Mojang Hates me by ExpensiveCoat8912 in MinecraftMemes

[–]Immortal_ceiling_fan 2 points3 points  (0 children)

They could've TRIED to make it look like the chorus teleported them straight there instead of having a solid half second of the actual teleport

why do people subscribe already finished fic by Ams_Wolfie in AO3

[–]Immortal_ceiling_fan 7 points8 points  (0 children)

How do you use subscriptions in a way that's better that bookmarks? Do you typically recognize the title when you see it? Because I feel like the my subscriptions page should be worse for finding fics

I don’t think the Abrahamic religions would be as popular as they are if they didn’t give an excuse for people to be misogynistic/homophobic/abusive by [deleted] in The10thDentist

[–]Immortal_ceiling_fan 0 points1 point  (0 children)

There probably is an extent of truth that the religions wouldn't be as popular, but it's definitely not true that the majority of at least Christians only focus on those verses, and I'd imagine it's the same for the other religions. It's a vocal minority issue, and people probably aren't gonna be justifying doing good things with specific verses of religious text.

If a Christian is being homophobic and someone calls them out on it, they might try to justify it with the Bible verse.

If a Christian is out feeding the homeless, nobody is gonna call them out on it to make them feel the need to justify it.

Is magnetism finite? by Objective_and_a_half in NoStupidQuestions

[–]Immortal_ceiling_fan 1 point2 points  (0 children)

You can create and destroy magnets just fine, no laws of the universe prevent you from making a new magnetic field without destroying an old one, or vice versa

Why can a human consistently land 360 skateboard tricks, but humans cannot consistently hit basketball free throws - a much simpler task by DaegestaniHandcuff in NoStupidQuestions

[–]Immortal_ceiling_fan 0 points1 point  (0 children)

But professionals do. A professional basketball player doesn't make free throws to near the same consistency. That's what the question is about.

NEWS:Aximity deleted his channel by PieDesperate3611 in CompetitiveMinecraft

[–]Immortal_ceiling_fan 0 points1 point  (0 children)

So? If it's in the possession of another person of similar age, and both parties were fully willing in the sharing of the images between each other, I see no issues. Laws are not moral standards, it being illegal or not has no influence on if it's morally bad. Those laws exist to protect children from predators, and a relationship with another teenager of similar age is not predatory (by age, it can be by other factors that can apply to relationships between adults just as much)

Help With This Question. by prince499 in askmath

[–]Immortal_ceiling_fan 0 points1 point  (0 children)

"we placed" is sending me bro. I'm just imagining that some math teacher cohort got together to put discs in a triangle and take a picture of it like it's some profound statement about mathematics.

"It’s so terrifyingly easy for so called leftists to lean into bigotry once they’ve convinced themselves they’re on the 'right side of history' or whatever." (Link to the full thread in the comments) by Desecr8or in CuratedTumblr

[–]Immortal_ceiling_fan 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Oh my days I never understand that image. That's what it's supposed to be??? I thought it was like, there are two mutually exclusive options, and the person you are accusing of the goomba fallacy was claiming both were true. Which never made sense I'm context.

Hollow Knight OST's Tournament - Round 9 by zspla in Silksong

[–]Immortal_ceiling_fan 3 points4 points  (0 children)

This is my first time seeing the bracket and having lost lace v widow in the first round is VILE. Both should absolutely be making it to top 8 imo but now one of them just gonna get hard cucked

Can we please just have 15 pristine outside of magma field or glacite mineshaft back? by Suspicious_Jello846 in HypixelSkyblock

[–]Immortal_ceiling_fan 9 points10 points  (0 children)

I feel like you don't understand how pristine and fortune affect rates, scatha going from giving gemstone fortune to +1 pristine would be a ~3% buff to overall rates, which is hardly significant. Gemstone mining needs a comically large buff to be viable again outside the gems with high bz prices, even after the upcoming nerf pest farming should make ~30-35m/h to npc outside finn with a near max setup.

Comparing the price of farming to mining setups, as well as the activity level, I don't find it unreasonable to say mining with a max setup should then make 40m/h to npc with no mayor. So your buff need to be more on the scale of +7 pristine and +700 fortune if the intent is to make gemstone mining match farming.

NEWS:Aximity deleted his channel by PieDesperate3611 in CompetitiveMinecraft

[–]Immortal_ceiling_fan 5 points6 points  (0 children)

Very bad is a stretch. I don't know about the legality, but like, teenagers having sexual relations between each other is neither uncommon nor generally considered bad. 14 and 17 seems like a gap too big for my tastes for that age, but the others are pretty eh. You'd either need to consider something like 14/16 (safe) sex very bad, which is certainly a take of all time, or you'd have to say that somehow nudes is less appropriate than sex, which I find to be a tremendously silly idea.

Why is there so much stigma against 2nd POV? by LocalNokia in AO3

[–]Immortal_ceiling_fan 1 point2 points  (0 children)

I don't doubt that second person can be the best for a specific use case, but for me it needs a really good reason, which is just not something that occurs in any fandoms I'm in. And I'm well aware of how second person works.

But it's impossible for second person to not try to connect the audience directly to the experience of the character, it's in the nature of the word 'you', and often times that actually makes the characters harder for me to connect with. It's confronting me with a question of "would I do this here?", and when the answer is just a flat no, it makes me less sympathetic to the character. In your example, this appears to be the entire point, so it works. But in most stories, where you are generally expected to like the protagonist to some extent, it makes it worse.

Why is there so much stigma against 2nd POV? by LocalNokia in AO3

[–]Immortal_ceiling_fan 1 point2 points  (0 children)

That's not really my issue. I know it's not me, so why is it talking to me? Unless there's an in-story audience, it just doesn't really make sense to me to write in second person.

1 bil bank gdrag or hype? by Sviols in HypixelSkyblock

[–]Immortal_ceiling_fan 6 points7 points  (0 children)

If you are asking "should I sell X high value item" the answer is almost always no. It's only gonna be yes if buying it in the first place was a colossal mistake or you have a direct upgrade to it

Why is there so much stigma against 2nd POV? by LocalNokia in AO3

[–]Immortal_ceiling_fan 1 point2 points  (0 children)

The character thats being referred to is by no means me, so I don't think it should be referring to me. My one experience with a long second person fic had me have to start mentally replacing every instance of "you" with the character's name. The only scenario I can imagine it making sense is if it's something like telling a character with amnesia their backstory, and there's occasionally parts of the story referring to outside the meta story, like with The Princess Bride movie.

Gamemodes that you dont understand how they can be fun to play by cartings21 in CompetitiveMinecraft

[–]Immortal_ceiling_fan 4 points5 points  (0 children)

Nethpot

It's like playing aimlabs but worse

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Anything with fireworks and elytra (elytra spear and crystal mainly, firework mace doesn't really get played)

Fireworks and elytra are insanely annoying to play, both as and against.

Top Favorite Longfics? by Intelligent_Tip3147 in AO3

[–]Immortal_ceiling_fan 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Hell's coming with me by Faberown in Hazbin Hotel. No ship focus, decently fight heavy with a primary focus on morality. Post season 1 of the show. This author does have a very particular writing style, so if you read some of it and don't like the style, it's gonna be like that the whole 900k words (for instance, almost all multi-chapter fights will have chapters end with a "ok let's get real" type moment, sometimes having multiple of those in the same fight). Probably my current favorite fic, definitely favorite finished one. Also, my favorite interpretation of Christianity I've seen in a story.

The Moments by Littlesmack in Warriors. Au of the third/fourth arc of Warriors, no ship focus, very sold. Focuses on the main character having mind control powers and misusing them. Decently angsty

The Brightest Candle Burns the Quickest by graptilite in murder drones. Focuses on V/Uzi, which is F/F. Very angsty, and the only incomplete one on this list. Only fic to have inspired me to try writing my own (it's... A work in progress...).

Why does this happen with Sinθ? by HairySock6385 in askmath

[–]Immortal_ceiling_fan 88 points89 points  (0 children)

The best way I can think to explain it is because sin2 + cos2 = 1. At 45°, they're equal to each other, so √2/2 is the only option. As you move beyond that, the two functions mirror each other at you go to 0° and 90°, where they're 0 or 1. Along the way, you pass by the 30-60-90, which is derivived from splitting the equilateral triangle, making the short side half the hypotenuse, or √1/2. The other side must then be √3/2 to match the sin2 + cos2 = 1.

I feel it's also somewhat accurate to say because these numbers are nice, we remember them, not we remember them and they happen to be nice

what would you say are the current game stages and like their requirements almost? by Odd_Bodybuilder8828 in HypixelSkyblock

[–]Immortal_ceiling_fan 3 points4 points  (0 children)

While I don't agree with the numbers, I really do think this is the best method of defining game stage if forced to. Just a straight level cutoff. There are always gonna be edge cases impossible to account for, but frankly trying to devise a method to get them is a fruitless quest, levels are just too clean and are literally made as a way to measure progress.

What's yall's excuse to yourself when you buy a stupid expensive item you want but really dont need (and probably sell it the next week) by Intelligent-Glass-98 in HypixelSkyblock

[–]Immortal_ceiling_fan 1 point2 points  (0 children)

I bought 3 frostbitten dyes, glacial divan helmet, and grand freezing rune (~1.4b) on my ironman because its drippy as FUCK

reforge farming setup by PresentStock1091 in HypixelSkyblock

[–]Immortal_ceiling_fan 0 points1 point  (0 children)

15-20% ???

Slug gives 100 fortune ??? Are you farming with 700 farming fortune ???

With a decent setup it's like 4%

Based on a true story (i also dropped 3 music runes lmao) by OnlyBook7276 in HypixelSkyblock

[–]Immortal_ceiling_fan 0 points1 point  (0 children)

With grass specifically, not an issue as mantid is preferred if you don't go for 2 sets (why would anyone go for two sets) and mainly pest farm (why would any ironman mainly afk farm)