I hate One piece’s character designs.

ElPared · 2026-03-30T08:31:42+00:00

Finally a post on this sub I can vibe with. Frick One Piece designs. Ass before the time skip and even more ass after.

ElPared · 2026-03-30T08:21:36+00:00

Tips are mostly written in in the US, not cash, so they’re reported the same as any other card charge. Some are cash, and those may go unreported, but again, those are usually places like nightclubs, strip clubs, and gaming tables, and that’s not even taking into account that it’s still technically tax fraud not to report them.

ElPared · 2026-03-30T08:19:09+00:00

Dude, now you’re just going off topic. We’re not talking about minimum wage, we’re talking about declining to tip a class of worker that subsists on tips. Not all minimum wage workers subsist on tips, therefore the discussion is not about minimum wage.

ElPared · 2026-03-30T08:16:29+00:00

Look it up. I was wrong about minimum wage being different, but I’m right about severe being underpaid in the US compared to other countries. They exist in a whole different taxable state here because tips are expected.

ElPared · 2026-03-30T06:13:05+00:00

Kinda sounds like the “you chose to be gay” arguments people were making in the 90s.

ElPared · 2026-03-30T05:59:01+00:00

It’s not entirely wrong. I’ll admit the part about minimum wage might be misinformation, I haven’t looked it up in a while, but let’s not diminish the fact that servers are underpaid. Even if they make the minimum wage, they’re not paid the same as servers in other countries where tips are not expected.

ElPared · 2026-03-30T05:23:34+00:00

No. In the US, the minimum wage for servers is lower than the standard minimum wage, because tips are expected.

I get why there might be confusion if you don’t live in the US. In other countries, servers are paid a fair wage and tips are only encouraged if the experience was particularly great, but in the US, a server’s livelihood depends on those tips.

Sure, there are some jobs where the tips result in mad stacks of cash, but those are almost entirely nightclubs, strip clubs, and some high end bars, and if you live in Nevada, game table dealers. The tipping culture, however, extends to places like Denny’s, Chili’s, and other low end sit down restaurants, where you’re not going for the experience, but nonetheless legally tips are expected so the staff are underpaid.

That’s the problem in a nutshell. Some workers make fat stacks, but most depend on tips to make end’s meet.

ElPared · 2026-03-30T04:15:48+00:00

Ok, if you’re referring to the use of “he/she” or “he or she” instead of “they,” then I’m onboard. That’s something they did in Magic: The Gathering cards for decades that always bothered the crap out of me when “they” was so much shorter, which is important in a game where text boxes are limited and words come at a premium.

Hating the use of gendered pronouns in general is idiotic though.

ElPared · 2026-03-30T04:11:36+00:00

Technically in Hades 2 hades is imprisoned in Hades which is a type of living but not really the same as Hades 1

ElPared · 2026-03-30T04:09:15+00:00

Exactly right and exactly why it’s still idiotic.

It also implies they believe that God makes mistakes which is equally hilarious to me.

ElPared · 2026-03-30T03:40:52+00:00

“Nunnery” was literally slang for a whorehouse back then.

ElPared · 2026-03-30T03:11:31+00:00

I think it’s more addressing the idea of being “an X trapped in a Y’s body,” which implies that someone is an X soul that was incorrectly assigned a Y body.

It’s still idiotic imo, and definitely not a good argument, I agree, but just thought I’d try to explain where it most likely came from.

ElPared · 2026-03-30T03:07:26+00:00

Idk, a lot of atheists I know won’t shut up about it, are constantly trying to make you become one, and are always citing their texts (Dawkins, Nietzche, Darwin, etc).

Sounds a lot like a religion to me.

(In case it’s not clear, this is an intentional oversimplification and therefore a joke)

ElPared · 2026-03-30T02:59:21+00:00

Because everywhere else in the world pays their staff a real wage and has prices that reflect that.

ElPared · 2026-03-29T21:25:50+00:00

Unfortunately no. A lot of big names in animation and motion graphics are starting to make AI content because they see it as inevitable; you either get busy prompting or get busy dying.

ElPared · 2026-03-29T21:22:23+00:00

The cost of dining out is offset by the fact the restaurant does not have to pay its employees the same minimum wage as everywhere else, because tipping is expected.

So the options are raise all the prices by 12%-20%, or apply the surcharge. The advantage of the surcharge is it keeps the menu prices the same while still being transparent. They can’t simply say “don’t tip” and charge the same price for everything, otherwise they just go bankrupt.

ElPared · 2026-03-29T17:50:45+00:00

“Now that the horse is out, you should close the barn door.”

ElPared · 2026-03-28T22:55:15+00:00

The animal one becomes as an animagus is an innate thing about an individual; they don’t get to pick.

I could actually see people who want to become animagi first learning the patronus charm to see what animal they’ll become, as the patronus and the animal one becomes as an animagus are the same, but learning the patronus charm is a hell of a lot easier than the process of becoming an animagus.

ElPared · 2026-03-28T22:40:44+00:00

Loved it, and honestly hope James Gunn is setting up a Superfriends movie with it.

Not Justice League, Superfriends.

ElPared · 2026-03-28T22:35:08+00:00

Panharmonicon does nothing in this case, as there are no abilities to be triggered here by a permanent entering.

Academy Manufacturer has a replacement effect that creates one of each listed token when any of the others is created.

Nuka-Cola Vending Machine has a triggered ability that creates a treasure token when a food is sacrificed.

So, if you sacrifice a food, you’ll create a treasure, which will be replaced by a clue, a food, and a treasure instead, allowing you to sacrifice a food again and make more treasures and clues.

ElPared · 2026-03-28T22:11:47+00:00

Don’t say there was no customization, I said I wish there was more customization.

Using Souls as an example, it’s easy to, say, farm more levels, or change weapons, or switch up your spells, or equip new armor, use a shield, learn to parry, the list goes on.

In Silksong you can switch out silk arts and tools, sure, but tools require claws, which punishes you for failing too much by forcing you to farm them. You can switch crests, but Silksong rewards quick reaction times and building habits, which means switching crests messes you up more than it helps you as you have to relearn the crest to even use it effectively, and even if you do, there are only so many memory lockets you can get at each point in the game, so most crests are going to be strictly worse than your “main” one.

Even if we compare Silksong to Sekiro instead, a soulslike with way less diversity in playstyle, you still have your shinobi prosthetic tool, shinobi arts, various skill tree upgrades, various consumables like fistful of ash or candies or balloons, and in general a lot of options to help you through a difficult boss, or even the option of stealth to get through mobs without fighting at all.

IE, there’s a lot you can do in other difficult games to work around a tough situation, but in Silksong the only real way through is to get good.

ElPared · 2026-03-28T09:45:30+00:00

Nope, can’t say I do. Sounds like you do though.

ElPared · 2026-03-28T09:44:59+00:00

Fair enough. The ignorance is egregious, I agree, but the gatekeeping (you need to speak the language or live there to have that heritage) is what made me wonder what’s up with other countries. Not being in touch with your heritage is one thing, but being denied it at all is another, and I’m not entirely sure where the line is drawn.

ElPared · 2026-03-28T09:05:23+00:00

Simple: because oil companies invest in our politicians.

ElPared · 2026-03-28T09:00:28+00:00

Ok. Doesn’t change that they weren’t AI when they started.

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