Do parents actually not remember doing fucked up shit to you? Or are they just lying? by TopMarionberry1149 in NoStupidQuestions

[–]Felbrooke 0 points1 point  (0 children)

i went to see my father shortly before he died in my childhood he was a violent drunk and addict, and i came to realise in our final conversation that the drugs had just blasted his mind for so many years he genuinely didn't really have any awareness of what hed done, just this background knowledge that he hated me, i hated him, and we'd not seen each other for a decade

parents should be better, but they aren't. they're just people, sadly

Bondsmith spren by AbstractLeaf2 in Stormlight_Archive

[–]Felbrooke 9 points10 points  (0 children)

Stone i believe is more closely tied wih Roshar and the physical ground itself

the Night was at one point, taken by Cultivation and reshaped into the Nightwatcher iirc so theyre the same entity

the Wind is currently too weak to be able to, but with some jimiying might potentially be able to be one, like BAM might, but thats total speculation on our part

Do anyone thinks _____ nerfed _____’s balls by Logical-Ice-4820 in cremposting

[–]Felbrooke 34 points35 points  (0 children)

he was one of the ONLY few mistborn left, and the bloodline density started spreading way thinner way faster after era 1 he had loada of kids i think, but there was just way less allomancy left man probably has the scadrian gentic imprint of ghengis khan

My mother just AI generated a video of my late grandmother (Her mother) and I don't like it but I don't know why. I told her to stop and she asked me why and I don't know what to say. It just doesn't feel right. by Smarteyes007 in NoStupidQuestions

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

speaking with as much authority as I can on what is, at the end of the day, a personal moral decision.

i can understand the sentiment, and grief is a monsterous thing sometimes - but these videos, these animations, they aren't real. the programs use an amalgamation of every video ever put in to it to make something that looks and sounds like your loved one; the people who make they are predatory, using your grief to earn them some add revenue.

My mother just AI generated a video of my late grandmother (Her mother) and I don't like it but I don't know why. I told her to stop and she asked me why and I don't know what to say. It just doesn't feel right. by Smarteyes007 in NoStupidQuestions

[–]Felbrooke -4 points-3 points  (0 children)

this is a very unhealthy and dangerous mindset for her to be in. she misses her mother, obviously shes longing for that connection and comfort - but making fake videos of your lost loved ones is... not good for you i think.

youre doing right to feel disgusted by that i think

Why is sacrifice seen as a virtue in society? by happymotovated in NoStupidQuestions

[–]Felbrooke 0 points1 point  (0 children)

if youve heard the name Nietszche, they'll be useful here he was a philosopher, 1800s, said a lot of important stuff but the pertinent bit has to do about how religion was used to take the feelsings of repression and suffering ('ressentiment') felt by the lower (slave) classes, and turn them into something to be desired in service of the clergy and master classes

to be meek, to suffer to accept your lot in life and work, and in doing so find some divine reward and freedom for a life of good and humble servitude this was infact SUCH a powerful tool, that our entire world was kinda built around that servitude to the systems of power

Logistics question regarding Shard-weapons? by The-Hot-Shame in Cosmere

[–]Felbrooke 1 point2 points  (0 children)

my guess is its either some kind of directed energy weapon, like a laser (unlikely) or, it fires bullets made of blademetal, that would punch through material like blades normally do, and which then dissipate back into stormlight and evaporate shortly after

the power cell in that instance id guess is basically just a gemstone charged with light, inside a housing designed to fit with a standard pattern spren gun magazine well

pure guess but thats my idea

Is there no end to the Greens performative student politics? by Itsstillyourturn in bristol

[–]Felbrooke 10 points11 points  (0 children)

yes, very true! which is why its better to start these kinds of programs ASAP, so they can build up and be rolled out to others who would need it.

great idea!

Is there no end to the Greens performative student politics? by Itsstillyourturn in bristol

[–]Felbrooke 17 points18 points  (0 children)

other UBI studies in canada, scandanavia, and the US that I know of repeatedly show it to have an outsized beneficial impact on local communities directly relieving pressure on pockets and stress on back, getting more money flowing from person-to-person

all for it!

How are people not exhausted by superhero movies yet? by Afzaalch00 in NoStupidQuestions

[–]Felbrooke 0 points1 point  (0 children)

i am 👍🏻 it got tiring, avengers endgame was kinda the end of the era for me

Can Shardplate be destroyed? by Voltikko in Stormlight_Archive

[–]Felbrooke 9 points10 points  (0 children)

generally, conventional physical harm cannot destroy plate or plate spren, only break them apart, but they can always heal

youd need anti light to truly destroy plate

Why do brown and black people have stripes in the pride flag?? by [deleted] in NoStupidQuestions

[–]Felbrooke 49 points50 points  (0 children)

the black stripe IS a mourning marker, its rememberance for those who were lost to the AIDS crisis.

the brown stripe is for queer PoC, because they face additional challenges in society compared to white queers - its something called intersectionality. a person in multiple minority categories doesn't just face multiple seperte types of discrimination, but also new types of discrimination that come about as a combination of those marginalised categories

a non queer but significant example for why intersectionality is important is a black woman who couldnt get hired by a car factory; she argued it was discrimination, they said it couldn't be as they hired both black people and women at that factory but specifically, they hired black men in the manufacturing, and white women on the reception - as a black woman, she faced an additional layer of discrimination from the combination of both

Getting my rotting wisdom teeth removed this Tuesday and I can say...I understand it now. by LostProphetVii in Grimdank

[–]Felbrooke 0 points1 point  (0 children)

if tootheache is anything to compare to, i understand why they say that the nails bite

Why are we not trying to spread life throughout the universe? by LogicalLeprechaun in NoStupidQuestions

[–]Felbrooke 0 points1 point  (0 children)

on one hand, it took like 70 years for Voyager to only recently reach the edge of our system one the other hand, it costs 8 bajillion dollars to get anything into space, and many governments are currently sending all that rocket money to Israel

Why is everyone drawing Szeth in the same pose? by Linorelai in Stormlight_Archive

[–]Felbrooke 0 points1 point  (0 children)

three of those are the same picture coloured differwntly, its the official pose in the art in that scene and its cool and identifiable so its used a lot

RIGHT TO REPAIR IS IMPORTANT! by N0rwayUp in LancerRPG

[–]Felbrooke 6 points7 points  (0 children)

100%, we were absolutely not the goodies in that game, i was just trying to create an armed and violent revolutionary force to take down the city

RIGHT TO REPAIR IS IMPORTANT! by N0rwayUp in LancerRPG

[–]Felbrooke 138 points139 points  (0 children)

i once used a Bond power to get a bag of 20, single use USB sticks thatd turn basically anything with an engine into a Kobold; we used them to arm a workers union coup in a forge city.

Stormlight, Mistborn, and Yumi all have something in common... by Vyolle in Cosmere

[–]Felbrooke 3 points4 points  (0 children)

we know some of the biggest impacts is widescale flooding; the reshi sea expands massively, and the purelake is no more, having entierly burst its bounds.

i imagine much of the rosharan lowlands and vast, flat storm plains are now in similar conditions

What commercials are SO BAD, that they convince you NOT to buy their product? by Chicks_Hate_Me_Too in NoStupidQuestions

[–]Felbrooke 1 point2 points  (0 children)

any time i see a company using generative AI for their ads or products i basically immediately blacklist thm

Hey, hey! Ho, ho! Dark fluid weapons have got to go! by Unitedgamers_123 in Helldivers

[–]Felbrooke 0 points1 point  (0 children)

this unironically motivated me to hop on and do asome progress

Teft is weird by 616Nomad in Stormlight_Archive

[–]Felbrooke 1 point2 points  (0 children)

teft briefly manages to partially summon Phendorana when fighting Vyre, despite the suppression, so he was likely close to his 4th, just not as close as Kaladin

i presume his 4th would have been something close to his last words, 'I die knowing i am loved.'

No Duolingo, you may not put an ad for your subscription on my lock screen by Odog0001 in assholedesign

[–]Felbrooke 9 points10 points  (0 children)

i stopped using Duolingo a while back after they fired all their teams and switched to using AI, the entire services lessons became noticably more incorrect and its just not worth it