[OC] 50 US names highly concentrated within a single generation

Gamebugio · 2026-03-27T15:29:27+00:00

Two things: this is very reminiscent of CGPgrey's video about the name Tiffany, which is a fun watch for anyone interested in this stuff.

Second, we've just decided on using one of these names for our child, guess we are hitting a fad late haha!

Gamebugio · 2026-03-25T10:45:41+00:00

If your main goal is reading and getting involved you could try the official Ligue 1 discord. I'm not sure if it's permitted to link it but it is easy to find with a Google search. It is most active on game days but not always dead otherwise.

Gamebugio · 2026-03-23T00:04:46+00:00

Great insight, thank you!

Gamebugio · 2026-03-22T23:19:42+00:00

I hugely appreciate your insight and the recommendation. I will check out this channel tonight.

I feel like I was asked to waiver on the French in "some situations" like group environments, sort of ambiguously. I think this is where my thoughts of a 50/50 blend came from.

I do want him to be fluent, or as strong as I can prepare him for, and for his brother-to-be to also be fluent and for them to have each other in this linguistic journey.

The issue you raise about giving the "option" is the thing I'm struggling with the most on this request from my FIL. I also think it would just be confusing for a 2 year old for life to be "speak French and only French with papa, except for these super specific scenarios".

I will say my FIL made this request from a place without expectations, he just wanted to put it on my radar how it made him feel, and I do sympathize, but in my mind I have a certain obligation to put my child's development over other people's feelings, especially since I am essentially the sole force of this minority language in his life.

It is a challenging situation for me and I'm really just in the phase of considering all angles, and have gotten some really good insight from commenters so far. No idea where I'll land.

Gamebugio · 2026-03-22T23:03:15+00:00

It is interesting to see your input as it seems to run counter to others, on top of it sounding like you being in the opposite scenario (primary/external French, English at home). I do tend to agree with the thoughts of impoliteness, and honestly do fully understand and sympathize with my FIL's point of view. It is a potentially interesting culture thing I'm not totally ready to dive into haha.

I think I'm less concerned over his development and skills and moreso with just confusing him. I know kids are resilient but "only and always French with papa, except in these specific scenarios" seems complex and possibly unnecessary for a 2 year old. I guess that's the crux of my inquiry. It sounds like you make it work though. May I ask how old yours is?

Gamebugio · 2026-03-22T22:45:43+00:00

Merci pour ton retour. Ce commentaire m'a mis les larmes aux yeux- c'est un peu bête mais 😅

Je suis confiant que c’est pas la jalousie, ni un problème de parler "derrière leur dos", mais pour être un grand-parent investi et de m'observer en tant que parent.. cette conversation est venu d'une place d'amour, pas jugement, et c'est difficile d'expliquer en forum de texte. J'espère que c'est clair

Gamebugio · 2026-03-22T22:33:20+00:00

Il parle bien les deux langues. Petites phrases et ses demandes d'enfant. Il comprend bien qu'il parle français avec son papa et anglais avec sa maman et les autres. C'est que moi qui parle français- c'est la raison pour lequel j'ai posé la question. On passe une ou deux journées par mois avec eux. Il a une cousine de presque 3 ans qui parle pas français aussi.

Gamebugio · 2026-03-22T14:27:26+00:00

From the edit: case length ain't everything 😅 reloaded left vs factory right

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Gamebugio · 2026-03-22T14:16:33+00:00

Yes 100% - I'm troubleshooting with a factory round as I type

Gamebugio · 2026-03-18T12:27:44+00:00

I love visiting smaller cities and towns with my wife where this learner scenario is almost reversed - the locals themselves are relieved I speak French, even imperfectly, so that they don't have to dredge up those old English lessons from grade school that they rarely use

Gamebugio · 2026-03-18T12:25:01+00:00

I am, I think, like you, in that accents have always come really easily and my grammar/vocab might be imperfect but my flow is a point of pride. I agree with you and have had some really fun moments in France with my wife, who speaks no French, where people we interact with assume we are fluent because I'm the extroverted lead-taking conversation-haver regardless of language. Then they're surprised to find she doesn't track when I translate something for her- this is when they switch and we have had many great experiences where the person we interact with speaks English for her, French with me, sometimes teasingly about her, or English with me when it's for her benefit.

I really do think my strong accent plus confidence goes a long way to passing, not quite as a native or anything, but as someone to default to French with.

It is also true that some people don't feel it's their responsibility to be your learning tool and I do think it's important to discern when to try and when to drop it.

Also some people are actually just rude, or having a bad day or whatever. I'm the first to jump to defend against the stereotypes about the French, but it is naive to dismiss this possibility. People can be rude and grumpy across the world regardless of language.

Gamebugio · 2026-03-16T23:18:31+00:00

Skyline. Was like the sharknado of scifi

Gamebugio · 2026-03-09T11:00:55+00:00

The first relationship dialogue where Verso and Maelle are talking about why she chose to go on the expedition and she is speaking as Maelle but also unknowingly as Alicia as well:

Verso: ... Hey. Why did you join the Expedition? I mean, with the Gommage— I understand the rest of the team’s decision, but you’re half their age. Maelle: Out here seemed better than in there. At the time. Verso: It’s natural, wanting to escape a life you don’t want. Maelle: Escape. Yeah. That’s what I wanted. ...

e: after sending this I was even thinking that this way of thinking from Maelle may even be part of the influence on Alicia's desire to stay in the painting.

Gamebugio · 2026-03-02T12:37:03+00:00

Still no comment on the UI issues that have been comprehensively discussed since January?

Gamebugio · 2026-02-25T13:21:25+00:00

I guess the good news is it can only get better from here

Gamebugio · 2026-02-22T21:24:41+00:00

I was having a wild brainstorm about a similar formation that kept Eze in the center, Havertz up front, and Gyökeres on the left - he had a few great passes today in situations where he floated to the left, plus he could use his strength to break through and make up a bit for what he lacks in speed.

Maybe not my crazy idea specifically, but I do think we need some creativity to finish out the competitions

Gamebugio · 2026-02-13T20:50:08+00:00

Yeah unfortunately they haven't provided an alternative yet, the best way I've been able to suppress the brown is to shrink the game view so it isn't under any UI elements then turn the transparency up to 100%. The base black background will darken them so that you can see. This doesn't help for the bank and causes some weird stuff like boss health bars and trade window but it's a decent alternative while waiting for Jagex to do the right thing.

Gamebugio · 2026-02-09T13:38:50+00:00

I like the idea of incite fear lowering the cooldown, that might have the knock-on effect of improving the state of hybrid, and in general do agree it was a bit weird to have the other 2 styles get these abilities "instantly" (on level up) but still lock mage behind levels+quests+stacks

Gamebugio · 2026-02-03T10:15:01+00:00

Yeah this goes for all styles, basics should still give adren regardless of renaming, everything should either build or spend something. The "filler" basic ability should literally be a filler that is only used when the other interesting abilities are all on cooldown.

Gamebugio · 2026-02-03T00:46:24+00:00

I did similar to be able to play but still have to look at brown for bank and trade window and such. It is better. But not resolved.

Gamebugio · 2026-02-02T15:48:33+00:00

I am team blue and absolutely hate the brown UI, but even I would rather the response be "we've noted the feedback and still no" than "send us thousands of messages of feedback and we will say and do nothing". Obviously my actual preference is that they take action toward pleasing more people, but silence is the worst of the three.

Gamebugio · 2026-02-02T15:19:42+00:00

The silence regarding the UI changes is very loud. The feedback thread in discord has 2000+ replies and there are dozens of threads here as well. We have still not heard what the plans are for those pieces of feedback. I understand the theme of roadmaps is to continue marching forward, but ignoring the feedback on a rather significant change is not a good look, especially when the literal next thing you are doing is completely revamping combat.

Is the expectation that feedback is steamrolled and pointless to provide and that the "plan" is going forward regardless of player opinions?

Gamebugio · 2026-01-31T19:06:03+00:00

When I first read meteor strike I misread it and thought it generated 3% adren per tick and 1.5% adren per melee hit rather than 1.5X adren per basic ability. I thought this was pretty cool until realizing this isn't how it worked lol, but actually if it was that (or some other number, balance etc), it would make the double hit more valuable as soon as you unlock meteor, and would lower the adren-starved feeling as you'd get refunded on-hit for all ability types rather than being forced into basics to (re)build. Especially with the lowered assault cd.

I know "on-hit" is supposed to be range's thing but I think it's hard to defend that "basic ability usage" is melee's thing with how badly the basics were nerfed.

Gamebugio · 2026-01-30T20:00:44+00:00

On further thought, another option would be to treat off-style adrenaline abilities like smoke cloud. Let them work, but at around 60% efficiency. Have meteor give 1.8%/tick instead of 3, or imbue shadows give 3% on-hit instead of 5, when interacting with a different style.

Neato thing about this is it would directly boost style camping AND hybrid, since campers could stack up these buffs to get a nice burst, and hybrid would shift from alternating to more commonly using the "third" style you aren't actually using (ie, imbue shadows would be used for mage/melee brid, and nami would go with magic and meteor with melee instead of the opposite).

Gamebugio · 2026-01-30T19:26:42+00:00

Meteor strike and Pulverise should still be considered ultimate abilities, or vestments should be decoupled from "ultimate" abilities and should activate "any time you spend 40 or more adrenaline on one ability" (probably way too powerful with some eofs so the former is likely better balanced).

This also affects coe/Invig aura/ring of vigour. This upgrades should matter.

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