Grant_us_eyes
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Grant_us_eyes
23hr ago
The real issue with Boomers(and Spiritual Boomers) isn't that they're old and entitled, it's that they're old and refuse to acknowledged that the ground game has changed.
To use a less(hah!) contentious comparison, look at the flood of male divorcees/widowers getting back into the dating game after ten years of marriage only to find that things have become an utter shitshow.
If Boomer's general reaction to the state of, well, everything, was to basically say 'Yes, things have gotten really horrible' and just nod along in sympathy, they wouldn't get near as much vitriol thrown in thier general direction. Instead, the ones who end up being the loudest say 'You're just spoiled/entitled/lazy/we had it worse', and when people start bringing out the receipts, rather than acknowldging anything to zoomer's arguements, they double-down and go 'NUH-UH'.
My favorite example on twitter was one spiritual boomer bragging about how the home he and his brother grew up in was perfectly affordable at 250k, only for someone to do the work and discover that it was 100k just 8 years prior. ... Yeah.
So, we'll see how all that will work out in the end...
Grant_us_eyes
1d ago
I mean, if your aim is to go for originals(in terms of Omegas), you're going to be paying a steep price. I suppose one could argue that they'd have good valuation, but I've never really sketched out how the market price has changed over time. I was going to point toward an article about the history of early Omegas and their space-race pedigree, but apparently it's been taken offline. Go figure. [Edit] Nevermind, I found a good replacement article with plenty of pictures. Maybe I'm easy to please, but I have to admit, I really do like the look of Speedmasters. Gorgeous things.
Mind, if you're honestly aiming to have a 'proper' Rolex, in terms of them built before it became an over-priced brand, you could always go to Japan. Japan is apparently know for it's used-Rolex market due to Japan Reasons. Mind, in this case 'used' doesn't exactly mean 'cheap', but...
Grant_us_eyes
1d ago
The first story mission has one big Babylon 5 reference, your fighter is basically a Starfury, and the entire art-style reminds of me of old-school X-Com. 10/10 game, will continue playing. I just wish that you could shift perspective in the overhead view and trying to design any starship that isn't a giant flying brick is an exercise in creativity and tetris-style arrangement.
In that theme, I'm honestly surprised you wasted the time going for slave collars and didn't work toward blitzing into Robots. If anything, that's one gripe I have about the game - to really get everything up and running, you need a minimal crew of around 8 to 10 crewmembers to manage a single ship, and 4 of those are going to be dedicated toward scavenging derelicts. Granted, if you go robotic, you then run into the issue of keeping them supplied with power. So...
I mentioned X-Com earlier, and if there's any complaint I can make, it's that they didn't go all-in on the combat side of things and make it even more like X-Com, as being able to sling around det-packs at enemies and setting everything on fire would make for far more engaging combat.
As I discovered, you also can't count on the in-game AI being sessile, either. It's quite the experience to be prepping to explore a derilict, only to have another ship jump in and promptly head over to steal your prize. Granted, this CAN backfire...
I'm not sure where the mod scene with this game is going to go, but if it takes off akin to Rimworld, there's a monstrous amount of stuff we'll probably end up seeing.
Grant_us_eyes
1d ago
I personally dislike closets
Ah, so you're French. Truely, this explains alot.
(I'm joking. This explains nothing, nor are you actually French. Unless you are, in which case it explains everything.)
I can understand the dislike, personally. Though it might be due to having to deal with some very awkwardly designed closets that I've forcibly redesigned into something approximating a walk-in wardrobe.
It's kind of funny (and interesting) how Rolex has developed over the years, from a solid, reliable, hard-working brand associated with the military into a high-end bougie peice of artwork sold through high-pressure tactics.
Talking with my boss one day(ex-Naxy), he remarked that he had a watch he bought way back when that he can't wear simply due to insurance if he got it damanged/lost and wanted it replaced, and I immeadiately pegged it as a old Submariner.
Listening to some guys talk has turned me off Rolex before I could get any serious interest in it. If I was going for a high-price watch as a daily driver(assuming I had the money to spend), I'd probably be aiming for an Omega or Bulova(ie, the other moonwatch). Bulova actually put out a version of the watch where the face was a carved slice of meteor - I had to seriously hold myself back from doing something useless and stupid despite being really flipping cool.
Granted, I do like space. My one 'white whale' for a watch is Omega Speedmaster's 'Moon to Mars' - yeah, I'm not getting ahold of that anytime soon unless I get stupidly lucky.
If you want another watch rabbit hole to go down, look into Vostok - it's basically a USSR/Russian brand watch that has so many variations in terms of looks and facing it's hilariously awesome. Plus, a number of them are wind-up, which I like the appeal of.
Grant_us_eyes
3d ago
The Pick Up Artists won, I see.
No, I'm not being supercilious. You're just not looking on a broad enough time horizon. Self improvement with the goal of getting the girl is very much a comparitively recent thing borne of PUA/red pill types that, ironically enough, grew out of online dating becoming more and more popular.
Before then, it was very much a case of the idea 'a woman should love me for myself' and vice versa, that love should occur without effort, and other romantic fantasies that don't really bear up to reality.
Saying all of that is 'overwhelmingly the norm' is basically walking through conquered territory and saying there was never a fight.
Grant_us_eyes
3d ago
Given how the used car market in the United States has lost it's goddamn mind, possibly not. But I haven't been pricing minivans as of late.
Grant_us_eyes
5d ago
Funny you mention door opening as an intelligence test. All of my family's dogs have been able to pull that off, thought they've all been of a very specific breed. I have fond memories of them doing their daily patrols to check and make sure everyone was present before wandering back out.
Grant_us_eyes
5d ago
Funny enough, my neighbors recently got a Cane Corso.
My brother, being a... bit of a worrying person, wanted to make sure said dog was friendly with us, so made it a point to introduce and be friendly with it on our weekly walks.
Said dog ended up liking us so much that we damn near kidnapped it at one point, much to it's owners worry and consternation.
They no longer bring it out during the hours we're typically on our walks, now.
This is not the only case of local dogs absolutely loving us when we're out and about, weirdly enough.
Grant_us_eyes
6d ago
Setting and writing/wise, I feel that 1e Exalted is alot better. 2e does have more polished mechanics, however, which makes DMing a bit easier. Though it still has it's quirks.
Ah. I'm glad I'm not the only one who's come to the conclusion that millions(billions?) sunk into LLMs has basically just re-invented google search from 2015.
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