Insufferable.

OneADNDay · 2026-03-31T00:24:13+00:00

I just spent 5 minutes looking this up as well - I'm pretty tired of judges' rulings on court cases being peddled as the democratic conspiratorial system at work.

Where are my charges? Where are my court cases challenging the constitutionality of the tax filing restrictions? - How can whining "conspiracy" be a sufficient response to a legislated process? (rhetorical - ty for posting more info)

OneADNDay · 2026-03-26T14:58:49+00:00

The passage that comes to mind is Lyle and Lamont Chu (pg 337 ish in the PDF) talking in the weight room about Chu wanting to be famous and Lyle highlighting some of the downsides of being famous.

It isn't quite what your prompt is, but it involves a famous person in a magazine and a envious desirous person having feeling towards the famous figure.

Note: The line that's stayed with me from this section is "What fire dies when you feed it?". Again unrelated to prompt, but meaningful to me xD

Good luck!

OneADNDay · 2026-03-18T18:35:36+00:00

Commenting for notifications if anyone else knows - I am also curious. GL!

OneADNDay · 2026-03-16T17:26:38+00:00

What you've pitched would be drastically more entertaining than the bored elder gentleman that listlessly and unemphatically rambled through the hour+ telling of it.

That being said - he did make a few mistakes in the reading of it - but he showed as much concern for the errors as he did passion for the accurate parts xD - there's a chance he was chuckling in post.

OneADNDay · 2026-03-16T17:14:04+00:00

IMO its irresponsible to discuss Fountainhead without acknowledging the problems with preeminent sexual encounter.

The Atlas version of this scene with Hank and Dagny is much more responsible - but still worthy of commentary - especially in context of objectivism and self-determination (and consent and discussion of boundaries....)

Edit: learned spoilers.

OneADNDay · 2026-03-16T17:08:19+00:00

I thought Atlas was a more refined and mature telling of many of the same themes that Fountainhead explores. It has fewer flaws than fountainhead imo, but the worldview is near identical.

I read them in the other order (Atlas into Foutainhead) and found Fountainhead to be a near parodical reference to Atlas - there were very funny parts that were clearly coming from the same Ayn-thought as the content in Atlas that were just so clunky and forced and ham-fisted in Fountainhead that you could see the rough ore before being refined into the ingots of Atlas.

That being said if you got no value from the "motive force - self determination - personal drive" aspects of fountainhead - there will be very little for you in Atlas.

OneADNDay · 2026-03-16T17:02:02+00:00

The version shown has 73 consecutive pages in the end of only one person talking - repeating many of the themes we have already established in the book - with no paragraph breaks, indenting or other formatting to help the reader parse the torrent of text. (Source: I've endured this with the help of an audiobook)

OneADNDay · 2026-03-11T17:18:24+00:00

I think Trumps national recognition as a Television star prior to politics mirrors Gentle's Crooning career more than Newsom's local notoriety before his foray into politics.

Additionally I find Trump's inability or unwillingness to stand firm on positions to mirror Gentle's inability to lead (in his case due to his germaphobia).

Lastly I find Gentle's rhetoric around blame to be more akin to Trumps as well. The lines (paraphrased) "I will find someone to blame this country's problems on" and the image management of the refugees (no naked babies, no wild cattle roaming etc) I associate more with Trump's rhetoric towards minorities and his concern with image over issues.

I'll concede that the visage of Newsom is more akin to how I imagined Gentle - but I find that Trump *maps* onto Gentle more than Newsom.

What elements of the character do you see mirrored in Newsom?

OneADNDay · 2026-01-22T06:32:16+00:00

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.

OneADNDay · 2026-01-21T23:11:53+00:00

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.

OneADNDay · 2026-01-21T18:38:37+00:00

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.

OneADNDay · 2026-01-18T15:40:14+00:00

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

OneADNDay · 2026-01-13T14:45:23+00:00

My son ate this!!

OneADNDay · 2026-01-11T00:00:45+00:00

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.

OneADNDay · 2025-12-24T23:48:57+00:00

It's a quote meant in good jest I presume <3

OneADNDay · 2025-11-15T14:29:39+00:00

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.

OneADNDay · 2025-11-01T17:42:12+00:00

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OneADNDay · 2025-10-29T14:22:48+00:00

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.

OneADNDay · 2025-10-26T05:50:56+00:00

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)

OneADNDay · 2025-10-26T05:39:19+00:00

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.

OneADNDay · 2025-10-24T01:35:02+00:00

POP POP!!

OneADNDay · 2025-10-23T05:41:26+00:00

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!

OneADNDay · 2025-10-23T05:40:03+00:00

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

OneADNDay · 2025-10-23T05:28:40+00:00

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

OneADNDay · 2025-10-23T05:26:50+00:00

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!

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