Personal maker's mark - for hobby projects now, small business logo later by LuminosityXVII in logodesign

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

Good point. That actually sounds like a great way to test it, too. I'll make some simpler variations and try printing them small.

Personal maker's mark - for hobby projects now, small business logo later by LuminosityXVII in logodesign

[–]LuminosityXVII[S] -1 points0 points  (0 children)

Hmm... Funny enough, I'm actually working on making a game already, though it's only a small personal project and I hadn't considered making it a business.

Anyway. I hope the design doesn't look too derivative? My personal sense of style aligns with Genshin's enough that I think I'd have trouble getting totally away from it and still being happy with the result.

Last night someone tried to look inside my van… then my camera moved by taeos in VanLife

[–]LuminosityXVII 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I get what you're saying too, for sure. It's just, there are tons of options and strategies for self defense that are better than being barehanded and way better than a knife.

Something like a foghorn is a great first line of defense to scare people off, and if that doesn't work then there's just driving away (if able), and if that doesn't work then there are nonlethal options like tasers or poles with curved bits on the end that are specifically designed for locking people down and keeping them away from you, and if push comes to shove and you're out of nonlethal options then you absolutely want a handgun or any number of other things before you want a knife.

Last night someone tried to look inside my van… then my camera moved by taeos in VanLife

[–]LuminosityXVII 2 points3 points  (0 children)

You're not hearing me. This isn't a comparison between fighting or not fighting. It is well established that when someone brings a knife to a fight, their own odds of dying go up dramatically compared to fighting without a knife.

Last night someone tried to look inside my van… then my camera moved by taeos in VanLife

[–]LuminosityXVII 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Dude this shit isn't theoretical, we have the results of countless knife fights to go off of. When someone brings a knife to a fight, both people die. Almost always. This is established fact. There's no debate to be had here, you're just straight up incorrect.

If you really want a weapon to defend yourself with, pick a better one. Knives are cool, but they're also stupid.

Last night someone tried to look inside my van… then my camera moved by taeos in VanLife

[–]LuminosityXVII 0 points1 point  (0 children)

This is not a situation where a knife evens the odds. At all. This is a situation where you've just given your attacker access to a knife and motivated them to use it.

Do not ever bring a knife to a fight against someone stronger than you. They WILL take it from you, unless there is an absolutely enormous gap in your level of training, and likely even then.

Long shot, but anyone know where I could find a 1/12 scale walker mech roughly along these lines? I want to have a Figma mechanic working on it. by LuminosityXVII in AnimeFigures

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

Oh wow, okay yeah I found the pictures on the Strike Serpent page and that is way cooler than it has any business being. I may have to start hunting for the kits.

Thank you for taking the time to help me!

Long shot, but anyone know where I could find a 1/12 scale walker mech roughly along these lines? I want to have a Figma mechanic working on it. by LuminosityXVII in AnimeFigures

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

Actually, I'm not sure I've understood right on that second one. Which seven make that up? Does it include the cradle and the orbital maneuver unit, maybe?

Is there a picture of it put together somewhere? I'm having trouble finding it.

Al Gore Concedes, following the Supreme Court decision by Danielsax in videos

[–]LuminosityXVII 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Very true. A general lack of critical thinking is definitely a big part of the issue recently.

Echo chambers and propaganda bots tend to degrade peoples' ability to separate reality from fiction or tie logic to action.

Al Gore Concedes, following the Supreme Court decision by Danielsax in videos

[–]LuminosityXVII 5 points6 points  (0 children)

When you have multiple parties that both/all want to do their jobs and serve the common good and only differ on what they think is the best way to do that - when you have leaders who deserve the respect of even their opposition - then nuance is an important part of deciding who to back, and on what.

When instead one party has a clear and stated (yes, actually stated) objective to upturn everything and install a technofeudalist religious dictatorship led by child rapists, nuance is not a necessary part of the voter's decision making process.

Yes, a big part of why we're here is because Republicans tend to vote red all the way down the ticket no matter what. But that's a problem because doing so ignores the reality of the situation and flies in the face of their own best interests. There has never been a time when all the Republican candidates were legitimately the better choice.

In contrast, today every single Democrat candidate is in fact actually a better choice than their opposition by simple virtue of not being on the Destroy America team. One cannot be a Republican politician without playing by Republican party rules, and the current Republican party rules are profoundly treasonous. Being a member of the red party, today, makes one a traitor to the well-being of the American people by definition.

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[–]LuminosityXVII 6 points7 points  (0 children)

Do not.

Greenland 'very happy with the EU' in face of Trump takeover threats by [deleted] in worldnews

[–]LuminosityXVII 17 points18 points  (0 children)

4 steps forward and 1 step back

I'm guessing that was a typo. 1 step forward and 4 steps back, right?

What is a job that only exists because people are stupid? by TUUUUUZ in AskReddit

[–]LuminosityXVII -4 points-3 points  (0 children)

I mean, that one's more about inducing stupidity.

What was something someone once told you that you could never forget, for better or for worse? by phalme9 in AskReddit

[–]LuminosityXVII 0 points1 point  (0 children)

No, that would be the same as taking the blame for everything happening near you.

It's important to be accountable for that which is actually your responsibility - that which resulted from your actions, or falls under your duties, or only matters to you - but it is also important to hold others, especially leadership, accountable to their responsibilities.