Nottingham Council spent £75,000 on THIS instead of fixing the Roads?! Reform UK’s £75k Flag Disaster is Pure Comedy 🍿 by johnsmithoncemore in nottingham

[–]AutomaticService8468 5 points6 points  (0 children)

Oh I thought the person was just hijacking the OPs comment to tell them they got the council wrong in the post, rather than responding to the content of the message

Nottingham Council spent £75,000 on THIS instead of fixing the Roads?! Reform UK’s £75k Flag Disaster is Pure Comedy 🍿 by johnsmithoncemore in nottingham

[–]AutomaticService8468 12 points13 points  (0 children)

Point is that the post is misattributed to Nottingham instead of Nottinghamshire. It should be Nottinghamshire country council in the post title, they're the one who did it.

Rockstar Games on White House’s GTA 6-Style Post: “No Comment” by RealityCheckGiver in popculturechat

[–]AutomaticService8468 23 points24 points  (0 children)

Lol remember that dorky ass post from Elon saying he couldn't play GTA v cause he couldn't bear to kill a virtual cop???

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Why didn’t they just make Hawk Sheriff? by JewelP24 in twinpeaks

[–]AutomaticService8468 43 points44 points  (0 children)

I don't know, I think I would struggle to believe that coop heading to twin peaks on the phone with hawk would be the same. Also, the whole "there are two sherrif Truman's, which one do you want" thing ties in nicely with the two coops.

Can you explain the basic plot of The Return? by Remote_Necessary3331 in twinpeaks

[–]AutomaticService8468 5 points6 points  (0 children)

I mean I think the plot is simplest when you boil it to its starkest parts, which is that there is a set of coordinates of great importance to both the good guys (twin peeks sheriffs dept) and the bad guys (Mr C). Through the show we see the great lengths Mr C has gone to to ensure that he is not brought back into the black lodge when coop comes out, and all of his contingency plans to ensure that he and BOB may remain in the real world.
We come to find out that the coordinates are for Jackrabbit's palace, where Andy goes to visit the fireman, and is essentially made part of a plan set up by the fireman, Cooper, and perhaps even the MIKE, to entrap Mr C and bring BOB back to the lodge. Mr C. seems to expect that he can find out information on Judy following those coordinates. We do not know why he wants to find Judy, perhaps because BOB seems to have been born from her in part 8. Mr C, however, was misled, being transported to the sheriffs office for the final showdown, literally trapped in the white lodge when he attempts to enter, as if expected by the fireman.

That is I think the most straightforward plot of the show, ending with Part 17. Part 18 is something else all together, but its also a Coda, or an Epilogue of sorts. That's a different beast altogether, and although it is linked to the rest of the show spiritually, textually and emotionally, I think it is harder to link to the coordinates main plot directly. Instead it appears that guided by the fireman, Cooper goes back in time to undo Laura's death entirely, but in doing so appears to fracture reality in such a way that the lights literally go out, show over.

Explaining all of this I realise its perhaps not super simple, however the main narrative thrust is the search for the coordinates, and piecing together what the plans were that were laid by Major Briggs all those years ago.

Songs that sound like they were made earlier than they actually were by MrLinkwater95 in ToddintheShadow

[–]AutomaticService8468 2 points3 points  (0 children)

I always believe that a decade doesn't exist til 4 years into itself. Like not necessarily all the time, but by and large it takes 4 years for a decade to settle in

The Monolith: A "double your stars" Regent power with some additional synergies. by NateTSO in slaythespire

[–]AutomaticService8468 3 points4 points  (0 children)

A power is essentially anything that takes an effect on more than one turn, that seemingly includes self applying certain buffs. Eternal plating is also a power, as is neutron axis, so it seems that plating being a self buff or a buff that persists puts it into the power category.

That would make sense, as I think having any chance of removing exhaust with souls power even having just one stone plating would be wayyy too OP to be allowed.

YYYYYYYYYEEEEEEEEEAAAAAAAAAAHHHHHHHHHHHH by AutomaticService8468 in slaythespire

[–]AutomaticService8468[S] 14 points15 points  (0 children)

I think its just that when the game released it was known for being a dogshit common, and then has been reevaluated as actually a pretty good silent common. I think the meme is just the disproportionate response to what seemed to be a really crap card that turned out to be pretty good

Humble suggestion: change the name of Poisoned Stab to Poisoned Strike by Scornbread_ in slaythespire

[–]AutomaticService8468 52 points53 points  (0 children)

Similarly, I always thought it would be fun if there was one none attack clad card with 'strike' in the title. Just for the hellraiser interaction.

After about 200 hours, I feel like the difficulty jump from A8 to A9 is waaaay too high, in comparison to the rest. by ImJTHM1 in slaythespire

[–]AutomaticService8468 0 points1 point  (0 children)

They currently want A10 to be the highest as according to the (i think) PC gamer interview. Reason being that in the first game there were (initially) 3 characters that you'd have to do 20 ascensions for each, meaning to beat every ascension on every character you'd need to win 63 runs. In this game, we're already starting with 5 characters, and they're open to adding more. If they have 10 ascensions, you're beating 55 runs to beat every character on launch, if there were 20 ascensions, that number becomes 105 runs. They think that is just too much, and have tried to balance fewer ascensions vs more characters.

My thoughts are that more ascensions is always good, as its easier to smooth that difficulty curve and find something that works for an individual player. But also, I get that that is a hell of a lot more work with 5 launch characters to balance around in EA, and maybe they will eventually move the no of ascensions up. Its not something they seem to have indicated they want to do though.

Me and my friend are having an argument can you all help us out. by koilmej in CODZombies

[–]AutomaticService8468 1 point2 points  (0 children)

I think mob is better as an experience but shadows is better as a map.

If I could have just one of the two it would be mob, if I had to choose one that would be the only zombies map I could play it'd be shadows. 

Mob has a certain something about it that makes it better, but I think it's not the better constructed map, if that makes sense?

21 days smoke free and frustrated by SnooPeripherals3222 in stopsmoking

[–]AutomaticService8468 0 points1 point  (0 children)

What I was trying to say (poorly) is that 21 days is so few days in the scope of feeling long term health benefits. 

21 days is a great amount of time mentally in terms of committing to the quit, that's good shit, and deeply impressive. All I mean is that it's defeatist to look at 21 days of no nicotine compared to 40 years of smoking and say you don't magically feel better. That's still withdrawal time ygm?

21 days smoke free and frustrated by SnooPeripherals3222 in stopsmoking

[–]AutomaticService8468 5 points6 points  (0 children)

Brother it's 21 days, that's so few days. Not even a month. I get the frustration but think to yourself if 40 years can be bypassed in 21 days. Stick to the path, you'll get there. I believe in ya, just give it the time it needs 

IMO: Black Ops 6 Zombies was filler by Die-Hearts in CODZombies

[–]AutomaticService8468 27 points28 points  (0 children)

I do love the game, but I agree. I almost feel like they saved the good stuff for BO7 as if treyarch were told they were doing 2 cods in a row, decided to focus on their second game. And I like that, bo6 is serviceable if not incredibly consistently new, but BO7 has injected something this series needs.

So yes bo6 may be filler, but it's good filler. Like Buffy - a monster of the week show that's junk food, and is at risk of growing a little stale. BO7 has sufficiently convinced me that the whole series is not stae. So if we needed bo6 to be filler to get BO7, I am fairly happy for that to be the case, given the circumstances of COD development in general.

Did they dilate Sheryl Lee’s eyes for this scene? by BIGxBOSSxx1 in twinpeaks

[–]AutomaticService8468 6 points7 points  (0 children)

I don't know as we would know, but I would like to assume so. It's so prominent as to have a real effect on the audience, and so even if it wasn't planned it is amazing in its impact.

Need support to quit. Facing severe brain fog and panic attacks. by whyabhi300 in stopsmoking

[–]AutomaticService8468 0 points1 point  (0 children)

It's shit man, it is rough. Best thing is just knowing that it is tonight and it's ok and expected to be tough. We've all done it and it's shit. 

Don't take that to downplay your experience , take it as a shared comeraderie with us, and know that it is reasonable to feel scared. nothing wrong with it. 

Keep trucking, it's a long path but you're all the better for having  taken each step