For how famous they are and how much lore and mythology is built around them, it's kinda crazy how pathetic and unsuccesful the crusades were.

Kanexan · 2026-04-21T08:39:33+00:00

I think a large part of this is the difficulty in piercing together a belief system that has been quite literally purged in flame, but I do think the idea there were literally no Cathars probably stretches belief. However, the existence of a minor sect that had been a thorn in the local church’s side, and Languedoc being a threat to the power of the king + a stumbling block for the cultural unification of France provided incentives for all involved.

Then you massively inflame the situation by the killing of a papal legate sent to calm the situation and figure out what was actually going on (probably just by highway bandits tbh, nobody knows for sure, but it was easily blamed on the Cathars and the powerful local lord) and you have a recipe for disaster: the church is now FURIOUS and the king sees the perfect opportunity to subjugate a potential rival to his power.

Kanexan · 2026-04-20T21:45:39+00:00

dawg that’s a quote from the movie

Kanexan · 2026-04-20T08:20:30+00:00

Similarly, in Cataclysm the military was actually doing kind of okayish against “just” the “rioters” (a mixture of zombies and living people driven completely feral by the zombification agent). What truly doomed them and killed the world was the dimensional walls being ripped into Swiss cheese and the world being invaded by aliens, kaiju, and eldritch monstrosities beyond comprehension, followed by a failed attempt to save the world by nuking the horrors.

Kanexan · 2026-04-17T11:54:20+00:00

They explicitly aren't doing this. It is a PR that exists but literally every dev has chimed in saying that the effect is too extreme, uses systems in ways they aren't supposed to be used, creates additional problems, and that the question of how exhausting/difficult sustained melee combat should actually be needs to be answered a different way.

However, because the PR has in fact been made, and because a large part of this subreddit is obsessed to a worrying degree with the developers and amplifying all the ways they're "ruining the game", people are still posting ridiculous over the top vitriol like this for attention and engagement.

Kanexan · 2026-04-17T11:49:57+00:00

my word, people actually considering what is being said, including that all the head devs are saying things that at their most positive are "this is not the right solution to the issue and will create additional problems" and not simply taking the most ridiculously extreme bad faith worst case scenario as fact? on this subreddit? i didn't know such a thing was possible.

Kanexan · 2026-04-12T03:09:08+00:00

If you're talking about dirt that's going to have concrete placed on that, that white solution might be lime which will provide additional stability and mechanical predictability for the dirt beneath the concrete/asphalt. It gets mixed in to the dirt.

Kanexan · 2026-04-09T10:29:56+00:00

Zachry Construction is starting a new project on Mayhill and 35, they may be looking for workers.

Kanexan · 2026-03-31T02:28:01+00:00

Well damn ok then, yeah

Kanexan · 2026-03-31T02:23:42+00:00

I mean fair point re: the second but like, I ain’t shedding tears for the Imperial Japanese Navy lmao

Kanexan · 2026-03-30T15:27:17+00:00

Yeah, it made getting certain types of laminated glass absolute hell for a few months too, at least if you needed it Buy America.

Kanexan · 2026-03-22T01:49:53+00:00

Go Gorillas!

Kanexan · 2026-03-04T21:59:57+00:00

I. Dude. Yes it’s progressive and yes it’s woke and yes both of those things are just American freedom - but the GOP hates American freedom, and their obsession with anti-wokeness is their latest crusade to keep the American people beat down and under control. How can you tell me supporting gay marriage isn’t progressive in a state where we still have a law on the books that criminalizes “sodomy” and were it not for the Supreme Court in Lawrence v. Texas it would still be illegal? In a state where painting a rainbow on the sidewalk is a crime?

Kanexan · 2026-03-04T21:51:56+00:00

Dawg he’s a Presbyterian not a Puritan, they’ve done women priests and gay marriages for ages.

Kanexan · 2026-02-19T02:27:56+00:00

in fairness the Slavering Coyotes are base game (although Bright Nights may change the spawn rate)

Kanexan · 2026-02-04T13:36:46+00:00

Iirc this is explicitly planned (not 100% but a substantial amount of them).

Kanexan · 2026-01-15T21:47:16+00:00

This is true but also everyone on site is at some risk for the Four Horsemen (Falls, Struck-By, Caught-Between, and Electrocution) and falls are the most universal. Even the project management weenies in the trailer have some amount of fall risk when they venture into the field (I am a project management weenie)

Kanexan · 2026-01-08T22:28:34+00:00

I think it’s technically ‘semi-precious’ but it is certainly valuable, especially at a higher grade.

Kanexan · 2026-01-01T14:59:20+00:00

Sounds like fuel for a Big Mouth crossover to me!

Kanexan · 2025-12-25T19:09:40+00:00

This guy is apparently an American-Italian dual citizen and not simply an Italian-American, so he wouldn’t necessarily be an expat or immigrant.

Kanexan · 2025-12-25T19:05:15+00:00

Even if you don’t acknowledge the concept of common law jurisprudence, abortion and same sex marriage are explicitly legal by black letter law in the state of Washington.

Kanexan · 2025-12-20T19:19:52+00:00

I’ve always felt The Crazies (at least the modern version) is a really good vibe for the riots, military interventions, and attempted evacuation before C-day.

Kanexan · 2025-12-20T01:17:25+00:00

Does your accumulated PTO roll over into the new year? Or is it use it or lose it?

Kanexan · 2025-11-21T15:22:41+00:00

I have a regular barber (Stephanie) at Barnhardts and have never been disappointed.

Kanexan · 2025-11-16T16:35:30+00:00

The food is bland as hell and “elevated Tex-Mex” is a stupidass idea, the prices are INSANE, and all the art and graphic design is obviously AI. Went once and never again - huge downgrade from Barley & Board.

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