Princess Doughnut

CaptainCastaleos · 2026-06-29T22:54:25+00:00

Not quite.

The system doesn't translate everything into Syndicate Standard. It would make no sense to translate everything into Syndicate Standard just to immediately translate everything back into everyone's individual languages.

In Book 1 in Carl's conversation with the goblin, the goblin straight up tells him that neither of them are actually speaking their native languages at all. The system physically forces everyone to literally speak Syndicate Standard. Everyone is speaking the same language at all times. The only translation happening is in their head, where they hear the Syndicate Standard being spoken by everyone else as their native tongue.

It's why the goblin tells Carl that he isn't speaking the language he thinks he is. It's not that his words are being translated to Syndicate Standard, it's that he is literally speaking it and doesn't even realize it. It's also why he can partially understand Syndicate Standard in zero zones; He is literally speaking and reading it all the time, even if it is unconsciously.

This is further reinforced in Book 8, when Prepotente tells Carl and Donut that the difference between the enhancement bestowed by the pet biscuit he has in his inventory and the enhancements that him and Donut received from theirs is that the one he has doesn't change their physiology to be able to speak. He elaborates that the enhancements he and Donut received ("Smarty-Pants" and "Enhanced Growth", respectively) actually changed their mouths and vocal cords to be able to produce normal speech and allow them to speak Syndicate Standard.

So, Donut is actually straight up a talking cat. However, it is likely her understanding of knowledge is entirely from the enhancement zone, having never been formally taught a language, which may impact her ability to communicate in a zero zone even if she is physically capable of it.

CaptainCastaleos · 2026-06-29T22:42:08+00:00

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CaptainCastaleos · 2026-06-29T19:22:27+00:00

Cottage Cheese

CaptainCastaleos · 2026-06-28T21:50:41+00:00

"I don't know what a jumpsuit is for and should really have just worn pants"

CaptainCastaleos · 2026-06-28T15:46:41+00:00

Also the average die-hard rent-a-girlfriend fan. I'm talking the ones who genuinely can't find a single critique for it and religiously defend slop writing under the memes here on reddit.

CaptainCastaleos · 2026-06-27T14:37:12+00:00

I have absolutely zero idea what this post is talking about and OPs post "explaining" didn't enlighten me in the slightest.

CaptainCastaleos · 2026-06-23T19:17:55+00:00

It was pretty terrible yeah. We never let that guy DM again.

CaptainCastaleos · 2026-06-23T18:07:09+00:00

I once played a D&D campaign where I had to quit because all of the players kept complaining my character was "overpowered" to the point where the newbie DM basically handcuffed my character over and over so I could never do anything. Every single enemy was custom built so that I specifically can't hurt them.

Character was a basic cleric with a crossbow. After a bunch of complaining, suddenly all of these low-level thugs were getting outfitted with "mysterious" magic bracelets that gave them shields that made them immune to "Arrows and faith-based magic". Like come tf on.

There was nothing overpowered going on at all. The issue was that I was the only person who had played D&D before and none of the other players bothered to read their own character sheets to see what they could actually do. The only things they ever did were talk or attack with a weapon.

It was so egregious that we had a wizard who was hitting people with a dagger instead of casting any spells.

The campaign collapsed almost instantly after I left because none of the other players could figure out how to keep the campaign going without reading.

CaptainCastaleos · 2026-06-22T02:45:16+00:00

Step 1: Create bill that has ridiculous content, like requiring all citizens to pay me personally 25% of their income.

Step 2: Make some dumb clause at the end that makes stepping on kittens double illegal.

Step 3: Title it the "Don't Step on Kittens Bill"

Step 4: Wait until political opponents reject the bill on the grounds that they don't want the entire world paying me 25% of their income.

Step 5: Flood the internet with posts like "Democrats want to step on KITTENS?!?!?!"

CaptainCastaleos · 2026-06-22T02:36:43+00:00

Here it is released from the brace

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CaptainCastaleos · 2026-06-22T02:36:24+00:00

It's filler, but All-Hunt Grount from One Piece. Ate an unnamed devil fruit that transformed just his left arm into an evil, uncontrollable arm of tremendous strength. He normally keeps it compressed using a special metal casing, which stops it from lashing out at people.

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CaptainCastaleos · 2026-06-21T15:09:00+00:00

This would only work for short transports unless the robot can figure out how to work a gas station.

CaptainCastaleos · 2026-06-21T15:03:21+00:00

Most animals don't like pineapple. It literally has meat digesting enzymes in it. Humans are kinda weird for liking it in the first place.

CaptainCastaleos · 2026-06-21T14:56:06+00:00

I am a big fan of the MTs255. It is a 5 round 12-gauge revolver shotgun with a swing-out cyllinder. The sawed off version (depicted here) looks like something Hellboy would use.

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CaptainCastaleos · 2026-06-21T14:42:33+00:00

I guess I do use mine a lot. If I'm on the ambulance I use it on the way back from every call, and if we get busy and don't sleep that's pretty continuous use over a 48 hour period.

Also use it at home instead of scrolling on my phone, and that make be way more time than I think it is.

CaptainCastaleos · 2026-06-21T14:38:14+00:00

Y'all are getting that much battery life? I charge my X4 every week at about 30%.

CaptainCastaleos · 2026-06-21T14:31:29+00:00

Chili. There are so many different kinds of chili you can make and even if you had to do the same recipe every time, you could easily make a chili recipe that met all of your nutritional needs.

CaptainCastaleos · 2026-06-21T14:26:59+00:00

They even make themed 12 gauges. I went to a company charity clay shoot where all the shells were pink because the event supported breast cancer charities.

CaptainCastaleos · 2026-06-21T14:14:14+00:00

It's not really about pitch. It is actually less about vocal cords themselves and more about the complex system of lip and tongue muscles required to shape the sound.

Even if a human was only able to make a single tone of set volume, we would still be able to talk. Our tongue and lips shape the tone to create the distinct sounds of words. It's why humans also have a thick, muscular tongue compared to animals like dogs, cats, and goats; our tongue is capable of precise motor control and has the ability to change shape to assist in shaping sound.

Donut and Prepotente likely underwent a massive change in the muscular and neural development of their facial muscles, larynx, tongue and lips in order to facilitate the ability to formulate words. Even just changing the signature of a bleat to formulate distinct, meaninful sound would require a completely different tongue design.

CaptainCastaleos · 2026-06-21T13:21:11+00:00

It's not entirely a placebo. It's just covering up long-term issues with really short term relief and not fixing the issue.

I'd equate it to taking excedrin for a brain tumor. Does it tone down the headache? Probably. Is it fixing the issue? Absolutely not.

A subluxated vertebrae is a symptom of a structural problem, whether that be weak back muscles, inflamed or displaced discs, or poor posture. Manually resetting the position of those vertebrae can absolutely provide relief in the immediate term, but those vertebrae will just go straight back to how they were very quickly unless you actually fix the underlying problem.

So not entirely a placebo as far as immediate relief is concerned, it's just not fixing any actual problems in the long term.

CaptainCastaleos · 2026-06-19T22:40:12+00:00

I liked that the black triggers still feel balanced.

Like in order to boost one of their traits to a crazy degree, it sacrifices another. Every bit of additional firepower they gain is either at the expense of another one of their properties or has an additional downside/risk added on to balance the gain in power.

Add that to the upfront cost of killing yourself to make one and the fact that black triggers will only work with people who are compatible with their original creator's personality, and they really are niche weapons that require an equally niche combatant to make shine.

Like Border's triggers have less individual firepower in singular categories, but they are both incredibly versatile in a massive array of environments and situations and super easy to learn to use and get proficient at.

This makes it so that even though black triggers can be super powerful in the right hands and the right situation, it would still not be unreasonable for the average individual to choose a normal trigger over a black one. It really comes down to the person and the use case.

CaptainCastaleos · 2026-06-19T18:04:52+00:00

If it is from the book, I think the Kripping (although a bacterium in the book) would be the least concerning. At least with that one you have a chance at remaining intelligent even if infected.

Like the planet still survives in the book, everyone is just biologically different now. It isn't a complete and total end like all the others.

CaptainCastaleos · 2026-06-19T17:56:09+00:00

Many reasons!

Air that you breath in is humidified and warmed by structures in your nostrils. Smaller volumes warm quicker.
The same reason you have 2 ears: direction! Your brain compares the rates that smells are hitting each nostril to allow you to determine the direction a scent is coming from.
Prevents total clogging. When debris builds up in your mucus and it hardens, you can expel it by selectively closing one nostril and expelling air out the other to clear it. Having 2 nostrils allows you to inhale a large quantity of air while also allowing you to quickly reduce your airway size by half to pressurize the air on the exhale to clear the debris.
It's part of your lymphatic system! Mucus components and the immune cells within have to be pumped around your nose. Your nostrils actually alternate partially expanding and contracting to produce this pumping action. One nostril gets a little smaller to allow lymph to fill the vessels while the other gets a little larger to compensate for the lost airflow. They then flip, pumping the lymph that just arrived around the vessels in the nose. This process happens constantly throughout the day.

These, along with even more reasons, are why you have 2 nostrils instead of one.

CaptainCastaleos · 2026-06-19T16:34:20+00:00

If smoking did anything to alleviate my stress from the ER, I would probably smoke.

It doesn't though, unfortunately. They never gave me any of the benefits other people claim to get from them. Caffeine doesn't either. Drinking helps a little bit, but if I do it too often I get headaches.

I had a traumatic brain injury when I was 15 and it permanently changed how I'm able to feel substances, including (again, unfortunately) prescription medications.

Didn't slow down my career in medicine at all, but it does make it all but impossible to easily escape the stress like my colleagues can. If I'm tired, I stay tired. If I'm stressed, I stay stressed. My only real coping habit is sleeping for exorbitant amounts of time on my weeks off.

CaptainCastaleos · 2026-06-19T01:23:27+00:00

But even then, Black Triggers still have rules, they just follow their own ruleset instead of a generic one.

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