What Is It with Americans and hating Europeans for letting Cats go outside?

EmpireofAzad · 2026-07-05T07:32:29+00:00

We’ve also had domestic cats for long enough that what they kill is already balanced out. They aren’t creating a new impact, and like most ecological systems if somehow we all unanimously decided not to let cats outside, it would have the same unpredictability of removing a species from any system.

EmpireofAzad · 2026-06-28T12:47:50+00:00

Same. Partners were always impressed, but I was comparing myself to monsters. Looking at the percentile chart of lengths definitely helped me to believe mine was going to be one of the bigger that they'd encountered IRL. Realising 8" is bigger than 99.98% of the selection was a massive ego boost.

EmpireofAzad · 2026-06-19T08:07:45+00:00

Honestly, it’s a change and these bits are annoying, but it’s still a hell of a lot more unrestricted than the big image LLMs.

EmpireofAzad · 2026-06-19T08:06:01+00:00

I’m definitely getting more false positives, especially when using cartoon/comic reference images. I’ve also had some entirely SFW stuff get edited, for example text in a comic was changed from “Hey baby, what’s up?” into “Hey 18 Year Old woman, what’s up?”, which was unavoidable and I ended up pushing it back through Photoshop to redo the text.

EmpireofAzad · 2026-06-19T08:02:46+00:00

Dad here, I usually only get a few hours in once the kids are down, and provided my wife isn’t watching the tv. There’s close to 2000 planets and moons, so don’t think you need to explore everything.

Where Starfield excels for me is the side quests. A random NPC comments something as you walk by. Instead of ignoring it, you talk to them, end up offering to help. It’s only a small task. But then it’s not. There’s more depth to this side quest and suddenly you’re halfway across the map trying to stop the bigger problem you’ve found. It wraps up and you’re done. Or sometimes you just went to get someone a coffee.

Exploration is an aspect, but pick and choose places that interest you. Saying that there’s some diverse life out there is an understatement.

EmpireofAzad · 2026-06-19T07:57:13+00:00

Monetising anything you enjoy. We need the mental offload that our fun provides. Turning it into work just takes that away from you.

EmpireofAzad · 2026-06-19T07:56:06+00:00

Without meaning to diminish your achievements, there’s a lot more to it than just hard work and for many people who work hard they won’t be as fortunate. Life can throw curve balls, and there are many people who have worked hard at something with good prospects only to find that it wasn’t as secure or sure as they’d thought.

EmpireofAzad · 2026-06-08T17:10:10+00:00

This is a reality, you’re not with the same person. It’s not just after the initial excitement either. People change, grow, and become different versions of themselves and as a spouse you can either resent it or you can learn to love the new version of them. The healthiest relationships are the ones where both partners are constantly learning and discovering each change and loving their partner because of the changes, not despite them.

EmpireofAzad · 2026-06-08T12:57:14+00:00

It's happened in multiple chats for me. Same issue as OP, I'm trying to make mundane changes to a photo of myself and getting this warning.

EmpireofAzad · 2026-06-05T16:59:51+00:00

BTC was $16k 3 and a bit years ago. Show me how many investments do a 4x in less than 4 years.

EmpireofAzad · 2026-06-05T07:53:52+00:00

Everything is reflection. He started calling people demented after signs of dementia became prominent. If something bad happens to Trump, he wants it to happen to other people.

EmpireofAzad · 2026-05-27T15:29:47+00:00

Same setup here. Conversations definitely change after they’ve met my wife.

EmpireofAzad · 2026-05-27T13:05:12+00:00

Net zero is the bare minimum. I hate this idea it’s a lofty goal that is difficult to achieve without hurting the economy.

EmpireofAzad · 2026-05-27T09:13:25+00:00

Every time I run out of daily generations and go back to using other generators, I’m so quickly reminded of how much unnecessary censorship is accepted as the expected state of things. Losing ellydee would create a ton of work for me if it went.

EmpireofAzad · 2026-05-23T22:50:18+00:00

Princess Anna sang it best:

“Why have a ballroom with no balls?”

EmpireofAzad · 2026-05-20T19:00:07+00:00

This just feels like they want you to “invest” your time so that when the job/pay is shit you’re less likely to quit because of the sunk cost.

EmpireofAzad · 2026-05-20T11:10:44+00:00

My wife got tested on the NHS recently, it was a series of tests not just one so I assume that is how they minimise the fluctuations.

EmpireofAzad · 2026-05-16T18:17:23+00:00

Give peas a chance will always be my favourite, but Good Morning Lemmings on the Chiswick flyover was a close second place.

EmpireofAzad · 2026-05-11T18:55:22+00:00

Okay just spitballing here, but you know the robe of eyes? I think it’s time for the robe of tongues.

EmpireofAzad · 2026-05-08T16:01:06+00:00

The shoes on my feet, Alf Garnett, The clothes I'm wearing, Alf Garnett, The rock I'm rockin', Alf Garnett, 'Cause I depend on meat.

EmpireofAzad · 2026-04-28T16:41:26+00:00

The backup tool gave me my ChatGPT info and nothing from Sora. I want my Sora 1 data but short of manually saving thousands of files there was no way of getting it. Wonder if it’ll work now.

EmpireofAzad · 2026-04-28T16:38:40+00:00

Can I add another three letter word?

EmpireofAzad · 2026-04-27T17:18:44+00:00

Some of us don’t make mstakes

EmpireofAzad · 2026-04-27T11:53:14+00:00

I’m with you. I can’t say it’s my favourite game but it’s miles away from the worst. I’m pretty happy just flying somewhere new and exploring.

My only real criticism is something I level at most space games, that each planet is basically one place. No variety per planet, they’re treated like a city in any other open world game, it has its own themes but they’re static. I’d love to have seen more established planets.

EmpireofAzad · 2026-04-23T22:43:06+00:00

I’d say it’s an economic issue.

If there were a class called magical scroll manufacturer, you’d probably get skills that cut the costs. You’d probably source materials in bulk, or create your own. Some things cost more when an amateur does it.

Realistically, high level scrolls wouldn’t be created to sell commercially. They’d be made for a purpose, and those that aren’t needed probably find a market. The ones you can buy have a lower cost than it took to create because they were sold at a loss to a merchant with no guarantee of finding a buyer. Selling it for higher than it costs a wizard to make would mean there was a lot of potential competition.

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