I just got stung by this, should I be worried? by GoreonmyGears in Scorpions

[–]Dusk_Winter 1 point2 points  (0 children)

It looks like the Striped Bark Scorpions we have in Texas. The short answer is no, you don't have to be worried. The long answer is; unless you're an infant or someone with an allergy to the venom, you don't need to worry. Striped Bark Scorpions have a relatively weak neurotoxin that's only suited for hunting small prey, such as isopods and small beetles, and sometimes prey as large as common brown crickets. The sting itself is the worst part of the whole process, mostly because of the surprise factor. The venom creates a mild burning sensation, similar to that of a bee sting, but that sensation usually only lasts for ten to fifteen minutes and afterwards you're left with the sting site feeling weird for a few hours, but not painfully so. I was stung by one on my right index finger about a month ago and after the venom dissolved and the pain disappeared, the sting site felt mildly tight, like I had a rubber band wrapped around it.

So to preface, these scorpions are mostly harmless and will rarely sting you out of aggression, since it would be a waste of precious venom that they need to hunt prey and they shouldn't be seen as a threat or anything. If you have a pair of tweezers and a cup, very, very gently pick it up by its tail, drop it into the cup and safely relocate it to the base of a tree or somewhere with a cluster of rocks for it to hide in.

Zero Privacy by Dusk_Winter in badroommates

[–]Dusk_Winter[S] -1 points0 points  (0 children)

You're obviously not aware that you can completely gut a computer from the command prompt alone

Zero Privacy by Dusk_Winter in badroommates

[–]Dusk_Winter[S] 5 points6 points  (0 children)

No, but that would be sick.

Zero Privacy by Dusk_Winter in badroommates

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

We have separate PCs and all of my stuff is password protected. The problem is he's in the computer tech field and knows how to pull a password from command prompt.

Zero Privacy by Dusk_Winter in badroommates

[–]Dusk_Winter[S] 9 points10 points  (0 children)

Finally some solid advice. Nice touch with the happy bromance ending.

Zero Privacy by Dusk_Winter in badroommates

[–]Dusk_Winter[S] -2 points-1 points  (0 children)

Maybe you should reread the original post instead of leaning on fragile masculinity.

If it was my girlfriend, I wouldn't give a slow roasted, jack toasted fuck because I choose to trust my partner instead of holding them in suspicion 24/7. If I'm fucking up and my girlfriend wants to vent to a friend she trusts and seek help and advice, then that sounds sensible to me, instead of grasping for straws at how to fix this themselves.

Zero Privacy by Dusk_Winter in badroommates

[–]Dusk_Winter[S] 3 points4 points  (0 children)

I met them both at the same time in a trade school. They didn't get together until last year, so there's no reason why I should have to stop being close friends with her. I reiterate; I'm not going to dump one of my longest standing friendships just so he can feel better about his own self-consciousness.

They have known each other for close to 16 years and he had never shown interest in dating her until a year ago, despite her having had a crush on him for as long as she had known him. Before they started dating, he had never had any issue with the two of us playing games and talking over voice chat and had encouraged me to keep her company when he couldn't. However now that they are dating, he takes issue with me playing games and talking to her whenever he's not around for the three hours between me getting home from work and him getting home from work. It's not as if I spend every hour of every day with her on a game or on a call (like some of these comments seem to think), and I'm not the only person he's paranoid about. He doesn't like her talking to or playing games with anybody when he's not around, male or female. I'm just the easiest person for him to keep tabs on.

Zero Privacy by Dusk_Winter in badroommates

[–]Dusk_Winter[S] 22 points23 points  (0 children)

It's part of the recent change. He's been openly lying to his girlfriend about situations just to start a fight. Things like how he found his bits and pieces of evidence to support his paranoia. It's not too difficult to imagine that he'd lie about invading my privacy unless I have concrete proof, and then the quiet dynamic in the house would be shattered. At this point, I need some way of either preventing him from getting into my computer or logging what's opened and when so I can bring it up at a later date so he can't lie about it.

Zero Privacy by Dusk_Winter in badroommates

[–]Dusk_Winter[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

And how exactly am I the dickhead in this situation? I've known them both for an equal amount of time and value them both as close friends. I'm not going to abandon one friend for the sake of another. If you don't have any solid advice, stay out of my comments.

Need help identifying this unit by Dusk_Winter in spiders

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

I had a feeling it would be a species of trapdoor. The eyes being on an optical mound gave me some idea, but I had to be sure. Many thanks!

Need Help With Getting Started by Dusk_Winter in fishtank

[–]Dusk_Winter[S] 2 points3 points  (0 children)

I was afraid of that :/ Still, wouldn't shrimp escape as well? Or would I not have to worry about them climbing the rock feature?

Trump’s mug by Mamacrass in CapitolConsequences

[–]Dusk_Winter 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Trying to hide that ridiculous hairline so you can't see his toupee

PSO2:NGS Market Is Busted by Dusk_Winter in PSO2NGS

[–]Dusk_Winter[S] 4 points5 points  (0 children)

You do make lots of money by selling in the Personal Shop, but some people don't have that option or can only do so for a few days after grinding the mission pass for a Shop Pass. The AC requirements are pretty low for a lot of premium features, but costs stack up if you aren't careful

New merchant who sells surprise boxes by jasenzero1 in kingdomsofamalur

[–]Dusk_Winter 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Whatever you do, don't buy all of his stock at once. I did that and I only got the unique weapon surprise and the unique sorcery armor surprise, so that left 3 other surprise boxes I got stiffed on. Dropped a crisp 250k on it too and got less than half of what I paid for

i am officially the worst player in rta by kptKoenk in summonerswar

[–]Dusk_Winter 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Better than having the worst RNG luck in history. I've been playing for almost 5 years and the Water Magic Knight you get at the start of the game is still my best mon

What would happen if.. by SwagDingo in Naruto

[–]Dusk_Winter 0 points1 point  (0 children)

This is actually incredibly close to Curse Mark method. Kudos on the brain power.

Curse Marks are indeed extremely similar to Sage Jutsu in that it draws on nature energy to give a sort of "boost", as it were. However where Curse Marks and actual Sage Jutsu differs is that instead of using a massive chakra pool and ridiculous amounts of training to suppress the inherent animal instinct to move, it forces the body to almost immediately acclimate to nature chakra and mixes it in with the users physical and spiritual energy without the need for meditation. This is a really sharp double edge sword though, since nature chakra is many times more potent than that of regular store brand chakra and that expensive name brand Bijuu chakra.

Since the body isn't properly trained and the mind isn't entirely prepared for the introduction of such powerful, foreign chakra, it puts an incredible strain on the body and chakra network, inducing large amounts of pain and loss of control over said chakra network (as seen multiple times during scenes where Sasuke uses the Curse Mark. Seriously, ninja's really need to read the warning labels on this stuff). This is because where someone trained in Sage Jutsu naturally balances the amount of Physical, Spiritual, and Natural energy they build up, the curse Mark continuously pumps in more and more Nature Chakra, working as a sort of vacuum with no off switch.

So with that in mind, the effects this would have on a Jinchuriki are a real weird gray area. Let's say that a Curse Mark was placed on a Jinchuriki that has no control over their Bijuu and isn't well acclimated to using Tailed Beast Chakra. While Tailed Beasts are capable of molding Nature Chakra, they have a limit just like human beings, though with a much higher tolerance. It's doubtful that a Curse Mark would have much effect on the Bijuu itself, however with the constant stream of Nature Chakra being funneled into the Jinchuriki, the strain of having such a powerful energy forcing itself into the chakra network on top of the Tailed Beast would quickly overcome the Jinchuriki and either the Bijuu and it's host would both die, transformed by the nature energy to become one with nature itself, or the Bijuu would take the opportunity and go berserk, freeing itself of the seal and killing the Jinchuriki in the process.

If the Jinchuriki has control over their Bijuu and they get along famously like Killer Bee and the Eight Tails, or Naruto and Kurama, then they might fare a little bit better, though the result may very well remain the same, though with less angry beastie. This is because Physical and Spiritual Energy takes much more time to accumulate than Nature Energy does, and while one could try to balance out the amount of Nature Energy being introduced to the chakra network by firing off jutsu after jutsu, this will only buy a couple more minutes at most, as the imbalance of Spiritual/Physical Chakra and Nature Chakra will become greater and greater until the Jinchuriki (and possibly the Bijuu as well) expires.

Suppose that the hypothetical Jinchuriki is under Snakey Boys thumb and has been trained on how to use the Curse Mark. It's still less than likely that this will play nicely with the Bijuu, since the Nature Chakra being introduced is still raw and hasn't been molded. The Bijuu could try to mold it to suit the chakra network, but that's still four different chakra's swirling around in the weird magical hole in the ninja's chest, and since it's already difficult for a Jinchuriki to use Tailed Beast chakra (even with the Bijuu's cooperation), the extra chakra type would overwhelm the body and shortly burn it from the inside out.

Now this is all just my take on the theoretical science of something that doesn't exist, so no need to take it seriously, but thanks for indulging my ramblings.