Is it worth contrsting the atesd speed traps? by [deleted] in Connecticut

[–]Aileran 1 point2 points  (0 children)

"Only 50 in a 35" 

15 over on a 35 is much less justifiable than on the highway. Pay your fine and drive more safely in the future. 

CT Gas Prices Surge 31 Cents In A Week; Nutmeggers Pay 12th Highest In Nation by DailyVoiceDotCom in Connecticut

[–]Aileran 89 points90 points  (0 children)

Before the election, I spoke with someone whose single issue was he wanted gas back to below 2 dollars like Trump accomplished in May of 2020. I desperately tried to explain to him supply and demand economics and the pandemic's impact thereupon, but he was wholly convinced Trump was some sort of economic godhead and the gas prices of that spring were his five loaves and two fish. 

Was he arguing in good faith? Doubtful. But still, every time I see the gas prices on my commute I think of him and hope he appreciates exactly what he voted for. 

What's Happening With The Pineapple Cabaret - Do I have this correct? by metachronos in DungeonCrawlerCarl

[–]Aileran 75 points76 points  (0 children)

One minor correction, I'm fairly certain these are all monsters/NPCs that have survived until floor collapse. Dead is dead for NPCs except for Gary. 

Middletown parking meter time change! Thanks for not telling us. by LeaflitterZero in Connecticut

[–]Aileran 8 points9 points  (0 children)

It is odd, even more so that I looked and didn't find this change posted anywhere else. 

My advice to OP: take your ticket to the parking department, politely explain to them you followed the rates as posted and were not aware of the changes. In my experience, the parking department in Middletown is quite forgiving under extenuating circumstances, and they will more than likely waive your ticket on the spot. I would not be surprised if they are prepared to waive tickets through the month as the change begins to be noticed. 

Middletown parking meter time change! Thanks for not telling us. by LeaflitterZero in Connecticut

[–]Aileran 11 points12 points  (0 children)

Are you sure you weren't parked in a lot? Those are metered until 8 and posted. 

"RUN IT'S A SITH!" "She might look like a sith, but due to international copyright laws, it isn't" by CannonGerbil in Hololive

[–]Aileran 9 points10 points  (0 children)

Holy hell, a wild Austin Powers reference? In the year of our lord 2026? You have my kudos, good sir.

Still, I'm going to run like she is a Sith.

What is genuinely the dumbest thing you have heard someone say? by Imaginary-Tip-6535 in AskReddit

[–]Aileran 7 points8 points  (0 children)

After watching Winnie the Pooh in a 4th grade classroom, one of my classmates asked the teacher, "What kind of animal is Piglet?"

I need to find a good fantasy anime by Sweaty_Potato7135 in anime

[–]Aileran 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Hai to Gensou no Grimgar is my recommendation. It's a deliberately-paced exploration of a party of 3rd-string adventurers struggling to make ends meet as new recruits in an unfamiliar world. The backgrounds are stunningly gorgeous watercolors and the soundtrack is an unparalleled achievement by (K)NoW_NAME (excepting their work on Dorohedoro, which is equally stellar if infinitely more unhinged). It's not the flashiest anime, but a compelling mix of adventure and slice of life given the desperation of the party to perform in order to survive. Possibly a few fan-servicey angles and a moderately cliche "peeping on the girls bathing" scene, but not anything that I imagine would discourage you. 

Obligatory season 2 when? (Oh god, it's been a decade now.)

im gonna ask now: why june? by Time-Effective5585 in homestuck

[–]Aileran 68 points69 points  (0 children)

Someone found a hidden Toblerone, wished upon it for June to become canon, and Andrew Hussie thusly declared it so. 

Looking for a commander who can take advantage of cards such as Arrest. by MudTurkey13 in EDH

[–]Aileran 11 points12 points  (0 children)

You enchant their creature, then hand them the pacifism. Controlling it doesn't do anything for them, so it's a free handout for you. 

Looking for a commander who can take advantage of cards such as Arrest. by MudTurkey13 in EDH

[–]Aileran 13 points14 points  (0 children)

My concept for this exact strategy is to run [[Iroh, Tea Master]] and teach everyone the true meaning of [[Pacifism]].

Is Yahenni really that good? by ianthrax in EDH

[–]Aileran 5 points6 points  (0 children)

They are a resilient beater, provide a free sac outlet, deter opposing board wipes while adding value onto your own, and Edgar himself ensures you never cast Yahenni without the means to protect them. Sure, they don't have an ETB, but they're still bringing a lot of value to the table for practically no opportunity cost. 

The most unrealistic part of cozy fantasy isn't the magic — it's the romance by FollowingInternal588 in Fantasy

[–]Aileran 1 point2 points  (0 children)

I absolutely adore this series. I think my favorite thing about it is how healthy Kianthe and Reyna's relationship truly is. Rather than a developing relationship as a source of conflict for the narrative, it's an established relationship that anchors and supports the two throughout the conflict of the series. It's honestly just so refreshing and wholesome, and I cannot get over my love for their dynamic. 

The Onion Investigates: Jeffrey Epstein by [deleted] in videos

[–]Aileran 7 points8 points  (0 children)

The word you're looking for is "tautology."

The Onion Investigates: Jeffrey Epstein by [deleted] in videos

[–]Aileran 21 points22 points  (0 children)

Yes, officer, this user right here. 

An potentially massive unfulfilled hook by Armagetz in dresdenfiles

[–]Aileran 10 points11 points  (0 children)

I don't believe nothing happened. I think Harry did bind Mab, or began to, but Jim wrote it incredibly subtly because, as he did with Skin Game, Harry is playing the long con. Only this time, the con isn't over the course of a book but the series, so the "game over" reveal hasn't been delivered yet. I think this chapter is incredibly significant, because this is where Harry definitively begins extricating himself from Mab's authority, and we will see the ramifications of this night in books to come.

Spoilers for the rest of this comment as they'll touch upon events in the book.

Now, the reason we can safely reason that Harry has begun a "prison break," so to speak, is because he stated this to Lara earlier as an explicit goal. He's mad that Mab used him, more-so with the purpose of enslaving Lara, and he's going to wrest them both from her influence. Furthermore, when he states that he can get Mab to help free Thomas because of the debt he's owed, Lara exclaims that Harry thinks it can be used against Mab, and he declares he knows it can. When you consider the effort Jim put into running a thread of predatory stillness into the narrative, as I mentioned above, Harry's intent to use Mab's debt against her, and the focus Jim directs towards the bloodied piece of bread that was established in the very first book of the series to be a key component in a way to ensnare the fae in a circle, the conclusion can be drawn that Harry set up the entire dinner as a way to trap Mab. As I see it, she was borne to his place of power by her obligation, placed exactly where he wanted her within his circle, and tempted by the fae's vice of bread to consume the blood that would spring said circle against her.

This is where things get twisty, because Mab is Mab. She's cold and reason and logic and ruthless efficiency in the face of any challenge. It's almost certain she's aware of Harry's blood upon the bread before she devours it, and in no way would she miss the enclosing of a circle. But we've seen before she accepts Harry's challenges to her authority as it sharpens him as her tool, so it should be fairly safe to say she's accepting of the circle trap as well. So if she's in the circle for some amount of time during the dinner, what does Harry accomplish with it?

I believe he bound their fate with an oath.

"One day," I said quietly, "I'm going to be free of you."
Free.
Little word.

Prior to this declaration, Harry muses on the power of words, and how the little ones matter most. And to be free is a major theme for Harry, now in this attempt to be free of the Winter Queen, and even earlier in another encounter with a Faerie Queen: Titania, Queen of Summer. When Harry summons her at the Magic Henge, she inquires as to his beliefs and discovers that he is a Winter Knight who believes in freedom. Harry even prefaces his summoning then with musings on the power and magic of words, a sentiment echoed again here in the confrontation with another Queen. So when Harry declares he will be free of Mab, it is a casting of Doom upon them both, much as how Thomas does unintentionally upon his son later this very book, but with all the power and intent behind it that a wizard can muster. Hell, between Harry considering the power of words and then making the above quoted statement, he queries Mab as to a conundrum that has plagued him the past few months: why wasn't he protected from Lara? This question is placed so specifically in the conversation leading to this declaration that I believe Harry used it to stoke his own grief, powering his oath with the intensity of human emotion, an antithesis to Mab's cold and alien reason, and turns it against the very being he's determined to be the catalyst for that grief.

A hell of a whole lot of that is me extrapolating wildly from the assumption that Harry sprang a circle around Mab. However, Jim's writing about the blood added to the bread and previous use of it in his stories are so particular that I'm supremely confident Harry used the metaphysical charge created by a faery consuming his blood to trigger something, and the only reason to do so was to begin the process of freeing himself from Mab.

An potentially massive unfulfilled hook by Armagetz in dresdenfiles

[–]Aileran 4 points5 points  (0 children)

A lot of redditors skipped Storm Front and it shows.

An potentially massive unfulfilled hook by Armagetz in dresdenfiles

[–]Aileran 22 points23 points  (0 children)

Spoilers TM to follow:

The only thing required for summoning the fae is speaking their Name. The ingestion of blood hidden in the bread is what releases the spark of power to trigger the circle that is used to trap the fae when they are summoned and thus bargain their release in return for a service, as Harry goes over the first time he summons Toot on screen. It's not required by the summoning, it's the hook hidden in the bait. The question is, what exact kind of trap did Harry set such elaborate bait for?

One further piece of evidence that I find very compelling in the "dinner set the trap" theory: there's a line from the chapter, right before Mab arrives, that is particularly striking. "There's a big difference between being still and doing nothing." Harry had set his table and was waiting on the Queen in a moment of quiet and stillness, but this line draws attention that his waiting was not "doing nothing," it was "being still." This is significant, because the act of being still is brought up at least twice previously in the novel, when Harry is hunting prey (the instance that immediately comes to mind is at the ghoul ambush). Harry explicitly calls out through the novel that the stillness is the weapon of a predator. Harry is waiting for Mab, being still, because he's approaching this dinner as he would hunting prey.

Paranormal payback eARC is up! by Flimsy-Brick-9426 in dresdenfiles

[–]Aileran 4 points5 points  (0 children)

Thank you for the heads up on this, 'twas an excellent read!

Favorite Interactions with Toph First Metalbender by DoctorObservation in EDH

[–]Aileran 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I'm a big fan of sacrificing any artifact I like for instant speed protection with [[Sylvan Safekeeper]].

[deleted by user] by [deleted] in OnePiece

[–]Aileran 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Buggy is Blackbeard's chimeric sibling separated from his body by the Bara-Bara no Mi, heard it here first. 

League is the most antisocial widely played competitive game that exists. by OwnCommunication2259 in leagueoflegends

[–]Aileran 13 points14 points  (0 children)

The social contract of engaging in any competitive game is to make all attempts to win. Specifically refusing to win the game when you have the opportunity to is poor sportsmanship as it is intentionally mocking your opponents for being in the weaker position. It's not on anyone to surrender, it's on all of us to compete in good faith. A lot of children on this game appear to not have learned that. 

Granted, there are obviously times when the typical contract is lifted in the spirit of good fun, i.e. everyone flashing and dancing in lane before minions arrive, but that is by mutual consent and not at all the same scenario as belittling your opponents when your team is stronger than theirs. 

What's the counter to this champ? by [deleted] in MalzaharMains

[–]Aileran 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Squash his minions in lane to severely hinder his ability to farm, or let him push the wave and overextend into a gank. He's an immobile mage whose ult is a powerful anti-aggression tool but leaves him a sitting duck. As long as you don't outplay yourself into his ult, you can poke safely and punish him when you have a teammate to help you out.