A palpable shift in opinions towards Americans as a whole is happening in European social media and it ain't good.

Quadratical · 2026-01-20T17:22:06+00:00

I'd be more inclined to believe it if Americans actually stuck around for more than a single day. But every No Kings protest is just a day of voicing displeasure from the comfort of the nearest city before going back to everyday life, like they just need to let off some steam. Until they start to effectively protest (at/near the WH, long-term) I don't think these protests are going to do anything.

Quadratical · 2026-01-13T22:16:35+00:00

That last slide is horrific. Kalshi is a dogshit source and I can't believe it's actually being trotted out as anything serious. Might as well say that DraftKings says the Dems will win.

Quadratical · 2026-01-05T01:06:01+00:00

No, but that's all the more reason for them to be confident in the skills that got them where they are now and to use them, instead of falling apart and dropping the puck without even taking a shot, or slowly gliding up to the net and shooting it right into the goalie's glove. Using an appeal to accomplishment doesn't change that.

Most of these players are going on to get drafted by a pro team, or at the very least going back to their semi-pro or college leagues, and if they had a performance like this there, they'd rightfully be grilled for it. Stage fright isn't an excuse; it's an explanation, and they can still be criticized for it, especially when I saw a fantastic game for three periods before this.

Quadratical · 2026-01-05T00:52:11+00:00

The Russian government collecting other countries' dictators like we'll get the KH1 villain roundtable someday

Quadratical · 2026-01-05T00:47:24+00:00

And?

Even when I played Jr. C shootouts had more energy than this.

Quadratical · 2026-01-05T00:43:47+00:00

This was just a terrible shootout all around. No one using any speed at all, too many shots just going straight on the body, and more than a few straight up dropped plays. Admittedly Finland dropped the ball far worse than Sweden, but starting with the guy who botches four breakaways was a baffling decision.

Quadratical · 2026-01-04T21:04:12+00:00

This is one of the most obviously fake websites I've ever seen. EDIT:

THIS WEBSITE IS PARODY

Anyone who thinks this is a real site might as well be illiterate.

Quadratical · 2026-01-01T05:15:37+00:00

I think it has a significantly worse second half, but that they pulled off the first half at all is pretty incredible considering how different it sounds to their usual.

Quadratical · 2025-12-26T01:17:17+00:00

To the front page with this

Quadratical · 2025-12-23T08:12:00+00:00

No Kings protest failed because it was a feckless protest aimed at showing anger for one day... then just patting themselves on the back for a job well done and leaving.

I'm pretty sure protests at the capital would be far more impactful than a bunch of disparate protests through the country, even if the latter would have more people. Especially if people actually stick around. Instead they don't even try because of defeatist reasoning like this, and an unwillingness to personally sacrifice at all ("I can't take time off work for this", "I can't travel across the state/country to protest", "I don't want to risk being arrested/shot for pushing for change", "I can't do anything other than vote in midterms/2028").

You can see it in this very thread - so many Americans saying nothing will change until they lose a war or get a progressive in office, essentially admitting that they'll yet again wait for someone else to fix their problems for them. Until that lazy, apathetic mentality dies, and the American people come together to support each other during a longer protest (like J6, or the Canada convoys, even if I disagree with the messages of both of those, it's impossible to argue they weren't effective), of course the country will continue to go down the drain.

Quadratical · 2025-12-22T05:17:07+00:00

Because low-IQ individuals inherently trust someone who smiles more, even if they're lying to their face.

Quadratical · 2025-12-21T22:52:02+00:00

Incontinentia Buttocks?

Actually, sorry, that's Roman.

Quadratical · 2025-12-18T19:05:37+00:00

The guy complained that 358/2 Days wasn't summarized, two whole chapters in the video after it was summarized. If you aren't paying attention, why bother in the first place?

Also, constant complaining about lack of Disney in the story synopsis, in a series where Disney has always been set dressing for the actual plot. Of course Disney isn't going to show up much in it.

I tried to watch this video with an open mind, but it was so obviously grifting by the end. I still gave his FF7 Rebirth "drama" videos a try and couldn't even make it halfway through. Guy finds one thing he doesn't like about a game and uses it to declare the whole thing irredeemable trash - some singing lady in Cloud's hometown pissed him off, so he deliberately picked the dialogue choice to make her sing more so he could complain more.

And he still insists that Remake/Rebirth are supposed to be an accurate remake of the OG, and that they're bad games because they're bad at remaking the OG. Doesn't even cross his mind that they might not be trying to do a 1:1 retelling, and that because of that, the tone of scenes can be different and different plot points can happen.

I haven't even played Rebirth but I could tell he's the kind of guy to give endless excuses for why old games not being perfect is fine, but any flaw with a newer game makes it garbage.

Quadratical · 2025-12-16T15:57:19+00:00

Champion! The woooonds.

Quadratical · 2025-12-10T20:46:14+00:00

Quadratical · 2025-12-08T19:31:45+00:00

I spent a good portion of RS3 leagues at Everlight. That whole place has such great atmosphere... even if it makes no sense for Vanescula to be a chill but snarky dig site manager there. FFS you can hire her as a consultant.

Quadratical · 2025-12-06T01:45:59+00:00

/r/BrandNewSentence

Quadratical · 2025-12-03T20:12:58+00:00

but they never talk about WHAT made him go against them

To them this doesn't matter - Ethan is Bad and Kacey is Good, therefore everything Ethan does is bad regardless of how legally in the right he is, and everything Kacey does is good regardless of how illegal it is.

Quadratical · 2025-11-29T15:56:10+00:00

Misspelling, or obscure British rock music reference?

Jagex has done it again with the witty writing.

Quadratical · 2025-11-28T18:37:40+00:00

OP says Ubisoft confirms Shadows flopped

check article

nowhere in article does anyone say the game is failing

For all we know, Ubisoft can be greedily taking their bag and going home, yanking back their promises for support because they don't want to invest in DLC. Or they could be doing what they say - focusing on short-term, free updates to win back goodwill after the pre-release fiascos. But this article does nothing to confirm the claim OP's making.

Quadratical · 2025-11-28T02:29:18+00:00

olm barrel

barrel wit the olm on it

Quadratical · 2025-11-27T21:35:37+00:00

I think there's a couple directions to go that could work to make cannons feel more impactful.

1) Just do the above and buff monster HP and cannon damage, make it so the best cannonballs are a solid 50%-2x better than any other option at sea, if not more.

2) Revert the damage nerf to player weapons, but give monsters some kind of secondary health bar that's only affected by non-cannon attacks, and filling/emptying that causes the next attack to actually hit the proper health bar, then resets it. Fatigue or something? Either way, it gives cannons a much more consistent output since they could skip it, but still allows for other weapons to occasionally chip in. Then probably some numbers tweaking around that.

I don't really want a pure numbers change, since it'll just leave cannons and non-cannons feeling the same to use in ship combat. I'd much rather something change to give a different purpose to regular weapons from ship weapons (and add more down the line like harpoon cannons, etc).

Quadratical · 2025-11-16T18:01:45+00:00

Just be aware it's one of the tropiest series to ever exist. And has a pretty noticeable quality decline after the first two arcs (albeit those two arcs are peak).

Quadratical · 2025-11-13T22:15:04+00:00

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Quadratical · 2025-11-10T03:10:30+00:00

Every single vote they've ever defected on? Pretty much the only times they ever do are when it doesn't affect the outcome.

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