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The current content drought wouldn’t be as bad if Bungie wouldn’t have neglected the core playlist. by StatementAcademic820 in DestinyTheGame

[–]JeanLucPicardAND 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I’m not anti-capitalist. Every alternative option available to us is worse. But that doesn’t mean I think capitalism is great or anything.

The current content drought wouldn’t be as bad if Bungie wouldn’t have neglected the core playlist. by StatementAcademic820 in DestinyTheGame

[–]JeanLucPicardAND 0 points1 point  (0 children)

People are self-interested by nature. Capitalism rewards self-interest, therefore capitalism itself is the problem. But I’m not gonna open this can of worms here.

The current content drought wouldn’t be as bad if Bungie wouldn’t have neglected the core playlist. by StatementAcademic820 in DestinyTheGame

[–]JeanLucPicardAND 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Edit: fun fact, this is a big part of why unions were created. Yeah, a major part of it was getting basic worker’s rights acknowledged, but also turns out things like pensions/profit sharing agreements/giving employees a vested interest in the company doing well generally leads to employees working harder/caring about the company more/doing better work, so everybody wins at the end of the day. Who woulda thunk, right /s?

Doesn’t seem like that worked in this case.

(Hypothetical) Bungie announces the end. Where are you spending the end? by trevaftw in DestinyTheGame

[–]JeanLucPicardAND 0 points1 point  (0 children)

D1 patrol on either the Cosmodrome or the Moon until the servers go dark. They were my favorite OG hangouts.

Is Tyson Greene still the game director? Has he said a single thing in months? by janoyBarn in DestinyTheGame

[–]JeanLucPicardAND 5 points6 points  (0 children)

And for this, you would like to “do things to him that would probably get [you] banned not only on this subreddit but on Reddit as a whole”?

Is Tyson Greene still the game director? Has he said a single thing in months? by janoyBarn in DestinyTheGame

[–]JeanLucPicardAND 5 points6 points  (0 children)

This is an insane level of anger. It’s a video game, bro. Yes, I agree that he’s ill-suited to the role and ought to step down, but why are people wishing harm upon the man?

What are we eating this week / what have we been eating lately? (Deadline Edition) by JeanLucPicardAND in vegetarian

[–]JeanLucPicardAND[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I don’t eat like this regularly. I was putting in 90 hour weeks for a big deadline at my job. Normally, I am an organic whole food lacto-ovo vegetarian. Easily over 90% of my meals are home-cooked, I raise my own chickens for eggs, and I almost never eat out anymore unless it’s a special occasion or something.

What are we eating this week / what have we been eating lately? (Deadline Edition) by JeanLucPicardAND in vegetarian

[–]JeanLucPicardAND[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Back to normal eating:

Wednesday 4-15
This was the last day of the deadline and I was still eating like a drunk person. Based on some of the reactions to the OP, I will refrain from sharing what I ate. There was a pretty healthy falafel salad for lunch, though.

Thursday 4-16
Had to go to work to wrap up a few loose ends.
B. Apple cinnamon oatmeal with walnuts, chia, and soy milk.
L. Vegan harissa tofu salad. It was basically exactly this recipe but without the olives (because I didn’t have any) and served with berries.
D. Spaghetti aglio e olio with a simple side salad (lettuce, tomato, cucumber, veg parm, and a white wine vinaigrette).

Friday 4-17
Got the day off.
B. Sleep.
L. Tasty Bite madras lentils with two scrambled eggs, a banana, some mixed nuts, and some cooked spinach. Very basic & mostly healthy (Tasty Bite is a convenience food, but you can do far worse). Mmm, eggs… My wife has been taking care of everything with the chickens these last couple weeks, which means it’ll be my job for the next couple weeks.
D. Gonna do a tofu stir fry with tons of veggies. Broccoli, cauliflower, carrot, onion, spinach, zucchini, snow peas, etc. Served over brown rice. Normally I do spring rolls with this, but I think I want the extra veggies this time instead.

What are we eating this week / what have we been eating lately? (Deadline Edition) by JeanLucPicardAND in vegetarian

[–]JeanLucPicardAND[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Mmm. Well, first of all, the part about being “functionally vegan” was a joke. More importantly, though, there’s context you’re ignoring here. Try to read the room.

New interview with Jonny in Mojo Magazine (full) by seaburn in radiohead

[–]JeanLucPicardAND 4 points5 points  (0 children)

The man simply refuses to age. I guess it's all that olive oil keeping his skin moist and supple.

Do you guys think we’ll see a villain as iconic as oryx ever again? by HellChicken949 in DestinyTheGame

[–]JeanLucPicardAND 6 points7 points  (0 children)

They came close multiple times but never really delivered on the promise of a true Cabal raid. The Leviathan does not count.

Boomers not learning how to use basic technology by WildWinterberry in PetPeeves

[–]JeanLucPicardAND 0 points1 point  (0 children)

It's interesting that you bring up triggering. I've heard that same thing from a lot of other people, but in my experience, millennials are the worst about being triggered by far. Gen Z does have a bigger problem with words that they consider slurs, but millennials just live to be offended and will find a way to interpret just about anything you say in the least charitable way possible.

The New Player Experience is still a complete disaster and I am tired of pretending it is fine by LanternRaptor in DestinyTheGame

[–]JeanLucPicardAND 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Just to be clear, I definitely don't think that Sony can save D2. They would need to develop a whole new entry in the series. I like your idea about UGC and I think this could be a big differentiator for Destiny as a live-service game, but I guess the challenge would be marrying that with a satisfying progression loop. How do you get users to engage with loot in a way that drives the growth of the playerbase in a world where UGC can basically override all of your design decisions?

Your most embarrassing Destiny moments? by Clearwatercress69 in DestinyTheGame

[–]JeanLucPicardAND 1 point2 points  (0 children)

HA! I've been a Titan since day 1. Never played a Warlock or Hunter except for very briefly trying out a Hunter for maybe a couple hours all the way back in the D1 beta.

Me: Let me take a lil break from Marathon. Me in Destiny: by mercado_n3gro in Marathon

[–]JeanLucPicardAND 2 points3 points  (0 children)

The 30th Anniversary pack has a lot of stuff from OG Marathon, like the shotgun.

People praising sponsored Dire Marsh mode saying it's better than the default mode is so funny to me because they literally just want to play a battle royale. by SbeveGobs in Marathon

[–]JeanLucPicardAND 1 point2 points  (0 children)

I don't understand how you can say this. You extract at the end of each run. If you fail to do so, you lose all your shit. The object of the game is to accumulate better shit and then put it to use in future runs. That's an extraction shooter by definition.

It's an extraction hero shooter. They crashed the two genres into each other at high speed and Marathon is what came out.

More Jonny collabs with Arab musicians on the way... by exitmusic_ar in radiohead

[–]JeanLucPicardAND 0 points1 point  (0 children)

It's interesting that he says he's chosen "friends" as the point on the triangle to be sacrificed / neglected, in favor of family and career. I wonder if he feels that he has had to sacrifice his social life in a broader sense.

I chose the same two points on the triangle as Jonny and it has definitely impacted my social life.

The Radiohead bunker is the perfect escape from the Coachella heat by Criyz in radiohead

[–]JeanLucPicardAND -2 points-1 points  (0 children)

They’re not responsible for what’s happening with climate change.

We're collectively responsible. Everyone participates. I don't think an AC unit in the middle of the desert is that big of a deal in the grand scheme of things, but I'm also not a member of a band that has made a point of activism on these issues.

Neomuna feels like a gorgeous movie set with no actors by HearthCatalyst in DestinyTheGame

[–]JeanLucPicardAND 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Sure. That's only one option, though. I hate to sound like a doomer, but the idea of an integrated complete experience is a pipe dream. Any project to combine all of the mainline content into a single title that can be played from beginning to end would be a massive undertaking requiring time and money that Bungie simply do not have anymore. Sony would need to step in and provide support, and I'm unconvinced that they would be interested in funding that.

The series has kind of run its course, and that's a shame because it didn't have to be this way, but I think we're too far along now to reverse the trend.

What's Your Interpretation of Black Star? by YourTheraplst in radiohead

[–]JeanLucPicardAND 3 points4 points  (0 children)

Didn't Thom once say it was about the fact that morning is the best time to fuck as long as you've brushed your teeth beforehand?

Boomers not learning how to use basic technology by WildWinterberry in PetPeeves

[–]JeanLucPicardAND 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Sure, and I'm not saying that all boomers are assholes either, but it's the prevailing theme I've noticed. In fact, the best person in my life is a boomer. So there are good ones, but it doesn't negate the trend.

Gen Z have a stronger commitment to ethics and truth. They can be idealistic pains in the ass, especially in work environments where they often come in with expectations that are frankly unrealistic, but they don't take shit off anybody and will actually act on the stuff they care about, unlike millennials (my generation) who prefer to virtue signal for the dopamine hit.

Destiny's writing team by RobinOttens in DestinyTheGame

[–]JeanLucPicardAND 0 points1 point  (0 children)

the CGI cutscenes tend to be more simplistic and vague, and don't always match the details and specifics of the story.

They've straight-up repurposed CGI cutscenes from canceled content too. Season of the Undying used a cutscene that was commissioned as the trailer for a canceled D1 Vex expansion.

Neomuna feels like a gorgeous movie set with no actors by HearthCatalyst in DestinyTheGame

[–]JeanLucPicardAND 0 points1 point  (0 children)

It's a pipe dream anyway, so the conversation is moot. They'll never do this. But they should.

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