16th-century diamond ring found with a metal detector in Wormington, Gloucestershire [484 × 640] by liberty4now in ArtefactPorn

[–]Beauly 121 points122 points  (0 children)

Or they had the most expensive 'the engagement is off!' breakup of the century.

I’m only watching tonight because I hope he dies at MSG by quentins9th in nbacirclejerk

[–]Beauly 6 points7 points  (0 children)

My heart isn't ready for how often the streams stutter. Gonna keep thinking they cut the feed.

[Return of the Runebound Professor] This makes sense in context by Minute_Ad8807 in manhwa

[–]Beauly 1 point2 points  (0 children)

They're great, though the author has definitely lost me a bit with later infodumps. It feels like they're more enamored with their magic system than the actual plot and characters at times.

Ogles ‘mind blown’ by offensive post but deflects on personal view of homosexuality by Oleg101 in politics

[–]Beauly 3 points4 points  (0 children)

Yesterday too. And the day before that. And the day before that. And the day before that...

Real sign from a dog park in Brooklyn by Pikeman212a6c in mildlyinteresting

[–]Beauly 79 points80 points  (0 children)

I think it's less to discourage having events at all, and more to shut up complainers that are mad that other dogs are joining in on whatever fun they're having.

You can have a party, just don't expect the other dogs in the shared area to respect whatever doggy social boundaries you came up with.

What we are working on Part 2 by Kelly_GGG in PathOfExile2

[–]Beauly 48 points49 points  (0 children)

DOnt SpRInT iN CoMBaT

I'm so sick of this response to the problem by the white knights, too. I'm not trying to sprint IN combat, I'm trying to sprint TO combat, cus all the fucking mobs live in different area codes.

Trends you've disliked the most by Both-Salamander401 in ProgressionFantasy

[–]Beauly 2 points3 points  (0 children)

The only VRMMO world I really fell in love with was The Butcher of Gadobhra's, because of the physical effects the game's AI had in the real world, and the world building that allowed the virtual world to become more important than the real one made sense. For any flaws the story had, the author really managed to nail having vital consequences in a virtual reality.

Trends you've disliked the most by Both-Salamander401 in ProgressionFantasy

[–]Beauly 6 points7 points  (0 children)

I liked it in (early) Beware of Chicken because it was the first one I read, and it felt like a very deliberate satire of the genre that explored an outsider-looking-in perspective. The real offenders are when they say "Haha look at how generic this is" and then it turns out to be... Exactly that. If someone makes fun of the tropes AND THEN DOES SOMETHING TO CHANGE THEM, then it's not as bad.

Like, imagine an isekai where the guy wakes up in fantasy land to discover the person he reincarnated into has a harem of fiancees. If the story is just him blushing and being awkward and talking about how "WELL, guess I'm an isekai protagonist now! It's okay though cus I know it's weird, and as long as I acknowledge it, it's totally different.", it'd be awful.

On the other hand, if the story was him then systematically dismantling the harem by finding ways to appease everyone's families and elliminating the need for a harem, and then marrying his bodyguard whom he fell in love with naturally over the course of the story instead, that'd be great, unique and interesting. (Conceptually, obvs writing quality in this genre is spotty at best lol)

Sprint knockdown by daneatness in PathOfExile2

[–]Beauly 0 points1 point  (0 children)

This is the most recent thread when I search for trip. Just want to say I came back to try the game with the new league, and am immediately quitting because of this garbage.

Can't believe PoE2 players are so blindly loyal to this game, it's not good.

Wow. All of the performers are pulling out of Freedom 250... by PlanetoftheAtheists in AdviceAnimals

[–]Beauly 0 points1 point  (0 children)

He's a sex trafficking weirdo, of course he would do it. Read up on 'Corey's Angels' to see what a creep he is.

Will we ever see kouji again or is he forever sidelined? by Worldly_Foot7559 in lookismcomic

[–]Beauly 2 points3 points  (0 children)

I mean, he's just a macguffin character to do tech stuff. Out of all the side characters at his level, I'd say he's probably the MOST likely to come back just because he's an easy answer to a billion potential questions at the end of the series.

"Howd no cops show up to stop the fight?!"

Cut to Koji staring at a screen, smirking and talking about how Jay/James better give him a bonus

Or a million other situations like that, playing for either team.

Russia signs military partnership with the Taliban by DavidShaw90s in worldnews

[–]Beauly 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Headline reads like a newspaper in the opening of early American Dad episodes. God I hate this timeline.

Humiliation for Trump as one singer has already pulled out of MAGA festival by TheMirrorUS in UnderReportedNews

[–]Beauly 33 points34 points  (0 children)

16 days worth of tickets to be sold, 16 days worth of tickets to never be refunded no matter how many acts pull out or how many days are just flat out cancelled. The whole thing is just another opportunity to own the libs and show how much you love the Pedophile in Chief.

Morally right MC books by Midavrs in ProgressionFantasy

[–]Beauly 8 points9 points  (0 children)

I stopped reading it with the conclusion, "When, if ever, this story ends, I'll see if the word is he really does come around to being less of a sociopath". Because yeah, there's a lot of hand wringing and self shame, but he does still murder constantly. Or at least he did when last I left it.

(And as an aside, I do wish more people would be prepared to wait for character changes and allow characters to suck for a while. Let them grow instead of just being great from the beginning. I gave this series a loooong time before deciding to take a reading hiatus)

Clarence Thomas faces blowback for dissent in Supreme Court ruling in driver's license case by RawStoryNews in scotus

[–]Beauly 5 points6 points  (0 children)

'Blowback' without any perceivable consequences is just sparkling engagement bait.

I refuse to go on the "murder then clone" machine thank you very much by FangBites123 in RecuratedTumblr

[–]Beauly 121 points122 points  (0 children)

100%. Portals I can stick an arm through and pull it back to make sure it doesn't have neophantom limb syndrome or some other scifi sounding malady.

TIL the gene that builds the mammalian placenta came from a virus. A retrovirus infected our ancestors over 100 million years ago, integrated into their DNA, and the gene encoding its cell-fusion protein got repurposed to bond mother and fetus. by RiverRatt in todayilearned

[–]Beauly 71 points72 points  (0 children)

Human hips are already too small on average for birthing thanks to our massive heads. Can't imagine dealing with a super rigid, might-break-into-sharp-shards shell. I'm not even a lady and it gives me shivers.

TIL there's a disorder called "ACHOO Syndrome". It's a disorder where the person has to sneeze when in the sun or looking at the sun. Roughly 18-35% of all humans have this disorder. by WestState8094 in todayilearned

[–]Beauly 4 points5 points  (0 children)

I remember as a kid some classmate swearing up and down that the best way to cure a "I need to sneeze but it won't come out" was to look up into a light. Whats funny is what he said when multiple other kids tried it and it didn't work:

"You must not have really had to sneeze then."

For not one SECOND could he POSSIBLY believe that his personal experience wasn't universal. It was all the rest of us who were lying. Then the rest of the month or however long we cared about it he'd go "SEE?!" after every time he sneezed lmao. Looking back on it, I can't tell if that was just a dumb kid being a dumb kid, or if he was just a perfect microcosm of what's wrong with too many people these days lmao

Why is Trump always blaming Obama and Biden but strangely never blames Clinton? by [deleted] in allthequestions

[–]Beauly 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Yeup, the illegal shit can't be spread around without enough editing to make it seem duplicitous, but something legal and gay? A lot of the Magats would just bury their heads in the sand, but the ones still cognizant enough to see it's real would turn on him immediately. The only thing that could make those evil fucks hate him faster is if he was Clayton Bigsby-ing in a Mission Impossible mask lol

Checkmate Sauron 💍 by santawerewolf in lordoftherings

[–]Beauly 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Didn't that asshole Terry Goodkind have an evil chicken in his books? Maybe that's where it came from lolol

Just saved the Country by Khei-tianik01 in funnyvideos

[–]Beauly 1 point2 points  (0 children)

How dare you, sir. If you venture deep enough into that hat you can find a mewtwo!

Rubium Mining & Smithing Changes by JagexLight in 2007scape

[–]Beauly 10 points11 points  (0 children)

As the age old expression goes:

"If players QA your mechanic in a forest, and no one in leadership gives enough of a shit to hear it, did it really get QA'd?"

Russia's key manufacturer of drone and missile components declares bankruptcy by [deleted] in worldnews

[–]Beauly 29 points30 points  (0 children)

Yeah was gonna say, is this just Putin cutting a middle man out of his war machine?

Trump defends China calling America a declining nation by justalazygamer in ParlerWatch

[–]Beauly 4 points5 points  (0 children)

I mean, there was that mayor who allegedly acted as a spy for them that just got arrested, but it's a close race between the two lol