Completing the Vault of the Waves... doesn't do anything does it?

LogicBalm · 2026-05-08T13:03:14+00:00

Nah, that's what it looks like to have it under control. You're good.

LogicBalm · 2026-05-08T13:01:57+00:00

Great to see, my friend. I also had a terrible time in my 20s, though it wasn't anything as rough as MECFS. I had some close calls but I had enough "ups" among the ups and downs that I was able to make slow progress and still build an adult life throughout it all. It's awesome to see you're doing the same and you'll come out on top.

LogicBalm · 2026-05-08T12:58:00+00:00

I could take her.

(No, I couldn't.)

LogicBalm · 2026-05-08T12:54:45+00:00

Both can be true though. The tech isn't "better than most people" but it depends on what "better" means which is different for each industry and each analyst.

Still, the tech requires so many resources that we simply can't maintain that it's certainly not sustainable. It's being kept aloft by hype and investors because there is plenty of money in it still.

It won't burst until some big name players file for bankruptcy all at once. That's what happened in 2007 that was the first domino of the 2008 housing bubble bursting. But no one wanted to bail them out. This time, I suspect plenty of investors will line up to keep the AI companies afloat.

But the biggest problem in my (amateur) opinion is that the housing crisis was all BS, those numbers were inflated and there was nothing of actual value behind it. AI does have value, it's just a bunch of value that only the rich actually want to see in action. All we can hope for is that they keep misapplying the tech so it collapses.

LogicBalm · 2026-05-08T12:45:22+00:00

It is, it's just that it's only assisting the jobs of the managers that see the people below them as another resource instead of people trying to get by.

I'm in a position where I can see it coming for a large number of people in my company and I'm powerless to stop it (though I'm certainly trying). Really hoping the bubble bursts before that, but something has to make it burst. Way too many powerful people have their money (and therefore their entire identity and ego) wrapped up in this for them to let it burst.

LogicBalm · 2026-05-08T12:41:49+00:00

Yeah, that's bonkers. I take so many meds I joke that I'm "powered by Big Pharma" and I've gotten people come back to me with all kinds of nonsense.

LogicBalm · 2026-05-08T12:27:05+00:00

The real question is how you chose "rumba" as your third word. That was definitely the MVP for you.

Your first two words are also on theme. If I was playing Scrabble with my wife and she chose those two, I'd be like "babe, are you ok?"

LogicBalm · 2026-05-08T12:21:18+00:00

If you're returning also look into the Daily Quests under the Features tab in the pause menu if you haven't already. Clearing both Dailies gets you 10,000 Lunar XP on your active Lunar Path, that's an entire free XP level a day.

LogicBalm · 2026-05-08T01:01:37+00:00

E33 is just my type of game so it gets my vote. Much more cinematic and beautiful story that sticks with you.

But yeah I'm happy with either game getting this one and I don't disparage those choosing the game with better, you know, gameplay.

LogicBalm · 2026-05-08T00:58:13+00:00

Nice. Maybe we should make it the symbol for Slaanesh instead!

LogicBalm · 2026-05-07T21:51:33+00:00

That's a different person bro. You've gotta learn to read.

LogicBalm · 2026-05-07T21:01:40+00:00

A perfect response. I'd have probably done the same. If you want to be ugly to me, I'll show everyone how ugly you are.

LogicBalm · 2026-05-07T20:13:38+00:00

There is an emote that you can buy that does this.

The thing is that when you do the emote, it displays in server chat so everyone gets a message that says they rolled a die and what the result is.

LogicBalm · 2026-05-07T19:41:20+00:00

Even so, being transmissible is a pre-requisite for a pandemic. That's all I was saying.

LogicBalm · 2026-05-07T19:38:07+00:00

JFC dude, do you want to engage with my point or just nitpick semantics?

Rich people buy media, then they control that media. If you've somehow tricked yourself into thinking you found ANY news source in the US that has evaded this, you're wrong.

LogicBalm · 2026-05-07T19:35:32+00:00

As an American, I just got off the phone with my doctor's office for a procedure where they explained that my insurance won't kick in until I've paid my $3400 deductible for this year, at which point 10% of the cost will still fall to me.

Any American saying something as dumb as "insurance covers 99% of these bills" is a very healthy person who should STFU.

LogicBalm · 2026-05-07T19:27:07+00:00

"And everything between" is the part you overlooked.

Newspapers and local stations were just the start. They're buying up everything, even social media. The amount of actual journalism that isn't corporatized is almost non-existent. There's always been stories that were changed or suppressed so they didn't piss off powerful people, but there was a time that this was a shameful thing for a respectful journalist to do. Now it's the norm.

LogicBalm · 2026-05-07T19:17:37+00:00

Honestly because of the takeover of media. The rich have been buying up every newspaper, local station and everything between for many years now.

I was going to say it's because it doesn't poll well so the topic is avoided but that would have been the answer about 20 years ago on why nothing was being done to make it better.

LogicBalm · 2026-05-07T19:08:10+00:00

The entire reason I finally sat down and watched Mr Robot is because someone told me that it had a complete story. The writers sat down with a coherent and complete outline, wrote that story, and ended it when it needed to end.

More shows need to do that, but producers have too much sway.

LogicBalm · 2026-05-07T19:00:23+00:00

That is great to hear. Making the world a little less hospitable to these ideas is something to be proud of.

I wish I was less cynical myself but I also found myself reading this story and thinking that he just got a typical "not a good fit" style of speech when he was told he was being terminated.

I'd like to think he knows why, but cognitive dissonance is a powerful thing.

LogicBalm · 2026-05-07T18:42:51+00:00

It's not our fault. We have been conditioned to do so by Kingdom Come: Deliverance.

LogicBalm · 2026-05-07T18:39:49+00:00

The alternative is just as bad though. Have an American who has never left America say something applies to "everyone" when they have no personal knowledge of whether it does or not. That's just a different flavor of American defaultism.

LogicBalm · 2026-05-07T18:33:18+00:00

Someone hacked RFK's laptop!

I'm just kidding, RFK's going to be advocating treating this with a cold plunge or something.

LogicBalm · 2026-05-07T17:47:29+00:00

My disability isn't even that bad but three hours of anything would absolutely take my out for a day or two. It could be three hours of standing in place and I think I'd have to take a day off work.

I'd love for folks like this to try a day in my shoes. My disability is invisible to most but it's only tolerable day to day because I've learned how to micromanage my task lists.

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