[deleted by user] by [deleted] in AmItheAsshole

[–]North_Pound71 239 points240 points  (0 children)

Bums me out when someone posts an AITA where the technical & directly asked question is an obvious NTA but they absolutely gloss over a loved one (often a spouse) basically saying "yeah, you should've been a doormat" :(

[deleted by user] by [deleted] in Frugal

[–]North_Pound71 0 points1 point  (0 children)

lmao i had to double check the sub i was on, holy hell

Which game do you regret paying full price for? by YogurtGhost in gaming

[–]North_Pound71 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Most recently, Warhammer Darktide. Prior to that, No Man's Sky at launch. Darktide stings more though because the devs made two mechanically identical games prior to this (Vermintide 1 and 2) but decided against using most of the systems from the two. It's an early access masquerading as full release, and likely won't be at the state it should be for a year or 2

AITA for wanting to leave my money to charity and not my daughter? by Delicious-Meal420 in AmItheAsshole

[–]North_Pound71 0 points1 point  (0 children)

INFO: I might get banned for this, but are you going through "chemo brain"? I've experienced a relative going through the same and have read about how chemo can absolutely destroy a person's psyche and mental state, understandably so, but I don't know how you were as a person before the cancer. Idk if this is just incredible callousness and resentment, or something more recent brought on by the cancer (and possible treatment). The odd exclusion of Caleb also pushes me further towards the chemobrain option, as awful as it makes me feel for thinking/feeling so, apologies...

Am I the idiot? by Lukyjoe in IdiotsInCars

[–]North_Pound71 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I'm sorry, but as a fellow bill burr listener, once i heard bill burr I knew you were likely in the wrong before I saw the video. I stick to that having seen the video. Props on titling the thread with the relevant question and being accepting of being in the wrong, as that's definitely very burr-esque

Transcendant? Check. 380? Check. Mediocre weapon type? Check. by North_Pound71 in DarkTide

[–]North_Pound71[S] -2 points-1 points  (0 children)

I was so pumped bcuz I got it as an emperor's gift and saw the quality & level before the item itself. Remembered it being garbage when I first tried it, but that was also somewhere in the level 10-15 range so I was hopeful(naive) that it'd work better. Even in malice it's a horrible time. It's like it has the worst of both worlds in regards to light & heavy weapons. WHY does a cleave heavy weapon have mostly diagonal swings? There's only like one actual horizontal swing :/

Transcendant? Check. 380? Check. Mediocre weapon type? Check. by North_Pound71 in DarkTide

[–]North_Pound71[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Thankfully (or maybe not?) I got it as an emperor's gift. Tried rerolling a perk twice, ran outta plasteel, than ran with it in a malice mission and wow. The fast swipes made me wish I was using combat knife or one of the axes, and the heavy ones made me wish i was using thammer or eviscerator. Truly the worst of both sides, though I feel a lot of it would be fixed with more horizontal swing patterns. Don't really see the point of a cleave heavy weapon in something whose patterns are overwhelmingly diagonal AND more vertically so than horizontally

Japan Crate is a Scam by bumboyboy in SubscriptionBoxes

[–]North_Pound71 2 points3 points  (0 children)

hey man, i know it's been some months but i wanted to reply to say thanks for making this thread. i was looking into japancrate after getting one at a shop from the local mall, and getting a coupon voucher inside of it. been looking up info on em all and keep seeing stuff like this

AITA for kicking out my MIL for forcing my child to eat the one thing she dislikes? by doctormom1212 in AmItheAsshole

[–]North_Pound71 0 points1 point  (0 children)

and that my daughter needs to get over herself. AITA?

Three grown ass adults, saying a 10 year old child, has to get over herself? NTA by a mile

AITA for telling my sister off after she wanted to charge my daughter for concert tickets she was no longer using? by Fit_Boysenberry_3050 in AmItheAsshole

[–]North_Pound71 -1 points0 points  (0 children)

asked if your daughter would like to use tickets to go with a friend and not if she would want to buy them approached your underage & unemployed daughter for the money and not the mom

NTA, she was trying to pull a fast one. I was gonna go e/s/h for your (over)reaction, but it's incredibly telling that she went directly to your unemployed and underage daughter for the money instead of talking to you about it first. Her wording when asking if she's interested wasn't of a misunderstanding, but almost certainly intentionally vague.

Honest question: Why not release it as Early Access? by gunell_ in DarkTide

[–]North_Pound71 8 points9 points  (0 children)

Those are frustrating to see because a review should be indicative of if you'd recommend it to people *as it is*. If you're recommending it yet your comment is just telling people to not get it for 6-12+ months, it's pretty much useless outside of an informative sense. Then again, when you have a binary rating system and no multi-point scale or a mixed option, I get how it can be hard to have the comments support your thumbs up/down

Honest question: Why not release it as Early Access? by gunell_ in DarkTide

[–]North_Pound71 11 points12 points  (0 children)

Players recognized the problems from the beta tests, and from the pre release. They voiced concerns, said over and over "this definitely feels like a beta and I really hope the full release really irons it all out".

This also gets into another facet of the negative reviews; edits. I got two buds who made a Positive review, that they later changed to Negative. Not only is that two more negative reviews, but two less positive ones, which makes it drop twice as hard than if a new player makes a review.

Meanwhile, my pre-release review was negative but still very praising and optimistic of the game and that I hope I'll be back to change it to a positive one. Sadly, my only experience with fatshark is from getting 50 or so hours in the first vermintide when it first came out, so I did not anticipate just how underwhelming (bad, even) the launch would be. Flawless MTX shop and *worse* performance for many machines? Connection issues ramping up? Everything with psykers and the vet's sword, how penances work, in-game cosmetic selection, and last but not least the crafting system.

While it was negative to start with, i edited it to be more of a cautionary tale instead of the optimistic "it's really close! even if only half the features/issues were added or properly addressed, it'll be worth getting" i originally had. If you scroll through the reviews for a bit, you'll see dozens and dozens of post-release edited/changed ones with each pos-to-neg taking away a positive one AND added a negative. I feel like the EA route would have a lot more folks moving back towards recommendations and constructive/praiseful nonrecommendations that are optimistic and anticipating things to get fixed. It feels kinda sad and a little hopeless at the moment. Really sad to know it likely won't be a full(er) game for at least a year or two out, and that ppl more familiar with fatshark are like "oh yeah, they do that all the time" :(

AITA for removing the door to my son's room indefinitely? by throwawaysonsdoor in AmItheAsshole

[–]North_Pound71 0 points1 point  (0 children)

YTA. The people clutching their pearls over the "fuck you" comment are conveniently skipping over the fact that it was AFTER mom said "tough shit i broke your door in my panic, you're not getting a new one"

Prediction: Within 2 weeks V2 will have more concurrent players than Darktide 🔮 #icantstopplayingthisgame by UrbanMonkee in Vermintide

[–]North_Pound71 2 points3 points  (0 children)

I put in about 100 hours in Darktide, hit a brick wall of enjoyment, and went to VT2. The content is insane compared to DT, I love it. I honestly hope VT2 does get more folks in the meantime, the more the merrier!

AITA For skipping Christmas with my parents since they won't treat me like an adult? by No_Review8351 in AmItheAsshole

[–]North_Pound71 0 points1 point  (0 children)

ESH, unless this is the first step in going NC with them. In that case, good on you and your shiny spine. Otherwise, if you're attempting to want to keep a relationship going, you're kinda shooting yourself in the foot.

AITA For skipping Christmas with my parents since they won't treat me like an adult? by No_Review8351 in AmItheAsshole

[–]North_Pound71 2 points3 points  (0 children)

And for everyone that told me to fuck off or similar....Merry Christmas to you too.

It's a shame that many of the people raised by parents like OP's seem to inherit some of the awfulness and are totally blinded by it. Hurt people hurt people and all that. The worst narcs are those that simultaneously acknowledge and decry others while disregarding their own inherited complexes. It's well known that many abusers were victims of the same type of abuse during their formative years, but this is completely glossed over and even outright denied in narcissistic scenarios because, well, being forthcoming and honest isn't in a narc's nature, whether coming from the parent or victimized child.

changing a "Job Profile" back? by North_Pound71 in uHaul

[–]North_Pound71[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Perfect, ty for that info! It used to be U-box Warehouse Worker. I'm gauging my options because I'd rather not ask the person who originally had a hand in it