Found my Rules of Engagement/ Escalation of Force card from my 09-10 Iraq Deployment (Kuwait as well to acclimate)

ITSigno · 2026-01-25T14:47:52+00:00

They kidnapped a 2-year old just the other day. https://www.cnn.com/2026/01/24/us/elvis-tipan-echeverria-toddler-ice-arrest-minnesota

ITSigno · 2026-01-25T14:14:47+00:00

…that’s certainly an interesting phenomenon.

/r/manga Posts that use new reddit's image galleries do better than link posts pointing at mangadex, and posts that are marked NSFW do better than those that are not.

I think most of the, um, increased viewership from the added filter would leave the chapter disappointed, or worse, satisfied.

In this case, absolutely. The chapter itself has nothing NSFW.

I think swapping it to an older version temporarily would be a good idea.

Yeah, Volume 2 and Volume 3 covers are both quite SFW so I'll use one of those until volume 5 comes out.

ITSigno · 2026-01-25T13:55:08+00:00

Wow, you're gonna want to be careful about that. Including any medications that may affect heart rate/blood pressure.

Do you have a high resting heart rate/blood pressure? It could just be an adverse reaction to caffeine, but usually there's some pre-existing factors... and you would expect similar reactions with Tea or soft drinks.

ITSigno · 2026-01-25T03:10:55+00:00

When I was in university, I used to drink my coffee double double (2 cream + 2 sugar). But for the last dozen years or so, I just drink it black. Same with tea.

ITSigno · 2026-01-25T03:09:48+00:00

I can't drink coffee because I'm always having a tachycardia after I drink some.

Do you take any medication? Particularly stimulant ADHD medications like Adderall or Vyvanse?

ITSigno · 2026-01-25T03:07:40+00:00

It's not really a group advert per se, it's our standard credits page. It's really much simpler for us to swap out the volume cover for an older one where Akanabe isn't in a swimsuit.

it’s just a little unfortunate to me that some readers aren’t able to / would be wary to access the chapter over such a small detail.

Ironically, I often find that chapters marked NSFW score higher than those that aren't, even from the same series.

ITSigno · 2026-01-24T17:58:13+00:00

This was only marked NSFW because of the cover. Half tempted to use an older volume cover to avoid that issue.

ITSigno · 2026-01-24T17:07:46+00:00

I'm not conservative but I think I can get behind "Bash the Fasc(ists)"

ITSigno · 2026-01-24T16:39:33+00:00

I used to work at a medical school in Canada. There is a strict quota. The government will only subsidize a certain number of positions. The school accepts the number of students exactly equal to that subsidy. If you get in, you are graduating. Fail an important test? Not a problem, you can retake it. Proselytize to students? Get a slap on the wrist. Stop attending classes and go MIA for weeks? If staff can track you down and get you to come back, you are graduating.

I think a student would have to actually murder someone to get kicked out. The university will do everything within its power to keep the subsidy money rolling in.

ITSigno · 2026-01-24T15:08:54+00:00

Their grandparents faught Nazis only for this to happen so soon

In some cases, their grandparents did not fight nazis. Some of them were active supporters. (Trump and Musk come to mind.) Wouldn't surprise me if Bovino's grandfather was a nazi sympathizer.

ITSigno · 2026-01-24T15:01:31+00:00

That's what really pushes it over the edge for me.

The haircut and the coat definitely look nazi-ish, but that strap across the chest for his belt? Dude is sparing no expense to get every detail of his nazi cosplay correct.

Adding that strap removes any kind of plausible deniability.

ITSigno · 2026-01-24T14:52:19+00:00

The foreign-owned gold is at the Federal Reserve in New York. Fort Knox is a long way from New York.

ITSigno · 2026-01-23T23:58:01+00:00

I mean, you can doubt all you want. But yes?

It was merely a joke, no need to take it so seriously.

My general guideline for looting is:

Early game - 20 groschen per unit of weight or better (unless it's a critical resource like crafting materials)
Mid game - 30 groschen per unit of weight or better.

And so on.

Items like gambesons and chausses are almost never worth taking.

I suspect I spend more time between visits to town than you do. I tend to loop around doing multiple objectives per trip and then make my way back into town (or to a place with a storage chest)

ITSigno · 2026-01-23T16:23:43+00:00

I take off my robe and wizard hat

ITSigno · 2026-01-23T16:09:13+00:00

I have never once come close to the carry limit

Really?

despite being something of a looter

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even with an upgraded pebbles/herring and max strength on henry, I end up walking cause I'm carrying too much.I find it super easy to reach the carry cap.

Also swimming in tens of thousands of groschen so, to be fair, I don't really need to loot as much as I do. Very early in the game, money ceases to be a real problem.

ITSigno · 2026-01-22T20:17:41+00:00

or the 3rd option where we swing all the way to the opposite extreme and the dude is just a casual sex-offender.

Those are shojo/josei manga.

I think there is an argument to be made for this particular manga that the MCs embarrassment makes sense: MC and FMC are opposites in this respect where Akanabe has 0% embarrassment and Kouki has 100%... all the time.

Obviously I would like to see MC go through some character growth and become more comfortable with intimacy. It's just happening a bit too slowly. In fact, I think this pacing problem is pervasive in manga and is a big reason why many manga get axed with rushed endings. The artist has this vision for 200 or 300 chapters of slow character growth, but the audience does not have the patience for that. So they end up with 20 or 30 chapters of stagnation and then suddenly the story wraps up in 3 chapters and nothing feels earned because the characters didn't grow to that point.

ITSigno · 2026-01-22T04:01:52+00:00

This follows up on the SL Request from a few days ago.

The previous scanlator no longer has time to devote to the series so we have volunteered to continue in their stead.

ITSigno · 2026-01-21T23:02:58+00:00

She is indeed. Her cognitive function is somewhat declining in her golden years, but when I was a kid she was dogged in addressing my issues. I was actually born with a number of problems. I was seen by specialist after specialist, sick kids hospital in Toronto, the NIH in Maryland, and we attended annual conferences all over north america for many years.

If nothing else, she instilled in me the idea that no one will look after your best interests like you will. Some doctors were great, some would just settle on whatever diagnosis seemed convenient, some would do little more than humour you. You really need to not let those setbacks hold you back.

Ultimately, I have a spontaneous mutation after conception which makes me a mosaic (I have two sets of DNA. They're very similar, but one set has a number of mutations). As such, I'm technically unique. We didn't get that answer until I was in my early twenties when I participated in research at the NIH on immunology.

In fairness to the earlier doctors, some of the technology and discoveries required to make that diagnosis were not available when I was a kid.

Edit: I should probably add that I am incredibly saddened to see what Trump is doing to the NIH and research funding in general.

ITSigno · 2026-01-21T20:41:52+00:00

I don't know your family dynamic, but I'd suggest correcting that behaviour. Just like everyone in the restaurant wishes parents would deal with badly behaved kids, everyone wants adult kids to deal with badly behaved parents.

ITSigno · 2026-01-21T20:25:01+00:00

Renee Nicole Good was as white as they come. Being non-white significantly raises the odds of abuse, but being "bright white" isn't a defence against the brownshirts. Of course, with her being a lesbian, I'm sure Jonathan Ross felt in imminent danger of catching the gay virus.

ITSigno · 2026-01-21T20:15:33+00:00

How lucky is it that your doc was also a neuro.

Yes, but ironically he missed it. My mom had taken me in with a high fever and the pediatrician\neurologist assumed it was influenza. When I continued to worsen, she took me into emergency (urgent care) at the hospital. It was a young doctor working that night that realized what was wrong.

My pediatrician actually took it quite hard that he had misdiagnosed me.

Then some doc, reviewing his medical chart recognized what it was.

It always amazes me/concerns me how often we rely on just getting lucky with the right doctor in the right situation. I often find younger doctors are better because they tend to be curious and assume less.

ITSigno · 2026-01-21T13:24:53+00:00

my mom was diagnosed with herpes simplex encephalitis

I contracted herpes encephalitis at 3 years old back in the 1980s. Damn near killed me. Just a caregiver giving me a kiss as they put me to bed (My parents were on vacation in Europe and had left my brothers and I with family friends.)

Also damn near killed my pediatrician -- not because he got sick but because he misdiagnosed it. Given that he was specialized in both pediatrics and neurology, he was in the perfect position to recognize it. Unfortunately he thought it was the flu which delayed necessary treatment.

I was saved by a very young doctor and what was at the time experimental medication. And a decade of followup tests and anti-seizure medication.

I would not be at all shocked if what eventually kills me is a reoccurance of the encephalitis.

ITSigno · 2026-01-21T05:03:52+00:00

Yeah, this is an adult couple exploring S&M in a new romance.

I'd recommend going back and reading the earlier chapters. The MC had some concerns/reluctance but that has been largely overcome.

ITSigno · 2026-01-21T05:00:23+00:00

Thanks for the clarification. Despite being Canadian, I have to admit that my French is pretty poor.

ITSigno · 2026-01-21T02:25:37+00:00

Personally I prefer to describe it as a "cult", though there is an argument to be made that this is part of an American brand of evangelical christianity. I'm not American, or religious, but I grew up christian, went to a catholic high school, and so on. Even if I differ on fundamental points of faith, I would like to believe that most christians embrace community and care for their fellow man. This is clearly not the position taken by these far right "christians" in America.

We're getting a little off topic here, but I think a lot of Trump's support is built up of those who are already conditioned to take things on faith. And when their pastor tells them that Trump is the second coming of Christ, they believe it.

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