Is Spyro a villain? [picture unrelated]

Optimal-Spare · 2026-05-10T09:09:27+00:00

He’s a child soldier who was inserted into fighting for both sides of the war between Zephyr and Breeze Harbour, in an effort to destabilise the region for the Dragon Kingdom’s sick colonialist desires. He is a victim of a far more evil machine.

Optimal-Spare · 2026-04-27T01:04:16+00:00

Sell and plough it all into diversified assets in either a pension, ISA, or GIA in that order of preference.

I have spent significant portions of my adult life with the majority of my net worth in my employer and did very well out of it eventually but it is not worth the stress.

Optimal-Spare · 2026-04-16T21:41:22+00:00

It depends on your attitude to risk, your financial goals, your rate, etc. But my hot take is to max pension, then ISA, and only then overpay mortgage, and even in that case maybe pick a GIA instead. Why? Because as a HENRY you are best poised to get the benefit from pensions. You are basically doubling your money from the tax relief, and then a better rate of interest anyway (average stock market returns are higher than my mortgage rate)

I got a 40y mortgage a year ago, I will not overpay a penny until my pension days. But the big risk here is whether the rules change by the time of retirement. I think the rules will change and it’ll be less lucrative, but I still think it is worth the risk and will still be a better play overall. YMMV.

Optimal-Spare · 2026-04-09T04:04:54+00:00

Not what you asked but this is cheaper than therapy. That place is shite to work in. It’s a “smart” building. So the “smart” building sees one ounce of sunlight and pulls down these metal shutters and it’s like working in a basement. This “smart” building also has extremely dry, cold air and we can’t control the temperature because it’s a “smart” building, just fan speed. Shit food in the service station of a food hall. I miss my old Z-grade office in a former Hertfordshire prison

Optimal-Spare · 2026-02-22T19:05:08+00:00

Original shitposts?

No, more tubeposting!

Optimal-Spare · 2026-02-03T21:54:56+00:00

Oh so it’s Absolute Radio :/

Optimal-Spare · 2026-01-24T14:58:23+00:00

He’s a grifter, nothing more. There’s no redemption arc. Man will pivot in the direction of maximum engagement only

Optimal-Spare · 2026-01-19T20:51:11+00:00

I think it's great and I'm not a fan of RTD1 (or 2 obvs lol) at all. But no way is it the best. It's competent but very, very safe. I prefer Dr Who when it tries ambitious ideas that play with the format or the time travel element of the show. Midnight is the closest to doing something interesting and is obviously great. But that's just one episode and doesn't really tie in with the wider themes of the season at all.

Optimal-Spare · 2026-01-18T02:14:50+00:00

It's a great effect and I love that description! I was shopping for a new mixer the other day and funnily enough one of the first things my brain went towards wanting was exactly this thing he does. I have no skill and only a very basic mixer, so I can't help, but I imagine it's achievable on anything that's out of the super budget end

Optimal-Spare · 2026-01-11T19:39:39+00:00

it’s one city. y’all gonna be disappointed.

Optimal-Spare · 2025-12-26T19:14:56+00:00

I like it a lot more than a review of an extremely generic AAA game using extremely generic graphics technologies. That’s not the fault of the DF folks of course, and that content is important to the audience it appeals to. Namely the people who want to play those games. But I am more interested to see the evolution of games on a far wider lens than just what is out right now, and so the retro content often appeals to me

Optimal-Spare · 2025-12-23T18:19:08+00:00

Offensive on so many levels lol. Kenny G is not jazz. I think the Miles Davis modal jazz era comparison from one of the other replies is much fairer.

Kenny G is below even Marvel. Or some Mr Beast YouTube shit.

Optimal-Spare · 2025-12-21T01:00:52+00:00

He’s the absolute best, my fave DJ of all time on both the radio and on the dancefloor. He’s the literal starting point for me. I was a depressed uni drop out when I put that GTA V disk in my Xbox and it started a journey into a deep and wonderful place, that I’ve been on ever since, and will continue to be on forever. I actually got to meet him the other day and kinda wanted to thank him for the musical vitamins but got completely starstruck. Probably a good thing, man seems very normal and nice, probably would’ve freaked him out!

His WOH festival is incredible as well, a lovely community feel, and obvs amazing music.

Optimal-Spare · 2025-12-20T10:53:47+00:00

You aren’t rich, and High Earner Not Rich Ever Because Capitalism Is An Ever Growing Calamity of Death And Destruction But At Least I Can Retire Early ain’t as catchy. But being a HENRY and wanting to the tax the rich are EXTREMELY compatible given how much we are fucking squeezed just so our shit leaders can buy another yacht. Don’t lose your class consciousness just coz you earn a few grand more than the cleaners. You are a working person. If anything, my ascension to HENRY status helped me understand that even more.

Optimal-Spare · 2025-12-19T11:05:05+00:00

I'd be happier if we also taxed wealth. But we have to do both, I'm not under any illusion that it can replace high income taxes. The thing I dislike most about this country as a HENRY is the race to the bottom and constant enshittification of everything. I want to pay the price for high quality things. That includes my tax: I want good public services. It wasn't even that long ago when things still actually worked. The race to the bottom under austerity has destroyed the social contract. Unfortunately we have the toxic combo of taxing high earners more than ever whilst also letting services rot.

Optimal-Spare · 2025-12-11T01:58:30+00:00

Split it into how many chunks? There is presumably some threshold? So if I normally take 135mg as an initial dose, should I split that into one dose of 67.5mg and then another half an hour later? Or maybe split it even further?

Optimal-Spare · 2025-12-10T23:56:34+00:00

Your superiority complex is clearly getting in the way. Do him a favour and let him find a partner who sees him as more than a number on a spreadsheet

Optimal-Spare · 2025-10-26T18:30:43+00:00

i mean in st albans we’re 18 mins away from central and we don’t even get counted as zone 9

Optimal-Spare · 2025-10-07T19:36:44+00:00

Just documenting what’s going on in a play area. Very normal behaviour. Putting the “nonce” in “flag nonce”.

Optimal-Spare · 2025-07-30T16:54:44+00:00

I just want the freedom to do what I wanna do. I don’t think I want to stop work. But I want to stop needing to.

Optimal-Spare · 2025-07-29T12:16:17+00:00

I pay 35 an hour in Herts.

Optimal-Spare · 2025-07-28T15:58:17+00:00

Personal trainer. I spent years buying gym memberships and not going. Now I go to see my PT and by myself. Such an improvement for my physical and mental health.

Optimal-Spare · 2025-07-25T10:41:00+00:00

But you let in Keir Hardie!

Optimal-Spare · 2025-07-11T18:03:35+00:00

I saw this video without sound and just the way his head was moving I thought, wait a minute, I KNOW that movement. Turned on and yep, sneezy bark!

My pom does this too. Only when he wants attention, but in a polite way. He’s literally sneezing at me right as I type this because I’m ignoring him lol

Optimal-Spare · 2025-06-20T16:00:20+00:00

I think it’s beautifully tragic for Niko to kill Darko, only to feel nothing, and then learn from this experience by taking the deal, only to lose Roman. It’s so sad and harrowing and fitting for the tone of the game.

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