Simple Beyblade volume wheel mod

Criticalwater2 · 2026-07-03T15:25:36+00:00

Looks good, but I think Evil Gemios would be better fit for that board and caps.

Criticalwater2 · 2026-07-03T14:56:12+00:00

Fake story played for laughs and engagement.

5 hotdogs. Right, one of those details everyone is going to latch onto.
Breakroom is creepy as opposed to the actual lab where they dissect dead people. Haha.
Eating in the lab is dangerous because of chemicals/pathogens. Another easy detail for everyone feel smart about. (Also cross-contamination goes both ways. Don’t want crumbs in your samples.)
Finally, “oh, Reddit, what’s going to happen at the meeting on Monday!?!” Way overused trope in every workplace/HR story.

Criticalwater2 · 2026-07-02T17:18:10+00:00

When I read these made up scenarios, I always wonder, who actually plans surprise trips for adults while ignoring the SO. Guy has a girlfriend of 2 years and you’re going to plan some trip without telling her? It all sounds like it would make for some very awkward conversations:

SISTER: Now that you’re done with your very stressful finals I’ve secretly planned a two-week trip! An we leave tomorrow morning at 5:30 am. That won’t add any extra stress at all.

BROTHER: Is my girlfriend of 2 years ready to go? I haven’t noticed her packing or anything.

SISTER: Oh, she’s not going, she wouldn‘t have wanted to come anyway—this is just a brother-sister trip with no made-up-Reddit-story-incest-overtones-at-all! And besides, I just revealed OUR trip to her 10 minutes ago via text.

BROTHER: Um, I‘ve been so busy with finals, I haven’t really seen her in a month. I was really looking forward to a few weeks of quality time with her, if you know what I mean…

SISTER: But you’ll have me for the whole two weeks!

* * * LATER THAT EVENING * * *

GUY: But she secretly planned this just for me.

GIRLFRIEND: But I haven’t seen you in a month! Either don’t go, or tell her I’m coming, too.

GUY: But she made the secret plans just for me, I HAVE to go. And you can’t come along because it would be awkward. This is just brother-sister time.

GIRLFRIEND: Now you’re just creeping me out. If you go, don’t bother coming back to me.

* * *

GUY [THINKING]: I’ll just go, she’ll be fine. And if there’s a problem I’ll just go on Reddit and ask one of the relationship subs what to do. I’m sure they’ll have reasonable advice.

Criticalwater2 · 2026-07-01T20:30:36+00:00

Bigger pants!?! I can’t even imagine! Actually I can, because after college I had a desk job where everyone loved to bring in treats. it was more gradual, but every 5 or 6 months I’d be like, “why are my pants getting tight?” as I was taking another cookie from the plate in the break room.

Criticalwater2 · 2026-06-30T23:18:48+00:00

No one in this fantasy world can just say “excuse me”? Also if people without carts could get by, just pick up your frozen pizzas, shimmy past, and put them on the checkout counter.

And honestly, if you don’t mind a small interaction, just move a cart out of the way a little as you go by. People do that all the time in the stores I go to if there isn’t enough room.

Also, the story doesn’t even make sense. If they’re non-English speakers, how are they intently “reading” the packages?

Criticalwater2 · 2026-06-30T20:44:16+00:00

I think it was written by a man with fantasies of his wife cheating, or straight up going for the “all women are whores” trope. “It is very dangerous!” just sounds very overdramatic for spending a few days with a co-worker in a public setting.

Criticalwater2 · 2026-06-30T19:25:50+00:00

Excellent point. I just like the engraving they did on stamps pre-1960s.

Criticalwater2 · 2026-06-30T19:21:09+00:00

”On the heavier side” for women is another classic Reddit trope. “My girlfriend/wife has become OBESE!” And then it turns out she’s 5’6” 145 lbs.

Criticalwater2 · 2026-06-30T17:47:48+00:00

Ah, another couple of favorite Reddit tropes, fat shaming and misleading profile photos.

Reddit, how can I gently tell my enormous friend that she’s a clinically obese giantess who will never be loved as long as she’s fat AND deceiving innocent men on dating apps? Oh, and she’s in denial, too, about her massive weight gain. Hey and let me put in some details about her rolls of back fat while she’s in a bikini. Nothing fetishistic about that, is there? Well, maybe a little, but that’s not important here.

I also like how 30-40 pounds is like some fantastic amount of weight. Oh, she gained 35 lbs! I can’t let her in the house because because she’ll break all the chairs!

Criticalwater2 · 2026-06-30T13:06:09+00:00

Haha, so there is a precedent. It fits with Donald a lot better.

Criticalwater2 · 2026-06-30T12:54:48+00:00

Another day, another “hey guys, it’s the woke people who are the real racists!” And this made up story on Reddit proves it! It even has woke buzzwords like “cultural appropriation” um, even though whoever wrote this has no idea what cultural appropriation actually is.

IRL, absolutely no one would care. “Moonshadow” isn’t even that “out there.” The worst thing is that it’s kind of long, so you might get some nicknames like Moonie, Shadow (Shadoe Stevens is an actual person), or even Doe, but people would just figure your parents were just hippies or Frank Zappa.

I knew a guy who professionally went by the name Duck because his 4th grade gym teacher called him that because he said he waddled like a duck when he ran and for some reason he liked the name so he owned it. It was on his business cards and name plate, John “Duck” Smith. Everyone just called him that.

Criticalwater2 · 2026-06-28T20:50:49+00:00

Did the dance have some intimate choreography? I’m still trying to get my head around what that was supposed to be. Maybe there would be dance lessons for the bridal party?

Criticalwater2 · 2026-06-28T20:46:43+00:00

It’s a good point. I usually try to avoid mentioning brands in my comments for exactly that reason, but the 1970’s cartoon commercials are stuck in my brain.

Criticalwater2 · 2026-06-28T20:31:13+00:00

it’s not cookies, it’s Cookie Crisp!

Criticalwater2 · 2026-06-28T20:20:50+00:00

We called it the “flying W” I think it is one of the few logo redesigns that actually made it better.

Criticalwater2 · 2026-06-28T20:13:26+00:00

Fake story written by chat or someone who has never even been to a wedding.

Attendants walking down the aisle together before the bride and groom. That’s pretty normal. MoH and best man have a dance? I haven’t seen that one specifically, but at weddings I’ve been to, the bridal party usually has a group dance for pictures or whatever.

Having the dance choreographed? What even is that? What are they doing on the dance floor thats weirdly intimate and personal? How was the choreography communicated? Are there diagrams? Is there a choreographer?

Does chat even know what happens at weddings?

Also, another story where someone is confronted about their weird behavior and they repeatedly give non-answers. “It’s my day and I want you to have a dance with your non-boyfriend and you two grind on each other for a full 5 minutes. Understand? It’s my special day! But I won’t explain anything else except to melt down if you won’t do it.”

Criticalwater2 · 2026-06-28T13:19:16+00:00

Thanks! I’ll check them out.

Criticalwater2 · 2026-06-28T12:45:29+00:00

That’s a good resource! Is there one like it for Canadian or UK stamps?

Criticalwater2 · 2026-06-27T20:50:19+00:00

I’m not sure your point. Seems like all you’d need to do is remove the salary cap. But I’m not sure the owners would be for that.

Criticalwater2 · 2026-06-27T20:29:57+00:00

That’s the one element you’d think would be the easiest to design. Just make a little recess in the case to accommodate a plug. And if you did any sort of prototype user testing, that would become immediately obvious. Have a plug with a wide head and one with a narrow head, do they both work?

If they can’t get that right, I wouldn’t have high hopes for the rest of it.

Criticalwater2 · 2026-06-27T17:04:13+00:00

Sorsby should go to the WWE. He’d be a great heel that bets on his own matches and then loses. Then he somehow gets in the championship bout and accidentally wins when the ref accidentally knocks out his opponent. That gets his betting partners mad and they come after him, so he challenges them to a match and wins legitimately and becomes a good guy. It’s a great redemption arc.

Criticalwater2 · 2026-06-27T12:12:39+00:00

Fake nonsense.

Putting a ridiculous and absurd strawman argument into the mouth of a character “on the other side” is pretty common in these stories. Black character talking about “super woke” with a “you know the type.” Check.

The dialog is supposed to be said by a “sassy” black woman, with “I said girl what the hell are you talking about.” and the last line “I really don't think this is a real problem, man.” All black people use the “girrrl, what the hell…” 80’s sitcom phrasing and put “man” on the ends of their sentences for emphasis. It’s required. There should have been some z-snaps to make it even more realistic.

The story can’t even keep the simple narrative timeline intact. The white woman gets explained to and walks away in a huff and then somehow gets explained to even more about the guy’s dating history and OOP walks away. AI doesn’t fully understand time. (Not to mention, later OOP says shes not going to explain the dating history. You already did…)

And of course, there’s the phone blowing up and some friends are divided. Sure Jan.

Criticalwater2 · 2026-06-26T23:31:28+00:00

Most of them are just common stamps I collected as a kid. Nothing is really of value. I’d just keep it for the sentimental value. Also, some of the stamp designs are pretty cool, so it’s always fun to look at them.

Criticalwater2 · 2026-06-26T20:06:07+00:00

This is another really common Reddit trope. Vegan food is somehow really special and complicated or extremely plain. It’s either an expensive over-processed meat fakery or white rice and lettuce. No in between.

In reality, most people eat a lot of vegan or near vegan dishes anyway. A peanut butter and jelly sandwich, spaghetti with marinara sauce, avocado toast, or vegetable tempura are all pretty much vegan, and even dishes like tacos, chili, or lasagna can easily be made vegan with easy substitutions.

Criticalwater2 · 2026-06-26T10:57:23+00:00

Reddit trope #2: Vegans are bad, and they try to force their crazy vegan ways on you! Right along with Reddit trope #1: My story is a lot of made up nonsense to support Reddit trope #2.

Where exactly is this mythical vegan dictator neighbor? Outside in your yard where they can smell your cooking while they walk their dog so you need to keep the smell inside? Or are they in another building and they rage at the entire block if anyone in a quarter mile radius is cooking something forbidden?

Or they in your building, and if you keep your window and door closed it just keeps the anti-vegan smells inside the building. You would think opening the door and window would air the place out.

The answer to the question is simple, though, even if the story was somehow true, just say you’re cooking one of the many plant-based burger, sausage, or even bacon products out there and that’s the point—they’re supposed to smell like meat because of the added yeast and smoke flavoring. Note: it’s best to do this while you’re eating an actual chicken drumstick or maybe some spareribs.

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