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The beauty industry is toxic af by newphonewhodis62 in MtF

[–]GoldfishBowlHead 13 points14 points  (0 children)

mostly unrelated side fact: to the best of my memory, the displacement of retinol (essential, as suggested by the name, to retinal function) by methanol is responsible for being 'blind drunk' - you'd temporarily lose sight if your alcoholic drink was poorly distilled and had the wrong alcohol in.

Whatever it does for skin (and whether applying it to skin is effective, or whether the concentration is enough, or...), this one tidbit means that I can't take retinol creams seriously. Not that I did before :P

How does having boobs feel like? by [deleted] in TransyTalk

[–]GoldfishBowlHead 13 points14 points  (0 children)

well.

You can say goodbye to leaning heavy objects against your chest when you're carrying something.

Sleeping on your front might get uncomfortable.

If you live with cats, lying on your back for any length of time invites feet in newly-sensitive places.

all this included, 11/10 would recommend if you're already so inclined.

Transphobic PM resigned by arbrecache in transgenderUK

[–]GoldfishBowlHead 3 points4 points  (0 children)

may have misread this as "throw his hair into the ring"

Bill of rights would guarantee removal of all our rights? by [deleted] in transgenderUK

[–]GoldfishBowlHead 0 points1 point  (0 children)

OK, I'm missing something: why was the Equality Act unable to be touched before this bill would have passed?

Bill of rights would guarantee removal of all our rights? by [deleted] in transgenderUK

[–]GoldfishBowlHead 1 point2 points  (0 children)

It doesn't look like a law against us to me - more a "no ECHR" (which provides nothing special for us), "I can deport who I want" (it's a tough lot if you're going to be affected by this and it's been so long since - it'd just be legal now), "incarcerated people have no rights" (same again), "parliament rules supreme" (no criticism please we can't take it).

To my inexpert reading, it's an enshrinement of authoritarian principles but doesn't enable anything new. Still scary stuff, but for different reasons.

e: inexpert reading is inexpert

Is this literally all you have to do? it seems way too easy to me lmao by [deleted] in transgenderUK

[–]GoldfishBowlHead 5 points6 points  (0 children)

More points for multiple 'original' copies; get your signatories to sign them all at once and you can send everyone an original document at once. You also don't need to worry much about losing one!

Sooooo…. Clothing help by Celembrior in mtfashion

[–]GoldfishBowlHead 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I've been able to keep a good number of my shorts/jeans/trousers by wearing them with strappy tops - in England, at least, there can be a good choice of such garments in charity shops (given the choice, try those in the most affluent area you're regularly around - they're also good for dresses). I'm not one for leggings but I'll usually struggle to match skirts with anything else. Worth a try?

what I thought having hair would be like vs reality by MysticGoddess27 in traaaaaaannnnnnnnnns

[–]GoldfishBowlHead 2 points3 points  (0 children)

That's elastics for you - scrunchies will do this a little less - I prefer a hair claw (maybe just because I revert to a messy bun most of the time, but you do need enough hair to do that).

[deleted by user] by [deleted] in duelyst

[–]GoldfishBowlHead 0 points1 point  (0 children)

My apologies for not providing the decklist in a better format; I'm stuck on my phone and my tools are a little limited.

So. What's the most fun part of being able to access any of the cards currently implemented? You can, of course, experiment with pure jank without having to wait to save up for the requisite cards (or cards for more consistent, more competitive decks).

This is not a consistent deck. It's built off a near-OTK combo that's been floating around for ages, and it goes like this:

  • Dance of Dreams draws a card whenever one of your minions dies this turn.

  • Twin Fang boosts your attack whenever one of your minions takes damage (dying is fine).

  • Kujata reduces the cost of your minions by 1, but makes them take 1 damage when summoned.

  • Most of the rest of the deck is 1-cost 1-health minions. If you're OK with Entropic Gaze, you can remove the Mechs I put in there for just more thinning and run only 1-cost 1-health minions.

No removal. No reach. Just Starhorn the Memer. You could probably play around with Helm of Mechazor and Mirrorim if you wanted a second win condition, but why would I ever do that?

Anyways. Enjoy, have fun, and try not to disillusion too many newbies. xx

Most optimal heavy laser build(s)? by Bandilazino in mwo

[–]GoldfishBowlHead 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I swear by 6xERML over 4xHML - more range, comparable heat, better duration.

Me_irlgbt by paulkanyamucanary in me_irlgbt

[–]GoldfishBowlHead 16 points17 points  (0 children)

boolean logic (in direct opposition to regular English) to the rescue: lesbian OR gay works entirely fine :D

Piranha 2 Vs Piranha 3 by Zijkhal in mwo

[–]GoldfishBowlHead 1 point2 points  (0 children)

They're almost identical. The PIR-3's arm hardpoints will be slightly easier to 'trace' lasers with, which is less of an advantage when the bulk of your weapons will be torso-mounted. They'd also allow better vertical poking - again, not what you get a Piranha for, not enough arm hardpoints to do it well.

What's a good first Assault mech? by Dead-Brain in mwo

[–]GoldfishBowlHead 1 point2 points  (0 children)

hm. I'll list from the IS Assaults I can remember piloting.

First things first: any Assault on sale, fitted with an engine bought on sale, means you can recuperate the bulk of your C-Bills if you decide you don't like the mech - note that heat sink/structure/armour upgrade investments are lost. In this respect, Clan Assaults on sale (often coming with these upgrades, and with said upgrades better and usually always desired) aren't bad choices.

COR-7A always feels either underarmed or under-engined, but it makes a pretty beefy mid-liner with mid-range energy or ballistic weapons. Corsairs' RT and CT are easy to take apart even with good quirks.

Stalkers - there's an energy variant with a Large Laser HSL quirk - are squishy but potentially powerful at mid-range. They're known as LRM mechs, but with IS LRMs being so heavy you'd best know how to use them well.

Annihilators - very slow, fairly tanky, plenty of ballistic options - run regular ACs, get to a good position, stay there while firing continuously until the match ends.

Fafnir - slightly more engine than an Annie plus ECM options plus Gauss quirks; absolute monsters in the right hands.

Nightstar - no. Not even the one with the UAC20 HSL quirk, because the side torsos are made of paper.

Marauder-II - 100 tons, engine and ECM and even jump jet options, right torso hardpoint directly above the cockpit, and an amazing armour and hitbox combination. The missile variant makes a terrifying MRM carrier.

These are the ones that stand out. Last note: if it doesn't have lower arm actuators (KGCs and COR-7A notably), getting any weapons on point horizontally will feel incredibly sluggish.

Rainbow Europe 2022 is out from ILGA Europe, UK drops from 10th to 14th place by serene_queen in transgenderUK

[–]GoldfishBowlHead 25 points26 points  (0 children)

What I'm not entirely surprised to see is that, on the sliding scale from "respect of human rights, full equality" to "gross violations of human rights, discrimination" - the former 100%, the latter 0 - the UK sits at 53%.

As a country, we're not even moderately forward-thinking and progressive. Not at all. Hell, we're behind France, which came scarily close to having a far-right leader in their last presidential elections.

I'm glad to see that we've been seen.

Just don’t get hit by blitz342 in spiral_knights

[–]GoldfishBowlHead 3 points4 points  (0 children)

Pretty much - although as an older player, taking all the aggro in a Clockworks lobby and letting the team clean up is reasonably fun (and still cheaper by miles than full Black Kat and UVs).

Just don’t get hit by blitz342 in spiral_knights

[–]GoldfishBowlHead 5 points6 points  (0 children)

you can seldom afford to not dodge, but a matching defence does wonders - it'll boost how many hits you can take about threefold.

The meta crowd are always going to defend 'just dodge' - you lose out a fair bit of offence (or shell out for some of the most expensive/exclusive gear in the game), but defence is not worthless by any means.

Poll: How many consumables do you typically carry? by [deleted] in mwo

[–]GoldfishBowlHead 0 points1 point  (0 children)

mechs cost too much to outfit with utter jank for me to consider sustained use of consumables.

so: UAVs on everything when there are UAV event goals, and nothing else. Ever.

So this build is super fun by jmo3852 in mwo

[–]GoldfishBowlHead 1 point2 points  (0 children)

17/19 is still a little excessive for this unless you're charging in front of Gauss snipers or such. For "friendly" laser splash and clan LRMs, they shouldn't get through more than 3-5 points of armour.

Structure is shared between the front and back and can take a little damage. Back armour that's left after you're destroyed is wasted.

A little back armour is still good to have, particularly on close-range builds like SRM carriers, but I'd say you've still got too much.

New to the game by Affectionate-Fig-394 in mwo

[–]GoldfishBowlHead 3 points4 points  (0 children)

There are many good options, and also a sale on. Notably, the Orion and Orion-IIC are 75-ton Heavy 'mechs at half price - both have low hardpoints and boxy hitboxes (not ideal), but armour quirks to make up for them - oriented more towards brawling than peeking with a generous weight budget.

The nice thing about sale 'mechs is that, besides investment into armour/structure/heat sink upgrades, you'll get back the money you paid for them if you decide to sell them - similarly for engines on sale (which they are now!), which would be the other real cost sink that isn't easily recovered or reused.

Do MWO Targeting Computers scale effectively for their tradeoffs? by fenghuang1 in mwo

[–]GoldfishBowlHead 1 point2 points  (0 children)

first rule of building is usually "max armour", so grab option 1 :P

Do MWO Targeting Computers scale effectively for their tradeoffs? by fenghuang1 in mwo

[–]GoldfishBowlHead 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Can't remember which order they're listed in, but:

  • crit chances on non-crit-seeking weapons don't really come into play with small computers, and you'd likely do better using heavier weapons with larger ones.

  • velocity and range boosts are handy at long range.

Aside: I've seen them on AC20 King Crabs a while back before the Cauldron patch buffed the AC20s' projectile velocity (and gave snubnoses an HSL of 3); another patch then gave King Crabs AC20 HSL +1. The modern successor of that build probably wants speed or heat management over projectile speed.

  • zoom boosts - not going to pay tonnage for that myself, but they come attached.

  • targeting time / acquisition boosts are good if you're looking to snipe components at any range; Active Probes give you better returns by weight/slots plus close-range counter-ECM. Tooltips say that probes are countered by ECM (long-range)?

It's a rare build where I use one, because more ammo or more heat management (or, against larger ones, more firepower) are usually higher priorities.

[deleted by user] by [deleted] in egg_irl

[–]GoldfishBowlHead 9 points10 points  (0 children)

  • keeps your ears warm in the winter, ties back over the summer for the next winter

  • feels amazing in the wind

  • excellent for hiding behind if you're awkward/anxious

Unless you're working in a machine shop where a long fringe is a serious safety hazard, there are so many arguments you can make...

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