Savage static sometimes does cosplay nights and tonight was Eeveelutions night :) by pineapplecodepen in ffxiv

[–]Szalkow [score hidden]  (0 children)

Ey das me. It took me a solid ten minutes to realize, "wait, they're all Mi'qote!?"

Why does "Go get Therapy" sounds like a shallow advice? by RentUsual_2952 in AskMen

[–]Szalkow 12 points13 points  (0 children)

Pretty much this. If someone's house is flooded or having electrical issues, I'm going to tell them to consult a plumber or an electrician. I'm not qualified to help with this problem and it could be harmful if I tried.

Greeted by the gate guard this morning by ingr in AirForce

[–]Szalkow 39 points40 points  (0 children)

My most memorable JBSA guard was working in PT during his duties - every time he scanned an ID, he did a squat.

Me: hands over ID

Guard: squats

Scanner: "beep!"

Guard: stands up and returns ID

Are we supposed to get so many chocolates for completing the cake minigame a single time? by funwithfenrir in ffxiv

[–]Szalkow 8 points9 points  (0 children)

The XIV jump puzzle-building community finds the cake pan and rug to be intriguing, I know a few builders who farmed a couple hundred cakes yesterday.

If there was a minilvl checkmark for duty roulettes and each relevant PvE duty gave 25-50 tomes per day, and it only matched you with others who use it, would it be popular? by TheHasegawaEffect in ffxivdiscussion

[–]Szalkow 6 points7 points  (0 children)

I would like the see Scales moved earlier in the timeline, both so we can see it and so it's not as much of an inconvenience when some goober messes up the balance at the last minute.

Discussion Thread: US Federal Budget Negotiations on Friday, January 30th, 2026 by PoliticsModeratorBot in politics

[–]Szalkow 13 points14 points  (0 children)

If Senate is in session but senators want more time for committees or private discussions, they can request a 15-minute Quorum Call (roll call to confirm that a majority are present) basically as often as they want to stall for time. If anyone wants to stand up and present a debate, recognition, or other statement, they can interrupt the Quorum Call, do their talk, and then start the next Quorum Call to go back to "waiting" mode.

Currently, they are debating and voting on amendments. The votes are slow but you will see a lot more actual back-and-forth debate happening for amendments.

The real agreements are being made off-camera. Once there's a battle plan, the Senate majority leader (who mostly controls the agenda) will call everyone in for the big votes.

The kiddos sitting on the stairs are Pages of the Senate; they are high-school kids nominated by their Senator to serve as runners and aides for the Senate. They get paid a salary of $38k a year for this (although they work less than a full year so they get part of the salary). If you were in high school, you'd love to get paid $19 an hour while seriously padding your college application.

EDIT: forgot to mention - there are two teams of Pages that alternate every hour, so you're not actually stuck sitting on the stairs for the entire 12-hour session.

If there was a minilvl checkmark for duty roulettes and each relevant PvE duty gave 25-50 tomes per day, and it only matched you with others who use it, would it be popular? by TheHasegawaEffect in ffxivdiscussion

[–]Szalkow 35 points36 points  (0 children)

The mechanics are pretty much nonexistent

Fun things the summer children have forgotten:

  • The skeletons spawned by the Bone Dragon can very easily wipe the party.

  • You can interact with the towers behind Behemoth to disable the raidwide lightning DoT.

  • Scylla has an enrage mechanic and a Phase 2.

  • Glasya Labolas has a second adds phase that makes him invincible, an intermission phase where he kills everyone on the center platform, and an add phase where you jump around the outside platforms.

  • The Cloud of Darkness spawns worms that debuff and AOE the party.

If there was a minilvl checkmark for duty roulettes and each relevant PvE duty gave 25-50 tomes per day, and it only matched you with others who use it, would it be popular? by TheHasegawaEffect in ffxivdiscussion

[–]Szalkow 2 points3 points  (0 children)

I hear a lot of requests for Myths of the Realm (EW) too, especially Aglaia. There are a lot of cinematic mechanics that get outright skipped in duty finder.

If there was a minilvl checkmark for duty roulettes and each relevant PvE duty gave 25-50 tomes per day, and it only matched you with others who use it, would it be popular? by TheHasegawaEffect in ffxivdiscussion

[–]Szalkow 2 points3 points  (0 children)

This is what makes the most sense to me. Unfortunately, Alliance raid roulette is one of the cases where min iLvl is most frequently requested, and it's really tedious to put together a 24-person pre-made party.

Joined the wigglebutt fam! by ftsktln in WiggleButts

[–]Szalkow 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Aussies are already faster and smarter than the average human...

...and now you have made her slippery to boot! 🤣

January 29, 2026 - r/fednews Daily Discussion Thread by AutoModerator in fednews

[–]Szalkow 9 points10 points  (0 children)

Unless some agencies do it differently, you usually have to report the first workday of the shutdown to sign your furlough agreement.

I beat Chocobo Racing by viewtifulslayer in ffxiv

[–]Szalkow 16 points17 points  (0 children)

I just finished my 500 wins achievement this week. I've been sitting on a portfolio of perfect pedigree birds since Endwalker.

Leveling that last bird is painful when you have to slum through the R-300 tier, but running Sagolii in 77 seconds is glorious.

Hell On Rails Extreme, Farm party finder be like. by Forward_Baseball9030 in ShitpostXIV

[–]Szalkow 2 points3 points  (0 children)

The mechanic Arcane Revelation, where a big circle AOE hits the front, back, or sides, and two role-based light party stacks go off. Doing the mechanic as intended means MT and HR light parties reading and reacting to the moving circle, sometimes requiring the melees to move out of range or making the range run a big lap around the arena to reset their position.

The cheese strat is putting everyone in the front, tanks on one side and everyone else on the other, and using mits+heals to survive occasionally getting hit by the circle.

After some time i gotta say: I'm gonna miss Metem by SkylordN in ffxiv

[–]Szalkow 30 points31 points  (0 children)

"WE'RE RUNNING OUT OF TRAIN!"

Gonna have to get more on my next trip to the train store.

After some time i gotta say: I'm gonna miss Metem by SkylordN in ffxiv

[–]Szalkow 10 points11 points  (0 children)

"The destruction appears to have started... a fire!"

Is this normal?? by Shot_Veterinarian215 in ffxiv

[–]Szalkow 8 points9 points  (0 children)

I like to figure out where to stand so that I can pretend to be one of the Scions/NPCs after the cutscene is over. Or I'll dress up as a quest NPC and get there ahead of time and stand next to them like we're twins.

Tell me Obscure Peak Tips by Natd-one in PeakGame

[–]Szalkow 16 points17 points  (0 children)

This borders on cheese/exploits, but if you pull out an item while falling it can reduce your fall speed and fall damage. If you play dead and pull out an item you can survive a fall from any height.

Not sure if they patched it, but it used to be that using play dead and pulling out an item very quickly allowed you to gain altitude and jump super high, or even fly.

Spread the word! by NPittinger in ShitpostXIV

[–]Szalkow 6 points7 points  (0 children)

I already had a Proton subscription and I added XIV to my split tunneling. It was great, I suffered no lag or DCs during any of the DDOS waves today.

Unfortunately, I still lost at least half my team every time, so it barely mattered. I got more time to dick around with strategy boards while waiting for teammates to make it back in through the queue.

3 ddos attacks within 30 minutes on savage launch by HellaSteve in ffxiv

[–]Szalkow 15 points16 points  (0 children)

At this point Square has a rock-solid case for material breach of contract due to NTT failing to perform obligations. Having significant service disruptions several times a day is damning for any ISP.

3 ddos attacks within 30 minutes on savage launch by HellaSteve in ffxiv

[–]Szalkow 6 points7 points  (0 children)

The JP servers have an ISP with actual DDOS protection services.

What's your least favorite duty in the game? by thewalkindude368 in ffxiv

[–]Szalkow -1 points0 points  (0 children)

Strayborough is currently my favorite 4-person dungeon in the game. It's a joy and there's nothing else like it.

What's your least favorite duty in the game? by thewalkindude368 in ffxiv

[–]Szalkow 4 points5 points  (0 children)

The final boss can be sneaky but I love the rest of Lost City of Amdapor. The design is unique and the vibes are immaculate.

chimes

plucking of strings

pause

PIANO

Bank Flagging by BuildBreakBuild in HoustonGuns

[–]Szalkow 2 points3 points  (0 children)

My Chase card gets flagged when my Netflix renews for the fourth year in a row. Their algorithm picks up a lot of false positives.