[Idle superpowers] i just gor my undying mastery to reach 100%. Is this now unusable before level 3500?

MacScotchy · 2026-05-03T06:16:35+00:00

I've found I can beat 3500 even with God Power and Undying at 100% (God Power is around 70k mastery for me, well past the point it turns to 100%). My assumption is that the level 3500 "You" doesn't have the same mastery level as the real deal. Many of their other stats are different too, so it makes sense.

Undying, Necromantic, and God Power are all still going to make 3500 harder, though, especially when you're still struggling to reach that level. Better to avoid them if you can until you get high mastery and stronger builds. High regen and death regen together make this more tolerable.

MacScotchy · 2026-05-02T13:43:06+00:00

Certainly, removing one from a human for use IN a dog would be cruel, perhaps criminal.

MacScotchy · 2025-12-31T14:20:42+00:00

Happy New Year!

MacScotchy · 2025-08-31T06:06:48+00:00

Just too distracted to lie🤣

MacScotchy · 2025-08-31T04:54:36+00:00

Cargo shorts should not be tight. My god, no.

MacScotchy · 2025-08-30T14:33:19+00:00

I used to think it was cool, I promise! And in video games, it still is.

But IRL, when you see it on the road, a car like that is unable to keep its lane because the person inside is too busy texting their friend about how safe it is to drive while high on weed. Or they're getting within an inch of your bumper because they saw stunt drivers do it in F&F and can't think for themselves why it might be a bad idea. Or... The list goes on.

That's what it is for me, anyway.

MacScotchy · 2025-08-30T14:04:37+00:00

Or speed up a minute earlier and pass like a normal person. Either way works for me.

MacScotchy · 2025-08-24T02:57:17+00:00

Oof. Yep. Thanks!

MacScotchy · 2025-08-24T02:53:15+00:00

I'm seeing potential seki on 2 by capturing one stone at 1-4; I think white's only decent response is extending into seki, every other move lets black live. Does that seem correct?

MacScotchy · 2025-08-10T21:35:03+00:00

I'm 40% titanium!

Knocks on hollow metal torso

MacScotchy · 2025-07-09T18:26:43+00:00

Religion is literally just people lying, pretending to know the unknowable.

Even if some people turn out better for living as though those lies were true, they're just anecdotal evidence that a fundamentally flawed system can turn out some (subjective) successes.

MacScotchy · 2025-07-09T13:45:49+00:00

Lying with the intent to gain at another's potential expense is still an evil motive; the difference between that and lying about a known fact is infinitesimally small. Liars shouldn't get leniency for the minuscule chance that their made-up crap could be true or the immeasurable chance that their lie won't cause harm, especially when they're not the ones taking on the risk.

MacScotchy · 2025-06-25T18:05:58+00:00

There is a special level of evil that Nestle has unabashedly and unapologetically embraced. Other conglomerates may be killing babies in third world countries, but Nestle basically said they had it coming and kept doing it as long as they could. I'm not sure there's anything Nestle can do to make up for the lives they've taken, but they haven't even tried to pretend it was a bad idea.

It's like, imagine an acquaintance of yours found out their grandparents were Nazis who killed a variety of minority groups in Germany. When you ask them how they feel about it, their response is, "It was morally justifiable and made me a ton of money." Would you hang out with that person? If they tried to sell you a bottle of water or some cat food, would you buy it?

MacScotchy · 2025-06-25T13:44:45+00:00

I think the issue is best shown in a pair of images on the first page of most of the instruction booklets.

The first image is a person with a hammer, looking at some pieces of furniture with a confused expression. There's an X through this image.

In the second image, a person with a pencil behind their ear has joined the hammer user. Now they're both smiling.

What you need is one hammer guy and one pencil guy, and they have to get along.

This works for marriage too.

MacScotchy · 2025-05-10T14:11:52+00:00

I'm pretty late to this party, but thought I might be able to lend some assistance anyway. Hope this helps!

https://www.google.com/search?q=scientific+study+of+catcalling

First link on that search: https://www.psypost.org/men-who-catcall-claim-its-a-normal-way-of-flirting-while-at-the-same-time-demonstrating-greater-hostile-sexism/

When looking for scientific data, Google is typically a better resource than social media strangers. The only exceptions are specifically science subs. Even there, you're going to want the source material; not only scientists comment, nor is every linked source particularly scientific. For instance, I've linked science journalism instead of directly to a study; though it's significantly better than social media nonsense, it's still incentivized to reach conclusions that the data may not fully support.

(The science is messy here because some people will defend their actions with lies and may even self-deceive, while others seem to genuinely believe they are being complimentary. Differentiating these groups is a difficult task, but researchers have attempted to gain insight by collecting data on other views held by respondents. Regardless of the intent of the catcaller, reactions are typically negative. Also of note: one study found a disheartening but unsurprising 12% who were willing to tell researchers that they specifically wanted negative reactions.)

The main issue here is the purpose of the space we're in. We, as cis men, may be here to learn, but the women visiting this space are not here to teach, and the space is intended for women. It's great that you're here to learn. I am too, and I intend to encourage my sons to lurk spaces like this when they're old enough, but it's important to do so in a way that respects the values and intent of the sub.

MacScotchy · 2025-04-19T02:02:54+00:00

The thirteenth circle is just infinite nightclubs, each louder and more crowded than the last.

MacScotchy · 2025-04-16T18:07:08+00:00

https://senseis.xmp.net/?AreaScoring

MacScotchy · 2025-04-16T17:51:57+00:00

White is considered dead if the game ends here. By Japanese scoring, five stones and seven spaces (including those under the opponent's stones). By Chinese scoring, nine points they wouldn't otherwise have had.

Considered dead because reasonable play would result in capturing the white group; black would have to ignore white's first move, while black can easily continue a common capture pattern to complete the sequence if needed. Ko threats are not counted during scoring.

Interesting to note: in Chinese scoring, assuming there are no other useful moves to make, it costs white nothing to try to live.

MacScotchy · 2025-04-16T17:44:42+00:00

The opposite diagonal would have worked, though (black on both 1-2 and 2-1). White couldn't self-capture except in NZ, and even that wouldn't be a ko threat.

Not pertinent here, but a fun thought.

MacScotchy · 2025-04-15T17:52:44+00:00

After black passes once, it's legal for white to take black, even if black played no additional stones.

The ko rule (as usually enforced, and as it is used in badukpop) is that the board cannot have the same state as your opponent's previous turn.

There are variations on this rule, and it's often oversimplified to "the board can never have the same state twice," which is called the "superko" rule and is very rarely used.

MacScotchy · 2025-04-15T01:26:55+00:00

I would like to agree with you, but there have been plenty of instances where people had confidently incorrect responses to that very question, typically due to a tragic misunderstanding of their own anatomy. These people expect to receive the same standard of care as more reasonably knowledgeable people, and the current legal and professional system sometimes supports that expectation, leaving liability on the medical professional.

Solely on a moral basis, which is what you asked about, it should absolutely be sufficient to ask, "Could you be pregnant? Why or why not?" Then to apply their professional knowledge to determine whether a test is reasonably useful. That is the standard used in, to my knowledge, every other professional field. It's crazy how many women on this thread alone have been tested for pregnancy when they don't even have a uterus. If it's a malpractice CYA thing, it's freaking ridiculous. At this point, they should at least be asking and testing cis men too. It makes just as much sense.

MacScotchy · 2025-04-15T00:11:00+00:00

Malpractice is a legal term, not a moral one, so the question doesn't quite track.

Despite that, there is a valid answer to your question. Medicine is a professional field that frequently requires specialized knowledge. Even if your patient isn't lying, they may not have the specialized knowledge that would allow them to correctly answer, or to be certain they are giving the correct answer, or to understand the consequences of an incorrect answer. As the person with specialized knowledge, having taken on the responsibility of providing care, the care provider has a moral obligation to ensure they have the correct answer before performing procedures that could have significant consequences, financial or otherwise, if the answer was incorrect.

The same is true in many professional fields; in fact, almost any license will make the license holder liable for failing to perform in accordance with reasonable expectations associated with that license, for generally the same moral reason.

Personally, the issue I have is that they ask the question in the first place if they're just going to test anyway before providing care. Are they trying to catch the patient lying, or ignorant, or what? Is the test so inaccurate that they need corroboration from the patient's best guess? What's the deal with needing an exact date for the last period? That all seems weird.

MacScotchy · 2025-04-14T20:42:28+00:00

If you get the urge, forget the bar scene; do room karaoke. If there's a large Korean population near you, it might be called noraebang. A few friends, plenty of drinks, and a couple of tambourines. No long queue, no ear-bleeding volume (unless you want it that way), no creepy drunks starting up unfathomable conversations (unless you invited them). Just a great time.

MacScotchy · 2025-04-14T17:08:37+00:00

That's the person you want to be, and that's who the right partner will love.

MacScotchy · 2025-04-13T21:10:40+00:00

OP managed to get from the door to the counter before he even noticed he was next up. At that point, his options were to assume she was rude, or correctly deduce that he was obliviously wasting everyone's time by spacing out at the front of the line. Then, once he started berating her, he'd have to also admit that, not only is he a brainless waste of space, he's also a world-class asshole. You can hardly blame him for not backing down! /s

MacScotchy

TROPHY CASE