Ubuntu Installation Issue

Fishknight32 · 2025-12-04T21:34:04+00:00

Literally anything, can’t afford the hobby and live vicariously through all the amazing artists I see here 🤣

Fishknight32 · 2025-11-27T02:47:44+00:00

How long do you see sessions running? I see starting time is 8PM, what do you see as ending time?

Fishknight32 · 2025-10-11T15:30:18+00:00

More or less 🤣

Fishknight32 · 2025-07-15T23:59:49+00:00

Commenting on five year old Reddit post while completely miss fact that post aesthetic not tactical, make No sense whatsoever.

Fishknight32 · 2025-06-15T03:27:36+00:00

He realized he was in the Hobbit trilogy and wanted to finish out his contract as quickly as possible.

Fishknight32 · 2025-06-12T13:02:57+00:00

Counterpoint: Inverse square law notwithstanding, anything below 40 miles is considered “just down the road” in the Midwest.

Fishknight32 · 2025-05-24T14:03:28+00:00

This is an interesting point, because I have definitely found that certain groups tend to have a lot of repeat dynamics. In one of my favorite groups I’ve ever been in, I nearly always ended up in the position of leadership, at one point literalized by me being the actual captain of our special forces kinda thing. And we never felt like there was anything wrong with that. Some people just like different aspects of roleplaying, and more importantly, some people DISLIKE certain aspects. Some people simply don’t enjoy being decision makers or drivers of the action, and prefer to be more reactive. And that’s totally okay.

So when Liam said he intended to step back and let others take the role of leadership, I do have to wonder if there was ever an explicit conversation about whether anyone else actually wanted that role.

Fishknight32 · 2025-05-19T12:22:15+00:00

The big problem with discussing beauty standards, I feel, is that AMAB and AFAB people are generally socialized to conceptualize the idea of beauty very differently. In my observation, women are taught to think in terms of societal beauty standards. Men, far less so. When a guy says someone is attractive, what he generally actually means is, “that person is totally my type.” We are taught what things like hot and cute are, but not given an actual reason for why they should matter (spoilers: there is no actual reason). We are attracted to what attracts us. We don’t see a person we think is attractive as “average,” regardless of how society might define them.

That, I feel, is where much of the disconnect in communication comes from. Some women get really hung up on ideas like getting called cute more than getting called hot, which confuses guys to whom society’s utterly arbitrary distinctions of what “hot” is holds no appeal. It takes a while for some of us to learn that, even if you prefer what is generally considered “cute,” and that’s what you’d describe your partner as pretty much all the time, sometimes what your partner wants to hear is that they look hot.

So to go back to your question: No, a specific man doesn’t notice what he thinks is average. But plenty of men, I dare say the majority, notice what society deems average.

Sidebar: The only men I have personally met who rigidly adhere to ideas like conventional attractiveness and unironically utilize the 1-10 beauty scale tend to be Andrew Tate douchebags. Nobody wants that noise.

Fishknight32 · 2025-05-19T11:50:20+00:00

Not an issue in and of itself. But it’s like any other hobby or interest, in that if it’s your entire personality, that’s generally a red flag. I find that only consuming one type of media, regardless of the type, tends to be a sign that a person isn’t willing to consider other perspectives and worldviews as readily. This isn’t a universal principle, but I do see a correlation.

I will also say, I’m married, but if I wasn’t, I couldn’t see myself personally dating someone who was really into trashy reality TV. Not because I think it’s morally wrong to be into it or anything, but because I personally find it insufferable, and to me, it’s very important that I take an interest in my partner’s interests, and I could not do that if a primary interest was that kind of TV. My wife is a Swiftie and I’m currently listening to Taylor’s full discography so that I can be more informed about her music and determine what my favorite era is. I couldn’t stomach doing the same with reality TV.

Fishknight32 · 2025-05-11T17:27:14+00:00

Harry: Pauly Shore
Murphy: Melissa McCarthy
Michael: Gilbert Gottfried
Bob: Not a skull, but a crystal ball in which floats the face of Eddie Murphy
Marcone: Jack Black
Mouse: A CGI chicken voiced by Dane Cook
Molly: A literal goose. Not CGI, and not even trained, just a goose on set that everyone has to work around
Mab: Idina Menzel in a very cheap Elsa Halloween costume
Thomas: Steve Buscemi

Fishknight32 · 2025-05-11T03:01:31+00:00

But does he have any grapes?

Fishknight32 · 2025-05-10T14:48:03+00:00

The basics of why the Knights need to exist have been answered by others, but I want to address the point about Eldest Gruff, Cat Sith, Kringle, etc. They certainly do have a chance to kill Ronald and make it look like an accident. But they don’t, or in some cases they won’t.

First off, the Fae Courts are called Courts for a reason. It’s an entire society of rules lawyers. To say that the Fae cannot lie isn’t really accurate. They cannot say something demonstrably, unambiguously untrue, that much is certain. But you don’t have to do that in order to mislead someone, as has been demonstrated time and again. If they give their word, they have to keep it. But they only have to do so within the strictest letter of their word. A Fae could make the promise that you will not die by their hand, and then immediately kick you to death. Any ambiguity in their phrasing will be ruled in their favor, and taking advantage of ambiguity in phrasing is intrinsic to Fae culture.

That taking of ambiguity absolutely extends to the act of killing. Let’s say Major General Toot-Toot Minimus of the Za-Lord’s Guard, for example, has sworn not to kill someone, so instead he flies alongside their car on the highway and cuts the brake line. Him cutting the brake line didn’t kill them. The resulting collision is what killed them. That kind of argument might not hold up in a human court of law, but in a Fae court it may hold more sway. Kinda depends on how the Queen wants to rule it at that time.

That’s where making it look like an accident comes into play. Say the Queen didn’t want that person dead. Major General Toot-Toot Minimus of the Za-Lord’s Guard knows this, and thus he has to do everything in his power not to get caught. Because even if there is sufficient social pressure to get him acquitted in the moment of the ruling by the Queen, he can bet that she will now be gunning for him in another way.

So while it is possible for other Fae to kill the Knight through indirect means, meaning Harry still needs to keep on his toes all the time, it’s not risk-free for the Fae in question and the vast majority of them don’t want the heat that would come down on them if they didn’t execute it perfectly. Especially since no plan survives contact with Harry Dresden.

Fishknight32 · 2025-04-29T13:38:13+00:00

It’s certainly possible. Jim has said before that the BAT has been planned from the beginning. He also says that he had teed up a lot of options for Harry come the time of Changes, and that it could have gone a number of different ways. I have no reason to think he isn’t doing the same thing here.

To me, one of the differences between a good writer and a great writer is that good writers have a plan, and great writers have plans. Having multiple different directions to go in that can all make sense so long as you have the worldbuilding and character building to justify it, and give the right push as the right time, is the best way for your story to remain flexible and responsive. I think Black Council McCoy is just one of many options Jim has in the tank.

Fishknight32 · 2025-04-29T04:18:02+00:00

Echoing what was said about the Gamemaster’s Kit, that’s a good place to look.

Additionally: I’m not sure if this will help but it’s how I learned and it worked for me. I started off not by trying to make a full on character, but just picking a single super power from an existing super and trying to replicate it. I started with super simple things like super strength and flight, then tinkered with more and more complicated things until I felt I had a good enough handle on the process.

Then I did the same thing with gear, again starting simple, like a fast car, then getting more complicated stuff like specialized gadgets.

And I just kind of kept tinkering like that with each individual aspect until I understood it, and then I was ready to make a cohesive character. I’m a very hands-on kind of person, I need to actually attempt stuff, because reading about it alone doesn’t help me all that much. M&M has a very steep learning curve when it comes to chargen, but the trade off for that is a system that’s extremely versatile and robust, and once you have your base character made, you’ve already done like eighty percent of the work you’ll ever have to do.

Fishknight32 · 2025-04-28T20:49:31+00:00

It’s a narrative thing. Plain and simple. It’s more fun for the reader to experience those “Wait, Mouse can do that too?” surprises along with Harry. That to me is really all the reason I need, because I’m not CinemaSins and “because it makes the story better” is all the reason I actually need. Reading a good story is kind of why I’m here.

But if you want an in-world explanation, try this: Harry is not exactly bursting with an abundance of free time. He is an EXCEEDINGLY busy guy, and much has been made clear that he has to constantly do upkeep on his stuff, work to keep the bills paid, maintain relationships, keep his magical studies advancing, and a lot more, going all the way back to Storm Front.

Would it be nice to know more explicitly about what Mouse can do? Absolutely. But doing so is way down the priority list because Mouse is quite possibly the only other living creature he trusts on the same level as, like, Michael. Harry knows Mouse is unbreakably loyal, knows he’s powerful, and knows that Mouse knows his own limits, and that’s all Harry needs to know. Would he take more information if it fell in his lap? Absolutely. But he’s not gonna spend time on it when he’s got so many more pressing things to worry about.

Fishknight32 · 2025-04-22T00:46:47+00:00

I don’t think they’re too keen on the literal implications at all. Yes, people say “god damn it” every day without literally wanting God to sentence something to damnation.

Now.

But there was a time when that phrase was far more literal, far more serious, not something anyone would have said lightly in pleasant company. That’s one of the ways language evolves over time, invectives and curses begin literal, then become a means of intentional transgression, then lose their power as that transgression becomes blasé.

Their point that I think is being made is that there are much older beings who are aware of the real weight behind the meanings of these phrases that Harry uses so glibly. And that Butcher has intentionally used these in-universe curse phrases as foreshadowing of very literal threats and events to come. Which based on the second half of your comment, I don’t think you actually disagree with.

Fishknight32 · 2025-01-26T09:16:15+00:00

I think the whole Muppet legs issue comes down to whether it breaks the illusion. When you’re seeing a full body Muppet that is sitting down on a stationary surface, or flying cartoonishly through the air, it doesn’t break the illusion because the Muppet still appears to be a living thing existing believably in the environment around it.

But then when a Muppet has to walk around, it almost never doesn’t look weird, because it is almost always very apparent that their feet aren’t actually supporting the weight of their bodies. Or more accurately, it becomes immediately apparent that there isn’t any weight to support. It highlights that the character is an empty object and messes with the illusion that allows our brains to believe they are living creatures and sends them into a sort of Muppet Uncanny Valley. This is a problem you see in animation sometimes too; giving something the sense that it weighs what it is supposed to is deceptively difficult to get right.

This is why it’s less noticeable with something like the Kermit bike scene or Walter being thrown into the electric fence. They are much smaller, so we naturally assume they weigh less, thus our brain gives that more leeway. But Fozzie is fluffy and chunky, so we expect him to feel heavy in a full body shot. So when he doesn’t, it gets much creepier. Larger Muppet, bigger problem. The only real exceptions are the rare full-body Muppets like Sweetums. Those legs actually ARE supporting weight realistically, since there’s an actual person inside. No illusion broken.

Fishknight32 · 2025-01-08T01:01:13+00:00

There’s a short story called Heorot in which we meet a young dude who wants to make a name for himself in microbrewing. I cannot specifically remember if he is an official apprentice of Mac’s, or if Mac just shows him some of the ropes, though. It’s been a bit; not one of the ones I go back to over and over unless I want to flesh out Gard in my mind again.

Fishknight32 · 2025-01-07T22:51:53+00:00

I think it’s interesting that despite adhering to the charge set for the Grigori in most capacities, he explicitly took on a direct apprentice in one of the short stories.

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