BlindDeafRat
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BlindDeafRat
14hr ago
I agree. I liked it from the start. But the fun part starts once you get to the part with the bear, which is pretty early on, I don't think it's more than like 20 chapters if that. And then it gets better from that.
There are certainly lulls in the beginning of the arcs while stuff is being set up, but the pay off is worth it.
BlindDeafRat
11d ago
Ordering food can be cheaper if you use the apps and wait for a deal. But that's still something you do once in a while, not a an every day thing.
BlindDeafRat
12d ago
I really like boba tea, but I prefer making it myself since the ones you buy usually have the balls too soft where as I prefer they have some bite to them.
I like tea, and boba is basically just lightly sweetened ice tea, with the balls having interesting texture.
BlindDeafRat
26d ago
If you flip flop from one thing to another, with every time it being something new, like a kid who doesn't know what he wants to be when he grows up then I don't think that's reliable.
But if you consistently think about something but then find a reason not do to do it, until it comes up again in the future, then I would say that counts. If you want to be a girl as a kid, a teen, a young adult, and an adult, and is a persistent nagging that you can never get rid of, only suppress temporarily then it can be something else.
But really the biggest factor is also simply doing something. Not just wishing to be a girl, but going about doing that. Actually learning makeup, how to dressing well, and voice training to speak more femininely.
Obviously there's persistent thoughts that should be suppressed for the social good, but in general, transitioning doesn't harm anyone else, so if it improves your quality of life, it's fine.
But if I had a trans-like belief that "I know what I am, but the world won't let me be it," with tons of people telling me over and over that I'm right and there are evil people out to get me, I think I'd have latched onto it hard.
I mean, factually people are out to get you if you're trans. It is a choice that will lower your future life prospects in many ways. People will shit on online far more than if you're just a man. As a man you're invisible, as a transwoman you're a living example of the culture war.
If you don't pass, you will be judged for it, and will likely get less/worse jobs and worse dating prospects as a result. Some things like professional sports will essentially be cut off for the rest of your life.
In general, considering the cost of the act, if you feel bad enough that it outweighs all these risks, I see no reason why I would be against transitioning, and calling people by whatever pronouns they want.
BlindDeafRat
27d ago
Korean BBQ restaurant
I've gone to something similar on a couple dates, but every time a waiter came and helped with everything and clearly explained what to do, and to call him if we needed more help. I'm surprised yours didn't have anything similar.
Also I otherwise enjoy it as something where the closest comparison I would use is something like tacos, where you make your own with the lettuce, meat, and veggies.
It is quite expensive though, so it's very much a once in a while thing.
BlindDeafRat
29d ago
I would recommend trying Dark Souls with controller. All the souls games are beatable with M&B, but sometimes you just gotta use the right tool for the job.
The main advice for the series is to not worry about dying. It's not a skill check as much as a knowledge check.
BlindDeafRat
30d ago
What if you don't like "dating"? I want to be (and am) in a relationship. Dating apps should try to build long term relationship, or ideally offer both, short term flings to those that want those, and long term to those that want that. And in a way to isolate each group from each other.
I've also thought about this dating app idea lot, and wanted to write a post about it, but I'll try and post one eventually.
BlindDeafRat
30d ago
dating apps rely on unintelligent slobs forking over money because they think that they'll get more action by paying a third party
That's why a dating app should be made by the government with tax dollars. It is in the government's interests to get people in a relationship since couples with kids overall spend more money than singles or couples with no kids. And are just better long term.
BlindDeafRat
1mo ago
God, those censored cases are so fucked up. Still I like reading them, as a form of very black comedy.
How did item 7 keep getting off with 6 months of jail for this?
BlindDeafRat
1mo ago
The reason why CSAM shouldn't be possessed or distributed is because its production is inherently harmful. Not because it's disgusting.
BlindDeafRat
1mo ago
Have you tried like this one specifically? Usually most of these rely on some some kind of IR sensor or a hat or something, but NeuralNet doesn't need anything else. I'm using like a cheapo logitech webcam that I doubt is much better than yours.
It's really nice being able to look around while turning for example, since usually both hands are busy during that.
BlindDeafRat
1mo ago
I've had it on a my wishlist for ages and I recently bought it and I agree it's fun. I've only played arcade flight games like Ace Combat and Project Wingman, and I really like the more in-depth targeting and radar, and how the missiles are just better than something like Ace Combat.
If you have a spare webcam, even a shitty one. I recommend getting OpenTrack with NeutralNet Tracker for Input which you can then use so that if you move your head around, like even turning to the side, it'll move the camera around, so you don't have to do it with your controller or mouse. It's super easy to install, and really immersive.
Works on a bunch of other games too, like Freespace 2 for example.
BlindDeafRat
1mo ago
The police in the UK have a very bad track record of caring of what happens to the UK's poor and vulnerable. This is more about class than anything else.
As a comparison there's the case of Fred West and his wife Rose West. They raped, tortured and killed and dismembered their victims. It is the most heinous criminal case I know about, that I stopped listening to true crime after hearing this one. One victim went straight to the police after being raped, but because she didn't want to press charges the Fred West was fined 50 pounds. The police failed not just once, not only several dozen times, but more than a hundreds of times to do their due diligence.
I don't recommend reading the details of what they did.
The women that Fred West and his wife killed came from the same crop as Rotherham case.
With how global the world is it can be easy to forget that there's a lot of people being forgotten right here, and what's being done to them.
BlindDeafRat
1mo ago
Cello sound beautiful, my favourite instrument easily. I love the deep sound they make, especially in Bach's Cello Suite no. 2.
BlindDeafRat
1mo ago
Are you an ESL? I've had similar issues with songs in English where it's hard for me to understand the lyrics unlike with my mother tongue.
But otherwise it varies on the song and the type of music. Some lyrics are really good, others are incoherent(and that's a good thing), others still can be bad, but still work really because the singer's voice carries the song. Defenestration Song by Have a Nice Life is a good example of great lyrics and the singer's voice elevate a song to a level it could never reach without them. Another example is Coil's live session version of Triple Sons and the One You Bury. But the latter is probably too experimental.
I prefer instrumental music overall though.
BlindDeafRat
2mo ago
Damn, didn't know they had a new release. Twoism is one of my favorite EPs of all time, and Geogaddi is one of my favorite albums.
BlindDeafRat
2mo ago
I've had the same issue myself, the idea of the game is nice, but I just couldn't get into it.
There are mods that allow you to keep your employees through resets and I've seen it recommended in a few places to beginners that don't want too much trial and error, could try it if you want.
I don't prefer the Dark Souls experience where you bash your head into a boss 20 times in a row until you finally overcome it and then move onto the next boss to bash into 20 times.
I like this, but the key part is that each attempt is fast, and so repetitive attempts don't take as much effort, and at some point it you learn the fight enough that you don't even need to think about it.
BlindDeafRat
2mo ago
That's not what I mean. I was also happy under my rock, but I'm happier under my rock with someone else. Even simply mundane everyday activities are more pleasant if you do them with someone you like, and who likes you.
Like this study showed anything is more enjoyable if you do it with someone else. Doing laundry, cooking together, watching movies, going out. That's the kind of socializing I'm talking about.
Not work parties where you're surrounded by strangers you don't know, don't care about, and aren't invested in.
BlindDeafRat
2mo ago
I'll add that if you're alone, and it's all you've ever known, it's hard to know what you're missing. I've lived all my teens completely isolated, and had you asked me, I would've said I was happy, or at least "satisfied". Then I got a friend, who became my best friend, and I realized what I've been missing this entire time. Later I got a partner too, and that truly cemented that I never want to be alone again.
While I do know that people who genuinely aren't interested in other people do exist, they tend to be extraordinarily rare. Now this is going to sound really dismissive, but I would put most people like me (and maybe you) into one of two camps. They just either haven't found someone they actually work well with. Or they do interact with others, but it's unpleasant, basic interactions that drain you instead of adding anything. Which gives you the perception that you don't like socializing in general.
But I bond with people over common interests(presumably most people do). If you don't have hobbies, if you don't have pets, if you don't have some common interest in talking about something with someone, why should you talk with them at all? Why should they talk to you? There is another option with which you can bond with others, which is your own personal life experiences, be they good or bad. But I wouldn't recommend that, since it hasn't worked well for me in the past.
I would recommend socializing more, because it can be an incredibly pleasant and fulfilling experience.
Also I have to ask, do you truly not have hobbies? Like what do you spend your free time on? Maybe your definition of a hobby is just more strict, but pretty much anything you do in your spare time from reading, to cooking, to playing games, or working out can be counted, among many others. Do you not do any of that? You mention Alan Moore, so presumably you read comics, so that's one thing, that you either don't count so it fits into your post more cleanly.
BlindDeafRat
2mo ago
Rather than that, you could just use an ereader and a regular phone. Ereaders can only really be used for reading, and there's a ton of stuff that's still better to read that browsing social media. Even royalroad slop is better.
At least for me, the idea of having two phones is a waste of money, but I don't use my smartphone that much, just my pc/laptop.
BlindDeafRat
2mo ago
I would not recommend The Wandering Inn. I've not read it, but it's insanely long. Last I checked it was like 12 million words, but I imagine it's over 13 by now. And even if the protagonist is earnest from what I know the story is all about multiple povs, so how much of her will you even get to see.
You can finish the entire LOTR series, the entire Wheel of Time, all of Discworld, and then web novels like Worm, and a dozen of other novels and you're still under Wandering Inn's wordcount. No matter the hype for Wandering Inn, there's no way it justifies its length.
BlindDeafRat
2mo ago
If you want something quite pulpy, I'd recommend Penitent. It's one of the best examples of a Big Good protagonist I've read on the site. Selfless and generous, but not to the point of letting himself be used, with a party of good friends. It's mostly about smaller scale battles, but it changes as it goes on. The atmosphere in the early parts is really good with the banter with his friends. I don't like the latter part as much, but I still read all the chapters as they come out.
Another thing where it kind of stands out, (not that this matters if you don't real RoyalRoad stories) is that the protagonist becomes religious and actually starts proselytizing, and that is something I've not read in any story. A
It's finished on Patreon, and the RR story should wrap up in June according to the author.
On less pulpy note I'd recommend Curse of Chalion or the author's other series Penric and Desdemona. I loved Curse of Chalion, and it's just a regular novel, so it's easy to finish. Penric is more about short stories, but he's also a great protagonist, and I've really enjoyed reading it. They're both good and strive to do the right thing.
BlindDeafRat
2mo ago
Another thing is that Bethesda is tiny in comparison to most AAA devs. They have 450 employees in comparison to the 9000 at Blizzard that worked on Diablo 4 and Ubisoft has like 17000 thousand.
Yes, when Satan, who is causing a zombie plague spread by magic human-devouring rats, appears to you in durance and offers you power and revenge on your enemies, skepticism is the order of the day.
Just to correct you, the Outsider didn't cause the plague, the Lord Regent did. The plague originates from Pandyssia which is an uncharted landamass with extremely hostile and deadly fauna and flora.
But yes, that's what Corvo could've have thought, since that's the point of view that the Abbey would use. And probably the one he would believe too at that point.
On Spec Ops, I think the game's story is good, but the issue is that the game presents the choices as mattering to the player, but they only matter to Walker. It's a story that really doesn't take advantage of being a game.
But also the media talking about also I think made a huge disservice to it because they tried to present it as some kind of commentary to shooters in general, when it really doesn't work like that, and if you look at it from that perspective the game becomes much worse.
Like the way Dishonored gives you all these cool toys and then gives you a bad ending if you misuse them works way better as a game narrative than the white phosphorus scene where you don't have a choice to do anything else. Walker chooses it. He's the protagonist of that game. Meanwhile in Dishonored the player's actions that shape the narrative instead.
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