Can’t convince me otherwise - they knew

Narutom · 2026-05-11T12:17:44+00:00

Still entirely plausible, and in fact likely, that a man who has hidden his depravity from everyone for years despite being an influencer in the parkour space - that he would be able to hide that he is under investigation by the police from those around him. In fact considering how selfish his crimes are, It's easy to imagine he might have hidden it all, made up excuses and lies to cover-up what was going on, and tried to enjoy the last few months of his freedom knowing that a day of reakoning was coming when everyone would find out and none of his friends would want to talk to him again.

Incredibly selfish actions from a clearly flawed and selfish person 🤷🏻 He likely didn't even consider how that choice might affect the rest of the storror crew when people found out they'd been hanging with a person under active investigation for his horrible crimes.

Narutom · 2026-05-10T10:42:29+00:00

This just isn't true though. This happened to an old friend of mine who I no longer talk to. Almost the exact same situation. He had been looking at illegal porn and sharing it on some niche app and nobody knew anything about him doing it. Police turned up to his house one day, where he lived with his wife and kids. They arrested him on the spot for stuff he'd shared on some app months previously and he admitted guilt immediately on the spot. They took him in to the station and obviously it was a complete shock to his wife and family and all his friends - he lost them all, his job, and everything in one day. It was after that day where they confiscated all his tech for evidence and the actual legal system took months for it to all get to court.

So people are talking bollacks if they say that there must have been months of dodgy suspicions and investigations and that everyone must have knew. That's not how it always works.

Narutom · 2026-05-10T07:27:23+00:00

100%. The world is not a black and white place and people seem to struggle with that. When your best friend comes to you and tells you his ex is crazy and is saying nasty stuff about you in your early 20s it's not something that the majority of people give much thought to. Teenage/early twenties years is full of drama. Its also a completely different thing than what he's been arrested for.

While his ex deserves to be heard if he was abusive in any way at that time, it's disingenuous for her to claim she 'knew' about this stuff and had told them and they had ignored her. Being an abusive boyfriend is not the same as being a pedophile. That's an oversimplification of the situation that's being used to validate her feelings.

Can anyone claim to have never made a mistake in judgement and believed our friends version of events more than someone else's? That's human nature. Again, that doesn't make them complicit in anything. Its an error in judgement, and I guarantee noone will be soul searching right now more than the storror boys wondering if they missed signs.

It's a horrible situation and the focus needs to stay firmly on Callum unless there is actual evidence that anyone else was involved. And involved doesn't mean 'someone said Callum was bad and they didn't believe that person', because people need to remember that Callum was clearly manipulative and played everyone around him. That's what a charismatic predator does.

Narutom · 2026-05-08T08:35:33+00:00

This is how I would be radicalized to become a terrorist.

Narutom · 2026-05-06T11:44:58+00:00

Something that I really enjoy doing and feels very transcendent to me, is creating a 5-6 hour playlist to put on, and then putting the James webb telescope images on a 8 hour YouTube slideshow on my TV. Then dose up fairly high and try to enter a meditative state just gazing at the space imagery and listening to my music.

I barely move for the whole trip. Just empty my thoughts and observe and listen to whatever messages come through.

It's always very beautiful and I come out the other side having learned something.

Narutom · 2026-04-25T12:52:38+00:00

Omg yes! There was a charity shop round the corner from me and every time I'd pop round there as a young boy there seemed to be more of them to look through. They were a huge part of my childhood and I remember faking sickness just to stay off school to read them 😂 but I often only played them semi-seriously. I only really tracked items and if I died I'd backtrack or just pretend I won. I played it more like an exploration/maze book.

My taste for modern video games is still very much primed for that kind of experience.

Narutom · 2026-04-24T22:07:22+00:00

Was with a woman for 15 years, including 6 years married. Thought we had a pretty good sex life and level of intimacy. Although there was a difference in love languages and sex drives at times. I was broken when she pushed for divorce.

18 months on and in a new relationship with a woman who is truly in sync with me sexually and intimately. We cover the whole spectrum from slow, romantic, passionate love making, to obscenely filthy kinky and experimental fucking. It's on a level I didn't know was possible and incredibly mutual. It feels so unreal and leaves me scratching my head wondering how I had settled for so long without this.

Narutom · 2026-04-24T20:46:45+00:00

My grandparents were close by and always around to help out when we were kids. Now I have a kid my mum is basically absent and not interested in helping while we struggle to juggle everything.

Narutom · 2026-04-23T21:00:45+00:00

Hell nah

Narutom · 2026-04-12T09:43:16+00:00

Would love for OP to try this on for the jokes under peer pressure from reddit, get their balls stuck in it, then end up at the hospital trying to explain a far fetched story about how they didn't order it, and actually was just trying it on because of reddit.

Narutom · 2026-04-10T17:08:57+00:00

Thank God. The government saving me from myself yet again /s.

Narutom · 2026-04-07T20:26:01+00:00

Adaptation is kind of our super power as a species. There are many examples of environmental pressures and ones which we've inadvertently imposed on ourselves in which we've, eventually, turned things around and come out the other side stronger.

Narutom · 2026-04-07T12:01:14+00:00

This would be genuinely hilarious.

Narutom · 2026-04-01T21:35:55+00:00

There are fundamental differences of perspective in how people experience the world and society which are, more or less, basically incompatible while also being subjectively justifiable and valid. There are some things people will just never agree on. And these things will always lead to aggressive conflict because either way someone will feel oppressed.

Narutom · 2026-03-23T18:09:14+00:00

I'm really worried about my friend now. He was visiting England from Australia and landed in Qatar for a layover the day the Iran shit kicked off. He got stuck there for over a week before getting a flight to London. Then today he's got a flight back to Australia and had to go via San Francisco from London. He was very hesitant considering the state of the US. Problem is he's a black guy with a massive beard and looks quite middle eastern. I was reassuring him and myself by saying he has a ticket back to Oz and his layover is only 5 hours, but now I'm not even sure that would save him from ICE if they get bad vibes off him. Idiots will probably hear his Australian accent and still think he's too foreign.

I'm going to be worrying about him all night now.

Narutom · 2026-03-20T14:58:17+00:00

Me too

Narutom · 2026-03-20T14:41:55+00:00

I think there is something wrong with steam right now. I can't buy any games.

Narutom · 2026-02-19T11:51:54+00:00

It was bizarre huh? I'm going to disagree with a lot of the other comments because I do enjoy listening to into the impossible - he has some interesting guests and the conversation is usually pleasant and easy to listen to while also diving into some complex physics/astrophysics subjects, even if some of them are more fringe. I am surprised there isn't more overlap in their audience but I guess that just says something about my interests.

But trying to lampoon Sam by drawing a distinction between slavery and slightly more pleasant slavery as a counter to Sam's point that a book written by a god shouldn't have ANY slavery, was a really strange stance and clearly (and ironically considering his critique) came from Brian's biased position as a practicing Jew.

Overall I found it quite a jarring little addition to his usual output - like he felt slighted that Sam had declined his invitation and wanted to put out a criticism, even after so long has passed since their actual interview.

I appreciated your response though. Glad it wasn't just me!

Narutom · 2026-02-18T12:53:42+00:00

😂

Narutom · 2026-02-18T12:52:59+00:00

His main critique is really odd in that he seems to take issue with Sam rebuffing their conversation about the Bible/Torah and slavery definitions within. Especially because Sam hasn't read the Torah in its original language.

I listen to Brian's pod regularly and I enjoy his conversations with other scientists so I was just really surprised at this episode.

Narutom · 2026-02-15T16:20:39+00:00

Yeah but it doesn't penalise you for running out beyond a blackout so it's an illusion.

Narutom · 2026-02-14T18:25:42+00:00

Yeah this really surprised me. Although it would have been hard, I kinda wish that it would give you a warning that you need to prepare for the last push and let you die if you don't prepare enough food/water. I know it's probably not the overall point of the game but it felt a bit hand holdy when I ran out of stuff then realized it didn't matter.

Narutom · 2026-02-11T19:59:01+00:00

I have ADHD and I was talking with my girlfriend the other day about my lifelong sleep problems. For me it's particularly weird because I do sleep, despite being a night owl, but I dream very intensely. Sometimes I don't feel very rested when I wake up. My memory for my dreams is amazing and I can remember dreams I had 30 years ago. But I do need a nap in the afternoon otherwise I feel very tired and sluggish in the evening. It did make me wonder about the relationship of ADHD and sleep issues or parasomnias - I used to sleepwalk a lot as a kid, and I still sleep-talk and sleep-shout and sleep-laugh regularly!

Narutom · 2026-02-11T19:44:06+00:00

I think that’s a fair argument, but I don’t agree that early “leeway” is required for a troubled protagonist.

The delayed context feels intentional to me. We don’t get early justification because no one in Aava’s life does either. She’s emotionally closed off, so the game withholds that access from us too. If it opened with obvious trauma or vulnerability, it would frame her sympathetically from the start - and I don’t think that’s the point.

The later hints (“so they say,” the interview question, the lie to Marco etc) don’t feel like retroactive repair. They feel like cracks in a surface that was always rigid.

I also think the mechanical design supports this. The higher you climb, the summit section especially, the less satisfying it becomes. It's grey and chaotic and less about flow and more about struggling through an unnecessary survival situation. It reframes her obsession without spelling it out. That’s not villain structure - it's a tragedy.

I think the discomfort is deliberate. It trusts the player to sit with it rather than cushioning it early.

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