I was always a fan of Turtledove's 'The Road Not Taken' where aliens are basically stagnated at medieval tech levels, but stumbled on interstellar travel that's pretty much age of sail. Somehow humanity missed the simple space travel and instead kept climbing up the tech ladder.
Then the aliens come to 1970ish earth like conquistadors thinking we'll be a pushover and get absolutely lit up by basic modern military hardware and basically shit themselves when they realize we figured out the tech and have nukes.
Have y'all noticed that every single Greek mythology game has the Brad Pitt leaping stab from Troy? It's the real legacy of that film
I love it
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don't worry i left it broken for a day so everyone knows it was gone and that only i, the great new housemate who works from home, could have changed it
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here's to hoping the 😷 puts a firm boot in the flu
when I was watching March Comes in Like a Lion all the scenes where characters get the flu or a bad cold and are quarantined, wear masks when they have to go out and the ppl who take care of them wear masks..... that really stood out to me lol
definitely continuing masking up after this honestly
I was always a fan of Turtledove's 'The Road Not Taken' where aliens are basically stagnated at medieval tech levels, but stumbled on interstellar travel that's pretty much age of sail. Somehow humanity missed the simple space travel and instead kept climbing up the tech ladder.
Then the aliens come to 1970ish earth like conquistadors thinking we'll be a pushover and get absolutely lit up by basic modern military hardware and basically shit themselves when they realize we figured out the tech and have nukes.
I once read an essay arguing that the Southern Song dynasty had reached the verge of an industrial revolution about five hundred years earlier, but climatic oscillation suddenly gave the Central Asian steppe's Mongols to their north far, far, far too many horses for a society that was not already industrialized to answer
here's to hoping the 😷 puts a firm boot in the flu
when I was watching March Comes in Like a Lion all the scenes where characters get the flu or a bad cold and are quarantined, wear masks when they have to go out and the ppl who take care of them wear masks..... that really stood out to me lol
definitely continuing masking up after this honestly
I've got four unopened multi-use masks, each good for 20 washes
You bet I'm still masking up for at least the next 80 trips out of the house
the vaccine isnt a virus so you cant get sick from it or spread the virus to others
i thought the question was more "can i get the vaccine, get the virus and be asymptomatic because the vaccine got rid of all of the potency but still spread it?"
oh perhaps but what I was referencing was Shaz's question about producing virus as a result of the vaccine
oh, no, i'm not that dumb, i also meant the sterilized immunity thing, of being able to spread it even if vaccinated
yall liked it when it came out, I think, and bogart's been talking about it
hmm
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also I stayed up all night watching Locke and Key and I enjoyed it a lot esp because it is about a house that is wildly similar to my house and also one of the houses I usually work at lol
it does have 3 patently absurd glaring plot holes but I mean, it's goofy, it's fine
Have y'all noticed that every single Greek mythology game has the Brad Pitt leaping stab from Troy? It's the real legacy of that film
I love it
That leaping stab is the dumbest fuckin thing of all time. Rule number one of fighting: all the power in your strikes come from your hips rotating and your legs pressing against the ground. When you're throwing a strike your feet should be planted on the ground so you can get the proper rotational forces involved in the strike. By jumping before you throw your strike you take most of the power out of that strike.
also I stayed up all night watching Locke and Key and I enjoyed it a lot esp because it is about a house that is wildly similar to my house and also one of the houses I usually work at lol
it does have 3 patently absurd glaring plot holes but I mean, it's goofy, it's fine
have you read the comix? I remember liking them
I like joe hill in general, one of his books (heart shaped box?) gave me some good spoops
also I stayed up all night watching Locke and Key and I enjoyed it a lot esp because it is about a house that is wildly similar to my house and also one of the houses I usually work at lol
it does have 3 patently absurd glaring plot holes but I mean, it's goofy, it's fine
Have y'all noticed that every single Greek mythology game has the Brad Pitt leaping stab from Troy? It's the real legacy of that film
I love it
That leaping stab is the dumbest fuckin thing of all time. Rule number one of fighting: all the power in your strikes come from your hips rotating and your legs pressing against the ground. When you're throwing a strike your feet should be planted on the ground so you can get the proper rotational forces involved in the strike. By jumping before you throw your strike you take most of the power out of that strike.
Have y'all noticed that every single Greek mythology game has the Brad Pitt leaping stab from Troy? It's the real legacy of that film
I love it
That leaping stab is the dumbest fuckin thing of all time. Rule number one of fighting: all the power in your strikes come from your hips rotating and your legs pressing against the ground. When you're throwing a strike your feet should be planted on the ground so you can get the proper rotational forces involved in the strike. By jumping before you throw your strike you take most of the power out of that strike.
I wouldn't say that's rule number one of swordfighting, because they're swords and plenty deadly
it ain't boxing
rule number one is probably don't get got
Abdhyius on
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it's tried to do it again a couple of times but I've gotten good at quickly disconnecting and reconnecting it which seems to prevent it from making the weird sounds
still, why THOSE sounds? Why the sound of a woman talking from far away? What sounds like a basketball game?? No fucking clue
Is it true that CPDR put a replica of a seizure inducing machine into Cyberpunk 2077?
Not really, but the end result is still bad. They put an event in the main story that strobes lights in a fashion similar to a medical device used in testing epileptic response when the character puts a certain headset on. This got missed all the way up to review time, in which a reviewer actually had a seizure.
Then, when they reported on it in their review, the internet asshole brigade sent the reviewer animated images designed to induce seizures.
Some days, I want the virus to win.
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Let's play Mario Kart or something...
I was always a fan of Turtledove's 'The Road Not Taken' where aliens are basically stagnated at medieval tech levels, but stumbled on interstellar travel that's pretty much age of sail. Somehow humanity missed the simple space travel and instead kept climbing up the tech ladder.
Then the aliens come to 1970ish earth like conquistadors thinking we'll be a pushover and get absolutely lit up by basic modern military hardware and basically shit themselves when they realize we figured out the tech and have nukes.
then they decided to drop rocks on us, right?
Some days Blue wonders why anyone ever bothered making numbers so small; other days she supposes even infinity needs to start somewhere.
Is it true that CPDR put a replica of a seizure inducing machine into Cyberpunk 2077?
Not really, but the end result is still bad. They put an event in the main story that strobes lights in a fashion similar to a medical device used in testing epileptic response when the character puts a certain headset on. This got missed all the way up to review time, in which a reviewer actually had a seizure.
Then, when they reported on it in their review, the internet asshole brigade sent the reviewer animated images designed to induce seizures.
Some days, I want the virus to win.
The Internet asshole brigade is trying even harder than cdpr to get me to not want to play this game
It's not necessarily a replica, but it apparently is at least very similar.
I have tried real hard to google whatever the seizure inducing machine is and I can't find it, but I am not a seizure doctor, nor a supervillain.
A real one, at least the one Ive seen, is two very bright lights flashing between red and white out of sequence with each other. Even without being prone to seizures its extremely unpleasant.
Have y'all noticed that every single Greek mythology game has the Brad Pitt leaping stab from Troy? It's the real legacy of that film
I love it
That leaping stab is the dumbest fuckin thing of all time. Rule number one of fighting: all the power in your strikes come from your hips rotating and your legs pressing against the ground. When you're throwing a strike your feet should be planted on the ground so you can get the proper rotational forces involved in the strike. By jumping before you throw your strike you take most of the power out of that strike.
But he is the Best Warrior so he has plenty of power. He's obviously showing off and being flashy for his men and also to demoralize the enemy.
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Then the aliens come to 1970ish earth like conquistadors thinking we'll be a pushover and get absolutely lit up by basic modern military hardware and basically shit themselves when they realize we figured out the tech and have nukes.
i would like my housemate of the year award now thank you
i have replaced
the lightbulb
that went in
the kitchen
Award me
they were dark
so dark
and now bright
I love it
Achilles' up B is totally busted
gods pls nerf
Also, the Spartan Kick.
Let's play Mario Kart or something...
heck even Dead Cells has the Spartan Sandal as a weapon
Best foraest mann jape of 1497
Foraest Mann: hwaet! Hath ye haerd thee foraest mann menagerie eascape?
Menagerie Stewaerd: nae
Foraest Mann: beest me silent foraest mann!
[Pugslism sounds]
but they're listening to every word I say
Is this a Night Vale reference
The Faceless Old Woman Who Secretly Lives In Your Home is a recurring character
when I was watching March Comes in Like a Lion all the scenes where characters get the flu or a bad cold and are quarantined, wear masks when they have to go out and the ppl who take care of them wear masks..... that really stood out to me lol
definitely continuing masking up after this honestly
I'd love it if you took a look at my art and my PATREON!
kind of abstract art but I used a lot of my coloured pens
(I actually did because part of question 2 was "draw microstructure of a eutectoid Al-Cu alloy")
I once read an essay arguing that the Southern Song dynasty had reached the verge of an industrial revolution about five hundred years earlier, but climatic oscillation suddenly gave the Central Asian steppe's Mongols to their north far, far, far too many horses for a society that was not already industrialized to answer
I guess the concept works the other way too
I've got four unopened multi-use masks, each good for 20 washes
You bet I'm still masking up for at least the next 80 trips out of the house
oh, no, i'm not that dumb, i also meant the sterilized immunity thing, of being able to spread it even if vaccinated
yall liked it when it came out, I think, and bogart's been talking about it
hmm
it does have 3 patently absurd glaring plot holes but I mean, it's goofy, it's fine
I'd love it if you took a look at my art and my PATREON!
That leaping stab is the dumbest fuckin thing of all time. Rule number one of fighting: all the power in your strikes come from your hips rotating and your legs pressing against the ground. When you're throwing a strike your feet should be planted on the ground so you can get the proper rotational forces involved in the strike. By jumping before you throw your strike you take most of the power out of that strike.
have you read the comix? I remember liking them
I like joe hill in general, one of his books (heart shaped box?) gave me some good spoops
The comic book is pretty good
This is, specifically, why it's so good
It's dumb and it looks cool
apparently its a requirement for the story
You don't see much of that, probably it's hard to make them look cool because they're so simple and direct
But I love spears, stylistically
Also a lot of use of shields, which is crucial
That was a bad film but it was fun
It's not necessarily a replica, but it apparently is at least very similar.
I have tried real hard to google whatever the seizure inducing machine is and I can't find it, but I am not a seizure doctor, nor a supervillain.
I wouldn't say that's rule number one of swordfighting, because they're swords and plenty deadly
it ain't boxing
rule number one is probably don't get got
it's tried to do it again a couple of times but I've gotten good at quickly disconnecting and reconnecting it which seems to prevent it from making the weird sounds
still, why THOSE sounds? Why the sound of a woman talking from far away? What sounds like a basketball game?? No fucking clue
I'd love it if you took a look at my art and my PATREON!
Not really, but the end result is still bad. They put an event in the main story that strobes lights in a fashion similar to a medical device used in testing epileptic response when the character puts a certain headset on. This got missed all the way up to review time, in which a reviewer actually had a seizure.
Then, when they reported on it in their review, the internet asshole brigade sent the reviewer animated images designed to induce seizures.
Some days, I want the virus to win.
Let's play Mario Kart or something...
Dang that’s a sexy story
then they decided to drop rocks on us, right?
The Internet asshole brigade is trying even harder than cdpr to get me to not want to play this game
A real one, at least the one Ive seen, is two very bright lights flashing between red and white out of sequence with each other. Even without being prone to seizures its extremely unpleasant.
But he is the Best Warrior so he has plenty of power. He's obviously showing off and being flashy for his men and also to demoralize the enemy.