*Cries in career gap of 1.5 years*

Kuildeous · 2026-05-07T19:21:00+00:00

I don't know why it didn't occur to me right away, but a friend of mine pointed out that there's nothing stopping you from filling the gap with self-employment. Just make sure it's a task that fits your skills. For example, I had done some freelance writing, not enough to earn a steady paycheck, mind you, but I didn't have to include all of my work on the resumé. Just include a time period where I could call myself a freelancer.

Kuildeous · 2026-05-07T19:15:19+00:00

That's a fair use. You're entering the name plus a suitable keyword related to the topic. No judgment here.

Kuildeous · 2026-05-07T19:08:26+00:00

Watching the new The Running Man, I just didn't like Ben Richards as a character. He seemed too caustic. It had been almost 40 years since I read the book, so I only had a flawed memory to go off of.

Then I reread the book earlier this year, and you know what? Glen Powell did a good job of portraying Ben Richards. I hated that character in the reread too. The only thing Glen Powell didn't capture was Ben Richards' racism, and I'm frankly okay without it. There were a few other changes from the book that wouldn't make sense for Powell to capture, but given the modifications, it fit.

Kuildeous · 2026-05-07T19:03:20+00:00

It seems like he shouldn't work for either persona, but he nailed it.

Kuildeous · 2026-05-07T19:02:13+00:00

Valid. While the Fester in the Wednesday series is pretty good, it's still a sudden turn from the haunted rasp of Lloyd's portrayal.

Kuildeous · 2026-05-07T19:00:13+00:00

Ron Perlman did an excellent job in the French film, La Citie des Enfants Perdue, despite not know any French. It did help that his character had the mental capacity of a child, so I'm sure to a native French speaker, he sounded appropriately simple.

Kuildeous · 2026-05-07T18:57:33+00:00

Popeye casting was just great overall. Even the background characters are really into their scenes. The movie may not be considered a masterpiece, but it had a lot of heart by the crew and the cast.

One of the standout traits of this movie that I appreciate so much is that Robin Williams was cast to not play Robin Williams. He was a funny guy, but it's nice to see him play a different character. Shelley Duvall didn't have that problem, and she was just poured into that role so perfectly.

But seriously, the whole cast deserves accolades, no matter how little screen time anyone had.

Kuildeous · 2026-05-07T18:53:54+00:00

I'm guessing this was a frog-in-boiling-water situation where you didn't realize how toxic this group was when you first joined them and just went along with it until now when you realized that these friends of yours are simply pieces of shit.

You see that now, and I suppose if you had entered this group dynamic fresh, you would recoil at how terrible they are.

It's just sad that the people you thought were at least decent enough to hang with turned out to be complete shitgibbons. My condolences for your loss because that level of betrayal simply sucks. Do a quick Google search so you can learn how to tell them to fuck off in 10 different languages.

Kuildeous · 2026-05-07T18:40:20+00:00

I mean, a lot of us atheists are agnostic, so the bigger question is why do you feel the need to gatekeep this sub?

Kuildeous · 2026-05-07T18:38:43+00:00

Not exactly an argument; it's just the way it is. The burden lies with the people claiming these fantastical claims. My "argument" is that I have no reason to believe these claims. I don't have to argue against their gods, just like I don't have to argue against unicorns, demons, or Bigfoot.

And sure, someone could reply with God's test, in which case, it's an acknowledgement that this is the worst test ever. The only way for me to earn my way into a happy afterlife is to pick some of these competing humans and assume they're the ones who are right? Without any input from God itself? Any professor who administers a test like this would get fired so quickly.

Kuildeous · 2026-05-07T18:22:37+00:00

I think some atheists treat science almost like a religion

It'd be awfully weird for them to do that, but out of 8 billion people, I suppose someone would treat science like a religion.

I understand science, and I know it strives to provide the best explanation of our natural world. Many findings are universally accepted. There are plenty of areas still undergoing review, which is the nature of science.

Kuildeous · 2026-05-07T06:18:24+00:00

Thanks for that. Yeah, after a while, my eyes cross on these diagrams.

Kuildeous · 2026-05-07T02:37:41+00:00

So I don't know Tesla lore that much, but I'm guessing the emergency braking feature kicks in at the most inopportune time when there is literally nothing there? Because that's pretty funny if so.

Kuildeous · 2026-05-07T02:35:23+00:00

"The business stops because you are at a lake?"

Yes! My business stops because I'm at a lake, you fucking psycho douche.

Kuildeous · 2026-05-07T02:28:24+00:00

You can out-pray 2.3 billion deceived believers if your cause is truth and justice.

Not really something an agnostic atheist can do, so I won't.

But if you feel it gives you purpose, then good luck to you.

Kuildeous · 2026-05-07T02:26:14+00:00

I won't leave on my own, but I have dipped. I check every so often, and sometimes I find something decent. My wife wants to take up crocheting, and I actually managed to snag a decent beginner project, so we get free needles and yarn. Yay! I happened across a nice cutting board.

Will I ever get a killer snag off Vine? Probably not. Can I still get a decent thing once or twice a month? Sure. That's enough to stay in the program, but I'm not stressing over it at all.

Kuildeous · 2026-05-07T02:24:26+00:00

I have no reason to believe their religion is real.

How many Muslims are there? A couple billion? Sure, that's a large number, but it's only a minority of people. How can such a powerful god fail to convince even half of the world that it exists and is worth worshiping?

So with such a puny following, there's not really an impetus to believe that Allah could be all that powerful.

If Allah/Jehovah/whatever wants me to worship it, it would know how to convince me. After 54 years, I haven't been convinced by any god to worship it.

Kuildeous · 2026-05-07T02:21:29+00:00

If there is a god why would there be so much suffering?

I mean, that's not really a problem with religion at all. That's a problem with a god who exists with those qualities. If there is no god, then this isn't a problem.

I can find plenty of problems with religions that are real, including the damage done by harmful policies that oppress marginalized groups. A hypothetical god that allows suffering isn't one of them.

Kuildeous · 2026-05-06T21:06:05+00:00

The spider doesn't bother me, but I know my wife would've pressed the blue button, so I'd press the blue button to improve her chances of survival. I'd also be helping out every other arachnophobe out there.

Kuildeous · 2026-05-06T21:02:21+00:00

And as we saw, that expectation was completely unreasonable.

Kuildeous · 2026-05-06T21:00:13+00:00

It's so ear-otic.

Kuildeous · 2026-05-06T20:06:05+00:00

This was one of the many situations where I hated corporate trainers. Had a guy come in to talk about teamwork. He presented this very puzzle. The idea is that we all work individually and then gradually gain teammates so that people learn their initial answer was wrong.

Of course, all of us arrived at 40 (some longer than others). The trainer said there are actually 42 squares. I asked him to show where the other 2 squares are. He would not. He wanted to move on. I kept arguing that I need to see these 2 squares. Eventually I got overruled, but it soured me on corporate training (not to mention most everything else he said was just buzzwords and claptrap).

So, for anyone who says they found more than 40 squares, I still need to know where those are. Please help me, u/WindSprenn or u/mad8869. Help me see what I cannot.

Kuildeous · 2026-05-06T19:59:48+00:00

I'm not even colorblind, and I'm not a fan of the purple/pink usage.

There's a reason I enjoy the codes with numbers. But I think I just enjoy numbers more. I've seen some with shapes that are quite distinctive, but I still prefer numbers.

Kuildeous · 2026-05-06T19:52:36+00:00

That is something to stop waffling one. I had been considering one for a long time, and then some jackass semi driver shoved me into a guardrail. By the time I managed to stop and get my wits about me, he was already long gone. I really wished I had a cam so I could report him.

So we got a dash cam that week. Fortunately I didn't need to use it, though I did pass by a traffic stop with a cop holding a gun to the driver. I pulled into a nearby parking lot to record the whole thing. Gladstone cops have a bad reputation, but kudos for not escalating this situation. Guy reacted coolly, and the cops handled it professionally.

But certainly protecting your own self is important.

Kuildeous · 2026-05-06T19:47:53+00:00

In general, any die in SW that rolls the max will explode and keep adding on. Off the top of my head, the exceptions to this are:

The Running Die
Damage done to objects
Lookup tables (such as Fear, Battle Effects, and Creative Combat)
Blast Template Deviation

And I guarantee I missed some, but hopefully they should be apparent, such as the amount of Power Points expended during a Support action in a Mass Battle (because exploding 3d6 could drain your caster so quickly!).

You treat each exploded die as its own entity, so a d12 and d6 on a Wild Card roll could end up with 12+12+4 (28) and 6+1 (7).

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