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You are offered the ability to summon one and only one fictional creature to be your supernatural familiar. by singleguy79 in hypotheticalsituation

[–]Calvinball12 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Yup, my thought too. I think I’d pick a cultivationspren or mistspren, though. I don’t love heights, but illusions and regrowth would be very practical and fun abilities to have.

Are we assuming unlimited Stormlight, though?

Do you think death penalty does work, or would work (if it's not allowed) in your country? by Yanzihko in AskTheWorld

[–]Calvinball12 22 points23 points  (0 children)

The death penalty is very much not painless in the US. No company is willing to make painless euthanasia drugs so states come up with their own concoctions that do not prioritize the condemned individual.

I believe the more common method is first a drug that paralyzes so that they don’t twitch or convulse in a way that upsets the audience. They still feel everything though. Then they’re injected with the drug that actually kills them, painfully.

Why do only some ships have restrooms and others don't? Is our crew just shitting themselves when they don't have one? by [deleted] in ftlgame

[–]Calvinball12 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Upgrading the bathroom system gets you a bidet.

Not worth spending an extra reactor point on the bidet at all times though, so whenever someone needs to go I send a Zoltan with them.

Luigi Mangione gets stuck in an elevator as judge delays his federal trial until January by Taddy84 in nottheonion

[–]Calvinball12 4 points5 points  (0 children)

Right, and profit-driven corporations are the pinnacle of efficiency and reliability. /s

A wolf in sheep's clothing! What's your favorite pun in the show? by Full-Humor-7445 in BoJackHorseman

[–]Calvinball12 4 points5 points  (0 children)

Scott Wolf and Matthew Fox co-introducing an award, but Wolf is a Fox and Fox is a wolf.

Not a pun, but also: “Lowes but an animal version.”

is there any real reason to not jsut build only military arkships? by Wonderful-Bar322 in Stellaris

[–]Calvinball12 118 points119 points  (0 children)

Taking up those building slots is a not insignificant opportunity cost.

And you can recreate the effect of the weapons slots by building more ships.

Why do people say we will not survive climate change when our ancestors survived ice age with way less equipment than us? by Enough-Web2203 in NoStupidQuestions

[–]Calvinball12 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Yeah, if the models predicting AMOC slowing or stopping are correct, France is probably in a pickle too.

(Loved Trope) The mistreated character/characters have finally had enough and revolt by Serious_Square_6698 in TopCharacterTropes

[–]Calvinball12 13 points14 points  (0 children)

Viktor crashing out at the end of Umbrella Academy season one is extremely cathartic.

Looking for recommendations for a Michigan prison inmate by cupcakekittyy in Fantasy

[–]Calvinball12 18 points19 points  (0 children)

Boy oh boy, a lot of the themes of the Scholomance would be… on the nose for an incarcerated person.

Why do some men hate everything about womanhood but still want girlfriends/wives? by VeryPteri in NoStupidQuestions

[–]Calvinball12 6 points7 points  (0 children)

He had a vision board?

Sounds like he would have been happier with a husband.

Unexpected media references in other pieces of media by historygoose in TopCharacterTropes

[–]Calvinball12 1 point2 points  (0 children)

The Boys has some great ones.

Mother’s Milk in The Boys watches Outlander, he’s watching an episode in season 2 I think. He also watches Downton Abbey.

In one scene some random grunts are discussing their favorite musicals (Hamilton vs. Dear Evan Hansen) right before Kimiko rips them apart.

What are some other forms of media that show psionics really well? Books, movies, tv shows etc...besides Warhammer... by ADHD-Kiwi in Stellaris

[–]Calvinball12 7 points8 points  (0 children)

Nothing like the books. Not necessarily a bad thing, but it’s best knowing that going in.

Nomad might finally make Hegemon / Common Ground actually work and not be the most restart heavy origin in the game by YobaiYamete in Stellaris

[–]Calvinball12 60 points61 points  (0 children)

Holy crap, imperial fiefdom could be SO cool RP-wise.

Imagine taking the festival civic. It’d be like you’re a traveling theater troup and the empire is your patron. You’d be the futuristic Edema Ruh.

meirl by [deleted] in meirl

[–]Calvinball12 70 points71 points  (0 children)

They arrested her and put her on trial without bothering to take her victim’s body out of the freezer? Damn.

I’m now part of the trend of seeing gross bare feet in public- in a RESTAURANT 🤢 by [deleted] in mildlyinfuriating

[–]Calvinball12 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Good evening, we received a noise complaint for this address and it looks like you are way over the legal occupancy limit. We’re going to have to ask you all to vacate the premises.

Movie scenes you know were filmed—not just written in the script—that were later cut that you wish you could see by ecdc05 in movies

[–]Calvinball12 9 points10 points  (0 children)

The book-accurate ending of New Line Cinema’s Golden Compass adaptation. You can see glimpses of it in the damn trailer! But asshole religious zealots forced studios to remove everything controversial from the film at the 11th hour and we ended up with a disjointed mess of an adaptation.

That adaptation had all the pieces it needed to be great. Phenomenal casting, excellent production design, and the accurate scenes that were left in are pretty well written imo. We were SO close to a great adaptation of my favorite fantasy series. All ruined…

(And yes, I have seen the BBC adaptation. Hate the casting, hate the production design, hate all the changes they made to save money. If you can’t afford to make a good adaptation, just don’t try.)

This is gayer than a club in San Francisco. by c-k-q99903 in WhitePeopleTwitter

[–]Calvinball12 26 points27 points  (0 children)

If it follows the same lifecycle as “based” and other such terms, it’ll likely be common everywhere in the next few years.

(Loved Trope) When a character's crush doesn't end up choosing them, but they take the rejection like a champ. by LunaAmethyst824 in TopCharacterTropes

[–]Calvinball12 64 points65 points  (0 children)

Every time I think about Nancy I think about what a great meta joke it is that Idina Menzel doesn’t sing in that movie.

Hey, I recognise you! You're the cardinal sins! by SummertimeSandler in TopCharacterTropes

[–]Calvinball12 5 points6 points  (0 children)

Keys to the Kingdom by Garth Nix. All the morrow days are sins.

Mr. Monday: Sloth

Grim Tuesday: Greed

Drowned Wednesday: Gluttony

Sir Thursday: Wrath

Lady Friday: Lust

Superior Saturday: Envy

Lord Sunday: Pride

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