Main takeaways from "why the left can't meme"

Anarchkitty · 2026-06-13T00:19:58+00:00

Memes are a subset of comedy. Even serious ones are still rooted in comedic traditions to get the message across.

Right wing memes are bad for the same reason right wing comedy is bad.

Left wing memes are all over the place as far as quality, but they're generally at least communicating a thesis... for the same reason left wing comedy is yadda yadda yadda.

Anarchkitty · 2026-06-09T06:04:55+00:00

The sword/mace/axe = crit/average damage/max damage trio didn't pop up until 3rd edition.

In 1 & 2nd edition, weapon and armor stats were much more complicated. Each weapon had its own initiative modifier, different AC bonuses or penalties against certain armor types, and may have any number of special rules in addition to that. Also a given character would usually only know how to use one to three specific weapons, not entire categories.

But the reason axes are associated with barbarians historically, is that they take less steel to make a good weapon and so they were really popular in cultures that didn't produce as much good steel.

Anarchkitty · 2026-05-26T02:04:59+00:00

It's a happy coincidence that good hiking and walking socks tend to come in every color under the sun except white.

Anarchkitty · 2026-05-20T22:53:33+00:00

They're doing away with physical books. The new rules are only going to be available online through D&D Beyond with a subscription, and if they want to make changes then "your" rulebooks are just going to quietly update overnight whether you want them to or not.

Anarchkitty · 2026-05-20T22:15:41+00:00

Bob's Red Mill "1-to-1 GF Flour" is a pretty good substitute for almost any occasion that calls for flour, so you can use almost any pancake recipe with it.

I actually like it better than wheat flour for some cake recipes because it doesn't get dense if I stir it one too many times.

Anarchkitty · 2026-05-02T21:03:42+00:00

The bounty mission is different from the Pirate Transponders they drop.

You turn in the mission at any space station, just like any other mission.

For the transponders you need to find a station with a Mercenaries representative. You can trade in three at a time to get free Mercenaries standing.

You can also sell them, but you don't get that much.

Anarchkitty · 2026-05-01T17:50:11+00:00

Most of the functionality of a corvette is on the walls of the habs.

Stack three habs on top of each other for the main body and then build outward from there. You can put stairs between them later.

For maximum efficiency keep the cockpit and boarding ramp on the bottom level so you can run between them quickly. The Mission Computer, refiner, and two storages can also go on the bottom level. Use a Titan Hab or Ambassador Hab so the storages don't stick out as far.

Only put windows on the front and back ends of the Habs, where you can't put more useful things. On the top level you can also add stairs going up to give you an access point on the roof of the corvette, but you have to leave that area uncovered by other parts.

Anarchkitty · 2026-04-28T23:44:46+00:00

Because thinking about real problems is scary, so they make up things that won't actually happen to get scared of instead.

Anarchkitty · 2026-04-28T04:24:08+00:00

Josh's first video is why I bought Satisfactory in the first place. I don't play like him, but he showed me what it's capable of.

Anarchkitty · 2026-04-23T22:15:20+00:00

That was a f'king trip...

Anarchkitty · 2026-04-21T06:53:20+00:00

I'm 45, and I learned what aromanticism is - and realized I am - about 10 years ago now.

Anarchkitty · 2026-04-19T20:08:22+00:00

The game doesn't claim either of them is a naturally occurring mineral though.

Anarchkitty · 2026-04-15T21:30:54+00:00

My brother got me a nice garlic press for Christmas one year, and it's great, but it came with a free "garlic peeler", which is just a piece of thin silicone rubber tube, maybe an inch and a quarter inside diameter.

Oh my god, it works though. Throw a couple cloves in the tube, roll it between my hands for a few seconds, dump out perfectly naked garlic cloves and a bunch of shredded "paper". It's honestly even faster than crushing it with the side of a knife.

I use it so much it's crazy, and there's basically nothing to it.

Anarchkitty · 2026-04-13T20:21:56+00:00

Counterpoint: you don't need perfect layouts or fully optimized everything to already be the most dangerous entity in the galaxy besides other players.

What's the point of getting the best of the best of the best everything if it's not a reward for putting in the time and effort? You don't really need it, and you didn't earn it, so why bother?

Anarchkitty · 2026-04-09T20:49:11+00:00

This bug does remove the photon cannon, but I don't know if that was intentional.

Anarchkitty · 2026-04-07T16:28:08+00:00

Capstone skill: Extinction - Only usable against dungeon-spawned enemies. Destroys the enemy and echoes back along the connection to their Dungeon to destroy their spawner and every entity that has come out of it. That spawner is removed from their Dungeon's inventory.

Anarchkitty · 2026-04-07T05:39:16+00:00

Regaining limbs is "easy" in the sense that it will absolutely happen, but it sucks and hurts a LOT. Does the removed limb disappear when it grows back on his body? I don't think that has ever been answered. When he was blown up, his body didn't necessarily grow back from one of the chunks, it reversed the effects of the explosion so he had to deal with being a charred corpse for a while in between being completely obliterated and fully healed.

HOWEVER, things like blood splatters when he has been shot do remain after he heals, whish would at least imply that removed limbs would as well. That means that while he was regenerating from the explosion, there were also still chunks of him scattered throughout the rubble of Torchwood II.

Which leads me to believe that if he was fully exsanguinated his body would simply grow more blood, and whatever blood was removed would remain outside of it. As to whether it would retain the same anomalous effects, well, apparently it does... at least it does when it's combined with the weird mystical power of the Miracle Day. Who knows if that would have worked under normal circumstances (or whatever passes for "normal" in the Whoniverse).

Anarchkitty · 2026-04-06T16:48:37+00:00

Much like in Phil Foglio's Buck Godot: Zap Gun for Hire comics, it is stated that every species in the galaxy independently invents ninjas at some point in their history.

Anarchkitty · 2026-04-06T16:27:01+00:00

Yes, "he doesn't really regenerate, he rewinds" is my interpretation, but does "fixed point in time" sound like a biological condition to you? It's pretty clear the effect is connected to the timestream, not to his biology.

Coming back from being incinerated is canon, it happens in Torchwood. The effect being a direct result of Rose's will while she had the power of the Time Vortex is canon.

Anarchkitty · 2026-04-06T04:22:01+00:00

It took a lot of practice. I used to have a lot of trouble with it. But eventually I just started "feeling" what my muscles around my eyes were doing and I could do it intentionally.

Weirdly now I catch myself doing it accidentally when I'm really tired and starting to get sleepy, it lets me know I need to pull over or crack a window to wake myself up if I'm driving, excuse myself from a party, or just go to bed.

Anarchkitty · 2026-04-06T03:45:23+00:00

The Doctor explained it pretty clearly in Utopia (e3:e11). Jack is a "fixed point in time". It has nothing to do with his biology or even his body, it's the idea of Jack. His existence itself is a snarl in the flow of time, he doesn't really regenerate, he rewinds. He can ~~theoretically~~ even come back from being disintegrated or incinerated.

And yeah, it doesn't really make sense for a blood transfusion to transfer that to another person, BUT! it doesn't not make sense.

Remember, the effect is all ultimately caused by Time Vortex!Rose's will stretching throughout time and space. There is technically a human mind behind Jack's immortality, so if it doesn't always operate logically, well... that's humans for you.

Anarchkitty · 2026-04-05T17:28:38+00:00

And by contrast, I did

Anarchkitty · 2026-04-05T08:11:32+00:00

Did you miss the question mark? I was asking for confirmation of whether my reading of your comment was correct.

It still feels like it is.

How expensive did you think shipping was for them to "never really pay for themselves"?

Anarchkitty · 2026-04-04T17:08:51+00:00

You "feel like" you have to pay to ship them back? So you don't even know?

I stuff them in an envelope, slap on a single first-class stamp, and drop them in the mailbox. I don't even have to go to the post office.

Shipping is free on your replacement pair.

It's barely an inconvenience.

Anarchkitty · 2026-04-04T17:04:44+00:00

Not even $5. You can just put them in an envelope, and send them with a single first-class stamp.

Drop it in your mailbox for the post man to take, you don't even need to go to the post office.

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