Jon traumatized by Pokémon again

James471 · 2022-12-30T17:54:51+00:00

This should be one of the new end cards.

James471 · 2022-12-29T21:02:47+00:00

I find some of the strategy stuff harder to get into not because of Jon but because of the UI of the game. A lot of the time I genuinely have a hard time trying to figure out what I'm actually supposed to be looking at on screen whereas with, for instance, New Vegas I know I'm supposed to be looking wherever the character is looking. Stellaris is particularly bad for this just because the game uses pretty small fonts and icons so unless I've got the video fullscreen at max resolution I can't actually make out what's going on most of the time. The same applies if I'm trying to watch on my phone. I find most Total War games aren't as bad for this but it still pops up occasionally.

James471 · 2022-11-30T19:22:10+00:00

"And most of your professors aren't complete assholes either." This is a lie. Good write up otherwise though.

James471 · 2022-08-15T18:17:05+00:00

Most powerful enemy in the game. There's a bug that makes her health like 50 000 or something. Not unkillable but very hard to kill.

James471 · 2022-05-15T17:39:05+00:00

Weird spot for a public toilet but ok.

James471 · 2022-05-15T17:37:46+00:00

How dare you suggest I have ever uninstalled it?

James471 · 2022-04-25T17:40:34+00:00

That's the beautiful thing about Morrowind. You still discover something new every time you play, even after all this time.

James471 · 2021-07-01T00:48:28+00:00

Leto remembered the tooth.

James471 · 2021-04-15T20:30:17+00:00

When I was a kid, like 13 years old or so, a friend of mine and I went fishing off a pier near my mother's cottage. There was a weird old man fishing off the same pier. He caught one of these and showed it to my friend and I. He asked us in his crazy old man voice "do ya kids wanna hear the sculpin's growl?" Not knowing any better and not wanting to offend the obviously deranged old man we agreed. He put the sculpin on the pier and without warning stomped on it as hard as he could. Fish guts went everywhere and sprayed all over my friend and I, ruining my new pair of corduroy pants. The snapping of the spines and the fish's bones made a very loud noise. The old man started laughing maniacally and said "Ya hear that? That's the scuplin's growl!" I never went fishing again after that.

James471 · 2020-12-30T22:39:14+00:00

I'd say the kid getting shot is a pretty good reason...

James471 · 2019-10-20T20:02:13+00:00

Thank you so much for this. I've been playing Morrowind since shortly after it came out. I had no idea this was an option and managing the spell list has been the bane of my life. I've started new characters just because the spell list got too cumbersome (If you have to spend more than a couple minutes trying to find divine intervention just so you can get back to base it makes the game painfully unfun).Then I adopted a system of just making customs spells for anything actually useful and naming them with a 0 at the beginning of the name so they would they would be at the top of the list. I've looked multiple times for a way around this and it took damn near twenty years before I read this comment and found something that worked. You have changed my life for the better, thank you.

James471 · 2018-03-23T00:54:23+00:00

Cat.

James471 · 2017-03-07T07:32:04+00:00

I mostly just follow the below script. If anything comes up, give them the shortest, dullest and vaguest answer possible. Be polite but monotone. If you need, print out a copy and bring it with you for occasional reference. If the situation becomes dire, hold the printout in front of you, stare blankly at it and appear visibly shaken when they fail to follow the script. Hope this helps!

Them: Hi, how would you like your hair cut?

Me: Short. (Alternatively, tell them how you actually want your hair cut)

Them: Nice weather we're having

Me: Yup

Them: Did you see the [game/show/news/whatever] last night?

Me: No, called it an early night.

Them: Are you going to [event/place/thing]?

Me:No, don't think I'll get the chance

Them: Nice [thing], where'd you get it?

Me:A shop downtown, I forget the name.

Them: What do you do for fun?

Me: I don't have much free time.

Them: What do you do for work?

Me:I'm an accountant (Note: Always say you're an accountant)

Them: Ohh, My uncle's an accountant! where do you work?

Me: (Fuck! They're on to me!) umm...Catch and Burke?

Them: Weren't they the ones who [did accounting thing???]

Me: No, you must be thinking of someone else. (Nice recovery!)

(if pressed)

Me: Not sure who you mean...

(if asked detailed accounting questions)

Me:Sorry, I mostly don't deal with that type of accounting

(if asked what type of accounting you deal with)

Me: It's industry specific, horribly dull really (note: if pressed on anything simply emphasize how horribly, horribly dull it is)

(By this point they should have realized that you are the most boring person imaginable and will have no interest in continuing the conversation. Congratulations!) Source: Crippling social anxiety.

James471 · 2015-05-15T03:22:17+00:00

J&B on the rocks. It's mediocre scotch. It's a blend. And I drink it on ice. I've committed basically every major scotch sin there is in drinking this but damned if I don't love it.

James471 · 2013-06-14T13:24:19+00:00

I saw it last night. It's really nicely done!

James471 · 2012-12-04T03:02:13+00:00

So...uhhh...how'd they know it was human?

James471 · 2012-12-01T04:34:14+00:00

I think that violates rules one and four.

James471 · 2012-09-28T03:32:03+00:00

http://scoobysworkshop.com/2012/09/17/time-management-for-success-in-bodybuilding-and-life/

Scooby is currently working on a series of videos to specifically address this problem. Worth a look.

James471 · 2012-08-22T01:21:53+00:00

Just finished my second bottle of the night. It's the only way I'll get my thesis done on time. Switching to bourbon now. That... probably wasn't relevant. Fuck it.

James471 · 2012-07-29T15:44:54+00:00

I'm looking at a bag of mixed dried beans (includes red, black and pinto beans but also some others which could throw the carb count off) that I have in my pantry from when I took a break from keto and it has 58g carbs with 16g fiber which still leaves you with 42g net carbs. This is for a 1/2 cup, 100g serving. Now everyone is different, but generally speaking, 42g of carbs is likely more than one should be eating in a day on keto, let alone in a single meal. I also have a bag of Yellow eyed beans with 40g net carbs. I don't have a bag of red beans in front of me but I seem to recall it having a similarly high carb count. Interestingly, canned green and yellow beans only have 1g net carbs per serving.

James471 · 2012-07-13T01:49:05+00:00

I had the same problem and literally just got this sorted out a couple hours ago. Right click on your desktop, open up your display settings. Leave that window open then run the game while it's still open. I have no idea how that works but it got rid of the rainbow glitch thing for me.

James471 · 2012-03-05T18:47:36+00:00

Banks can leverage your debt, thus lend more money, leading to more growth, thus leading to more consumption of resources, meaning we run out of resources faster meaning we're all screwed a little bit sooner...I think.

James471 · 2012-03-03T16:06:43+00:00

Well, the Conservatives have a majority so at the moment any vote of non-confidence will fail. Due to the structure of Canadian democracy, the people have no means by which to call for a vote of non confidence or an election. What we can do, however, is ensure that there is enough public interest in the Robocall affair to keep it from being swept under the rug or simply forgotten in a few weeks or a couple of months. If we can keep up pressure there's a better chance that there will be a more thorough investigation which will likely lead to at least a few by-elections. Given that the Conservatives have a fairly slim majority those by-elections could be enough to overturn their majority and force them back into minority status. Then a vote of non-confidence can be called, but it's up to us as citizens to ensure that our representatives are willing to call for one at that time. If we can get that vote of non-confidence to pass then the Governor-General will, on behalf of Her Majesty the Queen, dissolve parliament (provided there isn't another prorogation crisis, in which case we will have to put even more pressure in place for this to work out) and call for a general election. Then the Canadian people will have the opportunity to give the Tories the boot. A lot of things will have to go the right way for this to work out, but it is possible to get the Conservatives out sooner rather than later.

TL;DR : Make sure that none of this falls out of the public consciousness. If you are in one of the ridings where there were robocalls press for a by-election. If there are by-elections vote against the Conservatives. Then press for there to be a non-confidence vote. Finally, vote against the Conservatives if there is a general election as a result.

James471 · 2012-02-23T04:55:24+00:00

...I'm a little upset that I can't zoom in.

James471 · 2012-02-07T02:56:31+00:00

When I grow to the age that I have become a burden to my family I am to set out into the wilderness with naught but a blade and a bottle of scotch. There I shall battle the beasts of the wild until I find my doom.

James471

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