Corvos
4hr ago
Right? And from the sound of your other messages it sounds like you’re ready to take on Stormveil.
Good hunting!
Corvos
1d ago
The same was true of Jimmy Saville:
The BBC allowed all manner of creative swearing and graphic insults to air during The Thick Of It.
But there was just one line in all of the scripts that made executives so nervous they insisted it be censored, creator Armando Iannucci has revealed.
The excised line, spoken by Peter Capaldi’s fiercely foul-mouthed spin doctor Malcolm Tucker was: 'That's inevitable. It's as inevitable as what they'll find in Jimmy Savile's basement after he's dead.'
'The BBC lawyers said you can't say that,’ Iannucci told an audience in Melbourne
Although Savile died in 2011, between seres three and four, the extent of his sexual abuse of children only began to emerge in September the following year, a month before the final episode aired.
Everybody in TV knew. And were performatively shocked later on, of course.
Corvos
1d ago
Every time you use the art, it should send a wave of energy for maybe 5 metres. I think with a shorter buildup time if you chain them.
You can apply/remove/shift the ashes of war whenever you want to, but you can only have the ash applied to one weapon at a time. Ashes of war can be duplicated if you find the right item though.
Corvos
1d ago
You can find the Sacred Blade ash of war in Limgrave. It’ll give you faith scaling and a medium range slash/wave attack for 19fp.
Corvos
2d ago
My area is broadly split between the locals who bought houses before the price jumped and the non-doms who bought the houses with oil money. The non-doms follow rhythms I don’t quite know but I believe they aren’t here all the time, they come for the fashionable seasons.
This particular block of apartments is aimed at upper-level workers seconded for a few months from places like Dubai. English people wouldn’t and couldn’t pay the premium, they’d either buy or go somewhere more affordable.
I would love to get a drink if you’re up for it. Possibly other Motte Londoners might be interested, or they might prefer to preserve OpSec. Let’s PM to arrange?
Corvos
2d ago
Is this actually true? I thought it tasted different in the UK but I assumed it was just a vibe thing.
Corvos
2d ago
Remember that one culture-war flashpoint is the fact that the vast majority of asylum seekers are getting sent to the places that are too poor and too lacking in political power to refuse them. People are pissed. If there's one thing the English still believe in, it's in everyone doing their part.
Corvos
2d ago
It's not something I make a habit of. I felt the information was broadly public knowledge.
Corvos
2d ago
The first he will gladly tell you about at length and the second is not something he cares to hide.
I'm glad you enjoyed your weekend, and this is an excellent write-up. You have a good eye and have now possibly seen more of 2025 London than I have.
I think a huge amount of the cost growth in central London is due to non-doms on semi-annual migration paths. For complicated reasons I am staying in a nice block of flats there temporarily and I check the parcel collection regularly for a delivery that I am expecting; I have never seen an English or even a European name on the parcels.
I suspect also that there was a pent-up suspicion that London could tolerate higher prices and that COVID provided the excuse to let 'er rip and see the limits of what the market would tolerate. As a result locals seem to have mostly accepted that pubs and meals out are a treat and not a lifestyle, and go maybe once a week while penny-pinching the rest of the time. This may skew prices and (God I hope) they may come down as the market decides it prefers regular attendance to spiky high profits.
I've come to appreciate Wetherspoons
I love Wetherspoons. It's got a reputation for being uncouth but a pub is somewhere you go to eat, drink, and have fun with friends. Why argue when someone wants to make that as cheap and pleasant and convenient as possible? Plus they buy a lot of surprisingly nice buildings to put their pubs in.
Corvos
2d ago
Mr. BurdensomeCount, who is currently banned. Famous for his loathing of the British underclass and well-padded opinion of himself.
Corvos
3d ago
Stormveil Castle is a beef gate. The fact that you get pasted when you try and go through the lower gate is a sign that you need to do more exploring - there are at least two areas other than Limgrave to explore from your position, try playing around.
What did you do for the late game? I'm a bit stuck: winged spear + (erdtree seal + lightning spear). VIG: 22, Mind: 22, Stamina: 20. Str: 16. Dex: 16. Faith: 45.
It did pretty well as a high damage-output glass cannon in the early/mid game but just doesn't seem to have the stopping power it used to once I get to
Corvos
3d ago
This sounds very likely.
Why divorce and remarry to a woman your age when he is surely wealthy enough to enjoy the company of endless 20 year old models? I suspect because he enjoys her company and they have fun together
And it's probably bloody difficult for a billionaire to find someone they feel genuinely comfortable with.
Corvos
3d ago
The western liberal answer is that if these people and the nuisance they represent are removed, any motivation to solve their problems will immediately disappear. IMO this is probably correct.
I made the statement:
"The thing is, that work doesn’t hugely differ whether you’re the wife of a coal miner or a self-made billionaire."
To be clear, I agree with none of these statements:
you are the superior person in this relationship because you are the breadwinner
her little job (if she works outside the home) doesn't count.
Working in the home only? Absolutely does not count for anything
If you do decide to dump her, she deserves maybe ten bucks and a pat on the head, but certainly nothing more.
Not one drop of your vast wealth (should you have vast wealth), even if that share does not, in fact, leave you penniless but you retain possession of the majority of the vast wealth.
I think it would help for you to understand where I'm coming from:
[EDIT: PERSONAL DETAILS REDACTED]
Can you see why I'm a little dubious of the idea that if you marry someone, credit for your achievements should be always and automatically be spread equally?
Of course this is only an anecdote and I don't intend it to be applied to all relationships. I am sure that there are a lot of traditional couples who have a much more equitable relationship with a more even share of responsibility. I do note however that:
- In practice, the contribution of the man in a modern, respectable, upper-class marriage is concrete, well-defined and non-negotiable. I do not think the reverse is true. Caveats: this is different for the underclass.
- Work in the home and childcare is absolutely hard work but it is more stable than work outside the home. You are not going to be dossing around, but neither are you going to be pulling multiple all-nighters. The type and amount of work are much more even between families and socio-economic levels. My statement at the top was made with this in mind.
- It seems to me fair that the compensation in the event of divorce should be more even in recognition of this fact. This does not mean ten bucks and a pat on the head but nor does it mean billions unless you were very clearly and openly doing an appreciable amount of the work that made that money.
Corvos
3d ago
I think I agree with the replies here that the broad themes are essentially correct (I liked the interview with the ‘Nicola’ politician, I think that sounds exactly right) but that the language and to a lesser extent the social dynamics that struck me as being off really are off, and a reflection of a fairly weird period in British TV writing.
Omnishambles on the other hand is a fantastic word, with such broad applicability!
Corvos
3d ago
Polar bears would be Norway, but let’s say those are a marine mammal.
...makes arbitrary decisions about categories of aquatic fauna purely for convenience
...is trad Catholic
Yep, checks out ;-)
Corvos
3d ago
I’m not making a legal case. I’m observing how, in practice, events and associations change public perceptions. And of course those perceptions change most sharply in the violent and unstable.
Corvos
3d ago
I am quite confident that the assailant made no effort to ascertain his victim's political affiliation (i.e. whether or not he was one of the "good Jews") before harassing and assaulting him.
Sadly, no one ever does. Woke activists in the 2010s had absolutely no interest in finding out your exact views on race and sex before calling for your firing as a white man. As with Chinese Cardiologists, humans free-associate and they do it with a broad brush.
Broadly it seems that there is a cycle of persecution:
- Jews feel under threat.
- They take unusually stringent overt and covert actions to defend themselves.
- This makes them increasingly unpopular.
- Rinse and repeat.
Does the existence of Jew-punchers on the bus suggest that they need their own state and should do whatever it takes to keep it? Yes.
Does the existence and behaviour of Israel/Mossad etc. push more people further towards such behaviour? Also yes.
Corvos
3d ago
I liked National Brotherhood Week.
Corvos
4d ago
The thing is, that work doesn’t hugely differ whether you’re the wife of a coal miner or a self-made billionaire. If anything, the latter has more professional assistance, although she’s also expected to be slightly more personable. (I don’t think Amazon was really that kind of business though.)
I don’t think many people think the wife should come away with nothing in such affairs, only that scaling it directly to the husband’s business success is pretty dubious.
Worth it, though. Trust me.
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