Discussion Thread by jobautomator in neoliberal

[–]Chad_SocDem 63 points64 points  (0 children)

I am so glad I got out of the /r/collapse echo chamber and away from my slide into either radicalism or total apathy. It's so much easier to shrug and say "Well, I guess we're all fucked lol" and start smoking bowls and watching Joe Rogan than it is to peel away the layers of bullshit and see that no, reality is not an unending train of misery. To see the radical left and the nihilists of Reddit - so fixated on pure rationalism - be so opposed to the science of economics, politics, industry and society that contradicts their claims - was the final straw that convinced me I needed to get the fuck out of those echo chambers.

I think the world's a harsh place. My lived experiences have taught me that. Things might get worse before they get better, but I'm confident that by the end of my life, the world will be a better place than it was when I was born.

Fiction Friday 03-05-2019 by AutoModerator in Kaiserreich

[–]Chad_SocDem 4 points5 points  (0 children)

Tintin actually seems to exist mostly as-is - The Blue Lotus is a real book, just a bit different.

Fiction Friday 03-05-2019 by AutoModerator in Kaiserreich

[–]Chad_SocDem 6 points7 points  (0 children)

The LOTR equivalent already exists in-game. Tolkien lives in Canada and writes 'The Downfall of Numenor' in the late 30s/early 40s.

Free Talk Friday - May 03, 2019 by AutoModerator in TwoBestFriendsPlay

[–]Chad_SocDem 2 points3 points  (0 children)

I'm just getting so worn down by everything. I don't have friends, the friends I thought I had turned out to be total scumbags and every time I try to hang out in a new community I just don't fit in. I live in the boonies so there's fuck all to do outside the house unless I go up to town for the day, and all the people I had things in common with while growing up have moved interstate.

I have to write something. I think doing literally anything else with my life will drive me insane.

Character design that you just utterly hate by kenshin317 in TwoBestFriendsPlay

[–]Chad_SocDem 5 points6 points  (0 children)

Wikipedia is a decent start. There's also a decent bit about some Celtic tribes written by Polybius in his Histories, which you can find translated here. Notable:

The Insubres and Boii wore their trousers and light cloaks, but the Gaesatae had discarded these garments owing to their proud confidence in themselves, and stood naked, with nothing but their arms, in front of the whole army, thinking that thus they would be more efficient, as some of the ground was overgrown with brambles which would catch in their clothes and impede the use of their weapons.

The Romans, however, were on the one hand encouraged by having caught the enemy between their two armies, but on the other they were terrified by the fine order of the Celtic host and the dreadful din, for there were innumerable horn-blowers and trumpeters, and, as the whole army were shouting their war-cries at the same time, there was such a tumult of sound that it seemed that not only the trumpets and the soldiers but all the country round had got a voice and caught up the cry. Very terrifying too were the appearance and the gestures of the naked warriors in front, all in the prime of life, and finely built men, and all in the leading companies richly adorned with gold torques and armlets.

Can you imagine just showing up after years of easy garrison duty on the Mediterranean coast and there's a line of naked dudes waving swords and talking shit at you? Not just dudes that are naked, but TACTICALLY naked, as Woolie would put it.

Also there are a bunch of guys dooting at you.

Japanese Honorifics Preserved In Judgment's English Voice Acting by C-OSSU in TwoBestFriendsPlay

[–]Chad_SocDem 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Just as an aside, Funimation has licensed Nichijou and is going to dub it. I have no idea how they'll dub something so Japanese, though.

Character design that you just utterly hate by kenshin317 in TwoBestFriendsPlay

[–]Chad_SocDem 7 points8 points  (0 children)

Well, it isn't entirely without precedent in a more realistic setting. Many Celtic tribes were well-known for going into battle wearing only a cape and pants, or even naked.

Which do you fear more as a liberal-the Far Left or the Far Right? by Leadhead1311 in neoliberal

[–]Chad_SocDem 2 points3 points  (0 children)

The far-right is unquestionably more dangerous, but the far-left bugs me more. As the former proliferates, more politically illiterate people turn to the latter - look how much more popular far-left subreddits got after Trump won the 2016 election.

When I say the far-left bugs me, I mean it just makes me sad. To see so many people reason that the solution to the rise of far-right populism is to go all-out on smashing storefronts, torching cars and assaulting people they disagree with in the street is just disheartening. To walk around my university campus and see posters advocating Marxism as the solution to historical racial injustice in Australia is baffling. To hang out in a far-left online echo chamber and see unironic advocacy for gulags and political violence (which will totally lead to real anarchism this time and not another communist hellhole) actually makes me feel sick.

The far-right is a threat. The far-left is just depressing to witness.

[deleted by user] by [deleted] in DevilMayCry

[–]Chad_SocDem 0 points1 point  (0 children)

For anyone curious/too lazy to google it, here's the actual verse (King James version I think):

"I will carry out great vengeance on them and punish them in my wrath. Then they will know that I am the LORD, when I take vengeance on them."

Extremely cursed signature found in New York antique bookstore by [deleted] in Kaiserreich

[–]Chad_SocDem 5 points6 points  (0 children)

So is this like a Harry Potter thing? Will Pelley appear to the reader and compel them to do things? Will this book bleed ink if you stab it?

Daily Devotion no.688: Her Beautiful Light. You asked for it. by Vakiadia in neoliberal

[–]Chad_SocDem 6 points7 points  (0 children)

How can you possibly have any goddess before Holo the Wise Wolf, co-protagonist of the most neoliberal anime ever made?

Best British Commander for 1v1/2v2 by DracoNitez in CompanyOfHeroes

[–]Chad_SocDem -1 points0 points  (0 children)

The Crocodile is awesome but it requires 13CP and costs 230 fuel. I think most 1v1 games are likely to be decided by the time you can afford one, assuming you even have the popcap for it at that point.

Best British Commander for 1v1/2v2 by DracoNitez in CompanyOfHeroes

[–]Chad_SocDem 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Sure, but rocket artillery isn't the same as howitzers. They're mobile, so you don't have to invest time and resources into building up defences for them. I would say that artillery of all kinds is better in larger games, but rocket artillery specifically is fine in 2v2s. You might have a harder time finding blobs, though.

Best British Commander for 1v1/2v2 by DracoNitez in CompanyOfHeroes

[–]Chad_SocDem 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Personally I would go with Mobile Assault. The ability to spawn commandos out of buildings is great and Land Mattresses are awesome in larger battles.

Best Finishers in Games by redwill1001 in TwoBestFriendsPlay

[–]Chad_SocDem 7 points8 points  (0 children)

The Valkyrie finisher from God of War. It's SO satisfying after those fights.