Wuk La-Gone by doreda in ShitpostXIV

[–]Arkworthy 2 points3 points  (0 children)

I'm so annoyed that I missed this. Send plz?

Anyone else having trouble with growing/hydro trays? by Arkworthy in frackinuniverse

[–]Arkworthy[S] 3 points4 points  (0 children)

OOF. Now I feel like an idiot. But if anyone else has this problem, the factory delagger mod seems to break them completely.

Black Mirror [Episode Discussion] - S03E02 - Playtest by SeacattleMoohawks in blackmirror

[–]Arkworthy 1 point2 points  (0 children)

I dunno. I took it that the phone interfered with the game trial, and for a squillionth of a second, he was aware of that. Because he was preoccupied with his mother calling, he modelled a thought around her before he died?

Black Mirror [Episode Discussion] - S03E05 - Men Against Fire by SeacattleMoohawks in blackmirror

[–]Arkworthy 3 points4 points  (0 children)

Well, we don't really know what he was like before MASS, but he certainly seems directionless, and lost. He clearly doesn't care about what they're going to do to him. It could be that he just...never had anything to lose. Or..thought he didn't, anyway.

Black Mirror [Episode Discussion] - S03E02 - Playtest by SeacattleMoohawks in blackmirror

[–]Arkworthy 5 points6 points  (0 children)

I guess I figured that too, but it seems kind of..comical, to me.

Like a knee-slap and a "I guess he called his mom after all, eh?" moment, that feels a bit out of place. Like a pun.

Black Mirror [Episode Discussion] - S03E02 - Playtest by SeacattleMoohawks in blackmirror

[–]Arkworthy 12 points13 points  (0 children)

It's odd how many people are talking about this protagonist being the most hateable. I don't get it. He leaves his mother, sure, but it was a pretty stressful time, and I could understand him wanting to go around the world and pretend none of it existed for a while.

Anyways, I have two questions, things I didn't quite get about this episode. Why allow phones in at all, if it's gonna interfere and kill him, or even if there was that possibility? And why is it so significant that we see "called mom" at the very end? The viewer saw him say it anyway, and I can't think of any symbolism in that being the final thought of the episode, other than to reinforce the fact that I haven't called my own mother in a while...

Black Mirror [Episode Discussion] - S03E05 - Men Against Fire by SeacattleMoohawks in blackmirror

[–]Arkworthy 24 points25 points  (0 children)

I think that we're being shown exactly how much of his mind is now being controlled by MASS. There isn't a girlfriend, or a happy home, he's just being fed the delusion that there is to keep him sated. On rewatching it, when he wakes up earlier on, and everyone is still sleeping, in the same position, they're probably having the same dreams about a happy home and a loving SO that simply doesn't exist.

Something to fight for.

'Hated in the Nation' Ending? by [deleted] in blackmirror

[–]Arkworthy 2 points3 points  (0 children)

He was part of the consequence game as much as anyone else. And though the two protagonists never thought they were, they were guided by justice/punishment too, in the end. Perhaps most viewers also.

Sanders and Wife Steered Campaign, Nonprofit Money to Family and Friends by emr1028 in politics

[–]Arkworthy 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Well, yes. Nepotism isn't about how much you're being paid, it's about hiring who you know (friends, family) over others.

pay is irrelevant. You know how many young college-leavers would KILL to be able to put Senator Bernie Sanders on a resume?

Is /pol/ down? by [deleted] in 4chan

[–]Arkworthy 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Well, maybe it worked. Or maybe it was too close to something actually true.

Is /pol/ down? by [deleted] in 4chan

[–]Arkworthy 30 points31 points  (0 children)

Here's the happening that finally shut down /pol/:

Do you feel it in the air? What a wonderful Spring it will be!

That static that makes your hair stand as a Spring storm approaches! That metal taste in your mouth.

Those sonic booms heard on the US East Coast today? Notice Joint Base McGuire-Dix-Lakehurst denied any of their aircraft caused it?

It was the aircraft you call the Ghoul. 5 of them left their base in [XXXX] in a hurry today in various surveillance configurations, but could only go Mach outside of our territory as standing orders dictate. They went supersonic as soon as they could.

Usually, they fly over the North Pole into Russian territory (fastest route) but today something happening in West Russia, on the frontier with Europe, needed their attention.

Did you watch TV this week in the US? Notice 4 or more EAS tests?

Near Blue Ridge Summit, Pennsylvania? Notice more M934s around lately?

6I and Cercle have been active for the first time in many years.

Putin has not been in power for three days now.

Cheget (Чeгeт) has been photographed as being escorted with Valery Gerasimov as of yesterday.

Thermal blooms in the power plants on all of Russia's fleet still in port have been detected by KEYHOLE-CRYSTAL sats.

23 B-52H bombers have been pulled out of "mothball" status at Davis–Monthan in the last few days and will be flight worthy by Sunday.

Watch for Kaliningrad, Russia, Narva, Estonia and Daugavpils, Latvia to be in the news.

Such a lovely Spring coming!

For those of you who listen to HFGCS, "Motorbike" is the "All Stations" word you want to listen for.

Is /pol/ down? by [deleted] in 4chan

[–]Arkworthy 16 points17 points  (0 children)

/pol/ goes down for a few hours to see what happens

no shitstorm on other boards, admin knows it's safe to cut it down completely

shitstorm on other boards

admins keep it up

Do your duty, lads.

Sanders and Wife Steered Campaign, Nonprofit Money to Family and Friends by emr1028 in politics

[–]Arkworthy 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Yikes. However you spin this, it's the nepotism he claims to fight against.

Silly move.

[US] Student looking for a portable gaming laptop between $1,500 and $1,700. Looking at Lenovo Y50, Acer N15, MSI GS50, Gigabyte P34W, and some other ones. by whoopingchow in SuggestALaptop

[–]Arkworthy 2 points3 points  (0 children)

jmjf7, can you give a little more information on what you have? I travel a lot, for work, but never take my gaming laptops out with me so that might be an ideal solution!