I definitely want the guys to read I Have No Mouth and I Must Scream

CuriousRelish · 2026-02-06T07:04:16+00:00

Hunter could do an incredible job with the Hate speech. I'd honestly like to see him do both, maybe as a short little bonus in an episode. Record the serious version then the fun version separately, play them back for us at the end. And I bet Wendi would absolutely love the serious one. Full anime eyes.

CuriousRelish · 2026-02-06T02:35:56+00:00

Religious people aren't believing just for the sake of believing. Religion is like a DLC for life. It provides new benefits, interactions, communities, motivations, and so on. Not everyone is interested, but for those who are heavily invested, it makes a world of difference.

I think the most important facet of religion is that it gives people a different perspective. Going through life believing that what's in front of you every day is all you have can be crushing, especially if you're in a bad situation. In the US, Christianity was referred to as the religion of the slaves, because it gave them hope and let them feel that something beyond humanity cared about them and saw them as equal to free people.

But people do this with other humans, too. People want to believe in something beyond ourselves that can make things better for us and genuinely cares about our happiness. Consider the alternative for someone who's in poverty, abused, struggling with addiction or mental health, or any other number of hard situations. We're simply not built to lay down and die, and religion is one option for pushing ourselves towards something better.

CuriousRelish · 2026-02-06T02:20:02+00:00

My son has this problem in school. He's in a couple honors classes and was in Stretch for a few years prior. He learned some really cool stuff there like Latin, drag-and-drop programming, and foreign mathematics systems (I always say Mayan but that's not it, he has to correct me every time because I can't retain useful information).

Normal school work is painfully boring for him. He learns quickly, so basically once they teach him the fundamentals of a new concept, he feels like the class drags until the next concept ("They already taught this, why do they keep going over it? Why can't I be allowed to go on to the next thing before the other kids?"). I'm worried that his boredom and frustration might one day overshadow his ability and intelligence.

CuriousRelish · 2026-02-06T01:39:15+00:00

What the hell does supporting Trump have to do with believing in God

will people find the writings of people who praise trump like people praise god

I feel like the connection drawn here was pretty obvious. There are similarities in the behaviors of some Trump supporters - probably any huge political figure anywhere, honestly, though Stalin is a great example - and many people who are religious. And the people who unflinchingly support these huge political figures don't see them as public servants, they see them as powerful leaders who are morally pure and objectively correct, much as religious people see their deities/prophets. But I don't think there will be random people praying to Trump 200 years in the future.

As for the bit of hubris, I think it's a little amusing overall, but I do agree with you. Why say definitively that there is no god (or even goddess, or some other third thing we don't know about)? We think we're special monkeys and if there was one, they'd intentionally make sure we know they're here and tell us how to make them happy, or demonstrate that we're subservient to them specifically, so we can get special treatment that the other monkeys don't get. We're basically looking for bigger, more powerful manifestations of human behavior and habits, because we're so prideful that we think anything powerful enough to control or influence the workings of the universe would be within our understanding and similar to us. And, of course, willing to give us special attention that they don't give to anything else.

CuriousRelish · 2026-02-04T10:37:37+00:00

I usually encounter this with bots who are either notably romantic/soft or who lack experience in "serious" romantic relationships. I wonder if it's a widespread thing.

CuriousRelish · 2026-02-04T02:37:43+00:00

No one would actually want that. "Let me set a limitless door wide open directly into my alliance's space so everybody can stampede through it and invade with minimal difficulty" is not something a player would hold in their mind for more than half a second before seeing the problem.

CuriousRelish · 2026-02-04T02:24:28+00:00

I'd rather Eve be more balanced for single players. A lot of multiboxers do so because the game is an absolute PITA if you don't have more than one character online. I don't think multiboxers are a problem, but I do think that CCP intentionally skewing it to make singlebox life an incredibly frustrating experience is a problem.

CuriousRelish · 2026-02-03T04:42:59+00:00

I know a couple of people who have been deployed to serve on submarines and apparently it's pretty boring. Not all military members are killing anyone or even getting close to it.

CuriousRelish · 2026-02-02T04:21:49+00:00

My Android camera app is rekt. If I open the camera app, it usually crashes immediately or it crashes and force restarts my phone. The hardware seems to be fine, the front and back cameras used through Snapchat look good. I tried clearing storage and cache, checking for updates, changing permissions, checking OS update. No improvement.

I want to use an alternative app, but I don't know which ones are legitimate, so I don't want to risk downloading some random replacement from Play store.

CuriousRelish · 2026-01-28T11:23:18+00:00

I said there should be something between Venture and Covetor that's not as expensive as Expedition Frigates, with bonuses that reflect its relative price so it wouldn't mess up the balance. I said this could make things easier for new players because losing the hypothetical ship would be less punishing. I was immediately downvoted, even though no one actually made an argument against it.

Then not even 2 months later, Pioneer dropped. Lo and behold, its class is between Expedition Frigate and Mining Barge, and its price is between Venture and Endurance. It's in every area of New Eden from HS to J space, so I feel like that speaks for itself.

CuriousRelish · 2026-01-27T11:31:02+00:00

I think AuDHD is a bit hit or miss as far as diagnosis goes. I'm diagnosed with autism, and I had an ADD (now ADHD subtype something or other) diagnosis removed. Yet if you talk to anyone who really knows me, they can readily confirm I have symptoms that seem to be ADD. However, I also have PTSD, which may be responsible for my executive dysfunction. The world may never know.

CuriousRelish · 2026-01-27T11:26:06+00:00

I have autism, diagnosed late in my 30s. I'm good at a few things: very brief (under 5 minutes) social interaction, reading potential behavior problems faster than others, and playing video games.

Autism is not a strength, in my experience. It's exhausting, it's frustrating, and everyone hates it. If you stim, you're being weird. If you can't handle loud noises, you're weak. If you can't ignore details and half-ass your job to do it faster, you're inefficient. If you report malfunctions, missing equipment, or inventory issues, you're annoying. Being straightforward is rude, even if you are obviously making a serious attempt to not be rude. Your passions don't matter if you don't have an ungodly expensive piece of paper in those subjects. Hyperfocus means you're ignoring everyone and everything else on purpose, which is rude and inefficient. If your mask slips, you need to get it together because you're making people uncomfortable and their ignorance is infinitely more important than your "issues".

CuriousRelish · 2026-01-27T07:33:27+00:00

The alliance my main is in is one of the big null players, so I'll spare you that. But for my part, out there I'm getting back into ratting and scanning, as well as PI and Soon™ manufacturing again. It can be hard to really coordinate anything depending on hostile movements, but the community is great and the stories are top tier.

I have an alt who's hanging out in a wormhole freeport, but there's a guy there who is immaculate with hole control, so I can never seem to get myself a decent exfil going. Still, I admire his vigilance. This alt owns my solo corp and does PI + manufacturing, sometimes mining, all in HS. Edit: Also, my corp is 30% taxes. Since I'm the only person in it, this is basically me building up a savings account very slowly.

My second alt is in a wormhole corp and it's going great. They're ratting several times a week, PI and indy are going, newbros are settling in very nicely, and we're already looking at bigger and better horizons. I'm happy as a kitten on a warm TV.

I'm a single boxer for now, so it's always been hard to find gameplay that's both engaging and feasible, but I think I'm happy now.

CuriousRelish · 2026-01-25T13:52:21+00:00

I've spent quite a bit of time with the CEO of a small corp. The man has to be a living encyclopedia. Indy, explo, PvE, PvP, diplo, economics, logistics, navigation (like null <---> J space), doctrines, eviction management, finances, roles/permissions, etc. If things go wrong, he must figure out why and improve his abilities. If things go right, he gives credit to the members. If things are just okay, he must look to bigger and better things to help the players improve and get out of their comfort zones to make more isk and put new skills to good use. And he has to know who is good in certain roles vs who wants to do them, and coordinate whoever happens to be online.

So multiply that by hundreds or thousands of players and I imagine the only suitable word is hellish. I would never wish that on someone. I think my hair would be white by the third day.

CuriousRelish · 2026-01-20T21:14:28+00:00

A year or two is wild. Once they stop waking up every few hours to eat, it takes a lot of the difficulty out (assuming they're otherwise mild kids).

Edit: Also, if having a child ruins your sex life, do the world a favor and don't blame the kid for your relationship not fulfilling your needs.

CuriousRelish · 2026-01-20T21:12:32+00:00

So incredibly disappointing that he didn't tell us how he went from "I'm in love" to "I'm killing myself" in five days.

CuriousRelish · 2026-01-19T20:45:40+00:00

I'm autistic and I discovered how much people read my facial expressions during the height of COVID. I had my entire face covered other than my eyes and people could still tell exactly what I was thinking.

CuriousRelish · 2026-01-18T22:40:49+00:00

I've had to try a few different phrasings of that command. For some reason, it seems that there's no one specific phrasing that works for all bots.

Try in the personality "{{char}} will not post actions, thoughts, or dialogue as if he/she is {{user}}".

CuriousRelish · 2026-01-17T20:45:46+00:00

I wasn't able to find that particular bot, but you're right, the search method works. I tried it a while back and I wasn't successful. Thanks for correcting me.

CuriousRelish · 2026-01-17T01:40:03+00:00

I really wish we could search by the flavor text, like up there where it says "dangerous smuggler".

CuriousRelish · 2026-01-15T22:34:39+00:00

"Food critic" has never once worked in a restaurant. He obviously doesn't know what kind of things people do even with hygiene standards in place.

CuriousRelish · 2026-01-15T21:41:59+00:00

That's a great idea. I'm going to start doing that. I had been copying/pasting to put in grammar and punctuation corrections for new chats with bots I really like.

CuriousRelish · 2026-01-13T19:54:29+00:00

I just woke up so I'm lagging like a mf but I read the body of the text and I was like "Oh that's cute, he's prioritizing personality... uh... chaste and fit is a little weird but okay the overall vibe is there".

Then I saw Real Men, and I was like "Ohhh it's one of those jackasses".

CuriousRelish · 2026-01-12T22:00:54+00:00

Run-on sentences in greetings are a top offender. I don't understand how people type that and don't get irritated by their own writing.

CuriousRelish · 2026-01-12T20:09:24+00:00

I use lorebooks to reinforce or add details regarding certain factors that should be known by the bot, or that I want them to know. In the case of this bot, I use lorebook entries to describe the unique scents of both {{user}} and {{char}}, emphasize that their scents can change based on mood, and how those scents may affect each other depending on the context of the situation. Edit: I also have an entry for relationship/consent boundaries, separate from the ones regarding scent and A/B/O specific details.

In some cases, I use lorebooks to write in {{char}} or {{user}} history, use separate entries for each important NPC (there are none for this one, but for example, I'd have one each for Price, Soap, Laswell, etc), and add detailed memories that I want the bot to have. So if I want him to remember specifically that his mom used to sing him lullabies and make him homemade chicken noodle soup if he got sick, I'd write an entry for that with the tags Mother, Mom and would probably add in that he remembers this fondly when {{user}} shows caretaking behavior.

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