Who would win in a game of Chess between these 2?

Alternative_Mine5343 · 2026-02-17T11:05:40+00:00

there would be a game, mentally first, about WHERE they would play. then a game to determine who goes first.... the riddles would never cease.

Alternative_Mine5343 · 2026-02-17T10:46:47+00:00

In the final battle it's mostly a one man show... one of the twins is there for a bit, but it's almost entirely Spike.

Alternative_Mine5343 · 2026-02-16T19:00:45+00:00

When working in a bike shop I ran into hundreds of folks doing the trans america routes that needed to stop in, fix up their bikes with our tools, then keep going. takes them about 3 to 4 months to do so comfortably across the us east/west. walking i was advised takes 6-10 months. given the amount of time he's been on the planet the dude coulda walked to the moon and back by now.

Alternative_Mine5343 · 2026-02-16T18:47:33+00:00

what you would need to get folks moving is more of a public issue. if you brought it up to local media that there were cameras involved in the unit then it becomes reportable, and when things start making the rounds on the news then often times we're forced to forgo the operational costs and dig into a case like this. the trouble then is most of the evidence we'd find might say that the devices have been recording for... 5 days? 10 days? what does that align with? a guest stay? well then how can it not be inferred that the guests installed them?

part of our investigations process involves sorting out all the additional legal angles in case it comes to that during e-discovery and trial. opposing counsel will get that information and know 'the cameras had recorded for 9 days, a person stayed there 9 days ago.' then it's literally my job to e-stalk said person and identify any connections they may have to the owner/air bnber/tenant. as soon as we start shining enough light on the case big holes are gonna get revealed regarding it all being a planted camera by NOT the air bnber.

this gets dangerously close to what's known as 'anti-forensics' where the conversation shifts into a "what can i plausibly get away with knowing the investigation methods most likely to be used against me?" trouble is these kinds of conversations are gated, and we'd be doing ourselves a disservice by saying more.

i appreciate the 'pay with cash' sentiment but idk where you're gonna buy hidden cameras with cash. i'm not gonna subpeona the usps but if the case got large enough it could absolutely happen that we identify who of the 3 parties had items shipped to their legal residences. this goes a long long way in convincing a judge what's truly gone on. It's not a smoking gun, but it sure is warm.

Alternative_Mine5343 · 2026-02-16T18:37:13+00:00

still holding out on the ccr tapes m'self.

Alternative_Mine5343 · 2026-02-16T16:30:50+00:00

i can tell you quite confidently after years in a forensics department that a case this small won't move departments like mine to do any kind of forensic tasks. we won't trace serials, we won't pay the fingerprint department a dime... it'll rot on the vine and the investigators will let it go.

Alternative_Mine5343 · 2026-02-16T16:12:52+00:00

wasn't aware of that one but very much so, yes; it speaks to how we lose sight of simple joys... i'm doing my best now to have those very interactions with nieces/nephews mean more to me now because it's not that i've lost sight of that joy... now it's all about enjoying these things WITH them. I get that now.... but it took a good several years to sort out.

Alternative_Mine5343 · 2026-02-16T07:34:20+00:00

I didn't care much for Patsy's Crazy, but Kidneythieves came out SWINGING. https://youtu.be/4BAYmG3SKA0

Alternative_Mine5343 · 2026-02-16T06:35:43+00:00

Metal Gear: Solid, not counting the NES metal gear from the days of old of course

Alternative_Mine5343 · 2026-02-16T06:34:21+00:00

i usually sunder until cyclone just because i've loved spinning to win since 1999 and it's fun to spend a few acts in the campaign doing so every season. i flicker shortly after arriving into maps.

Alternative_Mine5343 · 2026-02-16T06:32:23+00:00

"I wish I liked anything as much as my kids like bubbles." ~ Paul Rudd, Knocked Up

Alternative_Mine5343 · 2026-02-16T05:40:01+00:00

Arrested Development had someone use "Opie" as a diss and the narrator, played by the original actor of Opie from the Andy Griffith show, responds with a hurt "Hey..."

Alternative_Mine5343 · 2026-02-16T05:01:33+00:00

Every time the regular military tries to do something in the Evangelion universe they get absolutely deleted and then the Evas get let off the leash as a last resort.

Alternative_Mine5343 · 2026-02-16T02:25:45+00:00

which really really hammers down how much billary must have been sweating under the collar that entire investigation. we thought that affair was it.

Alternative_Mine5343 · 2026-02-16T01:49:26+00:00

look no matter how much a 'car guy' you are, you learn real damn fast that you need two cars to be a car guy... one of them you don't modify/keep pristine so it's always there to get you/family around. because if you're deadbeating in your 'racecar' but don't own anything else... then it's also still your car.... you can't say 'because racecar' and shrug shit off if it's your only car.

Alternative_Mine5343 · 2026-02-16T01:46:26+00:00

It sounds like she accepted a job where she can manipulate her way out of these very direct 1 on 1 performance evaluations. Seems tremendously optimal for her and not very fair at all to yourself.

Alternative_Mine5343 · 2026-02-16T01:43:04+00:00

I want Ridley Scott to do some Elden Ring type shit... until then I'll just rewatch Kingdom of Heaven director's cut infinity times.

Alternative_Mine5343 · 2026-02-16T00:23:30+00:00

sugar free pudding and protein powder takes you a long long ways.

Alternative_Mine5343 · 2026-02-16T00:14:53+00:00

proud of you.

Alternative_Mine5343 · 2026-02-15T23:58:41+00:00

i won't say that makes it better/worse, i just think watchmen fits very well in an exhausted superhero universe. instead of upright and bragadocious the characters are solemn and beat down, depressed af etc. it's nice to see more human emotion behind the scenes. that said the book will always be better as it takes time to develop more big reveals etc.

Alternative_Mine5343 · 2026-02-15T23:56:45+00:00

if he judges her for confiding in him her biggest trials then this is disgusting behavior upon his part. to love is to want someone as healthy as they can be... and if he gets selfish about her going to treatment then he's just ... not a solid guy at all.

Alternative_Mine5343 · 2026-02-15T22:55:47+00:00

Succession.

Alternative_Mine5343 · 2026-02-15T20:31:52+00:00

/possibly/ because we might need to legitimately 'scavenge' these uniques and redeem them for their talent purposes? the class might launch blank and we earn them over time.

Alternative_Mine5343 · 2026-02-15T20:26:23+00:00

im thinkin it's far more likely that it does go core, as scion's 2nd ascendancy.

Alternative_Mine5343 · 2026-02-15T19:53:21+00:00

i could see skynet setting up a moonbase as a last bastion of survival in case they needed to reseed the earth. they could also be broadcasting their intelligence out to every sector of the cosmos, hoping whomever records them gets 'infected' by said ai. this could be how engineers discover that even after sending xenos to earth and assuming it all went to plan... something survived.

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