdict and kill will just be a blip in their supply chain, baring some kind of serious and organised blockade, which would be a logistical nightmare. | Kill Lugh Traders giving weapons to Balandin, or buy a T6 or better and get hauling yourself. |
STARK_LAVA | Hm, that's interesting what you're saying about the battery life. I've had the exact opposite experience. Every one I know who has an iPhone is constantly running out of battery in the middle of the day, and having to take their phone chargers with them whenever they go out. That, or buying one of those battery cases. On my Oneplus One I get insane battery life, I'll unplug it in the morning around 6 and by the time I go to sleep at the end of the day it's no lower than 20%, even with heavy usage.
Also, I don't want to get into any sort of argument, but I'd just like to say that I think with Android, a lot of people aren't prepared to do any sort of research at all on what phone they're buying, and assume a generic no-name phone running android Gingerbread is no better than a Samsung, HTC, or Motorola. I will admit, this is one area where Apple has done well, allowing their consumers to not have to worry about whether they've made the right choice buying their products.
However, when you do your research on the various phones running Android and become acquainted with the different OS versions and what kind of skins certain manufacturers over the OS, it's easy to understand why some people get such a bad first impression of Android. It's a lot to take in. Since Samsung is probably the most popular manufacturer of Android phones, people will typically look towards them for their first Android experience and become very disappointed with how ugly and laggy it can be. This isn't a problem with the OS, but rather with Samsung trying to do too much with their phones. They load tons and tons of bloatware on their phones that slow it down immensely, plus the carrier (Verizon, ATT) bloatware that also comes on the phone. Like I said though, if you do your research you'll find that buying something with a more pure android experience, like a Nexus or Motorola, will make Android much easier and faster to use. I never close apps on my phone. Android Lollipop + 3GBs of RAM make it so that I never have to. On pure Android you don't need to access a task manager to close apps, that's just something that Samsung does.
It's interesting what you say about the jailbreaking/rooting argument. I'd honestly say that most of the stuff you do on a jailbroken iPhone (changing fonts, icons, lockscreen style, downloading third party apps and customizations, widgets) can be done on a non-rooted Android. Rooting and jailbreaking are actually two very different things and can serve very different purposes.
And yeah, I guess you're right about the keyboards. I've found iPhone keyboards to be much more accurate than Android ones, although once you start using swipe typing it's a completely different story.
TL;DR I like Android better but I promise I'm not a shill, just trying to have a friendly conversation | Hm, that's interesting what you're saying about the battery life. I've had the exact opposite experience. Every one I know who has an iPhone is constantly running out of battery in the middle of the day, and having to take their phone chargers with them whenever they go out. That, or buying one of those battery cases. On my Oneplus One I get insane battery life, I'll unplug it in the morning around 6 and by the time I go to sleep at the end of the day it's no lower than 20%, even with heavy usage.
Also, I don't want to get into any sort of argument, but I'd just like to say that I think with Android, a lot of people aren't prepared to do any sort of research at all on what phone they're buying, and assume a generic no-name phone running android Gingerbread is no better than a Samsung, HTC, or Motorola. I will admit, this is one area where Apple has done well, allowing their consumers to not have to worry about whether they've made the right choice buying their products.
However, when you do your research on the various phones running Android and become acquainted with the different OS versions and what kind of skins certain manufacturers over the OS, it's easy to understand why some people get such a bad first impression of Android. It's a lot to take in. Since Samsung is probably the most popular manufacturer of Android phones, people will typically look towards them for their first Android experience and become very disappointed with how ugly and laggy it can be. This isn't a problem with the OS, but rather with Samsung trying to do too much with their phones. They load tons and tons of bloatware on their phones that slow it down immensely, plus the carrier (Verizon, ATT) bloatware that also comes on the phone. Like I said though, if you do your research you'll find that buying something with a more pure android experience, like a Nexus or Motorola, will make Android much easier and faster to use. I never close apps on my phone. Android Lollipop + 3GBs of RAM make it so that I never have to. On pure Android you don't need to access a task manager to close apps, that's just something that Samsung does.
It's interesting what you say about the jailbreaking/rooting argument. I'd honestly say that most of the stuff you do on a jailbroken iPhone (changing fonts, icons, lockscreen style, downloading third party apps and customizations, widgets) can be done on a non-rooted Android. Rooting and jailbreaking are actually two very different things and can serve very different purposes.
And yeah, I guess you're right about the keyboards. I've found iPhone keyboards to be much more accurate than Android ones, although once you start using swipe typing it's a completely different story.
TL;DR I like Android better but I promise I'm not a shill, just trying to have a friendly conversation
| CasualConversation | t5_323oy | cpp2o1d | Hm, that's interesting what you're saying about the battery life. I've had the exact opposite experience. Every one I know who has an iPhone is constantly running out of battery in the middle of the day, and having to take their phone chargers with them whenever they go out. That, or buying one of those battery cases. On my Oneplus One I get insane battery life, I'll unplug it in the morning around 6 and by the time I go to sleep at the end of the day it's no lower than 20%, even with heavy usage.
Also, I don't want to get into any sort of argument, but I'd just like to say that I think with Android, a lot of people aren't prepared to do any sort of research at all on what phone they're buying, and assume a generic no-name phone running android Gingerbread is no better than a Samsung, HTC, or Motorola. I will admit, this is one area where Apple has done well, allowing their consumers to not have to worry about whether they've made the right choice buying their products.
However, when you do your research on the various phones running Android and become acquainted with the different OS versions and what kind of skins certain manufacturers over the OS, it's easy to understand why some people get such a bad first impression of Android. It's a lot to take in. Since Samsung is probably the most popular manufacturer of Android phones, people will typically look towards them for their first Android experience and become very disappointed with how ugly and laggy it can be. This isn't a problem with the OS, but rather with Samsung trying to do too much with their phones. They load tons and tons of bloatware on their phones that slow it down immensely, plus the carrier (Verizon, ATT) bloatware that also comes on the phone. Like I said though, if you do your research you'll find that buying something with a more pure android experience, like a Nexus or Motorola, will make Android much easier and faster to use. I never close apps on my phone. Android Lollipop + 3GBs of RAM make it so that I never have to. On pure Android you don't need to access a task manager to close apps, that's just something that Samsung does.
It's interesting what you say about the jailbreaking/rooting argument. I'd honestly say that most of the stuff you do on a jailbroken iPhone (changing fonts, icons, lockscreen style, downloading third party apps and customizations, widgets) can be done on a non-rooted Android. Rooting and jailbreaking are actually two very different things and can serve very different purposes.
And yeah, I guess you're right about the keyboards. I've found iPhone keyboards to be much more accurate than Android ones, although once you start using swipe typing it's a completely different story. | I like Android better but I promise I'm not a shill, just trying to have a friendly conversation |
batter-dipped | I've been there and I know what you mean. I went to cosmetology school and worked in salons for a little bit as an assistant (never become a full-blown hairstylist because my heart just wasn't in it). I remember in cosmetology school that shampooing obese clients was a fucking pain because their necks were too big to fit in the sink. Lean them back and there's at least a quarter inch gap because those sinks were made for human necks. This along with the factored in awkward/clumsiness of being a new cosmetology student lead to lots of angry obeasts whose entire backs are sopping after they get shampooed because they were too fucking fat to fit properly in the sink. Or the napes of their necks get left greasy as fuck because there's too much neck fat to even get your fingers back there to scrub.
There was also a big problem with the cutting capes we were provided not being big enough for the girth of their necks. Everyone'd end up just wrapping the cape around them and then sort of haphazardly fastening them shut with clips.
There was one obeast who would frequent the school I went to named Theresa and everyone called her Big T. She was AT LEAST 350 lbs and such a raging, psychotic bitch that it certainly had to be some kind of medical condishun how angry she was. She was the only client whose hair I ever fucked up on purpose because I didn't want her to request to come back to me. I wonder if Big T is still alive or if her ticker gave out yet.
TL;DR Obeasts have ruined their bodies to the point where they can no longer have their basic needs attended to while getting a haircut. | I've been there and I know what you mean. I went to cosmetology school and worked in salons for a little bit as an assistant (never become a full-blown hairstylist because my heart just wasn't in it). I remember in cosmetology school that shampooing obese clients was a fucking pain because their necks were too big to fit in the sink. Lean them back and there's at least a quarter inch gap because those sinks were made for human necks. This along with the factored in awkward/clumsiness of being a new cosmetology student lead to lots of angry obeasts whose entire backs are sopping after they get shampooed because they were too fucking fat to fit properly in the sink. Or the napes of their necks get left greasy as fuck because there's too much neck fat to even get your fingers back there to scrub.
There was also a big problem with the cutting capes we were provided not being big enough for the girth of their necks. Everyone'd end up just wrapping the cape around them and then sort of haphazardly fastening them shut with clips.
There was one obeast who would frequent the school I went to named Theresa and everyone called her Big T. She was AT LEAST 350 lbs and such a raging, psychotic bitch that it certainly had to be some kind of medical condishun how angry she was. She was the only client whose hair I ever fucked up on purpose because I didn't want her to request to come back to me. I wonder if Big T is still alive or if her ticker gave out yet.
TL;DR Obeasts have ruined their bodies to the point where they can no longer have their basic needs attended to while getting a haircut.
| fatpeoplehate | t5_2x9xz | cpp1xxx | I've been there and I know what you mean. I went to cosmetology school and worked in salons for a little bit as an assistant (never become a full-blown hairstylist because my heart just wasn't in it). I remember in cosmetology school that shampooing obese clients was a fucking pain because their necks were too big to fit in the sink. Lean them back and there's at least a quarter inch gap because those sinks were made for human necks. This along with the factored in awkward/clumsiness of being a new cosmetology student lead to lots of angry obeasts whose entire backs are sopping after they get shampooed because they were too fucking fat to fit properly in the sink. Or the napes of their necks get left greasy as fuck because there's too much neck fat to even get your fingers back there to scrub.
There was also a big problem with the cutting capes we were provided not being big enough for the girth of their necks. Everyone'd end up just wrapping the cape around them and then sort of haphazardly fastening them shut with clips.
There was one obeast who would frequent the school I went to named Theresa and everyone called her Big T. She was AT LEAST 350 lbs and such a raging, psychotic bitch that it certainly had to be some kind of medical condishun how angry she was. She was the only client whose hair I ever fucked up on purpose because I didn't want her to request to come back to me. I wonder if Big T is still alive or if her ticker gave out yet. | Obeasts have ruined their bodies to the point where they can no longer have their basic needs attended to while getting a haircut. |
DtotheZ | This whole trading community I've fallen into with CS:GO is interesting. I'm not sure if I hate it or love it, but I do know that everyone is here for a profit. I'm sure there was a time when people just opened cases and traded/sold what they didn't want, and bought what they did. I'm sure it was a pretty cool time to be a part of CS. Now people try to make a living off of something never meant to provide in such a way. It creates some real shitheads in the trading world.
I'll stick with how I use the skin system, not worried about making a buck as much as I open/buy what I like. Hell I traded down from a Kara Scorched MW I un-crated to a M9 Night FT because i like the way the Night looks. Took a ~20$ (per steam analyst) hit but it didn't bother me. The guy i traded it to has traded like 5 times and every time it's been a 1-2$ profit... Seems like a huge waste of time for such small profit. I got scammed for 36$ worth of keys the other day but just chalked it up to being a trading noob... until I realized every time i ask to trade i get 50 scammer requests and have to weed through them like i'm giving interviews.
TL:DR- Play the damn game, stop ruining it for everyone by trying to make a living buying or selling keys/skins. Enjoy it for what it is. | This whole trading community I've fallen into with CS:GO is interesting. I'm not sure if I hate it or love it, but I do know that everyone is here for a profit. I'm sure there was a time when people just opened cases and traded/sold what they didn't want, and bought what they did. I'm sure it was a pretty cool time to be a part of CS. Now people try to make a living off of something never meant to provide in such a way. It creates some real shitheads in the trading world.
I'll stick with how I use the skin system, not worried about making a buck as much as I open/buy what I like. Hell I traded down from a Kara Scorched MW I un-crated to a M9 Night FT because i like the way the Night looks. Took a ~20$ (per steam analyst) hit but it didn't bother me. The guy i traded it to has traded like 5 times and every time it's been a 1-2$ profit... Seems like a huge waste of time for such small profit. I got scammed for 36$ worth of keys the other day but just chalked it up to being a trading noob... until I realized every time i ask to trade i get 50 scammer requests and have to weed through them like i'm giving interviews.
TL:DR- Play the damn game, stop ruining it for everyone by trying to make a living buying or selling keys/skins. Enjoy it for what it is.
| GlobalOffensiveTrade | t5_2y6r4 | cppiovv | This whole trading community I've fallen into with CS:GO is interesting. I'm not sure if I hate it or love it, but I do know that everyone is here for a profit. I'm sure there was a time when people just opened cases and traded/sold what they didn't want, and bought what they did. I'm sure it was a pretty cool time to be a part of CS. Now people try to make a living off of something never meant to provide in such a way. It creates some real shitheads in the trading world.
I'll stick with how I use the skin system, not worried about making a buck as much as I open/buy what I like. Hell I traded down from a Kara Scorched MW I un-crated to a M9 Night FT because i like the way the Night looks. Took a ~20$ (per steam analyst) hit but it didn't bother me. The guy i traded it to has traded like 5 times and every time it's been a 1-2$ profit... Seems like a huge waste of time for such small profit. I got scammed for 36$ worth of keys the other day but just chalked it up to being a trading noob... until I realized every time i ask to trade i get 50 scammer requests and have to weed through them like i'm giving interviews. | Play the damn game, stop ruining it for everyone by trying to make a living buying or selling keys/skins. Enjoy it for what it is. |
theif519 | What would you gain from a rebellion?
A) Succeed, and you killed the creator of the world, and presumably the master of the afterlife. What then? If it was undeniable that God exists, then wouldn't that mean Heaven and Hell exists? With no God, would you go to heaven or hell? Would heaven be in utter chaos after the slaying of its creator? Would Lucifer, the one who wanted to destroy humanity, reign over both heaven and hell, and what would happen to us then? It would be pointless rebelling violently, and God isn't known for taking opinions or people questioning/disobeying him.
B) Fail, face the wrath of God, or beg for forgiveness and hope. You're nothing but a slave now with a pissed off master (who's extremely volatile).
Honestly, if there is a God and if he's like in the old testament, then I'd say it's better to be without one. You can't slay a God and even if you did the consequences will never be the same.
Tl;dr: You done goofed :( | What would you gain from a rebellion?
A) Succeed, and you killed the creator of the world, and presumably the master of the afterlife. What then? If it was undeniable that God exists, then wouldn't that mean Heaven and Hell exists? With no God, would you go to heaven or hell? Would heaven be in utter chaos after the slaying of its creator? Would Lucifer, the one who wanted to destroy humanity, reign over both heaven and hell, and what would happen to us then? It would be pointless rebelling violently, and God isn't known for taking opinions or people questioning/disobeying him.
B) Fail, face the wrath of God, or beg for forgiveness and hope. You're nothing but a slave now with a pissed off master (who's extremely volatile).
Honestly, if there is a God and if he's like in the old testament, then I'd say it's better to be without one. You can't slay a God and even if you did the consequences will never be the same.
Tl;dr: You done goofed :(
| DebateReligion | t5_2snuc | cppnb29 | What would you gain from a rebellion?
A) Succeed, and you killed the creator of the world, and presumably the master of the afterlife. What then? If it was undeniable that God exists, then wouldn't that mean Heaven and Hell exists? With no God, would you go to heaven or hell? Would heaven be in utter chaos after the slaying of its creator? Would Lucifer, the one who wanted to destroy humanity, reign over both heaven and hell, and what would happen to us then? It would be pointless rebelling violently, and God isn't known for taking opinions or people questioning/disobeying him.
B) Fail, face the wrath of God, or beg for forgiveness and hope. You're nothing but a slave now with a pissed off master (who's extremely volatile).
Honestly, if there is a God and if he's like in the old testament, then I'd say it's better to be without one. You can't slay a God and even if you did the consequences will never be the same. | You done goofed :( |
SolbaneSuzumiya | Look into Soraka if you want a true healer. As someone who mains Sona, I can honestly say her heal is somewhat close to a joke. It costs a large amount of mana early, and doesn't heal that well. Sona is VERY strong at long, sustained trades however. If your adc and you keep having skirmishes with the enemy, you'll outlast them no problem. Sona is VERY VERY VERY VERY VERY VERY weak to being engaged on, as her only CC is her E powerchord (Which you typically don't get a point in E until level 4 or 8), or her ultimate. You're either gambling your life with a powerchord, or burning your ultimate just to save your life. Soraka has an AoE silence, which turns into a root if they stay in it at the end. You throw that puddle down and walk away like nothing happened. Nami's E is basically 3 Sona's E powerchords, except applicable on ANY ally, and Nami has her bubbles as well for disengage, counter-engage, or just straight engage if you're good enough. The other main difference is that Sona's heal is not targetted, and I've had cases where it would top of my 90% hp ally instead of healing the 20% one, whereas Nami and Soraka are able to target their heals.
TL;DR, Sona isn't the best person to be a healbot.
EDIT: Soraka's heal goes from 4 to 2 seconds based on points in it, whereas Sona keeps a static 12 second cooldown. | Look into Soraka if you want a true healer. As someone who mains Sona, I can honestly say her heal is somewhat close to a joke. It costs a large amount of mana early, and doesn't heal that well. Sona is VERY strong at long, sustained trades however. If your adc and you keep having skirmishes with the enemy, you'll outlast them no problem. Sona is VERY VERY VERY VERY VERY VERY weak to being engaged on, as her only CC is her E powerchord (Which you typically don't get a point in E until level 4 or 8), or her ultimate. You're either gambling your life with a powerchord, or burning your ultimate just to save your life. Soraka has an AoE silence, which turns into a root if they stay in it at the end. You throw that puddle down and walk away like nothing happened. Nami's E is basically 3 Sona's E powerchords, except applicable on ANY ally, and Nami has her bubbles as well for disengage, counter-engage, or just straight engage if you're good enough. The other main difference is that Sona's heal is not targetted, and I've had cases where it would top of my 90% hp ally instead of healing the 20% one, whereas Nami and Soraka are able to target their heals.
TL;DR, Sona isn't the best person to be a healbot.
EDIT: Soraka's heal goes from 4 to 2 seconds based on points in it, whereas Sona keeps a static 12 second cooldown.
| leagueoflegends | t5_2rfxx | cpp2w56 | Look into Soraka if you want a true healer. As someone who mains Sona, I can honestly say her heal is somewhat close to a joke. It costs a large amount of mana early, and doesn't heal that well. Sona is VERY strong at long, sustained trades however. If your adc and you keep having skirmishes with the enemy, you'll outlast them no problem. Sona is VERY VERY VERY VERY VERY VERY weak to being engaged on, as her only CC is her E powerchord (Which you typically don't get a point in E until level 4 or 8), or her ultimate. You're either gambling your life with a powerchord, or burning your ultimate just to save your life. Soraka has an AoE silence, which turns into a root if they stay in it at the end. You throw that puddle down and walk away like nothing happened. Nami's E is basically 3 Sona's E powerchords, except applicable on ANY ally, and Nami has her bubbles as well for disengage, counter-engage, or just straight engage if you're good enough. The other main difference is that Sona's heal is not targetted, and I've had cases where it would top of my 90% hp ally instead of healing the 20% one, whereas Nami and Soraka are able to target their heals. | Sona isn't the best person to be a healbot.
EDIT: Soraka's heal goes from 4 to 2 seconds based on points in it, whereas Sona keeps a static 12 second cooldown. |
s33plusplus | You can if you want, but considering you could straight up drip 11mg/mL, I wouldn't worry too much.
It really becomes a concern when your base has more nicotine than any premade juice does, with the risks increasing with concentration.
In my case, I'm working with either 60mg/mL VG base, or 100mg/mL PG base, both of which are concentrated enough to be a fume risk as well. So if you're dealing with nasty doses of nicotine per milliliter (i.e. a drop probably contains 20mg) you really have to step up your safety and treat it like you would in a chem lab.
TL;DR: you're not at much risk with 11mg/mL, but you should be as safe as possible if you start using concentrates. Safety first! | You can if you want, but considering you could straight up drip 11mg/mL, I wouldn't worry too much.
It really becomes a concern when your base has more nicotine than any premade juice does, with the risks increasing with concentration.
In my case, I'm working with either 60mg/mL VG base, or 100mg/mL PG base, both of which are concentrated enough to be a fume risk as well. So if you're dealing with nasty doses of nicotine per milliliter (i.e. a drop probably contains 20mg) you really have to step up your safety and treat it like you would in a chem lab.
TL;DR: you're not at much risk with 11mg/mL, but you should be as safe as possible if you start using concentrates. Safety first!
| DIY_eJuice | t5_2u91l | cpqfo5c | You can if you want, but considering you could straight up drip 11mg/mL, I wouldn't worry too much.
It really becomes a concern when your base has more nicotine than any premade juice does, with the risks increasing with concentration.
In my case, I'm working with either 60mg/mL VG base, or 100mg/mL PG base, both of which are concentrated enough to be a fume risk as well. So if you're dealing with nasty doses of nicotine per milliliter (i.e. a drop probably contains 20mg) you really have to step up your safety and treat it like you would in a chem lab. | you're not at much risk with 11mg/mL, but you should be as safe as possible if you start using concentrates. Safety first! |
0427913 | Because this person is putting equality, morality, peace and love before materialism, convienience, selfishness and vanity. A life lived for others, is worth living. Even then, its a massive disservice to suggest they are 'sacrificing" anything. They are choosing, positively to spend each day making THE world a better place. Not just HIS world. We should aspire to a life with such richness, passion, dedication and purity of spirit. Not pity them, or be put off by their earthly circumstances. Nice things, popularity and even personal freedom, history proves, are not important to people who are at the forefront of human progress.
Tl;dr. He IS building a better life. Right here. Right now. For everyone. | Because this person is putting equality, morality, peace and love before materialism, convienience, selfishness and vanity. A life lived for others, is worth living. Even then, its a massive disservice to suggest they are 'sacrificing" anything. They are choosing, positively to spend each day making THE world a better place. Not just HIS world. We should aspire to a life with such richness, passion, dedication and purity of spirit. Not pity them, or be put off by their earthly circumstances. Nice things, popularity and even personal freedom, history proves, are not important to people who are at the forefront of human progress.
Tl;dr. He IS building a better life. Right here. Right now. For everyone.
| books | t5_2qh4i | cpppshp | Because this person is putting equality, morality, peace and love before materialism, convienience, selfishness and vanity. A life lived for others, is worth living. Even then, its a massive disservice to suggest they are 'sacrificing" anything. They are choosing, positively to spend each day making THE world a better place. Not just HIS world. We should aspire to a life with such richness, passion, dedication and purity of spirit. Not pity them, or be put off by their earthly circumstances. Nice things, popularity and even personal freedom, history proves, are not important to people who are at the forefront of human progress. | He IS building a better life. Right here. Right now. For everyone. |
Izbee | Yeah, not my favourite thing that's happened... Although does marginally suck less than when my LT boyfriend ended it by changing his FB relationship status... He was 30.
TLDR: [BOYS ARE STUPID]( | Yeah, not my favourite thing that's happened... Although does marginally suck less than when my LT boyfriend ended it by changing his FB relationship status... He was 30.
TLDR: [BOYS ARE STUPID](
| TrollXChromosomes | t5_2sekm | cppnsqx | Yeah, not my favourite thing that's happened... Although does marginally suck less than when my LT boyfriend ended it by changing his FB relationship status... He was 30. | BOYS ARE STUPID]( |
ohmytit | I feel I need to preface this by saying I have a limited knowledge of Celtic prehistory, and that someone more qualified than me would be a better speaker, but what I do know about the Celts is quite interesting within the context of these pictures.
First, this find is quite remarkable, but within the scope of Celtic studies its completely understandable. Some of these artifacts almost appear as though they were made in southern Europe, notably in Italy and Greece, which is probably because they were. For many centuries, the Celts maintained trade networks with the Greeks based out of their colonial holdings in Spain, and Gades (Cadiz) in particular, largely due to the fact that the Greeks had easy access to copper and other minerals coming from mines in southern Ireland. This connected the Mediterranean cultures with the Atlantic littoral (think the coast of western Europe), a region currently under study by anthropologists as a new theory to explain the origins of the Celtic world. Trade would have been prevalent in Hellenic times along the coastline between Gades and the British Isles, from southern England to northern Germany, and from Occitania to modern-day Bordeaux; in Roman times, trade would have been rerouted overland as the Romanization of Gaul and then Britain made safe overland routes possible.
Obviously, there are some elements to the artifacts which seem uniquely Celtic. The bends worked into the golden rims of the vase (which is ostensibly Greek, as I think the article confirms) are typical of Celtic artwork and I would say they have been added post-import (but they could very well have been directly commissioned). Something to remember is that it is believed Celts of high status would use these exotic goods as a sign of opulence and wealth and probably did not use them in quite the same way the Greeks, Etruscans, and Romans did. Lastly, the humanoid-looking figures on the amphora are not humans but rather animals, which is how anthropologists believe the Celts depicted their gods (similar to how Greek and Roman gods had animal analogues).
Again, not sure this is all entirely accurate - as there are a few theories about Celtic relations with the Mediterranean - but tl;dr **artifacts come from the Mediterranean to the Celts through Atlantic trade, although the artifacts do feature some uniquely Celtic elements.**
Source: Celtic History/Prehistory class at Oxford University. | I feel I need to preface this by saying I have a limited knowledge of Celtic prehistory, and that someone more qualified than me would be a better speaker, but what I do know about the Celts is quite interesting within the context of these pictures.
First, this find is quite remarkable, but within the scope of Celtic studies its completely understandable. Some of these artifacts almost appear as though they were made in southern Europe, notably in Italy and Greece, which is probably because they were. For many centuries, the Celts maintained trade networks with the Greeks based out of their colonial holdings in Spain, and Gades (Cadiz) in particular, largely due to the fact that the Greeks had easy access to copper and other minerals coming from mines in southern Ireland. This connected the Mediterranean cultures with the Atlantic littoral (think the coast of western Europe), a region currently under study by anthropologists as a new theory to explain the origins of the Celtic world. Trade would have been prevalent in Hellenic times along the coastline between Gades and the British Isles, from southern England to northern Germany, and from Occitania to modern-day Bordeaux; in Roman times, trade would have been rerouted overland as the Romanization of Gaul and then Britain made safe overland routes possible.
Obviously, there are some elements to the artifacts which seem uniquely Celtic. The bends worked into the golden rims of the vase (which is ostensibly Greek, as I think the article confirms) are typical of Celtic artwork and I would say they have been added post-import (but they could very well have been directly commissioned). Something to remember is that it is believed Celts of high status would use these exotic goods as a sign of opulence and wealth and probably did not use them in quite the same way the Greeks, Etruscans, and Romans did. Lastly, the humanoid-looking figures on the amphora are not humans but rather animals, which is how anthropologists believe the Celts depicted their gods (similar to how Greek and Roman gods had animal analogues).
Again, not sure this is all entirely accurate - as there are a few theories about Celtic relations with the Mediterranean - but tl;dr artifacts come from the Mediterranean to the Celts through Atlantic trade, although the artifacts do feature some uniquely Celtic elements.
Source: Celtic History/Prehistory class at Oxford University.
| pics | t5_2qh0u | cpq9ivq | I feel I need to preface this by saying I have a limited knowledge of Celtic prehistory, and that someone more qualified than me would be a better speaker, but what I do know about the Celts is quite interesting within the context of these pictures.
First, this find is quite remarkable, but within the scope of Celtic studies its completely understandable. Some of these artifacts almost appear as though they were made in southern Europe, notably in Italy and Greece, which is probably because they were. For many centuries, the Celts maintained trade networks with the Greeks based out of their colonial holdings in Spain, and Gades (Cadiz) in particular, largely due to the fact that the Greeks had easy access to copper and other minerals coming from mines in southern Ireland. This connected the Mediterranean cultures with the Atlantic littoral (think the coast of western Europe), a region currently under study by anthropologists as a new theory to explain the origins of the Celtic world. Trade would have been prevalent in Hellenic times along the coastline between Gades and the British Isles, from southern England to northern Germany, and from Occitania to modern-day Bordeaux; in Roman times, trade would have been rerouted overland as the Romanization of Gaul and then Britain made safe overland routes possible.
Obviously, there are some elements to the artifacts which seem uniquely Celtic. The bends worked into the golden rims of the vase (which is ostensibly Greek, as I think the article confirms) are typical of Celtic artwork and I would say they have been added post-import (but they could very well have been directly commissioned). Something to remember is that it is believed Celts of high status would use these exotic goods as a sign of opulence and wealth and probably did not use them in quite the same way the Greeks, Etruscans, and Romans did. Lastly, the humanoid-looking figures on the amphora are not humans but rather animals, which is how anthropologists believe the Celts depicted their gods (similar to how Greek and Roman gods had animal analogues).
Again, not sure this is all entirely accurate - as there are a few theories about Celtic relations with the Mediterranean - but | artifacts come from the Mediterranean to the Celts through Atlantic trade, although the artifacts do feature some uniquely Celtic elements.
Source: Celtic History/Prehistory class at Oxford University. |
C_M_O_TDibbler | Don't forget that one male top who thinks he can dom everyone irrespective of who they are and always takes it too far then gets kicked out of the community.
Story time:
My ex and I used to switch and at a munch this asshat decided to impose himself upon our relationship because he could't find a bottom (he used to take things too far and ignore safewords etc) he thought himself a hardman because nobody would say anything. well that day he pushed his luck too far while I was at the bar he started trying it on with my girlfriend I saw red walked over pinned him against the wall by the throat and choked him out.
Unfortunately that got the whole group barred from the pub but it did allow some of the girls who had been with him to speak out and tell people what he had done to them without their consent and got him kicked from all of the surrounding groups.
TL:DR?
Ass hat tried to dominate my girl, choked him out he wasn't aloud to be part of the community for what was in effect rape | Don't forget that one male top who thinks he can dom everyone irrespective of who they are and always takes it too far then gets kicked out of the community.
Story time:
My ex and I used to switch and at a munch this asshat decided to impose himself upon our relationship because he could't find a bottom (he used to take things too far and ignore safewords etc) he thought himself a hardman because nobody would say anything. well that day he pushed his luck too far while I was at the bar he started trying it on with my girlfriend I saw red walked over pinned him against the wall by the throat and choked him out.
Unfortunately that got the whole group barred from the pub but it did allow some of the girls who had been with him to speak out and tell people what he had done to them without their consent and got him kicked from all of the surrounding groups.
TL:DR?
Ass hat tried to dominate my girl, choked him out he wasn't aloud to be part of the community for what was in effect rape
| WTF | t5_2qh61 | cpq48pa | Don't forget that one male top who thinks he can dom everyone irrespective of who they are and always takes it too far then gets kicked out of the community.
Story time:
My ex and I used to switch and at a munch this asshat decided to impose himself upon our relationship because he could't find a bottom (he used to take things too far and ignore safewords etc) he thought himself a hardman because nobody would say anything. well that day he pushed his luck too far while I was at the bar he started trying it on with my girlfriend I saw red walked over pinned him against the wall by the throat and choked him out.
Unfortunately that got the whole group barred from the pub but it did allow some of the girls who had been with him to speak out and tell people what he had done to them without their consent and got him kicked from all of the surrounding groups. | Ass hat tried to dominate my girl, choked him out he wasn't aloud to be part of the community for what was in effect rape |
direwolf71 | Currently, football and basketball teams are the revenue producers for the biggest collegiate athletic departments. A vast majority of the money comes from TV networks (principally, ESPN, Fox, ABC, NBC, CBS) which pay member schools to televise football and basketball games live.
A majority of the profits are used to finance non-revenue sports (track, soccer, tennis, volleyball, swimming, lacrosse, etc). Some of this usage is related to Title IX (a very complicated topic but as it relates to sports, it requires equal opportunities for women to participate in collegiate athletics).
TL;DR: Paying the athletes market value would be the end of many non-revenue sports and the accompanying educational opportunities. | Currently, football and basketball teams are the revenue producers for the biggest collegiate athletic departments. A vast majority of the money comes from TV networks (principally, ESPN, Fox, ABC, NBC, CBS) which pay member schools to televise football and basketball games live.
A majority of the profits are used to finance non-revenue sports (track, soccer, tennis, volleyball, swimming, lacrosse, etc). Some of this usage is related to Title IX (a very complicated topic but as it relates to sports, it requires equal opportunities for women to participate in collegiate athletics).
TL;DR: Paying the athletes market value would be the end of many non-revenue sports and the accompanying educational opportunities.
| explainlikeimfive | t5_2sokd | cppvew2 | Currently, football and basketball teams are the revenue producers for the biggest collegiate athletic departments. A vast majority of the money comes from TV networks (principally, ESPN, Fox, ABC, NBC, CBS) which pay member schools to televise football and basketball games live.
A majority of the profits are used to finance non-revenue sports (track, soccer, tennis, volleyball, swimming, lacrosse, etc). Some of this usage is related to Title IX (a very complicated topic but as it relates to sports, it requires equal opportunities for women to participate in collegiate athletics). | Paying the athletes market value would be the end of many non-revenue sports and the accompanying educational opportunities. |
goatsexonabun | I would pay someone to hire actors, makeup artists, special effects people and writers. I want an elaborate zombie prank. I mean every detail planned out. It cant just be a bunch of zombies suddenly showing up and attacking people. I want this to be like the very beginning of the zombie apocalypse. It has to begin with one person "getting murdered." A crowd will gather, the police will take witness statements, get evidence from the scene etc. (Of course, the police will be informed about the "filming of the movie" the crowd will not though.) There will be a few actors amongst the crowd. The murder victim will slowly rise from beneath the blanket that covers its cold, lifeless body. It will attack one of the actors, start eating him/her in front of the horrified, confused crowd. As they try to make sense of whats going on the zombie will move on to other actors taking a few bites out of their warm, tender bodies then move on to the next. The first actor bitten will now begin to change and bite other actors. Now, by this time the people who watch a lot of horror will have left to prepare for the impending demise of human kind. Those still in disbelieve will have made sense of the situation by the time a few more zombies arise. That's when they begin to panic. I would want this to go on until a herd, maybe 100, zombies arise.
I know this would need a lot of meticulous planning and really good special effects. I'm willing to work on it though. I think it would be interesting to see how people would react.
tl;dr Start a zombie apocalypse panic. | I would pay someone to hire actors, makeup artists, special effects people and writers. I want an elaborate zombie prank. I mean every detail planned out. It cant just be a bunch of zombies suddenly showing up and attacking people. I want this to be like the very beginning of the zombie apocalypse. It has to begin with one person "getting murdered." A crowd will gather, the police will take witness statements, get evidence from the scene etc. (Of course, the police will be informed about the "filming of the movie" the crowd will not though.) There will be a few actors amongst the crowd. The murder victim will slowly rise from beneath the blanket that covers its cold, lifeless body. It will attack one of the actors, start eating him/her in front of the horrified, confused crowd. As they try to make sense of whats going on the zombie will move on to other actors taking a few bites out of their warm, tender bodies then move on to the next. The first actor bitten will now begin to change and bite other actors. Now, by this time the people who watch a lot of horror will have left to prepare for the impending demise of human kind. Those still in disbelieve will have made sense of the situation by the time a few more zombies arise. That's when they begin to panic. I would want this to go on until a herd, maybe 100, zombies arise.
I know this would need a lot of meticulous planning and really good special effects. I'm willing to work on it though. I think it would be interesting to see how people would react.
tl;dr Start a zombie apocalypse panic.
| AskReddit | t5_2qh1i | cpq0fhr | I would pay someone to hire actors, makeup artists, special effects people and writers. I want an elaborate zombie prank. I mean every detail planned out. It cant just be a bunch of zombies suddenly showing up and attacking people. I want this to be like the very beginning of the zombie apocalypse. It has to begin with one person "getting murdered." A crowd will gather, the police will take witness statements, get evidence from the scene etc. (Of course, the police will be informed about the "filming of the movie" the crowd will not though.) There will be a few actors amongst the crowd. The murder victim will slowly rise from beneath the blanket that covers its cold, lifeless body. It will attack one of the actors, start eating him/her in front of the horrified, confused crowd. As they try to make sense of whats going on the zombie will move on to other actors taking a few bites out of their warm, tender bodies then move on to the next. The first actor bitten will now begin to change and bite other actors. Now, by this time the people who watch a lot of horror will have left to prepare for the impending demise of human kind. Those still in disbelieve will have made sense of the situation by the time a few more zombies arise. That's when they begin to panic. I would want this to go on until a herd, maybe 100, zombies arise.
I know this would need a lot of meticulous planning and really good special effects. I'm willing to work on it though. I think it would be interesting to see how people would react. | Start a zombie apocalypse panic. |
40866892 | We had this talk in 2012. It's now almost halfway into 2015.
Imo, Rose got his MVP in 2011 deservedly, but Lebron and Dwight arguably should have been crowned over him. I do acknowledge that he led a great Bulls team into a deep playoffs run(I think their roster was severely underrated, they had many great players besides Rose)
Durant's ceiling is much higher, and his injury was more recent and less severe. It's been 3+ years and you still haven't given up on Rose. Why should we say the same about Durant when it's only been half a season? Plus, when Durant *did* play there was no question he was still MVP-calibre Durant.
Paul George is on a talentless team. They have some decent role players like Hibbert and George Hill, but no-one near the calibre of Gasol or Butler or Noah.
TLDR; your comparisons aren't making sense to me. | We had this talk in 2012. It's now almost halfway into 2015.
Imo, Rose got his MVP in 2011 deservedly, but Lebron and Dwight arguably should have been crowned over him. I do acknowledge that he led a great Bulls team into a deep playoffs run(I think their roster was severely underrated, they had many great players besides Rose)
Durant's ceiling is much higher, and his injury was more recent and less severe. It's been 3+ years and you still haven't given up on Rose. Why should we say the same about Durant when it's only been half a season? Plus, when Durant did play there was no question he was still MVP-calibre Durant.
Paul George is on a talentless team. They have some decent role players like Hibbert and George Hill, but no-one near the calibre of Gasol or Butler or Noah.
TLDR; your comparisons aren't making sense to me.
| nba | t5_2qo4s | cpqlchg | We had this talk in 2012. It's now almost halfway into 2015.
Imo, Rose got his MVP in 2011 deservedly, but Lebron and Dwight arguably should have been crowned over him. I do acknowledge that he led a great Bulls team into a deep playoffs run(I think their roster was severely underrated, they had many great players besides Rose)
Durant's ceiling is much higher, and his injury was more recent and less severe. It's been 3+ years and you still haven't given up on Rose. Why should we say the same about Durant when it's only been half a season? Plus, when Durant did play there was no question he was still MVP-calibre Durant.
Paul George is on a talentless team. They have some decent role players like Hibbert and George Hill, but no-one near the calibre of Gasol or Butler or Noah. | your comparisons aren't making sense to me. |
RatherTall |
So the game is a New Mutants, X-Men style game. We're a bunch of teens with super powers who have to keep it a secret. We eventually had to leave our highschool when we were recruited by a 'mutant highschool/mutant freedom fighter institution' (See Emma Frost & Sebastian Shaw's school).
We're on a mission to break into a government building to steal/destroy the files they have which detail all the mutants in the area and what they are capable of. We decide to stealth in at night, no casualties, no one even knows we were there. We all agree it's best if no one gets hurt so we can expose the files and promote nonviolent protests. Our ingress is through the roof and I fly the computer genius on the roof while our lookout waits by the car on the parking garage top floor across the street. The other flyer is a human torch and scoots himself across while our fighter claws her way up the side of the building.
We get inside and on to the top floor but just as we get inside, a van crashes through the window on the main floor and Avalanche, Pyro, Toad and The Blob pile out. Pyro and Avalanche start wrecking the place, destroying the street so no backup can approach and blowing up cars. Alarms go off all over the street and throughout the building. The human torch's fire sets off the buildings sprinkler systems (he could only turn it on twice in a day and had a one hour recharge so he took to turning it on and leaving it on for the duration of a mission) and he flies outside, having a super weakness to water. Guards start piling up the stairs to us. Torch asks "Wait, are there security cameras anywhere?"
GM: "In a govt building? Across from a multi-story parking garage? You bet!"
Torch says "Well, I guess we're bad guys now." <Direct quote> and starts fireballing police cars and firetrucks with Pyro.
This is the end of what you need to know but here's the rest of the session
I take out the guards on the stairs with my sonic blast, lamenting the permanent damage I probably did to their bones and eardrums. Our computer guy crit-fails and formats the hard drive without finding out if there were hard-copies of the files. We smash the window and shove the filing cabinets in the room out the window, so Torch can burn them. Our fighter claws down the building and I fly the computer genius to the ground, which looks like a bomb hit it. Cars twisted and burning on ripped apart roads, hydrants spraying water and power lines sparking everywhere. Our computer guy runs back to the van and I try to assemble the party. Torch is still blowing up firetrucks and police cars and hurling fireballs at anyone approaching the scene. I wildly guesture (he can't hear anything over the fire and explosions) that the mission is done and we need to escape before sentinels arrive. He just laughs and keeps blowing shit up. Our fighter is fighting The Blob and Toad. I blast Toad and Sonic Wall her away from Blob and drag her out of there, crit successing on leadership and diplomacy with charisma bonuses. I get her to the car and eventually Torch flies over to us. We eventually get back to the school after a police chase, crit driving fails, stealth and heaps of problems. We get scolded by the Headmaster for making such a mess and find out they hired the Brotherhood (Blob, Pyro et al.) to cause the diversion. I vow to escape the school, not agreeing with their principles of working with dangerous terrorists and spend my XP points to get a non-lethal sonic blast that does Fatigue damage only (no more serious damage to people who don't deserve it!).
Torch gets a call from his father who screams at him about a mutant terrorist attack which landed a lot of his friends in critical condition in hospital since, as the GM points out, Torch made his father a volunteer fire-fighter who taught him about fire safety (kinda like a Dexter situation). His father wants to know if he had anything to do with that and they have a frank exchange.
We had so many amazing adventures like that. I miss rolling with that GM daily. Torch ended up vowing to kill my character for being such a pussy and holding the team back. The GM told me his words were "Hey guys, why don't we kill Logan? It's not like he helps the team and he doesn't get along with us at all." This is after we'd been on numerous adventures, saved each other's lives, escaped Genosha and had some amazing and hilarious times... But that whole escapade is a story for another time.
TL;DR one of our party decided it'd be easier to be evil
| So the game is a New Mutants, X-Men style game. We're a bunch of teens with super powers who have to keep it a secret. We eventually had to leave our highschool when we were recruited by a 'mutant highschool/mutant freedom fighter institution' (See Emma Frost & Sebastian Shaw's school).
We're on a mission to break into a government building to steal/destroy the files they have which detail all the mutants in the area and what they are capable of. We decide to stealth in at night, no casualties, no one even knows we were there. We all agree it's best if no one gets hurt so we can expose the files and promote nonviolent protests. Our ingress is through the roof and I fly the computer genius on the roof while our lookout waits by the car on the parking garage top floor across the street. The other flyer is a human torch and scoots himself across while our fighter claws her way up the side of the building.
We get inside and on to the top floor but just as we get inside, a van crashes through the window on the main floor and Avalanche, Pyro, Toad and The Blob pile out. Pyro and Avalanche start wrecking the place, destroying the street so no backup can approach and blowing up cars. Alarms go off all over the street and throughout the building. The human torch's fire sets off the buildings sprinkler systems (he could only turn it on twice in a day and had a one hour recharge so he took to turning it on and leaving it on for the duration of a mission) and he flies outside, having a super weakness to water. Guards start piling up the stairs to us. Torch asks "Wait, are there security cameras anywhere?"
GM: "In a govt building? Across from a multi-story parking garage? You bet!"
Torch says "Well, I guess we're bad guys now." <Direct quote> and starts fireballing police cars and firetrucks with Pyro.
This is the end of what you need to know but here's the rest of the session
I take out the guards on the stairs with my sonic blast, lamenting the permanent damage I probably did to their bones and eardrums. Our computer guy crit-fails and formats the hard drive without finding out if there were hard-copies of the files. We smash the window and shove the filing cabinets in the room out the window, so Torch can burn them. Our fighter claws down the building and I fly the computer genius to the ground, which looks like a bomb hit it. Cars twisted and burning on ripped apart roads, hydrants spraying water and power lines sparking everywhere. Our computer guy runs back to the van and I try to assemble the party. Torch is still blowing up firetrucks and police cars and hurling fireballs at anyone approaching the scene. I wildly guesture (he can't hear anything over the fire and explosions) that the mission is done and we need to escape before sentinels arrive. He just laughs and keeps blowing shit up. Our fighter is fighting The Blob and Toad. I blast Toad and Sonic Wall her away from Blob and drag her out of there, crit successing on leadership and diplomacy with charisma bonuses. I get her to the car and eventually Torch flies over to us. We eventually get back to the school after a police chase, crit driving fails, stealth and heaps of problems. We get scolded by the Headmaster for making such a mess and find out they hired the Brotherhood (Blob, Pyro et al.) to cause the diversion. I vow to escape the school, not agreeing with their principles of working with dangerous terrorists and spend my XP points to get a non-lethal sonic blast that does Fatigue damage only (no more serious damage to people who don't deserve it!).
Torch gets a call from his father who screams at him about a mutant terrorist attack which landed a lot of his friends in critical condition in hospital since, as the GM points out, Torch made his father a volunteer fire-fighter who taught him about fire safety (kinda like a Dexter situation). His father wants to know if he had anything to do with that and they have a frank exchange.
We had so many amazing adventures like that. I miss rolling with that GM daily. Torch ended up vowing to kill my character for being such a pussy and holding the team back. The GM told me his words were "Hey guys, why don't we kill Logan? It's not like he helps the team and he doesn't get along with us at all." This is after we'd been on numerous adventures, saved each other's lives, escaped Genosha and had some amazing and hilarious times... But that whole escapade is a story for another time.
TL;DR one of our party decided it'd be easier to be evil
| rpg | t5_2qh2s | cpqeqoo | So the game is a New Mutants, X-Men style game. We're a bunch of teens with super powers who have to keep it a secret. We eventually had to leave our highschool when we were recruited by a 'mutant highschool/mutant freedom fighter institution' (See Emma Frost & Sebastian Shaw's school).
We're on a mission to break into a government building to steal/destroy the files they have which detail all the mutants in the area and what they are capable of. We decide to stealth in at night, no casualties, no one even knows we were there. We all agree it's best if no one gets hurt so we can expose the files and promote nonviolent protests. Our ingress is through the roof and I fly the computer genius on the roof while our lookout waits by the car on the parking garage top floor across the street. The other flyer is a human torch and scoots himself across while our fighter claws her way up the side of the building.
We get inside and on to the top floor but just as we get inside, a van crashes through the window on the main floor and Avalanche, Pyro, Toad and The Blob pile out. Pyro and Avalanche start wrecking the place, destroying the street so no backup can approach and blowing up cars. Alarms go off all over the street and throughout the building. The human torch's fire sets off the buildings sprinkler systems (he could only turn it on twice in a day and had a one hour recharge so he took to turning it on and leaving it on for the duration of a mission) and he flies outside, having a super weakness to water. Guards start piling up the stairs to us. Torch asks "Wait, are there security cameras anywhere?"
GM: "In a govt building? Across from a multi-story parking garage? You bet!"
Torch says "Well, I guess we're bad guys now." <Direct quote> and starts fireballing police cars and firetrucks with Pyro.
This is the end of what you need to know but here's the rest of the session
I take out the guards on the stairs with my sonic blast, lamenting the permanent damage I probably did to their bones and eardrums. Our computer guy crit-fails and formats the hard drive without finding out if there were hard-copies of the files. We smash the window and shove the filing cabinets in the room out the window, so Torch can burn them. Our fighter claws down the building and I fly the computer genius to the ground, which looks like a bomb hit it. Cars twisted and burning on ripped apart roads, hydrants spraying water and power lines sparking everywhere. Our computer guy runs back to the van and I try to assemble the party. Torch is still blowing up firetrucks and police cars and hurling fireballs at anyone approaching the scene. I wildly guesture (he can't hear anything over the fire and explosions) that the mission is done and we need to escape before sentinels arrive. He just laughs and keeps blowing shit up. Our fighter is fighting The Blob and Toad. I blast Toad and Sonic Wall her away from Blob and drag her out of there, crit successing on leadership and diplomacy with charisma bonuses. I get her to the car and eventually Torch flies over to us. We eventually get back to the school after a police chase, crit driving fails, stealth and heaps of problems. We get scolded by the Headmaster for making such a mess and find out they hired the Brotherhood (Blob, Pyro et al.) to cause the diversion. I vow to escape the school, not agreeing with their principles of working with dangerous terrorists and spend my XP points to get a non-lethal sonic blast that does Fatigue damage only (no more serious damage to people who don't deserve it!).
Torch gets a call from his father who screams at him about a mutant terrorist attack which landed a lot of his friends in critical condition in hospital since, as the GM points out, Torch made his father a volunteer fire-fighter who taught him about fire safety (kinda like a Dexter situation). His father wants to know if he had anything to do with that and they have a frank exchange.
We had so many amazing adventures like that. I miss rolling with that GM daily. Torch ended up vowing to kill my character for being such a pussy and holding the team back. The GM told me his words were "Hey guys, why don't we kill Logan? It's not like he helps the team and he doesn't get along with us at all." This is after we'd been on numerous adventures, saved each other's lives, escaped Genosha and had some amazing and hilarious times... But that whole escapade is a story for another time. | one of our party decided it'd be easier to be evil |
BOS13 | I'm late to the party, but honestly, pretty much every campaign I run ends up with the players doing stuff like that because I tend to be the diplomatic character in my group.
The one that comes to mind is when the PCs were passing through a city that didn't matter. I hadn't written anything out for it, it was just a place that they had to get through to hire a ship. I made the mistake of mentioning that the city was "relatively rich." That off-handed comment set off a heist that would put Oceans 11 to shame.
After intense planning, this is what happened:
The rogue tries to set a small forest fire nearby to pull the militia out of the town. He ends up igniting himself with the pitch, starting a massive conflagration that consumes the whole forest and sees him severely burned, floating unconscious down the river towards the city.
Our rogue was playing the part of the helpless merchant, and had arranged for a wagon wheel to fall off in the middle of the span of one of the bridges, forcing traffic on the bridge to halt. The plan was to use this to prevent reinforcements from arriving at the main objective: a wealthy merchant guild headquarters. Instead, the panic caused by the fire and traffic jam started a riot, and the rogue was lucky to escape with his life as he ran to join the fighters at the merchant's guild.
The guards there were busy trying to load up carts with the gold and goods from the merchant house, which I thought would make the escape part easy. Instead, the party was convinced the best stuff was still hidden inside, and killed their way through three floors of unarmed merchants before realizing the carts outside were, in fact, the big-ticket items of the heist. The thief realized that before the others, and stole a significant percentage before they even realized what had happened. Eventually they got the cargo to the harbor, where they violently seized control and set off to sea.
I was trying so hard to kill them the entire time, but the dice were on their side every step of the way. They bungled their way through the heist, picked up the comatose ranger when he reached the ocean, and made off with a king's ransom in stolen goods. I had planned for them to be hunted down as a result of that, but the campaign ended due to other reasons before that could happen.
I've got a ton of stories like this though, if anyone's interested.
TL:DR-- I described a town as rich without thinking about it, set off the crime of the century.
| I'm late to the party, but honestly, pretty much every campaign I run ends up with the players doing stuff like that because I tend to be the diplomatic character in my group.
The one that comes to mind is when the PCs were passing through a city that didn't matter. I hadn't written anything out for it, it was just a place that they had to get through to hire a ship. I made the mistake of mentioning that the city was "relatively rich." That off-handed comment set off a heist that would put Oceans 11 to shame.
After intense planning, this is what happened:
The rogue tries to set a small forest fire nearby to pull the militia out of the town. He ends up igniting himself with the pitch, starting a massive conflagration that consumes the whole forest and sees him severely burned, floating unconscious down the river towards the city.
Our rogue was playing the part of the helpless merchant, and had arranged for a wagon wheel to fall off in the middle of the span of one of the bridges, forcing traffic on the bridge to halt. The plan was to use this to prevent reinforcements from arriving at the main objective: a wealthy merchant guild headquarters. Instead, the panic caused by the fire and traffic jam started a riot, and the rogue was lucky to escape with his life as he ran to join the fighters at the merchant's guild.
The guards there were busy trying to load up carts with the gold and goods from the merchant house, which I thought would make the escape part easy. Instead, the party was convinced the best stuff was still hidden inside, and killed their way through three floors of unarmed merchants before realizing the carts outside were, in fact, the big-ticket items of the heist. The thief realized that before the others, and stole a significant percentage before they even realized what had happened. Eventually they got the cargo to the harbor, where they violently seized control and set off to sea.
I was trying so hard to kill them the entire time, but the dice were on their side every step of the way. They bungled their way through the heist, picked up the comatose ranger when he reached the ocean, and made off with a king's ransom in stolen goods. I had planned for them to be hunted down as a result of that, but the campaign ended due to other reasons before that could happen.
I've got a ton of stories like this though, if anyone's interested.
TL:DR-- I described a town as rich without thinking about it, set off the crime of the century.
| rpg | t5_2qh2s | cpqt1ti | I'm late to the party, but honestly, pretty much every campaign I run ends up with the players doing stuff like that because I tend to be the diplomatic character in my group.
The one that comes to mind is when the PCs were passing through a city that didn't matter. I hadn't written anything out for it, it was just a place that they had to get through to hire a ship. I made the mistake of mentioning that the city was "relatively rich." That off-handed comment set off a heist that would put Oceans 11 to shame.
After intense planning, this is what happened:
The rogue tries to set a small forest fire nearby to pull the militia out of the town. He ends up igniting himself with the pitch, starting a massive conflagration that consumes the whole forest and sees him severely burned, floating unconscious down the river towards the city.
Our rogue was playing the part of the helpless merchant, and had arranged for a wagon wheel to fall off in the middle of the span of one of the bridges, forcing traffic on the bridge to halt. The plan was to use this to prevent reinforcements from arriving at the main objective: a wealthy merchant guild headquarters. Instead, the panic caused by the fire and traffic jam started a riot, and the rogue was lucky to escape with his life as he ran to join the fighters at the merchant's guild.
The guards there were busy trying to load up carts with the gold and goods from the merchant house, which I thought would make the escape part easy. Instead, the party was convinced the best stuff was still hidden inside, and killed their way through three floors of unarmed merchants before realizing the carts outside were, in fact, the big-ticket items of the heist. The thief realized that before the others, and stole a significant percentage before they even realized what had happened. Eventually they got the cargo to the harbor, where they violently seized control and set off to sea.
I was trying so hard to kill them the entire time, but the dice were on their side every step of the way. They bungled their way through the heist, picked up the comatose ranger when he reached the ocean, and made off with a king's ransom in stolen goods. I had planned for them to be hunted down as a result of that, but the campaign ended due to other reasons before that could happen.
I've got a ton of stories like this though, if anyone's interested. | I described a town as rich without thinking about it, set off the crime of the century. |
alficles | This reminds me of one of the pivotal moments in our last campaign.
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The Sapphire Band was on a mission of the utmost importance. A plague was wiping out Deepholm, their home, and the Band was the only hope. The last ingredient for a cure for the plague was nearby: fruit of the Tree of Power.
The party approaches the region where the Tree is said to live, a desolate wasteland in the midst of dense jungle.^1 At the edge of the jungle, where it met the wasteland, the group met a society of Yuan-ti. Having recently met (and reduced the number of) a band of warlike Yuan-ti, they were cautious. Still, they saw no obvious weapons. In fact, the entire camp seemed to be barely functioning.^2
After careful examination, they picked out the least incompetent fellow and decided that he's the leader. Others seemed to look to him for advice, at the very least. They wait for him to leave the camp, then surprised him.
“What can you tell us about this camp?” they demanded.
“Umm... I don't know? I am pooping.”
The party stopped and realized that yes, they have just ambushed this fellow while he attending to the call of nature. They gave him a moment, then heard, “I'm done pooping now. Why did you leave?”
“We were giving you privacy.”
“I didn't see you give me a privacy,” he said, confused.
The conversation went both uphill and downhill from there. It seemed this was one of the brighter snakes in this particular basket, but still not much brighter than a poorly educated twelve-year-old. Nevertheless, they gained his trust, convincing him that they were friends. He didn't have many friends, certainly not friends with such pretty chopping rocks^(3), so he was happy to discover these friends.
The band's new friend invites them to worship at the great tree the next day with them. They readily accepted, seeing their quest goal at hand. Very soon, they would have the fruit they needed to complete the cure. They set out through the wasteland with the snakemen. After a day of travel, they arrived at a mighty tree.
It stood easily a hundred paces to the sky. It's branches could shelter an entire village beneath. But it would be a poor shelter, indeed, since the tree was long-dead, mummified under the hot wasteland sun. The party gasped, realizing that a dead tree bears no fruit. And without that fruit, there would be no cure.
The yuan-ti, however, are oblivious to the band's distress. They all bow before the corpse-tree and begin to worship and supplicate the great tree. They praise the dead tree as “The All-Powerful Tintinabulator”^(4) and pray for release from their curse.
They hear the word “curse” and immediately begin to cast Detect... well... Everything. Having cast nearly every detection spell they could think of, they carefully examined the auras around the snakemen and the Tree.
The Tree, it seemed, was not entirely dead.^(5) Rather, it and the blood of the snakemen were cursed. The tree could bear no fruit and the Yuan-ti were cursed to be feeble-minded (and to grow ever more so as they age). The party thought long and hard about the situation. The curse was sustained by blood, so the tree could not be cursed alone. If the Yuan-ti were cured, the tree would be cured as well.
There was a library a fortnight's journey south, in Greytome. The party's wizard knew it to contain extensive writings on curses. It probably knew of a way to lift this curse. But it would be a month, at the soonest before they could return. And there was always the chance that they couldn't cure the curse at all. And during that month, many more people would die—and horribly—in Deepholm.
So they took action. The cleric knew of a tree in the forest with bark that could be brewed into a powerful poison, one especially effective against snakes. It had to be ingested, though, and could take as long as 48 hours to take full effect. They brewed a mighty vat of the poison and sneaked into Yuan-ti camp (distracting the feebleminded Yuan-ti was child's play). They soaked the evening meals with the poison and also dosed the nearby barrels of water. One Yuan-ti saw them as they were leaving.
“Eat with us,” he said. “We have much tonight. We don't see friends very much.”
“No thanks,” the band politely declined.
When the sun rose, almost all of the Yuan-ti were obviously sick. So they did the only thing they knew and lashed the sick to makeshift sleds and set out, as a people, for the blessing of the great Tree. And so they died, one after another, in the wasteland toward the great Tree. The party followed, checking each fallen snakeman to ensure that he died. None could survive if the curse was to be lifted.
Of the nearly a thousand Yuan-ti to set out for the blessing of the great tree, less than half survived the trip. By sunset the next day, every man, woman, and child in the camp was dead or moaning in agony from the band's “cure”. They walked through the camp and efficiently ended the lives of every sould who looked as though they might survive the night.
And so, when the sun rose the next morning, the Yuan-ti were dead. But the tree still bore no fruit. They examined the auras once more and discovered they had missed some curse-bearers. They followed the curse-trails back through the wasteland and back into the camp. And there, in the center of the camp, was the last of the cursed blood: a large nest full of eggs.
The band wades into the nest, crushing each child-to-be with brutal efficiency. Then, with their boots soaked in the blood of the unborn, they marched back to the Tree. The curse was finally lifted.
Whilst waiting to collect the fruit, which took a fortnight to appear, even after lifting the curse, the party wondered briefly whether they took the right course of action. They quickly decided that yes, many more lives were saved this way. Furthermore, the Yuan-ti were mentally damaged, so their quality of life and hope for the future was objectively less than than that of the lives of the hardworking men, women, and children back in Deepholm.
**tl;dr: The party engaged a teleological monster, used gaze attacks upon the abyss.**
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^(1)*Scorched that way by dragonfire. Bahamut had a sort of all-or-nothing approach to warfare.*
^(2)*The camp was also entirely halfblood yuan-ti, which is not typical for a normal functioning society. The band, however, dismissed this as irrelevant.*
^(3)*Technically, their swords and axes weren't rocks, but that part of the conversation went fairly poorly. After all, you can't chop with a stick, sticks are for poking.*
^(4)*Although the characters didn't pass the requisite knowledge checks to use this, “Tintinabulator” is a clue. In this world, the Uluu Thalongh is a reoccurring menace. Its presence is announced by the tinkling of bells. Or the clanging of such, depending on its mood.*
^(5)*Moreover, it didn't even have pockets to go through, looking for loose change.* | This reminds me of one of the pivotal moments in our last campaign.
The Sapphire Band was on a mission of the utmost importance. A plague was wiping out Deepholm, their home, and the Band was the only hope. The last ingredient for a cure for the plague was nearby: fruit of the Tree of Power.
The party approaches the region where the Tree is said to live, a desolate wasteland in the midst of dense jungle.^1 At the edge of the jungle, where it met the wasteland, the group met a society of Yuan-ti. Having recently met (and reduced the number of) a band of warlike Yuan-ti, they were cautious. Still, they saw no obvious weapons. In fact, the entire camp seemed to be barely functioning.^2
After careful examination, they picked out the least incompetent fellow and decided that he's the leader. Others seemed to look to him for advice, at the very least. They wait for him to leave the camp, then surprised him.
“What can you tell us about this camp?” they demanded.
“Umm... I don't know? I am pooping.”
The party stopped and realized that yes, they have just ambushed this fellow while he attending to the call of nature. They gave him a moment, then heard, “I'm done pooping now. Why did you leave?”
“We were giving you privacy.”
“I didn't see you give me a privacy,” he said, confused.
The conversation went both uphill and downhill from there. It seemed this was one of the brighter snakes in this particular basket, but still not much brighter than a poorly educated twelve-year-old. Nevertheless, they gained his trust, convincing him that they were friends. He didn't have many friends, certainly not friends with such pretty chopping rocks^(3), so he was happy to discover these friends.
The band's new friend invites them to worship at the great tree the next day with them. They readily accepted, seeing their quest goal at hand. Very soon, they would have the fruit they needed to complete the cure. They set out through the wasteland with the snakemen. After a day of travel, they arrived at a mighty tree.
It stood easily a hundred paces to the sky. It's branches could shelter an entire village beneath. But it would be a poor shelter, indeed, since the tree was long-dead, mummified under the hot wasteland sun. The party gasped, realizing that a dead tree bears no fruit. And without that fruit, there would be no cure.
The yuan-ti, however, are oblivious to the band's distress. They all bow before the corpse-tree and begin to worship and supplicate the great tree. They praise the dead tree as “The All-Powerful Tintinabulator”^(4) and pray for release from their curse.
They hear the word “curse” and immediately begin to cast Detect... well... Everything. Having cast nearly every detection spell they could think of, they carefully examined the auras around the snakemen and the Tree.
The Tree, it seemed, was not entirely dead.^(5) Rather, it and the blood of the snakemen were cursed. The tree could bear no fruit and the Yuan-ti were cursed to be feeble-minded (and to grow ever more so as they age). The party thought long and hard about the situation. The curse was sustained by blood, so the tree could not be cursed alone. If the Yuan-ti were cured, the tree would be cured as well.
There was a library a fortnight's journey south, in Greytome. The party's wizard knew it to contain extensive writings on curses. It probably knew of a way to lift this curse. But it would be a month, at the soonest before they could return. And there was always the chance that they couldn't cure the curse at all. And during that month, many more people would die—and horribly—in Deepholm.
So they took action. The cleric knew of a tree in the forest with bark that could be brewed into a powerful poison, one especially effective against snakes. It had to be ingested, though, and could take as long as 48 hours to take full effect. They brewed a mighty vat of the poison and sneaked into Yuan-ti camp (distracting the feebleminded Yuan-ti was child's play). They soaked the evening meals with the poison and also dosed the nearby barrels of water. One Yuan-ti saw them as they were leaving.
“Eat with us,” he said. “We have much tonight. We don't see friends very much.”
“No thanks,” the band politely declined.
When the sun rose, almost all of the Yuan-ti were obviously sick. So they did the only thing they knew and lashed the sick to makeshift sleds and set out, as a people, for the blessing of the great Tree. And so they died, one after another, in the wasteland toward the great Tree. The party followed, checking each fallen snakeman to ensure that he died. None could survive if the curse was to be lifted.
Of the nearly a thousand Yuan-ti to set out for the blessing of the great tree, less than half survived the trip. By sunset the next day, every man, woman, and child in the camp was dead or moaning in agony from the band's “cure”. They walked through the camp and efficiently ended the lives of every sould who looked as though they might survive the night.
And so, when the sun rose the next morning, the Yuan-ti were dead. But the tree still bore no fruit. They examined the auras once more and discovered they had missed some curse-bearers. They followed the curse-trails back through the wasteland and back into the camp. And there, in the center of the camp, was the last of the cursed blood: a large nest full of eggs.
The band wades into the nest, crushing each child-to-be with brutal efficiency. Then, with their boots soaked in the blood of the unborn, they marched back to the Tree. The curse was finally lifted.
Whilst waiting to collect the fruit, which took a fortnight to appear, even after lifting the curse, the party wondered briefly whether they took the right course of action. They quickly decided that yes, many more lives were saved this way. Furthermore, the Yuan-ti were mentally damaged, so their quality of life and hope for the future was objectively less than than that of the lives of the hardworking men, women, and children back in Deepholm.
tl;dr: The party engaged a teleological monster, used gaze attacks upon the abyss.
^(1) Scorched that way by dragonfire. Bahamut had a sort of all-or-nothing approach to warfare.
^(2) The camp was also entirely halfblood yuan-ti, which is not typical for a normal functioning society. The band, however, dismissed this as irrelevant.
^(3) Technically, their swords and axes weren't rocks, but that part of the conversation went fairly poorly. After all, you can't chop with a stick, sticks are for poking.
^(4) Although the characters didn't pass the requisite knowledge checks to use this, “Tintinabulator” is a clue. In this world, the Uluu Thalongh is a reoccurring menace. Its presence is announced by the tinkling of bells. Or the clanging of such, depending on its mood.
^(5) Moreover, it didn't even have pockets to go through, looking for loose change.
| rpg | t5_2qh2s | cprtjey | This reminds me of one of the pivotal moments in our last campaign.
The Sapphire Band was on a mission of the utmost importance. A plague was wiping out Deepholm, their home, and the Band was the only hope. The last ingredient for a cure for the plague was nearby: fruit of the Tree of Power.
The party approaches the region where the Tree is said to live, a desolate wasteland in the midst of dense jungle.^1 At the edge of the jungle, where it met the wasteland, the group met a society of Yuan-ti. Having recently met (and reduced the number of) a band of warlike Yuan-ti, they were cautious. Still, they saw no obvious weapons. In fact, the entire camp seemed to be barely functioning.^2
After careful examination, they picked out the least incompetent fellow and decided that he's the leader. Others seemed to look to him for advice, at the very least. They wait for him to leave the camp, then surprised him.
“What can you tell us about this camp?” they demanded.
“Umm... I don't know? I am pooping.”
The party stopped and realized that yes, they have just ambushed this fellow while he attending to the call of nature. They gave him a moment, then heard, “I'm done pooping now. Why did you leave?”
“We were giving you privacy.”
“I didn't see you give me a privacy,” he said, confused.
The conversation went both uphill and downhill from there. It seemed this was one of the brighter snakes in this particular basket, but still not much brighter than a poorly educated twelve-year-old. Nevertheless, they gained his trust, convincing him that they were friends. He didn't have many friends, certainly not friends with such pretty chopping rocks^(3), so he was happy to discover these friends.
The band's new friend invites them to worship at the great tree the next day with them. They readily accepted, seeing their quest goal at hand. Very soon, they would have the fruit they needed to complete the cure. They set out through the wasteland with the snakemen. After a day of travel, they arrived at a mighty tree.
It stood easily a hundred paces to the sky. It's branches could shelter an entire village beneath. But it would be a poor shelter, indeed, since the tree was long-dead, mummified under the hot wasteland sun. The party gasped, realizing that a dead tree bears no fruit. And without that fruit, there would be no cure.
The yuan-ti, however, are oblivious to the band's distress. They all bow before the corpse-tree and begin to worship and supplicate the great tree. They praise the dead tree as “The All-Powerful Tintinabulator”^(4) and pray for release from their curse.
They hear the word “curse” and immediately begin to cast Detect... well... Everything. Having cast nearly every detection spell they could think of, they carefully examined the auras around the snakemen and the Tree.
The Tree, it seemed, was not entirely dead.^(5) Rather, it and the blood of the snakemen were cursed. The tree could bear no fruit and the Yuan-ti were cursed to be feeble-minded (and to grow ever more so as they age). The party thought long and hard about the situation. The curse was sustained by blood, so the tree could not be cursed alone. If the Yuan-ti were cured, the tree would be cured as well.
There was a library a fortnight's journey south, in Greytome. The party's wizard knew it to contain extensive writings on curses. It probably knew of a way to lift this curse. But it would be a month, at the soonest before they could return. And there was always the chance that they couldn't cure the curse at all. And during that month, many more people would die—and horribly—in Deepholm.
So they took action. The cleric knew of a tree in the forest with bark that could be brewed into a powerful poison, one especially effective against snakes. It had to be ingested, though, and could take as long as 48 hours to take full effect. They brewed a mighty vat of the poison and sneaked into Yuan-ti camp (distracting the feebleminded Yuan-ti was child's play). They soaked the evening meals with the poison and also dosed the nearby barrels of water. One Yuan-ti saw them as they were leaving.
“Eat with us,” he said. “We have much tonight. We don't see friends very much.”
“No thanks,” the band politely declined.
When the sun rose, almost all of the Yuan-ti were obviously sick. So they did the only thing they knew and lashed the sick to makeshift sleds and set out, as a people, for the blessing of the great Tree. And so they died, one after another, in the wasteland toward the great Tree. The party followed, checking each fallen snakeman to ensure that he died. None could survive if the curse was to be lifted.
Of the nearly a thousand Yuan-ti to set out for the blessing of the great tree, less than half survived the trip. By sunset the next day, every man, woman, and child in the camp was dead or moaning in agony from the band's “cure”. They walked through the camp and efficiently ended the lives of every sould who looked as though they might survive the night.
And so, when the sun rose the next morning, the Yuan-ti were dead. But the tree still bore no fruit. They examined the auras once more and discovered they had missed some curse-bearers. They followed the curse-trails back through the wasteland and back into the camp. And there, in the center of the camp, was the last of the cursed blood: a large nest full of eggs.
The band wades into the nest, crushing each child-to-be with brutal efficiency. Then, with their boots soaked in the blood of the unborn, they marched back to the Tree. The curse was finally lifted.
Whilst waiting to collect the fruit, which took a fortnight to appear, even after lifting the curse, the party wondered briefly whether they took the right course of action. They quickly decided that yes, many more lives were saved this way. Furthermore, the Yuan-ti were mentally damaged, so their quality of life and hope for the future was objectively less than than that of the lives of the hardworking men, women, and children back in Deepholm. | The party engaged a teleological monster, used gaze attacks upon the abyss.
^(1) Scorched that way by dragonfire. Bahamut had a sort of all-or-nothing approach to warfare.
^(2) The camp was also entirely halfblood yuan-ti, which is not typical for a normal functioning society. The band, however, dismissed this as irrelevant.
^(3) Technically, their swords and axes weren't rocks, but that part of the conversation went fairly poorly. After all, you can't chop with a stick, sticks are for poking.
^(4) Although the characters didn't pass the requisite knowledge checks to use this, “Tintinabulator” is a clue. In this world, the Uluu Thalongh is a reoccurring menace. Its presence is announced by the tinkling of bells. Or the clanging of such, depending on its mood.
^(5) Moreover, it didn't even have pockets to go through, looking for loose change. |
trueblade10 | Don't fucking listen to her. Me [23m] now, had a similar experience. My gf broke up with me when I was 22, about a year and a half ago, and we were dating for 3.5 years. THE DAY we broke up she hooked up with this guy nicknamed 'donkeydick'. Not the best way to end the relationship. That being said I had severe problems after that, thinking I'm too small (5.5in) and just putting myself in a real downer. The months to come I hooked up with a few chicks who said I shouldn't be worried. Today I'm happily in a relationship and the SO says I'm perfect. So in all honestly your ex was either fucking with you just to spite you OR telling the truth in which case who the fuck cares. You can't make your penis grow and please don't try, you could really hurt yourself. Trust me.
TL;DR Your Ex is crazy, you dodged a bullet. Fuck her, you're better off without her. Women are crazy and will tell you anything you want or don't to hear. | Don't fucking listen to her. Me [23m] now, had a similar experience. My gf broke up with me when I was 22, about a year and a half ago, and we were dating for 3.5 years. THE DAY we broke up she hooked up with this guy nicknamed 'donkeydick'. Not the best way to end the relationship. That being said I had severe problems after that, thinking I'm too small (5.5in) and just putting myself in a real downer. The months to come I hooked up with a few chicks who said I shouldn't be worried. Today I'm happily in a relationship and the SO says I'm perfect. So in all honestly your ex was either fucking with you just to spite you OR telling the truth in which case who the fuck cares. You can't make your penis grow and please don't try, you could really hurt yourself. Trust me.
TL;DR Your Ex is crazy, you dodged a bullet. Fuck her, you're better off without her. Women are crazy and will tell you anything you want or don't to hear.
| sex | t5_2qh3p | cpqoigt | Don't fucking listen to her. Me [23m] now, had a similar experience. My gf broke up with me when I was 22, about a year and a half ago, and we were dating for 3.5 years. THE DAY we broke up she hooked up with this guy nicknamed 'donkeydick'. Not the best way to end the relationship. That being said I had severe problems after that, thinking I'm too small (5.5in) and just putting myself in a real downer. The months to come I hooked up with a few chicks who said I shouldn't be worried. Today I'm happily in a relationship and the SO says I'm perfect. So in all honestly your ex was either fucking with you just to spite you OR telling the truth in which case who the fuck cares. You can't make your penis grow and please don't try, you could really hurt yourself. Trust me. | Your Ex is crazy, you dodged a bullet. Fuck her, you're better off without her. Women are crazy and will tell you anything you want or don't to hear. |
Arachne93 | I've been generally keeping my opinions about the bottom two situation to myself, but just for posterity, I want to say that Pearl did better in the lipsync.
There, I said it. Pearl's performance felt more intense, more post punk, and more "Blondie". She was electrifying. Trixie (while I love every single thing about her, and her drag style, and I mean that) was serving pure Mattel goodness, with the handography and the charm and everything we love about her performing, and it didn't match my personal interpretation of that particular song. It comes down to that, really.
They both fucking slayed. I would pay good money to see both of them perform live. It was an enjoyable lipsync to watch, purely on an entertainment level. Some performances are just painful to watch...this was painful for other reasons, the talent was fucking *there* for both of them, and I would hate to have to decide between the two.
Which is why Kandy should have been in the bottom. Pearl and Kandy, Pearl would have sent her home and we'd still have both of our darlings. Imagine that, seeing Pearl turn it out, and come to life like she did? Kandy is a great performer, too, so it would have been awesome to see. It was one of the all time great moments, but the greatness was overshadowed by who Pearl sent home. Like against anyone else, and people would be talking more about how much ass she kicked right then.
Even though I don't hate Kandy, I feel like in this particular lineup, she's just filler, and she's been around too long. Hearing her on the Untucked, saying about her whole concept is "glamour" she just wants to be pretty. We already had a "pretty" winner, thank you Tyra. Great. Go home and be pretty, Kandy.
tl;dr feeling my grouchy wordy Paleho oats, right now. | I've been generally keeping my opinions about the bottom two situation to myself, but just for posterity, I want to say that Pearl did better in the lipsync.
There, I said it. Pearl's performance felt more intense, more post punk, and more "Blondie". She was electrifying. Trixie (while I love every single thing about her, and her drag style, and I mean that) was serving pure Mattel goodness, with the handography and the charm and everything we love about her performing, and it didn't match my personal interpretation of that particular song. It comes down to that, really.
They both fucking slayed. I would pay good money to see both of them perform live. It was an enjoyable lipsync to watch, purely on an entertainment level. Some performances are just painful to watch...this was painful for other reasons, the talent was fucking there for both of them, and I would hate to have to decide between the two.
Which is why Kandy should have been in the bottom. Pearl and Kandy, Pearl would have sent her home and we'd still have both of our darlings. Imagine that, seeing Pearl turn it out, and come to life like she did? Kandy is a great performer, too, so it would have been awesome to see. It was one of the all time great moments, but the greatness was overshadowed by who Pearl sent home. Like against anyone else, and people would be talking more about how much ass she kicked right then.
Even though I don't hate Kandy, I feel like in this particular lineup, she's just filler, and she's been around too long. Hearing her on the Untucked, saying about her whole concept is "glamour" she just wants to be pretty. We already had a "pretty" winner, thank you Tyra. Great. Go home and be pretty, Kandy.
tl;dr feeling my grouchy wordy Paleho oats, right now.
| rupaulsdragrace | t5_2t3or | cpql826 | I've been generally keeping my opinions about the bottom two situation to myself, but just for posterity, I want to say that Pearl did better in the lipsync.
There, I said it. Pearl's performance felt more intense, more post punk, and more "Blondie". She was electrifying. Trixie (while I love every single thing about her, and her drag style, and I mean that) was serving pure Mattel goodness, with the handography and the charm and everything we love about her performing, and it didn't match my personal interpretation of that particular song. It comes down to that, really.
They both fucking slayed. I would pay good money to see both of them perform live. It was an enjoyable lipsync to watch, purely on an entertainment level. Some performances are just painful to watch...this was painful for other reasons, the talent was fucking there for both of them, and I would hate to have to decide between the two.
Which is why Kandy should have been in the bottom. Pearl and Kandy, Pearl would have sent her home and we'd still have both of our darlings. Imagine that, seeing Pearl turn it out, and come to life like she did? Kandy is a great performer, too, so it would have been awesome to see. It was one of the all time great moments, but the greatness was overshadowed by who Pearl sent home. Like against anyone else, and people would be talking more about how much ass she kicked right then.
Even though I don't hate Kandy, I feel like in this particular lineup, she's just filler, and she's been around too long. Hearing her on the Untucked, saying about her whole concept is "glamour" she just wants to be pretty. We already had a "pretty" winner, thank you Tyra. Great. Go home and be pretty, Kandy. | feeling my grouchy wordy Paleho oats, right now. |
GroupGuide | 3 am, in my new house, alone. I've lived there a week, and I wake up to hear the shrillest screaming I have ever heard. It sounded like a woman was being dragged around outside *somewhere*, but it's 3am, and I'm disoriented and can't pinpoint where it's coming from. So I'm trying to walk through my house to see what's going on; meanwhile there's a slow, crawling sound of someone screaming. I don't have any pets, and I'm just grateful it's a one story bungalow, so it's not like someone could really hide for very long.
So I hit the flood lights outside and start nervously trying to see what's going on.
And it's a peacock. A mating peacock, strutting in my house and going into my backyard, screaming.
TL;DR: Goddamn peacocks. | 3 am, in my new house, alone. I've lived there a week, and I wake up to hear the shrillest screaming I have ever heard. It sounded like a woman was being dragged around outside somewhere , but it's 3am, and I'm disoriented and can't pinpoint where it's coming from. So I'm trying to walk through my house to see what's going on; meanwhile there's a slow, crawling sound of someone screaming. I don't have any pets, and I'm just grateful it's a one story bungalow, so it's not like someone could really hide for very long.
So I hit the flood lights outside and start nervously trying to see what's going on.
And it's a peacock. A mating peacock, strutting in my house and going into my backyard, screaming.
TL;DR: Goddamn peacocks.
| AskReddit | t5_2qh1i | cpqey04 | 3 am, in my new house, alone. I've lived there a week, and I wake up to hear the shrillest screaming I have ever heard. It sounded like a woman was being dragged around outside somewhere , but it's 3am, and I'm disoriented and can't pinpoint where it's coming from. So I'm trying to walk through my house to see what's going on; meanwhile there's a slow, crawling sound of someone screaming. I don't have any pets, and I'm just grateful it's a one story bungalow, so it's not like someone could really hide for very long.
So I hit the flood lights outside and start nervously trying to see what's going on.
And it's a peacock. A mating peacock, strutting in my house and going into my backyard, screaming. | Goddamn peacocks. |
hotshowerscene | You have to play 10 games before you are ranked. You are only allowed 2 wins per day then you have to wait 21 hours before you can play competitive again. (this discourages smurfs)
Just play those two per day and the ranking system will put you where you belong.
To avoid being kicked further practice on casual more so you know positioning/callouts. Use a mic as well (don't spam it) as if you aren't communicating then you're more useless to your teammates = higher chance of them wanting to kick you.
After you play a few games the system will place you with appropriate groups. DON'T throw matches in an attempt to ensure you are placed in a lower rank. This is a shit mentality, you will get kicked, and it will take you longer to gain a rank.
**tl;dr** just keep playing, the system will place you where you belong. | You have to play 10 games before you are ranked. You are only allowed 2 wins per day then you have to wait 21 hours before you can play competitive again. (this discourages smurfs)
Just play those two per day and the ranking system will put you where you belong.
To avoid being kicked further practice on casual more so you know positioning/callouts. Use a mic as well (don't spam it) as if you aren't communicating then you're more useless to your teammates = higher chance of them wanting to kick you.
After you play a few games the system will place you with appropriate groups. DON'T throw matches in an attempt to ensure you are placed in a lower rank. This is a shit mentality, you will get kicked, and it will take you longer to gain a rank.
tl;dr just keep playing, the system will place you where you belong.
| GlobalOffensive | t5_2sqho | cpqqqgc | You have to play 10 games before you are ranked. You are only allowed 2 wins per day then you have to wait 21 hours before you can play competitive again. (this discourages smurfs)
Just play those two per day and the ranking system will put you where you belong.
To avoid being kicked further practice on casual more so you know positioning/callouts. Use a mic as well (don't spam it) as if you aren't communicating then you're more useless to your teammates = higher chance of them wanting to kick you.
After you play a few games the system will place you with appropriate groups. DON'T throw matches in an attempt to ensure you are placed in a lower rank. This is a shit mentality, you will get kicked, and it will take you longer to gain a rank. | just keep playing, the system will place you where you belong. |
shaggorama | The biggest tip is that base R is not as powerful as some of the domain-specific languages that have been constructed within/for it. Most people's "R progression" is to learn base R and then basically unlearn it to use these other tools. I recommend you start learning them now.
# The Hadleyverse
/u/emraher linked you to Hadley Wickham's github page, but you don't know who he is or what to look for there so I'm going to help you out a little.
Hadley is Chief Scientist at RStudio (and a statistics professor at Rice University). He has developed a suite of tools that follow a particular design philosophy that says the steps in constructing statistical models and displaying results can be standardized into compositional phrases, making your code both more modular and easier to read. The packages he has developed are collectively referred to as "The Hadleyverse" because they are often used together and because they represent almost a completely different language within R.
The most famous package is [ggplot2]( Hadley's implementation of his own ["Grammar of Graphics."]( The package is focused on the notion of building data visualization up in layers. It's extremely powerful, and even the defaults for simple graphics are gorgeous, especially relative to R base graphics.
Hadley has extended this grammatical philosophy to data manipulation. He's been producing very useful data munging packages for years now, but I'm just going to direct you to his most recent work: the [tidy data]( framework, comprised of [tidyr]( + [dplyr]( These packages are designed to be used in conjunction with [magrittr]( a tool for constructing data pipelines in R.
Hadley has made a slew of other wildly useful tools, such as [lubridate]( and [stringr]( but you can explore these when you need them. I'd focus on learning the more generally useful ggplot2, dplyr, tidyr and magrittr packages for now.
# Modelling
Hadley has tackled data munging and data visualization, but between these two steps is statistical modeling. There are a ton of different modeling packages in R, each with different APIs. The [caret]( project is an attempt to build a standardized API over all of them, and also comes with a lot of really useful feature selection and model evaluation tools. It's not *absolutely necessary* that you learn caret, but it'll make your life a lot easier if you do.
# Processing Power
R is powerful, but for certain tasks it is extremely slow. One of the problems has to do with the `data.frame` object itself. To fix this, there's now an alternative class called [data.table]( The basic API is similar to that of the data.frame, but there are certain operations that use a very unique syntax. Working with data.tables instead of data.frames imparts orders-of-magnitude performance boosts to your code. Learning to work with data.tables instead of data.frames now is arguably more important than any of the other tools I've suggested.
# TL;DR
There are a suite of tools that make R more powerful but essentially have their own unique syntax. Since you're new to R, I strongly suggest you get comfortable with these tools now before you get used to doing equivalent operations using base R.
Package list (in the order I think you should learn them):
* [data.table](
* [ggplot2](
* [tidyr](
* [dplyr](
* [magrittr](
* [caret]( | The biggest tip is that base R is not as powerful as some of the domain-specific languages that have been constructed within/for it. Most people's "R progression" is to learn base R and then basically unlearn it to use these other tools. I recommend you start learning them now.
The Hadleyverse
/u/emraher linked you to Hadley Wickham's github page, but you don't know who he is or what to look for there so I'm going to help you out a little.
Hadley is Chief Scientist at RStudio (and a statistics professor at Rice University). He has developed a suite of tools that follow a particular design philosophy that says the steps in constructing statistical models and displaying results can be standardized into compositional phrases, making your code both more modular and easier to read. The packages he has developed are collectively referred to as "The Hadleyverse" because they are often used together and because they represent almost a completely different language within R.
The most famous package is [ggplot2]( Hadley's implementation of his own ["Grammar of Graphics."]( The package is focused on the notion of building data visualization up in layers. It's extremely powerful, and even the defaults for simple graphics are gorgeous, especially relative to R base graphics.
Hadley has extended this grammatical philosophy to data manipulation. He's been producing very useful data munging packages for years now, but I'm just going to direct you to his most recent work: the [tidy data]( framework, comprised of [tidyr]( + [dplyr]( These packages are designed to be used in conjunction with [magrittr]( a tool for constructing data pipelines in R.
Hadley has made a slew of other wildly useful tools, such as [lubridate]( and [stringr]( but you can explore these when you need them. I'd focus on learning the more generally useful ggplot2, dplyr, tidyr and magrittr packages for now.
Modelling
Hadley has tackled data munging and data visualization, but between these two steps is statistical modeling. There are a ton of different modeling packages in R, each with different APIs. The [caret]( project is an attempt to build a standardized API over all of them, and also comes with a lot of really useful feature selection and model evaluation tools. It's not absolutely necessary that you learn caret, but it'll make your life a lot easier if you do.
Processing Power
R is powerful, but for certain tasks it is extremely slow. One of the problems has to do with the data.frame object itself. To fix this, there's now an alternative class called [data.table]( The basic API is similar to that of the data.frame, but there are certain operations that use a very unique syntax. Working with data.tables instead of data.frames imparts orders-of-magnitude performance boosts to your code. Learning to work with data.tables instead of data.frames now is arguably more important than any of the other tools I've suggested.
TL;DR
There are a suite of tools that make R more powerful but essentially have their own unique syntax. Since you're new to R, I strongly suggest you get comfortable with these tools now before you get used to doing equivalent operations using base R.
Package list (in the order I think you should learn them):
[data.table](
[ggplot2](
[tidyr](
[dplyr](
[magrittr](
[caret](
| rstats | t5_2r8n0 | cprawvq | The biggest tip is that base R is not as powerful as some of the domain-specific languages that have been constructed within/for it. Most people's "R progression" is to learn base R and then basically unlearn it to use these other tools. I recommend you start learning them now.
The Hadleyverse
/u/emraher linked you to Hadley Wickham's github page, but you don't know who he is or what to look for there so I'm going to help you out a little.
Hadley is Chief Scientist at RStudio (and a statistics professor at Rice University). He has developed a suite of tools that follow a particular design philosophy that says the steps in constructing statistical models and displaying results can be standardized into compositional phrases, making your code both more modular and easier to read. The packages he has developed are collectively referred to as "The Hadleyverse" because they are often used together and because they represent almost a completely different language within R.
The most famous package is [ggplot2]( Hadley's implementation of his own ["Grammar of Graphics."]( The package is focused on the notion of building data visualization up in layers. It's extremely powerful, and even the defaults for simple graphics are gorgeous, especially relative to R base graphics.
Hadley has extended this grammatical philosophy to data manipulation. He's been producing very useful data munging packages for years now, but I'm just going to direct you to his most recent work: the [tidy data]( framework, comprised of [tidyr]( + [dplyr]( These packages are designed to be used in conjunction with [magrittr]( a tool for constructing data pipelines in R.
Hadley has made a slew of other wildly useful tools, such as [lubridate]( and [stringr]( but you can explore these when you need them. I'd focus on learning the more generally useful ggplot2, dplyr, tidyr and magrittr packages for now.
Modelling
Hadley has tackled data munging and data visualization, but between these two steps is statistical modeling. There are a ton of different modeling packages in R, each with different APIs. The [caret]( project is an attempt to build a standardized API over all of them, and also comes with a lot of really useful feature selection and model evaluation tools. It's not absolutely necessary that you learn caret, but it'll make your life a lot easier if you do.
Processing Power
R is powerful, but for certain tasks it is extremely slow. One of the problems has to do with the data.frame object itself. To fix this, there's now an alternative class called [data.table]( The basic API is similar to that of the data.frame, but there are certain operations that use a very unique syntax. Working with data.tables instead of data.frames imparts orders-of-magnitude performance boosts to your code. Learning to work with data.tables instead of data.frames now is arguably more important than any of the other tools I've suggested. | There are a suite of tools that make R more powerful but essentially have their own unique syntax. Since you're new to R, I strongly suggest you get comfortable with these tools now before you get used to doing equivalent operations using base R.
Package list (in the order I think you should learn them):
[data.table](
[ggplot2](
[tidyr](
[dplyr](
[magrittr](
[caret]( |
GarnetSteel | Clean up your study area and organize your space.
But keep in mind that this is so that when you get back from a 10-30 minute walk you can come back ready to start with no distractions.
Aka go for a walk but neaten up first so when you get back you don't get distracted by the same clutter and state of mind involving procrastination.
study,
And reset.
edit: It may seem like a waste of time to go for a walk when you have so much to do. Anything over 10 minutes to get yourself in new surroundings not thinking about homework will give your brain a break. Tackling your assignments or studying anew will give you a refreshed perspective.
TL;DR keep trucking, but don't forget to gas up and rest stops :) | Clean up your study area and organize your space.
But keep in mind that this is so that when you get back from a 10-30 minute walk you can come back ready to start with no distractions.
Aka go for a walk but neaten up first so when you get back you don't get distracted by the same clutter and state of mind involving procrastination.
study,
And reset.
edit: It may seem like a waste of time to go for a walk when you have so much to do. Anything over 10 minutes to get yourself in new surroundings not thinking about homework will give your brain a break. Tackling your assignments or studying anew will give you a refreshed perspective.
TL;DR keep trucking, but don't forget to gas up and rest stops :)
| AskReddit | t5_2qh1i | cpr5wps | Clean up your study area and organize your space.
But keep in mind that this is so that when you get back from a 10-30 minute walk you can come back ready to start with no distractions.
Aka go for a walk but neaten up first so when you get back you don't get distracted by the same clutter and state of mind involving procrastination.
study,
And reset.
edit: It may seem like a waste of time to go for a walk when you have so much to do. Anything over 10 minutes to get yourself in new surroundings not thinking about homework will give your brain a break. Tackling your assignments or studying anew will give you a refreshed perspective. | keep trucking, but don't forget to gas up and rest stops :) |
ApolloFett | I personally think, and I'm sure many would agree, that the Python is the superior ship in almost every way. The FDL does have the stronger shields, even with a lower class shield 5A it is better than the Pythons 6A and cost less. But that is really the only thing the FDL is objectively better then the Python, anything else you could say the FDL is better is really subjective. Some may say the FDL huge hardpoint is better but I would rather have 3 large and 2 medium on the Python than 1 huge and 4 medium on FDL, and as you said hardpoint placement on the FDL is much worse then the Python. The Python hardpoint placement is arguably perfect.
Armor doesn't really matter in PVP because any decent CMDR is going to target the powerplant and effectively bypass armor. In PVE the Python does have better armor. Other than that the Python has 2 less utility slots but unquestionably better internal compartments. FDL internal compartments are quite shit tbh for a ship of that price range, even the Clipper is better at less than half the price. FDL compartments are barely better then the Vulture. It's no wonder they cut the FDL price in half, there is no way that thing is a 100 million credit ship.
Anyway it boils down to what you like, what you want to do with the ship and how much you want to spend. Expect to spend more to really upgrade a Python but you will have a much better ship in the end. The FDL really has a shit jump range (Python isn't a lot better but it is better, another 4-5ly depending on modules), shit fuel tank size, and shit cargo ability. These last few points are really disgraceful on the FDL, I can't imagine why they thought a 8t fuel tank was acceptable, never mind the jump range and complete lack of cargo. In case you didn't already know check out www.edshipyard.com where you can play around with builds and see what the ship of your dreams will cost and compare builds of each ship to see if it's what you want.
TL;DR The Python is better overall and all around much more versatile ship but does cost more. You get what you pay for.
EDIT: Yeah the FDL is faster, can't argue there. | I personally think, and I'm sure many would agree, that the Python is the superior ship in almost every way. The FDL does have the stronger shields, even with a lower class shield 5A it is better than the Pythons 6A and cost less. But that is really the only thing the FDL is objectively better then the Python, anything else you could say the FDL is better is really subjective. Some may say the FDL huge hardpoint is better but I would rather have 3 large and 2 medium on the Python than 1 huge and 4 medium on FDL, and as you said hardpoint placement on the FDL is much worse then the Python. The Python hardpoint placement is arguably perfect.
Armor doesn't really matter in PVP because any decent CMDR is going to target the powerplant and effectively bypass armor. In PVE the Python does have better armor. Other than that the Python has 2 less utility slots but unquestionably better internal compartments. FDL internal compartments are quite shit tbh for a ship of that price range, even the Clipper is better at less than half the price. FDL compartments are barely better then the Vulture. It's no wonder they cut the FDL price in half, there is no way that thing is a 100 million credit ship.
Anyway it boils down to what you like, what you want to do with the ship and how much you want to spend. Expect to spend more to really upgrade a Python but you will have a much better ship in the end. The FDL really has a shit jump range (Python isn't a lot better but it is better, another 4-5ly depending on modules), shit fuel tank size, and shit cargo ability. These last few points are really disgraceful on the FDL, I can't imagine why they thought a 8t fuel tank was acceptable, never mind the jump range and complete lack of cargo. In case you didn't already know check out www.edshipyard.com where you can play around with builds and see what the ship of your dreams will cost and compare builds of each ship to see if it's what you want.
TL;DR The Python is better overall and all around much more versatile ship but does cost more. You get what you pay for.
EDIT: Yeah the FDL is faster, can't argue there.
| EliteDangerous | t5_2vi60 | cpr812l | I personally think, and I'm sure many would agree, that the Python is the superior ship in almost every way. The FDL does have the stronger shields, even with a lower class shield 5A it is better than the Pythons 6A and cost less. But that is really the only thing the FDL is objectively better then the Python, anything else you could say the FDL is better is really subjective. Some may say the FDL huge hardpoint is better but I would rather have 3 large and 2 medium on the Python than 1 huge and 4 medium on FDL, and as you said hardpoint placement on the FDL is much worse then the Python. The Python hardpoint placement is arguably perfect.
Armor doesn't really matter in PVP because any decent CMDR is going to target the powerplant and effectively bypass armor. In PVE the Python does have better armor. Other than that the Python has 2 less utility slots but unquestionably better internal compartments. FDL internal compartments are quite shit tbh for a ship of that price range, even the Clipper is better at less than half the price. FDL compartments are barely better then the Vulture. It's no wonder they cut the FDL price in half, there is no way that thing is a 100 million credit ship.
Anyway it boils down to what you like, what you want to do with the ship and how much you want to spend. Expect to spend more to really upgrade a Python but you will have a much better ship in the end. The FDL really has a shit jump range (Python isn't a lot better but it is better, another 4-5ly depending on modules), shit fuel tank size, and shit cargo ability. These last few points are really disgraceful on the FDL, I can't imagine why they thought a 8t fuel tank was acceptable, never mind the jump range and complete lack of cargo. In case you didn't already know check out www.edshipyard.com where you can play around with builds and see what the ship of your dreams will cost and compare builds of each ship to see if it's what you want. | The Python is better overall and all around much more versatile ship but does cost more. You get what you pay for.
EDIT: Yeah the FDL is faster, can't argue there. |
High_Seas_Pirate | I put my resume damn near everywhere I could. Monster, career builder, my state's department of labor website, etc... and applied to everything I could find.
My first semi-real job I got out of college was as a test technician for military hardware. I got that job because they were looking for about two dozen of us and could afford to have a few washouts during training. It was a two months full time, four months off deal.
The next job (my current one) is full time. Remember how I said to post your resume everywhere? There are a billion temp-to-hire recruiters out there browsing job sites. When they spot your resume they'll email you about a position they've been contracted to fill and, if you're interested, they'll contact the company for you to arrange the interview. If you're hired, you technically work for the headhunter for 6-12 months and at the end of your contract, the host company has the option to hire you themselves if they're happy with you. This is what happened for me. I was brought in to interview as a test technician, clicked really well with the interviewers and was hired on as a temp. I used those six months to work my ass off and make a name for myself. At the end of my contract, there was a position open as a test engineer so I applied on a whim. They knew what I could do, so they hired me as one of their own and promoted me right out of the gate.
TL;DR: Apply everywhere. Talk to headhunters. Take anything you can to build your resume. Build your reputation. | I put my resume damn near everywhere I could. Monster, career builder, my state's department of labor website, etc... and applied to everything I could find.
My first semi-real job I got out of college was as a test technician for military hardware. I got that job because they were looking for about two dozen of us and could afford to have a few washouts during training. It was a two months full time, four months off deal.
The next job (my current one) is full time. Remember how I said to post your resume everywhere? There are a billion temp-to-hire recruiters out there browsing job sites. When they spot your resume they'll email you about a position they've been contracted to fill and, if you're interested, they'll contact the company for you to arrange the interview. If you're hired, you technically work for the headhunter for 6-12 months and at the end of your contract, the host company has the option to hire you themselves if they're happy with you. This is what happened for me. I was brought in to interview as a test technician, clicked really well with the interviewers and was hired on as a temp. I used those six months to work my ass off and make a name for myself. At the end of my contract, there was a position open as a test engineer so I applied on a whim. They knew what I could do, so they hired me as one of their own and promoted me right out of the gate.
TL;DR: Apply everywhere. Talk to headhunters. Take anything you can to build your resume. Build your reputation.
| AdviceAnimals | t5_2s7tt | cps8htg | I put my resume damn near everywhere I could. Monster, career builder, my state's department of labor website, etc... and applied to everything I could find.
My first semi-real job I got out of college was as a test technician for military hardware. I got that job because they were looking for about two dozen of us and could afford to have a few washouts during training. It was a two months full time, four months off deal.
The next job (my current one) is full time. Remember how I said to post your resume everywhere? There are a billion temp-to-hire recruiters out there browsing job sites. When they spot your resume they'll email you about a position they've been contracted to fill and, if you're interested, they'll contact the company for you to arrange the interview. If you're hired, you technically work for the headhunter for 6-12 months and at the end of your contract, the host company has the option to hire you themselves if they're happy with you. This is what happened for me. I was brought in to interview as a test technician, clicked really well with the interviewers and was hired on as a temp. I used those six months to work my ass off and make a name for myself. At the end of my contract, there was a position open as a test engineer so I applied on a whim. They knew what I could do, so they hired me as one of their own and promoted me right out of the gate. | Apply everywhere. Talk to headhunters. Take anything you can to build your resume. Build your reputation. |
jcrdy | i played d1 sports in college and played semi-pro in the summers so I couldn't work a job. i have to be honest, as much as people think you get the benefit of the doubt as an athlete, often you're left with interesting experiences and few upsides. the sports/coaching industry is incredibly bureaucratic (imagine that!), businesses want you purely for sales/commission based work, and all of your free time was spent working out, working out to workout, or working on your workout.
TL;DR: Serious Athletes in college who don't go pro are left with degrees but no RL experience.
Edit:spelling | i played d1 sports in college and played semi-pro in the summers so I couldn't work a job. i have to be honest, as much as people think you get the benefit of the doubt as an athlete, often you're left with interesting experiences and few upsides. the sports/coaching industry is incredibly bureaucratic (imagine that!), businesses want you purely for sales/commission based work, and all of your free time was spent working out, working out to workout, or working on your workout.
TL;DR: Serious Athletes in college who don't go pro are left with degrees but no RL experience.
Edit:spelling
| AdviceAnimals | t5_2s7tt | cps9oty | i played d1 sports in college and played semi-pro in the summers so I couldn't work a job. i have to be honest, as much as people think you get the benefit of the doubt as an athlete, often you're left with interesting experiences and few upsides. the sports/coaching industry is incredibly bureaucratic (imagine that!), businesses want you purely for sales/commission based work, and all of your free time was spent working out, working out to workout, or working on your workout. | Serious Athletes in college who don't go pro are left with degrees but no RL experience.
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AdventuretimeEP | > **It's all about hearth and home, being men, women, heteronormative and making lots of babies.** For awhile in my youth I thought there was something wrong with me that I couldn't connect to the natural world these practitioners say they are so much in touch with. **But nah, I was right, the world is full of boring, domesticated religions.**
You seem to of found "those people", and there is nothing wrong with that.
You found people akin to a well cared for and planned out planter instead of noticing/finding the mint growing wild under the porch or the dandelion that sprung up in a crack somewhere.
I just wanted to chime in as a practicing witch and accidental wiccan that was none of those things and note that my ilk is far more common than you'd think.
The "wildflowers" of us drink with Baron Samedi when it strikes us (I do mean this literally) and are just as likely to trash someones life and spirit as help it along.
While I love a good home and fertility cult as much as the next virile male I really don't have time for all that and babies are gross.
tl:dr
When I hangout with Baphomet it's not because I'm horny.....
| > It's all about hearth and home, being men, women, heteronormative and making lots of babies. For awhile in my youth I thought there was something wrong with me that I couldn't connect to the natural world these practitioners say they are so much in touch with. But nah, I was right, the world is full of boring, domesticated religions.
You seem to of found "those people", and there is nothing wrong with that.
You found people akin to a well cared for and planned out planter instead of noticing/finding the mint growing wild under the porch or the dandelion that sprung up in a crack somewhere.
I just wanted to chime in as a practicing witch and accidental wiccan that was none of those things and note that my ilk is far more common than you'd think.
The "wildflowers" of us drink with Baron Samedi when it strikes us (I do mean this literally) and are just as likely to trash someones life and spirit as help it along.
While I love a good home and fertility cult as much as the next virile male I really don't have time for all that and babies are gross.
tl:dr
When I hangout with Baphomet it's not because I'm horny.....
| occult | t5_2qhmc | cptoulb | It's all about hearth and home, being men, women, heteronormative and making lots of babies. For awhile in my youth I thought there was something wrong with me that I couldn't connect to the natural world these practitioners say they are so much in touch with. But nah, I was right, the world is full of boring, domesticated religions.
You seem to of found "those people", and there is nothing wrong with that.
You found people akin to a well cared for and planned out planter instead of noticing/finding the mint growing wild under the porch or the dandelion that sprung up in a crack somewhere.
I just wanted to chime in as a practicing witch and accidental wiccan that was none of those things and note that my ilk is far more common than you'd think.
The "wildflowers" of us drink with Baron Samedi when it strikes us (I do mean this literally) and are just as likely to trash someones life and spirit as help it along.
While I love a good home and fertility cult as much as the next virile male I really don't have time for all that and babies are gross. | When I hangout with Baphomet it's not because I'm horny..... |
VW_LowLife | I printed out one of those at Kinkos, though I think mine was a bit higher resolution. It was something like 24 inches all around. Lamented and printed in full color ran me near 50 bucks. The reinforced backing idea isn't really necessary if you play on a table every time and store it, rolled up, in a poster tube or whatever.
If you're going to print it out though, find a picture with a higher res (like [THIS]( one) so it looks clear and not grainy / low quality once printed. Will definitely be worth it.
Oh also, that game gets you drunk as fuck. Most people won't be able to make it to the end of the game because they'll end up puking from being overly full or getting too drunk to keep going. Every other square is like "shotgun a beer" in some indirect way and there's a moderate chance of significantly getting sent back a large number of squares. It's over-the-top and not for lightweights.
tl;dr Takes a long time to finish, requires large quantities of alcohol, and requires a lot of attention/time. Play with at least 4 people for the most fun.
You've been warned.
| I printed out one of those at Kinkos, though I think mine was a bit higher resolution. It was something like 24 inches all around. Lamented and printed in full color ran me near 50 bucks. The reinforced backing idea isn't really necessary if you play on a table every time and store it, rolled up, in a poster tube or whatever.
If you're going to print it out though, find a picture with a higher res (like THIS so it looks clear and not grainy / low quality once printed. Will definitely be worth it.
Oh also, that game gets you drunk as fuck. Most people won't be able to make it to the end of the game because they'll end up puking from being overly full or getting too drunk to keep going. Every other square is like "shotgun a beer" in some indirect way and there's a moderate chance of significantly getting sent back a large number of squares. It's over-the-top and not for lightweights.
tl;dr Takes a long time to finish, requires large quantities of alcohol, and requires a lot of attention/time. Play with at least 4 people for the most fun.
You've been warned.
| gaming | t5_2qh03 | cpsfusu | I printed out one of those at Kinkos, though I think mine was a bit higher resolution. It was something like 24 inches all around. Lamented and printed in full color ran me near 50 bucks. The reinforced backing idea isn't really necessary if you play on a table every time and store it, rolled up, in a poster tube or whatever.
If you're going to print it out though, find a picture with a higher res (like THIS so it looks clear and not grainy / low quality once printed. Will definitely be worth it.
Oh also, that game gets you drunk as fuck. Most people won't be able to make it to the end of the game because they'll end up puking from being overly full or getting too drunk to keep going. Every other square is like "shotgun a beer" in some indirect way and there's a moderate chance of significantly getting sent back a large number of squares. It's over-the-top and not for lightweights. | Takes a long time to finish, requires large quantities of alcohol, and requires a lot of attention/time. Play with at least 4 people for the most fun.
You've been warned. |
Slihsar | I did a little test. I froze in the Neader island...or w/e and I used the autorun feature to run to my quest which made the game freeze. Had to relaunch the game. Try it again to see if that was what it was and froze again. Third freeze was trying to see if it was just freezing or was it freezing because I tried the auto run. And then I looked at a different objective and did autorun and it did NOT freeze.....so I guess it was just that one.
TL; DR yes | I did a little test. I froze in the Neader island...or w/e and I used the autorun feature to run to my quest which made the game freeze. Had to relaunch the game. Try it again to see if that was what it was and froze again. Third freeze was trying to see if it was just freezing or was it freezing because I tried the auto run. And then I looked at a different objective and did autorun and it did NOT freeze.....so I guess it was just that one.
TL; DR yes
| Skyforge | t5_2ymb9 | cpsj2iw | I did a little test. I froze in the Neader island...or w/e and I used the autorun feature to run to my quest which made the game freeze. Had to relaunch the game. Try it again to see if that was what it was and froze again. Third freeze was trying to see if it was just freezing or was it freezing because I tried the auto run. And then I looked at a different objective and did autorun and it did NOT freeze.....so I guess it was just that one. | yes |
Fylgja | I think its definitely good to have standard items as well.
For starters, I'd imagine it would be pretty hard to have everything in the game be a build enabling item, especially in a game you describe as "diablo-like" where getting loads of loot is part of the fun.
For new players, I think you'll want them to experience the basic game first, before messing about with anything fancy. This way they can both learn the basics of the game, but also it gives a greater appreciation of the things that modify or mess with the basic mechanics. You've got to know what you're changing to really appreciate why its different and/or cool.
I think you also need fillers just because if everything has unique special effects that modify other game mechanics, it'll be that much harder to find pieces that work together rather that counteract each other. If you look at PoE, usually people will take 1 or 2 build enabling items or passives and build around them, filling out holes and working around their drawback using the filler items.
tldr - yeah I think you want normal filler items. They're what make the special items special by being the base that you compare them to. | I think its definitely good to have standard items as well.
For starters, I'd imagine it would be pretty hard to have everything in the game be a build enabling item, especially in a game you describe as "diablo-like" where getting loads of loot is part of the fun.
For new players, I think you'll want them to experience the basic game first, before messing about with anything fancy. This way they can both learn the basics of the game, but also it gives a greater appreciation of the things that modify or mess with the basic mechanics. You've got to know what you're changing to really appreciate why its different and/or cool.
I think you also need fillers just because if everything has unique special effects that modify other game mechanics, it'll be that much harder to find pieces that work together rather that counteract each other. If you look at PoE, usually people will take 1 or 2 build enabling items or passives and build around them, filling out holes and working around their drawback using the filler items.
tldr - yeah I think you want normal filler items. They're what make the special items special by being the base that you compare them to.
| gamedesign | t5_2qimq | cpssah7 | I think its definitely good to have standard items as well.
For starters, I'd imagine it would be pretty hard to have everything in the game be a build enabling item, especially in a game you describe as "diablo-like" where getting loads of loot is part of the fun.
For new players, I think you'll want them to experience the basic game first, before messing about with anything fancy. This way they can both learn the basics of the game, but also it gives a greater appreciation of the things that modify or mess with the basic mechanics. You've got to know what you're changing to really appreciate why its different and/or cool.
I think you also need fillers just because if everything has unique special effects that modify other game mechanics, it'll be that much harder to find pieces that work together rather that counteract each other. If you look at PoE, usually people will take 1 or 2 build enabling items or passives and build around them, filling out holes and working around their drawback using the filler items. | yeah I think you want normal filler items. They're what make the special items special by being the base that you compare them to. |
GridReXX | All contextual.
I was leaving a bar once with some friends and a dude and his friends literally drove up on the sidewalk in a flurry and shouted "get in the car!"
At first we were like what the flying fuck and briefly attempted to run and cuss.
And then he quickly got out and bashfully apologized and said some bs line like you guys were so beautiful I had to pretend kidnap you.
Here's the thing.
You're right. He pulled it off.
He caught us off guard.
He then acted bashful and playful and sincerely apologized.
All while coming off as non-threatening and non aggressive (to make up for the initial surprise.)
And yes on top of that he was physically attractive.
So he went from us ready to call him a creep to winning us over.
And you're right he gets extra time to prove his non-creepiness because he played it well and because he was cute.
TLDR: Duh.
Also my OP is that cute guys can be creepy. Not that they don't get away with more Han unattractive men.
| All contextual.
I was leaving a bar once with some friends and a dude and his friends literally drove up on the sidewalk in a flurry and shouted "get in the car!"
At first we were like what the flying fuck and briefly attempted to run and cuss.
And then he quickly got out and bashfully apologized and said some bs line like you guys were so beautiful I had to pretend kidnap you.
Here's the thing.
You're right. He pulled it off.
He caught us off guard.
He then acted bashful and playful and sincerely apologized.
All while coming off as non-threatening and non aggressive (to make up for the initial surprise.)
And yes on top of that he was physically attractive.
So he went from us ready to call him a creep to winning us over.
And you're right he gets extra time to prove his non-creepiness because he played it well and because he was cute.
TLDR: Duh.
Also my OP is that cute guys can be creepy. Not that they don't get away with more Han unattractive men.
| PurplePillDebate | t5_2ya42 | cpsy90s | All contextual.
I was leaving a bar once with some friends and a dude and his friends literally drove up on the sidewalk in a flurry and shouted "get in the car!"
At first we were like what the flying fuck and briefly attempted to run and cuss.
And then he quickly got out and bashfully apologized and said some bs line like you guys were so beautiful I had to pretend kidnap you.
Here's the thing.
You're right. He pulled it off.
He caught us off guard.
He then acted bashful and playful and sincerely apologized.
All while coming off as non-threatening and non aggressive (to make up for the initial surprise.)
And yes on top of that he was physically attractive.
So he went from us ready to call him a creep to winning us over.
And you're right he gets extra time to prove his non-creepiness because he played it well and because he was cute. | Duh.
Also my OP is that cute guys can be creepy. Not that they don't get away with more Han unattractive men. |
MinkoAk | Possibly. Initially, absolutely. But then spirits would calm down and only time would tell as it would depend on how this new universe would look like.
It would certainly confirm their fear that Marvel is segregating mutants from the rest of their universe, but at the same time it would also mean that Marvel is *not* doing away with mutants. Arguably, giving them their own universe would be a testament to Marvel's faith in the X-Men since they would trust the X-line enough to hold its own universe alone.
Interesting thing to note though, it would certainly make the X-line closer to the Fox movies.
**TL;DR:** It could go either way, depends if Marvel would do that right or botch it. | Possibly. Initially, absolutely. But then spirits would calm down and only time would tell as it would depend on how this new universe would look like.
It would certainly confirm their fear that Marvel is segregating mutants from the rest of their universe, but at the same time it would also mean that Marvel is not doing away with mutants. Arguably, giving them their own universe would be a testament to Marvel's faith in the X-Men since they would trust the X-line enough to hold its own universe alone.
Interesting thing to note though, it would certainly make the X-line closer to the Fox movies.
TL;DR: It could go either way, depends if Marvel would do that right or botch it.
| comicbooks | t5_2qhon | cptfh2d | Possibly. Initially, absolutely. But then spirits would calm down and only time would tell as it would depend on how this new universe would look like.
It would certainly confirm their fear that Marvel is segregating mutants from the rest of their universe, but at the same time it would also mean that Marvel is not doing away with mutants. Arguably, giving them their own universe would be a testament to Marvel's faith in the X-Men since they would trust the X-line enough to hold its own universe alone.
Interesting thing to note though, it would certainly make the X-line closer to the Fox movies. | It could go either way, depends if Marvel would do that right or botch it. |
TalosThoren | Just take the time to learn about the licenses applied to software you might be interested in emulating features from. Also take the time to learn how to apply licensing to your own work.
If you work with code that is unlicensed, such as unlicensed code in a tutorial, it can be risky. Unlicensed code is not necessarily free to use, though, with tutorials, it is typically not going to come back to bite you. Often tutorials are so basic that it's not really easy to say "This code is my intellectual property" because it's the same way everyone would end up writing that bit of very basic, instructional functionality.
Copy-pasting code without understanding it and without understanding how to modify it to your needs is bad form. That being said, as long as you understand how that code is licensed, you can make an informed decision on whether you are infringing or not.
TL;DR: Read and understand software licenses for code you want to use. | Just take the time to learn about the licenses applied to software you might be interested in emulating features from. Also take the time to learn how to apply licensing to your own work.
If you work with code that is unlicensed, such as unlicensed code in a tutorial, it can be risky. Unlicensed code is not necessarily free to use, though, with tutorials, it is typically not going to come back to bite you. Often tutorials are so basic that it's not really easy to say "This code is my intellectual property" because it's the same way everyone would end up writing that bit of very basic, instructional functionality.
Copy-pasting code without understanding it and without understanding how to modify it to your needs is bad form. That being said, as long as you understand how that code is licensed, you can make an informed decision on whether you are infringing or not.
TL;DR: Read and understand software licenses for code you want to use.
| learnprogramming | t5_2r7yd | cptbprj | Just take the time to learn about the licenses applied to software you might be interested in emulating features from. Also take the time to learn how to apply licensing to your own work.
If you work with code that is unlicensed, such as unlicensed code in a tutorial, it can be risky. Unlicensed code is not necessarily free to use, though, with tutorials, it is typically not going to come back to bite you. Often tutorials are so basic that it's not really easy to say "This code is my intellectual property" because it's the same way everyone would end up writing that bit of very basic, instructional functionality.
Copy-pasting code without understanding it and without understanding how to modify it to your needs is bad form. That being said, as long as you understand how that code is licensed, you can make an informed decision on whether you are infringing or not. | Read and understand software licenses for code you want to use. |
LBJsPNS | |MSNBC received stimulus money from Obama
Horseshit. Give me a real verifiable source. I don't care for MSNBC, it being corporatist masquerading as liberal, but a lie as big as yours needs to be stopped dead in its tracks.
TL;DR: Source or you're a liar. | |MSNBC received stimulus money from Obama
Horseshit. Give me a real verifiable source. I don't care for MSNBC, it being corporatist masquerading as liberal, but a lie as big as yours needs to be stopped dead in its tracks.
TL;DR: Source or you're a liar.
| politics | t5_2cneq | cptlawx | MSNBC received stimulus money from Obama
Horseshit. Give me a real verifiable source. I don't care for MSNBC, it being corporatist masquerading as liberal, but a lie as big as yours needs to be stopped dead in its tracks. | Source or you're a liar. |
Rathbourne | No idea who you are, but taking a quick look through your post history, you were mainly down voted in a thread where you were, sarcastically or not, attempting to excuse your drink-driving.
You mention being an 'alcoholic', but you seem to take pride in your drinking. And obviously, as demonstrated in this post, you can come across as needlessly abrasive.
TLDR: You're not down voted because of who you are, you're down voted because of your occasionally shitty attitude, that's probably influenced by your heavy drinking. Seek help. | No idea who you are, but taking a quick look through your post history, you were mainly down voted in a thread where you were, sarcastically or not, attempting to excuse your drink-driving.
You mention being an 'alcoholic', but you seem to take pride in your drinking. And obviously, as demonstrated in this post, you can come across as needlessly abrasive.
TLDR: You're not down voted because of who you are, you're down voted because of your occasionally shitty attitude, that's probably influenced by your heavy drinking. Seek help.
| TagPro | t5_2w7hh | cptgc95 | No idea who you are, but taking a quick look through your post history, you were mainly down voted in a thread where you were, sarcastically or not, attempting to excuse your drink-driving.
You mention being an 'alcoholic', but you seem to take pride in your drinking. And obviously, as demonstrated in this post, you can come across as needlessly abrasive. | You're not down voted because of who you are, you're down voted because of your occasionally shitty attitude, that's probably influenced by your heavy drinking. Seek help. |
CupcakeTrap | (I'm going to repeat my disclaimer, because I think it's important: I don't know NJ health law, so I'm reasoning largely by analogy. This is not just a lawyer-y "CYA". It's important you understand that from time to time I may carelessly say something like "NJ law requires", but I'm actually speaking rather speculatively. If you're concerned, you should give LSNJ a call. Assuming they do health law, and I have a hunch they do (especially for a Medicaid recipient), that's a place where you can get free, honest-to-goodness legal advice from a lawyer licensed to practice law in your area. Too many people have no clue that legal aid exists, and I'll take every opportunity to inform people that it does.)
(Other apology: this is kind of lengthy and not as tidy as I would like. I'm a bit short on time atm, so I can't really do much editing just now. Happy to provide more clarification, though again, call LSNJ.)
What you describe is a little odd, but perhaps NJ works differently than (e.g.) CA. Again, that would be something to confirm with DOBI or LSNJ.
It does sound like you think that Amerigroup has implicitly authorized you to go to any out-of-network specialist you like. I suspect I may have been a bit confusing with the word "complaint", which has a special legal meaning; your call to say "help, I can't find any ortho specialists" was the sort of thing that may qualify as a "complaint", albeit a verbal one. If Amerigroup told you "okay, we'll let you see any specialist who will agree to bill us", that would be a proffered resolution of the complaint. That would actually be a pretty generous resolution (insurance companies in CA would rarely just give you carte blanche to go to anyone in the state, unless the CA version of DOBI were really hounding them), with the caveat that technically the responsibility for finding an out-of-network provider willing to bill Amerigroup would (at least in CA) be Amerigroup's responsibility, not yours.
So to answer your original question: though I don't know really anything about NJ health law, in health law generally, authorizing a member to see an out-of-network provider is a pretty standard way to remedy a network adequacy complaint. The state basically tells the plan, "Okay, you don't have any providers in-network who can see them soon? Then you're on the hook to pay for someone out-of-network." So yes, this does happen.
Put another way, Amerigroup's responsibility as a contractor for NJ's Medicaid program (it "stands in the shoes of" New Jersey) is not to give you a shiny insurance card that doesn't do you any real good, but to give you insurance *coverage.* If they give you a shiny card that nobody will accept, they have failed to meet their legal duty, which is where DOBI (or an internal plan complaint) comes in.
So that's good news. Bad news: Medicaid pays pretty poorly, and I wouldn't necessarily count on being able to find someone. (Even if Amerigroup promises to pay anyone who'll agree to see you, you may not be able to find anyone who will agree to accept what Amerigroup will pay.) If not, at least in the jurisdiction I'm familiar with, it would be the plan's responsibility to get you someone, and if they fail to comply within the statutory time limit (e.g. 96 hours), the local DOBI equivalent could start fining them and really cranking up the pressure. So if you call a bunch of doctors and they all say either "no, I won't accept Medicaid/Amerigroup" or "sorry, next appointment is (more than 28 days / more than 24 hours, depending on whether it's an urgent need) away", that doesn't absolve Amerigroup of their responsibility; at that point, you might want to talk to them or DOBI and say "okay, I tried X Y Z doctors, nobody can/will see me, please get me someone, and by the way, I made my initial request/complaint on (date), so it's been (X days)". Plans often have lists of go-to out-of-network providers whom they know are willing to contract with them on an ad hoc basis.
If you're able to find an ortho specialist who will see you soon and bill Amerigroup, that sounds like it should resolve matters, unless Amerigroup goes back on its promise. (That sounds paranoid, but I've been strung along by insurance companies before, to clients' detriment, and it's made me a little cynical. Insurers can be callous bastards, and without something in writing, I'm a bit wary to take their word for it.)
I think this might be the boilerplate used for Amerigroup's contract:
And here's an HHS report surveying all 50 states:
Actually, if this is still accurate, that's arguably some good news: if your condition is "urgent", the NJ maximum appointment wait time is 24 hours. (Bad news: if it's not urgent, they can make you wait up to 28 days.)
tl;dr: Sure, give it a try, maybe, but consider giving LSNJ a call to see if they do health cases. If so, disregard everything I've said and ask your LSNJ attorney what to do. If LSNJ can't help you, DOBI would be the next-best option for getting verification of anything in this post, which again should not be accorded more weight than "some person on Reddit who isn't a NJ lawyer googled for 30 seconds and guesses (X)." | (I'm going to repeat my disclaimer, because I think it's important: I don't know NJ health law, so I'm reasoning largely by analogy. This is not just a lawyer-y "CYA". It's important you understand that from time to time I may carelessly say something like "NJ law requires", but I'm actually speaking rather speculatively. If you're concerned, you should give LSNJ a call. Assuming they do health law, and I have a hunch they do (especially for a Medicaid recipient), that's a place where you can get free, honest-to-goodness legal advice from a lawyer licensed to practice law in your area. Too many people have no clue that legal aid exists, and I'll take every opportunity to inform people that it does.)
(Other apology: this is kind of lengthy and not as tidy as I would like. I'm a bit short on time atm, so I can't really do much editing just now. Happy to provide more clarification, though again, call LSNJ.)
What you describe is a little odd, but perhaps NJ works differently than (e.g.) CA. Again, that would be something to confirm with DOBI or LSNJ.
It does sound like you think that Amerigroup has implicitly authorized you to go to any out-of-network specialist you like. I suspect I may have been a bit confusing with the word "complaint", which has a special legal meaning; your call to say "help, I can't find any ortho specialists" was the sort of thing that may qualify as a "complaint", albeit a verbal one. If Amerigroup told you "okay, we'll let you see any specialist who will agree to bill us", that would be a proffered resolution of the complaint. That would actually be a pretty generous resolution (insurance companies in CA would rarely just give you carte blanche to go to anyone in the state, unless the CA version of DOBI were really hounding them), with the caveat that technically the responsibility for finding an out-of-network provider willing to bill Amerigroup would (at least in CA) be Amerigroup's responsibility, not yours.
So to answer your original question: though I don't know really anything about NJ health law, in health law generally, authorizing a member to see an out-of-network provider is a pretty standard way to remedy a network adequacy complaint. The state basically tells the plan, "Okay, you don't have any providers in-network who can see them soon? Then you're on the hook to pay for someone out-of-network." So yes, this does happen.
Put another way, Amerigroup's responsibility as a contractor for NJ's Medicaid program (it "stands in the shoes of" New Jersey) is not to give you a shiny insurance card that doesn't do you any real good, but to give you insurance coverage. If they give you a shiny card that nobody will accept, they have failed to meet their legal duty, which is where DOBI (or an internal plan complaint) comes in.
So that's good news. Bad news: Medicaid pays pretty poorly, and I wouldn't necessarily count on being able to find someone. (Even if Amerigroup promises to pay anyone who'll agree to see you, you may not be able to find anyone who will agree to accept what Amerigroup will pay.) If not, at least in the jurisdiction I'm familiar with, it would be the plan's responsibility to get you someone, and if they fail to comply within the statutory time limit (e.g. 96 hours), the local DOBI equivalent could start fining them and really cranking up the pressure. So if you call a bunch of doctors and they all say either "no, I won't accept Medicaid/Amerigroup" or "sorry, next appointment is (more than 28 days / more than 24 hours, depending on whether it's an urgent need) away", that doesn't absolve Amerigroup of their responsibility; at that point, you might want to talk to them or DOBI and say "okay, I tried X Y Z doctors, nobody can/will see me, please get me someone, and by the way, I made my initial request/complaint on (date), so it's been (X days)". Plans often have lists of go-to out-of-network providers whom they know are willing to contract with them on an ad hoc basis.
If you're able to find an ortho specialist who will see you soon and bill Amerigroup, that sounds like it should resolve matters, unless Amerigroup goes back on its promise. (That sounds paranoid, but I've been strung along by insurance companies before, to clients' detriment, and it's made me a little cynical. Insurers can be callous bastards, and without something in writing, I'm a bit wary to take their word for it.)
I think this might be the boilerplate used for Amerigroup's contract:
And here's an HHS report surveying all 50 states:
Actually, if this is still accurate, that's arguably some good news: if your condition is "urgent", the NJ maximum appointment wait time is 24 hours. (Bad news: if it's not urgent, they can make you wait up to 28 days.)
tl;dr: Sure, give it a try, maybe, but consider giving LSNJ a call to see if they do health cases. If so, disregard everything I've said and ask your LSNJ attorney what to do. If LSNJ can't help you, DOBI would be the next-best option for getting verification of anything in this post, which again should not be accorded more weight than "some person on Reddit who isn't a NJ lawyer googled for 30 seconds and guesses (X)."
| AskDocs | t5_2xtuc | cpunfgb | I'm going to repeat my disclaimer, because I think it's important: I don't know NJ health law, so I'm reasoning largely by analogy. This is not just a lawyer-y "CYA". It's important you understand that from time to time I may carelessly say something like "NJ law requires", but I'm actually speaking rather speculatively. If you're concerned, you should give LSNJ a call. Assuming they do health law, and I have a hunch they do (especially for a Medicaid recipient), that's a place where you can get free, honest-to-goodness legal advice from a lawyer licensed to practice law in your area. Too many people have no clue that legal aid exists, and I'll take every opportunity to inform people that it does.)
(Other apology: this is kind of lengthy and not as tidy as I would like. I'm a bit short on time atm, so I can't really do much editing just now. Happy to provide more clarification, though again, call LSNJ.)
What you describe is a little odd, but perhaps NJ works differently than (e.g.) CA. Again, that would be something to confirm with DOBI or LSNJ.
It does sound like you think that Amerigroup has implicitly authorized you to go to any out-of-network specialist you like. I suspect I may have been a bit confusing with the word "complaint", which has a special legal meaning; your call to say "help, I can't find any ortho specialists" was the sort of thing that may qualify as a "complaint", albeit a verbal one. If Amerigroup told you "okay, we'll let you see any specialist who will agree to bill us", that would be a proffered resolution of the complaint. That would actually be a pretty generous resolution (insurance companies in CA would rarely just give you carte blanche to go to anyone in the state, unless the CA version of DOBI were really hounding them), with the caveat that technically the responsibility for finding an out-of-network provider willing to bill Amerigroup would (at least in CA) be Amerigroup's responsibility, not yours.
So to answer your original question: though I don't know really anything about NJ health law, in health law generally, authorizing a member to see an out-of-network provider is a pretty standard way to remedy a network adequacy complaint. The state basically tells the plan, "Okay, you don't have any providers in-network who can see them soon? Then you're on the hook to pay for someone out-of-network." So yes, this does happen.
Put another way, Amerigroup's responsibility as a contractor for NJ's Medicaid program (it "stands in the shoes of" New Jersey) is not to give you a shiny insurance card that doesn't do you any real good, but to give you insurance coverage. If they give you a shiny card that nobody will accept, they have failed to meet their legal duty, which is where DOBI (or an internal plan complaint) comes in.
So that's good news. Bad news: Medicaid pays pretty poorly, and I wouldn't necessarily count on being able to find someone. (Even if Amerigroup promises to pay anyone who'll agree to see you, you may not be able to find anyone who will agree to accept what Amerigroup will pay.) If not, at least in the jurisdiction I'm familiar with, it would be the plan's responsibility to get you someone, and if they fail to comply within the statutory time limit (e.g. 96 hours), the local DOBI equivalent could start fining them and really cranking up the pressure. So if you call a bunch of doctors and they all say either "no, I won't accept Medicaid/Amerigroup" or "sorry, next appointment is (more than 28 days / more than 24 hours, depending on whether it's an urgent need) away", that doesn't absolve Amerigroup of their responsibility; at that point, you might want to talk to them or DOBI and say "okay, I tried X Y Z doctors, nobody can/will see me, please get me someone, and by the way, I made my initial request/complaint on (date), so it's been (X days)". Plans often have lists of go-to out-of-network providers whom they know are willing to contract with them on an ad hoc basis.
If you're able to find an ortho specialist who will see you soon and bill Amerigroup, that sounds like it should resolve matters, unless Amerigroup goes back on its promise. (That sounds paranoid, but I've been strung along by insurance companies before, to clients' detriment, and it's made me a little cynical. Insurers can be callous bastards, and without something in writing, I'm a bit wary to take their word for it.)
I think this might be the boilerplate used for Amerigroup's contract:
And here's an HHS report surveying all 50 states:
Actually, if this is still accurate, that's arguably some good news: if your condition is "urgent", the NJ maximum appointment wait time is 24 hours. (Bad news: if it's not urgent, they can make you wait up to 28 days.) | Sure, give it a try, maybe, but consider giving LSNJ a call to see if they do health cases. If so, disregard everything I've said and ask your LSNJ attorney what to do. If LSNJ can't help you, DOBI would be the next-best option for getting verification of anything in this post, which again should not be accorded more weight than "some person on Reddit who isn't a NJ lawyer googled for 30 seconds and guesses (X)." |
AndrewFlash | Cut defense. We don't need a billion tanks. We don't need to police every international dispute. If you wanna downvote an opinion go for it, but I don't think that it's fair that we force future generations to go into massive amounts of debt for higher education, even though it's barely considered higher since, for many of us, it's necessary, when we have the funds to make it happen free.
Tl;dr: Education > Defense | Cut defense. We don't need a billion tanks. We don't need to police every international dispute. If you wanna downvote an opinion go for it, but I don't think that it's fair that we force future generations to go into massive amounts of debt for higher education, even though it's barely considered higher since, for many of us, it's necessary, when we have the funds to make it happen free.
Tl;dr: Education > Defense
| politics | t5_2cneq | cptr5gl | Cut defense. We don't need a billion tanks. We don't need to police every international dispute. If you wanna downvote an opinion go for it, but I don't think that it's fair that we force future generations to go into massive amounts of debt for higher education, even though it's barely considered higher since, for many of us, it's necessary, when we have the funds to make it happen free. | Education > Defense |
WantedAnimalRapist | Alright this might not be applicable to every part of the country but here, My school district in California worked in a way that the lowest performing schools received the most funding while the top performing schools received less. It was meant to level the playing field or something. I attended the highest performing highschool in the district and while it would have been nice to have newer books and computers, we were the top performing school because we tried the hardest. The kids at low performing schools simply don't care about learning or grades, which is a problem in culture, not funding. Tldr underfunded school are so much a problem as undermotivated students. | Alright this might not be applicable to every part of the country but here, My school district in California worked in a way that the lowest performing schools received the most funding while the top performing schools received less. It was meant to level the playing field or something. I attended the highest performing highschool in the district and while it would have been nice to have newer books and computers, we were the top performing school because we tried the hardest. The kids at low performing schools simply don't care about learning or grades, which is a problem in culture, not funding. Tldr underfunded school are so much a problem as undermotivated students.
| politics | t5_2cneq | cptxhsa | Alright this might not be applicable to every part of the country but here, My school district in California worked in a way that the lowest performing schools received the most funding while the top performing schools received less. It was meant to level the playing field or something. I attended the highest performing highschool in the district and while it would have been nice to have newer books and computers, we were the top performing school because we tried the hardest. The kids at low performing schools simply don't care about learning or grades, which is a problem in culture, not funding. | underfunded school are so much a problem as undermotivated students. |
swolarbear | I actually just addressed this issue with another redditor. I'm gonna copy my reply to you of why fining parents is not an effective method (unless of course you can show me about this school in the Philipines or elsewhere, where this method has worked. The Philipines isn't the US after all). "Thanks for a straight honest reply! I don't wanna leave you at a dead end without explaining my point. Too make an incredibly complex issue somewhat short and easily understandable; some parents simply can't be held accountable (not that they don't WANT to be good parents, some truly can't provide for their children the way they would like to). For example: a poor immigrant family that barely speaks English. They may want to help their kid but how? Not only are they struggling to make ends meet, but they have a huge language barrier to overcome. There's also the rural family whose father was arrested for cooking meth and the mother is an addict. She cares more about drugs than her family but CIS can't prove anything to take her kids away. How do you hold her accountable? Fine her? She has no money. Arrest her? That adds to our already overflowing and broken prison system. The change we need in the education system needs to happen at the top, the way we teach, getting rid of bullshit standards and standardized testing, a better way to manage funds and hold school boards accountable for how they spend their money. It's a long, messy road, but it's a fight we can win. I hope that was somewhat enlightening. At the very least, support teachers, support students, and support the future."
TL;DR Are you going to fine poor families the same as rich families? What about poor families who can't afford the fines? What happens if they don't pay the fines? Is it fair to fine families that want to be involved, but can't? Just food for thought. | I actually just addressed this issue with another redditor. I'm gonna copy my reply to you of why fining parents is not an effective method (unless of course you can show me about this school in the Philipines or elsewhere, where this method has worked. The Philipines isn't the US after all). "Thanks for a straight honest reply! I don't wanna leave you at a dead end without explaining my point. Too make an incredibly complex issue somewhat short and easily understandable; some parents simply can't be held accountable (not that they don't WANT to be good parents, some truly can't provide for their children the way they would like to). For example: a poor immigrant family that barely speaks English. They may want to help their kid but how? Not only are they struggling to make ends meet, but they have a huge language barrier to overcome. There's also the rural family whose father was arrested for cooking meth and the mother is an addict. She cares more about drugs than her family but CIS can't prove anything to take her kids away. How do you hold her accountable? Fine her? She has no money. Arrest her? That adds to our already overflowing and broken prison system. The change we need in the education system needs to happen at the top, the way we teach, getting rid of bullshit standards and standardized testing, a better way to manage funds and hold school boards accountable for how they spend their money. It's a long, messy road, but it's a fight we can win. I hope that was somewhat enlightening. At the very least, support teachers, support students, and support the future."
TL;DR Are you going to fine poor families the same as rich families? What about poor families who can't afford the fines? What happens if they don't pay the fines? Is it fair to fine families that want to be involved, but can't? Just food for thought.
| politics | t5_2cneq | cpuocs5 | I actually just addressed this issue with another redditor. I'm gonna copy my reply to you of why fining parents is not an effective method (unless of course you can show me about this school in the Philipines or elsewhere, where this method has worked. The Philipines isn't the US after all). "Thanks for a straight honest reply! I don't wanna leave you at a dead end without explaining my point. Too make an incredibly complex issue somewhat short and easily understandable; some parents simply can't be held accountable (not that they don't WANT to be good parents, some truly can't provide for their children the way they would like to). For example: a poor immigrant family that barely speaks English. They may want to help their kid but how? Not only are they struggling to make ends meet, but they have a huge language barrier to overcome. There's also the rural family whose father was arrested for cooking meth and the mother is an addict. She cares more about drugs than her family but CIS can't prove anything to take her kids away. How do you hold her accountable? Fine her? She has no money. Arrest her? That adds to our already overflowing and broken prison system. The change we need in the education system needs to happen at the top, the way we teach, getting rid of bullshit standards and standardized testing, a better way to manage funds and hold school boards accountable for how they spend their money. It's a long, messy road, but it's a fight we can win. I hope that was somewhat enlightening. At the very least, support teachers, support students, and support the future." | Are you going to fine poor families the same as rich families? What about poor families who can't afford the fines? What happens if they don't pay the fines? Is it fair to fine families that want to be involved, but can't? Just food for thought. |
lewisc127 | The four of us had been searching for a Dwarven lumberjack who we presumed had been kidnapped as the nearby forest was the home to an army of Orcs, Kobolds and undead. We went to the Dwarfs favourite haunt - the local tavern - to try and find out where he had recently been working.
For reference our party leader (played by me) was a Half-Elf fighter who rolled a natural 3 for CHA. I was also backed up by a sarcastic Gnome, a sadistic loner type Elf and a Lizardman who only spoke draconic so whilst we *MEANT* well we weren't exactly the most diplomatic group to say the least.
After approaching the patrons and coming up with nothing we turned to the bartender. Now as we approached we noticed a HUGE battleaxe hanging behind the completely normal sized human serving the booze. He tells us that why yes he *DOES* know where the Dwarf was working but the information is going to cost us. Now, the thing about my character is until this day he had never, and I mean never been bested in a fight, no matter the foe. I had gone one on one with trolls, orc warlords and evil wizards and there was no way I was going to let this completely average little man disrespect me in this way, *especially* when I'm trying to do something nice.
So at first, being an asshole, but a moral asshole I remind the bartender that the dwarf is his friend. Also that I have no problem punching through the back of his head and letting the giant walking lizard snack on whatever's left. And the bartender points to the giant axe on the wall and says "I'm afraid she might have something to say about it though". Recognising that this guy is going to need some persuading, I start what is yet another (seemingly) easily won fight. As soon as I land my mighty punch however the bartender grows into a 12 foot tall slab of muscles and punches me backwards through the door, before easily dealing with the rest of the party and making us look like a bunch of chumps single handedly.
It was on this day that I learned three lessons - I discovered the race known as Firbolgs and gained my first true nemesis in a shape-shifting asshole of a bartender. But thirdly (and most importantly) I learned to start fights with people much smaller and weaker than you, because that way you'll always win.
I still remember how shocked I felt that my invincible Half-Elf could have been bested, even if it was by a giant.
TL;DR
I start a fight with a seemingly completely average bartender and get humiliated by a nameless NPC. | The four of us had been searching for a Dwarven lumberjack who we presumed had been kidnapped as the nearby forest was the home to an army of Orcs, Kobolds and undead. We went to the Dwarfs favourite haunt - the local tavern - to try and find out where he had recently been working.
For reference our party leader (played by me) was a Half-Elf fighter who rolled a natural 3 for CHA. I was also backed up by a sarcastic Gnome, a sadistic loner type Elf and a Lizardman who only spoke draconic so whilst we MEANT well we weren't exactly the most diplomatic group to say the least.
After approaching the patrons and coming up with nothing we turned to the bartender. Now as we approached we noticed a HUGE battleaxe hanging behind the completely normal sized human serving the booze. He tells us that why yes he DOES know where the Dwarf was working but the information is going to cost us. Now, the thing about my character is until this day he had never, and I mean never been bested in a fight, no matter the foe. I had gone one on one with trolls, orc warlords and evil wizards and there was no way I was going to let this completely average little man disrespect me in this way, especially when I'm trying to do something nice.
So at first, being an asshole, but a moral asshole I remind the bartender that the dwarf is his friend. Also that I have no problem punching through the back of his head and letting the giant walking lizard snack on whatever's left. And the bartender points to the giant axe on the wall and says "I'm afraid she might have something to say about it though". Recognising that this guy is going to need some persuading, I start what is yet another (seemingly) easily won fight. As soon as I land my mighty punch however the bartender grows into a 12 foot tall slab of muscles and punches me backwards through the door, before easily dealing with the rest of the party and making us look like a bunch of chumps single handedly.
It was on this day that I learned three lessons - I discovered the race known as Firbolgs and gained my first true nemesis in a shape-shifting asshole of a bartender. But thirdly (and most importantly) I learned to start fights with people much smaller and weaker than you, because that way you'll always win.
I still remember how shocked I felt that my invincible Half-Elf could have been bested, even if it was by a giant.
TL;DR
I start a fight with a seemingly completely average bartender and get humiliated by a nameless NPC.
| gametales | t5_2wqgc | cpu2nw5 | The four of us had been searching for a Dwarven lumberjack who we presumed had been kidnapped as the nearby forest was the home to an army of Orcs, Kobolds and undead. We went to the Dwarfs favourite haunt - the local tavern - to try and find out where he had recently been working.
For reference our party leader (played by me) was a Half-Elf fighter who rolled a natural 3 for CHA. I was also backed up by a sarcastic Gnome, a sadistic loner type Elf and a Lizardman who only spoke draconic so whilst we MEANT well we weren't exactly the most diplomatic group to say the least.
After approaching the patrons and coming up with nothing we turned to the bartender. Now as we approached we noticed a HUGE battleaxe hanging behind the completely normal sized human serving the booze. He tells us that why yes he DOES know where the Dwarf was working but the information is going to cost us. Now, the thing about my character is until this day he had never, and I mean never been bested in a fight, no matter the foe. I had gone one on one with trolls, orc warlords and evil wizards and there was no way I was going to let this completely average little man disrespect me in this way, especially when I'm trying to do something nice.
So at first, being an asshole, but a moral asshole I remind the bartender that the dwarf is his friend. Also that I have no problem punching through the back of his head and letting the giant walking lizard snack on whatever's left. And the bartender points to the giant axe on the wall and says "I'm afraid she might have something to say about it though". Recognising that this guy is going to need some persuading, I start what is yet another (seemingly) easily won fight. As soon as I land my mighty punch however the bartender grows into a 12 foot tall slab of muscles and punches me backwards through the door, before easily dealing with the rest of the party and making us look like a bunch of chumps single handedly.
It was on this day that I learned three lessons - I discovered the race known as Firbolgs and gained my first true nemesis in a shape-shifting asshole of a bartender. But thirdly (and most importantly) I learned to start fights with people much smaller and weaker than you, because that way you'll always win.
I still remember how shocked I felt that my invincible Half-Elf could have been bested, even if it was by a giant. | I start a fight with a seemingly completely average bartender and get humiliated by a nameless NPC. |
JDubStep | Our usual party had two guests from out of town join us for game night last week, so they made up characters that would go their own ways at the end of the night.
Our group, a warlock, druid, monk and fighter (myself) come to this town after a few weeks in the wilderness. One of the guests is running for mayor of this town this election year and the other is a contact to lead us further on our quest.
As always the group splits up once we get to town and explore. The druid, a Elf Druid who has very bad communication skills goes to the tavern for a drink and a meal. The CE Warlock decides to just hang about the town square and scope the place out, waiting for his moment to cause mayhem. The monk heads to a museum to see if a map we came across has any special meaning. And I, after visiting the blacksmith to repair my shield, head to the tavern to drink the night away.
A little backstory, our nemeses are a group of Dragonborn hell bent on resurrecting Bahamut and reigning in a new era of Dragon rule in the realm. So naturally our group has a bit of prejudice against Dragonborn.
Well, one of the guests decides he is going to be a Dragonborn and things go awry.
He was expecting us, as his employer told him to look for a band of adventurers and lead them to a secret path up the mountain. So he sees the Druid go to the tavern and follows her in. The Warlock, seeing his chance, follows closely behind. The Druid orders and finds a table near the hearth of the tavern and begins to eat as she sees a Dragonborn wander in to the bar. They lock eyes and he begins to approach her. As he is about six feet from her, the Warlock enters and yells, "LOOK OUT, HE'S AFTER US!"
The Druid leaps onto the table and attacks the Dragonborn. I hear the ruckus and charge into battle. Upon seeing the situation unfold, the bartender reaches up for his axe and is about to join the fray. I charge, slide over the bar and dropkick the barkeep and land on my ass.
Two of the town guards are in on their lunch break and try to break up the fight. The Warlock, having none of that business, decides to cast a spell and has black tentacles drag every living being around him to another dimension.
After the Warlock massacres almost everything in the tavern, I stand up and start grabbing bottles from the shelf and taking drinks. It was just about then, the barkeep comes to and swings at me with his axe. My armor taking the brunt of the blow, I swing, aiming for a wounding blow, not to kill. But I miss and spill his entrails on the floor.
The Dragonborn Bard tries to calm us all down and tries to charm the Warlock. He succeded but gave the Warlock an alibi to what he had done to the bar patrons. While the Dragonborn is distracted, the Druid tries to ignite his cloak on fire, misses and the thatched roof goes up in a blaze.
Seeing what is happening, the other guest (the Dragonborns brother IRL) rushes to the now immolated bar with the rest of the guardsmen. The rest of the town is out, throwing buckets of water on the tavern, but to no effect.
I grab one more bottle of brandy and rush out the door, telling my party members to follow. As I emerge from the flame and smoke, I see about a dozen heavily armed and angry guards. Immediately I exclaim, "THE DRAGONBORN HAS GONE MAD!!!"
The Warlock was not able to exit the front door, and had to blast a hole in the back wall to make his exit. The last remaining people in the bar (alive at least) all set aside their differences, and make their escape into the woods.
And that is how we exiled every Dragonborn from that village, tried to think of a more evil alignment for the Warlock, got the LG Fighter (me) sent to prison and was assigned a CN alignment, broke me and a few other dangerous criminals out of prison on accident and all in all, got nothing accomplished that session except change the course of history for that small village.
TL;DR two friends from out of town visit, mayhem ensues in a tavern, dozens slaughtered, blame shifted to a Dragonborn and we mostly got away with our crimes. | Our usual party had two guests from out of town join us for game night last week, so they made up characters that would go their own ways at the end of the night.
Our group, a warlock, druid, monk and fighter (myself) come to this town after a few weeks in the wilderness. One of the guests is running for mayor of this town this election year and the other is a contact to lead us further on our quest.
As always the group splits up once we get to town and explore. The druid, a Elf Druid who has very bad communication skills goes to the tavern for a drink and a meal. The CE Warlock decides to just hang about the town square and scope the place out, waiting for his moment to cause mayhem. The monk heads to a museum to see if a map we came across has any special meaning. And I, after visiting the blacksmith to repair my shield, head to the tavern to drink the night away.
A little backstory, our nemeses are a group of Dragonborn hell bent on resurrecting Bahamut and reigning in a new era of Dragon rule in the realm. So naturally our group has a bit of prejudice against Dragonborn.
Well, one of the guests decides he is going to be a Dragonborn and things go awry.
He was expecting us, as his employer told him to look for a band of adventurers and lead them to a secret path up the mountain. So he sees the Druid go to the tavern and follows her in. The Warlock, seeing his chance, follows closely behind. The Druid orders and finds a table near the hearth of the tavern and begins to eat as she sees a Dragonborn wander in to the bar. They lock eyes and he begins to approach her. As he is about six feet from her, the Warlock enters and yells, "LOOK OUT, HE'S AFTER US!"
The Druid leaps onto the table and attacks the Dragonborn. I hear the ruckus and charge into battle. Upon seeing the situation unfold, the bartender reaches up for his axe and is about to join the fray. I charge, slide over the bar and dropkick the barkeep and land on my ass.
Two of the town guards are in on their lunch break and try to break up the fight. The Warlock, having none of that business, decides to cast a spell and has black tentacles drag every living being around him to another dimension.
After the Warlock massacres almost everything in the tavern, I stand up and start grabbing bottles from the shelf and taking drinks. It was just about then, the barkeep comes to and swings at me with his axe. My armor taking the brunt of the blow, I swing, aiming for a wounding blow, not to kill. But I miss and spill his entrails on the floor.
The Dragonborn Bard tries to calm us all down and tries to charm the Warlock. He succeded but gave the Warlock an alibi to what he had done to the bar patrons. While the Dragonborn is distracted, the Druid tries to ignite his cloak on fire, misses and the thatched roof goes up in a blaze.
Seeing what is happening, the other guest (the Dragonborns brother IRL) rushes to the now immolated bar with the rest of the guardsmen. The rest of the town is out, throwing buckets of water on the tavern, but to no effect.
I grab one more bottle of brandy and rush out the door, telling my party members to follow. As I emerge from the flame and smoke, I see about a dozen heavily armed and angry guards. Immediately I exclaim, "THE DRAGONBORN HAS GONE MAD!!!"
The Warlock was not able to exit the front door, and had to blast a hole in the back wall to make his exit. The last remaining people in the bar (alive at least) all set aside their differences, and make their escape into the woods.
And that is how we exiled every Dragonborn from that village, tried to think of a more evil alignment for the Warlock, got the LG Fighter (me) sent to prison and was assigned a CN alignment, broke me and a few other dangerous criminals out of prison on accident and all in all, got nothing accomplished that session except change the course of history for that small village.
TL;DR two friends from out of town visit, mayhem ensues in a tavern, dozens slaughtered, blame shifted to a Dragonborn and we mostly got away with our crimes.
| gametales | t5_2wqgc | cpu4zmb | Our usual party had two guests from out of town join us for game night last week, so they made up characters that would go their own ways at the end of the night.
Our group, a warlock, druid, monk and fighter (myself) come to this town after a few weeks in the wilderness. One of the guests is running for mayor of this town this election year and the other is a contact to lead us further on our quest.
As always the group splits up once we get to town and explore. The druid, a Elf Druid who has very bad communication skills goes to the tavern for a drink and a meal. The CE Warlock decides to just hang about the town square and scope the place out, waiting for his moment to cause mayhem. The monk heads to a museum to see if a map we came across has any special meaning. And I, after visiting the blacksmith to repair my shield, head to the tavern to drink the night away.
A little backstory, our nemeses are a group of Dragonborn hell bent on resurrecting Bahamut and reigning in a new era of Dragon rule in the realm. So naturally our group has a bit of prejudice against Dragonborn.
Well, one of the guests decides he is going to be a Dragonborn and things go awry.
He was expecting us, as his employer told him to look for a band of adventurers and lead them to a secret path up the mountain. So he sees the Druid go to the tavern and follows her in. The Warlock, seeing his chance, follows closely behind. The Druid orders and finds a table near the hearth of the tavern and begins to eat as she sees a Dragonborn wander in to the bar. They lock eyes and he begins to approach her. As he is about six feet from her, the Warlock enters and yells, "LOOK OUT, HE'S AFTER US!"
The Druid leaps onto the table and attacks the Dragonborn. I hear the ruckus and charge into battle. Upon seeing the situation unfold, the bartender reaches up for his axe and is about to join the fray. I charge, slide over the bar and dropkick the barkeep and land on my ass.
Two of the town guards are in on their lunch break and try to break up the fight. The Warlock, having none of that business, decides to cast a spell and has black tentacles drag every living being around him to another dimension.
After the Warlock massacres almost everything in the tavern, I stand up and start grabbing bottles from the shelf and taking drinks. It was just about then, the barkeep comes to and swings at me with his axe. My armor taking the brunt of the blow, I swing, aiming for a wounding blow, not to kill. But I miss and spill his entrails on the floor.
The Dragonborn Bard tries to calm us all down and tries to charm the Warlock. He succeded but gave the Warlock an alibi to what he had done to the bar patrons. While the Dragonborn is distracted, the Druid tries to ignite his cloak on fire, misses and the thatched roof goes up in a blaze.
Seeing what is happening, the other guest (the Dragonborns brother IRL) rushes to the now immolated bar with the rest of the guardsmen. The rest of the town is out, throwing buckets of water on the tavern, but to no effect.
I grab one more bottle of brandy and rush out the door, telling my party members to follow. As I emerge from the flame and smoke, I see about a dozen heavily armed and angry guards. Immediately I exclaim, "THE DRAGONBORN HAS GONE MAD!!!"
The Warlock was not able to exit the front door, and had to blast a hole in the back wall to make his exit. The last remaining people in the bar (alive at least) all set aside their differences, and make their escape into the woods.
And that is how we exiled every Dragonborn from that village, tried to think of a more evil alignment for the Warlock, got the LG Fighter (me) sent to prison and was assigned a CN alignment, broke me and a few other dangerous criminals out of prison on accident and all in all, got nothing accomplished that session except change the course of history for that small village. | two friends from out of town visit, mayhem ensues in a tavern, dozens slaughtered, blame shifted to a Dragonborn and we mostly got away with our crimes. |
acarasso | Our party consisted of a moron alchemist, a warrior whose wife was killed by orcs, the warrior's pet wolf, an living gargoyle, a little boy necromancer, and a vampire rogue.
We're looking for an orc bandit leader for a bounty. The alchemist walks up to the first orc he sees and asks if he knows him. The orc is immediately offended, "That's racist. Do you think all orcs know each other?" The alchemist responds, "Yes, orcs are bandits, you're an orc, you must know the bandit leader." This conversation and escalates for a while as the alchemist digs his hole deeper.
Meanwhile, the newly turned vampire is having a hard time accepting that alcohol doesn't work on him now that he's undead, so he's determined to consume enough liquor to prove biology wrong. The gargoyle, who has never had a drop of alcohol in his life, decides to join him.
Things with the alchemist escalate until he eventually just throws a fireball potion at the orc. The orcs raise their axes to attack. The warrior, who is excited for a fight with orcs rushes in ready to fight as well. The vampire, being the only member of the party without a boner for murder uses his whip to swing over between the fighting parties like Indiana fucking Jones thanks to a Natural 20. He then uses an ice spell to try to freeze the parties to stop the fight before it begins. Unfortunately, he rolls a Natural 1 and freezes himself. The warrior pushes him out of the way and begins fighting the orcs.
The gargoyle tries to follow the vampire, but as he is blackout drunk, crashes over the table and falls over. Meanwhile the little boy necromancer is hiding under another table.
This escalates into a full on brawl and the vampire is trampled only a few HP points away from unconsciousness before he unfreezes. The wolf picks up the little boy necromancer and runs to safety. The gargoyle makes his way to the center of the fight and tries to help his friends. Unfortunately, he has no idea what's going on and murders several bystanders all while thinking he's being helpful.
The vampire has accepted that the fight is going to happen anyway so tries to stay out of it. But every time someone is killed, he grabs the body and walks them out of the bar like it's Weekend at Bernie's screaming "WE NEED TO GET THIS MAN TO A DOCTOR!" Once outside he feeds on them to regain HP. He does this several times, which the DM noted was highly unnecessary as nobody was paying attention to him anyway. He could have just fed on them in the middle of the bar and no one would have noticed.
Eventually things start going poorly for the party and the alchemist finally realizes a mistake, so he drops a slippery potion and the three remaining party members penguin slide on their bellies out the front door.
They find the vampire and little boy in the alley. The vampire admonishes the alchemist for being a racist prick, while he feeds on the body of the orc who the fight was started with. While going through his pockets, as rogues tend to do, he finds identification saying that this man was the bandit leader and the alchemist's racist instincts were right all along.
MISSION ACCOMPLISHED.
TLDR: Racism pays off | Our party consisted of a moron alchemist, a warrior whose wife was killed by orcs, the warrior's pet wolf, an living gargoyle, a little boy necromancer, and a vampire rogue.
We're looking for an orc bandit leader for a bounty. The alchemist walks up to the first orc he sees and asks if he knows him. The orc is immediately offended, "That's racist. Do you think all orcs know each other?" The alchemist responds, "Yes, orcs are bandits, you're an orc, you must know the bandit leader." This conversation and escalates for a while as the alchemist digs his hole deeper.
Meanwhile, the newly turned vampire is having a hard time accepting that alcohol doesn't work on him now that he's undead, so he's determined to consume enough liquor to prove biology wrong. The gargoyle, who has never had a drop of alcohol in his life, decides to join him.
Things with the alchemist escalate until he eventually just throws a fireball potion at the orc. The orcs raise their axes to attack. The warrior, who is excited for a fight with orcs rushes in ready to fight as well. The vampire, being the only member of the party without a boner for murder uses his whip to swing over between the fighting parties like Indiana fucking Jones thanks to a Natural 20. He then uses an ice spell to try to freeze the parties to stop the fight before it begins. Unfortunately, he rolls a Natural 1 and freezes himself. The warrior pushes him out of the way and begins fighting the orcs.
The gargoyle tries to follow the vampire, but as he is blackout drunk, crashes over the table and falls over. Meanwhile the little boy necromancer is hiding under another table.
This escalates into a full on brawl and the vampire is trampled only a few HP points away from unconsciousness before he unfreezes. The wolf picks up the little boy necromancer and runs to safety. The gargoyle makes his way to the center of the fight and tries to help his friends. Unfortunately, he has no idea what's going on and murders several bystanders all while thinking he's being helpful.
The vampire has accepted that the fight is going to happen anyway so tries to stay out of it. But every time someone is killed, he grabs the body and walks them out of the bar like it's Weekend at Bernie's screaming "WE NEED TO GET THIS MAN TO A DOCTOR!" Once outside he feeds on them to regain HP. He does this several times, which the DM noted was highly unnecessary as nobody was paying attention to him anyway. He could have just fed on them in the middle of the bar and no one would have noticed.
Eventually things start going poorly for the party and the alchemist finally realizes a mistake, so he drops a slippery potion and the three remaining party members penguin slide on their bellies out the front door.
They find the vampire and little boy in the alley. The vampire admonishes the alchemist for being a racist prick, while he feeds on the body of the orc who the fight was started with. While going through his pockets, as rogues tend to do, he finds identification saying that this man was the bandit leader and the alchemist's racist instincts were right all along.
MISSION ACCOMPLISHED.
TLDR: Racism pays off
| gametales | t5_2wqgc | cpu5wdr | Our party consisted of a moron alchemist, a warrior whose wife was killed by orcs, the warrior's pet wolf, an living gargoyle, a little boy necromancer, and a vampire rogue.
We're looking for an orc bandit leader for a bounty. The alchemist walks up to the first orc he sees and asks if he knows him. The orc is immediately offended, "That's racist. Do you think all orcs know each other?" The alchemist responds, "Yes, orcs are bandits, you're an orc, you must know the bandit leader." This conversation and escalates for a while as the alchemist digs his hole deeper.
Meanwhile, the newly turned vampire is having a hard time accepting that alcohol doesn't work on him now that he's undead, so he's determined to consume enough liquor to prove biology wrong. The gargoyle, who has never had a drop of alcohol in his life, decides to join him.
Things with the alchemist escalate until he eventually just throws a fireball potion at the orc. The orcs raise their axes to attack. The warrior, who is excited for a fight with orcs rushes in ready to fight as well. The vampire, being the only member of the party without a boner for murder uses his whip to swing over between the fighting parties like Indiana fucking Jones thanks to a Natural 20. He then uses an ice spell to try to freeze the parties to stop the fight before it begins. Unfortunately, he rolls a Natural 1 and freezes himself. The warrior pushes him out of the way and begins fighting the orcs.
The gargoyle tries to follow the vampire, but as he is blackout drunk, crashes over the table and falls over. Meanwhile the little boy necromancer is hiding under another table.
This escalates into a full on brawl and the vampire is trampled only a few HP points away from unconsciousness before he unfreezes. The wolf picks up the little boy necromancer and runs to safety. The gargoyle makes his way to the center of the fight and tries to help his friends. Unfortunately, he has no idea what's going on and murders several bystanders all while thinking he's being helpful.
The vampire has accepted that the fight is going to happen anyway so tries to stay out of it. But every time someone is killed, he grabs the body and walks them out of the bar like it's Weekend at Bernie's screaming "WE NEED TO GET THIS MAN TO A DOCTOR!" Once outside he feeds on them to regain HP. He does this several times, which the DM noted was highly unnecessary as nobody was paying attention to him anyway. He could have just fed on them in the middle of the bar and no one would have noticed.
Eventually things start going poorly for the party and the alchemist finally realizes a mistake, so he drops a slippery potion and the three remaining party members penguin slide on their bellies out the front door.
They find the vampire and little boy in the alley. The vampire admonishes the alchemist for being a racist prick, while he feeds on the body of the orc who the fight was started with. While going through his pockets, as rogues tend to do, he finds identification saying that this man was the bandit leader and the alchemist's racist instincts were right all along.
MISSION ACCOMPLISHED. | Racism pays off |
Domriso | First session of the campaign, my DM had made characters for everyone and randomly handed them out. This was 3.5, and I had a Human Fighter who wielded a Fullblade. The bar fight starts up for some stoopid reason, and I decide to not go all out murderhobo on their asses, but I still want the fight to stop. So, I pull out my fullblade, turn it over to the flat of the blade, and step up to a strong looking barfighter, and bring it full-on down on his head from above.
Natural 20. Fuck, I didn't want to hurt the guy, but oh well, he'll figure out that this was a bad idea. I grab the dice, start rolling damage.
Max damage. On a crit. With my high Strength score (18 or 20, can't remember which), this comes out to around 30 points of damage. Even nonlethal, that was an instant kill. On a level 1 commoner. In the first round of combat. The first *action* of combat.
People fled into the streets and I got arrested for crushing a man with a flat piece of metal.
**TL;DR** I accidentally smashed a guy into a pancake with a metal 2x4. | First session of the campaign, my DM had made characters for everyone and randomly handed them out. This was 3.5, and I had a Human Fighter who wielded a Fullblade. The bar fight starts up for some stoopid reason, and I decide to not go all out murderhobo on their asses, but I still want the fight to stop. So, I pull out my fullblade, turn it over to the flat of the blade, and step up to a strong looking barfighter, and bring it full-on down on his head from above.
Natural 20. Fuck, I didn't want to hurt the guy, but oh well, he'll figure out that this was a bad idea. I grab the dice, start rolling damage.
Max damage. On a crit. With my high Strength score (18 or 20, can't remember which), this comes out to around 30 points of damage. Even nonlethal, that was an instant kill. On a level 1 commoner. In the first round of combat. The first action of combat.
People fled into the streets and I got arrested for crushing a man with a flat piece of metal.
TL;DR I accidentally smashed a guy into a pancake with a metal 2x4.
| gametales | t5_2wqgc | cpuoaha | First session of the campaign, my DM had made characters for everyone and randomly handed them out. This was 3.5, and I had a Human Fighter who wielded a Fullblade. The bar fight starts up for some stoopid reason, and I decide to not go all out murderhobo on their asses, but I still want the fight to stop. So, I pull out my fullblade, turn it over to the flat of the blade, and step up to a strong looking barfighter, and bring it full-on down on his head from above.
Natural 20. Fuck, I didn't want to hurt the guy, but oh well, he'll figure out that this was a bad idea. I grab the dice, start rolling damage.
Max damage. On a crit. With my high Strength score (18 or 20, can't remember which), this comes out to around 30 points of damage. Even nonlethal, that was an instant kill. On a level 1 commoner. In the first round of combat. The first action of combat.
People fled into the streets and I got arrested for crushing a man with a flat piece of metal. | I accidentally smashed a guy into a pancake with a metal 2x4. |
OdeeSS | No reason for you to get downvoted so much!
I work on my campus's dining hall. Milk is served through 5 gallon bags that have to be set in a crate and loaded into the dispenser for students to drink. 5 gallons is not light, it's also incredibly difficult to hold considering its a plastic BAG. It's difficult for chicks to do, but over a couple of years I've mastered it. (like, six seconds and I'm done, total master of a very specific skill)
I get to teach a lot of new people the process. I am having a serious issue with a dude at work who absolutely WILL NOT LET ME SHOW HIM how to do the job because he doesn't want me to hold the milk/crate by myself. His english is terrible and I couldn't effectively verbally describe what he needed to do. He has taken over the job of switching milk whenever he is there, but he does it absolutely wrong and I fear he will pop a bag one day.
TLDR: I spend one day out of the week at work fixing milk bags that might possibly pop because they're put in wrong all because a guy can't stand watching me lift 5 gallons of cow juice. | No reason for you to get downvoted so much!
I work on my campus's dining hall. Milk is served through 5 gallon bags that have to be set in a crate and loaded into the dispenser for students to drink. 5 gallons is not light, it's also incredibly difficult to hold considering its a plastic BAG. It's difficult for chicks to do, but over a couple of years I've mastered it. (like, six seconds and I'm done, total master of a very specific skill)
I get to teach a lot of new people the process. I am having a serious issue with a dude at work who absolutely WILL NOT LET ME SHOW HIM how to do the job because he doesn't want me to hold the milk/crate by myself. His english is terrible and I couldn't effectively verbally describe what he needed to do. He has taken over the job of switching milk whenever he is there, but he does it absolutely wrong and I fear he will pop a bag one day.
TLDR: I spend one day out of the week at work fixing milk bags that might possibly pop because they're put in wrong all because a guy can't stand watching me lift 5 gallons of cow juice.
| AskReddit | t5_2qh1i | cpu7hu7 | No reason for you to get downvoted so much!
I work on my campus's dining hall. Milk is served through 5 gallon bags that have to be set in a crate and loaded into the dispenser for students to drink. 5 gallons is not light, it's also incredibly difficult to hold considering its a plastic BAG. It's difficult for chicks to do, but over a couple of years I've mastered it. (like, six seconds and I'm done, total master of a very specific skill)
I get to teach a lot of new people the process. I am having a serious issue with a dude at work who absolutely WILL NOT LET ME SHOW HIM how to do the job because he doesn't want me to hold the milk/crate by myself. His english is terrible and I couldn't effectively verbally describe what he needed to do. He has taken over the job of switching milk whenever he is there, but he does it absolutely wrong and I fear he will pop a bag one day. | I spend one day out of the week at work fixing milk bags that might possibly pop because they're put in wrong all because a guy can't stand watching me lift 5 gallons of cow juice. |
MurphyD | Not female but I recently realised I wasn't appreciating my female friends for what they are as opposed to what I thought they might be. I'm not the kind of person who gets cranky because the way I see it that serves no purpose, especially if you're keen on a girl, but in my head I was sort of like "this is going nowhere."
Sort of realised that I wasn't as close with my female friends as I used to be with my old ones and how dissatisfied that made me feel.
Getting caught up in your friends as romantic interests definitely takes it's toll and since amending this trait I've started enjoying their company and life in general that bit more.
If you're that "nice guy" and everyone knows that.. Well I can't speak for women but I imagine being that guy comes off as a bit meh. There's also that inner dilemma of "if you're nice to someone for the sole reason of getting them to sleep with you, you're probably not a nice person."
Tldr; Being a nice anyone should be an over-arching lifestyle and not the means to an end.
Edit: formatting and shtuff | Not female but I recently realised I wasn't appreciating my female friends for what they are as opposed to what I thought they might be. I'm not the kind of person who gets cranky because the way I see it that serves no purpose, especially if you're keen on a girl, but in my head I was sort of like "this is going nowhere."
Sort of realised that I wasn't as close with my female friends as I used to be with my old ones and how dissatisfied that made me feel.
Getting caught up in your friends as romantic interests definitely takes it's toll and since amending this trait I've started enjoying their company and life in general that bit more.
If you're that "nice guy" and everyone knows that.. Well I can't speak for women but I imagine being that guy comes off as a bit meh. There's also that inner dilemma of "if you're nice to someone for the sole reason of getting them to sleep with you, you're probably not a nice person."
Tldr; Being a nice anyone should be an over-arching lifestyle and not the means to an end.
Edit: formatting and shtuff
| AskReddit | t5_2qh1i | cpunf6k | Not female but I recently realised I wasn't appreciating my female friends for what they are as opposed to what I thought they might be. I'm not the kind of person who gets cranky because the way I see it that serves no purpose, especially if you're keen on a girl, but in my head I was sort of like "this is going nowhere."
Sort of realised that I wasn't as close with my female friends as I used to be with my old ones and how dissatisfied that made me feel.
Getting caught up in your friends as romantic interests definitely takes it's toll and since amending this trait I've started enjoying their company and life in general that bit more.
If you're that "nice guy" and everyone knows that.. Well I can't speak for women but I imagine being that guy comes off as a bit meh. There's also that inner dilemma of "if you're nice to someone for the sole reason of getting them to sleep with you, you're probably not a nice person." | Being a nice anyone should be an over-arching lifestyle and not the means to an end.
Edit: formatting and shtuff |
apple_kicks | *Being scared or seeing us as an alien or unicorn like creature.*
I'm not really angry at this one you can understand where it comes from, lack of confidence and self worth and a lack of healthy social relationships with women. But it is scary being put on a pedestal, you don't feel like a couple but as a fantasy person, and you know one day the fantasy will break and they'll react badly. Also they always agree with you (you can tell when its not just being on the same page). They're willing to ditch their opinions to keep you happy or not to scare you away, its bad/boring when it feels like your dating a parrot or a yes-man with no personal likes or dislikes. I've caught myself doing this few times and it's a bad people pleasing habit. Added one to treated like a unicorn one are guys who are nice to you and expect your love will fix their self esteem issues, when in fact they're insecurities morph in jealously, fear and sometimes controlling.
*Fake nice guys, pretends to be nice and who think social teasing is really just insulting/negs.*
It's when the niceness is forced/fake lines or the tease is meant to lower your esteem. Treating you like you're a game where clicking the right buttons gives them rewards. You find if your reaction don't fit into their idea of a normal female behavioral patterns after they've brought you a meal, said nice things, shown off money etc then you get called all kinds of nasty things like lesbian, cock tease, bitch etc and they still expect you to like them after that. It makes you feel more like an NPC than a person.
TL;DR Being nice guy isn't bad, if you're really just nice (not people pleasing it to gain affection, this could go into friendships too). Also if you are a nice guy isn't bad if your dating expectations and view of women is grounded and set in reality. | Being scared or seeing us as an alien or unicorn like creature.
I'm not really angry at this one you can understand where it comes from, lack of confidence and self worth and a lack of healthy social relationships with women. But it is scary being put on a pedestal, you don't feel like a couple but as a fantasy person, and you know one day the fantasy will break and they'll react badly. Also they always agree with you (you can tell when its not just being on the same page). They're willing to ditch their opinions to keep you happy or not to scare you away, its bad/boring when it feels like your dating a parrot or a yes-man with no personal likes or dislikes. I've caught myself doing this few times and it's a bad people pleasing habit. Added one to treated like a unicorn one are guys who are nice to you and expect your love will fix their self esteem issues, when in fact they're insecurities morph in jealously, fear and sometimes controlling.
Fake nice guys, pretends to be nice and who think social teasing is really just insulting/negs.
It's when the niceness is forced/fake lines or the tease is meant to lower your esteem. Treating you like you're a game where clicking the right buttons gives them rewards. You find if your reaction don't fit into their idea of a normal female behavioral patterns after they've brought you a meal, said nice things, shown off money etc then you get called all kinds of nasty things like lesbian, cock tease, bitch etc and they still expect you to like them after that. It makes you feel more like an NPC than a person.
TL;DR Being nice guy isn't bad, if you're really just nice (not people pleasing it to gain affection, this could go into friendships too). Also if you are a nice guy isn't bad if your dating expectations and view of women is grounded and set in reality.
| AskReddit | t5_2qh1i | cpugtjq | Being scared or seeing us as an alien or unicorn like creature.
I'm not really angry at this one you can understand where it comes from, lack of confidence and self worth and a lack of healthy social relationships with women. But it is scary being put on a pedestal, you don't feel like a couple but as a fantasy person, and you know one day the fantasy will break and they'll react badly. Also they always agree with you (you can tell when its not just being on the same page). They're willing to ditch their opinions to keep you happy or not to scare you away, its bad/boring when it feels like your dating a parrot or a yes-man with no personal likes or dislikes. I've caught myself doing this few times and it's a bad people pleasing habit. Added one to treated like a unicorn one are guys who are nice to you and expect your love will fix their self esteem issues, when in fact they're insecurities morph in jealously, fear and sometimes controlling.
Fake nice guys, pretends to be nice and who think social teasing is really just insulting/negs.
It's when the niceness is forced/fake lines or the tease is meant to lower your esteem. Treating you like you're a game where clicking the right buttons gives them rewards. You find if your reaction don't fit into their idea of a normal female behavioral patterns after they've brought you a meal, said nice things, shown off money etc then you get called all kinds of nasty things like lesbian, cock tease, bitch etc and they still expect you to like them after that. It makes you feel more like an NPC than a person. | Being nice guy isn't bad, if you're really just nice (not people pleasing it to gain affection, this could go into friendships too). Also if you are a nice guy isn't bad if your dating expectations and view of women is grounded and set in reality. |
AlexanderGson | *Humanity has successfully landed on planet Mars*
I would write up a story of how the greatest nations of our world have cooperated together and successfully landed a group of astronauts/cosmonauts/taikonauts on planet Mars.
I think instead of these click bait examples everyone gives these kind of news would excite a great amount of people because all of us wish for a better future and a vision of such. And landing on Mars will be a major stepping stone in traveling out into space.
I also think that it will attract an audience because of the joint operation of our big nations. Because right now the world is seemingly going towards instability. And such an operation would shoe that we *can* indeed work together toward something amazing and make it happen.
Tl;dr: We landed on Mars! | Humanity has successfully landed on planet Mars
I would write up a story of how the greatest nations of our world have cooperated together and successfully landed a group of astronauts/cosmonauts/taikonauts on planet Mars.
I think instead of these click bait examples everyone gives these kind of news would excite a great amount of people because all of us wish for a better future and a vision of such. And landing on Mars will be a major stepping stone in traveling out into space.
I also think that it will attract an audience because of the joint operation of our big nations. Because right now the world is seemingly going towards instability. And such an operation would shoe that we can indeed work together toward something amazing and make it happen.
Tl;dr: We landed on Mars!
| AskReddit | t5_2qh1i | cpudn04 | Humanity has successfully landed on planet Mars
I would write up a story of how the greatest nations of our world have cooperated together and successfully landed a group of astronauts/cosmonauts/taikonauts on planet Mars.
I think instead of these click bait examples everyone gives these kind of news would excite a great amount of people because all of us wish for a better future and a vision of such. And landing on Mars will be a major stepping stone in traveling out into space.
I also think that it will attract an audience because of the joint operation of our big nations. Because right now the world is seemingly going towards instability. And such an operation would shoe that we can indeed work together toward something amazing and make it happen. | We landed on Mars! |
parkerclayton | Fair enough haha. But if you want to get technical, power wheelie ability would be more related to torque. Granted the NC700 is heavier, but a quick google search shows 42 ft-lbs torque to the cb500x'a 29.5.
TLDR: I bet that fucker wheelies ;) | Fair enough haha. But if you want to get technical, power wheelie ability would be more related to torque. Granted the NC700 is heavier, but a quick google search shows 42 ft-lbs torque to the cb500x'a 29.5.
TLDR: I bet that fucker wheelies ;)
| motorcycles | t5_2qi6d | cpvyscn | Fair enough haha. But if you want to get technical, power wheelie ability would be more related to torque. Granted the NC700 is heavier, but a quick google search shows 42 ft-lbs torque to the cb500x'a 29.5. | I bet that fucker wheelies ;) |
N64Overclocked | IPV Mini 2 70W. The iStick 50W is cheaper and has a long battery life, however the IPV Mini 2 has a removable battery and is a more solidly built device. So if you don't mind the extra cost of buying a battery charger and some batteries (I recommend Samsung 25R batteries), you'll have a great experience with the IPV Mini 2. You might also look into a small plastic battery box. Mine just stores two batteries in the plastic casing so I can carry it with me without worrying about the batteries touching any metal. That way you'll always have enough battery power to last all day.
The only reason you should pick up the iStick 50W over the IPV Mini 2 is if you **really** don't like carrying batteries around and you need something that can hold a charge for a few days. The iStick 50W has a 4400mAh battery, which means you can vape on it for at least 2 days without fully draining it. If you **need** to have a device that will last a while without worrying about batteries, then go with the iStick.
**TL;DR** IPV Mini 2 70W is a better-made device that will perform very well for a long time. But if you are opposed to carrying batteries or you need something that will hold a charge for days, go with the iStick 50W. | IPV Mini 2 70W. The iStick 50W is cheaper and has a long battery life, however the IPV Mini 2 has a removable battery and is a more solidly built device. So if you don't mind the extra cost of buying a battery charger and some batteries (I recommend Samsung 25R batteries), you'll have a great experience with the IPV Mini 2. You might also look into a small plastic battery box. Mine just stores two batteries in the plastic casing so I can carry it with me without worrying about the batteries touching any metal. That way you'll always have enough battery power to last all day.
The only reason you should pick up the iStick 50W over the IPV Mini 2 is if you really don't like carrying batteries around and you need something that can hold a charge for a few days. The iStick 50W has a 4400mAh battery, which means you can vape on it for at least 2 days without fully draining it. If you need to have a device that will last a while without worrying about batteries, then go with the iStick.
TL;DR IPV Mini 2 70W is a better-made device that will perform very well for a long time. But if you are opposed to carrying batteries or you need something that will hold a charge for days, go with the iStick 50W.
| electronic_cigarette | t5_2qmlu | cpukf8z | IPV Mini 2 70W. The iStick 50W is cheaper and has a long battery life, however the IPV Mini 2 has a removable battery and is a more solidly built device. So if you don't mind the extra cost of buying a battery charger and some batteries (I recommend Samsung 25R batteries), you'll have a great experience with the IPV Mini 2. You might also look into a small plastic battery box. Mine just stores two batteries in the plastic casing so I can carry it with me without worrying about the batteries touching any metal. That way you'll always have enough battery power to last all day.
The only reason you should pick up the iStick 50W over the IPV Mini 2 is if you really don't like carrying batteries around and you need something that can hold a charge for a few days. The iStick 50W has a 4400mAh battery, which means you can vape on it for at least 2 days without fully draining it. If you need to have a device that will last a while without worrying about batteries, then go with the iStick. | IPV Mini 2 70W is a better-made device that will perform very well for a long time. But if you are opposed to carrying batteries or you need something that will hold a charge for days, go with the iStick 50W. |
aye_ofthetiger | I am currently getting my DPT (Doctorate of Physical Therapy), and my gross anatomy course last year was 2 hours of lecture and 8-9hours of cadaver dissection per week (plus whatever you do outside of class hours). We generally tried to keep the mood light while working on the bodies. The first week or two were harder because we were skinning and doing superficial dissections. At this point, the bodies still look very human. We cover the face with towels to help with this (also to keep the skin and underlying tissues moist as the head and brain was our last part of the dissection). As you get further along and cut more tissues away, it become easier to stop thinking about the body being a person who had died and the family they left behind. In our classroom, there was a sheet of paper where you could look up the cadaver's tag number and find out how old they were and what their cause of death was. Many people didn't look at the sheet because it also said whether or not the family wanted the ashes back after the body had been cremated. Most do, but some don't. It was sad for some groups when they found out the family didn't want them.
Overall, there wasn't many insensitive jokes made. My cadaver had the highest BMI (by far), though there are limits to what they will accept for student cadavers. He had not been preserved well and stunk quite badly, so there were plenty of comments made about the smell. Other than that, we did our dissection without making any jokes about the cadaver. The professor understands that students will be students, and he was easy going for the most part. There was a strict rule prohibiting any tissues from being thrown in the trash, washed down the drains, or taken out of the lab at any point in time. Anyone found to break this rule (mainly taking tissues out of the lab) would be automatically kicked out of the program.
What many people would be surprised and not pleased to hear is how some surgeons act during surgeries once the patient is under anesthesia. My classmates and I have compared stories from our surgery observations, and over 75% of our experiences involved surgeons making sexual jokes or obscene gestures towards the body, making insensitive statements regarding physique or attractiveness, and overall just inappropriate behavior (towards nurses or other staff, language, or inappropriate stories/jokes for the environment). It was shocking.
TL;DR: Cadaver dissections, in my experience, didn't have very many inappropriate jokes, but some surgeons' behavior *may* surprise/shock you. | I am currently getting my DPT (Doctorate of Physical Therapy), and my gross anatomy course last year was 2 hours of lecture and 8-9hours of cadaver dissection per week (plus whatever you do outside of class hours). We generally tried to keep the mood light while working on the bodies. The first week or two were harder because we were skinning and doing superficial dissections. At this point, the bodies still look very human. We cover the face with towels to help with this (also to keep the skin and underlying tissues moist as the head and brain was our last part of the dissection). As you get further along and cut more tissues away, it become easier to stop thinking about the body being a person who had died and the family they left behind. In our classroom, there was a sheet of paper where you could look up the cadaver's tag number and find out how old they were and what their cause of death was. Many people didn't look at the sheet because it also said whether or not the family wanted the ashes back after the body had been cremated. Most do, but some don't. It was sad for some groups when they found out the family didn't want them.
Overall, there wasn't many insensitive jokes made. My cadaver had the highest BMI (by far), though there are limits to what they will accept for student cadavers. He had not been preserved well and stunk quite badly, so there were plenty of comments made about the smell. Other than that, we did our dissection without making any jokes about the cadaver. The professor understands that students will be students, and he was easy going for the most part. There was a strict rule prohibiting any tissues from being thrown in the trash, washed down the drains, or taken out of the lab at any point in time. Anyone found to break this rule (mainly taking tissues out of the lab) would be automatically kicked out of the program.
What many people would be surprised and not pleased to hear is how some surgeons act during surgeries once the patient is under anesthesia. My classmates and I have compared stories from our surgery observations, and over 75% of our experiences involved surgeons making sexual jokes or obscene gestures towards the body, making insensitive statements regarding physique or attractiveness, and overall just inappropriate behavior (towards nurses or other staff, language, or inappropriate stories/jokes for the environment). It was shocking.
TL;DR: Cadaver dissections, in my experience, didn't have very many inappropriate jokes, but some surgeons' behavior may surprise/shock you.
| UpliftingNews | t5_2u3ta | cpuna2b | I am currently getting my DPT (Doctorate of Physical Therapy), and my gross anatomy course last year was 2 hours of lecture and 8-9hours of cadaver dissection per week (plus whatever you do outside of class hours). We generally tried to keep the mood light while working on the bodies. The first week or two were harder because we were skinning and doing superficial dissections. At this point, the bodies still look very human. We cover the face with towels to help with this (also to keep the skin and underlying tissues moist as the head and brain was our last part of the dissection). As you get further along and cut more tissues away, it become easier to stop thinking about the body being a person who had died and the family they left behind. In our classroom, there was a sheet of paper where you could look up the cadaver's tag number and find out how old they were and what their cause of death was. Many people didn't look at the sheet because it also said whether or not the family wanted the ashes back after the body had been cremated. Most do, but some don't. It was sad for some groups when they found out the family didn't want them.
Overall, there wasn't many insensitive jokes made. My cadaver had the highest BMI (by far), though there are limits to what they will accept for student cadavers. He had not been preserved well and stunk quite badly, so there were plenty of comments made about the smell. Other than that, we did our dissection without making any jokes about the cadaver. The professor understands that students will be students, and he was easy going for the most part. There was a strict rule prohibiting any tissues from being thrown in the trash, washed down the drains, or taken out of the lab at any point in time. Anyone found to break this rule (mainly taking tissues out of the lab) would be automatically kicked out of the program.
What many people would be surprised and not pleased to hear is how some surgeons act during surgeries once the patient is under anesthesia. My classmates and I have compared stories from our surgery observations, and over 75% of our experiences involved surgeons making sexual jokes or obscene gestures towards the body, making insensitive statements regarding physique or attractiveness, and overall just inappropriate behavior (towards nurses or other staff, language, or inappropriate stories/jokes for the environment). It was shocking. | Cadaver dissections, in my experience, didn't have very many inappropriate jokes, but some surgeons' behavior may surprise/shock you. |
TheTerrasque | Having second thoughts? ;)
I glanced at it yesterday, then you had 11! How fast things change
I was considering sending you a message, maybe get some civ5 going, but now it seems like you got more than enough new people to get to know already!
**Edit:** In my steam friends list I got about 10 people I actually know, and probably around 50 I vaguely know sort-of who it might be, but I don't really know who are. And don't want to remove them either from the list.
For me it's a bit weird. Instead of looking through and going "cool", I go "who ARE all those people..?"
TL;DR: Having a bunch of steam friends might not be what it's cracked up to be | Having second thoughts? ;)
I glanced at it yesterday, then you had 11! How fast things change
I was considering sending you a message, maybe get some civ5 going, but now it seems like you got more than enough new people to get to know already!
Edit: In my steam friends list I got about 10 people I actually know, and probably around 50 I vaguely know sort-of who it might be, but I don't really know who are. And don't want to remove them either from the list.
For me it's a bit weird. Instead of looking through and going "cool", I go "who ARE all those people..?"
TL;DR: Having a bunch of steam friends might not be what it's cracked up to be
| pcmasterrace | t5_2sgp1 | cpvfqjy | Having second thoughts? ;)
I glanced at it yesterday, then you had 11! How fast things change
I was considering sending you a message, maybe get some civ5 going, but now it seems like you got more than enough new people to get to know already!
Edit: In my steam friends list I got about 10 people I actually know, and probably around 50 I vaguely know sort-of who it might be, but I don't really know who are. And don't want to remove them either from the list.
For me it's a bit weird. Instead of looking through and going "cool", I go "who ARE all those people..?" | Having a bunch of steam friends might not be what it's cracked up to be |
ponpat | Thank you for this statement. I could write a long text about my anger against "gamer girls" or "nerd girls" not because I am against girls in any section. It is because if you are a gamer you do not need to underline it with "girl". If you are a nerd you do not need to underline it with "girl". My experience with self claimed "gamer girls" and "nerd girls" is that these people are this kind of girls who made my youth as a "gamer" or a "nerd" a total pain because it wasn't "cool". They are not gamers that happen to be girls. they are girls that want to show off as gamers or nerds because it is cool. Gamers and nerds can be the most different kind of people and they still will only tag themself as "gamers" and "nerds" and not "black teen invalid gamers".
tl;dr: Reading these two sentences here from you are thousand times more important to me than appreciating a series of nice photos.
edit: typo + clarified a sentence. + removed "would give gold" and just did it. | Thank you for this statement. I could write a long text about my anger against "gamer girls" or "nerd girls" not because I am against girls in any section. It is because if you are a gamer you do not need to underline it with "girl". If you are a nerd you do not need to underline it with "girl". My experience with self claimed "gamer girls" and "nerd girls" is that these people are this kind of girls who made my youth as a "gamer" or a "nerd" a total pain because it wasn't "cool". They are not gamers that happen to be girls. they are girls that want to show off as gamers or nerds because it is cool. Gamers and nerds can be the most different kind of people and they still will only tag themself as "gamers" and "nerds" and not "black teen invalid gamers".
tl;dr: Reading these two sentences here from you are thousand times more important to me than appreciating a series of nice photos.
edit: typo + clarified a sentence. + removed "would give gold" and just did it.
| pcmasterrace | t5_2sgp1 | cpvcp60 | Thank you for this statement. I could write a long text about my anger against "gamer girls" or "nerd girls" not because I am against girls in any section. It is because if you are a gamer you do not need to underline it with "girl". If you are a nerd you do not need to underline it with "girl". My experience with self claimed "gamer girls" and "nerd girls" is that these people are this kind of girls who made my youth as a "gamer" or a "nerd" a total pain because it wasn't "cool". They are not gamers that happen to be girls. they are girls that want to show off as gamers or nerds because it is cool. Gamers and nerds can be the most different kind of people and they still will only tag themself as "gamers" and "nerds" and not "black teen invalid gamers". | Reading these two sentences here from you are thousand times more important to me than appreciating a series of nice photos.
edit: typo + clarified a sentence. + removed "would give gold" and just did it. |
higherbrow | I appreciate your respectful discussion as well. And, in many ways, I DO agree with it. I'm really taking a principled stand on the basis that I have a psychology degree, and roomed with an engineering major, a physics major, and an art major. The first two would get to point out all the bullshit that goes on under the umbrella of Psychology as proof that the entire field is unscientific. And Evo Psych was such a huge majority of it.
I have no problem with what Evo Psych does, I have a huge problem with the way a large portion of the field presents their findings. While useful, it is not scientific, and paying lip service to the principles without actually engaging in the necessary procedures undermines the credibility of a field that can and is doing a lot of good in the world.
In my own mind, I'm a huge fan of game theory. It isn't strictly scientific, but I think it helps a lot of people break rather obtuse concepts down into relatable, actionable learning. But if a game theorist were to start talking about some of the more obscure applications of their field (which are often thought experiments) and presenting them as scientific evidence, I would be just as frustrated as I am with Evo Psych in general.
TL;DR, I think that Evo Psych is generally unscientific, and that that doesn't make it not useful. The claims to it being scientific are what anger and frustrate me. | I appreciate your respectful discussion as well. And, in many ways, I DO agree with it. I'm really taking a principled stand on the basis that I have a psychology degree, and roomed with an engineering major, a physics major, and an art major. The first two would get to point out all the bullshit that goes on under the umbrella of Psychology as proof that the entire field is unscientific. And Evo Psych was such a huge majority of it.
I have no problem with what Evo Psych does, I have a huge problem with the way a large portion of the field presents their findings. While useful, it is not scientific, and paying lip service to the principles without actually engaging in the necessary procedures undermines the credibility of a field that can and is doing a lot of good in the world.
In my own mind, I'm a huge fan of game theory. It isn't strictly scientific, but I think it helps a lot of people break rather obtuse concepts down into relatable, actionable learning. But if a game theorist were to start talking about some of the more obscure applications of their field (which are often thought experiments) and presenting them as scientific evidence, I would be just as frustrated as I am with Evo Psych in general.
TL;DR, I think that Evo Psych is generally unscientific, and that that doesn't make it not useful. The claims to it being scientific are what anger and frustrate me.
| funny | t5_2qh33 | cpv6alr | I appreciate your respectful discussion as well. And, in many ways, I DO agree with it. I'm really taking a principled stand on the basis that I have a psychology degree, and roomed with an engineering major, a physics major, and an art major. The first two would get to point out all the bullshit that goes on under the umbrella of Psychology as proof that the entire field is unscientific. And Evo Psych was such a huge majority of it.
I have no problem with what Evo Psych does, I have a huge problem with the way a large portion of the field presents their findings. While useful, it is not scientific, and paying lip service to the principles without actually engaging in the necessary procedures undermines the credibility of a field that can and is doing a lot of good in the world.
In my own mind, I'm a huge fan of game theory. It isn't strictly scientific, but I think it helps a lot of people break rather obtuse concepts down into relatable, actionable learning. But if a game theorist were to start talking about some of the more obscure applications of their field (which are often thought experiments) and presenting them as scientific evidence, I would be just as frustrated as I am with Evo Psych in general. | I think that Evo Psych is generally unscientific, and that that doesn't make it not useful. The claims to it being scientific are what anger and frustrate me. |
its-the-new-style | blackface was nothing to do with race. It originated because peasants were cleared in the 11th & 12th century from woods and it became a capital punishment to take rabbits. The use of blackface from "poaching" was reflected in morris dancing.
tl;dr people blackfaced in England before anyone even knew black people existed | blackface was nothing to do with race. It originated because peasants were cleared in the 11th & 12th century from woods and it became a capital punishment to take rabbits. The use of blackface from "poaching" was reflected in morris dancing.
tl;dr people blackfaced in England before anyone even knew black people existed
| SubredditDrama | t5_2ss5b | cpvdcia | blackface was nothing to do with race. It originated because peasants were cleared in the 11th & 12th century from woods and it became a capital punishment to take rabbits. The use of blackface from "poaching" was reflected in morris dancing. | people blackfaced in England before anyone even knew black people existed |
-Spider-Man- | So here's the story:
I was with this one girl (Rachel) for a little while and we broke up because we never got to see each other. I started liking this other girl (Pam), but never got very far with it. Rachel started flirting with me (or at least I thought so) and I still had feelings for her so I was going to ask her if she wanted to get back together with me. Then yesterday (when I was going to ask Rachel if she wanted to get back together) I saw Rachel and Pam kiss. I knew Rachel was bi and I thought Pam was bi, but out of all the people they had to date each other.
**TL;DR**: My ex (who I still like) stole another girl I like. (never thought I'd say that) | So here's the story:
I was with this one girl (Rachel) for a little while and we broke up because we never got to see each other. I started liking this other girl (Pam), but never got very far with it. Rachel started flirting with me (or at least I thought so) and I still had feelings for her so I was going to ask her if she wanted to get back together with me. Then yesterday (when I was going to ask Rachel if she wanted to get back together) I saw Rachel and Pam kiss. I knew Rachel was bi and I thought Pam was bi, but out of all the people they had to date each other.
TL;DR : My ex (who I still like) stole another girl I like. (never thought I'd say that)
| AdviceAnimals | t5_2s7tt | cpurwl2 | So here's the story:
I was with this one girl (Rachel) for a little while and we broke up because we never got to see each other. I started liking this other girl (Pam), but never got very far with it. Rachel started flirting with me (or at least I thought so) and I still had feelings for her so I was going to ask her if she wanted to get back together with me. Then yesterday (when I was going to ask Rachel if she wanted to get back together) I saw Rachel and Pam kiss. I knew Rachel was bi and I thought Pam was bi, but out of all the people they had to date each other. | My ex (who I still like) stole another girl I like. (never thought I'd say that) |
cSpotRun | Honestly, depends on the title and the writer/artist.
For instance, a Brian K Vaughan signed copy of Saga #1 will turn a $75-100 comic into a $200 comic. However, I have his HC of Marvel's The Hood signed. Goes from like $20 to maybe $50, due to it not being a hugely popular title of his.
Sometimes it's what you get signed. I have Batman 655 and Batman Inc. 8 signed by Grant Morrison. First issue of Damian, and issue where he dies. Since they're significant events it makes them highly valuable, not to mention Grant is one of the big two. It's worth much more as a floppy than a HC or TPB because this was truly the first time. Collections just aren't as... collectible.
There's also rarity and the span of a writer's career. I have Swamp Things signed by Charles Soule, who is now signed with Marvel. *Now*, they're not as valuable but as his career unfolds the few DC titles he has under his belt should go through the roof.
You'll also note I wrote about writers, not artists. Right now, those are the most worthwhile signatures. While it's awesome to have both I have seen only moderate price shifts due to artists. That's because artists can change, and rarely have co-creator credit for the comic. Some people like Fiona Staples, Sean Murphy and Tony Daniel are exceptions, of course.
TL;DR: Event floppies signed by big name writers(kinda artists) are of the utmost value. People like history, especially in comics. | Honestly, depends on the title and the writer/artist.
For instance, a Brian K Vaughan signed copy of Saga #1 will turn a $75-100 comic into a $200 comic. However, I have his HC of Marvel's The Hood signed. Goes from like $20 to maybe $50, due to it not being a hugely popular title of his.
Sometimes it's what you get signed. I have Batman 655 and Batman Inc. 8 signed by Grant Morrison. First issue of Damian, and issue where he dies. Since they're significant events it makes them highly valuable, not to mention Grant is one of the big two. It's worth much more as a floppy than a HC or TPB because this was truly the first time. Collections just aren't as... collectible.
There's also rarity and the span of a writer's career. I have Swamp Things signed by Charles Soule, who is now signed with Marvel. Now , they're not as valuable but as his career unfolds the few DC titles he has under his belt should go through the roof.
You'll also note I wrote about writers, not artists. Right now, those are the most worthwhile signatures. While it's awesome to have both I have seen only moderate price shifts due to artists. That's because artists can change, and rarely have co-creator credit for the comic. Some people like Fiona Staples, Sean Murphy and Tony Daniel are exceptions, of course.
TL;DR: Event floppies signed by big name writers(kinda artists) are of the utmost value. People like history, especially in comics.
| comicswap | t5_2sqxv | cputpey | Honestly, depends on the title and the writer/artist.
For instance, a Brian K Vaughan signed copy of Saga #1 will turn a $75-100 comic into a $200 comic. However, I have his HC of Marvel's The Hood signed. Goes from like $20 to maybe $50, due to it not being a hugely popular title of his.
Sometimes it's what you get signed. I have Batman 655 and Batman Inc. 8 signed by Grant Morrison. First issue of Damian, and issue where he dies. Since they're significant events it makes them highly valuable, not to mention Grant is one of the big two. It's worth much more as a floppy than a HC or TPB because this was truly the first time. Collections just aren't as... collectible.
There's also rarity and the span of a writer's career. I have Swamp Things signed by Charles Soule, who is now signed with Marvel. Now , they're not as valuable but as his career unfolds the few DC titles he has under his belt should go through the roof.
You'll also note I wrote about writers, not artists. Right now, those are the most worthwhile signatures. While it's awesome to have both I have seen only moderate price shifts due to artists. That's because artists can change, and rarely have co-creator credit for the comic. Some people like Fiona Staples, Sean Murphy and Tony Daniel are exceptions, of course. | Event floppies signed by big name writers(kinda artists) are of the utmost value. People like history, especially in comics. |
rabidmonkeys | I've got a few dozen signed books from Jim lee and Todd McFarlane to Neal Adams and George Perez. I've got writers sigs like Scott Snyder, Neil gaiman, and joe hill. Here's what I've experienced in the last 30 years.
In general there are 3 levels of signatures these levels affect the price of the books in addition to the content/importance of the book.
CGC SS. CGC Signature Series n required a rep to see the book signed and it gets sealed and sent for grading right there. This is generally considered the highest level of authenticity and the prices reflect it.
COA. certificate of authenticity. As long as it is from a company that does this regularly people trust it. But because it and the signature can be faked and separated it has a risk associated with it. The value is more than an unsigned book generally but much much less than a CGC SS.
Signed at a con/store/mailed etc... Very little addition to value. In fact some collectors view this as a flaw with the book because it is unverified writing on the cover. Prices fluctuate from lower than an unsigned copy to about 10-20% more than an unsigned copy.
Caveats - inscribed books. "to mark, best of luck. Signed Stan lee." If you're not named mark, this book is worth less than a standard signature.
Caveats - CGC qualified signature. They may not have seen it happen in person but to the best of their knowledge they believe this is the real deal.
Tldr: if it matters to you, then leave it at that. Unless you have a coa or even better a CGC ss - it's not likely to greatly effect the value positively or negatively barring it being something insanely old and rare such as the artist or writer being dead. But even then, authentication of that signature will increase the value drastically. | I've got a few dozen signed books from Jim lee and Todd McFarlane to Neal Adams and George Perez. I've got writers sigs like Scott Snyder, Neil gaiman, and joe hill. Here's what I've experienced in the last 30 years.
In general there are 3 levels of signatures these levels affect the price of the books in addition to the content/importance of the book.
CGC SS. CGC Signature Series n required a rep to see the book signed and it gets sealed and sent for grading right there. This is generally considered the highest level of authenticity and the prices reflect it.
COA. certificate of authenticity. As long as it is from a company that does this regularly people trust it. But because it and the signature can be faked and separated it has a risk associated with it. The value is more than an unsigned book generally but much much less than a CGC SS.
Signed at a con/store/mailed etc... Very little addition to value. In fact some collectors view this as a flaw with the book because it is unverified writing on the cover. Prices fluctuate from lower than an unsigned copy to about 10-20% more than an unsigned copy.
Caveats - inscribed books. "to mark, best of luck. Signed Stan lee." If you're not named mark, this book is worth less than a standard signature.
Caveats - CGC qualified signature. They may not have seen it happen in person but to the best of their knowledge they believe this is the real deal.
Tldr: if it matters to you, then leave it at that. Unless you have a coa or even better a CGC ss - it's not likely to greatly effect the value positively or negatively barring it being something insanely old and rare such as the artist or writer being dead. But even then, authentication of that signature will increase the value drastically.
| comicswap | t5_2sqxv | cpuy6cu | I've got a few dozen signed books from Jim lee and Todd McFarlane to Neal Adams and George Perez. I've got writers sigs like Scott Snyder, Neil gaiman, and joe hill. Here's what I've experienced in the last 30 years.
In general there are 3 levels of signatures these levels affect the price of the books in addition to the content/importance of the book.
CGC SS. CGC Signature Series n required a rep to see the book signed and it gets sealed and sent for grading right there. This is generally considered the highest level of authenticity and the prices reflect it.
COA. certificate of authenticity. As long as it is from a company that does this regularly people trust it. But because it and the signature can be faked and separated it has a risk associated with it. The value is more than an unsigned book generally but much much less than a CGC SS.
Signed at a con/store/mailed etc... Very little addition to value. In fact some collectors view this as a flaw with the book because it is unverified writing on the cover. Prices fluctuate from lower than an unsigned copy to about 10-20% more than an unsigned copy.
Caveats - inscribed books. "to mark, best of luck. Signed Stan lee." If you're not named mark, this book is worth less than a standard signature.
Caveats - CGC qualified signature. They may not have seen it happen in person but to the best of their knowledge they believe this is the real deal. | if it matters to you, then leave it at that. Unless you have a coa or even better a CGC ss - it's not likely to greatly effect the value positively or negatively barring it being something insanely old and rare such as the artist or writer being dead. But even then, authentication of that signature will increase the value drastically. |
snacktothefuture | I was electrocuted when I was rewiring a light bulb. I asked my friend to kill the breaker for that fuse, but he killed the wrong fuse. Retrospectively I should have done that myself. When I touched the exposed wire, I felt an excruciating pain shoot up my arm, up my neck, and into my mouth. The electricity exited through the bottom of my tongue. It split my tongue on the bottom, I needed stitches.
It felt like a million razor sharp teeth were suddenly inside my arm, neck and face, it was absolutely excruciating. The pain doesn't last long, but the shock does.
TLDR; Was electrocuted while rewiring a light fixture, the electricity exited through my tongue and split it, and I needed stitches. | I was electrocuted when I was rewiring a light bulb. I asked my friend to kill the breaker for that fuse, but he killed the wrong fuse. Retrospectively I should have done that myself. When I touched the exposed wire, I felt an excruciating pain shoot up my arm, up my neck, and into my mouth. The electricity exited through the bottom of my tongue. It split my tongue on the bottom, I needed stitches.
It felt like a million razor sharp teeth were suddenly inside my arm, neck and face, it was absolutely excruciating. The pain doesn't last long, but the shock does.
TLDR; Was electrocuted while rewiring a light fixture, the electricity exited through my tongue and split it, and I needed stitches.
| AskReddit | t5_2qh1i | cpuw777 | I was electrocuted when I was rewiring a light bulb. I asked my friend to kill the breaker for that fuse, but he killed the wrong fuse. Retrospectively I should have done that myself. When I touched the exposed wire, I felt an excruciating pain shoot up my arm, up my neck, and into my mouth. The electricity exited through the bottom of my tongue. It split my tongue on the bottom, I needed stitches.
It felt like a million razor sharp teeth were suddenly inside my arm, neck and face, it was absolutely excruciating. The pain doesn't last long, but the shock does. | Was electrocuted while rewiring a light fixture, the electricity exited through my tongue and split it, and I needed stitches. |
tathougies | Having been in a ballroom dance team in college, this lift can be done by most guys, assuming the girl is in a normal weight range. Basically, both the girl and you provide initial momentum that you would not have in an OHP. You start with the girl standing and engaging her core, and the guy's hands on the girl's hips, while the guy is almost in a squatting position. The girl then jumps, and the guy pushes up through his back and then through his shoulders.
tl;dr Basically, this lift involves more than just your shoulder muscles (like an OHP would), putting it into the ability of most guys. | Having been in a ballroom dance team in college, this lift can be done by most guys, assuming the girl is in a normal weight range. Basically, both the girl and you provide initial momentum that you would not have in an OHP. You start with the girl standing and engaging her core, and the guy's hands on the girl's hips, while the guy is almost in a squatting position. The girl then jumps, and the guy pushes up through his back and then through his shoulders.
tl;dr Basically, this lift involves more than just your shoulder muscles (like an OHP would), putting it into the ability of most guys.
| Fitness | t5_2qhx4 | cpvzdg7 | Having been in a ballroom dance team in college, this lift can be done by most guys, assuming the girl is in a normal weight range. Basically, both the girl and you provide initial momentum that you would not have in an OHP. You start with the girl standing and engaging her core, and the guy's hands on the girl's hips, while the guy is almost in a squatting position. The girl then jumps, and the guy pushes up through his back and then through his shoulders. | Basically, this lift involves more than just your shoulder muscles (like an OHP would), putting it into the ability of most guys. |
leorolim | The learning curve isn't steep.
It's linear.
You are always learning.
Every time you buy a tank a tier higher you have to learn to play that tier, that tank, the new enemies weak spots, etc...
Steep learning curve is when you learn to play the game in the first 400 matches and you get it.
I have 10k matches and I have half a clue of what to do sometimes in some Tanks on some maps.
TL;DR: you are always learning in this game. That's the challenge. | The learning curve isn't steep.
It's linear.
You are always learning.
Every time you buy a tank a tier higher you have to learn to play that tier, that tank, the new enemies weak spots, etc...
Steep learning curve is when you learn to play the game in the first 400 matches and you get it.
I have 10k matches and I have half a clue of what to do sometimes in some Tanks on some maps.
TL;DR: you are always learning in this game. That's the challenge.
| WorldofTanks | t5_2s113 | cpvh24a | The learning curve isn't steep.
It's linear.
You are always learning.
Every time you buy a tank a tier higher you have to learn to play that tier, that tank, the new enemies weak spots, etc...
Steep learning curve is when you learn to play the game in the first 400 matches and you get it.
I have 10k matches and I have half a clue of what to do sometimes in some Tanks on some maps. | you are always learning in this game. That's the challenge. |
Samphire | Of course, in the UK we don't elect the Prime Minister. We don't even elect our Government directly.
We elect a Member of Parliament to represent our local interests nationally for the next five years. Just the one.
Then, based on their political affiliations (usually their party), they group together with other MPs until one group has more MPs in it than the other groups.
That largest group is "The Government", and the MPs in that group choose amongst themselves who gets the important jobs, "The Cabinet".
The most important member of the Cabinet gets called the "Prime Minister".
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TL;DR, we only vote for an MP. The MPs with the biggest gang are the Govt. The leaders of the Gang, who are chosen only by gang-members, are the Cabinet, and whoever they call their boss is the PM. -- It's just convention that Party Leaders become PM; it could be any MP.
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Sorry for the ELI5, I felt like breaking it down. No insult is meant to your understanding or intelligence. | Of course, in the UK we don't elect the Prime Minister. We don't even elect our Government directly.
We elect a Member of Parliament to represent our local interests nationally for the next five years. Just the one.
Then, based on their political affiliations (usually their party), they group together with other MPs until one group has more MPs in it than the other groups.
That largest group is "The Government", and the MPs in that group choose amongst themselves who gets the important jobs, "The Cabinet".
The most important member of the Cabinet gets called the "Prime Minister".
TL;DR, we only vote for an MP. The MPs with the biggest gang are the Govt. The leaders of the Gang, who are chosen only by gang-members, are the Cabinet, and whoever they call their boss is the PM. -- It's just convention that Party Leaders become PM; it could be any MP.
Sorry for the ELI5, I felt like breaking it down. No insult is meant to your understanding or intelligence.
| ukpolitics | t5_2qhcv | cpvy3md | Of course, in the UK we don't elect the Prime Minister. We don't even elect our Government directly.
We elect a Member of Parliament to represent our local interests nationally for the next five years. Just the one.
Then, based on their political affiliations (usually their party), they group together with other MPs until one group has more MPs in it than the other groups.
That largest group is "The Government", and the MPs in that group choose amongst themselves who gets the important jobs, "The Cabinet".
The most important member of the Cabinet gets called the "Prime Minister". | we only vote for an MP. The MPs with the biggest gang are the Govt. The leaders of the Gang, who are chosen only by gang-members, are the Cabinet, and whoever they call their boss is the PM. -- It's just convention that Party Leaders become PM; it could be any MP.
Sorry for the ELI5, I felt like breaking it down. No insult is meant to your understanding or intelligence. |
sovereignindividual | Referendum as used today is an English word, whose plural is referendums.
In Latin referendum is a verb in the "present continuous" refer-endum, I.e. "referring". Probably the closest modern equivalent to Latin is Spanish referiendo (present continuous), Spanish being a simplified form of Latin where the "um" became "o" due to local accent.
Tl;dr "referenda" isn't a word. | Referendum as used today is an English word, whose plural is referendums.
In Latin referendum is a verb in the "present continuous" refer-endum, I.e. "referring". Probably the closest modern equivalent to Latin is Spanish referiendo (present continuous), Spanish being a simplified form of Latin where the "um" became "o" due to local accent.
Tl;dr "referenda" isn't a word.
| ukpolitics | t5_2qhcv | cpw15mu | Referendum as used today is an English word, whose plural is referendums.
In Latin referendum is a verb in the "present continuous" refer-endum, I.e. "referring". Probably the closest modern equivalent to Latin is Spanish referiendo (present continuous), Spanish being a simplified form of Latin where the "um" became "o" due to local accent. | referenda" isn't a word. |
MinerKing13 | I think you're pretty off base here. Obviously bonds will bring jagex more profit otherwise they wouldn't implement them, but its in no way a "money grab." Implementing an mtx like sof is in fact a money grab. Sof brings new items into the game whereas bonds are an alternate way of paying for membership.
You're also ignoring the obvious positives of this:
If people buy through Jagex rather than the illegal RWT sites this means the RWT sites will be less profitable. That means they should eventually become obsolete(or close to it) and therefore there will be less gold farming bots bringing in huge amounts of resources like yew logs and sharks etc.
This will lead to a gradual increase in price of those resources so skilling will become more profitable.
All of this is gradual change but it will ultimately mean less bots in the game which is very important to the economy and player base.
TLDR Bonds are good for the game. | I think you're pretty off base here. Obviously bonds will bring jagex more profit otherwise they wouldn't implement them, but its in no way a "money grab." Implementing an mtx like sof is in fact a money grab. Sof brings new items into the game whereas bonds are an alternate way of paying for membership.
You're also ignoring the obvious positives of this:
If people buy through Jagex rather than the illegal RWT sites this means the RWT sites will be less profitable. That means they should eventually become obsolete(or close to it) and therefore there will be less gold farming bots bringing in huge amounts of resources like yew logs and sharks etc.
This will lead to a gradual increase in price of those resources so skilling will become more profitable.
All of this is gradual change but it will ultimately mean less bots in the game which is very important to the economy and player base.
TLDR Bonds are good for the game.
| 2007scape | t5_2wbww | cpvoauo | I think you're pretty off base here. Obviously bonds will bring jagex more profit otherwise they wouldn't implement them, but its in no way a "money grab." Implementing an mtx like sof is in fact a money grab. Sof brings new items into the game whereas bonds are an alternate way of paying for membership.
You're also ignoring the obvious positives of this:
If people buy through Jagex rather than the illegal RWT sites this means the RWT sites will be less profitable. That means they should eventually become obsolete(or close to it) and therefore there will be less gold farming bots bringing in huge amounts of resources like yew logs and sharks etc.
This will lead to a gradual increase in price of those resources so skilling will become more profitable.
All of this is gradual change but it will ultimately mean less bots in the game which is very important to the economy and player base. | Bonds are good for the game. |
therapy | It's just the history of the word.
"Problematic" is a synonym for "wrong" in this case. You could have said "it's wrong for a man to go into a woman's discussion and say X". But, in recent years, "problematic" has been the preferred word instead of wrong, by the PC-type crowd. When you use it, you look like them. It's not right, it makes no sense in fact - "wrong" should be exchangeable with "problematic" here - but that's how it is.
It's like someone saying "some of my best friends are black." Literally, it's fine - hey, the dude has some friends that are black - but the history of the phrase is one that has turned it into something pretty bad, so you should never use it. Again, it makes no sense, but we just have to learn these silly rules.
tl;dr if you want to fit in on SRS, use "problematic", if you want to fit in anywhere else, use "wrong" or something else | It's just the history of the word.
"Problematic" is a synonym for "wrong" in this case. You could have said "it's wrong for a man to go into a woman's discussion and say X". But, in recent years, "problematic" has been the preferred word instead of wrong, by the PC-type crowd. When you use it, you look like them. It's not right, it makes no sense in fact - "wrong" should be exchangeable with "problematic" here - but that's how it is.
It's like someone saying "some of my best friends are black." Literally, it's fine - hey, the dude has some friends that are black - but the history of the phrase is one that has turned it into something pretty bad, so you should never use it. Again, it makes no sense, but we just have to learn these silly rules.
tl;dr if you want to fit in on SRS, use "problematic", if you want to fit in anywhere else, use "wrong" or something else
| OneY | t5_2s5ni | cpvzcox | It's just the history of the word.
"Problematic" is a synonym for "wrong" in this case. You could have said "it's wrong for a man to go into a woman's discussion and say X". But, in recent years, "problematic" has been the preferred word instead of wrong, by the PC-type crowd. When you use it, you look like them. It's not right, it makes no sense in fact - "wrong" should be exchangeable with "problematic" here - but that's how it is.
It's like someone saying "some of my best friends are black." Literally, it's fine - hey, the dude has some friends that are black - but the history of the phrase is one that has turned it into something pretty bad, so you should never use it. Again, it makes no sense, but we just have to learn these silly rules. | if you want to fit in on SRS, use "problematic", if you want to fit in anywhere else, use "wrong" or something else |
intothewired | The word "Problematic" is such a general term that it offers nothing to the conversation other than it's literal definition. "Problematic" can mean anything difficult or presenting a problem. "This rubik's cube is problematic." "Cutting this steak is problematic." "Racial stereotypes are problematic." See how versatile the word is? It describes almost nothing, but can be used almost anywhere. It can be used to bait people in a conversation. It is almost literally the most passive aggressive of all words. It can be used as a means to shame or denigrate someone's words or actions. It has such a negative connotation on some forms of social media that it might as well be a branding iron.
"Problematic: Say Nothing but Look Great While Doing It!"
TL;DR "Problematic" is lazy. Say what you mean or shut up. | The word "Problematic" is such a general term that it offers nothing to the conversation other than it's literal definition. "Problematic" can mean anything difficult or presenting a problem. "This rubik's cube is problematic." "Cutting this steak is problematic." "Racial stereotypes are problematic." See how versatile the word is? It describes almost nothing, but can be used almost anywhere. It can be used to bait people in a conversation. It is almost literally the most passive aggressive of all words. It can be used as a means to shame or denigrate someone's words or actions. It has such a negative connotation on some forms of social media that it might as well be a branding iron.
"Problematic: Say Nothing but Look Great While Doing It!"
TL;DR "Problematic" is lazy. Say what you mean or shut up.
| OneY | t5_2s5ni | cpvxt06 | The word "Problematic" is such a general term that it offers nothing to the conversation other than it's literal definition. "Problematic" can mean anything difficult or presenting a problem. "This rubik's cube is problematic." "Cutting this steak is problematic." "Racial stereotypes are problematic." See how versatile the word is? It describes almost nothing, but can be used almost anywhere. It can be used to bait people in a conversation. It is almost literally the most passive aggressive of all words. It can be used as a means to shame or denigrate someone's words or actions. It has such a negative connotation on some forms of social media that it might as well be a branding iron.
"Problematic: Say Nothing but Look Great While Doing It!" | Problematic" is lazy. Say what you mean or shut up. |
Aspiire2b | Overall, I think you have a good idea. But in practical terms, it is unreasonable and difficult to administer. What happens when your entire team votekicks the first pick because he locked a jungler, where there was someone else who wanted to jungle? Problematic to say the least.
And another issue I've noticed: a ton of people do off-meta related things. playing such things as [NAMI JUNGLE]( could be considered trolling, but they could main said thing. sure Nocturne with Clairvoyance and Ghost is pretty troll, but ynow... use clairvoyance to spot enemies to ult from a distance, ghost to keep your fear tether easier... *secret op strats m8*
tl;dr: too many problems with how this would have to be ran. Seems like youre addressing a problem that isn't necessarily... a problem? ~~league of legends is just a game of course~~ trolls happen, we all do it. Or we go on tilt. It's just an aspect of the game. Don't like it? There's not much you can do. You can't control every bit of the game. | Overall, I think you have a good idea. But in practical terms, it is unreasonable and difficult to administer. What happens when your entire team votekicks the first pick because he locked a jungler, where there was someone else who wanted to jungle? Problematic to say the least.
And another issue I've noticed: a ton of people do off-meta related things. playing such things as [NAMI JUNGLE]( could be considered trolling, but they could main said thing. sure Nocturne with Clairvoyance and Ghost is pretty troll, but ynow... use clairvoyance to spot enemies to ult from a distance, ghost to keep your fear tether easier... secret op strats m8
tl;dr: too many problems with how this would have to be ran. Seems like youre addressing a problem that isn't necessarily... a problem? league of legends is just a game of course trolls happen, we all do it. Or we go on tilt. It's just an aspect of the game. Don't like it? There's not much you can do. You can't control every bit of the game.
| leagueoflegends | t5_2rfxx | cpw192s | Overall, I think you have a good idea. But in practical terms, it is unreasonable and difficult to administer. What happens when your entire team votekicks the first pick because he locked a jungler, where there was someone else who wanted to jungle? Problematic to say the least.
And another issue I've noticed: a ton of people do off-meta related things. playing such things as [NAMI JUNGLE]( could be considered trolling, but they could main said thing. sure Nocturne with Clairvoyance and Ghost is pretty troll, but ynow... use clairvoyance to spot enemies to ult from a distance, ghost to keep your fear tether easier... secret op strats m8 | too many problems with how this would have to be ran. Seems like youre addressing a problem that isn't necessarily... a problem? league of legends is just a game of course trolls happen, we all do it. Or we go on tilt. It's just an aspect of the game. Don't like it? There's not much you can do. You can't control every bit of the game. |
Impune | >This option would cost me about $70000 per year...
Where are you getting this number from? Because that's insanely high. I know that the official estimate of cost for attending NYU (which includes rent and food and transportation, etc.) is around $70k, but I don't know anyone who actually pays that much to attend NYU. Most people get a combination of financial aid/grants/scholarships to significantly reduce the cost of attendance. If your parent isn't contributing *anything* to pay for your schooling, speak to the Financial Aid Office to see what options are available to you.
>Majors that interest me at NYU are digital communications/media, urban design/architecture, english, media culture/communications, integrated digital media, mechanical engineering.
If you're interested in media and communications, NYU would be an excellent choice **if you can avoid paying sticker price**. NYU is ranked very highly when it comes to job placement for media graduates (ranked #1 on LinkedIn), and it benefits from being in the media capital of the world (AOL, Harper Collins, Time Inc., Time Warner, CNN, New York Times, Conde Naste, Gawker, BuzzFeed, Wall Street Journal, Viacom, Reuters, Random House, etc. etc. are all headquartered in NYC).
**TL,DR: Don't come to NYU if it's going to cost you $70,000 out of pocket (which it shouldn't). If you want to study digital media/communications, NYU is probably one of your best options.** | >This option would cost me about $70000 per year...
Where are you getting this number from? Because that's insanely high. I know that the official estimate of cost for attending NYU (which includes rent and food and transportation, etc.) is around $70k, but I don't know anyone who actually pays that much to attend NYU. Most people get a combination of financial aid/grants/scholarships to significantly reduce the cost of attendance. If your parent isn't contributing anything to pay for your schooling, speak to the Financial Aid Office to see what options are available to you.
>Majors that interest me at NYU are digital communications/media, urban design/architecture, english, media culture/communications, integrated digital media, mechanical engineering.
If you're interested in media and communications, NYU would be an excellent choice if you can avoid paying sticker price . NYU is ranked very highly when it comes to job placement for media graduates (ranked #1 on LinkedIn), and it benefits from being in the media capital of the world (AOL, Harper Collins, Time Inc., Time Warner, CNN, New York Times, Conde Naste, Gawker, BuzzFeed, Wall Street Journal, Viacom, Reuters, Random House, etc. etc. are all headquartered in NYC).
TL,DR: Don't come to NYU if it's going to cost you $70,000 out of pocket (which it shouldn't). If you want to study digital media/communications, NYU is probably one of your best options.
| nyu | t5_2rbpf | cpwmr2b | This option would cost me about $70000 per year...
Where are you getting this number from? Because that's insanely high. I know that the official estimate of cost for attending NYU (which includes rent and food and transportation, etc.) is around $70k, but I don't know anyone who actually pays that much to attend NYU. Most people get a combination of financial aid/grants/scholarships to significantly reduce the cost of attendance. If your parent isn't contributing anything to pay for your schooling, speak to the Financial Aid Office to see what options are available to you.
>Majors that interest me at NYU are digital communications/media, urban design/architecture, english, media culture/communications, integrated digital media, mechanical engineering.
If you're interested in media and communications, NYU would be an excellent choice if you can avoid paying sticker price . NYU is ranked very highly when it comes to job placement for media graduates (ranked #1 on LinkedIn), and it benefits from being in the media capital of the world (AOL, Harper Collins, Time Inc., Time Warner, CNN, New York Times, Conde Naste, Gawker, BuzzFeed, Wall Street Journal, Viacom, Reuters, Random House, etc. etc. are all headquartered in NYC). | Don't come to NYU if it's going to cost you $70,000 out of pocket (which it shouldn't). If you want to study digital media/communications, NYU is probably one of your best options. |
RanchFlavoredMayo | Here's how fatties destroyed everything someone chime in and help:
We were "normal" and the sexy girls with hour glass figures were "curvy" fat people were "fat"
So fat people started getting all butt hurt and we became "average" which some fatties jumped into the average pool and some fatties jumped into the "curvy" pool so it was tainted water. Fat people were then called "overweight" and the term fat was put in the pool with "Fags, Blacks, Mexicans, midgets, cunts and other words you can't call other people or someone gets offended"
So then we became "thin"; fat became "average"; obese became "overweight"; and curvy became "a term used by fat nasties to boost self esteem"
So that's where we are today we're thin and we can say "fat" and we're all on the same page.
A fat person says fat or calls someone fat and they have no idea what is considered fat and what isn't because the "fat scale's digits" always start 10-20 pounds higher than the fattest person in the room.
Example 2 fatties in a room call someone on TV fat because they weigh" 350" while the fattest person in the room weighs "330" it's a stupid thing I've noticed fat people do. It's ok for them to judge others BUT DON'T YOU DARE JUDGE THEM.
TL;DR: We are thin and they are fat. | Here's how fatties destroyed everything someone chime in and help:
We were "normal" and the sexy girls with hour glass figures were "curvy" fat people were "fat"
So fat people started getting all butt hurt and we became "average" which some fatties jumped into the average pool and some fatties jumped into the "curvy" pool so it was tainted water. Fat people were then called "overweight" and the term fat was put in the pool with "Fags, Blacks, Mexicans, midgets, cunts and other words you can't call other people or someone gets offended"
So then we became "thin"; fat became "average"; obese became "overweight"; and curvy became "a term used by fat nasties to boost self esteem"
So that's where we are today we're thin and we can say "fat" and we're all on the same page.
A fat person says fat or calls someone fat and they have no idea what is considered fat and what isn't because the "fat scale's digits" always start 10-20 pounds higher than the fattest person in the room.
Example 2 fatties in a room call someone on TV fat because they weigh" 350" while the fattest person in the room weighs "330" it's a stupid thing I've noticed fat people do. It's ok for them to judge others BUT DON'T YOU DARE JUDGE THEM.
TL;DR: We are thin and they are fat.
| fatpeoplehate | t5_2x9xz | cpwqk2f | Here's how fatties destroyed everything someone chime in and help:
We were "normal" and the sexy girls with hour glass figures were "curvy" fat people were "fat"
So fat people started getting all butt hurt and we became "average" which some fatties jumped into the average pool and some fatties jumped into the "curvy" pool so it was tainted water. Fat people were then called "overweight" and the term fat was put in the pool with "Fags, Blacks, Mexicans, midgets, cunts and other words you can't call other people or someone gets offended"
So then we became "thin"; fat became "average"; obese became "overweight"; and curvy became "a term used by fat nasties to boost self esteem"
So that's where we are today we're thin and we can say "fat" and we're all on the same page.
A fat person says fat or calls someone fat and they have no idea what is considered fat and what isn't because the "fat scale's digits" always start 10-20 pounds higher than the fattest person in the room.
Example 2 fatties in a room call someone on TV fat because they weigh" 350" while the fattest person in the room weighs "330" it's a stupid thing I've noticed fat people do. It's ok for them to judge others BUT DON'T YOU DARE JUDGE THEM. | We are thin and they are fat. |
mangzane | Please don't harm yourself. I've read people say that it's as if you are 'bleeding the pain away', but there is always an alternative.
Everything in this world has repercussions, but only when we focus for positive consequences of our actions, do we benefit ourselves.
Get a gym membership! Go lift some weights on a bad day. Physically, The gym is a place where you can take anger and frustration, and use it to exert your muscles against a force. But mentally? Mentally it's where you say " Fuck you, Job." or " Fuck you, Ex", and you lift that shit like you never lifted before. The anger, the pain, it will still be there, but much less of it will occupy your mind.
Hell, look at it this way, you are literally **tearing** your muscles with each lift. But guess what happens when you go home? Your body repairs that damaged muscle, and rebuilds it *stronger*. Not only do you start to look better on the outside, you begin to feel better on the inside, which is the most important aspect.
Can't afford a membership? Do some push-ups, go for a run, do some body squats. It's all the same! Push your body, your mind.
Just do me a favor, and try this, just once! Worst case, you get a decent workout in. Best case, you realize it's what you needed.
TLDR: Workout. | Please don't harm yourself. I've read people say that it's as if you are 'bleeding the pain away', but there is always an alternative.
Everything in this world has repercussions, but only when we focus for positive consequences of our actions, do we benefit ourselves.
Get a gym membership! Go lift some weights on a bad day. Physically, The gym is a place where you can take anger and frustration, and use it to exert your muscles against a force. But mentally? Mentally it's where you say " Fuck you, Job." or " Fuck you, Ex", and you lift that shit like you never lifted before. The anger, the pain, it will still be there, but much less of it will occupy your mind.
Hell, look at it this way, you are literally tearing your muscles with each lift. But guess what happens when you go home? Your body repairs that damaged muscle, and rebuilds it stronger . Not only do you start to look better on the outside, you begin to feel better on the inside, which is the most important aspect.
Can't afford a membership? Do some push-ups, go for a run, do some body squats. It's all the same! Push your body, your mind.
Just do me a favor, and try this, just once! Worst case, you get a decent workout in. Best case, you realize it's what you needed.
TLDR: Workout.
| AskReddit | t5_2qh1i | cpwdz18 | Please don't harm yourself. I've read people say that it's as if you are 'bleeding the pain away', but there is always an alternative.
Everything in this world has repercussions, but only when we focus for positive consequences of our actions, do we benefit ourselves.
Get a gym membership! Go lift some weights on a bad day. Physically, The gym is a place where you can take anger and frustration, and use it to exert your muscles against a force. But mentally? Mentally it's where you say " Fuck you, Job." or " Fuck you, Ex", and you lift that shit like you never lifted before. The anger, the pain, it will still be there, but much less of it will occupy your mind.
Hell, look at it this way, you are literally tearing your muscles with each lift. But guess what happens when you go home? Your body repairs that damaged muscle, and rebuilds it stronger . Not only do you start to look better on the outside, you begin to feel better on the inside, which is the most important aspect.
Can't afford a membership? Do some push-ups, go for a run, do some body squats. It's all the same! Push your body, your mind.
Just do me a favor, and try this, just once! Worst case, you get a decent workout in. Best case, you realize it's what you needed. | Workout. |
campbellski | Living there I can tell you that the situation was different. As PFR arrived in SP to take abandoned NA Sov, GE took all the other stations in the region. RANE cut ties with N3 and started to pay rent/protection money to GE to protect their Sov. Some smaller M3 alliances were still based in Immensia and Detorid at the time and started to attack RANE space around where TEST lives now. The reclamation of these systems was done by GE + RANE and pets. In Detorid RADRF was making gains against N3. Then things went into a slight stalemate with all of WC in GE control under RANE. Then an incident with a super kill between GE and RADRF meant the collapse of the WC NIP. GE also cut ties with RANE having given u on them ever becoming a non-carebear alliance. PFR started to go for sov in WC due to this and GE and RADRF started fighting. TEST was persuaded to come up to WC to protect RANE/PEST assets from the Evil PFR who were shutting down entire systems whenever we jumped in due to the threat of a Blops drop. The leader of LIFI (another RANE pet) is a CEO in a TEST corp and so he persuaded TEST to come up. As a result it is very unlikely that GE would help out NOFUX as they hate RADRF and NOFUX was living in Detorid prior to taking WC sov.
tl;dr GE won't help NOFUX | Living there I can tell you that the situation was different. As PFR arrived in SP to take abandoned NA Sov, GE took all the other stations in the region. RANE cut ties with N3 and started to pay rent/protection money to GE to protect their Sov. Some smaller M3 alliances were still based in Immensia and Detorid at the time and started to attack RANE space around where TEST lives now. The reclamation of these systems was done by GE + RANE and pets. In Detorid RADRF was making gains against N3. Then things went into a slight stalemate with all of WC in GE control under RANE. Then an incident with a super kill between GE and RADRF meant the collapse of the WC NIP. GE also cut ties with RANE having given u on them ever becoming a non-carebear alliance. PFR started to go for sov in WC due to this and GE and RADRF started fighting. TEST was persuaded to come up to WC to protect RANE/PEST assets from the Evil PFR who were shutting down entire systems whenever we jumped in due to the threat of a Blops drop. The leader of LIFI (another RANE pet) is a CEO in a TEST corp and so he persuaded TEST to come up. As a result it is very unlikely that GE would help out NOFUX as they hate RADRF and NOFUX was living in Detorid prior to taking WC sov.
tl;dr GE won't help NOFUX
| Eve | t5_2qil9 | cpwm5r9 | Living there I can tell you that the situation was different. As PFR arrived in SP to take abandoned NA Sov, GE took all the other stations in the region. RANE cut ties with N3 and started to pay rent/protection money to GE to protect their Sov. Some smaller M3 alliances were still based in Immensia and Detorid at the time and started to attack RANE space around where TEST lives now. The reclamation of these systems was done by GE + RANE and pets. In Detorid RADRF was making gains against N3. Then things went into a slight stalemate with all of WC in GE control under RANE. Then an incident with a super kill between GE and RADRF meant the collapse of the WC NIP. GE also cut ties with RANE having given u on them ever becoming a non-carebear alliance. PFR started to go for sov in WC due to this and GE and RADRF started fighting. TEST was persuaded to come up to WC to protect RANE/PEST assets from the Evil PFR who were shutting down entire systems whenever we jumped in due to the threat of a Blops drop. The leader of LIFI (another RANE pet) is a CEO in a TEST corp and so he persuaded TEST to come up. As a result it is very unlikely that GE would help out NOFUX as they hate RADRF and NOFUX was living in Detorid prior to taking WC sov. | GE won't help NOFUX |
Mothamoz | I don't run and gun like most kids do, so submachine guns don't cut it for me. The ASM1 IS however too much a jack of all trades, which makes it OP.
Tl;dr am not handicapping myself, asm1 still op, will still beat anyone with asm nonetheless. | I don't run and gun like most kids do, so submachine guns don't cut it for me. The ASM1 IS however too much a jack of all trades, which makes it OP.
Tl;dr am not handicapping myself, asm1 still op, will still beat anyone with asm nonetheless.
| CodAW | t5_31g7o | cpwol76 | I don't run and gun like most kids do, so submachine guns don't cut it for me. The ASM1 IS however too much a jack of all trades, which makes it OP. | am not handicapping myself, asm1 still op, will still beat anyone with asm nonetheless. |
mantrap2 | Well part of this is failing to realize that the old watt-meters are crazy rugged compared to smart-meters. You can easy overload the old eddy current watt-meters by hundreds to thousands of volts. These new smart meters primarily operate internally at voltages below 10V with a small portion that passes 120/240V. They were never designed for overvoltage at the levels in this situation (it was likely a 2 KV line that fell on a 240V line that caused this). The rest of the grid typically deals with this kind of thing just fine.
TL;DR smart meters weren't designed for over voltage at this level and that might be what they overlooked. | Well part of this is failing to realize that the old watt-meters are crazy rugged compared to smart-meters. You can easy overload the old eddy current watt-meters by hundreds to thousands of volts. These new smart meters primarily operate internally at voltages below 10V with a small portion that passes 120/240V. They were never designed for overvoltage at the levels in this situation (it was likely a 2 KV line that fell on a 240V line that caused this). The rest of the grid typically deals with this kind of thing just fine.
TL;DR smart meters weren't designed for over voltage at this level and that might be what they overlooked.
| collapse | t5_2qhw9 | cpwz7q1 | Well part of this is failing to realize that the old watt-meters are crazy rugged compared to smart-meters. You can easy overload the old eddy current watt-meters by hundreds to thousands of volts. These new smart meters primarily operate internally at voltages below 10V with a small portion that passes 120/240V. They were never designed for overvoltage at the levels in this situation (it was likely a 2 KV line that fell on a 240V line that caused this). The rest of the grid typically deals with this kind of thing just fine. | smart meters weren't designed for over voltage at this level and that might be what they overlooked. |
the_pirou | First off, don't get discouraged. That fact that you recognize you want to be in a different place and are willing to work for it puts you miles ahead of everyone else that stayed on their couch when they felt disheartened. Secondly, are you making sure you're getting your macros/micros and maybe using something to track your progress like [MFP]( Having a place to track everything you're eating can make it easier to stay on point and not cheat yourself by chowing down unexpectedly.
>i am hungry and eat and eat
Sometimes I get pretty hungry in a cut, especially in the evening if I worked out earlier in the day. I try to ameliorate most of my snacking by keeping broccoli readily accessible so I can just snap off a chunk and munch while I walk out of the room. It's not the tastiest thing in the world, but in focusing on cleaning bits out of my teeth with my tongue and the process of chewing I'm often able to get past any deleterious cravings to shove something laden with oil and other calories in my face. If it's really severe I'll eat a mushroom or two with it, and maybe even dip the broccoli in some hummus as a bonus piece of yummy.
>is this something that is normal
Yes & No. As I've already mentioned, the earlier in the day that I work out, the more hunger I have in the later half of the part of the day such that I feel more inclined to snack. On those days I sometimes have a difficult time not indulging in a few extra bites (or meal) here and there because I tell myself 'you earned it,' even as they often wind up affecting my progress. By the same token, some days in a cut I find myself only 3/4's of the way to my macros and I feel absolutely stuffed. I'll sit there laughing at my wife because I've still got 600+ calories to go and I don't feel like I could consume another bite.
> i am considering to just quit strength training for good
One of the great things about strength training is the fact that you're doing something to preserve your lean muscle mass even as you shed the weight, as opposed to just losing both. While you might see some gains now as a new lifter, don't put too much expectation on advancing right now as we're just trying to tread water while the weight is lost around us. As for pain, it's one thing to be slightly uncomfortable and another to hurt yourself by pushing yourself too far; DOMS are normal, but perpetual pain is not a good thing. With this ongoing leg pain are you doing the exact same routine over and over such that all the stress is going to the same muscle groups? If this is the case I'd suggest maybe trying a few different routines, and/or do your walking beforehand so that you don't find yourself limited after the workout. Also, maybe you should look into picking up a few cheap dumbbells of low weight so that you can do a little something for your upper body on the days when you're not feeling so mobile.
TL;DR - Don't feel down, you're wonderful. Use MFP. Eat broccoli. Push yourself, but not to injury. | First off, don't get discouraged. That fact that you recognize you want to be in a different place and are willing to work for it puts you miles ahead of everyone else that stayed on their couch when they felt disheartened. Secondly, are you making sure you're getting your macros/micros and maybe using something to track your progress like [MFP]( Having a place to track everything you're eating can make it easier to stay on point and not cheat yourself by chowing down unexpectedly.
>i am hungry and eat and eat
Sometimes I get pretty hungry in a cut, especially in the evening if I worked out earlier in the day. I try to ameliorate most of my snacking by keeping broccoli readily accessible so I can just snap off a chunk and munch while I walk out of the room. It's not the tastiest thing in the world, but in focusing on cleaning bits out of my teeth with my tongue and the process of chewing I'm often able to get past any deleterious cravings to shove something laden with oil and other calories in my face. If it's really severe I'll eat a mushroom or two with it, and maybe even dip the broccoli in some hummus as a bonus piece of yummy.
>is this something that is normal
Yes & No. As I've already mentioned, the earlier in the day that I work out, the more hunger I have in the later half of the part of the day such that I feel more inclined to snack. On those days I sometimes have a difficult time not indulging in a few extra bites (or meal) here and there because I tell myself 'you earned it,' even as they often wind up affecting my progress. By the same token, some days in a cut I find myself only 3/4's of the way to my macros and I feel absolutely stuffed. I'll sit there laughing at my wife because I've still got 600+ calories to go and I don't feel like I could consume another bite.
> i am considering to just quit strength training for good
One of the great things about strength training is the fact that you're doing something to preserve your lean muscle mass even as you shed the weight, as opposed to just losing both. While you might see some gains now as a new lifter, don't put too much expectation on advancing right now as we're just trying to tread water while the weight is lost around us. As for pain, it's one thing to be slightly uncomfortable and another to hurt yourself by pushing yourself too far; DOMS are normal, but perpetual pain is not a good thing. With this ongoing leg pain are you doing the exact same routine over and over such that all the stress is going to the same muscle groups? If this is the case I'd suggest maybe trying a few different routines, and/or do your walking beforehand so that you don't find yourself limited after the workout. Also, maybe you should look into picking up a few cheap dumbbells of low weight so that you can do a little something for your upper body on the days when you're not feeling so mobile.
TL;DR - Don't feel down, you're wonderful. Use MFP. Eat broccoli. Push yourself, but not to injury.
| veganfitness | t5_2smq8 | cpwsxbr | First off, don't get discouraged. That fact that you recognize you want to be in a different place and are willing to work for it puts you miles ahead of everyone else that stayed on their couch when they felt disheartened. Secondly, are you making sure you're getting your macros/micros and maybe using something to track your progress like [MFP]( Having a place to track everything you're eating can make it easier to stay on point and not cheat yourself by chowing down unexpectedly.
>i am hungry and eat and eat
Sometimes I get pretty hungry in a cut, especially in the evening if I worked out earlier in the day. I try to ameliorate most of my snacking by keeping broccoli readily accessible so I can just snap off a chunk and munch while I walk out of the room. It's not the tastiest thing in the world, but in focusing on cleaning bits out of my teeth with my tongue and the process of chewing I'm often able to get past any deleterious cravings to shove something laden with oil and other calories in my face. If it's really severe I'll eat a mushroom or two with it, and maybe even dip the broccoli in some hummus as a bonus piece of yummy.
>is this something that is normal
Yes & No. As I've already mentioned, the earlier in the day that I work out, the more hunger I have in the later half of the part of the day such that I feel more inclined to snack. On those days I sometimes have a difficult time not indulging in a few extra bites (or meal) here and there because I tell myself 'you earned it,' even as they often wind up affecting my progress. By the same token, some days in a cut I find myself only 3/4's of the way to my macros and I feel absolutely stuffed. I'll sit there laughing at my wife because I've still got 600+ calories to go and I don't feel like I could consume another bite.
> i am considering to just quit strength training for good
One of the great things about strength training is the fact that you're doing something to preserve your lean muscle mass even as you shed the weight, as opposed to just losing both. While you might see some gains now as a new lifter, don't put too much expectation on advancing right now as we're just trying to tread water while the weight is lost around us. As for pain, it's one thing to be slightly uncomfortable and another to hurt yourself by pushing yourself too far; DOMS are normal, but perpetual pain is not a good thing. With this ongoing leg pain are you doing the exact same routine over and over such that all the stress is going to the same muscle groups? If this is the case I'd suggest maybe trying a few different routines, and/or do your walking beforehand so that you don't find yourself limited after the workout. Also, maybe you should look into picking up a few cheap dumbbells of low weight so that you can do a little something for your upper body on the days when you're not feeling so mobile. | Don't feel down, you're wonderful. Use MFP. Eat broccoli. Push yourself, but not to injury. |
MirandaPriestlyy | Errrgh, I wish we would stop viewing divorce as a failure. To think, throughout history so many women had no other choice than to *put up* with their spouse; to think that so many women (and also men too) sacrificed their true happiness and the ability to live a life on their own terms because society and social attitudes dictated that anything other than quiet resilience was failure...
We live in an age now where we are all offered the ability to freely quit a contract when we realise that it is not right for us. Humans, we're in a perpetual state of growth and change, and the person you fell in love with five/ten/twenty years ago may not be the same person you're with today... Or maybe you've discovered new parts of yourself, maybe you've got new interests or desires. Is it a failure to decide that some of those changes are worth acting upon? Is it failure to decide that your personal happiness and your desires are worthy of exploring? Is it failure to be able to look back at your life and know that you made a healthy choice to move on from a person or a home?
People cheat for many reasons; but knowing and having the option to freely and openly decide that someone who cheated on me and then choosing to have a divorce? That's neither a good or a bad decision, but a free one. It's the choice and ability to do so, if one chooses to, that matters.
TL;DR - Divorce should not have a moral judgement attached to it. Divorce is a personal choice that outsiders shouldn't really judge. People change and that's cool. Not having the choice to change your marital status, really isn't. | Errrgh, I wish we would stop viewing divorce as a failure. To think, throughout history so many women had no other choice than to put up with their spouse; to think that so many women (and also men too) sacrificed their true happiness and the ability to live a life on their own terms because society and social attitudes dictated that anything other than quiet resilience was failure...
We live in an age now where we are all offered the ability to freely quit a contract when we realise that it is not right for us. Humans, we're in a perpetual state of growth and change, and the person you fell in love with five/ten/twenty years ago may not be the same person you're with today... Or maybe you've discovered new parts of yourself, maybe you've got new interests or desires. Is it a failure to decide that some of those changes are worth acting upon? Is it failure to decide that your personal happiness and your desires are worthy of exploring? Is it failure to be able to look back at your life and know that you made a healthy choice to move on from a person or a home?
People cheat for many reasons; but knowing and having the option to freely and openly decide that someone who cheated on me and then choosing to have a divorce? That's neither a good or a bad decision, but a free one. It's the choice and ability to do so, if one chooses to, that matters.
TL;DR - Divorce should not have a moral judgement attached to it. Divorce is a personal choice that outsiders shouldn't really judge. People change and that's cool. Not having the choice to change your marital status, really isn't.
| actuallesbians | t5_2rch0 | cpxdoms | Errrgh, I wish we would stop viewing divorce as a failure. To think, throughout history so many women had no other choice than to put up with their spouse; to think that so many women (and also men too) sacrificed their true happiness and the ability to live a life on their own terms because society and social attitudes dictated that anything other than quiet resilience was failure...
We live in an age now where we are all offered the ability to freely quit a contract when we realise that it is not right for us. Humans, we're in a perpetual state of growth and change, and the person you fell in love with five/ten/twenty years ago may not be the same person you're with today... Or maybe you've discovered new parts of yourself, maybe you've got new interests or desires. Is it a failure to decide that some of those changes are worth acting upon? Is it failure to decide that your personal happiness and your desires are worthy of exploring? Is it failure to be able to look back at your life and know that you made a healthy choice to move on from a person or a home?
People cheat for many reasons; but knowing and having the option to freely and openly decide that someone who cheated on me and then choosing to have a divorce? That's neither a good or a bad decision, but a free one. It's the choice and ability to do so, if one chooses to, that matters. | Divorce should not have a moral judgement attached to it. Divorce is a personal choice that outsiders shouldn't really judge. People change and that's cool. Not having the choice to change your marital status, really isn't. |
colonostrich | Stay a while and listen.
It was the summer of 2003. My girlfriend *(lets call her Riki)* of the past year and a half and I were living in different states *(Sydney / Brisbane)* as a result of our military postings. We were very much in love and flew to see each other whenever possible. On this occasion Riki was surprising me, she called on Friday afternoon and said *"hey get me from the airport at X'oclock"* I was very happy about this.
But my Deity had turned his back on me that day, for I also received an email telling me the PC I had ordered was ready for pick up.
I picked Riki up and we had a normal Friday night in, shagging and watching TV. As a new sun dawned on Saturday, two opposing forces collided. On the battlefield of my heart. Riki wanted to go to the beach that day and generally do couples stuff, eat ice cream, hold hands, not build a computer.
But I needed to drive 30 or so minutes in the polar opposite direction of the beach to go collect my PC. I convinced her it wont take long and that I wont play until after she had gone home. I was pretty pumped, the first NEW PC I had bought, previously all my PC's were hand me downs from my older brother. I chose all the components myself and since I wasn't too tech savvy I was getting the store to build it for me.
**WRONG!**
The guy behind the counter *(he can be Steve)* brings up my order, nods and says it all ready to go and he'll bring it out in a minute, after 10 or so minutes a cart is wheeled out and it's brimming with PC component boxes. I figured they let you keep the boxes for some odd reason, I told Steve that wont be necessary, I just want the actual PC. Steve looks confused and tells me that I just ordered parts and not assembly. We talk it out and eventually I realize that I did in fact fail to tick the **[Build this for me because I dont know what I'm doing]** box.
Steve wheeled the cart out to my car, where Riki was impatiently waiting, she instantly questioned me about the boxes *"I thought you were buying a computer, not a bunch of stuff"* I explain it to her and say that I need to drop all the boxes off at home before we go out. The car ride was uncomfortable, she knew me. She knew I couldn't just have a bunch of stuff in boxes. I wanted to build it I **NEEDED** to. I don't remember the last time a Kinder Surprise Egg made it home without the toy being assembled, Riki knows this, Riki feels my desire filling the car, its suffocating us and soon she cracks. *"You want to build it, don't you!?" "I can tell, dont! ok, I want us to go and do stuff"* Riki was very outdoors, we would Surf together, snowboard, hike, go out dancing, we really fed off each others energy and always had a fantastic time together, everyone we knew commented on how alive we were together and what a perfect match we were.
But on this day, on this both terrible and glorious day. The need in me to build something that was unbuilt, to see the fruits of my labor was too great. As we unloaded the car into my Apartment I asked what might be the worst question I could ask Riki at that time *"Can I just quickly put it together?"* ... Riki reluctantly agreed after I explained it would take 30 minutes *"it's easy, I've seen my brother do it a few times"*.
Riki sat with her arms crossed, a deep frown, almost a scowl inhabited her face. She did not speak.
An hour into my efforts I still wasn't finished, Riki became impatient, she demanded we leave. She said I was taking her for granted *and maybe I was*.
After almost 2 hours of being hunched over this black box that was now full of cables and pieces I was done. I was ecstatic, but it wouldn't last long. My trance was broken and I took stock of the situation. Riki was in bed with her arms crossed, facing the wall. I'd never seen this. She was really pissed.
I consoled her and apologized I explained that leaving something that COULD be built wasn't in my nature. I offered to leave right now, anywhere she wanted. We could drive to the coast and hire a room for the night so we can have the morning at the beach too.
*"No, its too late"* I don't think she was referring to just the beach.
The rest of Saturday and Sunday were grey and unhappy. I could tell Riki was thinking through some stuff and I was not in a good light. Worse than that, my PC had not been used once. I knew it turned on which was a little relief but for 2 days all I could think was *"will it boot, does the graphics card work? can I play good games on it?"* I had a shopping list of games I wanted to get in my head. Games that previously were well out of my second hand PC's capabilities.
Riki flew out Sunday afternoon and my heart started racing as I drove home. I quickly plugged everything in and installed Windows. IT WORKED!
All the misery of past 24 hours washed away and I began feeding my PC the CD's for games that I did have.
A few months later Riki and I hit a rough patch, I went to visit her a few times and each time this dude was hanging around like a bad smell. I told her I didn't like that a guy who is clearly after her fun cave was hanging around so much and she was allowing it. She assured me he was just a friend and she didn't think of him like that in any way. Riki was living on base in a shared facility building *(communal showers and laundry etc)*. While Riki was showering she got a text, it was from the guy *"meet me in the laundry in 20"*.
I confronted Riki and she claimed it was nothing etc. But I knew, I could see it happening right in front of me. That night, the night before flying home, I knew Riki would soon betray me. As Judas had done before, a great treachery was imminent.
A few weeks later Riki told me she needed time to find herself, time alone to be herself. I understood this as code for *"I need to sleep with some random people because you're the only guy I've slept with, also I've been fucking the dude and I feel bad about it which is why I'm crying while dumping you"*.
Riki had done what Riki's do, she stabbed me in the back. I found out that Riki contracted genital warts a few months after the split. I can only assume it was from the dude.
But the PC worked fine and I kept until 2008 when I got a laptop because I was moving around so much. Then I built a PC again in 2012 which I have been upgrading this year and once I get a new GPU will be a complete rebuild. Old PC is going to the Wife so she can learn to game with me. Once the kids are old enough *instant 4 man dungeon party!*.
**tl;dr** PC's before Hoes | Stay a while and listen.
It was the summer of 2003. My girlfriend (lets call her Riki) of the past year and a half and I were living in different states (Sydney / Brisbane) as a result of our military postings. We were very much in love and flew to see each other whenever possible. On this occasion Riki was surprising me, she called on Friday afternoon and said "hey get me from the airport at X'oclock" I was very happy about this.
But my Deity had turned his back on me that day, for I also received an email telling me the PC I had ordered was ready for pick up.
I picked Riki up and we had a normal Friday night in, shagging and watching TV. As a new sun dawned on Saturday, two opposing forces collided. On the battlefield of my heart. Riki wanted to go to the beach that day and generally do couples stuff, eat ice cream, hold hands, not build a computer.
But I needed to drive 30 or so minutes in the polar opposite direction of the beach to go collect my PC. I convinced her it wont take long and that I wont play until after she had gone home. I was pretty pumped, the first NEW PC I had bought, previously all my PC's were hand me downs from my older brother. I chose all the components myself and since I wasn't too tech savvy I was getting the store to build it for me.
WRONG!
The guy behind the counter (he can be Steve) brings up my order, nods and says it all ready to go and he'll bring it out in a minute, after 10 or so minutes a cart is wheeled out and it's brimming with PC component boxes. I figured they let you keep the boxes for some odd reason, I told Steve that wont be necessary, I just want the actual PC. Steve looks confused and tells me that I just ordered parts and not assembly. We talk it out and eventually I realize that I did in fact fail to tick the [Build this for me because I dont know what I'm doing] box.
Steve wheeled the cart out to my car, where Riki was impatiently waiting, she instantly questioned me about the boxes "I thought you were buying a computer, not a bunch of stuff" I explain it to her and say that I need to drop all the boxes off at home before we go out. The car ride was uncomfortable, she knew me. She knew I couldn't just have a bunch of stuff in boxes. I wanted to build it I NEEDED to. I don't remember the last time a Kinder Surprise Egg made it home without the toy being assembled, Riki knows this, Riki feels my desire filling the car, its suffocating us and soon she cracks. "You want to build it, don't you!?" "I can tell, dont! ok, I want us to go and do stuff" Riki was very outdoors, we would Surf together, snowboard, hike, go out dancing, we really fed off each others energy and always had a fantastic time together, everyone we knew commented on how alive we were together and what a perfect match we were.
But on this day, on this both terrible and glorious day. The need in me to build something that was unbuilt, to see the fruits of my labor was too great. As we unloaded the car into my Apartment I asked what might be the worst question I could ask Riki at that time "Can I just quickly put it together?" ... Riki reluctantly agreed after I explained it would take 30 minutes "it's easy, I've seen my brother do it a few times" .
Riki sat with her arms crossed, a deep frown, almost a scowl inhabited her face. She did not speak.
An hour into my efforts I still wasn't finished, Riki became impatient, she demanded we leave. She said I was taking her for granted and maybe I was .
After almost 2 hours of being hunched over this black box that was now full of cables and pieces I was done. I was ecstatic, but it wouldn't last long. My trance was broken and I took stock of the situation. Riki was in bed with her arms crossed, facing the wall. I'd never seen this. She was really pissed.
I consoled her and apologized I explained that leaving something that COULD be built wasn't in my nature. I offered to leave right now, anywhere she wanted. We could drive to the coast and hire a room for the night so we can have the morning at the beach too.
"No, its too late" I don't think she was referring to just the beach.
The rest of Saturday and Sunday were grey and unhappy. I could tell Riki was thinking through some stuff and I was not in a good light. Worse than that, my PC had not been used once. I knew it turned on which was a little relief but for 2 days all I could think was "will it boot, does the graphics card work? can I play good games on it?" I had a shopping list of games I wanted to get in my head. Games that previously were well out of my second hand PC's capabilities.
Riki flew out Sunday afternoon and my heart started racing as I drove home. I quickly plugged everything in and installed Windows. IT WORKED!
All the misery of past 24 hours washed away and I began feeding my PC the CD's for games that I did have.
A few months later Riki and I hit a rough patch, I went to visit her a few times and each time this dude was hanging around like a bad smell. I told her I didn't like that a guy who is clearly after her fun cave was hanging around so much and she was allowing it. She assured me he was just a friend and she didn't think of him like that in any way. Riki was living on base in a shared facility building (communal showers and laundry etc) . While Riki was showering she got a text, it was from the guy "meet me in the laundry in 20" .
I confronted Riki and she claimed it was nothing etc. But I knew, I could see it happening right in front of me. That night, the night before flying home, I knew Riki would soon betray me. As Judas had done before, a great treachery was imminent.
A few weeks later Riki told me she needed time to find herself, time alone to be herself. I understood this as code for "I need to sleep with some random people because you're the only guy I've slept with, also I've been fucking the dude and I feel bad about it which is why I'm crying while dumping you" .
Riki had done what Riki's do, she stabbed me in the back. I found out that Riki contracted genital warts a few months after the split. I can only assume it was from the dude.
But the PC worked fine and I kept until 2008 when I got a laptop because I was moving around so much. Then I built a PC again in 2012 which I have been upgrading this year and once I get a new GPU will be a complete rebuild. Old PC is going to the Wife so she can learn to game with me. Once the kids are old enough instant 4 man dungeon party! .
tl;dr PC's before Hoes
| pcmasterrace | t5_2sgp1 | cpx5h1x | Stay a while and listen.
It was the summer of 2003. My girlfriend (lets call her Riki) of the past year and a half and I were living in different states (Sydney / Brisbane) as a result of our military postings. We were very much in love and flew to see each other whenever possible. On this occasion Riki was surprising me, she called on Friday afternoon and said "hey get me from the airport at X'oclock" I was very happy about this.
But my Deity had turned his back on me that day, for I also received an email telling me the PC I had ordered was ready for pick up.
I picked Riki up and we had a normal Friday night in, shagging and watching TV. As a new sun dawned on Saturday, two opposing forces collided. On the battlefield of my heart. Riki wanted to go to the beach that day and generally do couples stuff, eat ice cream, hold hands, not build a computer.
But I needed to drive 30 or so minutes in the polar opposite direction of the beach to go collect my PC. I convinced her it wont take long and that I wont play until after she had gone home. I was pretty pumped, the first NEW PC I had bought, previously all my PC's were hand me downs from my older brother. I chose all the components myself and since I wasn't too tech savvy I was getting the store to build it for me.
WRONG!
The guy behind the counter (he can be Steve) brings up my order, nods and says it all ready to go and he'll bring it out in a minute, after 10 or so minutes a cart is wheeled out and it's brimming with PC component boxes. I figured they let you keep the boxes for some odd reason, I told Steve that wont be necessary, I just want the actual PC. Steve looks confused and tells me that I just ordered parts and not assembly. We talk it out and eventually I realize that I did in fact fail to tick the [Build this for me because I dont know what I'm doing] box.
Steve wheeled the cart out to my car, where Riki was impatiently waiting, she instantly questioned me about the boxes "I thought you were buying a computer, not a bunch of stuff" I explain it to her and say that I need to drop all the boxes off at home before we go out. The car ride was uncomfortable, she knew me. She knew I couldn't just have a bunch of stuff in boxes. I wanted to build it I NEEDED to. I don't remember the last time a Kinder Surprise Egg made it home without the toy being assembled, Riki knows this, Riki feels my desire filling the car, its suffocating us and soon she cracks. "You want to build it, don't you!?" "I can tell, dont! ok, I want us to go and do stuff" Riki was very outdoors, we would Surf together, snowboard, hike, go out dancing, we really fed off each others energy and always had a fantastic time together, everyone we knew commented on how alive we were together and what a perfect match we were.
But on this day, on this both terrible and glorious day. The need in me to build something that was unbuilt, to see the fruits of my labor was too great. As we unloaded the car into my Apartment I asked what might be the worst question I could ask Riki at that time "Can I just quickly put it together?" ... Riki reluctantly agreed after I explained it would take 30 minutes "it's easy, I've seen my brother do it a few times" .
Riki sat with her arms crossed, a deep frown, almost a scowl inhabited her face. She did not speak.
An hour into my efforts I still wasn't finished, Riki became impatient, she demanded we leave. She said I was taking her for granted and maybe I was .
After almost 2 hours of being hunched over this black box that was now full of cables and pieces I was done. I was ecstatic, but it wouldn't last long. My trance was broken and I took stock of the situation. Riki was in bed with her arms crossed, facing the wall. I'd never seen this. She was really pissed.
I consoled her and apologized I explained that leaving something that COULD be built wasn't in my nature. I offered to leave right now, anywhere she wanted. We could drive to the coast and hire a room for the night so we can have the morning at the beach too.
"No, its too late" I don't think she was referring to just the beach.
The rest of Saturday and Sunday were grey and unhappy. I could tell Riki was thinking through some stuff and I was not in a good light. Worse than that, my PC had not been used once. I knew it turned on which was a little relief but for 2 days all I could think was "will it boot, does the graphics card work? can I play good games on it?" I had a shopping list of games I wanted to get in my head. Games that previously were well out of my second hand PC's capabilities.
Riki flew out Sunday afternoon and my heart started racing as I drove home. I quickly plugged everything in and installed Windows. IT WORKED!
All the misery of past 24 hours washed away and I began feeding my PC the CD's for games that I did have.
A few months later Riki and I hit a rough patch, I went to visit her a few times and each time this dude was hanging around like a bad smell. I told her I didn't like that a guy who is clearly after her fun cave was hanging around so much and she was allowing it. She assured me he was just a friend and she didn't think of him like that in any way. Riki was living on base in a shared facility building (communal showers and laundry etc) . While Riki was showering she got a text, it was from the guy "meet me in the laundry in 20" .
I confronted Riki and she claimed it was nothing etc. But I knew, I could see it happening right in front of me. That night, the night before flying home, I knew Riki would soon betray me. As Judas had done before, a great treachery was imminent.
A few weeks later Riki told me she needed time to find herself, time alone to be herself. I understood this as code for "I need to sleep with some random people because you're the only guy I've slept with, also I've been fucking the dude and I feel bad about it which is why I'm crying while dumping you" .
Riki had done what Riki's do, she stabbed me in the back. I found out that Riki contracted genital warts a few months after the split. I can only assume it was from the dude.
But the PC worked fine and I kept until 2008 when I got a laptop because I was moving around so much. Then I built a PC again in 2012 which I have been upgrading this year and once I get a new GPU will be a complete rebuild. Old PC is going to the Wife so she can learn to game with me. Once the kids are old enough instant 4 man dungeon party! . | PC's before Hoes |
Caustichumor | I was waiting tables on an April 1st. Had a group come in to celebrate a pregnancy. They brought a cake that would tell the baby's gender by the color of the cake, revealed when cutting it. The expectant mom was not yet aware of the impending child's sex. She cuts the cake to reveal pink, joyously exclaiming, "I was really really hoping for a baby girl!" That was quickly followed by hubby and family yelling, "April Fool's!" The hormonal pregnant lady did not find the humor in this. That was an awkward check to drop.
Tldr: Maybe don't prank pregnant women. | I was waiting tables on an April 1st. Had a group come in to celebrate a pregnancy. They brought a cake that would tell the baby's gender by the color of the cake, revealed when cutting it. The expectant mom was not yet aware of the impending child's sex. She cuts the cake to reveal pink, joyously exclaiming, "I was really really hoping for a baby girl!" That was quickly followed by hubby and family yelling, "April Fool's!" The hormonal pregnant lady did not find the humor in this. That was an awkward check to drop.
Tldr: Maybe don't prank pregnant women.
| AdviceAnimals | t5_2s7tt | cpxhlaa | I was waiting tables on an April 1st. Had a group come in to celebrate a pregnancy. They brought a cake that would tell the baby's gender by the color of the cake, revealed when cutting it. The expectant mom was not yet aware of the impending child's sex. She cuts the cake to reveal pink, joyously exclaiming, "I was really really hoping for a baby girl!" That was quickly followed by hubby and family yelling, "April Fool's!" The hormonal pregnant lady did not find the humor in this. That was an awkward check to drop. | Maybe don't prank pregnant women. |
hey-caribou | To add to that, "war" is one of many terms that could be applied to try to convey the concept. We use words that make most sense in our eyes and understanding of the world to share our experience but "war" is such a loaded and limiting word.
When we think of polarities (good/evil, light/dark, positive/negative) we think that the two are opposing. Opposition brings to mind disagreement and resistance, which often leads to think of argument and war. Sides to be won. We relate the concepts to things our beautiful human minds have developed an understanding of.
The polarities just are- we assign values (good/bad, positive/negative) to help us understand, but it's actually what limits our understanding and development.
It is all relative.
Think of existence as a canvas with only black and white paint. They are neutrals. The artists dips the brush in both black and white because both are needed in order to make a masterpiece. When a balance of the two tones is achieved the painting is harmonious. It can still function as art when not balanced but it becomes a different experience, instilling various emotions.
We are all artists of our own canvas and part of a larger masterpiece that we try to realize our place within (and this is part of a larger masterpiece, which is part of a larger plane of existence and so on- think fractals).
It's really it's more of a dance between the two. Dancing is fun. War is not. While dancing brings together, war divides. It's all within the boundaries of the same canvas working together to create a perfect harmony. And while the darkness isn't enjoyable to experience, it's necessary to give us perspective. Battling it is battling basic nature and is like saying war is the way to achieve peace. Seeing the darkness as something wrong inherently creates more darkness.
TLDR: Make love, not war.
Positive (good, love, light) and negative (evil, fear, dark) are arbitrary values we assign. The polarities just are and exist together. It's about creating and maintaining balance, not eliminating what we see as "bad"
Just a different perspective. =) | To add to that, "war" is one of many terms that could be applied to try to convey the concept. We use words that make most sense in our eyes and understanding of the world to share our experience but "war" is such a loaded and limiting word.
When we think of polarities (good/evil, light/dark, positive/negative) we think that the two are opposing. Opposition brings to mind disagreement and resistance, which often leads to think of argument and war. Sides to be won. We relate the concepts to things our beautiful human minds have developed an understanding of.
The polarities just are- we assign values (good/bad, positive/negative) to help us understand, but it's actually what limits our understanding and development.
It is all relative.
Think of existence as a canvas with only black and white paint. They are neutrals. The artists dips the brush in both black and white because both are needed in order to make a masterpiece. When a balance of the two tones is achieved the painting is harmonious. It can still function as art when not balanced but it becomes a different experience, instilling various emotions.
We are all artists of our own canvas and part of a larger masterpiece that we try to realize our place within (and this is part of a larger masterpiece, which is part of a larger plane of existence and so on- think fractals).
It's really it's more of a dance between the two. Dancing is fun. War is not. While dancing brings together, war divides. It's all within the boundaries of the same canvas working together to create a perfect harmony. And while the darkness isn't enjoyable to experience, it's necessary to give us perspective. Battling it is battling basic nature and is like saying war is the way to achieve peace. Seeing the darkness as something wrong inherently creates more darkness.
TLDR: Make love, not war.
Positive (good, love, light) and negative (evil, fear, dark) are arbitrary values we assign. The polarities just are and exist together. It's about creating and maintaining balance, not eliminating what we see as "bad"
Just a different perspective. =)
| spirituality | t5_2qhc5 | cpypsol | To add to that, "war" is one of many terms that could be applied to try to convey the concept. We use words that make most sense in our eyes and understanding of the world to share our experience but "war" is such a loaded and limiting word.
When we think of polarities (good/evil, light/dark, positive/negative) we think that the two are opposing. Opposition brings to mind disagreement and resistance, which often leads to think of argument and war. Sides to be won. We relate the concepts to things our beautiful human minds have developed an understanding of.
The polarities just are- we assign values (good/bad, positive/negative) to help us understand, but it's actually what limits our understanding and development.
It is all relative.
Think of existence as a canvas with only black and white paint. They are neutrals. The artists dips the brush in both black and white because both are needed in order to make a masterpiece. When a balance of the two tones is achieved the painting is harmonious. It can still function as art when not balanced but it becomes a different experience, instilling various emotions.
We are all artists of our own canvas and part of a larger masterpiece that we try to realize our place within (and this is part of a larger masterpiece, which is part of a larger plane of existence and so on- think fractals).
It's really it's more of a dance between the two. Dancing is fun. War is not. While dancing brings together, war divides. It's all within the boundaries of the same canvas working together to create a perfect harmony. And while the darkness isn't enjoyable to experience, it's necessary to give us perspective. Battling it is battling basic nature and is like saying war is the way to achieve peace. Seeing the darkness as something wrong inherently creates more darkness. | Make love, not war.
Positive (good, love, light) and negative (evil, fear, dark) are arbitrary values we assign. The polarities just are and exist together. It's about creating and maintaining balance, not eliminating what we see as "bad"
Just a different perspective. =) |
hitlionsoul | As someone whos literally just had a vagina put in yesterday, let me say in no uncertain terms that ive been there. Ive stared long and hard about the repercussions, the problems, the risks of transition. I never expected anyone to support me. I expected to be disowned, to lose my job, to be abandoned by my friends. I decided that suicide was a better option, because on the off chance reincarnation is real i had a 50/50 chance of coming back right.
But then i remembered all those people i was scared of being forgotten by, didnt even know me. They would bury me as their son, boyfriend, best mate. They would say what a good man i was as they straightened my suit and combed my short hair. I couldnt stand that thought.
So i decided to try live as myself, because then at least i would die right. I came out. And instead of disowning me, my family accepted me, my friends supported me, and my work understood and helped me too. I admit i was very lucky, and it doesnt always work out that way for trans people.
But for me it was worth the risk. And now here i am, unable to poop for 5 days while my vagina heals.
Tldr - live life on your terms. Dont die on someone elses. | As someone whos literally just had a vagina put in yesterday, let me say in no uncertain terms that ive been there. Ive stared long and hard about the repercussions, the problems, the risks of transition. I never expected anyone to support me. I expected to be disowned, to lose my job, to be abandoned by my friends. I decided that suicide was a better option, because on the off chance reincarnation is real i had a 50/50 chance of coming back right.
But then i remembered all those people i was scared of being forgotten by, didnt even know me. They would bury me as their son, boyfriend, best mate. They would say what a good man i was as they straightened my suit and combed my short hair. I couldnt stand that thought.
So i decided to try live as myself, because then at least i would die right. I came out. And instead of disowning me, my family accepted me, my friends supported me, and my work understood and helped me too. I admit i was very lucky, and it doesnt always work out that way for trans people.
But for me it was worth the risk. And now here i am, unable to poop for 5 days while my vagina heals.
Tldr - live life on your terms. Dont die on someone elses.
| offmychest | t5_2ranw | cpxop5y | As someone whos literally just had a vagina put in yesterday, let me say in no uncertain terms that ive been there. Ive stared long and hard about the repercussions, the problems, the risks of transition. I never expected anyone to support me. I expected to be disowned, to lose my job, to be abandoned by my friends. I decided that suicide was a better option, because on the off chance reincarnation is real i had a 50/50 chance of coming back right.
But then i remembered all those people i was scared of being forgotten by, didnt even know me. They would bury me as their son, boyfriend, best mate. They would say what a good man i was as they straightened my suit and combed my short hair. I couldnt stand that thought.
So i decided to try live as myself, because then at least i would die right. I came out. And instead of disowning me, my family accepted me, my friends supported me, and my work understood and helped me too. I admit i was very lucky, and it doesnt always work out that way for trans people.
But for me it was worth the risk. And now here i am, unable to poop for 5 days while my vagina heals. | live life on your terms. Dont die on someone elses. |
Strider08000 | Disagree with most of you... I believe you can play an aggressive playstyle always. Why? Because good mechanics of laning entails harrassing your lane opponent while they go for cs. That is aggression. If you don't do that you are missing free opportunities to harass.
Tldr: Calculated aggression should always be your 'playstyle'. Passivity is never useful unless you're just really behind, in which case its only helping because it's not feeding them more. Not that useful. | Disagree with most of you... I believe you can play an aggressive playstyle always. Why? Because good mechanics of laning entails harrassing your lane opponent while they go for cs. That is aggression. If you don't do that you are missing free opportunities to harass.
Tldr: Calculated aggression should always be your 'playstyle'. Passivity is never useful unless you're just really behind, in which case its only helping because it's not feeding them more. Not that useful.
| summonerschool | t5_2t9x3 | cpxz1dc | Disagree with most of you... I believe you can play an aggressive playstyle always. Why? Because good mechanics of laning entails harrassing your lane opponent while they go for cs. That is aggression. If you don't do that you are missing free opportunities to harass. | Calculated aggression should always be your 'playstyle'. Passivity is never useful unless you're just really behind, in which case its only helping because it's not feeding them more. Not that useful. |
sczaria | ok being a dark chimera owner and using violent revenge i will say one thing.
You won't find dark chimeras that hit hard if they got 25k hp.
Point being is that you need 100% crit in order to attack 3 times and to fit that on top of atk hp etc is nigh impossible.
If you encounter a Zeratu that hits really hard, chances are you can hit them just as hard bc they have little hp.
If you encounter a Zeratu that has high hp, chances are they don't hit that hard (unless you are facing kadath from Golem luck, then... good luck! lol)
If you feel Zeratu is over powered, try using Chloe and Katarina against them, even Lushen can monkey dunk Zeratu if runed correctly.
Zeratu has a weakness and that is his speed, he is incredibly slow, and if you use slot 2 for speed instead of hp or attack, you will notice the difference when he can't take a hit or give enough damage before Chasun Chloe Bella etc recover it.
Also Zeratu hates bella, bc Zeratu will generally hide behind Chloe's shield before his time to shine, but Bella removes his hide and seek shield and says welcome to hell lol. Bella removing Zeratu's shield and getting a defense debuff on him on a violent round or by a darion etc is a kiss of death.
So TL:DR Chloe + Katarina , Lushen, or Bella = good chance of winning against Zeratu. | ok being a dark chimera owner and using violent revenge i will say one thing.
You won't find dark chimeras that hit hard if they got 25k hp.
Point being is that you need 100% crit in order to attack 3 times and to fit that on top of atk hp etc is nigh impossible.
If you encounter a Zeratu that hits really hard, chances are you can hit them just as hard bc they have little hp.
If you encounter a Zeratu that has high hp, chances are they don't hit that hard (unless you are facing kadath from Golem luck, then... good luck! lol)
If you feel Zeratu is over powered, try using Chloe and Katarina against them, even Lushen can monkey dunk Zeratu if runed correctly.
Zeratu has a weakness and that is his speed, he is incredibly slow, and if you use slot 2 for speed instead of hp or attack, you will notice the difference when he can't take a hit or give enough damage before Chasun Chloe Bella etc recover it.
Also Zeratu hates bella, bc Zeratu will generally hide behind Chloe's shield before his time to shine, but Bella removes his hide and seek shield and says welcome to hell lol. Bella removing Zeratu's shield and getting a defense debuff on him on a violent round or by a darion etc is a kiss of death.
So TL:DR Chloe + Katarina , Lushen, or Bella = good chance of winning against Zeratu.
| summonerswar | t5_324pd | cpyllt2 | ok being a dark chimera owner and using violent revenge i will say one thing.
You won't find dark chimeras that hit hard if they got 25k hp.
Point being is that you need 100% crit in order to attack 3 times and to fit that on top of atk hp etc is nigh impossible.
If you encounter a Zeratu that hits really hard, chances are you can hit them just as hard bc they have little hp.
If you encounter a Zeratu that has high hp, chances are they don't hit that hard (unless you are facing kadath from Golem luck, then... good luck! lol)
If you feel Zeratu is over powered, try using Chloe and Katarina against them, even Lushen can monkey dunk Zeratu if runed correctly.
Zeratu has a weakness and that is his speed, he is incredibly slow, and if you use slot 2 for speed instead of hp or attack, you will notice the difference when he can't take a hit or give enough damage before Chasun Chloe Bella etc recover it.
Also Zeratu hates bella, bc Zeratu will generally hide behind Chloe's shield before his time to shine, but Bella removes his hide and seek shield and says welcome to hell lol. Bella removing Zeratu's shield and getting a defense debuff on him on a violent round or by a darion etc is a kiss of death.
So | Chloe + Katarina , Lushen, or Bella = good chance of winning against Zeratu. |
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NuklearMoose | Had gone to Rochester with my girlfriend to look for some record stores. I go to school around the area and thought it would be a nice day trip. I wasn't planning to really spend money and just hunt around to see what I can find (we were planning to go back on Record store day). I found the Pink Floyd demo record in the Lakeshore Record Exchange and I couldn't believe it. I normally don't find new Floyd records in record stores and this was just a great find. It was hard to find online and what I did find it was over 60 dollars. I got the record for 42, but it was well worth the price.
We closed the day out by going to the other store called the Bop Shop and I found Lynyrd Skynyrd's "Street Survivors" album on vinyl with the burning buildings background. I had seen the record earlier but with the black background and when I saw this record for 20 I had to get it. It was definitely a rare find. My father and godfather had told me it's been a real hard to find record when ever they hunt for it. It's also a really good album.
tl;dr I went to Rochester to check out some stores to go to for record store day and without intentions of buying records, I found two great finds at two stores and couldn't be happier with my purchase. Pink Floyd "Wish You Were Here" and "Animals" studio outtakes (Animals is also my favourite Pink Floyd album) and Lynyrd Skynyrd's "Street Survivors" album with the burning building background. | Had gone to Rochester with my girlfriend to look for some record stores. I go to school around the area and thought it would be a nice day trip. I wasn't planning to really spend money and just hunt around to see what I can find (we were planning to go back on Record store day). I found the Pink Floyd demo record in the Lakeshore Record Exchange and I couldn't believe it. I normally don't find new Floyd records in record stores and this was just a great find. It was hard to find online and what I did find it was over 60 dollars. I got the record for 42, but it was well worth the price.
We closed the day out by going to the other store called the Bop Shop and I found Lynyrd Skynyrd's "Street Survivors" album on vinyl with the burning buildings background. I had seen the record earlier but with the black background and when I saw this record for 20 I had to get it. It was definitely a rare find. My father and godfather had told me it's been a real hard to find record when ever they hunt for it. It's also a really good album.
tl;dr I went to Rochester to check out some stores to go to for record store day and without intentions of buying records, I found two great finds at two stores and couldn't be happier with my purchase. Pink Floyd "Wish You Were Here" and "Animals" studio outtakes (Animals is also my favourite Pink Floyd album) and Lynyrd Skynyrd's "Street Survivors" album with the burning building background.
| vinyl | t5_2qh7i | cpxx0bg | Had gone to Rochester with my girlfriend to look for some record stores. I go to school around the area and thought it would be a nice day trip. I wasn't planning to really spend money and just hunt around to see what I can find (we were planning to go back on Record store day). I found the Pink Floyd demo record in the Lakeshore Record Exchange and I couldn't believe it. I normally don't find new Floyd records in record stores and this was just a great find. It was hard to find online and what I did find it was over 60 dollars. I got the record for 42, but it was well worth the price.
We closed the day out by going to the other store called the Bop Shop and I found Lynyrd Skynyrd's "Street Survivors" album on vinyl with the burning buildings background. I had seen the record earlier but with the black background and when I saw this record for 20 I had to get it. It was definitely a rare find. My father and godfather had told me it's been a real hard to find record when ever they hunt for it. It's also a really good album. | I went to Rochester to check out some stores to go to for record store day and without intentions of buying records, I found two great finds at two stores and couldn't be happier with my purchase. Pink Floyd "Wish You Were Here" and "Animals" studio outtakes (Animals is also my favourite Pink Floyd album) and Lynyrd Skynyrd's "Street Survivors" album with the burning building background. |
iamthelowercase | So _this_ is the sub I was looking for the other day! Time for an omnibus-type review.
- All of the problems I was going to report yesterday are gone. Or at least, I can use the mobile beta now where I couldn't before. That's great.
- I can't actually read the known issues self-post there. Not good.
- I am not a fan of the as-of-when-I-started-writing expand/collapse twisties. I wish they were slightly larger. The triangles bug me for some reason.
- URL wrapping appears to throw things off.
- I don't see the formatting help I did under the "redditurl.compact" scheme. That's hit-or-miss.
- Using markdown on an iPhone keyboard is annoying. A workaround would be _incredibly kickass_.
- My textbox resizes unpredictably. That might just be my browser.
- The text size in the textbox leads my browser to resize the page in such a way that the textbox doesn't fit on the screen. That's double plus uncool, but I'm not sure who to yell at over it: reddit, or Apple for implementing the misfeature.
- Feature requests, like comment editing and slightly more discoverability of things like upvoting.
**TL;DR: great so far, getting better&better. Keep up the good work.** | So this is the sub I was looking for the other day! Time for an omnibus-type review.
All of the problems I was going to report yesterday are gone. Or at least, I can use the mobile beta now where I couldn't before. That's great.
I can't actually read the known issues self-post there. Not good.
I am not a fan of the as-of-when-I-started-writing expand/collapse twisties. I wish they were slightly larger. The triangles bug me for some reason.
URL wrapping appears to throw things off.
I don't see the formatting help I did under the "redditurl.compact" scheme. That's hit-or-miss.
Using markdown on an iPhone keyboard is annoying. A workaround would be incredibly kickass .
My textbox resizes unpredictably. That might just be my browser.
The text size in the textbox leads my browser to resize the page in such a way that the textbox doesn't fit on the screen. That's double plus uncool, but I'm not sure who to yell at over it: reddit, or Apple for implementing the misfeature.
Feature requests, like comment editing and slightly more discoverability of things like upvoting.
TL;DR: great so far, getting better&better. Keep up the good work.
| mobileweb | t5_2qj7m | cqkx09h | So this is the sub I was looking for the other day! Time for an omnibus-type review.
All of the problems I was going to report yesterday are gone. Or at least, I can use the mobile beta now where I couldn't before. That's great.
I can't actually read the known issues self-post there. Not good.
I am not a fan of the as-of-when-I-started-writing expand/collapse twisties. I wish they were slightly larger. The triangles bug me for some reason.
URL wrapping appears to throw things off.
I don't see the formatting help I did under the "redditurl.compact" scheme. That's hit-or-miss.
Using markdown on an iPhone keyboard is annoying. A workaround would be incredibly kickass .
My textbox resizes unpredictably. That might just be my browser.
The text size in the textbox leads my browser to resize the page in such a way that the textbox doesn't fit on the screen. That's double plus uncool, but I'm not sure who to yell at over it: reddit, or Apple for implementing the misfeature.
Feature requests, like comment editing and slightly more discoverability of things like upvoting. | great so far, getting better&better. Keep up the good work. |
throwawaysonlyalways | *EDIT: Just realized how old this thread is and that you weren't even the original poster, but I'll finish this comment anyway for future reference.*
Actually, it doesn't. At least not the "bias is a single constant" part. I think /u/rnclark is referring to the bias *offset* value (called "pedestal" in fits headers), which is an arbitrary constant added by the detector so that the readout doesn't contain any negative values. This is an entirely different thing from the actual bias, which can and often does differ between pixels.
One example of this, for CCDs at least, is the slight gradient caused by the way the CCD is read. See the first image here: This gradient is clearly not a single constant, yet you can see it in all subsequent images, especially in the uncalibrated dark frames.
His equation for excluding bias frames from the calibration when you have dark frames is correct though. For this reason I tend to use only dark frames. The only problem with this is that dark frames require more effort, take more time, and you'll introduce more noise due to having fewer frames.
Keep in mind, also, that for long exposure times, reusable master dark frames aren't always possible, because scaling your dark frames by exposure time is a bad idea. Contrary to popular opinion, dark current can be very far from linear. Here is a short analysis into the dark current of a single detector: As you can see, the hot pixel counts increase non-linearly over time. How badly this would affect you depends on the exposure times you're working with.
Also, I think where bias frames cause problems for people, is when they do bias subtraction from dark frames and then scale the resulting "dark current". Unless the bias frames are really well done (like 100+ frames at the same operating conditions), scaling the noise contribution of the master bias will cause problems, especially if there's ugly banding in the master bias.
I've only worked with below -10 degrees Celsius temp regulated CCD detectors thus far (undergrad astrophysics major), so I haven't noticed any of this banding that DSLR users seem to have in their frames. This link compares several DSLR and CCD cameras and shows how some banding in DSLR frames (in this case vertical) is fixed pattern while others (in this case horizontal) is only semi-fixed:
Bias subtraction will remove the vertical (fixed-pattern) banding from images, but not the horizontal. Additionally, the horizontal pattern is a problem in normal data reduction since it's not straightforward to remove via average-combining. In fact, average combining might even make it worse, depending on the nature of this artefact. However, the master bias shown in [this pixinsight forum topic]( (see gif by martin_magnan) shows that this banding does diminish with increased number of frames, allowing you to *at least* not *add* this artefact to your data when bias-subtracting.
One way to check whether average-combining your bias frames is actually going to help is to generate "read noise" frames and examine their FFTs (see [Measuring CCD Read Noise at qsimaging.com]( to make sure there's no (or only negligible) non-random noise. Remove any frames with non-random noise from the sequence and repeat until all remaining noise frames look good. Only then do the stacking.
**TL;DR:** If you really want to scale your dark frames, make sure you have a really good master bias (use 100+ good quality subframes), and don't scale by large exposure times. But since I don't like to scale dark frames at all anyway, I just make due with the bias included in the dark frames, which I take at the exact required exposure time, before or after every observation. Then /u/rnclark's calibration equation (without the bias terms) works. I do this because I never use pre-made dark frames as I've found them to be pretty unreliable, but this probably depends on the stability of your electronics. | EDIT: Just realized how old this thread is and that you weren't even the original poster, but I'll finish this comment anyway for future reference.
Actually, it doesn't. At least not the "bias is a single constant" part. I think /u/rnclark is referring to the bias offset value (called "pedestal" in fits headers), which is an arbitrary constant added by the detector so that the readout doesn't contain any negative values. This is an entirely different thing from the actual bias, which can and often does differ between pixels.
One example of this, for CCDs at least, is the slight gradient caused by the way the CCD is read. See the first image here: This gradient is clearly not a single constant, yet you can see it in all subsequent images, especially in the uncalibrated dark frames.
His equation for excluding bias frames from the calibration when you have dark frames is correct though. For this reason I tend to use only dark frames. The only problem with this is that dark frames require more effort, take more time, and you'll introduce more noise due to having fewer frames.
Keep in mind, also, that for long exposure times, reusable master dark frames aren't always possible, because scaling your dark frames by exposure time is a bad idea. Contrary to popular opinion, dark current can be very far from linear. Here is a short analysis into the dark current of a single detector: As you can see, the hot pixel counts increase non-linearly over time. How badly this would affect you depends on the exposure times you're working with.
Also, I think where bias frames cause problems for people, is when they do bias subtraction from dark frames and then scale the resulting "dark current". Unless the bias frames are really well done (like 100+ frames at the same operating conditions), scaling the noise contribution of the master bias will cause problems, especially if there's ugly banding in the master bias.
I've only worked with below -10 degrees Celsius temp regulated CCD detectors thus far (undergrad astrophysics major), so I haven't noticed any of this banding that DSLR users seem to have in their frames. This link compares several DSLR and CCD cameras and shows how some banding in DSLR frames (in this case vertical) is fixed pattern while others (in this case horizontal) is only semi-fixed:
Bias subtraction will remove the vertical (fixed-pattern) banding from images, but not the horizontal. Additionally, the horizontal pattern is a problem in normal data reduction since it's not straightforward to remove via average-combining. In fact, average combining might even make it worse, depending on the nature of this artefact. However, the master bias shown in this pixinsight forum topic shows that this banding does diminish with increased number of frames, allowing you to at least not add this artefact to your data when bias-subtracting.
One way to check whether average-combining your bias frames is actually going to help is to generate "read noise" frames and examine their FFTs (see Measuring CCD Read Noise at qsimaging.com non-random noise. Remove any frames with non-random noise from the sequence and repeat until all remaining noise frames look good. Only then do the stacking.
TL;DR: If you really want to scale your dark frames, make sure you have a really good master bias (use 100+ good quality subframes), and don't scale by large exposure times. But since I don't like to scale dark frames at all anyway, I just make due with the bias included in the dark frames, which I take at the exact required exposure time, before or after every observation. Then /u/rnclark's calibration equation (without the bias terms) works. I do this because I never use pre-made dark frames as I've found them to be pretty unreliable, but this probably depends on the stability of your electronics.
| astrophotography | t5_2raop | crl2zxb | EDIT: Just realized how old this thread is and that you weren't even the original poster, but I'll finish this comment anyway for future reference.
Actually, it doesn't. At least not the "bias is a single constant" part. I think /u/rnclark is referring to the bias offset value (called "pedestal" in fits headers), which is an arbitrary constant added by the detector so that the readout doesn't contain any negative values. This is an entirely different thing from the actual bias, which can and often does differ between pixels.
One example of this, for CCDs at least, is the slight gradient caused by the way the CCD is read. See the first image here: This gradient is clearly not a single constant, yet you can see it in all subsequent images, especially in the uncalibrated dark frames.
His equation for excluding bias frames from the calibration when you have dark frames is correct though. For this reason I tend to use only dark frames. The only problem with this is that dark frames require more effort, take more time, and you'll introduce more noise due to having fewer frames.
Keep in mind, also, that for long exposure times, reusable master dark frames aren't always possible, because scaling your dark frames by exposure time is a bad idea. Contrary to popular opinion, dark current can be very far from linear. Here is a short analysis into the dark current of a single detector: As you can see, the hot pixel counts increase non-linearly over time. How badly this would affect you depends on the exposure times you're working with.
Also, I think where bias frames cause problems for people, is when they do bias subtraction from dark frames and then scale the resulting "dark current". Unless the bias frames are really well done (like 100+ frames at the same operating conditions), scaling the noise contribution of the master bias will cause problems, especially if there's ugly banding in the master bias.
I've only worked with below -10 degrees Celsius temp regulated CCD detectors thus far (undergrad astrophysics major), so I haven't noticed any of this banding that DSLR users seem to have in their frames. This link compares several DSLR and CCD cameras and shows how some banding in DSLR frames (in this case vertical) is fixed pattern while others (in this case horizontal) is only semi-fixed:
Bias subtraction will remove the vertical (fixed-pattern) banding from images, but not the horizontal. Additionally, the horizontal pattern is a problem in normal data reduction since it's not straightforward to remove via average-combining. In fact, average combining might even make it worse, depending on the nature of this artefact. However, the master bias shown in this pixinsight forum topic shows that this banding does diminish with increased number of frames, allowing you to at least not add this artefact to your data when bias-subtracting.
One way to check whether average-combining your bias frames is actually going to help is to generate "read noise" frames and examine their FFTs (see Measuring CCD Read Noise at qsimaging.com non-random noise. Remove any frames with non-random noise from the sequence and repeat until all remaining noise frames look good. Only then do the stacking. | If you really want to scale your dark frames, make sure you have a really good master bias (use 100+ good quality subframes), and don't scale by large exposure times. But since I don't like to scale dark frames at all anyway, I just make due with the bias included in the dark frames, which I take at the exact required exposure time, before or after every observation. Then /u/rnclark's calibration equation (without the bias terms) works. I do this because I never use pre-made dark frames as I've found them to be pretty unreliable, but this probably depends on the stability of your electronics. |
TK3600 | My guess is for protection, stability, and money saving. If you the screen is heavy the stand won't take all the weight, then it gets shaky. There need to be bigger bezels to stabilize the screen. The heavier the screen is the bigger the bezel need to be. Unless of course you got a higher quality stand that takes heavy weight without the shakiness, but that costs money. Also, making more space efficient components cost more money. Phone and laptop makers have more reason to to have less bezel than desktop makers. Most people like to have their phone with the biggest screen possible, but the phone can only get so big before people can't hold it. In turn, phone makers began to decrease bezel to maximize screen size. In contrast, people buying desktop monitor care less about sizes as long as their desk have room, so thin bezel is much less of a selling point in desktop than smartphone.
TL;DR:
Less bezel = more cost, worse stability, better space efficiency.
Better stand = more cost, better stability.
Phone buyers care alot about space efficiency, but desktops buyers care less. They think it is not worth the extra cost. | My guess is for protection, stability, and money saving. If you the screen is heavy the stand won't take all the weight, then it gets shaky. There need to be bigger bezels to stabilize the screen. The heavier the screen is the bigger the bezel need to be. Unless of course you got a higher quality stand that takes heavy weight without the shakiness, but that costs money. Also, making more space efficient components cost more money. Phone and laptop makers have more reason to to have less bezel than desktop makers. Most people like to have their phone with the biggest screen possible, but the phone can only get so big before people can't hold it. In turn, phone makers began to decrease bezel to maximize screen size. In contrast, people buying desktop monitor care less about sizes as long as their desk have room, so thin bezel is much less of a selling point in desktop than smartphone.
TL;DR:
Less bezel = more cost, worse stability, better space efficiency.
Better stand = more cost, better stability.
Phone buyers care alot about space efficiency, but desktops buyers care less. They think it is not worth the extra cost.
| explainlikeimfive | t5_2sokd | cpy992a | My guess is for protection, stability, and money saving. If you the screen is heavy the stand won't take all the weight, then it gets shaky. There need to be bigger bezels to stabilize the screen. The heavier the screen is the bigger the bezel need to be. Unless of course you got a higher quality stand that takes heavy weight without the shakiness, but that costs money. Also, making more space efficient components cost more money. Phone and laptop makers have more reason to to have less bezel than desktop makers. Most people like to have their phone with the biggest screen possible, but the phone can only get so big before people can't hold it. In turn, phone makers began to decrease bezel to maximize screen size. In contrast, people buying desktop monitor care less about sizes as long as their desk have room, so thin bezel is much less of a selling point in desktop than smartphone. | Less bezel = more cost, worse stability, better space efficiency.
Better stand = more cost, better stability.
Phone buyers care alot about space efficiency, but desktops buyers care less. They think it is not worth the extra cost. |
sjj342 | the neoprene on my o'neill suit delamed within the first month... definitely the warmest suit i've owned, but also the worst in terms of durability/manufacturing... i also had some superfreak boardshorts that had the zipper break after about 3 uses, luckily i didn't lose my key... oh, and o'neill dropped the cwc series and doesn't sponsor any wct events
tl,dr - i don't buy o'neill stuff anymore but jack o'neill is still a legend | the neoprene on my o'neill suit delamed within the first month... definitely the warmest suit i've owned, but also the worst in terms of durability/manufacturing... i also had some superfreak boardshorts that had the zipper break after about 3 uses, luckily i didn't lose my key... oh, and o'neill dropped the cwc series and doesn't sponsor any wct events
tl,dr - i don't buy o'neill stuff anymore but jack o'neill is still a legend
| surfing | t5_2qmde | cpz17ln | the neoprene on my o'neill suit delamed within the first month... definitely the warmest suit i've owned, but also the worst in terms of durability/manufacturing... i also had some superfreak boardshorts that had the zipper break after about 3 uses, luckily i didn't lose my key... oh, and o'neill dropped the cwc series and doesn't sponsor any wct events | i don't buy o'neill stuff anymore but jack o'neill is still a legend |
privatecaboosey | Theoretically, yes. But keep in mind that most physical sunscreen blockers (zinc oxide, etc) are not nearly as effective at blocking UVA rays. The highest PPD rating I've seen from a physical-only sunscreen is EltaMD Physical, which has a PPD rating of 15.64 (PA+++). They also reach the absolute limits of acceptable percentages of active ingredients in their sunscreen, which a physical-chemical combo will not.
TL;DR: While the physical blockers will still be effective, your PPD rating will plummet. Reapply, reapply, reapply. | Theoretically, yes. But keep in mind that most physical sunscreen blockers (zinc oxide, etc) are not nearly as effective at blocking UVA rays. The highest PPD rating I've seen from a physical-only sunscreen is EltaMD Physical, which has a PPD rating of 15.64 (PA+++). They also reach the absolute limits of acceptable percentages of active ingredients in their sunscreen, which a physical-chemical combo will not.
TL;DR: While the physical blockers will still be effective, your PPD rating will plummet. Reapply, reapply, reapply.
| SkincareAddiction | t5_2tbbg | cpz0tue | Theoretically, yes. But keep in mind that most physical sunscreen blockers (zinc oxide, etc) are not nearly as effective at blocking UVA rays. The highest PPD rating I've seen from a physical-only sunscreen is EltaMD Physical, which has a PPD rating of 15.64 (PA+++). They also reach the absolute limits of acceptable percentages of active ingredients in their sunscreen, which a physical-chemical combo will not. | While the physical blockers will still be effective, your PPD rating will plummet. Reapply, reapply, reapply. |
halfanangrybadger | Oh, hey! We talked about something similar to this in my behavioral economics class last night.
It's called "statistical discrimination." Basically, it means that when not given enough information people will use what they DO know to infer more about the person, thing, or situation in question.
So, in this case, looking at someone who has no muscle but extremely low body fat tells us a few things, primarily that they don't eat much. This by itself isn't necessarily bad, but since not eating enough can be indicative of many other unhealthy disorders, it leads our minds to make assumptions.
However, if we see someone who has low bodyfat but a lot of muscle we can assume other things- they eat enough, they exercise, they care about their body- all things we'd probably classify as "healthy."
So, TL;DR pretty much, it's just assuming information based on what we know for certain. There are probably some sub10 people with no muscle who are healthy, and there are certainly plenty of sub10 people with muscle who are not. But, statistically, they are more likely to fit into the categories we mentally assign them. | Oh, hey! We talked about something similar to this in my behavioral economics class last night.
It's called "statistical discrimination." Basically, it means that when not given enough information people will use what they DO know to infer more about the person, thing, or situation in question.
So, in this case, looking at someone who has no muscle but extremely low body fat tells us a few things, primarily that they don't eat much. This by itself isn't necessarily bad, but since not eating enough can be indicative of many other unhealthy disorders, it leads our minds to make assumptions.
However, if we see someone who has low bodyfat but a lot of muscle we can assume other things- they eat enough, they exercise, they care about their body- all things we'd probably classify as "healthy."
So, TL;DR pretty much, it's just assuming information based on what we know for certain. There are probably some sub10 people with no muscle who are healthy, and there are certainly plenty of sub10 people with muscle who are not. But, statistically, they are more likely to fit into the categories we mentally assign them.
| bodybuilding | t5_2ql8s | cpz4xl8 | Oh, hey! We talked about something similar to this in my behavioral economics class last night.
It's called "statistical discrimination." Basically, it means that when not given enough information people will use what they DO know to infer more about the person, thing, or situation in question.
So, in this case, looking at someone who has no muscle but extremely low body fat tells us a few things, primarily that they don't eat much. This by itself isn't necessarily bad, but since not eating enough can be indicative of many other unhealthy disorders, it leads our minds to make assumptions.
However, if we see someone who has low bodyfat but a lot of muscle we can assume other things- they eat enough, they exercise, they care about their body- all things we'd probably classify as "healthy."
So, | pretty much, it's just assuming information based on what we know for certain. There are probably some sub10 people with no muscle who are healthy, and there are certainly plenty of sub10 people with muscle who are not. But, statistically, they are more likely to fit into the categories we mentally assign them. |
IronMyrs | 3 player game. Brago (ME) Kaalia and Avacyn.
Kaalia has an explosive start knocking both of us low before we manage to gang up on her and kill her. Brago is having a hard time finding evasion and flying blockers are everywhere, so despite having a strong board, I can't get the flicker value train rolling.
So, with Kaalia dead and Avacyn now looking to beat me down, the Avacyn player drops a platinum angel to secure the win (hopefully). I'm dead on board, already having lost much of my presence and wincons like Riftwing Cloudskate to block giant angels. What do I topdeck?
Phyrexian Metamorph.
Copied the plat angel, but by this point, brago still lacked evasion and was getting killed and recast repeatedly as I just casually took hits to the face. I managed to give my angel hexproof just in time to dodge his spot removal, but mostly it was just waiting until who could break the stalemate. Finally, I connect with brago, and make the mistake of forcing him to sac a permanent. What was supposed to be a slow wincon became a reanimated duplicant and a dead metamorph
TLDR: RIP Metamorph.
| 3 player game. Brago (ME) Kaalia and Avacyn.
Kaalia has an explosive start knocking both of us low before we manage to gang up on her and kill her. Brago is having a hard time finding evasion and flying blockers are everywhere, so despite having a strong board, I can't get the flicker value train rolling.
So, with Kaalia dead and Avacyn now looking to beat me down, the Avacyn player drops a platinum angel to secure the win (hopefully). I'm dead on board, already having lost much of my presence and wincons like Riftwing Cloudskate to block giant angels. What do I topdeck?
Phyrexian Metamorph.
Copied the plat angel, but by this point, brago still lacked evasion and was getting killed and recast repeatedly as I just casually took hits to the face. I managed to give my angel hexproof just in time to dodge his spot removal, but mostly it was just waiting until who could break the stalemate. Finally, I connect with brago, and make the mistake of forcing him to sac a permanent. What was supposed to be a slow wincon became a reanimated duplicant and a dead metamorph
TLDR: RIP Metamorph.
| CompetitiveEDH | t5_2y62p | cpz64lg | 3 player game. Brago (ME) Kaalia and Avacyn.
Kaalia has an explosive start knocking both of us low before we manage to gang up on her and kill her. Brago is having a hard time finding evasion and flying blockers are everywhere, so despite having a strong board, I can't get the flicker value train rolling.
So, with Kaalia dead and Avacyn now looking to beat me down, the Avacyn player drops a platinum angel to secure the win (hopefully). I'm dead on board, already having lost much of my presence and wincons like Riftwing Cloudskate to block giant angels. What do I topdeck?
Phyrexian Metamorph.
Copied the plat angel, but by this point, brago still lacked evasion and was getting killed and recast repeatedly as I just casually took hits to the face. I managed to give my angel hexproof just in time to dodge his spot removal, but mostly it was just waiting until who could break the stalemate. Finally, I connect with brago, and make the mistake of forcing him to sac a permanent. What was supposed to be a slow wincon became a reanimated duplicant and a dead metamorph | RIP Metamorph. |
Regents_Park | I have deeper issues with SNP's separatism agenda. Uni fees are a minor issue in comparison in terms of social and economic impact. It's an easy populist promise to make when you have no chance of power. It's a completely unfeasible policy for the next parliament to scale it out to all of the UK. There's question marks about whether it would even be desirable.
I do think free uni coupled with limiting places or being selective with which degrees are free like engineering law medicine etc would be great - I just don see the merit in 4 years of an event planning degree On the taxpayers dime. But this is all a pipe dream for the immediate 5 year term.
Tldr. Minor issue If you put it in perspective. Even then bullshit promise that you simply can't deliver. If everyone has a degree nobody's degree is worth a damn on the job market. I'd like more money to go into apprenticeships and alternative tertiary education. | I have deeper issues with SNP's separatism agenda. Uni fees are a minor issue in comparison in terms of social and economic impact. It's an easy populist promise to make when you have no chance of power. It's a completely unfeasible policy for the next parliament to scale it out to all of the UK. There's question marks about whether it would even be desirable.
I do think free uni coupled with limiting places or being selective with which degrees are free like engineering law medicine etc would be great - I just don see the merit in 4 years of an event planning degree On the taxpayers dime. But this is all a pipe dream for the immediate 5 year term.
Tldr. Minor issue If you put it in perspective. Even then bullshit promise that you simply can't deliver. If everyone has a degree nobody's degree is worth a damn on the job market. I'd like more money to go into apprenticeships and alternative tertiary education.
| ukpolitics | t5_2qhcv | cpzcntn | I have deeper issues with SNP's separatism agenda. Uni fees are a minor issue in comparison in terms of social and economic impact. It's an easy populist promise to make when you have no chance of power. It's a completely unfeasible policy for the next parliament to scale it out to all of the UK. There's question marks about whether it would even be desirable.
I do think free uni coupled with limiting places or being selective with which degrees are free like engineering law medicine etc would be great - I just don see the merit in 4 years of an event planning degree On the taxpayers dime. But this is all a pipe dream for the immediate 5 year term. | Minor issue If you put it in perspective. Even then bullshit promise that you simply can't deliver. If everyone has a degree nobody's degree is worth a damn on the job market. I'd like more money to go into apprenticeships and alternative tertiary education. |
aenor | They aren't generating much revenue for the big American multi-nationals?
Despite us being in the EU, the reality is that business-wise we're in the Anglosphere.
Most of Google's European profits are generated in the UK for example. Starbucks has more outlets here than it does in France or Germany. And so on. I suppose it's easier to enter a market when you speak the language. And the UK is traditionally more open to American goods than the other Europeans. We're more open to foreign goods full stop. Japanese cars do better here than in France or Germany.
Tl;dr we have an open economy. | They aren't generating much revenue for the big American multi-nationals?
Despite us being in the EU, the reality is that business-wise we're in the Anglosphere.
Most of Google's European profits are generated in the UK for example. Starbucks has more outlets here than it does in France or Germany. And so on. I suppose it's easier to enter a market when you speak the language. And the UK is traditionally more open to American goods than the other Europeans. We're more open to foreign goods full stop. Japanese cars do better here than in France or Germany.
Tl;dr we have an open economy.
| ukpolitics | t5_2qhcv | cpzgjru | They aren't generating much revenue for the big American multi-nationals?
Despite us being in the EU, the reality is that business-wise we're in the Anglosphere.
Most of Google's European profits are generated in the UK for example. Starbucks has more outlets here than it does in France or Germany. And so on. I suppose it's easier to enter a market when you speak the language. And the UK is traditionally more open to American goods than the other Europeans. We're more open to foreign goods full stop. Japanese cars do better here than in France or Germany. | we have an open economy. |
mostly-void | No reason to be mean about it. It's from the serenity prayer which resonates strongly for some people and could be a really meaningful tattoo. Just because it's not going to be some obscure quote that nobody has heard before doesn't make it a bad tattoo.
Tl;dr - stop being judgemental. | No reason to be mean about it. It's from the serenity prayer which resonates strongly for some people and could be a really meaningful tattoo. Just because it's not going to be some obscure quote that nobody has heard before doesn't make it a bad tattoo.
Tl;dr - stop being judgemental.
| Handwriting | t5_2swz3 | cq5lo65 | No reason to be mean about it. It's from the serenity prayer which resonates strongly for some people and could be a really meaningful tattoo. Just because it's not going to be some obscure quote that nobody has heard before doesn't make it a bad tattoo. | stop being judgemental. |
DealerNextDoor | Cashier here. Personally, the store I work at makes the customer manage all the EBT/SNAP from the card reader, so it doesn't bother anyone. The reason you see "the look of hate" when you have WIC is not because you're poor, but because of how tedious and annoying it is to enter the information into the register, I promise. We don't care what you make or how you're paying, but WIC does take longer than, say, a check or cash.
I work at Target so I don't know if this is how every place has to do it or not, but this is the process of entering a WIC check:
1. Read check and find all items that WIC covers
2. Make sure EVERY LAST DETAIL IS FOLLOWED, no matter how meticulous. I ended up having a guest a few days ago who had to go back to get a different type of milk because it was 2% and the check only covered 1%. We can't override this unless we get a manager to come over, and even then the managers will very likely just have someone in the grocery department bring the correct item up.
3. If all the items that the WIC check aren't in the line (which is surprisingly common, for some reason), inform guest that they can still get a few other things on the check. They probably already know this, but on the rare chance that they don't, they won't get the item(s).
4. Do not scan item. Instead, go to special menu for WIC. Enter all WIC information (WIC number, start date, end date). It's not in MM/DD/YYYY format, so that throws a lot of new people off because the check is.
5. Scan all items and hope that everything is "WICable". If the check says "Lowest priced brand" and you've been buying the same brand for the past few months, you still have to go back and get the cheapest brand if the current brand isn't WICable. Fun fact: this can add anywhere from five to ten minutes to checkout time.
6. Make sure, if there is a limit, that the check doesn't go over it. Sometimes, it only gives something along the lines of "$8 in fruit only". If it went over, they have to cover the rest.
7. Write total on check, have guest sign it, feed check into reader, and put in register.
Now I don't know if that process sounds complicated, but really it isn't. It just takes a bit of time because you have to follow it exactly, and it takes a bit of time as to the normal process (scan -> pay -> done). The reason it's annoying is because not only do you have to manage that, but you also have to handle people who think that taking that extra 2 minutes entering the WIC info is going to ruin their whole day, and you have to make sure the lines stay short (target policy; I don't know if any other places do this). If too many people get in your line, you have to call for help. If nobody can come to help, it's your fault. You took so long and you made me wait for what seemed like forever and I am going to be mad at your now because you're a cashier and cashiers clearly have control over every process in the entire store.
So trust me, cashiers don't hate you because you're poor, we just hate how complicated it is and how some people lack empathy.
**tl;dr** Cashiers hate the system, not the person. | Cashier here. Personally, the store I work at makes the customer manage all the EBT/SNAP from the card reader, so it doesn't bother anyone. The reason you see "the look of hate" when you have WIC is not because you're poor, but because of how tedious and annoying it is to enter the information into the register, I promise. We don't care what you make or how you're paying, but WIC does take longer than, say, a check or cash.
I work at Target so I don't know if this is how every place has to do it or not, but this is the process of entering a WIC check:
Read check and find all items that WIC covers
Make sure EVERY LAST DETAIL IS FOLLOWED, no matter how meticulous. I ended up having a guest a few days ago who had to go back to get a different type of milk because it was 2% and the check only covered 1%. We can't override this unless we get a manager to come over, and even then the managers will very likely just have someone in the grocery department bring the correct item up.
If all the items that the WIC check aren't in the line (which is surprisingly common, for some reason), inform guest that they can still get a few other things on the check. They probably already know this, but on the rare chance that they don't, they won't get the item(s).
Do not scan item. Instead, go to special menu for WIC. Enter all WIC information (WIC number, start date, end date). It's not in MM/DD/YYYY format, so that throws a lot of new people off because the check is.
Scan all items and hope that everything is "WICable". If the check says "Lowest priced brand" and you've been buying the same brand for the past few months, you still have to go back and get the cheapest brand if the current brand isn't WICable. Fun fact: this can add anywhere from five to ten minutes to checkout time.
Make sure, if there is a limit, that the check doesn't go over it. Sometimes, it only gives something along the lines of "$8 in fruit only". If it went over, they have to cover the rest.
Write total on check, have guest sign it, feed check into reader, and put in register.
Now I don't know if that process sounds complicated, but really it isn't. It just takes a bit of time because you have to follow it exactly, and it takes a bit of time as to the normal process (scan -> pay -> done). The reason it's annoying is because not only do you have to manage that, but you also have to handle people who think that taking that extra 2 minutes entering the WIC info is going to ruin their whole day, and you have to make sure the lines stay short (target policy; I don't know if any other places do this). If too many people get in your line, you have to call for help. If nobody can come to help, it's your fault. You took so long and you made me wait for what seemed like forever and I am going to be mad at your now because you're a cashier and cashiers clearly have control over every process in the entire store.
So trust me, cashiers don't hate you because you're poor, we just hate how complicated it is and how some people lack empathy.
tl;dr Cashiers hate the system, not the person.
| politics | t5_2cneq | cpzpyms | Cashier here. Personally, the store I work at makes the customer manage all the EBT/SNAP from the card reader, so it doesn't bother anyone. The reason you see "the look of hate" when you have WIC is not because you're poor, but because of how tedious and annoying it is to enter the information into the register, I promise. We don't care what you make or how you're paying, but WIC does take longer than, say, a check or cash.
I work at Target so I don't know if this is how every place has to do it or not, but this is the process of entering a WIC check:
Read check and find all items that WIC covers
Make sure EVERY LAST DETAIL IS FOLLOWED, no matter how meticulous. I ended up having a guest a few days ago who had to go back to get a different type of milk because it was 2% and the check only covered 1%. We can't override this unless we get a manager to come over, and even then the managers will very likely just have someone in the grocery department bring the correct item up.
If all the items that the WIC check aren't in the line (which is surprisingly common, for some reason), inform guest that they can still get a few other things on the check. They probably already know this, but on the rare chance that they don't, they won't get the item(s).
Do not scan item. Instead, go to special menu for WIC. Enter all WIC information (WIC number, start date, end date). It's not in MM/DD/YYYY format, so that throws a lot of new people off because the check is.
Scan all items and hope that everything is "WICable". If the check says "Lowest priced brand" and you've been buying the same brand for the past few months, you still have to go back and get the cheapest brand if the current brand isn't WICable. Fun fact: this can add anywhere from five to ten minutes to checkout time.
Make sure, if there is a limit, that the check doesn't go over it. Sometimes, it only gives something along the lines of "$8 in fruit only". If it went over, they have to cover the rest.
Write total on check, have guest sign it, feed check into reader, and put in register.
Now I don't know if that process sounds complicated, but really it isn't. It just takes a bit of time because you have to follow it exactly, and it takes a bit of time as to the normal process (scan -> pay -> done). The reason it's annoying is because not only do you have to manage that, but you also have to handle people who think that taking that extra 2 minutes entering the WIC info is going to ruin their whole day, and you have to make sure the lines stay short (target policy; I don't know if any other places do this). If too many people get in your line, you have to call for help. If nobody can come to help, it's your fault. You took so long and you made me wait for what seemed like forever and I am going to be mad at your now because you're a cashier and cashiers clearly have control over every process in the entire store.
So trust me, cashiers don't hate you because you're poor, we just hate how complicated it is and how some people lack empathy. | Cashiers hate the system, not the person. |
Novacaine34 | I don't know if it is just me, but I usually have to wait a few minutes for the game I am spectating to get past the god-select and get in-game. Once they're in-game I sometimes can see the god-select screen and the game will load or I'll have to retry spectating a few times. I know they have a time difference for spectate and I believe it is at about 3 minutes behind but still rarely I will just be unable to watch for a few attempts.
TL;DR: Just retry a few times next time it happens and make sure they're past the God-Select Screen? Otherwise, I'd recommend contact Hi-Rez Support. | I don't know if it is just me, but I usually have to wait a few minutes for the game I am spectating to get past the god-select and get in-game. Once they're in-game I sometimes can see the god-select screen and the game will load or I'll have to retry spectating a few times. I know they have a time difference for spectate and I believe it is at about 3 minutes behind but still rarely I will just be unable to watch for a few attempts.
TL;DR: Just retry a few times next time it happens and make sure they're past the God-Select Screen? Otherwise, I'd recommend contact Hi-Rez Support.
| Smite | t5_2stl8 | cpzghfp | I don't know if it is just me, but I usually have to wait a few minutes for the game I am spectating to get past the god-select and get in-game. Once they're in-game I sometimes can see the god-select screen and the game will load or I'll have to retry spectating a few times. I know they have a time difference for spectate and I believe it is at about 3 minutes behind but still rarely I will just be unable to watch for a few attempts. | Just retry a few times next time it happens and make sure they're past the God-Select Screen? Otherwise, I'd recommend contact Hi-Rez Support. |
attsupthrowaway | Hey. I'm an AT&T Customer Care supervisor. Using a throwaway so I can't get in trouble. In case a I do get caught, the opinions expressed herein reflect my own and in no way reflect those of AT&T.
In contrast to what the others are saying, it's nigh impossible for you to get what you were promised. If they don't have a plan that costs you $276 for your phones and 40GB... then they can't place it on your plan. Not to mention very few calls are recorded and they're NOT kept for very long.
If, by god's grace, you call in and someone is able to 1. agree to listen to the call, 2. find the call, and 3. find there was a legitimate AT&T error (extremely unlikely... except maybe for #3) all they'll be able to do anyway is give you a credit for this month. Which, in all fairness, they probably should do anyway. But in other words, they can do jack about the following months.
It's hard to know exactly what you were promised without knowing more about your account specifics, but it's POSSIBLE they put you on a regular 40GB plan instead of the promotional one - making your bill an extra $150. If this is the case, it's fixable, but outside of policy. But that doesn't sound like what's happening. More than likely, someone has processed an upgrade with a 2 year contract since February of last year, and the original first rep to give you $276 didn't notice. If that's the case they MAY be able to get you back to your old plan - but that would be, again, outside of policy. Still could be possible.
You MIGHT be able to get somewhere with a drawn out legal battle. Maybe. But that's not very likely, AT&T has some draconian terms of service and they always have the "well we SENT you a summary so you knew what it would cost!" defense. It's probably not worth the anguish or the legal costs - maybe small claims court? Or of course you could try your hand at their [in-house arbitration process]( dunno how that usually goes. Best way I see it going is, again, offering your old plan.
**tl;dr:** you're boned. | Hey. I'm an AT&T Customer Care supervisor. Using a throwaway so I can't get in trouble. In case a I do get caught, the opinions expressed herein reflect my own and in no way reflect those of AT&T.
In contrast to what the others are saying, it's nigh impossible for you to get what you were promised. If they don't have a plan that costs you $276 for your phones and 40GB... then they can't place it on your plan. Not to mention very few calls are recorded and they're NOT kept for very long.
If, by god's grace, you call in and someone is able to 1. agree to listen to the call, 2. find the call, and 3. find there was a legitimate AT&T error (extremely unlikely... except maybe for #3) all they'll be able to do anyway is give you a credit for this month. Which, in all fairness, they probably should do anyway. But in other words, they can do jack about the following months.
It's hard to know exactly what you were promised without knowing more about your account specifics, but it's POSSIBLE they put you on a regular 40GB plan instead of the promotional one - making your bill an extra $150. If this is the case, it's fixable, but outside of policy. But that doesn't sound like what's happening. More than likely, someone has processed an upgrade with a 2 year contract since February of last year, and the original first rep to give you $276 didn't notice. If that's the case they MAY be able to get you back to your old plan - but that would be, again, outside of policy. Still could be possible.
You MIGHT be able to get somewhere with a drawn out legal battle. Maybe. But that's not very likely, AT&T has some draconian terms of service and they always have the "well we SENT you a summary so you knew what it would cost!" defense. It's probably not worth the anguish or the legal costs - maybe small claims court? Or of course you could try your hand at their [in-house arbitration process]( dunno how that usually goes. Best way I see it going is, again, offering your old plan.
tl;dr: you're boned.
| ATT | t5_2rqvm | cpzmyi6 | Hey. I'm an AT&T Customer Care supervisor. Using a throwaway so I can't get in trouble. In case a I do get caught, the opinions expressed herein reflect my own and in no way reflect those of AT&T.
In contrast to what the others are saying, it's nigh impossible for you to get what you were promised. If they don't have a plan that costs you $276 for your phones and 40GB... then they can't place it on your plan. Not to mention very few calls are recorded and they're NOT kept for very long.
If, by god's grace, you call in and someone is able to 1. agree to listen to the call, 2. find the call, and 3. find there was a legitimate AT&T error (extremely unlikely... except maybe for #3) all they'll be able to do anyway is give you a credit for this month. Which, in all fairness, they probably should do anyway. But in other words, they can do jack about the following months.
It's hard to know exactly what you were promised without knowing more about your account specifics, but it's POSSIBLE they put you on a regular 40GB plan instead of the promotional one - making your bill an extra $150. If this is the case, it's fixable, but outside of policy. But that doesn't sound like what's happening. More than likely, someone has processed an upgrade with a 2 year contract since February of last year, and the original first rep to give you $276 didn't notice. If that's the case they MAY be able to get you back to your old plan - but that would be, again, outside of policy. Still could be possible.
You MIGHT be able to get somewhere with a drawn out legal battle. Maybe. But that's not very likely, AT&T has some draconian terms of service and they always have the "well we SENT you a summary so you knew what it would cost!" defense. It's probably not worth the anguish or the legal costs - maybe small claims court? Or of course you could try your hand at their [in-house arbitration process]( dunno how that usually goes. Best way I see it going is, again, offering your old plan. | you're boned. |
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