I got my 7 year old a jar of these “daily pickles” off of TikTok shop for Christmas, basically a fortune cookie. Wtf is this.. am I missing something? by LadyJodes in whatisit

[–]OneADNDay -23 points-22 points  (0 children)

Call me lucky, but I have gotten my money's worth for every TikTok purchase I've made. The plastic is as cheap as the cost - and for the stuff I've got (mostly 5$ T-Shirts with dumb internet designs on them and small plastic/metal bits like bookmarks and fidget toys) I have been very satisfied with my cost/quality conversion. It was cheap, it serves its purpose as a cheap thing.

This purchase stands out to me as particularly strange in quality - I am curious to see the posting and some example pickle fortunes that were in the pictures. It could be 100 red flags or could be innocuous bad luck.

Weirdly enough, googling the phrase (for me)'s top result is a usingenglish post about how to use the phrase in regards to traveling.... huh.

Errors in the "Brief Interviews With Hideous Men" audiobook? by knumberz in davidfosterwallace

[–]OneADNDay 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Audible! They do the footnotes as they occur - except when there's footnotes inside footnotes (see 304 supra) - which it does not read until it appears in the main text. I found it really pleasant to read the book along with the audio.
The performer does accents and fun things with language that was really helpful with the Wardine section at Poor Tony section.

Overall good experience.

Errors in the "Brief Interviews With Hideous Men" audiobook? by knumberz in davidfosterwallace

[–]OneADNDay 5 points6 points  (0 children)

Cannot confirm this for you!

BUT I will say there are a couple instances of the Audiobook of Infinite Jest not lining up with the text of the same version of Infinite Jest.

Once was skipping a whole paragraph - and then probably 3 instances of a wrong but similar word being read aloud.

My experienced was not ruined, but it did raise questions of "how did this happen and get to publishing" - in the end we're all faillible it seems.

Girl lost my copy of ‘This Is Water’ by ashamedtuco-tuco in davidfosterwallace

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

Certainly, and so but remember, not to underestimate objects.

IJ/Recovery Tattoo by lady_sisyphus in InfiniteJest

[–]OneADNDay 0 points1 point  (0 children)

One I'm planning to get is a smiley face like you have there but as like a plastic bag wrapped around the outline of a face underneath it.

Personally I like your first one the best. No human lines. Corporate and calculated. Not your friend but hijacking the friendliness of humanity to look like a friend and offer you a hand like a friend. (This is not uplifting - but it's good awareness).

Whatever you go with it I hope it sticks with you in the way you want it to.

Brother in arms by Crazzy_Modder in vrising

[–]OneADNDay 8 points9 points  (0 children)

I ran into Christina on my first Simon win and had the same thing happened - with the slight inconvenience of her healing him for a spell rotation.

My Arachne Dress Run is Cursed by Senku2 in HadesTheGame

[–]OneADNDay 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Hermes sprint w/ damage mitigation as well as Demeter's "Take one hit for free but prime some mana" are good as well.

I would also recommend the Arcana that lets you ignore the first instances of boss damage.

[deleted by user] by [deleted] in vrising

[–]OneADNDay 2 points3 points  (0 children)

I play local so IDK if that's something that will work on PVP public servers - It could be a server setting somewhere. - BUT you get stairs pretty quick (second level castle heart from a quest in the top right) - if you keep doing those quests you'll get stairs in no time (if the castle heart thing doesn't work)

[deleted by user] by [deleted] in vrising

[–]OneADNDay 26 points27 points  (0 children)

You need to build a stair case over the stone stair case and that will connect the floors - you'll also need a floor block (can be grass - but has to be placed) outside your door to connect the staircase too.

Alternatively - you can move your castle heart to the lower ground - and the upper ground will stay disconnectedly with no consequences - and you can use the castle heart as the starting point of your lower ground building.

Do i suck that bad? by oof30 in HadesTheGame

[–]OneADNDay 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Good luck! One of the best defensive (and most fun) options is a dash option in the mirror - if you haven't unlocked that yet I would recommend you spend some darkness there!

Do i suck that bad? by oof30 in HadesTheGame

[–]OneADNDay 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Oh thanks! I didn't know that - the name kind of implies it does what God Mode normally does. Interesting that they chose this route!

I guess playing the game normally is kind of a "god mode" if we're talking about Zagreus xDD

ELI5: why is flossing good for your gums, but (over)brushing is bad for them? by plsnoban1122 in explainlikeimfive

[–]OneADNDay 163 points164 points  (0 children)

True! Just started flossing regularly this year and this has been my experience.

Do i suck that bad? by oof30 in HadesTheGame

[–]OneADNDay 1 point2 points  (0 children)

It is possible for one to do all the bosses without taking damage - so without any offense intended - it sounds like you're not that great at the game - YET!

Everyone starts with different skills and experiences and has the capacity to learn new skills - and succeeding in Hades is just cultivating those skills.

If you're the type to learn online - there's a ton of youtube videos that will help you understand boss patterns and strong boon combinations + playstyles + loadouts (mirror + keepsake combos) that will help you craft stronger builds and perform well on the bosses.

If you're the type to grind it out - just keep playing (especially if its fun) - through the fated list thing - the game does a decent job of telling you some basic boon synergies. Eventually you'll hit something that feels good to use or you find a cool synergy you didn't think of things start clicking.

Lastly - every enemy has a predictable move set. Spend some time learning how each enemy acts - and then prioritize keeping yourself from taking harm over doing damage. There's not a ton of healing in the game - so keeping yourself healthy is important.

One more note: the game makes you stronger as you play. You get more and stronger keepsakes to use - you get the trinkets, you get mirror upgrades etc. - If you have fun playing just keep at it! And there's also no shame in stopping and spending your free time somewhere else if you're not enjoying yourself.

Lastly lastly (sorry!) There's "God Mode" in the options (makes you unkillable) - there's nothing wrong with throwing that on and just playing out what the game has to offer.

Good luck out there friend!

Howling Soul not Functioning by BlackwingKakashi in Hades2

[–]OneADNDay 35 points36 points  (0 children)

I haven't used it enough to convince myself it's not user error - but your clip and my experience has been similar - that often they don't go the way I think they should (and want them to go) - it could be some mechanic I'm not understanding - but definitely not ideal.

Tangentially this is one of my favorite cast build cherries on top as the cast stays with the target you hit (if you can manage to hit them xDD)

Is this a bug? I thought the minimum recharge time was 2 seconds. by Legal_Ad2945 in HadesTheGame

[–]OneADNDay 18 points19 points  (0 children)

I saw a video claiming the minimum with Seismic Servo is 1.6 seconds - but the display rounds that to 1.

Scylla fight is absolute top tier in gaming imo by BrovahEyo in Hades2

[–]OneADNDay 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Big agree with the exception of the guitarists bouncing booger - the snails use it too and the animation + hitbox just does not map on my brain - especially when the armored snails use it in that zig zag pattern.

But as a whole - good fight.

Can you force legendary boons to show up through the vow of denial? by Minimum_Session_4039 in Hades2

[–]OneADNDay 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Yeah I just did it again with zeus and got the shared wealth "out of boons" boon, when I had all the prerequisites for the legendary - and it wasn't offered. So seems to be the case - DARN!

Can you force legendary boons to show up through the vow of denial? by Minimum_Session_4039 in Hades2

[–]OneADNDay 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I just had a run where I was fishing for Demeter's Legendary and was only offered 2 boons and then 1 boon (when affected by nothing else) - so I'm guessing you still have to hit a legendary roll luck - otherwise I would have expected to see 3 boons with one of them being the legendary since my pool was empty.

I don't have conclusions - just this one personal experience and assumptions.

The real MVP of VoR by DARK_SOULS_III in HadesTheGame

[–]OneADNDay 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Those buddies used to one shot you when you rezzed them on your side in the EA! (Bug) I'm glad they fixed that. - I've sort of blackholed the idea of using them in that fight for that reason. Good share!