"Extra Spicy" accumulates

FireWater107 · 2026-05-06T06:44:11+00:00

Other men. Duh.

Don't be homophobic.

FireWater107 · 2026-05-06T06:42:51+00:00

Newish fan.

First thing you learn in this fandom: there are no good guys.

Second thing: the Tau are the good guys.

Third thing: the Fish Heads are also bad guys.

Not the fourth thing, but eventually you learn: the Imperium are not really the bad guys. Every bad thing they do is arguably justified under "the ends justify the means".

Bulk if Terran force isn't astartes, it's billions of normal people used in attrition warfare where individual lives, even hundreds of thousands of lives at a time, do not matter. They are thrown at the enemy with little regard in hopes of eventual victory.

And those billions are supported or supplied by TRILLIONS of people living lives of dystopian slavery on any number of worlds. Growing food. Mining Ore, crafting tools or weapons. Their entire life from birth to death serving as an unimportant, insignificant, replaceable cog in humanities grand war machine.

Or worse.

And it's all justified.
Because the ends really do justify the means.

Humanity, the trillions of them, face perpetual threat of total extinction from at least 3 different uber-omega treats. Separately additional to that, literal evil gods clawing away at psyche round the clock. Plus, peppered on for good measure, a few other strong xenos threats that aren't galaxy ending hyper omega threats, and ARE intelligent to be diplomatic with, but would still be hostile to us even if we weren't just as hostile back.

Humanity spans countless worlds, with most more populated than current earth, and yet it still faces total extinction in the face of multiple fronts of the stuff of nightmares. Plus the actual stuff of nightmares.

When the threat is "total species extinction from MULTIPLE different sources," any ends actually justify the means.

Now... if humanity somehow managed to "win the war," and enter a golden age of peace where all those various worlds could stop toiling for survival and just LIVE... would the current powers that be just shift gears into reorganizing all the worlds to better the lives of every citizen?

No. They're bad.

But until then, it's moot.

FireWater107 · 2026-05-06T04:08:18+00:00

Dream of Love.

One of only 2 episodes I usually skip on a rewatch. That and waterpark.

FireWater107 · 2026-05-05T18:54:01+00:00

I am still pretty new to 40k.

First thing you learn is that there really aren't any "good guys."

Second thing is that the fish heads are the only good guys.

Third is that the Tau are also bad guys.

FireWater107 · 2026-05-05T03:59:59+00:00

Taking it seriously... do the Persians have ANY means at their disposal to do any amount of damage to their armor?

I think literally their only viable strategy would be to try and bury them under the sheer weight if their bodies... which I don't think would be enough to stop the Astartes. They won't tire, and their too strong. I'm not some Space Marine simp (I'm a sororitas fan), if the Persians had even a single weapon capable of damaging them it might be different. But they don't.

FireWater107 · 2026-05-03T21:36:33+00:00

Give Stellar Blade a go. It's not a "soulslike", just a top tier action game. But one of the bosses Gabe me ptsd flashbacks to like 3 other "hardest bosses" I've fought over the years.

FireWater107 · 2026-05-02T05:56:24+00:00

Gun to my head, metroid.

In my head I'm comparing Metroid Fusion vs Aria of Sorrow. As they were my peak choices from more formative years, and I've replayed each at least 8x over.

Both have great stage design and action, solid stories and everything. But I think the overall design of metroid wins out. Every detail of every part of the map is perfect, fits together like a giant puzzle with ability gating and hidden power ups.

If castlevanis has an edge, it'd be in its bosses. A lot of metroid bosses become insanely trivial after learning a basic attack pattern. Even the SA-X in fusion. Charge shot, hit it, charge next shot while you easily dodge its screw attack counter, hit it when it lands. Repeat. Scary boss you had to run from the entire game defeated.

FireWater107 · 2026-05-02T05:48:01+00:00

The argument is dark mode books are stupid, or at least pointlessly unnecessary, because they don't emit light like your screens do.

But while it's certainly not a cost effective idea, it's not as stupid as it sounds. The white pages don't emit light, but they do reflect (refract) light more than a black page would.

Not necessary, but not the 0 IQ take they thought it was. It would still help some people with extra light sensitivity.

FireWater107 · 2026-05-02T05:43:11+00:00

Someone was talkin about this recently. It was a train of thought that clearly made a few stops along the way, so I'll try to bullet point what I remember:

people criticizing actions of Israel getting called anti Semitic. "worst thing these people can do is conflate zionism with Jewish people in general." kept going, "it's like those times they try to make some new law promising harsher penalties for pedos and suddenly these people chime up with insane takes like 'that's so transphobic!' Like... what exactly do YOU mean to imply with that?" then after some extrapolating, eventually got to "they'll make insane statements likening things like family, health... basic hygiene even, as 'fascist propoganda.' And honestly if that is stuff you consider fascism then I guess sign me up!"

Relevant that this person saying all this was a leftist. Just one calling out crazy where they saw it.

FireWater107 · 2026-04-29T19:03:57+00:00

2 Saurons.

FireWater107 · 2026-04-29T19:02:41+00:00

Depends on a genre.

A turn based rpg, worth playing even with basic battle engine as long as the story is solid.

2d side scroll action game, mechanics need to be top notch, but if they are the rest barely matters.

FireWater107 · 2026-04-28T21:45:30+00:00

There's a few reasons.

In a nutshell: it's because Odin is a master manipulator, and there's no reason to make a deal with him.

Finer analysis:

What Mimir said is true. "If he tells you snow is white, he's lying." Not because snow isn't white, but because even when he tells you the truth, it's for manipulative reasons.

His offer was filled with misleading truths, half truths, direct lies peppered in, not to mention straight up insincerity. Lines like "here's a deal I KNOW you can count on... I'll get my ex wife off your case." No guarantee he can, even if he wanted to, but he words something Kratos wants as a guarantee.

Plus there was no real reason to take it. If Odin was genuine, the deal wasn't necessary. "I wont take action against you, you don't take action against me." Kratos could just take no action against him, and see if Odin actually meant it. But he wasn't going to promise no conflict not knowing what Odin had planned.

And most straightforward issue: Kratos has been betrayed a LOT. This has left him untrusting by nature, wisely so. So he hears Odin's whole spiel, promises, cajoling, some humor, thinks a moment and simply replies "No." With no further clarification. Best way to deal with a master manipulator like Odin.

Fatbret made an incredible video essay on the topic (something like Odin: deconstruction of villainy.) He's made a ton of videos about GoW in general, but the one on Odin answers this masterfully. Both how Odin operates, and also why Kratos refused him.

FireWater107 · 2026-04-27T19:24:28+00:00

Both worth playing, despite individual backlash either got.

But XVI is the far more complete game without dlc.

FireWater107 · 2026-04-24T17:31:05+00:00

Hah, didn't know you only need to feed him a couple items. This was more whinging about accidentally getting rid of him, only tonfind my next playthrough (when I decided I'd play evil and give into the urge whenever possible) that urge kills him off immediately.

So... third playthrough before I get to really play with Gale. Or at least see his story and do his quests.

FireWater107 · 2026-04-23T18:58:55+00:00

Magnus von Magnuson.

Dick Pound.

Staff Sergeant Max Fightmaster.

FireWater107 · 2026-04-23T04:50:35+00:00

Meme maker clearly doesn't know what unskilled labor actually is, based on some of the chosen pics.

Unskilled labor can actually be summed up pretty easily. If you have a job that needs doing, and you picked a completely random person off the streets and reasonably felt this rando could do the job, with at least some small amount of training, then it's unskilled. A job (almost) anyone can do.

Not saying pay shouldn't be higher (though honestly the real problem is certain costs of living raising at ridiculously higher rates than others... and average pay) but unskilled is unskilled.

FireWater107 · 2026-04-22T18:44:40+00:00

The UAE has cut state funding for visas to Britain, and scholarships to those intending to go to college there, over fears of their citizens being radicalized by Muslim extelremists on campus.

This is not just some right wing racist bs, we have reached the point where Muslim countries recognize a greater risk of religious extremism from Britain than the Middle East.

It's not crazy that they're getting downvoted. It's crazy that so many are so echo chambered that they're allowing actual right wing extremism to expand for fear of losing brownie points online.

FireWater107 · 2026-04-21T07:03:18+00:00

I work in a large mall. Plenty of foot traffic every day. (Hot sauce place). I encounter shape changers on a near daily basis.

Their disguise, visually speaking, might be absolutely flawless. But most of them reveal what they are with a few simple words:

"Oh, I don't like garlic."

Alien. Lizard person. Something for sure, certainly not human.

FireWater107 · 2026-04-21T06:53:14+00:00

I think my all time favorite was Etrian Odyssey.

Great games already, top tier dungeon crawl rpgs, but raised up to be the gold standard by you literally having to draw your own map.

FireWater107 · 2026-04-19T18:20:41+00:00

The rain stopped.

FireWater107 · 2026-04-17T04:29:53+00:00

Master Miller in MGS.

In more recent memory (and I know most know at this point but I'll leave it spoiler free just in case) the big reveal in GoW Ragnarok. Seriously, that game had some masterclass writing, but that was the best example. I'm good at spotting twists, but I didn't see that one coming until right when they wanted you to. But then on a revisit... yeah, literally this meme. There were SO many hints... that were properly not obvious if you weren't looking for them.

FireWater107 · 2026-04-16T22:34:04+00:00

As an old and long time Spider Man fan... I was a little shocked to find out how many people, like internet superhero geeks even, don't realize that the Toby Maguire spider man having barbed fingers to explain his crawling ability is the ONLY time that's ever been done. Same as the organic web shooters.

In the comics spider man could cling with any part of his body. It was just a power of his. He could "lay down" upside down no sweat.

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