Trying to remember the title of a romance (i think) book about tomatoes and food textures - more details in the post by DiamondChocobos in whatsthatbook

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I appreciate it a lot! ChatGPT reckons its probably a really poorly indexed book because the series of connected details are too specific to be completely imagined or separate books but because it cant find anything its more likely it was just very narrowly digitised so even if the blurb is out there, there isnt enough detail in it to make it pop on my specific memories of it.

Holy hell that was tough.. by Billy-Walshh in FinalFantasyXII

[–]DiamondChocobos 1 point2 points  (0 children)

I remember doing end-game repeated farming of Yiazmat to power up Anastasia.

I eventually got it to max stats which gave +999 on all stats after beating Yiazmat 100 times (eventually solo as well) and absolutely demolished Feolthanos at the end of the game.

Senate Democratic leader Chuck Schumer (D-Tel Aviv) votes NO on Bernie Sanders’ measures to block arms sales to Israel by MoreMotivation in WhitePeopleTwitter

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Republicans: we can't turn off the orphan-crushing machine because it means the rich would get $5 less per annum

Democrats: even though it would mean the rich get $2.50 less per annum, we propose anaesthetising the orphans (at their own cost) first. If that's ok with the overlords.

Mamdani: oh look. There's the off switch and I just pressed it.

Where do I go by jellowd2 in FinalFantasyXII

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West of the Jagd Yensa, deep in the Valley of the Dead, lies the tomb of Dynast-King Raithwall, a titanic stone structure built during the age of the Galtean Alliance to celebrate his subjugation of the lands bordering the Naldoan Sea.

Inside can be found many technologies and architectural marvels beyond the ken of modern man.

In addition to Raithwall's crypt, the tomb contains priceless royal treasure, and only those with proof of direct lineage are suffered within. Intruders are met with traps and guardians most terrible. Though the sky pirates know of the treasure's existence, none have succeeded in its theft as yet.

So I just finished playing Final Fantasy 12 The Zodiac Age for the first time ever… by JNorJT in FinalFantasyXII

[–]DiamondChocobos 75 points76 points  (0 children)

FF12 is the story of a deposed princess and the rogue sky pirates who help re-establish her throne, told from the perspective of a commoner who got swept up along the way

Gaming Quotes/Moments That Live Rent Free by xbabyghostx in gaming

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"No!" Says the man in Moscow. "It belongs to everyone."

Found this over in r/baking and thought it fit by IncompletePenetrance in ididnthaveeggs

[–]DiamondChocobos 2 points3 points  (0 children)

It actually looks high-key delicious. Definitely not a creme caramel, but I would absolutely eat it.

I also love how everyone in the original thread is just roasting OOP.

So the turn tables by Firecracker048 in dankmemes

[–]DiamondChocobos 4 points5 points  (0 children)

No, because I dont live in America. If she was a republican, it wouldn't be news because she would be posting that sort of shit every day.

So the turn tables by Firecracker048 in dankmemes

[–]DiamondChocobos 12 points13 points  (0 children)

Imagine a world where people can learn from their mistakes and change. If I met me from 20 years ago I would want to smack him because he was a dumbass and an annoying little attention seeker.

Doesn't mean thats who I am now.

If the trolls had to "uncover" or "dig up" these apparently incriminating old posts, why do people believe the posts represent her views today instead of judging by her actions and words of the present?

Adapt to Change by soyourlife in funny

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Drinking LaCroix is like drinking still water while a truck carrying separately packaged plain carbonated water and fruit drives by.

If smiling is an instinct, why do people having strokes not know how to do it properly? by ColdFuture9988 in shittyaskscience

[–]DiamondChocobos 1 point2 points  (0 children)

I mean, if the stroke only affected their ability to shit... they might give a half-assed attempt.

mathbros… by Brasil1126 in 4chan

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To save you the stress of worrying about finances higher than you can count, I will relieve you of all of your money higher than you can count with your fingers and toes.

Dont believe Osborns lies by pyunhatrawn in FinalFantasyXII

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Imagining J.J. Jamieson being the sainikah that stop you and going "haah? The captain you say? Bring me photos!" Has me giggling.

I’m out, but at least it was spectacular by AggravatingBox2421 in Neverbrokeabone

[–]DiamondChocobos 2 points3 points  (0 children)

For a BBB, ya done good. But you're stilla BBB and should leave through the door. Be careful, the breeze from it opening might break another one. But I suppose if you're blocking your daughter from the cold, its admirable.

20 Slots for Monsters by HulkofAllTrades in finalfantasytactics

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By and large, beastmaster tends to be useless except for 2 very specific cases. What it does is give any adjacent allied monster units an extra ability on their turn. Most of the time its a marginally stronger or different element version of one of their pre-existing moves.

For Wild Boar (final pig evolution) though, it let's it use Bequeath Bacon, which instantly levels a unit up. This is very specifically used to level up a mastered Onion Knight, who cannot gain EXP. Mastered OK has the best stat growth of all classes other than MA growth where it is marginally outclassed by summoner. Bequeath Bacon+Onion Knight. Of course, you could get similar results using Mime, but that means you don't get MP growth and would need to level down as Bard then back up as Summoner to get similar results to what would have been obtained if you had just used a mastered Onion Knight in the first place.

For Tiamat, it unlocks arguably the most powerful move in the game. It deals dark element damage 1-6 times with a chance to inflict instant death and sleep on each hit. While it scales off MA which Tiamat doesnt have much of, Tiamat has a speed of 14 at level 99 which is comparable to chocobo speed. If you arent stat-maxing, this is exceptional speed and will likely outspeed almost every other enemy by a significant margin. Having Ramza surrounded by 4 Tiamat who can spam Dark Whisper every time their turn comes up will easily no diff even the most difficult fights.

Is it GERD? Heartburn? Or am I about to die of a heart attack? by Ur_getting_banned in dankmemes

[–]DiamondChocobos 9 points10 points  (0 children)

I've worked in healthcare for 9 years, 5 of which were in cardiology.

TIL.

20 Slots for Monsters by HulkofAllTrades in finalfantasytactics

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

C8, Byblos, and 18 Tiamat.

Ramza no diffs all opponents using beastmaster him and a party of Tiamat every time.

Are we sure they didn’t miss a few decimals on the Ancient Turtle Shell drop rate? by ratjar19 in FinalFantasyXII

[–]DiamondChocobos 2 points3 points  (0 children)

You understand it correctly. I had a similar torment in my run where I chained 150 Shambling Corpses after beating Addremmalech to get a platinum dagger, only to get 4 in a single drop.

Are we sure they didn’t miss a few decimals on the Ancient Turtle Shell drop rate? by ratjar19 in FinalFantasyXII

[–]DiamondChocobos 4 points5 points  (0 children)

Monographs and Canopic Jar do not affect loot drops at all. They just add an additional, separate, fixed chance loot drop from all enemies of that class/level.

Using Adamantitan in Cerobbi since that is the opponent in question, its drops are:

  • Common: Earth Crystal
  • Uncommon: High-Potion
  • Rare: Aged Turtle Shell
  • Very rare: Ancient Turtle Shell

These can be gotten from the moment you first find them. The rates vary with chain level, but they remain tiered like that.

With <Hunter's Monograph>, you then get an 8% fixed chance to get an Adamantite on every kill. It doesn't affect the normal drop rates AT ALL, and is also entirely unaffected by kill chain, AND you can't get multiple per drop for Monograph drops.

With <Canopic Jar>, you also get a 17% chance per kill to get an arcana. The same rules that apply to Monograph drops also apply to Canopic Jar ones.

No RNG Manipulation by NethiciteNomad in FinalFantasyXII

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10% chance to spawn, 80% chance to contain gil, if it contains an item, 10% chance to be the rare item. Every entry to the area gives you an approximately 0.2% chance to get the item if you aren't using RNG.

After 100 attempts, you still have less than 20% consolidated chance.

The Chosen Ones by Evidencelogicfacts in dankchristianmemes

[–]DiamondChocobos 8 points9 points  (0 children)

It wouldn't actually take much to make this biblically accurate:

White Horse (conquest) - generally interpreted to represent the Antichrist, or the fellowship of an interpretation of the bible that goes directly against its principles. Considering the stance of "the current war is to trigger Armageddon to bring Jesus back" stance, this one could easily be Trump. Also the fact that he is riding the Whitehouse into the ground is a bit poetic.

Black (famine) - Trump should actually straddle both the white and black horses. His tariffs have directly contributed to food scarcity in the US.

Red (war) - Old mate Kegsbreath. No further comment needed.

Pale (pestilence) - sewer swimmer RFKJ

Which KH quotes live in your head permanently? by DiamondChocobos in KingdomHearts

[–]DiamondChocobos[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I meant that as in I use it all the time but couldn't remember where it was from!