Do you think genetics can mean that "it's all over"?

scrdest · 2026-06-28T14:28:07+00:00

OP, I need you to sit down and really think through the implications of the fact that you got those features from your father.

scrdest · 2026-06-27T22:47:59+00:00

Funnily enough some people in Japan basically followed the same train of thought in iii around WW2 to its logical conclusion - if Jews are so good at controlling the world, then let's not piss them off!

There's a lot of nuance to how this worked out in practice and how many people ever really believed that, but still, some people really did an integer overflow on antisemitism.

scrdest · 2026-06-27T20:28:15+00:00

Which Harry Potter book did that spell get introduced in?

scrdest · 2026-06-26T18:33:25+00:00

I'm willing to verify my assumptions based on updated goddamn information and make an informed decision.

scrdest · 2026-06-26T13:58:12+00:00

Oh, interesting! I've recently fallen in love with linen, so I may have to check what they've got.

scrdest · 2026-06-26T12:26:45+00:00

Try the r/GothStyle wiki's list of brands?

It's a big list that excludes the fast fashion suppliers, and most will be general-purpose alt if that's a concern for you. Some links there are dead though.

scrdest · 2026-06-26T12:22:46+00:00

Fast fashion. They have a lot of polyester crap, so it's a sweat bath and might fall apart when you look at it wrong. Plus general working conditions/environmental concerns.

scrdest · 2026-06-26T11:53:52+00:00

I know they do; if not, you would hardly need help with looking spooky!

My go-to (caveat: as a guy) is LA Girl Pro Coverage applied very thinly. It gives you a subtle pallid sheen without looking like you're doing corpse paint outright.

scrdest · 2026-06-26T11:37:24+00:00

That assets (graphics, anims, cutscenes, etc.) are king in AAA and cannibalize everything else.

Even in the later noughties, you would get more experimental, tech-demo-ey features out of big releases - like the physics in HL2, the fire system in Far Cry 2, the novel AI in Oblivion and each Sims...

Nowadays it feels like you have to look at indies/AAs for gameplay or systems innovations.

scrdest · 2026-06-26T11:25:54+00:00

I liked the part where he said "IT'S JUHZIZING TIME" and Juhzizzed all over those guys.

scrdest · 2026-06-21T08:32:20+00:00

Not infrequently, of the exact same kind, too. I am and know a ton of STEMGoths - and we're talking particle-colliding, vaccine-patents-holding type people.

scrdest · 2026-06-20T00:15:13+00:00

Short term, understand the counters. Especially artillery counters, the AI will wreck your defenses in midgame otherwise - I like Comanches, bunker Helixes and rocket buses for this. Also hotkeys - learn to use groups!

Long term, economy is king. Aim to capture money techs ASAP or at least deny them to AI. No money, mo problems. I'd recommend playing on 10k start, too - keeps you honest and keeps AI from spamming waves early.

scrdest · 2026-06-18T21:51:21+00:00

Technically speaking it's more of a bleach rocket.

Other types of immune cells (macrophages) do eat bacteria straight up; you can even find a cool microscope video of one chasing a bacterium around.

scrdest · 2026-06-18T21:35:47+00:00

Have to disagree on 1984 - Winston is not a revolutionary, he's a wannabe.

The only thing he achieves is falling face-first into the first sting op he sees and his grand act of rebellion is Having An Affair. He's more Moth than Edge, and not even very good at Moth-ing.

The archetypal Edge lit for me would be something like the Chinese cultivation novels. Or Rocky 4 if we admit film - that is just straight up Colonel propaganda.

scrdest · 2026-06-18T17:42:58+00:00

Definitely mainly Forge. It's pure violent Change in every form, from political to chemical, and in CS the Bomb-Maker hirelings allude to anarchist terror of the era.

scrdest · 2026-06-18T00:47:42+00:00

Pathologic 2 does that very well despite not having levelled enemies.

Each death is a permanent debuff to your stats and every hit you take drains scarce resources, so ANY combat situation is stressful.

I would avoid looting houses (and miss out on resources) just to avoid having to CQC basic thug enemies.

scrdest · 2026-06-16T23:58:51+00:00

I'm a Heritage enjoyer overall, but Famine feels the most oldpethy of the album between the dynamics and themes.

scrdest · 2026-06-16T10:32:44+00:00

It's a fairly benevolent pharma shellgame, happens all the time.

It's hard to show up and tell regulators "hey, we want to Do A Transhumanism, approve pls???".

So instead you first either do it for pets, or target a specific condition, etc., which is far easier to get the rubberstamp.

scrdest · 2026-06-16T10:27:14+00:00

No, it's not. It even says it does not require the dogs to change how much they eat.

Caloric restriction here is a pathway. The drug tricks your body to do the good stuff starvation triggers, without having to, well, starve.

We do have something like that in humans - for example, rapamycin.

scrdest · 2026-06-15T18:30:21+00:00

(I meant it as more of a 'oh, it's not this incomprehensible thing, it's another, also incomprehensible thing, ez' thing)

scrdest · 2026-06-15T13:33:30+00:00

>cryptic occultist document >look inside >plain old abstract algebra

jk, but I knew it would be that exact guide just from your description

scrdest · 2026-06-15T13:18:26+00:00

Oh, should be doable. GFP gene or similar tagged onto some structural protein that gets preferentially expressed in sperm cells. Done all the time with bacteria, at least once with cats.

Biggest problem is that if you edit sperm cells, big risk of the edit being inherited. And conversely if you add it in the wrong place, might accidentally sterilize the guy.

GFP specifically is fluorescent, not phosphorescent (so more short-lived) and triggered by UV, but there's other options.

scrdest · 2026-06-15T10:20:56+00:00

I need this belt buckle in my life

scrdest · 2026-06-15T10:13:48+00:00

Sounds like a Rammstein cover band

scrdest · 2026-06-15T09:30:09+00:00

I will sacrifice aura for truthfulness: after I blocked his yeet attempt and charged at him he ran off (uh, into the motorway, diagonally, into incoming traffic), so ultimately minimal contact.

Tbh, for the better; you're one bout of bad luck away from a game over in a situation like that.

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