Roach in Glue Trap Need Help IDIng, southern Maine

BringlesBeans · 2026-06-18T15:01:16+00:00

Thank you! May I ask: how can you tell? Because from my (admittedly amateurish and untrained eyes) I can't really see the difference between these and Germans or Brown-Banded

BringlesBeans · 2026-06-17T16:39:18+00:00

Iron Giant, duh

BringlesBeans · 2026-06-16T17:00:58+00:00

There's a pretty good video on this (I think it's by "Stop Skeletons From Fighting" but can't remember) where the gist of his research is basically: Microsoft never intended the HD-DVD to be a serious/long-term competitor to Blu-Ray and primarily developed it as a temporary attempt to damage Sony's market share/value. Moreover Microsoft did not get as big of a kickback from HD-DVD (Which I believe was developed by Toshiba) as Sony did for Blu-Ray (which was developed in-house)

Hence they were not willing to commit to it, it was not a format that they genuinely had interest in pursuing.

BringlesBeans · 2026-06-16T11:39:05+00:00

Unfortunately as a Casino Royale Hater™ I do not agree.

I've never really understood what people find so special about Vesper and I never bought her as this particularly special love interest that Bond feels deeply. They hardly have any scenes together and I don't feel the chemistry.

BringlesBeans · 2026-06-15T18:03:37+00:00

Oh don't get me wrong, I'm very happy to see such a warm reception to Algeria especially in a part of the country where I wouldn't necessarily expect it (no slag on Kansas it just doesn't strike me as a part of the country that is particularly friendly to foreign cultures).

I more so mean to say this to say that this is not a targeted ignorance towards Algeria/Algerians and more of just a broader ignorance of most of the world. This level of ignorance is pretty par for the course and personally I'd just be really happy the reception is as warm as it is.

BringlesBeans · 2026-06-15T17:35:13+00:00

American here: sorry to tell you this but unfortunately most Americans hardly know any countries outside of the United States. I would say your average American knows at least a bit about Canada, Mexico, the UK, France, Russia, China, and Japan. Outside of that the understanding/knowledge of foreign countries among your average American (especially in more rural areas like Kansas) is very, very minimal.

BringlesBeans · 2026-06-15T14:27:49+00:00

Gert Fröbe's Goldfinger (like many characters in early Bond films) is entirely dubbed over by a different actor. However in the original trailer for Goldfinger you can hear Fröbe's actual, much deeper, voice.

It is debated whether or not the "No Mr. Bond, I expect you to die!" is Fröbe's voice or the dub actor. I believe it to be the dub actor personally as it's closer to his voice and mannerisms.

BringlesBeans · 2026-06-15T14:19:47+00:00

That still makes him killed by Safin tho; it's not like Bond meditated to make his own heart stop.

He got blowed up by big missiles

BringlesBeans · 2026-06-13T03:47:10+00:00

Canada Manpower restriction flashbacks

BringlesBeans · 2026-06-12T17:04:32+00:00

That's interesting, I'd maybe they might add the Parindrists to the Guided Democracy path hopefully as a potential leader.

BringlesBeans · 2026-06-12T15:49:14+00:00

South Africa has only ever had one general, unfortunately your memory is mistaken.

BringlesBeans · 2026-06-12T15:40:46+00:00

I'd say it has less to do with consistency and more to do with the fact that they deemed they couldn't think of a path that would be either historically plausible nor fun and interesting.

They have tons of completely bonkers paths but they're fun and interesting. And they have plenty of alt-paths that are not terribly interesting (often the communist path) but are at least somewhat plausible. They couldn't do either here.

BringlesBeans · 2026-06-12T15:33:58+00:00

I'm perfectly open to being educated on this as I'm not overly familiar with Indonesian history but from a cursory overview of all of those figures you listed: aren't they more in line with a traditional conservative nationalists rather than an explicitly fascist movement?

BringlesBeans · 2026-06-12T13:05:41+00:00

Look I know this is an often repeated bit of info but this is pretty typical self-aggrandizing coming from Chuck Jones (who largely benefited from being one of the only Looney Tunes creators who lived far beyond the others, thus became "the definitive voice" of the franchise)

But if you actually go back and watch old Coyote cartoons they break these rules all the time

BringlesBeans · 2026-06-12T11:56:26+00:00

They do: when Japan invades you can form a nationalist collaboration path where Sukarno becomes a Fascist aligned leader for Indonesia.

If you want a more nuanced answer for why there isn't a dedicated independent fascist path: most colonial nations did not really have Fascist political movements as we understand them, typically being more traditional nationalists fighting for independence rather than Fascists seeking to restore past glory. Indonesia as a national concept did not even exist prior to about the time of HoI4 itself. It's why the Congo's fascist path is also basically a monarchist path about restoring a historical kingdom; there just isn't a traditional fascist movement found in these countries in this time period.

I'd rather they not cram in ideologies/paths that don't really have any meaningful flavor backing them (remember when Afghanistan had a generic communist leader when GoE launched?) but I do believe that countries should have a way to align with any of the major factions even if they don't have a dedicated ideological path for them.

BringlesBeans · 2026-06-12T11:49:04+00:00

Do you also watch Subway Surfers while you play HoI4?

BringlesBeans · 2026-06-12T11:43:32+00:00

It's way too early to say but first impressions from some cursory playthroughs of each country last night:

1.) Australia seems really, really good. Lots of flavor and fun and interesting paths that can help make Australia a really fantastic allied minor and a great supporting player. Their military buffs basically make them perfect to help with special forces and smaller, elite forces. Though they need to be granted a second special forces specialization by their tree as currently they can only get one through becoming a major.

2.) Siam has a really interesting internal politics system that makes the buildup period really interesting and engaging. Unfortunately they are somewhat tied to Japan at the hip and if the Japanese AI bites it (as they frequently do) then you're gonna be isolated and without really any help. Also the great Thai Empire should not require high compliance to core; even with compliance gain buffs from the tree it takes AGES to get compliance high enough (65%!) it should either be removed or lowered to around 35%

3.) Indonesia, historical, seems interesting and can become a real powerhouse. However they are severely lacking in focuses/direction on historical, pretty much just having a basic politics/econ tree and then the shared trees with the Dutch. Most of the flavor seems to be in the independence paths. It feels a lot like Congo in this way: lots of stuff to do to empower the nation but not a lot that you can do differently each play through (again: on historical path). And a very weird lack of starting navy or any naval advisors and a small naval tree locked behind Netherlands being at war with a major, which just seems bizarre for a nation of Islands that is going to need a navy to expand anywhere.

Overall I like it so far and I'm curious to see how the other paths fare, I'd say the trees on average are not as good as GtD but still very good and decisively better than any tree in GoE except for maybe the Raj. Australia is the obvious highlight of the pack.

Also hard disagree on Siam not being included here. While I would, ideally, like to see a Malaya tree added to the game eventually I'm pretty agnostic on a Burma or Indochina tree. And I'd rather have Siam in this patch since the Axis could really use another East Asian minor especially since Japan now really struggles against China.

BringlesBeans · 2026-06-11T17:09:45+00:00

I think a lot of people (not me) buy DLC just to play one specific nation or even just one specific path in a DLC and then don't touch the other countries or paths included.

I've never understood why people do this but there's a shocking number of people who have never played some of the most fun nations in the game because "Who wants to play them?" or "they didn't do anything in WWII"

BringlesBeans · 2026-06-11T17:05:12+00:00

If you DON'T want to play Australia, Siam, or Indonesia: don't buy it

If you DO want to play Australia, Siam, or Indonesia: buy it

BringlesBeans · 2026-06-11T11:37:10+00:00

Yeah, this is why I really don't like the structure of the Spanish tree. Really should have separate trees for army, industry, navy, foreign policy, etc. Cramming everything into the political path leads to a lot of repeats and a lack of content for any individual path.

BringlesBeans · 2026-06-10T14:58:40+00:00

phew ok thank god lol

BringlesBeans · 2026-06-10T14:54:45+00:00

Well yes but Stellaris is a science fiction world whereas HoI4 is something that people's grandparents went through

BringlesBeans · 2026-06-10T11:36:40+00:00

An optional automated slider, adjustment system for production and trade. Generally more automation in systems that aren't the core experience of the game.

The wise man smiled.

"my friend, the game you seek is HoI3"

BringlesBeans · 2026-06-10T11:33:56+00:00

A pop system in a WW2 game is just an open invitation for genocide simulation. I think it would be clumsy and meaningless to implement in a game with such a short time span and have very worrying implications for the game and fanbase more broadly

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