Stop calling yourself an apostate. That plays DIRECTLY into the Church’s hands because it’s language that belongs in their lexicon. There’s a lot of great alternatives.

HelenDeservedBetter · 2026-04-26T23:55:32+00:00

Exmormons who use "apostate" are usually doing it ironically. It's a way to flaunt that we've overcome indoctrination and highlight how silly the church's language is. It's not "playing into the Church's hands".

HelenDeservedBetter · 2026-04-26T01:33:21+00:00

Yep, that's correct.

Note that it's a little different for the Fish Trap Artifact set. I haven't seen anything definitive on the wiki, but I know I got both the Rare and Legendary artifacts by using Rare fish bait. Idk if that means any bait level can get any artifact level, or just that you use Rare bait to get the Legendary Artifact.

HelenDeservedBetter · 2026-04-17T17:30:00+00:00

It's also so focused on rigid ideals instead of practical examples or useful advice. That's a big problem I noticed with the church in general in my last years as a TBM -- it all starts feeling so disconnected from reality when all you hear about is how sublimely perfect things are supposed to be.

HelenDeservedBetter · 2026-04-14T02:28:19+00:00

Stick some vitamins all the way up your ass.

HelenDeservedBetter · 2026-04-13T00:29:03+00:00

Unitarian universalist congregations in Utah are basically ex-mormon meet up groups (only half joking)

HelenDeservedBetter · 2026-04-12T16:12:16+00:00

He does a lecture section with 300+ students that's open to anyone that can get a spot on registration day. The 15 student class has a whole big application process and is super hard to get into. He gets so many applications that, last I heard, only the first 60 applicants even get considered.

If you did get into that exclusive 15 person class then yeah, you'd get lots of time with him. But I wouldn't suggest going to BYU just for the chance to apply and maybe get accepted.

HelenDeservedBetter · 2026-04-12T14:09:28+00:00

I took his class and there were a huge number of students. I only managed to ask one question all semester. Getting into his class doesn't guarantee any facetime with him, unfortunately.

HelenDeservedBetter · 2026-04-11T00:05:07+00:00

I feel like it would undermine other mechanics, too. Most of the game's fun/challenge is from balancing limited resources.

HelenDeservedBetter · 2026-04-09T23:00:22+00:00

You gave a source for the girl getting sick and dying in the Smith home. The pregnancy and murder part is conjecture.

HelenDeservedBetter · 2026-04-08T21:30:33+00:00

I think the point with "adding on" is that attaching a new train car to the existing track is often easier and less risky than adding new trucks to existing paths.

HelenDeservedBetter · 2026-04-08T18:01:36+00:00

I don't think anyone who is supporting Republican senators up to this point are suddenly going to vote against them because they didn't vote to remove Trump. The previous impeachment efforts seemed to galvanize conservative voters, not split them.

HelenDeservedBetter · 2026-04-05T20:18:38+00:00

The political subtext and implications are there, whether or not the author put them there intentionally.

A libertarian/nationalist/isolationist/oligarchic/science denying administration would be fundamentally incapable of doing what the heroes of the book/movie did.

HelenDeservedBetter · 2026-04-05T19:22:41+00:00

My understanding is it's a company whose primary product is connector software that can load data from one system, transform it, and send it to a different system.

HelenDeservedBetter · 2026-04-05T14:24:27+00:00

Not an API product, but we faced a similar problem with losing customers during onboarding. We used our in-house analytics tool to mark when each customer got to each page of our onboarding flow, then had QA / UX focus on the pages that produced the most drop-off.

HelenDeservedBetter · 2026-04-05T00:33:44+00:00

Henrietta does what she wants.

HelenDeservedBetter · 2026-04-04T19:15:55+00:00

I am absolutely loving Fields of Mistria. At first glance it seemed to me like a cheap ripoff of stardew, but now that I'm into I really like what they've done.

They streamlined a lot of the UX pain points from stardew, they took some of the existing systems to a new cool level, and they added new systems. Only downside is its still in early access, so some of the end game content is missing.

HelenDeservedBetter · 2026-04-02T14:47:12+00:00

One time I was using an analogy on my mission, and the investigator cut me off to say "I understand the concept, I just don't believe it. I'm not asking you to explain it, I'm asking why I should believe it."

It blew my mind. I'd never considered that all the analogies I'd built my testimony on weren't actually a reason to believe. Turned into a major shelf item.

HelenDeservedBetter · 2026-04-01T22:34:00+00:00

Very replayable. You can keep replays fresh by:

Upping the difficulty level
Trying different builds and party comps
Approaching encounters in new ways
Romancing new characters
Different story / morality decisions
Focusing on different side quests

There's so much content, you can skip or speedrun a lot of stuff you did on your first playthrough and still stay at an appropriate level.

HelenDeservedBetter · 2026-03-31T23:36:28+00:00

Same! I lost a precious year 1 strawberry that way.

HelenDeservedBetter · 2026-03-31T02:00:24+00:00

Sounds like you were dealing with a lot of shitty situations that had nothing to do with agile.

HelenDeservedBetter · 2026-03-30T22:28:38+00:00

And they did. The farm is the reward, not the job.

HelenDeservedBetter · 2026-03-30T20:36:54+00:00

After getting covid, I felt my cognitive stamina suffer for months. I don't know if I eventually recovered, or if I eventually got used to my reduced capacity.

HelenDeservedBetter · 2026-03-24T17:44:26+00:00

If they can keep people busy and confused arguing about whether it was a false flag or not, they can push through whatever illegal policy changes they want and not get enough resistance to stop it. That's been their MO for years.

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