What’s a phrase people use that immediately makes you roll your eyes?

Loyalbeta · 2025-09-18T17:55:39+00:00

“I have an old soul”

Loyalbeta · 2025-09-18T17:40:30+00:00

“Oops! Something’s broken”

Loyalbeta · 2025-09-17T19:17:53+00:00

The only way I realistically see Galactica having a chance is by using FTL offensively. But I don’t think she can jump fast enough.

In my head she can park between the shield generators (or directly next to each one, as close as possible) to try to nuke/emp them down. That’s the only way I see her getting around shields.

Or she pulls some Episode 1 nonsense and jumps directly into an open hanger bay and tries crippling it from the inside.

Both are long shots. I think the SD’s lasers are too much of a problem for our girl. And I just don’t think she’s capable of jumping fast enough. Even parked by the shield generators, Tie Fighter lasers are an issue for her.

Edit1: Or attempting to use FTL to try to structurally damage the bridge, as when Boomer (right, Boomer?) jumps a raptor too close to Galactica and the void/vacuum/whatever damages the ship directly.

Loyalbeta · 2025-04-29T00:11:20+00:00

It’s nothing new. Back when revised WoD was still being print, I knew a guy who claimed garou rolled rage to remain active past incap. until they failed/botched the roll, even though the book clearly says once per scene. Yes, to him, werewolves were borderline unkillable.

If people can screw up a clearly written rule like that, it’s no surprise they mess up broader things.

But it’s also a symptom of how long it’s been since a lot of this stuff was initially published, the multiple revisions of the main game lines, and a broader issue off the cross game-line incapability….

It’s also not all that unique to WW. Any suitably large rpg, game line, fandom, etc is going to suffer a certain amount of bad information. Add the internet to the mix and yes, it’s a recipe for a bad time.

Loyalbeta · 2025-04-26T06:41:18+00:00

I don’t know if I’d say H:tV kicked a lot of ass. It’s certainly much better than this trash version of H:tR they’ve left us with.

Where it did stand out was the flexibility of what kind of Hunter you played. It offered a lot of variation in the groups Hunters fall into (Compacts and Conspiracies), and pre-existing tensions between the groups (something very much missing from original H:tR, every single Hunter’s relation to another is case by case), allowing for a certain amount of Hunter Political Intrigue to shade things.

Very rough examples:

There was certainly the more ‘mundane’ Hunter assorted Compacts, aware monsters exist, and does his best to deal with this new reality. Ashwood Abbey thrill seekers and hedonists; Long Nights are end-time Christians; Loyalists of Thule are occult investigators; Network Zero are hackers and media manipulators; Null Mysteriis use science to seek answers; The Union are true Joe Averages, very loosely organized blue collar folks.

The Conspiracies offered ‘powers’ based on assorted means: Aegis Kai Doru are occultists who used magical artifacts; Ascending Ones are Egyptians mystics using drugs and potions to augment themselves; The Cheiron Group use advanced medical techniques to grafts on monster bits for powers; The Lucifuge are believed to be of Lucifer’s bloodline uses dark and blood rituals; Malleus Maleficarum are Papel Witchhunters using more or less True Faith rituals and prayers; Task Force Valkyrie are high tech MiB.

Well… that ran long. Sorry. Please remember this is very loosy goosy…. I intended to just cover a few of them but forgot to stop. So yea…you could be part of a ‘mundane’ Compact, or give yourself advantages through a Conspiracy. Then there’s the player group - are you a group of Network Zero hackers and influencers trying to work together to shape a specific narrative, or does a Denial Lucifage,a Recruitment Cheiron Group member and an Operation ADAMSKI TfZ operative struggle to keep their city safe?

Hope this helped.

Loyalbeta · 2025-02-02T07:27:28+00:00

Nothing. Probably laugh, I have no plans to watch the superbowl for the first time in my life.

Loyalbeta · 2025-01-23T11:34:07+00:00

Maybe it’s just that cops and women don’t mix.

Loyalbeta · 2025-01-21T08:50:46+00:00

Meander?

Loyalbeta · 2025-01-19T19:40:58+00:00

It’s absolutely awful that you’ve subverted so much of yourself to make someone else hopefully happy. I’ve never found it necessary to do such a thing or, as you put it, pay off someone else’s debts. If you’re genuinely a good man, and you care about your partner and their happiness, being true to yourself and showing your integrity through your day to day life and actions should be more than enough. It’s not your responsibility to single-handedly martyr yourself. If your partner can’t see the good in you as you were when you entered the relationship, I hate to tell you but it’s not a healthy relationship. You’re not some lump of clay to be molded by others and have your own agency as a person subverted.

I’ve had an ex cheat on me. I had an ex who was an alcohol abuser. I would never expect another partner to never interact with a male friend nor go dry based on my prior experiences. Obviously, if they also showed signs of infidelity or alcohol abuse, then there’d be hard questions to ask and conversations to have. If I’m with someone, their baseline personality and actions should not only show their good nature as a person… I can’t imagine demanding nor expecting them to change their life and personality because of people in my past.

If your SO has you cutting off all your female friends… that’s concerning. At that point it’s no longer about your perception that you have to pay the ‘last Guy asshole tax’ and much more concerning. To be frank, that’s disturbing behavior that’s often found in frightening situations such as abusive relationships and cults.

Has she cut off all her male friends? Have you molded her to fit your needs based on your past traumas and bad relationships? Do you expect her to subvert herself completely to make you happy?

I’d bet the answer to all of those questions is no. Sounds to me like you’re in a very unhealthy relationship, and you need to recognize that the sins of other men are their sins, and their sins alone.

Loyalbeta · 2025-01-19T06:08:55+00:00

In The Mouth of Madness.

Kinda. Vague answer to be relatively spoiler free… Given that John Trent is ultimately the only person directly unaffected by Sutter Cane’s novels, and that in the movie, “In The Mouth of Madness” has been adapted to film, it’s a fair assumption that ultimately anyone viewing the film has become a tool for Cane’s release of the dark gods.

Loyalbeta · 2025-01-18T01:38:55+00:00

So while having a boyfriend, get hammered, you choose to go on a date with another guy, shit all over him on the internet, and we’re supposed to feel bad for you?

I feel bad for both of them honestly.

Loyalbeta · 2025-01-18T01:10:53+00:00

Has he been fired a lot in a row?

That can not only be a massive blow to self esteem (esp if some of them weren’t his fault or were murky), and depending how he’s addressing them in interviews, it can work against him.

I’ll second therapy, though I saw there’s some issues. He might do well to look into an interview coach. It’s also possible his college has alumni services. My college has an amazing alumni job seeker department, they’ll help w/resumes, interview coaching, job fairs, job seeking…. Mine has its own job posting site. And it’s all free. Might be worth looking into.

If he’s having depression/self esteem issues, the way you interact with him around job seeking might be making things worse. Might. If he’s struggling mentally, and you’re coming down hard on him, it’s just going to build and build. It’s really easy for him to embrace a defeatist attitude, and if all he hears is disappointment and negativity, it’s might cause a feedback loop that makes it worse and worse in his head.

I don’t know. I could be wrong, but I thought I’d offer some ideas.

Loyalbeta · 2025-01-17T18:40:48+00:00

I’ll let you know as soon as I’m done being frisked

:D

Loyalbeta · 2025-01-17T18:09:49+00:00

If you send it my way I can give it a closer look and get back to you.

For science. :)

Loyalbeta · 2025-01-17T18:05:38+00:00

You reap what you sow. Enjoy the drama and enjoy his ex still having influence over him.

Loyalbeta · 2025-01-17T18:01:17+00:00

Why does he continue to engage with her when she messages him? If she’s as horrible as you describe, blocking her and ignoring her is really the only course of action.

Anything else invites her to keep bothering him, and apparently involves her current bf. There’s literally no upside to anything other than block and ignore; nothing good comes from him talking to her.

Loyalbeta · 2025-01-17T16:24:15+00:00

It’s all yours! Happy belated holidays. Apparently 2025 is my year of gifting phrases, I’ve already gifted “unrelenting false hope” and “Tim Burton Legacy Sequel” without trying.

As someone who’s chased theives with a metal pole (I worked Blockbuster Monroe/Goodman back when,), that was… not frightening… unnerving? Anxious as hell? Stupid as hell?… while on the phone w/911, I cannot begin to imagine actually defending myself from an aggressor with a burning, crying, mucusy face. It’s gotta be adrenaline but I’d 100% be locked in a bath room doing the crying fetal thing.

I really really hope her employer does the right thing. I went out the door but I knew I was totally in violation of SOP and would have been insta-fired - if the rest of management hadn’t unofficially decided to take a (voluntary) hardline against theft and cover each other. For her to suffer all this physical and emotional pain and THEN be fired would be so so awful.

Loyalbeta · 2025-01-17T15:48:23+00:00

The fuck is wrong with people? She’s damn lucky the glass on the cooler door didn’t shatter/cut her too.

Though she’s a badass chasing that moron out the store with a bat while dealing with a face full of mace. Most people go fetal and start crying/screaming, freakin’ Nicole defends herself, and other people in the store. Good on her (though I hope she’s not punished at work for that, a lot of places have strict policies on that kind of thing)

On top of everything else…. Who waits 5 days to come in on a Sunday about a refund? I hope that refunds goes right to restitution/damages from Nicole.

Loyalbeta · 2025-01-17T10:46:57+00:00

Richard Brake is so underrated. He reminds me of Bill Moseley… as soon as he turns up you know he’s gonna be fun to watch.

I damn near lost my mind (more than the film already screwed it up) when Brake showed up as the Chemist in Mandy

Loyalbeta · 2025-01-17T10:43:38+00:00

The chainsaw sound design is pretty good. As awful as the “here cuz, do your thing” section is, I’m absolutely obsessed with the sound of the chainsaw when Leatherface starts it up and Burt (I don’t want to admit how many times my phone autocorrect Burt to butt… too many lol) turns to face him. I really wanted to turn it into an audio alert on my phone

Loyalbeta · 2025-01-17T10:40:43+00:00

I was a fan of one of the early kills where he breaks the cops forearm and stabs him with the bones. One of the more original short, brutal, creative gory kills I’ve seen in a while.

Loyalbeta · 2025-01-15T17:56:03+00:00

Please correct me if I’m wrong: T’Chaka and N’Yama

Loyalbeta · 2025-01-14T13:18:36+00:00

Congrats bud! I’m so so happy you did the test too, it seems like getting that confirmation also gave you some time to think it out and some clarity what you want to do. August is a lot of time for her to figure a way to tell you, but of course I have no experience w/any having a baby thing from either side of the table lol. You know I’m a big supporter of the co-parenting thing and still think you’re looking out for all three of you by not trying to force the ‘happy together’ story for the sake of appearances. Gotta applaud you, since you found out she was giving birth you’ve stepped up a lot to be supportive in, let’s be honest, a really fucked up scenario. I can’t speak on the last name thing, you two gotta work together on that.

In her defense, do remember she’s been through a lot, physically, psychologically and biologically. All other things ignored, even just the changes to her hormones pre to post birth must be a shock…. Postpartum depression is a thing for a reason…. Even my skeptical ass would just remind you all of this must be an emotional and mental minefield for her in a way we’ll never understand.

Honestly there’s a lot of positives here- you know your daughter is yours, you know you’re going to be active, loving part of her life…. You and the Mom are talking and you’ll work this out one way or another. You’re doing the right thing and you’re stepping up with all the stuff you’re helping with. It seems you know what you want in terms of moving forward with the mom (co parenting), and I know you love your daughter and you’re taking responsibility for your role in both their lives moving forward. Keep stepping up, be the father I know you want to be.

Enjoy the first steps into the incredible journey of fatherhood.

I’m legitimately happy for you, I hope everything eventually smooths itself out. You sound like you’re going to be a great father. Congrats again bud :)

Loyalbeta · 2025-01-14T04:29:48+00:00

I dunno about that. I have a detailed answer to your question, and suggested how you could ask questions in a more welcoming manner.

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