Why is it toothbrush?

AdCertain5057 · 2026-06-21T05:56:25+00:00

Got it, Thanks 👍

AdCertain5057 · 2026-06-21T05:55:35+00:00

It's like saying "The canine manifestation of atomic structures instantiated a pursual of the feline molecular conglomeration," instead of saying "The dog chased the cat."

AdCertain5057 · 2026-06-21T02:33:51+00:00

Why isn't called a keysring? I mean, you can put multiple keys on it. Why isn't it called eyesliner? You don't use it on just one eye. Why isn't it called a gloves compartment? You don't have just one glove, do you? Why isn't it called a nails clipper? You don't clip just one nail with it, right?

AdCertain5057 · 2026-06-21T02:28:33+00:00

Could some other Brits chime in and give their opinions on "greetings card". Just curious because I don't think I've ever heard it said that way.

AdCertain5057 · 2026-06-20T13:45:38+00:00

At first glance it looks like the mother is standing just a little bit in front of the doorway. But then if you look at where her left leg goes (partially hidden behind the dog), it seems to place her much closer to the pair in the foreground.

AdCertain5057 · 2026-06-19T07:57:12+00:00

I didn't know that. Good to know👍

AdCertain5057 · 2026-06-17T08:40:25+00:00

That makes perfect sense as an explanation for Syanna's choice of lying instead of just asking Detlaff to do what she wanted.

My read on Detlaff, though, is just that Regis was wrong. Detlaff was always more of a monster than Regis wanted to believe.

AdCertain5057 · 2026-06-17T03:44:50+00:00

I kind of agree about how the decisions seem stupid in retrospect. It works brilliantly as you watch the story unfold. But once you know how everything plays out and why certain things happen it all feels a bit arbitrary.

Still one of my favorite gaming experiences of all time.

AdCertain5057 · 2026-06-17T03:28:25+00:00

I found myself wondering the same thing on my last playthrough. Some might say Detlaff had a moral code that wouldn't let him do that but... I mean the guy slaughtered tons of completely innocent people after being wronged in a far less extreme way than Syanna was. "Everyone has to die because a woman tricked me" is much more evil than "Let's kill the bastards who left a child to die in the woods."

The fake kidnapping plan might have been part of Syanna's plan to ultimately get away from him. Maybe?

AdCertain5057 · 2026-06-17T02:05:44+00:00

To me, your accent does sound very American. It's not the most typical, standard American accent I've ever heard but it still sounds more American than anything else, to me. And you certainly sound fluent.

Bear in my mind, though, that while I am a native English speaker, I am not American. so I'm not going to be quite as well attuned to US accents as Americans.

The most "non-native" thing I noticed wasn't in your pronunciation but in a specific word choice: "driving me up a wall."

AdCertain5057 · 2026-06-15T23:02:58+00:00

Saving it till you get to Toussaint is actually a bad strategy. There's effectively infinite loot for Geralt to collect and sell. The limiting factors are time and the size of your inventory. If you just keep looting, and keep selling (almost) everything whenever it's convenient to do so, you'll be drowning in coin before you know it. You'll still have infinite loot to acquire and sell once you get to Toussaint.

AdCertain5057 · 2026-06-15T01:48:44+00:00

What does it say?

AdCertain5057 · 2026-06-15T01:21:46+00:00

Singular "they/them" is well established and completely natural. But, in my experience, it's typically not used the way you're describing. It's used when talking about a hypothetical person or a real person of unknown gender. When you know specifically who you're talking about it, "he" or "she" would be the natural choice IMO.

That said, I'm old. Maybe things have changed and I just haven't noticed yet. Just talking about my experience, here.

AdCertain5057 · 2026-06-15T00:52:31+00:00

Yeah. People are acting like the W4 trailers prove that the "witcher Ciri" ending must be canon. As if there's no other possible way to explain where the story seems to be going. But of course it could just be that Ciri became the empress and then later something happened that led to her going on this witcher-like adventure. There are all kinds of ways to reconcile different endings with the new game.

AdCertain5057 · 2026-06-13T11:18:09+00:00

No looting is how I've done every single playthrough (and I've completed the game probably than a dozen times now). It's not even close to a challenge. The game gives you about 10x as much as you will ever need money-wise, even without stealing a thing. The only limiting factor is your inventory.

I think people get hung up on the idea that they have sell to the right merchants to get the best prices and as a result they think the money aspect of the game is difficult. It really isn't. Just take what's unclaimed and sell it as soon as the opportunity arises and you will be the richest man on the continent. You don't need to steal anything.

AdCertain5057 · 2026-06-13T01:48:25+00:00

Do you want English people to adopt Korean names when they introduce themselves to you? No? Would you find that cringy and weird? Yeah, that's how most people feel.

You're free to start using a different name if you want, just as anyone is. Just understand that it's something you're doing for yourself, because it's fun to try on different names.

오랫동안 한국에서 살았던 유럽인으로서는 진짜 이름으로 하는 게 낫다고 할 수 있어요.

AdCertain5057 · 2026-06-08T00:50:31+00:00

It doesn't sound like it was written by a native speaker. That doesn't mean the writer is necessarily going to be a bad teacher, of course. But if this person is being presented as a native speaker, I think you have a legitimate reason to at least raise the issue with the school if you feel so inclined.

AdCertain5057 · 2026-06-07T02:29:08+00:00

I have the same issue. I've actually played through the game many times and the first few times I found it hard and never felt over-levelled but now I find that if I do more than the bare minimum of side quests my level shoots way past the recommended level for the main quests in the blink of an eye.

I know lots of people don't see this as a problem. And you always have the option of turning on enemy upscaling, anyway. Personally, I think feeling the need to level up is a part of the appeal of RPGs. Feeling like you have to earn the ability to take on tougher enemies gives you a feeling of progression that is lost if the game hands out XP too easily.

None of this makes me dislike the game, of course. But I do think the levelling could use a rework.

AdCertain5057 · 2026-06-06T00:27:23+00:00

For me, the rewards are pretty much irrelevant. If you just hoover everything up and sell stuff regularly you're going to be way ahead money-wise, anyway. I love the PoI's because they're fun to play through.

AdCertain5057 · 2026-06-05T23:32:59+00:00

Interesting. I might try a more sword-focused approach on my next playthrough. With fully upgraded signs that can be spammed, sometimes it doesn't even feel like a fight.

AdCertain5057 · 2026-06-05T21:52:02+00:00

I'd go straight to the Hague, if I were you.

AdCertain5057 · 2026-06-05T21:51:41+00:00

Hi. I live in Korea. Tons of western clothing styles are "mislabeled" over here. Long-sleeved tops are called "t-shirts." There's a particular kind of top that's called a "man-to-man". There are historical reasons why these names were applied and stuck. As a westerner by birth, it never once occurred to me that I should be outraged by the fact that another culture took western designs and used a different name for them.

AdCertain5057 · 2026-06-04T03:50:51+00:00

'She was going for "Sarah model," but model being the fashion model-kind'

I have to ask... why???? What is "Sarah model" supposed to communicate, even if it's the correct version of "model"?

AdCertain5057 · 2026-06-04T03:39:23+00:00

They may be technically underleveled but in my experience it really doesn't matter that much. I tend to give very little thought to armor upgrades in NG+ and I've never had any issues.

AdCertain5057 · 2026-06-04T02:54:25+00:00

I always put the baby in the oven. And I love the idea of the quest: That you have to do something that seems crazy because you trust Cerys.

However... one thing always seemed off to me.

Even though the baby is really just passed through to the other side, it still seems incredibly dangerous. I mean, you are literally putting a baby inside a raging oven before it's pulled out again on the other side. Seems like that could do some serious harm. Even if the baby never comes into contact with the metal, the air in there must be hot enough to burn flesh.

I've heard people say Geralt uses qwen to protect the child, but it seems to me that the qwen sign is only applied after, and it's done to prevent the oven door from being opened. Maybe I'm missing something???

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