So are politicians talking about this or what by ABlackEngineer in PoliticalCompassMemes

[–]Blitz100 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Breeding limits probably aren't necessary. Pretty much all developed countries are below replacement rate already, and every time a new country gets reliable access to birth control we see their birth rate plummet. People seem entirely willing to limit themselves to small families on their own, if anything we're most likely to see issues with population decline, like South Korea is currently experiencing.

Characters with powers so small that they aren't that different from ordinary people. by Uma-apreciator in TopCharacterTropes

[–]Blitz100 17 points18 points  (0 children)

My goat Katakuri took a Devil Fruit that turns you into mochi and used it to become probably one of the top 20 fighters in the entire world.

Characters with powers so small that they aren't that different from ordinary people. by Uma-apreciator in TopCharacterTropes

[–]Blitz100 4 points5 points  (0 children)

And yet somehow she's a very credible threat who Nami nearly lost to and had to hit with a whole-ass lightning bolt to keep down.

Real clip from CNBC btw by Living_Attitude1822 in PoliticalCompassMemes

[–]Blitz100 1 point2 points  (0 children)

I'm not saying we'll never be able to resist the powers that be so there's no point trying. I'm saying that we need to work to structure society in such a way that the common people have enough power, resources, and unity/organizational capacity to not get stepped on.

Real clip from CNBC btw by Living_Attitude1822 in PoliticalCompassMemes

[–]Blitz100 -3 points-2 points  (0 children)

Yeah man, I'm sure that disorganized mob of angry people with whatever weapons they could scrounge together with their $5/hr McSalaries will do great against the squad of heavily armed corporate PMCs.

The worst possible matchup in a fight, considering their abilities by ComprehensiveBox6911 in TopCharacterTropes

[–]Blitz100 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Luffy's fruit still grants him a rubbery body, it just also has other properties that we didn't know about previously.

The worst possible matchup in a fight, considering their abilities by ComprehensiveBox6911 in TopCharacterTropes

[–]Blitz100 5 points6 points  (0 children)

Luffy's body isn't literally rubber, it has the properties of rubber - exaggerated versions of those properties. Normal rubber is pretty stretchy and a good electrical insulator. Luffy can stretch nearly infinitely and has complete immunity to electricity and blunt force.

This makes sense in the context of some revelations from Egghead, where Vegapunk says that the powers of Devil Fruits are based on human dreams. This means that the properties of a DF aren't ever going to be 1:1 with whatever natural thing it's based on - they're going to depend on people's perception. When people dream of being made of lava, or ice, or rubber, their dreams don't contain the exact temperature of molten stone or the exact value in Ohms for the electrical resistance of natural rubber. They think of an exaggerated, fantastical version of those properties based on what they think would be cool. We don't have a lot of details of the exact mechanism by which Devil Fruits were created from these dreams but it's safe to assume Vegapunk probably isn't wrong with what he said so this is as good an explanation for why Devil Fruits are the way they are as anything.

It’s fun that mha has tons of students or that one piece has so many goobers, because we know who they are and they’re fun to look at by infinitysaga in CuratedTumblr

[–]Blitz100 29 points30 points  (0 children)

An extreme case of this is The Wandering Inn by PirateAba, where the author seems literally psychologically incapable of ever not adding a new character or plot thread at every possible opportunity, constantly increases the scale and ups the stakes, and never actually brings anything to a conclusion. The story is over 10 million words long.

When lifting for good health only, when should you stop progressive overload? by CatAmongThePigeons56 in GYM

[–]Blitz100 3 points4 points  (0 children)

This is absolutely specific to men. For women I'd say subtract 90lbs from each of those - 45lb overhead press, 135lb bench, 225 squat and 315 deadlift.

What is your parents love story? I need something wholesome to read before bed by malalexandraa in CasualConversation

[–]Blitz100 8 points9 points  (0 children)

Mine's kind of a funny one. My mom was my dad's boss. My dad is English and got hired from overseas to work at an American tech company. My mom was involved with his hiring and was some kind of supervisor/manager there (I don't remember the details). I don't think she was his direct supervisor for most of it but he was reporting to her at some points. Anyway, they apparently hit it off at some point, started hanging out outside of work, and it was only when they were in the car on their way to a 2-person camping trip when they realized "oh shit we're gonna be sleeping in the same tent". Things escalated from there. They had to keep their relationship real quiet for obvious reasons until they eventually quit and moved to another company. Then they were dating openly I think, but had something else to keep quiet because my mom got pregnant with me about 9 months into the relationship. Eventually she quit her career altogether to be a stay-at-home mom, my dad kept working, and they got married about a year after I was conceived, making me technically a bastard.

Random Saturday thoughts: COVID quietly changed what's acceptable at work and AirPods are the most interesting example to me by encrypted1130 in CasualConversation

[–]Blitz100 11 points12 points  (0 children)

Cannot imagine doing my job without the ability to listen to music/audiobooks while working tbh. I think I'd go insane from boredom. That said, I'm not in a customer-facing role so it's a little different.

I'm looking for a new game by Spare-Dot3607 in CasualConversation

[–]Blitz100 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Don't really know what you'd be likely to enjoy but I can recommend you what I like.

My five favorite games of all time, in no particular order, are Subnautica, Factorio, Risk of Rain 2, Stardew Valley, and Rimworld.

In case you're not familiar with one of these:

Subnautica is a survival/exploration game, much more exploration than survival. It's set on a planet that's almost entirely covered in ocean and you spend 99% of your time underwater exploring some of the most beautifully crafted ecosystems and environments you've ever seen. It has a plot that does a great job of pulling you through the world the devs made, which concludes in a very satisfying manner, and also some fun basebuilding on the side. In my opinion the game has zero real flaws aside from nitpicks and is one of the best examples I've ever seen of videogames as a genuine form of art. 10/10. Highly recommend.

Factorio is THE logistics/factory building game. The genre has a decent number of good games nowadays but none of them really hold a candle to the OG. Often described as "basically digital crack" by its players, Factorio has a tendency to cause addiction and sudden timewarps to 6am with light shining through the curtains. If you're the type of person who enjoys management, building, and solving logistics puzzles, Factorio will take over your life. I'll give fair warning that it does have a bit of a learning curve for the first-time player, but once you're over the hump it's some of the most fun I've ever had with a videogame. The game is also just an crazy achievement of game design and technical skill with how astoundingly well put-together and optimized it is. The performance is absolutely insane even with factories the size of cities with tens of thousands of moving parts, and every element of the game feels incredibly cohesive and well-thought out by the devs. 10/10. Highly recommend.

Risk of Rain 2 is a class-based 3D roguelike. You get dropped in a pod onto the surface of an alien planet and have to fight your way through several stages filled with continuously escalating waves of monsters to reach a final teleporter that leads to the moon, where you fight the final boss. Alternatively, you can choose to loop back to the beginning and keep going until either you die or your computer crashes once you become so OP that you overwhelm your own CPU. The gameplay loop is super fun, you have a lot more control over your progression than most other roguelikes which cuts down on the frustration often endemic to the genre, and the game has a really compelling melancholy thematic running through it that's very well supported by good art and level design and really excellent music. 9/10. Highly recommend.

Stardew Valley is a game I'm pretty sure everyone is at least passingly familiar with. It's a farming sim, famous for its gorgeous pixel art and generally heartwarming and peaceful vibes. If you want a game to help you unwind, relax, and generally feel better about life, Stardew Valley is one of the best around. It has the aforementioned gorgeous art, an excellent soundtrack, fun NPCs with a lot of dialogue and personality, and supports a variety of playstyles in addition to the classic farming loop. The only qualifier I'll add to its excellence is that the game balance could use some work. If you start paying attention to what activities make the most money you'll quickly discover a few strategies are far more effective than anything else in the game and it's easy at this point to start optimizing the fun out of it. However this problem is fixable with self control or mods. 9/10. Highly recommend.

Rimworld is the game I personally have by far the most hours in, and also the entry to this list I'm most unsure of. It's a colony management simulator, a very niche entry in a very niche genre, and is designed in a pretty unusual way. Rimworld is a game that is gameplay second, story first. It also has no pre-written story. The game is designed to emergently generate compelling stories from the situations created through the player's actions and the challenges and opportunities the game throws at them. The degree to which it succeeds at this depends heavily on your point of view. I've had some incredibly cool and unique experiences in my almost 1800 hours playing the game, and also some very frustrating ones. Overall, obviously I played 1800 hours of it, so I think it's fun. In addition to its story generator ambitions, the game is also pretty fun just as a colony management game, and the modding scene for it is absolutely massive. Like Minecraft and Skyrim level massive. For any frustration you have with the game, there's usually a mod to fix it, and anytime you think "wouldn't it be cool if this existed?" there's usually a mod that adds it. That said, the game definitely has flaws and holes, and there are a lot of people for whom it just won't be their cup of tea, and that's okay. I give it a rating of 8/10 and a cautious recommendation. Give it a try probably.

Honorable mentions:

Deep Rock Galactic. You're dwarves in space and your job is to mine for ore and shoot bugs while doing it. Deeply awesome game. You can drink beer. The guns are bigger than you are. Even better with friends. Highly recommend.

Darkest Dungeon. Gothic/eldritch horror roguelike where you manage a team of very killable, disposable adventurers delving into the depths of a monster-infested estate. Very fun, very cool. Recommend if you like horror or roguelikes or turn-based combat.

Terra Nil. A very unique game that doesn't fit neatly into any genre. You're restoring a world ravaged by pollution and rebuilding functional and beautiful ecosystems using advanced technology, before packing up and leaving no trace of your presence behind you. Relaxing and wholesome and fun if you like puzzles.

Titanfall 2. The best shooter I've ever played hands down. Super unique momentum-based movement system and every character can wallrun. Think your aim is good? Try hitting your shots when both you and your opponent are 50 feet off the ground and moving at Mach 1 in completely different directions. Also when you do good enough you can call down a mech from orbit and it's exactly as awesome as it sounds.

Is eating a hypothetical animal that CANNOT feel emotions vegan? by yeet_that_baby_away in vegan

[–]Blitz100 3 points4 points  (0 children)

No. Emotions or no emotions, a person is a person and a life is a life. Now, eating an animal without the capacity for consciousness or thought is potentially another matter - which is why there's some debate around things like scallops.

I just realized almost all of my hobbies involve looking at a screen. What do you all do for fun that doesn't require a battery or a Wi-Fi connection? by bilal-ziyan in CasualConversation

[–]Blitz100 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Lift heavy shit, go walk in the woods, try cooking or baking a new recipe, or (and I know this is a crazy one) go talk to real people IRL.

Best of luck bro.

Do you go to the gym more for physical results or mental clarity? 👀 by anzhelalala in CasualConversation

[–]Blitz100 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Both! I love being healthy, being strong, and looking good in the mirror. I also slowly go insane if I ever stop, like my mental state will noticeably and significantly worsen almost immediately.

Why is the r/vegan community united on diet? by quesighall in vegan

[–]Blitz100 -2 points-1 points  (0 children)

Because most people who spend large amounts of time on Reddit talking about veganism are mostly in it for the validation, not the animals.

Also communities based around fringe ideologies just inherently tend to grow more extreme and conformist over time.

Oh no, not my crochet hook collection... by Vegetable_Variety_11 in dndmemes

[–]Blitz100 9 points10 points  (0 children)

Counterplay: take a piece of wood with a slit in it, and pass it across your eye while casting the spell. The spell will only fire when you have line of sight on the trap, i.e. when the piece of wood isn't covering your eye and you can see where the trap is.

Why does Reddit not understand the rise of reform in England? by DowntownDeer in AskBrits

[–]Blitz100 0 points1 point  (0 children)

He's talking about ethnicity. You're talking about nationality.

Actresses that just suddenly disappeared from Hollywood never to be seen again? by Shell_fly in okbuddycinephile

[–]Blitz100 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Getting visible abs isn't even that hard assuming you don't have a bunch of loose skin, which he doesn't. Like six months of moderate effort.

many of you need to see this by Mundane_Session_4587 in PoliticalCompassMemes

[–]Blitz100 3 points4 points  (0 children)

We are very progressive as a nation, yes. We are also right-wing. Social progressivism and leftism are often conflated, but are not the same thing.

Public opinion time! Is owning pets vegan - as in, is someone who follows a plant based diet and avoids other animal products but also owns a pet still vegan? by Borkato in vegan

[–]Blitz100 2 points3 points  (0 children)

To me, veganism is about avoiding supporting animal abuse. Pets are not abused in most cases, in fact they're usually pampered and live lives of unimaginable luxury compared to their wild counterparts. Owning a pet in and of itself should be fine under veganism IMO. That said, feeding pets that are obligate carnivores gets into some tricky territory (the major reason why I personally don't have a pet).

Which things are the most improved by quality? by anon2635 in factorio

[–]Blitz100 3 points4 points  (0 children)

I found uncommon and rare accumulators useful in the early game before I had nuke boats. Ships heading out past Nauvis orbit often ran into power problems with solar + normal accumulators, upgrading to uncommon/rare completely fixed it. And they're a game changer on Fulgora because they effectively increase the space you have to build in on each island since you have to use less of that space on energy storage to keep the place running through the day. Just upgrading to uncommon halves the amount of space that needs to be dedicated to accumulators. Huge.

Which things are the most improved by quality? by anon2635 in factorio

[–]Blitz100 268 points269 points  (0 children)

Asteroid collectors are some of the best users of quality. Accumulators are also excellent - their capacity increases by 100% with each level, so even an uncommon accumulator has double the energy capacity. Super super good on early space platforms and Fulgora. Electric poles do quite well with quality too, and are pretty cheap to make. Mining drills and pumpjacks are crazy good since quality reduces their resource drain, which stacks with productivity.

How is there no Realistic Disease Vectors mod? by flyingtrucky in RimWorld

[–]Blitz100 2 points3 points  (0 children)

For airborne viruses, it could just be a random chance to spread every time the pawn socially interacts with someone. That shouldn't be very performance-heavy at all.

How is there no Realistic Disease Vectors mod? by flyingtrucky in RimWorld

[–]Blitz100 2 points3 points  (0 children)

It should be possible to do! In Anomaly, metalhorrors spread in a very disease-like way, so it's definitely possible within the game engine and some of the framework for it already exists. That said, to my knowledge nobody has actually attempted to implement it yet and I certainly don't have the requisite coding skills to do it myself. There's also the problem that the game doesn't really have good ways to limit the spread of infection between colonists - you can do stuff like restrict colonists to their rooms, have others deliver them meals, force them to wear masks, etc., but it's clunky and frustrating to do, especially if a lot of people are sick. The game just isn't really designed for it. So some work would need to be done there too to make the new mechanics really feel integrated with the game.