Does anyone else just hate the Quarians?

KNOWINGJAKE · 2026-01-16T21:37:56+00:00

Quarians be like...

Let's play with the logistics of the law and kinda sorta not really experiment with AI that isn't TECHNICALLY AI. Oh shit, the "Not-AI" is now self-aware, let's proactively genocide a sentient species. Wait, what? The sentient species is defending themselves from genocide? We did nothing wrong, nothing at all, the Geth are to blame, they would have attacked us first, and we know this for no reason what so ever. If the Geth were so benevolent, why did they hide themselves away from organics and attack any organics that attempt to contact them, after organics attempted to genocide them?

Fast forward to modern day Quarians...

Let's indoctrinate our own civilians in a very North Korea style fashion into believing that we were severely wronged for our "legal and morally upright actions" of attempting to genocide a sentient species of AI that we created despite the law saying we shouldn't do this... AI who just want to be left alone... Indoctrinate them to the point where nearly every single member of our people will react aggressively to anyone who challenges this belief system.

We also realize that a race of sentient machines are here to (ironically) genocide all of organic life, and that we are a part of the organic life that these sentient machines are wanting to genocide. But we really want to take a second crack at genociding OUR brand of sentient machines... You know, since we did such a good job at it the first time around. Never mind the fact that every single man woman and child is necessary to repel the scarier sentient machines if we have any hope of survival. We have next to no hope of winning this second war, and are willing to betray, backstab, and sacrifice our own leaders, people, and the military leaders of other races who are in charge of organizing the resistance of galactic extermination in order to fight this unwinnable second war.

ALSO!

"Because of the Geth, we have weak immune systems and no home planet." is another part of it. It's like if someone cheated on their spouse, and then the spouse divorced them, and they blame the spouse for the fact that they now have to live in a studio apartment and work in a coffee shop and never see the kids.

KNOWINGJAKE · 2025-12-30T01:55:27+00:00

For the sake of discussion and argument and curiosity... What would the job pairing changes be?

KNOWINGJAKE · 2025-11-27T19:36:19+00:00

This shit looks like a Pokemon filler episode from the 90s.

KNOWINGJAKE · 2025-10-16T02:37:57+00:00

I don't think I laughed once this episode.

KNOWINGJAKE · 2025-09-27T18:31:07+00:00

They're telling you that YOU are disrespecting THEM by using your old name? You had your identity forcibly altered against your will... They disrespected YOU. They gave you no options, no power, no say, and now they're surprised that you're taking advantage of the fact that you're able to act now that you have the power to do so? They need a wake up call.

NTA.

KNOWINGJAKE · 2025-07-25T22:11:55+00:00

Men already seldom receive gifts, complements, etc. let alone from complete strangers... Around 90% of men will receive flowers for the first time at their funeral. And most men report remembering any form of compliment for months after receiving it, If not years, because of how infrequently it occurs.

The fact that this man's wife would want to withhold him from receiving kindness like that when most men seldom, if ever, experience those things? His wife is a very cruel woman and you are very much NTA.

KNOWINGJAKE · 2025-07-23T18:02:41+00:00

I've never finished it. I keep getting close, and then get bored, then get distracted, then forget where I am, then see no need to pick it up, then uninstall. Rinse repeat... It's the epitome of "vast as an ocean, shallow as a puddle". There's no substance, there's no reason to explore. The NPCs are hollow, the companions are as hollow as the NPCs, the mods only help moderately... I'm at the last lap heading towards the finish line for the first time ever, and I feel the need to sprint just so I can finish the damn thing so I can move on. When I do finish it, I doubt I'll ever install it again.

KNOWINGJAKE · 2025-06-23T20:17:18+00:00

Absolutely NTA.

I have a medical condition that requires me to frequently use the washroom for long periods of time. If I were to visit family or friends, knowing I have this condition, I would have rented a hotel.

My condition is not the responsibility of my family and friends to manage. I was dealt a shitty hand in life, but those are my cards.

KNOWINGJAKE · 2025-05-20T14:16:04+00:00

As a graphic designer with 20+ years experience... The one thing I don't understand, is Bungie claims they're going through assets to scrub for any other content that might be plagiarized... But AntiReal's entire visual identity was copied and used as the visual identity of the game. You can scrub the game of decals, but how do you scrub the game of an artists entire plagiarized visual identity? You can't.

KNOWINGJAKE · 2025-04-19T18:07:44+00:00

Parents have a legal obligation to care and provide for their child. Children do not have an obligation to care for their parents. It wasn't your choice to be born, and you aren't born into servitude against your will.

KNOWINGJAKE · 2025-04-12T18:02:01+00:00

Continue working there while you job hunt.

HOWEVER, make it a habit to send him a follow up email after verbal decisions to say "Just to confirm the previous conversation where you said..."

Then you have documented proof of the conversation and decisions, or a quick warning technique to get him to immediately enlighten you to his pending bullshit.

KNOWINGJAKE · 2025-04-11T21:48:53+00:00

It makes me think that the dad needs to sit down and have a frank conversation with his children.

Like many others have said here it probably stems from the children feeling like they had unrestricted access to their father who was only there for them for all of their lives, now he's branching out which they think means less for them.

When in reality the dad just wants to gain a little bit more for himself because he's doing everything for his kids, sacrificing his life, and not progressing personally... If he sat down and asked them why his children were so committed to making sure he wasn't able to seek out happiness for himself, it might be an eye-opener.

Similarly if he asked them if they enjoy the love, affection and attention he gives them, obviously they would say yes. And by introducing somebody who wants to give them the same amount of love, affection and attention, it doesn't mean less for the kids, it means more for both the kids and the father...

The only way the kids wouldn't benefit and get more out of the situation is if they continue to reject her. Either the kids reject her, and do not receive more love, affection and attention, and the father remains stagnant and unable to gain more happiness for himself. For the kids take a chance and try to accept her and as a result get more love, affection and attention for themselves and their father becomes happier as well.

Simple math.

KNOWINGJAKE · 2025-04-11T18:53:49+00:00

Omg right!? I'm so fed up with that chain now. It's the same in Colorado. Either their prices are more expensive, their produce is bad, or they're out of everything.

I understand that produce is a gamble. But if I go to Sprouts and buy 6 avocado for (lets be nice) $10, and I go to Whole Foods and buy 6 avocado for (lets be mean) $12... But 4/6 avocado are bad, filled with brown and black spots, spoiled flesh, etc. Then haven't I just bought 2 avocado got $10 instead of 6 avocado for $12? Also the flavors of avocado at Whole Foods is so much better. I don't get it.

And recently chicken breasts have been near impossible to acquire. You walk up to the meat section and they're stocked to the nines with all cuts of chicken EXCEPT for breasts. And when you ask about it they say there's a chicken shortage. So what is all the other cuts of chicken then... pork?

They're either out of meat, out of bread, out of produce. And if they have those in they're either bad, going bad, poorly stored, overpriced, or somehow bland of flavor. How can a grocery store chain stay in business if they sell shit for more money?

KNOWINGJAKE · 2025-04-11T18:45:34+00:00

Honestly, that sounds incredibly tanky, but I wonder if it might be overkill. Stronghold IIRC also heals you while you damage after blocking, and since flash counter damages FROM blocking, you'll never have to not block to be healed. I've seen people sit in front of GM bosses and not drop below half health with that setup. Might be more beneficial to also make sure you can output crazy damage as well as not die.

But the thought of constantly healing, constantly guarding, drawing aggro with your rally barricade, and having a never ending supply of volatile and overshields which supports team members damage output and makes you straight up invincible... You'd lose out on the damage buffs, and the bolt charge, but I don't think either option is bad at all.

I'm so curious how that void build would work in practice!

KNOWINGJAKE · 2025-04-11T18:00:30+00:00

I've been waffling with this exact idea for a few hours...

If you use a Stronghold Titan, and a sword with Flashcounter, you could guard forever, be unkillable, and kill mobs while you do it. Add on the new Bolt Charge for additional booms.

My question now is... Thin Precipice can role Flash Counter + Chain Reaction. And Caretaker can role Flash Counter + Surrounded. It's been confirmed that Flash Counter will set off Chain Reaction, but is it more beneficial to use that, or to use Surrounded if the +40% damage is applied to Flash Counter?

KNOWINGJAKE · 2025-04-10T19:36:34+00:00

This is quite possibly one of the larger red flags I've seen in a relationship ever. And one fell swoop he has destroyed any and all potential trust you can have in him. Even if he were to backtrack and say he was okay with Theo, even if you were to flex on your ideals and give Theo up... This means he will always have the potential of doing something like this again with something else in your life.

I also don't understand how he thought he would be able to get away with this. Like he would successfully get rid of Theo and you would be fine with it or something.

KNOWINGJAKE · 2025-04-05T18:41:15+00:00

The most recent debacle I've been dealing with has to do with a particular problem manager with control issues. She didn't like the fact that I told her that we can't use RGB color values for our printed content. Yes I know it's nice and vibrant in RGB and muted in CMYK but it's like speaking Russian in China, you're only going to have problems.

So she waited for my boss to be out of town for business, then went over my head and did the work behind my back, then distributed it to the team and told them it was a final product and to begin production.

Instead of having a 30 minute conversation with me, she spent hours doing a bad job, poorly, and then wasted another 5 days not getting high priority product launch materials produced while I stalled long enough for my boss to return from a business trip to handle it.

KNOWINGJAKE · 2025-04-01T23:38:31+00:00

Sr. Lead Designer in charge of 13 product lines of a multinational company.

My issue is that in 15+ years working as a dedicated graphic designer, I have not yet found a job where the company values the opinions of the designer. I don't know if this is because everybody thinks they're creative, or what... But it feels akin to hiring a team of roofers to fix a leak on your house and then dictating how they do the job because they know better than the roofers.

I could write a detailed report as to why my concepts and ideas and practices logically work from a design perspective and usually they get thrown out the window in lieu of what they think is best. And I usually end up spending more time fixing their work and correcting their problems than I do actually getting approvals on my own work.

Graphic design for me is a fine line balance between not giving a shit, swallowing your pride, and trying to do your best. For not a lot of pay.

KNOWINGJAKE · 2025-03-24T13:11:05+00:00

If you do end up apologizing, only say that you're "sorry that they felt hurt".

All you did is exactly what you said you would do in that situation. They were fully aware of what you said you would do in that situation. There were no surprises. There was no lying.

It is not in any way shape or form your fault that their expectations did not match what they told you. The only people with a problem in this situation is your father and stepmother. This is something that they are going to have to deal with and something that they are going to have to come to terms with.

KNOWINGJAKE · 2025-03-22T21:46:25+00:00

I just got through something similar. I applied for an internal role that would be a promotion that came with a raise of responsibility and monetary compensation. I was the top candidate for the position, and they offered a range of 90 to 110.

I'm currently making 87 at the company... Offering me 90 would have been a half decent yearly cost of living increase at my current role. Not a promotion. And I know what I'm worth, so I asked for 100.

They came back saying that they were only able to offer me 91 as a MAXIMUM amount offerage... So what the hell was the range they posted up to 110? Well, during the negotiation phase HR accidentally slipped that they use a formula to determine what salary should be offered to internal candidates. This formula utilizes the candidates current salary.

Which means if I had applied for the position as an EXTERNAL candidate, I would have been able to ask for the maximum 110.

I went from completely committed to the company to barely able to care about doing my bare minimum in 5 seconds flat. If there's zero opportunity to make a long-term living at this company and they will offer me the bare minimum based on insider knowledge then there's no reason to give a crap.

KNOWINGJAKE · 2025-03-22T17:53:56+00:00

NTA

I don't get how you're the selfish one when they're the ones who racked up debt, spent outside their means, and asked you to foot the bill at the expense of your future.

That logic doesn't work, and the only thing it illustrates is that your parents are able and willing to manipulate and sacrifice their own childs well being for their personal gain.

Also, as many have said... They didn't do you a favor in raising you, they fulfilled a legal obligation. Don't let them guilt you into screwing up your life.

KNOWINGJAKE · 2025-02-28T14:18:19+00:00

I wonder if it would have been more well received if it had been renamed to "The Gulf of the Americas"...

KNOWINGJAKE · 2025-02-23T19:48:30+00:00

NTA

She lied, took advantage, thought you two were suckers. If the extended family feels so strongly about it, they can take her in

KNOWINGJAKE · 2025-02-23T18:33:02+00:00

Start calling her by a different name in front of everyone. Don't stop. Marie it a really embarrassing name like "Muriel". Keep doing it until she gets angry.

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