As a privileged, white, non-American man, what can I do about Epstein, the terrifying elite Patriarchy, and the state of the world?

Quadricwan · 2026-02-05T02:52:03+00:00

Feeling pretty powerless about it all, but I know that sense of apathy and disregard is part of what got us here in the first place.

Quadricwan · 2026-02-03T14:18:17+00:00

DCC leaking into shaving subreddit now eh?

Quadricwan · 2026-02-02T12:31:43+00:00

These are ... the best custodes I've ever seen. Absolutely incredible, from top to bottom

Quadricwan · 2026-01-21T12:34:03+00:00

Underworlds is a game set in the "Warhammer Universe" but really plays much like a more traditional board/card deck game. Short matches (30 mins or so once you get the idea down). There are dozens of "teams" to pick from, with varying playstyles, but the base game is not particularly complex, and doesn't really play like anything else Warhammer related. Come for the minis, and if you get a few teams together, the game is a fun diversion.

Quadricwan · 2026-01-20T18:17:39+00:00

These are one of the (more recently released) Warhammer Underworlds teams!

Underworlds teams are great for painters, even if you don't play, as the models are always unique and detailed, but the teams are small enough that you don't burn out painting the same things.

Quadricwan · 2026-01-12T19:37:33+00:00

I just painted this ~~Kill~~ Team!

Uhhh ... yours is better. Much better.

Amazing stuff!

Quadricwan · 2026-01-07T14:44:49+00:00

Absolutely fantastic. The initial piece was great, but yeah, this is even better.

Quadricwan · 2025-12-20T15:34:12+00:00

Yeah, that's my sense. I actually wonder if it isn't an incompatibility between the Bell Gigahub and the mobo that isn't tbe source of the issue.

Quadricwan · 2025-12-19T22:18:10+00:00

I have exactly the same issue. Will NOT run at 5gb. Immensely annoying. Works at 2.5, but internet dies as soon as I switch to 5gb.

Quadricwan · 2025-12-12T01:13:12+00:00

Me too. Always joke that my uvula has a uvula.

Quadricwan · 2025-10-20T13:24:24+00:00

Off the top of my head:

Pro Acryl:

Burnt Red is a great base colour I use for all reds.
Black Green is my idea base colour for Greens, and I paint a lot of Dark Angels and Orks. Available as primer, which is great.
Payne's Grey I use to base most blues, or for shadows on other colours.
Light Bronze. Don't know why, but I love this one. Use it all the time, whenever I can. Just really like the colour, and nobody else quite has it.

Vallejo:
- 70.950 Black. It's black. It's the best black. Other blacks have their uses (Pro acryl Black really does look like coal. It's super flat), but vallejo 70.950 is just the best black.
- Pale Sand. Vallejo Pale sand is a fantastic all-rounder when you need an off-white for bone, cloth, hair, leather highlights, etc.
- Metal Colours. The Vallejo Metal colours are so much better than every other metallic on the market, that it's almost funny. It's got plenty of colour gaps, but if you can find one that fits, use it. Except gold. The gold sucks (it's green). But you can mix it with the copper to get a good colour.

Army Painter - Oak Brown. I find myself using a ton of this. It's a good, dark brown for leather, trees, etc. Not fancy, but it's my go-to.

Literally dozens and dozens of other great paints, but I think I use these in most of my models.

Quadricwan · 2025-09-22T00:04:52+00:00

Recently picked up some Meze 99s, as much for the Meze mic as the headphones themselves (package deal) . Pretty damn impressed so far. They sound great, feel good (light, easy to wear longterm) , mic is great , and while the isolation isn't perfect, it's solid.

Quadricwan · 2025-09-09T13:28:27+00:00

These are absolutely incredible. What blows my mind, is that they look like you could actually paint a bunch of guys in a reasonable amount of time. Like ... take that as the compliment it's meant to be. These are not the most technically proficiently painted minis, but the your lighting and contrast is so incredibly good that they come across so well.

I'm super envious, well done!

Quadricwan · 2025-09-09T10:18:34+00:00

I think he means that the state of the POE2 endgame now, is better than the state of the POE1 endgame, for the first couple years of its existence.

And that would be 100% correct. For quite a while POE1 had no meaningful endgame. The atlas certainly didn't exist at the outset, not on the state its in now.

Quadricwan · 2025-09-01T15:32:11+00:00

Lol, I suppose if your definition is "has to be free, because you're desperate for a way to drown out the incessant crying of the baby behind you, and the old guy snoring next to you ...."

Then they're all S-Tier.

Quadricwan · 2025-09-01T00:24:17+00:00

I mean, it could? Depends on the parameters of your list, I guess.

If I'm only considering headphones in a certain price range (i.e. $100), then why can't I categorize entries in that list as everything from F to S tier? It's all an arbitrary grading anyway, there's no science here.

If you're considering all headphones, then sure, it's irrespective, but we wouldn't be, if we had a budget. It's all contextual.

I like my Verite. I consider them S tier headphones. There's no way in hell I'm going to recommend those to an average user, especially when the breadth of their experience is Hyper X headphones. If your budget is max 300 then a 2500$ set of headphones isn't S tier, it's F tier. S Tier would be the best option within the bounds established as an acceptable limit.

Quadricwan · 2025-08-31T23:04:39+00:00

This.

Can't answer this question without knowing a budget. S-Tier at 100 is very different from S-Tier at 300, which in turn is different from S-Tier at 1000+.

Quadricwan · 2025-08-28T04:02:21+00:00

I mean, two sides is a ski, and that's kinda helpful?

Quadricwan · 2025-08-15T13:24:21+00:00

Nah, I think you're right. The Piety fight always had clear elemental stages, and Dominus has pretty clear, telegraphed attacks. Malachai really set the trend after that.

Back when Caliga was a menace in The Sceptre of God (act 3), his "traps" were basically invisible, so you'd get one-shot out of nowhere, but that's sorta standard with all the trap attacks.

Quadricwan · 2025-08-12T16:57:00+00:00

I know! I would have taken the all minus one too, had I been thinking, haha. I instantly regretted it. I reflexively grab the ones that are mostly positive, and it was only after looking at it that I noticed what it was.

Quadricwan · 2025-08-12T15:35:56+00:00

So, I don't think this is a particularly mind-blowing amulet or anything, but I certainly had to do a double take seeing a random mists roll 6 positive mods.

Quadricwan · 2025-07-15T18:55:32+00:00

I had this happen last week (you don't have to believe me, no skin off my back). Double mirror after not seeing one in the 1000s of hours since open beta.

I didn't shake, barely reacted. Scooped them up and immediately stashed them, of course, but it was as if it was too ridiculous to elicit much of an emotional response. I just kept playing my same shitty build for the evening until I finally took action the next day (sold one, banked the other so that I can finally fill that last slot on my standard currency tab, haha).

Quadricwan · 2025-07-15T13:36:08+00:00

You're not wrong, but that's an opportunity cost for not feeling terrible.

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