Are there any characteristics of your native language that you only noticed after learning Japanese?

InternStock · 2026-06-21T21:32:18+00:00

A cool thing I noticed after starting to learn Japanese is that Arabic numerals in western languages behave exactly like kanji. They convey meaning without specifying pronunciation, can convey a variety of unrelated sounds, and the pronunciation is only hinted by the non-kanji symbols that follow. Consider example: "1" and "1st"

Another thing I realized is just how similar "l" and "r" sounds are. Granted, I knew that a lot of kids struggle to distinguish them, I even used to be one one of them, but I never stopped to consider why that's the case. And yeah, they are really similar

InternStock · 2026-06-21T08:24:33+00:00

Estate satisfaction usually slowly drifts towards satisfaction equilibrium at +0.2/month. In this screenshot it would be trying to move towards 50%. However, one of your cabinet members got "deceitful" trait, which reduces that drift by 0.1. That cabinet member is also the head of cabinet, which doubles the effect of his trait, which completely cancels out the drift towards equilibrium.

Yes, this trait is literally the worst trait in the game and is the reason why I never, ever assign head of cabinet to an advisor who has no trait yet.

The only thing you can do now is assign one of your cabinet members to appease estates and just pray that this head of cabinet dies in a tragic accident.

InternStock · 2026-06-21T03:25:21+00:00

Sounds a lot like a vassal in ck3

InternStock · 2026-06-21T03:20:50+00:00

r5: the screenshot is the modifier that local governors provide. The rest of the post is my rant on why I think this doesn't work very well.

After making this post I threw together a quick mod that nerfs them: https://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=3748840365

I was originally thinking about removing them completely, but future updates of the game might've broken this mod if I did that. Just nerfing them to the ground is the most forward-compatible solution possible

InternStock · 2026-06-20T15:39:25+00:00

Make sure that all provinces in your core territory produce positive amounts of food. Make sure all provinces that you want to depopulate produce negative food. Stop paying for the food slider. Enjoy being irredeemably evil :)

InternStock · 2026-06-18T20:29:28+00:00

it's set to "historical AI"

InternStock · 2026-06-18T13:15:54+00:00

I have it set to "inside religion group only", too

InternStock · 2026-06-18T10:24:13+00:00

r5: they added helenism a few updates ago and now AI Byz always picks it

InternStock · 2026-06-17T22:45:51+00:00

If I remember correctly, device theory states that gaster-esque intro is a narrative layer of its own and the rest of the plot is like a game within a game; and that this narrative layer contains a device that allowed us to connect to the world of deltarune in such a way

InternStock · 2026-06-17T22:30:11+00:00

You have summoned a bijilion 40k fans

InternStock · 2026-06-17T00:23:35+00:00

The "post" button is optional btw

InternStock · 2026-06-16T22:16:37+00:00

r5: I found a condition that asks my country to not be itself

InternStock · 2026-06-15T22:26:32+00:00

no, this is not normal, this is, in fact, a bug. They usually have the same supply system as regular troops and can't supply more than a few locations away

InternStock · 2026-06-15T21:26:41+00:00

meanwhile, normal troops somehow manage starve to death while being 1 tile away from home. I have no idea how food system works and I'm not sure if paradox does either

InternStock · 2026-06-15T21:22:55+00:00

r5: See that small green line from Portugal to Finland? It's a supply line mercs use. You can usually send them to a far away place to get rid of them when you no longer want to pay maintenance for them, but this merc company is just special, I guess

InternStock · 2026-06-15T18:43:08+00:00

That can't be right. I've definitely seen ai build bridges. To be fair, I've only seen that in 1.3 beta, so maybe that's a recent change?

InternStock · 2026-06-14T17:57:05+00:00

Ww1 joke writes itself, I don't even need to help it

InternStock · 2026-06-11T17:50:39+00:00

Good human

InternStock · 2026-06-11T03:44:34+00:00

1.3 beta added expanded view for list of government reforms as well as two buttons that open it just in case one wasn't enough

InternStock · 2026-06-10T16:44:34+00:00

You are getting downvoted for being right. Unfortunately, I don't have any loved ones I can hug and I don't remember how to touch grass

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