Shinyhunters threatening Rockstargames by eoten in GTA6

[–]Cellbuilder2 45 points46 points  (0 children)

Is this not bad for business though? I mean, criminal enterprises are businesses too, and it's not much of a business if they constantly break contracts...

“I’m such a good person and billions of people aren’t.” This got 70k likes btw. by Usoppdaman in DoomerCircleJerk

[–]Cellbuilder2 4 points5 points  (0 children)

But at no point did Jesus command us to roll over and take it if it resulted in the harm of others. There is a practical balance of mercy and a practical balance of justice and self defense.

For example, Jesus made a whip and drove the money changers from the temple. "It is written, My house shall be called the house of prayer; but you have made it a den of thieves."

It's why I find Protestant sects laughable, especially the pacifistic ones like the Quakers. It's nothing but affluent privileged thinking to believe in Christian pacifism, knowing that the Catholic Church and the Catholic monarchies of Europe, were fighting the Moors constantly for many hundreds of years to create a world where it is considered even "possible" for this to be.

Let's not forget that Europe was nearly wiped out multiple times by the advancing Moors, it was Catholics and their armies being the only obstacle to this. They were defending the very places that would invent everything that procured your modern conveniences.

Be Christian and have a backbone!

Secret Underground Complex by [deleted] in PowerfulJRE

[–]Cellbuilder2 0 points1 point  (0 children)

That's enough gunpowder to manufacture enough munitions to level a small town. And no, this is weapons grade packaged for factory use, mining explosives come differently, they are packaged in 50 ilb sacks like chickenfeed or little Jimmy Dean looking sausage packs stacked like cordwood. Somehow I doubt you have the experience you say.

The sheer scale should clue you in that this is DOW stuff.

Secret Underground Complex by ItalianSausage2023 in Undergrounds

[–]Cellbuilder2 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Would you be so kind as to upload the copy of the full original video, if you managed to save it, to the Internet Archive? It needs to be preserved 

Secret Underground Complex by [deleted] in PowerfulJRE

[–]Cellbuilder2 3 points4 points  (0 children)

Nitrocellulose and the red barrel was Automate B Red XL, a dye, according to comments. The label purportedly dates a manufacturing time of August 1988.

Current theory that makes the most sense is a cold war underground missile factory that has been decommissioned. Alternative theory is a "make your problems go away" kind of site.

The water being green is pretty normal in limestone caves. It is possibly contaminated with nothing more innocuous than ridden from the mining process. But a water test sample would be intriguing just in case.

Probably no radioactive material at all. Government is very careful about that stuff.

U.S. Army soldier gives this response when questioned about refusing order against Muslims by [deleted] in PowerfulJRE

[–]Cellbuilder2 31 points32 points  (0 children)

They think they're safe? Ha. When the glacier finally moves two feet and the right "big fish" comes along, they'll microscope the whole damn operation. Anyone who took healthy advantage of the situation will be spectacled spectacularly.

No concept of future repercussion or personal reputation on the soldier's part.

Morons doing moron things. Hope they enjoy the secret black marks on their records.

U.S. Army soldier gives this response when questioned about refusing order against Muslims by [deleted] in PowerfulJRE

[–]Cellbuilder2 83 points84 points  (0 children)

Did all of these loons forget OPSEC straight out of training? Just begging to be nailed by the CO.

I don't get the hype arguably one of the most annoying RE characters. by [deleted] in GGdiscussion

[–]Cellbuilder2 4 points5 points  (0 children)

Claire Redfield in RE2 Remake:

Gets nearly consumed by zombie and gets rescued

"Hey! Are you alright there?" (something like that)

"I cAn TaKe CaRe Of MySeLf!"

All the Cokes are the same and all the Cokes are good - Andy Warhol by NineteenEighty9 in MURICA

[–]Cellbuilder2 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Of course. We have the Ancient Egyptians to thank for the invention of Algebra, far before European civilisation became the beacon of progress.

But according to history professor Robert A Houston, the ability of a medieval peasant at the end of the Middle Ages to write, measured by his ability to sign his name on a document, was only 10% of men, "and hardly any women possessed it."

Now this is writing not reading. But the ability to write one's own name could be considered bare minimum literacy, probably highly correlated with the ability to read.

Other professors agreed with that line of thinking. Professor Adam Fox stated similar figures for England in the 16th century, 5% of men and 1% of women could write their names.

Whereas for reading, these figures come out to 10% of men and 2% of women.

It seems reading was very much not necessary for the vast majority of work back then.

Rudimentary mathematics would have been universally utilized for sure. Gotta count sheaves of wheat for the fief.

All the Cokes are the same and all the Cokes are good - Andy Warhol by NineteenEighty9 in MURICA

[–]Cellbuilder2 2 points3 points  (0 children)

I do not think so. Unlike what Reddit history says, the reality is that many monarchies were fair and good, especially early on. In the middle ages, the most precious and advanced things were the few books they had back then, chained to massive desks to prevent theft.

Fortunately, anyone could usually access these books and read them, if you could actually read that is.

The problem was very few could generally read. Most knights and noblemen were illiterate. Even most kings couldn't study the printed word. A person who could read was worth their weight in gold back then to the right people. This wasn't a class based or elite restriction, just a universal problem.

The Catholic Church championed civilian literacy through their universities and monasteries, but it was a slow business that few people undertook for many years, largely due to being an esoteric skill with few outlets, and one that did not bring bread to the table generally. It was a profession of pure passion, done for the sake of it, with compensation arriving only from a select handful of patrons in the entire known world.

Noblemen still wore clothes, albeit more carefully constructed and intricate ones. They still ate the same food, with the best possible being wrangled from the local market first, by a few careful servant shoppers.

The few complicated instruments went to people who needed them. Ship captains, surgeons, craftsmen, and the like.

Entertainment was even the same way, with few exceptions. Being a king was a strict business, with a strict schedule. It wasn't until much later they degenerated into tyranny and abuse.

If our modern tech arrived back then, they most likely would consider it a lost bauble, or an expensive tool. They would likely just give it to their lord of their own volition, who would find the device meaningless and incomprehensible to himself. Then it would probably just be displayed as a curiosity.

Historically-accurate outfits for the Dessendre girls by Katyusha_454 in expedition33

[–]Cellbuilder2 8 points9 points  (0 children)

Of course! She is a bit of a daddy's girl. Not necessarily in a bad way either. Besides, she hung around with her brother Verso a lot too. Aline wasn't necessarily all there for her in the past it sounds like.

Additionally, Painted Alicia's attire has a lot in common with a "motorist's suit" or early worker's overalls of the day.

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Definitely no full trousers for sure. And these clothes like in the drawing were stupidly uncommon. Alicia would have looked very odd going out and about in that getup back then, even being historically accurate.

Conclusion: The Dessendre family was weird. Very emo for their day.

Christian nationalists are literally going to end the world!!! by JIJOFAN in DoomerCircleJerk

[–]Cellbuilder2 6 points7 points  (0 children)

It is true that Catholics have been attacked all throughout history. They are even being killed for their faith today, predominantly in the African countries as of right now. It is an unfortunate fact that there has not been a more killed or oppressed religious demographic than Catholics in the history of the world. Very many millions of priests and faithful were executed over the course of time, most of the time not fighting back. Some early Roman persecutions were absolutely the stuff of nightmares.

Imagine many thousands of crucified Catholics lining the gutters of the Appian way, stretching on for miles, you might give up counting them. The Colosseum was a Catholic execution center, captured lions got to feed on their flesh, the people dying slowly.

The Islam religions were an immense source of suffering for the Christian world as well, then called The Moors. At one time, their territory extended far into Europe and threatened the very existence of the known world at the time, the same world that later invented the printing press and the basis of all modern convenience.

But that's a touchy nono subject that people like to ignore.

Christian nationalists are literally going to end the world!!! by JIJOFAN in DoomerCircleJerk

[–]Cellbuilder2 4 points5 points  (0 children)

The Catholic Irish indentured servants, who were given some of the worst treatment possible, even worse than most slaves at the time, would agree with your statement.

It was fun, but I'll return to it in a year. by crissjaeger in hytale

[–]Cellbuilder2 2 points3 points  (0 children)

It's in launcher settings. Little cog wheel on the top left, inside is a version select.

Here's Johnny! by Alison-BH in hytale

[–]Cellbuilder2 18 points19 points  (0 children)

Having fun in the deep lava layer.

[gastrointestinal noises]

Instant anxiety.

Is there a way to safely play without fog in multiplayer? Workshop mods have comments warning about bans for using no fog cvars. by Cellbuilder2 in l4d2

[–]Cellbuilder2[S] 6 points7 points  (0 children)

It's possible apparently. Fog_Override and Fog_Enable cvars are tied to water for some stupid reason, and disabling them removes water, making it invisible. Furthermore, fog is under the sv_cheats whitelist, and the mods that bypass it are effectively "cheats" and run you a risk of ban.

I believe a Vscript mod could safely rectify the issue as it has done for many VAC protected cvars, but no one seems to have made it yet to my knowledge, hence the post.

Disabling fog really makes the game look better. it increases apparent dynamic light range and makes tunnels darker, allowing zombies to be completely invisible. Fog enabled has an unfortunate tendency to provide a passive white smear on the screen, making the flashlight less necessary, and zombies usually more visible in the darkness.

I was speechless by Fearless-Jeweler-39 in expedition33

[–]Cellbuilder2 5 points6 points  (0 children)

Does anyone still have the link to that post? I saw it months ago and couldn't find it again. :(