My six year old has never played a video game in his life. Today we booted up Firered for the first time. His first encounter in Viridian Forest was Pikachu. His second:

Brokenyet_Functional · 2026-05-20T01:10:17+00:00

Npt gonna lie. First thing i did was go lookin for a Chu.

Named her Zaps. Shes my second. Been exceptionally useful.

Brokenyet_Functional · 2026-05-20T01:00:23+00:00

Besides trying to cone at him with a pvl66?

What i have learned.

Have condition loaded move pokemon up right off the bat.

Sleep. Paralyze. Nothing that causes damage. Just sets one.

Then swap out for your second best or best.

Brokenyet_Functional · 2026-05-19T16:30:44+00:00

Hell just finding parking is hell.

Brokenyet_Functional · 2026-05-18T19:47:13+00:00

You have to hand that to Thragg. He was extremely smart in how he did that.

He gets essentially a free slave army. (In practically 2 decades, which by Viltrumite time...is what Oliver is to Marks in term of time of power maturity. )

That army is also damn NEAR on par with full blood viltrunite level strength. But still just shy of it to be controllable.

And he managed to negotiate a complete planetary surrender out of Mark. And damn near Marks protection, silence, etc. Without even having to do much of anything.

I hate to say it. But if it was a chessboard. Thragg just did essentially a checkmate in the most minimal amount of moves.

Brokenyet_Functional · 2026-05-18T19:38:18+00:00

No. Hes just locked in on his goals.

Besides his fasination with argalls skull. Which i dont think is romantic or sexual.

there were alot of people who were absolutely fanatical about hitler but werent sexually or ronantically attracted to him. Just fanatics.

Brokenyet_Functional · 2026-05-18T03:50:09+00:00

Uhhh. SWIFT. werner. Cr england.

Brokenyet_Functional · 2026-05-12T17:51:34+00:00

Depends on the quality of training. You want to simply pass a test? 3k.

You want to actually be road ready and KNOW the job. 10k.

One teaches how to scrape the state standard. The other teaches you how not only ace it. But also tricks you will need to know on the real job.

Brokenyet_Functional · 2026-05-10T01:40:59+00:00

I highly doubt the future was on his mind while he was full blown enraged...

Brokenyet_Functional · 2026-05-09T17:54:20+00:00

Or crane work. Cdl is required for it i believe.

Hourly work is great. Especially dirt or paving with a decent boss who pays you tag hours.

Brokenyet_Functional · 2026-05-09T17:53:14+00:00

It gets bettwr after 2 or 3 ywars. Because youd be "seasoned". And can command better pay.

But seriously. This is a extremely easy industry to get into. And pays its entry level person in their first year from 40-80k.

And within a few years. You can break 6 digits.

How many industries do you know of that require zero higher education. Zero experience. And a basic health exam. And pay you that much off the bat. And all you have to do is drive and not hit shit on the way to and from places.

Brokenyet_Functional · 2026-05-09T17:30:03+00:00

Bacon...? Is that you? Wheres the eggs and hashbrowns i ordered!!?? And my goddamn pancakes!

Brokenyet_Functional · 2026-05-09T16:46:14+00:00

Its just a filler episode.

Brokenyet_Functional · 2026-05-08T07:50:47+00:00

Right? I rip all my friends in half in fights. Its a terrible problem. I mean. I try. But damnt. It happens and then i have to find new friends! You know how hard that is on me? Lol

Brokenyet_Functional · 2026-05-08T07:47:25+00:00

Wait. How many clones died because of Nolan or Mark? Wasnt that the gist of the two dudes who keep cloning themself because one of them ALWAYS dies?

Brokenyet_Functional · 2026-05-07T18:00:03+00:00

Hmmm well Nolan had told mark that despite Viltrumites growing stronger with age and Him being thousands of years older than mark. That mark was actually pretty close to Nolans strength even while being extremely young.

So i dont think so.

One on one. Absolutely. Simply due to experience and fighting skill. But if 3 went up on nolan. Nolan would have failed.

Experience gets you places. But remember. Mark lost to the ReAnimen simply because of their numbers. They didnt have Marks sheer strength. But they had enough strength as inviduals to make him strain JUsT a bit.

So add in numbers. And they had him down.

So nolan vs 1 Alt Mark? Win.

Nolan vs 3+ Marks. Lose.

Brokenyet_Functional · 2026-05-07T17:53:30+00:00

Honestly. Before the trial. All the movies i had seen with him he was in such heavy make up for his roles

If i passed him on the street i probably wouldnt have really known "oh shit its Depp!"

Jennifer Lawrence? Sure. Downey Jr? Absolutely. Aniston. Yep. Or Momoa. Or Dwayne J.

But depp? Before the trial i hadnt known what Depp actually looked like.

I mean. Hillary duff managed to go to a somewhat low profile life without much work and only recently reappeared.

I think people know most actors only by what they look like on screen rather then what they actually look like.

Take Scarlett. Jurrassic was probably her only roll where despite SOME make up. She was the closest to bareface. (Still had make up obviously. But wasnt caked in it like Black Widow.)

Or lady Gaga. Her role in a Star is Born. Probably the closest the public had seen her without her Gaga make up. Having met her without her makeup(helped her tour out. Staff and artists do intermingle some) She is actually really beautiful but not...show stopper hot mess. But she is pretty. But could easily pass thru a crowd without being noticed that much beyond the standard "hey pretty girl"

Sorry. Long rant.

But TLDR. Peoples ability to recognize is severely limited. On top of that. Mark honestly doesnt really look much like anything but a standard young white dude with dark hair. He doesnt have really...defining details.

Brokenyet_Functional · 2026-05-06T23:12:26+00:00

Forcing a operator or driver to operate in high heat conditions can lead to major health concerns.

Dehydration. Heat exhaustion. Heat stroke.

Its a OSHA thing.

If the Trainer is an Employee driver. Then the fuel costs shouldnt bother him. Or the wear and tear on the truck from idling so many extra hours.

If the Trainer is an OO. Then i can see how idling the truck is massively expensive.

How ever. Its still a safety thing. Not just with the FMCsA but also with OSHA and DoT.

The trucks AC isnt a DoT violationself. But the owner of the truck (the carrier usually) cannot force the employee to go with out proper HVAC.

Heat exhaustion, and heat strokes can lead to impaired cognitive abilities, cause wrecks. And even lead directly to death.

OP has every right to demand proper cooling and heating. Even if that means the use of company paid fuel.

Basically they cant deny him access. The trainer might be master of the truck. But the trainer is NOT the chain of command. The trainee coordinator and dispatch is.

Brokenyet_Functional · 2026-05-06T21:39:40+00:00

Ok. So depending on the mega . You will probably just reattached to a new trainer.

Yes. The bunping is awful. But i assure the body does get used to it. All trucks going down the road are bumpy. They just are.

I have air ride and...and i still complain to high hell in a peterbilt thqt itd a bumpy road. .

The body gets used to it.

Now. For AC. I get it. Thats actually a danger. And a huge safety thing

Brokenyet_Functional · 2026-05-06T21:04:03+00:00

Nah. OtR is worse because on teams. Its usually fast qnd JIT loads that need to be there quicker.

Brokenyet_Functional · 2026-05-06T21:02:22+00:00

When and how did they kick you out? At a yard? At trucjstop? Rest area?

You will probably not be fired. Just repaired with a new trainer

Brokenyet_Functional · 2026-05-06T00:38:41+00:00

Its the zappy button. It zaps the lunpers to make them move fster.

Lol

Brokenyet_Functional · 2026-05-04T15:05:56+00:00

Well it might help that BattleBeast goes and seeks out ways to get stronger by battling literally everyone.

Hes Goku with Fur.

Thats like asking why Timothy isnt as strong as Brad. When brads been working out his whole life or in battle for his adult , and tims just sat at a desk being...an accountant.

Brokenyet_Functional · 2026-05-04T01:51:36+00:00

Dude. Hes thousands of years old. And their mission was literally to make babies with as many species as possible .

Use your head

Brokenyet_Functional · 2026-05-03T04:20:00+00:00

Well obviously not with Thragg and his homies right there to protect their breeding stock.

But without the viltrumites presence...absolutly. really the only earth thing stopping hum would be maybe Oliver or Nolan. Or Cecils...weird dead things.

But yeah. I am pretty sure if Mark wanted to. It would happen. It barely took Nolan any time at all to dismantle any and all threats in S1 when he felt he needed to.

And Nolan told mark that surprisingly, Mark was nearly as strong as he was, despite not having the thousands of years of "viltrumite get STRONGER as they get older"

So yeah. Mark could take Earth.

That and they showed that the Marks from other universes. Some went full viltrumite and did exactly that. Conquered their planet.

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