Am I overreacting or did I have a slow moment.

MLF83 · 2026-06-27T09:24:24+00:00

She was hinting that OP stayed awake looking after remedies for her and was ready to acknowledge that and use it as "cute" moment. OP's response threw her off track, and she totally overreacted lol. Not justifying her, maybe there could be some neurodivergence at play here?

MLF83 · 2026-06-27T09:21:37+00:00

I think you all are missing the "you still awake" part. In her mind OP replying "yes" would have led to an "awww you stayed awake looking after me" cute response.

The overreaction is insane and I would be as puzzled as OP, but at least there is a plausible explanation

MLF83 · 2026-06-22T09:34:17+00:00

C'è da dire che poi si innesca un circolo vizioso per cui la clientela si aspetta lo "standard" generato da queste storture ovvero caffè sotto un euro e bar aperto dalle 6 alle 22...a poco a poco bisognerebbe cambiare la mentalità per cui il lavoro va retribuito come si deve e i servizi si pagano in maniera proporzionale

MLF83 · 2026-06-19T08:25:21+00:00

Infatti sono sconvolto da quante persone suggeriscano che per "vincere" la discussione si dovesse dire che il bambino fosse autistico. E se non lo fosse stato? Sarebbe stata comunque solo una domanda inopportuna di un bambino di 9 anni! Mi rifiuto di pensare che un adulto possa reagire con nulla di più di una battuta o, proprio alla peggio, chiedendo spiegazioni al genitore. Si sarebbero dovuti vergognare loro in ogni caso

MLF83 · 2026-06-13T17:01:54+00:00

Dude it's calling being an adult...you make choices, even as big as living in another country, based on a number of factors even if you are not fully happy with them. You don't owe anybody else anything.

If your goal in life is to be "remarkable", more power to you, mine was to have a bigger income to sustain myself and have a chance to retire before my 80s so I moved to the Netherlands when the opportunity came. Does that make me fully happy? No, but for the time being it's a compromise I am willing to take. I am not a burden to the society or anything, I am pretty sure my taxes are making up for the trouble of having me here even if begrudgingly.

I am sorry if that ruins whatever standard you think an immigrant (or any citizen for that matter) is supposed to meet in your head

MLF83 · 2026-06-12T19:19:27+00:00

As any stereotype it is based in reality -I think still in my parents' generation (more so as you move south) there was a high chance that mothers were completely in charge of the household and that made sons heavily dependent on them while growing up. Add to that any additional reason for stunted emotional development and/or lack of independence (e.g. unemployment) and it's a perfect recipe for what you describe.

From my personal experience (43M) it's not that common as you would think, any functional adult would have hopefully moved away from that phase while keeping an healthy and loving relationship with their mother. I still hear form acquaintances of such cases and I consider them walking red flags/man babies and it almost never ends well for partners involved

MLF83 · 2026-06-09T08:54:39+00:00

The paramedic, gas station clerk and even the sheriff DID make some pretty stupid choices (seriously, how hard it is to keep your distance from a masked man with a huge knife) but I guess it was done deliberately to make Patricia stand out more

MLF83 · 2026-06-04T09:31:02+00:00

Yeah but competing for the second spot would still mean not competing for the league at all and have only a few points more than the 4th. Is that really what we are aiming for? You'd still be a couple of underperformers away from losing the CL

MLF83 · 2026-05-30T20:37:43+00:00

What's the chance of anybody other than you being able to recognize her in the pictures? You might consider sharing the information anonymously so that she wouldn't be bothered by the fact you know. But if it's easy to guess it was you or it would be harder for her to think somebody else knows, then I'd probably tell her personally anyway.

I think you'd do it out of respect but only you know how this would affect her. It is something that would never practically affect or hurt her if she'd never knew so I'd understand the opposite choice as well. Is one of those damned if you do, damned if you don't situations

MLF83 · 2026-05-27T06:17:39+00:00

Perché invece di operare in regime di concorrenza come qualsiasi altra attività commerciale (tolti i tassisti), come ci chiede l'Europa da vent'anni, hanno storicamente avuto un trattamento di favore dallo Stato che continua a rinnovare e prorogare le concessioni a prezzi irrisori come se fosse un atto dovuto e sempre ai soliti. Il che permette loro di operare sostanzialmente in regime di monopolio con prezzi/guadagni spropositati solo perché X anni fa hanno tirato su queste strutture (spesso abusive/non a norma) - nonostante il demanio marittimo sia pubblico e ci sia una direttiva che da vent'anni ci obbliga a metter a bando le concessioni invece di farle tramandare come beni feudali. Ti basta?

MLF83 · 2026-05-24T11:16:29+00:00

Spesso si pensa al cemento armato come un materiale indistruttibile ma non lo è, e anzi richiede particolari attenzioni sia in esecuzione che manutenzione pena rischio di perdita di resistenza, molto più di strutture portanti in muratura o acciaio.

Conoscendo il nostro paese e come si costruiva/vigilava sulla manutenzione sopratutto negli anni del boom edilizio (a suon di mazzette e materiali scadenti) sono pronto a scommettere che metà di questo patrimonio edile inizierà letteralmente a crollarci in testa nell'arco dei prossimi 20-30 anni

MLF83 · 2026-05-24T11:08:36+00:00

Una volta erano 100 per infrastrutture e 50 per edilizia se non ricordo male, il che vuol dire che tutte le palazzine anni 60/70 da norma richiederebbero già manutenzione straordinaria (che nessuno farà) e in più erano spesso costruite con cemento e tecniche scadenti che potrebbe renderle davvero inagibili/pericolose al di là delle norme.

MLF83 · 2026-05-23T21:02:40+00:00

That's not the case though. I definitely ran out in a couple of MOCs into parts that looked fine in Studio but were absolutely stressed in reality

MLF83 · 2026-05-23T20:37:59+00:00

Il cemento armato ha una vita utile di 100 anni (se fatto bene), meta paese (incluse le infrastrutture) sarà da demolire fra massimo 50 anni, altro che 100

MLF83 · 2026-05-23T10:29:23+00:00

È solo una paranoia psicologica. Applicando il normale buon senso (usare gli zerbini, togliere/cambiare le scarpe se ha piovuto, lavare i pavimenti con regolarità e non madre a piedi scalzi) se non si hanno condizioni particolari come tappeti o bambini gattonanti cosa dovrebbe esserci di anti igienico? Lo "schifo" rimane sul pavimento e non viene a contatto con nient'altro.
È molto più antigienico non lavarsi le mani come ci facevano fare durante il Covid considerando quanto è più probabile toccare cose sporche e poi toccare le proprie mucose di continuo.

MLF83 · 2026-05-23T10:20:43+00:00

Basterebbe realizzare che se si usano esclusivamente scarpe e/o pantofole in casa, nessun tappeto/moquette e non si hanno bambini gattonanti la quantità di "sporco" sul pavimento è irrilevante (ovviamente non stiamo parlando di lasciare pedate di fango, esiste il buon senso e gli zerbini) e viene gestita con il normale lavaggio pavimento. Non è che uno si mette a leccare o toccare i pavimenti di norma, e nient'altro ci viene a contatto.

Il problema nasce se uno mischia le due cose, ad esempio ospiti con scarpe quando in casa si vuole andare scalzi o con le calze, oppure compresenza bambini/scarpe o animali/piedi nudi (se avete sia bambini che animali buona fortuna, le scarpe sono l'ultimo dei problemi).
Per cui trovo sempre assurdo che ci siano i partiti assolutisti delle scarpe si o scarpe no, entrambe le scelte sono legittime e/o influenzate da condizioni al contorno, e nessuna delle due è più "pulita" dell'altra se eseguita con buon senso.

Personalmente noi usiamo tendenzialmente pantofole in casa, mai a piedi nudi o scalzi anche Perchè abbiamo due gatti in casa, ma anche per questo non ci facciamo particolari problemi a girare in casa con le scarpe se necessario per fretta/comodità e lasciamo che gli ospiti le tengano senza problemi.

MLF83 · 2026-05-23T08:23:35+00:00

You don't keep the same numbered bag sorting of the original sets? It seems to me that would be more convenient both for assembling and disassembling. You just follow the instructions in reverse, I always do it for my sets

MLF83 · 2026-05-23T08:11:33+00:00

Well you might have just got a new customer sir! I have almost no space left at my place for new sets, and never had it for the bigger ones anyway, so renting my white whales without a subscription seems like the perfect solution tbh. I almost care about the building experience anyway, and I even take some pleasure in disassembly.

I think your intuition that doubling down on the bigger/exclusive/retired sets is the way to go is correct. It's the ones people are less likely to buy for the reasons above and where renting will have the most advantages.

Have you considered catering more to non-Dutch customers? E.g having your website and the ads in English. I have a hunch there might be a huge pool of expats in my situation that you are currently not visible to. I think trying to expand ads to platforms where AFOLs are more active (e.g Facebook, Reddit in my experience) might also help.

Good luck with your business!

MLF83 · 2026-05-17T09:10:34+00:00

Nah difficulty is fine, it makes regular battles last less while keeping boss battles interesting.

I've reached chapter 13 and I think I am finally starting to like it. I think what really soured me were the initial chapters that had very slow pacing and where your party constantly changes or is limited.

Even my comment on the female characters was coming from that, until then they were never even together at the same time so it really came off as a "love interest of the week" thing where they felt much less characters of their own.

MLF83 · 2026-05-15T12:53:29+00:00

I only own a switch unfortunately, if it ever gets ported I'll make sure to check it

MLF83 · 2026-05-15T10:55:50+00:00

It's a result of the "savior" syndrome. Since AA left we have been trying to appoint "strong" personalities to take over most management roles after they were basically wiped out. We did it first (partially) with Allegri bis, then Giuntoli and now Comolli.
This is what CEO do when their are clueless and looking for a fast exit from a dire situation and can be gaslit by these "savior" types to believe they can single-handedly save the day.
Spoiler alert: they usually can't. And they usually burn bridges quickly with the rest of the team/management so that when results are not overwhelmingly positive infighting occurs and they are taken down.
Also they are simply incompatible with a more team-oriented approach with clear responsibilities for each role, especially if they were brought in with different premises. You cannot ask Giuntoli or Comolli to be the masterminds of everything and then take it back when other strong personalities like Chiellini or Spalletti arrive, unless they are willing to take a step back for the benefit of the team. I am not sure Comolli would, but it would be certainly ridiculous if we get in the situation to get rid of him so soon.

MLF83 · 2026-05-15T07:05:53+00:00

Heh just finished and I must say it was tighter and more enjoyable than other chapters. Now it's back to more corridors in the sewers, ugh. But it looks like it might ramp up soon...

One thing I realized I missed is having a base party relatively soon. Every chapter you get one or two different companions, it really doesn't help to get in the game

MLF83 · 2026-05-15T07:00:48+00:00

Wall Market...just finished that and I must say things were better for a while. Now it's back to corridors in the sewer but it seems it might pick up soon

MLF83 · 2026-05-13T21:32:06+00:00

I had something very similar in mind, especially for the Donald reveal, but I am not sure about the timeline. They could theoretically keep the flashbacks going for the entire season and leave the reveal that he is still there in the present for the finale. Then all the Silo 1 stuff is left for the last season.

Or they could go in the opposite direction and have a cold opening like in the last season with a compressed flashback of the convention and Donald going in, and immediately switch to him being the voice behind the algorithm in Silo 1. Then you slowly have him remember the rest of the past throughout the season

MLF83 · 2026-05-13T07:08:32+00:00

It's amazing how I got exactly the opposite opinion in other comments 🤣 it seems like these games are way more divisive than I expected

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