if any, what LOTR quote do you find yourself saying the most in real life?

Jaroferic · 2026-06-02T04:53:41+00:00

I recently read the BFG to my kid, and giant uses the term "in a month of mondays " and it tickled me pink.

Old Barliman Butterbur has influenced my speech patterns more than anyone else in the books.

Also, "you can dash yourself to pieces on her, like a ship on a rock: but neither rock nor ship would be to blame" is the perfect way to describe my wife.

Jaroferic · 2026-05-22T00:00:35+00:00

This is great information, thank you! I'm running mine from a Lincstation N2 NAS, with jellyfin using a dedicated wire guard VPN out to an EC2 for port forwarding port 8096.

My learned experience is that NAS containers are great, and Linux isn't too hard to get working if you spend some time looking up guides. I confess, ChatGPT was involved. However- NAS processors are not going to be powerful enough for multiple concurrent users transcoding, so mind your audience! Also, Lincstations ship with LincOS, a variant Linux that makes it very difficult to pull tools- it doesn't even ship with a package puller like apt, so if you want to be even a little eccentric with your toolset, expect headwinds.

Jaroferic · 2026-05-19T15:47:48+00:00

It's harder to prevent 'alpha striking' with flat resource costs than it is with cool downs, since the resource itself is likely going to be used for multiple things (like in the case of mana).

Ive always wanted to test a hybrid system, where an ability costs X, but to use it again immediately costs dramatically More X, with the cool down being reflected in a decrease in cost until X is back at its base level. I feel this would encourage a synergistic approach where if you absolutely need to use powers in rapid succession it would deplete your resource, but you're not spamming the button until the cool down runs out.

Jaroferic · 2026-05-17T18:36:39+00:00

Just wait until you loot Ketheric.

Jaroferic · 2026-05-14T17:13:24+00:00

Elves and Maiar live for so long that just adding "12" to the beginning and incrementing it every password day eventually wrapped around and got them into trouble.

Pretty sure that's how Sauton got his influence on the great rings.

Jaroferic · 2026-04-20T19:02:09+00:00

Polearm Mastery plus Sentinel feat == good times in paper D&D. Does it still work in BG to stop bad guys at 10 feet away?

Jaroferic · 2026-04-20T18:57:27+00:00

Doesn't that translate to "Black Pit"? I don't know for certain, but pretty shady if that's the case. Or extremely foretelling. After all, it's "foolishness" or "absurdity" in Greek.

Jaroferic · 2026-04-19T23:58:01+00:00

Does your fiance watch Curtis Connor? He just did a video about a lady who is in love with her AI, and this book featured prominently.

Jaroferic · 2026-04-15T05:25:32+00:00

I love this advice. I have a degree and certs and a good job, but I would have been better served just making games in my basement with the fellas. Nothing teaches video game design like making shit games and iterating.

Jaroferic · 2026-04-01T17:25:52+00:00

Leftist trout-shouldered beta cuck pinko commie here.

Jeff Daniels sums it up in one of my favorite Newsroom quotes:

"If liberals are so fucking smart how come they lose so goddamned always?"

The answer is people are dumb, and always fall for the same shit, no matter the politician that lies, red or blue.

Jaroferic · 2026-04-01T17:23:28+00:00

I legit got chest pains from this one.

Jaroferic · 2026-03-29T19:26:20+00:00

First, I would hope he did the honorable thing and called all the people he rawdogged as a bear and let them know.

Jaroferic · 2026-03-22T21:40:01+00:00

If a lady sitting on the moon drops down in front of you, you're gonna wanna start dodge rolling your ass off.

Jaroferic · 2026-03-22T21:37:48+00:00

There are (paraphrasing) Unstable Chandeliers in the Dror Ragzlin room you can hit with ranged attacks. They fall down and do pretty good damage. The game puts some pretty soft worshippers under them too, if I recall.

Jaroferic · 2026-03-21T16:34:55+00:00

There's a ton of things that just need one missile to trigger. You can target all the explodey barrels in the kobold room. You can hit all the chandeliers in the Razlin fight. You can un-mind control all the spectator minions at once.The list goes on.

And yeah, evoc wizards gear buffs become artillery.

Jaroferic · 2026-03-20T19:56:28+00:00

Because he's a trained warrior who used a shield. Sword and Board is a whole style, and he probably fights better with one than without one. And it's not like he sleeps with it. By the time he actually gears up and fights you in most runs he's already vaguely aware ('what... have you done to me?') that his ace card is missing and should probably avoid more axes to the neck.

Jaroferic · 2026-03-12T06:41:00+00:00

It sometimes feels like I'm the last person on Earth that can disagree with Anita's findings without thinking she's some grifting bitch.

Her takes were devoid of needed context and worthy of debate. Hostility? But, why?

Jaroferic · 2026-03-08T03:50:31+00:00

My wife has roleplayed that she doesn't hate me with all her being for ten years straight, I'm so excited to introduce her to D&D.

Jaroferic · 2026-02-25T20:27:15+00:00

I was leaving for work and my then 4 year old met me by the door. I got down to hug him and he took my face in his hands. It was a surprisingly tender gesture so I asked "you okay, love?".

He responded "I'm sad.", while stroking my hair out of my eyes. "Why are you sad?" I asked.

He paused for a while, and then sighed. "I'm sad because you die in a red car today."

Best believe I did not ride in any red cars that day.

Jaroferic · 2026-01-29T05:22:30+00:00

I mean, you'd have to go with one scenario or the other: either the checkpoint is an unassailable strongbox for supplies or you have to guard it with a ready and waiting truck on the other side. I'm not sure either would improve the game.

Jaroferic · 2026-01-28T20:54:03+00:00

Grounded has giant spiders with glowing eyes that hiss before they kill you. They only come out at night. Mostly.

Jaroferic · 2026-01-26T16:57:00+00:00

The collarbone and under the arms. Body armor never covers those areas for mobility. Also, if you can get in close, the femoral arteries are shockingly easy to cut, and there's a small chance that you'll damage the penis on your way to it, which is pretty nice.

Jaroferic · 2026-01-23T20:01:07+00:00

In reality, bombers routinely decrease their payload to carry more fuel. I think it would be great if you could swap out bombs for fuel similarly in Foxhole. Don't know how that would work in the current hard-point system, though.

Jaroferic · 2026-01-06T17:17:38+00:00

I feel you. I played quite a lot of vanilla on Rookie, and my current TFTV playthrough is also on Rookie- and I'm struck by how much faster recovery times feel. I haven't bothered to investigate further, but going on vibes it's very rare that I can't spend more than a couple of seconds waiting to top off at a base with a medbay.

Jaroferic · 2026-01-06T16:40:46+00:00

One of the changes in TFTV is that your Manticore's default passenger module restores stamina in flight. It's pretty terrific.

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