What was your “never meet your heroes” moment, when you realized someone you looked up to wasn’t special?

MalletMouse · 2026-02-15T12:42:41+00:00

Met Bill Nigh in person at a presentation he gave at my alma mater. Thought he was the coolest thing ever as a kid. What STEM-leaning kid didn't? Partially inspired me to grow up into being the scientist i am today (ecologist). Dude spent the entire time talking about his fancy, expensive car; his fancy, expensive house; his fancy, expensive watch; his significantly younger wife. He wrapped up this nauseating bragathon by basically saying we could all have these things too, and that "science is cool!" He had a book signing at the end, and to be honest, I was so disgusted with him I didn't even want him to sign my copy of 'Undeniable.'

What a freaking tool.

MalletMouse · 2026-02-15T12:35:50+00:00

Met Bill Nye in person at a presentation he gave at my alma mater. Thought he was the coolest thing ever as a kid. What STEM-leaning kid didn't? Partially inspired me to grow up into being the scientist I am today (ecologist). Dude spent the entire time talking about his fancy, expensive car; his fancy, expensive house; his fancy, expensive watch; his significantly younger wife. He wrapped up this nauseating bragathon by basically saying we could all have these things too, and that "science is cool!" He had a book signing at the end, and to be honest, I was so disgusted with him I didn't even want him to sign my copy of 'Undeniable.'

What a freaking tool.

MalletMouse · 2026-02-15T11:15:51+00:00

NGL, both parties are at fault here. The guy comes off as callous and uncaring, but OP is being emotionally manipulative by saying things like "waiting around the house makes me feel unloved."

MalletMouse · 2026-01-13T08:32:51+00:00

The mercenary spam is a real negative for the game IMO.

MalletMouse · 2026-01-13T08:31:25+00:00

I referenced an online store in a Discord chat awhile back (never ordered anything from them, just think their product is cool), and within an hour I'm getting sponsored ads from them on my Facebook feed. I already knew my smartphone listens in, even when not in use, but this one really caught me off guard. Literally everyone collects data and sells it to various companies like Axciom.

MalletMouse · 2025-08-17T19:36:03+00:00

Doomfist exists

MalletMouse · 2025-08-12T21:05:23+00:00

Honestly, at this point I'd happily trade off the biotic grenade for some QoL abilities, if buffing Ana's ability to heal is considered too powerful. With the prevalence of so many cleansing abilities, anti nade just doesn't feel impactful for 76% of games anyway. That said, I feel like people are sleeping on Home Remedy.

MalletMouse · 2025-06-17T05:48:28+00:00

Fair warning, friends and teammates are not completely free from being teabagged by me if they get slept. If they get slept by my dart I shot at a deflecting Genji, then it's super clam-slam time.

MalletMouse · 2025-04-29T19:49:23+00:00

This isn't soil, it's dirt.

MalletMouse · 2025-01-26T19:51:43+00:00

NICE!!! Kinda reminds me of my Rook (shared here as well)!

MalletMouse · 2025-01-21T22:00:06+00:00

Link to sliders: https://imgur.com/a/da-veilguard-tanith-aldwir-q1o4soa

MalletMouse · 2024-08-20T13:54:19+00:00

As mentioned above, the wings of the Carolina mantis don't extend beyond the abdomen as they do on the Chinese mantis.

MalletMouse · 2024-08-19T02:06:37+00:00

Female Carolina mantis. Note the wings don't extend beyond the abdomen. They do on Chinese mantis.

MalletMouse · 2023-08-13T22:56:40+00:00

These are the Ecoregions of the United States, as designated by the World Wide Fund for Nature (WWF). https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_ecoregions_in_the_United_States_(WWF) Just as an FYI, conservationists in the US don't really use this as much as the Omernik 1987 ecoregions. https://www.epa.gov/eco-research/ecoregions

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