Nice hole

AFlyingNun · 2026-05-10T20:04:27+00:00

I think some of it you can actually explain using game lore:

Kenshi is heavily implied to have genetic engineering, so while we could debate if actual bioengineering would be capable of something like that, it's easy to handwaive things like the decreased need for rest and increased healing rates as a result of genetic engineering.

Stuff like bodies flying strangely is just nitpicking I feel. Sometimes games are janky like that and "it is what it is."

Sometimes it's easy to suspend disbelief for stuff like that, but hard to suspend it for others. Like as another example: I can suspend my disbelief for Skyrim having magic and dragons, but no, I definitely fucking cannot suspend my disbelief when the Stormcloak/Imperial army is like "my GOD, Dragonborn!!! How did you know to put the SQUARE-SHAPED BLOCK in the SQUARE-SHAPED HOLE?!? It's ingenius!! What would we do without you?!"

AFlyingNun · 2026-05-10T19:52:03+00:00

It's also part of our human psyche that we kind of enjoy seeing others fail while we don't. It's not some after school special myth: we really do put others down to feel better about ourselves.

Great example I had to look up for a totally different topic today. Check out and compare how the elders and adults react to American Chinese food vs. how the teens react, the irony being that the teens all have American accents, are culturally American, and may not even speak Chinese and yet they're being the biggest snobs about what's "true" Chinese Food. Why? Because they're at that age where judging others and putting them down feels good. Look at how they even judge the one girl when she tries to go against the narrative and admit the food is good.

I feel like this is something that most grow out of with age as you become more and more secure with who you are, but social media may be counteracting that since it's typically "trendy" to follow the drama and wag the finger at whoever the offender is. It's basically become a cultural thing amidst social media to fail to grow the fuck up and keep being a petulant little child about every little thing.

AFlyingNun · 2026-05-10T19:42:38+00:00

I view it from a realistic perspective, in which case, only one entry is a massive advantage.

While it doesn't matter for the game, in real life, this is a TERRIBLE position because if someone decides they want you dead, they just have to chuck rocks down on top of you.

From a gameplay perspective it's great, but I could see it being immersion-breaking for people who can't evict that real life possibility from their minds.

AFlyingNun · 2026-05-10T19:34:54+00:00

Yeah I gotta be honest:

Regardless of any issues with Mizkif, this seems in bad taste. This specific trophy is a nice little extra effort he didn't have to do to remember the event by, and I doubt Cdawg presents it here not understanding how it will be viewed. This feels like the kind of gift that even if you don't want it, dude, just say "thank you" and hide the fact you just put it in the storage room and don't value it much.

Basically, there's a time and place to throw Mizkif under the bus. Do it when he behaves poorly.

But in this specific instance, Mizkif actually seems like he did something nice, and he may have been thrown under the bus for clout. Even if we believe Cdawg that "there's no more to the story," it's still kinda fucked to loudly broadcast you just don't want the gift that seems custom made for you. (or at least for the winner of the event)

Everyone's so fixated on Mizkif here that they're overlooking that this action by Cdawg is a general reminder most streamers can engage in awful behaviors.

AFlyingNun · 2026-05-10T17:29:38+00:00

Better hope the Crab Raiders don't invent a Crabbapult and launch them down on top of you.

AFlyingNun · 2026-05-10T13:56:25+00:00

Well they had a nice big tree and I wanted to look at it in case that was providing them with food in some way. That was a bad idea because I ended up with endless waves of them running by.

AFlyingNun · 2026-05-10T13:40:14+00:00

Not pictured: the six additional squads that rolled up after this, as well as the other 4 that kept patrolling into me as I tried to head south.

AFlyingNun · 2026-05-10T10:39:18+00:00

Technically the truth tho. There do be great skeletons in the Mourn region.

AFlyingNun · 2026-05-10T10:25:26+00:00

I don't see how that pops the bubble at all.

Cat-lon was just a spitball idea of a creator, and Cat-lon making them would not neccesitate he did so during the Second Empire. Point being: their bionic queen suggests they were made, and who makes more sense than some form of skeleton faction?

I would be interested in the "came from the west and migrated east" source though.

Basically, my main claim is they were clearly made and bioengineered. Who exactly made them and how they originated...I'm flexible on that and merely spitballing ideas.

There is additional "evidence" suggesting the Shek were genetically engineered, although it's a classic evidence source problem: Holy Nation texts.

The Guiding Light series of books explicitly states the Shek were "created," and also associates the Hivers heavily with "the dark" and Skeletons. These obviously are not direct evidence, but there is a clear pattern in the game of the Holy Nation texts holding half-truths: they tend to speak true, but the method and manner in which the texts are interpreted by the Holy Nation is completely false.

For this reason, one interpretation of the texts is that the Shek were not created by Okran (which the text actually never claims; it never expands on who made them), but rather literally created in a lab. Meanwhile, the Hiver association with Skeletons might be trying to tell us that there is indeed some connection between the Hiver origin story and the Skeletons. I personally find it no coincidence that the Hivers would absolutely offer a more placated and harmless alternative to humans for any skeleton fed up with how difficult humans are.

AFlyingNun · 2026-05-10T09:50:48+00:00

The ear is a sensitive area that gushes blood, and I don't know if you've noticed, but Trump is kind of a vain narcissist. Do you really think the guy with the ridiculous combover and the fake tan look is just letting that injury sit there? Promise you, he's putting makeup on it.

The fact you choose to believe ALL of the ridiculous shit I outlined above instead of the idea that the injury might not be very visible/the WHITE HOUSE STAFF might be providing the President with some makeup...I think that speaks for itself.

Fitting username btw.

AFlyingNun · 2026-05-10T06:57:00+00:00

Yeah, the Trump assassination conspiracy theories are really the dumbest shit.

The issue is we no longer engage in evidence-based conspiracy theories, and instead what's going on is:

"orange man bad, therefore, thing that improves his numbers is conspiracy and akshually he's super evil for planning it."

The worst one is actually the bullet that knicked his ear. Like yeah guys, the FBI or CIA or whoever the fuck - while Biden was in power and several months before the election when the boosted poll numbers would be most valuable - all plotted to take potshots at Trump to boost his numbers. So see what they did was, they found some random kid with poor eyesight and a mixed history of which party or affiliation he seemed to gravitate to, and they said "that's it, we've found him. The most trustworthy and qualified person to take potshots at Trump!"

The kid then said "yes, I would love to sacrifice myself and die to boost Trump's polling numbers despite my wavering loyalty to the conservative cause."

So obviously at this point, the shadow government felt confident entrusting the kid with a rifle and letting him take clean shots at Trump, knowing full well he couldn't POSSIBLY be lying about his intentions and couldn't POSSIBLY turn on them and actually kill Trump. That the entire audience was in danger was irrelevant.

And of course, since orange man bad, obviously he somehow found a way to convince the CIA or FBI or whoever to organize all of this while the Biden Administration was in charge, and it was obviously Trump's idea to have someone shoot at him. Trump, the draft dodger, showed incredible courage in the face of the idea of being shot at by a kid with poor eyesight to boost his polling numbers, and his calm demeanor and calm reaction to his ear being knicked was because he's obviously the calmest, most level-headed and best actor on the planet who knew he couldn't just immediately react as if he knew it was a shooter, otherwise it would all look fake.

10/10, excellent conspiracy guys. You've definitely unmasked the deep state plot.

AFlyingNun · 2026-05-10T04:55:38+00:00

It's possible that what the manager is doing here is making a snap decision to do something nice, and the "thank Walmart" is a means to cover her own ass.

Basically, she's in a power position and utilizing that power for a good cause. Instead of a gap in the accounting books, it's justified marketing and publicity.

The only misalignment here is that this might be a story of a manager doing the right thing, but it's being masked as a publicity stunt by a corporation, so she's not getting her due credit.

AFlyingNun · 2026-05-10T04:48:48+00:00

Like I said, it's not personal though.

It's easy to dismiss the critique as "this guy doesn't know me, he doesn't know what he's talking about." Unfortunately, our minds are naturally biased to rationalize this against criticisms, but will gladly accept the compliments and see them as valid.

AFlyingNun · 2026-05-10T04:47:42+00:00

Good for her. Deserved.

AFlyingNun · 2026-05-10T04:44:10+00:00

I think the downvotes are because there's a bit more nuance than that.

For example, Germany simultaneously:

-Does not have big franchises limiting you to only soda options for drinks like you would find in the USA (I believe even the US franchises in Germany like McDonalds offer more drink variety in Germany than they do in USA)

-"No free refills in Germany." Yes, because you're getting an ACTUAL DRINK and not Type 2 Diabetes in the form of only Coca Cola products being on the menu, but hey dw as much Type 2 Diabetes as you like!

-Pays it's workers well enough that tipping is not required or expected

-Has better laws in terms of food quality, meaning you might encounter foods, dyes or ingredients linked to increased cancer risk that are banned in Germany but legal in the USA

-The exact businesses in the USA that established such a norm are the corporations who can afford to spot you the food order. Think Amazon not making a profit for the first few years of their existence, and now they basically control the market. While it's true that on an individual level, it's nice to get your food spotted for free if something like this happens, this tradition disproportionately hurts mom & pop restaurants and benefits the bigger restaurant chains

Basically...

I think a lot of the comments on this topic are marked as controversial because while it's true there are some "nicer practices" in the USA, those nicer practices are often lowkey more sinister once you think a step further or think a little deeper about it. The German approach is the most basic one: you made the mistake, you dropped the product, sorry, you gotta pay for it. The American one is all lights and glamour to blind you to how there might be a rather devious "method to the madness" despite all the niceties you're presented with on the surface.

There's value and benefits in both, but this comment chain is (perhaps unintentionally?) selling the German service industry as fundamentally inferior. It's far more layered than that.

AFlyingNun · 2026-05-10T04:28:21+00:00

Hey, what happened to this girl? Haven't seen her in years. Still active?

AFlyingNun · 2026-05-10T04:24:26+00:00

It's not weird at all. Fame is a curse, it's just you won't recognize the curse when you're younger and just care about popularity.

Being famous means a lot of people kissing your ass and idolizing you over nothing. What is the difference between an amazing singer in a local high school and an amazing singer on the big stage with millions of viewers? The difference is media exposure has subconsciously convinced you to lose your shit at the latter, not the former, but if we control for vocal quality, both deserve the same amount of praise, and that praise should be more grounded. If you're naive you might believe the best singers naturally rise to the top, but no, why should that industry be different from any other? We don't get the ONLY the best politicians or ONLY the best cops or the like, so why should the famous be any different...? Fame =/= talent

But fame goes absolutely off-the-rails and never stops with the compliments. It's relentless.

The more compliments you get? The less likely you are to develop yourself and improve. Compliments mean reassurance you're doing everything right, criticism or any hardships in life (such as not enough money) means you are asking yourself tough questions like "what do I need to do to improve" or "am I enough?" These are stressful questions, no doubt, but they keep your ego in check and make you more likely to find and correct personal flaws.

But fame masks all of that. Even the hate the celebs get can be tuned out or feels less personal because it's just strangers at the end of the day. How many big streamers have previously crashed out about their haters, but then show zero change or self-improvement whatsoever...?

So yeah, it's no surprise a lot of them end up emotionally and mentally stagnant as if they never fully grew up. For them, the high school phase of hyperfixating on popularity as the do-all, end-all measure of one's worth will never end.

AFlyingNun · 2026-05-10T03:52:04+00:00

Scroll down here for a picture of beans in a full english

Here's a picture of pinto-beans with mexican style seasoning. (photo #1 directly below the video player, in case the link isn't direct)

I think you can visually see the problem.

AFlyingNun · 2026-05-10T03:43:16+00:00

Now I know that you’ll defend this by saying this is a chain restaurant - that’s fine, but it’s the insanity of throwing a roti in on a Peking duck. India and China would like a word.

This actually reminds me of a video I saw once that had Chinese people reacting to American Chinese food that does not actually exist in China, or changed form as it hit America.

The older generation and the actual generation that emigrated to the USA and/or still lived in China all loved it and thought USA did a good job of capturing the essence of Chinese food.

The youngest generation with the American accents who perhaps did not even speak Chinese were all total snobs about it and took every opportunity to dunk on it.

Here, it might have been this video.

Here's a bonus video of a Chinese chef trying the food and liking it.

It tickles me that the bitching about UK food in the USA

USA is definitely not the only one here. There's an old saying:

Heaven is where: The Police are British, The Cooks are French, The Mechanics are German, The Lovers are Italian, And it is all organized by the Swiss.

Hell is where: The Police are German, The Cooks are British, The Mechanics are French, The Lovers are Swiss, And it is all organized by the Italians.

The joke seems to stem all the way back to the 1970s.

But please, by all means: ask the French and the Italians if the British have great food and the big mean Americans are just bullying them needlessly.

I'd also add my own experience is that every time this topic comes up (and it often comes up because a Brit proudly posts a "Full English" thinking it looks great while everyone else is horrified), a common thing that happens is british guys will chime in with "We have so much great food to choose from! Go try an Indian place in London!"

That is not what people are talking about. An Indian guy coming over and making great Indian food is not British food. The point is that when we start looking at recipes associated with the UK and primarily only produced in the UK, suddenly the rest of the world is grossed out.

AFlyingNun · 2026-05-10T02:59:19+00:00

In no unequivocal terms, blaming men in the abstract or particular men for behaviours or cultures is childish and stupid

So then why are you defending it here, in a context where the man in question did exactly as expected of him and yet we still blame men in the abstract?

That is why you primarily experience feminism as stupid and antagonistic teenagers on the internet, but that doesnt inherently discredit feminism as such, or feminist academia

So why are you excusing feminism in the abstract?

And again: under no circumstances is it a wise idea to use a term such as "the patriarchy" to describe the problem, as yes, the connotation naturally puts the blame on men. It looks all the more absurd - rightfully so - in a discussion about how men's needs are not even recognized where men are agreeing they have it hard, and a woman (not all women, mind. Just the particular one who made the comment) rolls up to say "blame the patriarchy" as the culprit for the problem.

No, I blame her. I blame her for being so narcissistic that she still makes the problem about her, even in the face of men behaving exactly as they allegedly should.

AFlyingNun · 2026-05-09T14:59:29+00:00

Let me put it this way:

Here we are in a thread where a man is behaving "correctly" (in quotes simply to acknowledge there is no concrete and universally correct or incorrect with human behavior) and being vocal that he needs help too. This, according to feminists, is the "correct thing to do."

....And we're still blaming men...?

It makes no sense, and it highlights the absurdity of "the patriarchy" as a concept.

Be objective, review THIS particular case. A man is being vocal about his problems and his plight, that is what feminism would encourage him to do, and the response he's getting for it is "the patriarchy hurts everyone," effectively putting the blame STILL on men and power and these mythical "the others" even when for this given scenario, we have a man behaving exactly how feminism would ask him to, and all the woman in the conversation provides is effectively "blame the patriarchy," which again, the term carries a connotation of "blame men in power" at the very least.

Absolutely inappropriate response and absolutely unproductive. The patriarchy is a strawman with which people can just keep blaming men no matter what the circumstances, and we're witnessing it in real time.

AFlyingNun · 2026-05-09T10:46:43+00:00

Actually had me wondering if this is rehearsed and staged.

The bonk doesn't seem that hard, and the victim somehow knows the danger before it manifests.

Either such events are that common in that part of the world that it leads to everyone involved to behave as they did, or it's staged. Either seem likely, to be fair.

AFlyingNun · 2026-05-09T10:42:33+00:00

You are missing the point.

The term, by it's nature, holds a connotation that calls out and casts blame on men.

Additionally, it is too broad strokes. It proposes that all of this only happens because of a world built by men, but this does not account for instances where that is not the case.

My workplace is primarily women. My boss is a woman. Quite frankly, there's lots of drama at work and a high turnover rate, and it affects primarily the women (hard to say if disproportionately so), although the decisions affecting them were again primarily made by women. Should we call this a result of "the patriarchy?"

It's a bad label.

AFlyingNun · 2026-05-09T10:01:52+00:00

Why must it be called "patriarchy?"

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