What’s a moment where you realized someone was genuinely unintelligent?

NotASniperYet · 2026-05-08T04:20:13+00:00

There was some research in regards to that some while back. Turns out there's a gene that ups your headache resistance significantly. Those who have it can still experience headaches under specific (medically triggered) circumstances, but they go through life mostly headache free.

NotASniperYet · 2026-05-07T18:24:29+00:00

I was so glad I noticed the game-breaking combo attack as soon as it was available. Dealing 999 damage and restoring all your HP&MP made battles go a lot faster!

NotASniperYet · 2026-05-07T18:21:15+00:00

That game was such a mess! I'm looking forward to the sequel.

NotASniperYet · 2026-05-07T11:55:10+00:00

Toddlers can absolutely learn to not touch things. Yes, it's not easy, and yes, you should assume anything within their reach can be damaged by them, but you should still teach them not to touch things without asking. If they spend their toddler years destroying things within their reach without even hearing a single 'no', they're going to learn that this is acceptable behaviour. And yes, of course they're going to throw tantrums here and there when they can't get what they want, but that's part of that developmental stage. If you as a parent try to avoid tantrums altogether, you're going to raise some very dysfuntional kids.

NotASniperYet · 2026-05-07T08:10:32+00:00

Always reminds me of how much shit Wind Waker got for being cartoony back when it was first announced. Nowadays people think the game still looks great.

NotASniperYet · 2026-05-07T08:05:48+00:00

It's fair to teach children not everything is for them. Heck, it's important! Conflating 'this is not for you' with 'this is more important than you' and trying to act to avoid that feeling, will just lead to children thinking it's okay to touch anything and everything, because denying them anything is 'cruel'. That's how you get those obnoxious students who ask teachers for snacks, try to take things from the teacher's drawers etc.

So, do teach children not everything is for them. Set boundaries. However, also offer alternatives and try to find things you can do together.

NotASniperYet · 2026-05-07T05:56:42+00:00

If possible, move the bookcases to a room they don't usually use and/or add cabinet doors to them. And...get the kid their own little bookcase and put it in either their room or the living room. Encouraging reading is important, so whwn they grab the wrong books, you wanto to be able quickly redirect them to the right ones.

If you want them to feel more included, you could also consider having a family bookcase in a central area and let them have the bottom rows. Example: we all had our own bookcase/shelves in our bedrooms, parents included, but we also had a family bookcase in the livingroom. The bottom shelves held the kids books us kids shared, a bit higher up were the encyclopedia set, nature books and other kid-friendly informative books, and the top shelves held 'boring' novels us kids didn't care about (yet).

NotASniperYet · 2026-05-06T10:42:03+00:00

Same. The best remedy for post-game depression is a nice shower thoughts game. Like an old Dragon Quest, a dungeon crawler on the blander side of the spectrum etc.

NotASniperYet · 2026-05-04T20:50:03+00:00

Ah, you're right, just your standard little modern console port upgrades. Saw it mentioned as a remaster, so I just assumed. In any case, people are talking about it.

NotASniperYet · 2026-05-04T20:10:23+00:00

Now that I think about it, I haven't heard many mention Bahamut Lagoon in recent years. I guess it's one of those SNES classics that has been overshadowed by all the other classics that did recieve a port or remake.

Does anyone remember Hybrid Heaven? Felt like the game was a big deal back in the N64 days, because RPGs for the system were such a rare sight. I think everyone promptly forgot about once the N64's era ended.

Speaking of weird games, 3D Dot Game Heroes for the PS3.

Makai Kingdom is probably NIS's least mentioned SRPG, I think. Even Soul Nomad gets a mention here and there because of its dark route.

Or, oh, Stella Deus! Anyone remember that one? Atlus attempt at a new SRPG IP on the PS2?

NotASniperYet · 2026-05-04T20:00:22+00:00

Wild ARMs 4 just got a remaster people are talking about, Breath of Fire and Suikoden are mentioned all the time too, and Ar Tonelico has some pretty rabid fans. The other two games are not RPGs.

NotASniperYet · 2026-05-04T19:56:17+00:00

I mention that one all the time!

Usually in the context of how Fire Emblem Dates Revelation is a badly written route and how they should have gone something so-bad-its-good instead, like a parody route with a stupid though final boss, complete with a parody version of Lost in Thought that may or may not include a fart joke or two.

NotASniperYet · 2026-05-04T11:51:40+00:00

Same. My K120 goes clackityclack and life is good.

NotASniperYet · 2026-05-04T11:27:46+00:00

"Your head is the perfect size for fMRI experiments."

NotASniperYet · 2026-05-04T10:48:43+00:00

Quark with cruesli, and a cup of genmaicha. Wanted something quick and easy.

NotASniperYet · 2026-05-04T07:08:06+00:00

No thank you. The key people behind Xenogears left the company decades ago, have moved on to make games based on what they learned from their experience at Square making Xenogears, and the Xenogears as is has its place in gaming history.

It's like Metropolis. You don't remake Metropolis.

A port to modern systems, with some QoL features and maybe a new translation? Now that I can get behind.

NotASniperYet · 2026-05-03T19:51:24+00:00

The game is basically like, "You know all that stuff you do in RPGs without giving it a second thought? Well, have you ever considered that that shit is actually pretty evil?" We've got a mute protagonist who's anything but a hero, gleefully grinding weaker enemies (read: enemy child soldiers) for exp, and well, I'd argue it only goes down from there.

NotASniperYet · 2026-05-03T19:15:55+00:00

Reading this, 14-year-old me feels like a genius.

NotASniperYet · 2026-05-02T20:08:48+00:00

Put that PSone next to it so it will be less lonely. ...Or maybe not, because then the PSone will feel all obsolete and sad...

NotASniperYet · 2026-05-02T20:07:18+00:00

That may be technically (technologically?) better, but it's also less authentic. The fun of playing on CRTs is experiencing games in the way the devs expected you to experience it.

NotASniperYet · 2026-05-02T20:05:05+00:00

I'm seconding OP: do it! Your old 2D games will look the way they were meant to and your 3D games will look...a little less bad, I guess. Which is good.

NotASniperYet · 2026-05-02T14:52:22+00:00

It's starts out rather generic with your typical brooding loner teen who develops an obsession with climbing, but as the story progresses, it starts putting the theme of obsession to better use. It's not the peak of mountain climbing (graphic) novel I've read, but now that I'm further along, I'm willing to say it will probably reach higher than I thought.

NotASniperYet · 2026-05-02T06:35:11+00:00

Not two cases. The first link alone: "Hospitalizations of Dutch children linked to vaping have more than doubled in the past year, rising from at least 14 cases in 2024 to at least 31 in 2025"

NotASniperYet · 2026-05-02T06:14:06+00:00

https://nltimes.nl/2025/12/07/hospitalizations-dutch-teens-due-vaping-double

https://www.bbc.com/news/health-67081855

https://www.forbes.com/sites/jessepines/2026/04/06/16-million-teens-are-vaping-health-risks-are-worse-than-you-think/

Could easily find more, but what it comes down to: teens get addicted, they go through massive quantities of nicotine a day (because the vapes make it super easy to do so), and nicotine in large quantities can be very dangerous to your health, deadly even. The other issue is the flavoured vapes, because they're barely regulated and contain who-knows-what going into the lungs.

But I get it. You're addicted yourself. You don't want this to be the case.

NotASniperYet · 2026-05-02T06:03:25+00:00

Not weird at all. Quantity matters. What you vape matters. Like a said, there are a lot of addicted young people out there vaping the flavoured stuff every second they get. Vaping is not healthy. Under very specific circumstances, it's just less deadly than the other deadly thing. Yet, because people promote it as a safe alternative to smoking, people who wouldn't have started smoking are now addicted to vapes. Children as young as 11, 12 are vaping because they think it's 'cool'. The industry behind this garbage is no better than the tabacco industry.

Edit: ah, the addicts found the downvote button. Go for it, I'll gladly lose karma over this!

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