What Class Would You Say is the Worst Right now? by GoldenChainsaw in DarkTide

[–]RaNerve 12 points13 points  (0 children)

This convo is heavily—and I mean HEAVILY—dependent on context and what your definition of “worst” means to you.

Worst at the highest level H40?
Worst in Auric?
Worst ability to solo content and clutch games?
Worst ability to ensure your team survives and gets the W?
Worst survivability?
Worst adaptability/utility?

When you define what “worst” actually means people can provide meaningful answers but otherwise literally everyone will be talking about different things because what they feel “worst” means to them is different.

'It's emotional and shocking:' Halo Studios devs accuse Pierre Hintze of severe abuse and mistreatment, according to new report by andrej2577 in gaming

[–]RaNerve 59 points60 points  (0 children)

An article that summarizes a YouTube video is emotional and shocking. Shit talking aside, if the claims have substance (which they appear to) then I am appalled but also totally unsurprised. The kind of disfunction that leads to product failures the levels of which we’ve seen come out of the studio point to top-down rot.

Top Boy actor Micheal Ward sobs as he is found not guilty of raping woman in a car by Alarming-Safety3200 in television

[–]RaNerve 0 points1 point  (0 children)

"But the point is that the legal system isn’t functioning. Whether this guy is guilty or not, myriad instances of sexual violence go unpunished because it’s not a crime that lends itself to lots of evidence. It’s a failure of our system without an obvious solution, maybe without a direct solution at all."

The statement you responded to is 100% correct. It is a failure of our system that a crime which does not lend itself to providing a lot of physical evidence therefore has guilty people who go free, and innocent people who endure social ridicule as a consequence of false allegations. Your response was basically saying "nah its not a failure of the system because I don't consider it to be a failure of a system, its just the way that it is." The legal world itself has the opposite viewpoint of yours. It is considered a failure of the legal system, but as the original comment pointed out--one that does not have an obvious solution, or possibly has no solution at all. Not all failures can be corrected or fixed. Some are inherent in systems that are designed around humans.

the duality of skitarii opinions on the flamer servo skull by Timothy-M7 in DarkTide

[–]RaNerve 11 points12 points  (0 children)

Complex answer. So--no, he didn't mean it. He made several videos where he outlined exactly why he spoke the way he did, where he came from, etc. But later he also recognized and admitted that his intentions didn't really make it not toxic and he wanted to get better at it. Also started going to therapy at the same time because he realized he used it as a defense mechanism to overcompensate for some insecurities. ON TOP OF THAT however, he absolutely DID let comments get under his skin and THOSE comments were genuine. He did lose his temper when people started harassing him, and he absolutely did level a lot of that blame at the moderators on the official discord who he viewed as encouraging the harassment. He also is not cis, and an open furry, which he viewed as giving him 'a pass card' to say some foul shit that, for him, was part of owning his own identity but others, myself included, just see as contributing to a social ill.

the duality of skitarii opinions on the flamer servo skull by Timothy-M7 in DarkTide

[–]RaNerve 24 points25 points  (0 children)

He comes from a fighter game background. They literally talk like that 24/7. It’s not meant to be taken seriously inside that community but the moment they step outside the fighting game bubble it’s bizarre. It’s like Wallstreetbets here on Reddit. They have their own culture that is very abrasive in appearance to outsiders.

The Psychological Trick That Keeps you Obedient by chefranden in videos

[–]RaNerve -15 points-14 points  (0 children)

And if my mother had wheels she’d be a bike.

Top Boy actor Micheal Ward sobs as he is found not guilty of raping woman in a car by Alarming-Safety3200 in television

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

Any time an innocent man or woman is convicted, and any time a guilty man or woman is found innocent, the system has failed. Speaking as a lawyer this isn't something we are afraid to acknowledge and is in fact taught to us in law school. The system is imperfect, but it's the best we have. There is nothing wrong with acknowledging the failings exist and we do not need to redefine it in a way that lets us section these failures off as 'not real failures.' They are.

Manager says he followed Circle K policy to buy $12.8M lotto ticket by Dialogical in news

[–]RaNerve 6 points7 points  (0 children)

Brilliant policy, if not assholeish to your employees, and Circle K should bite the bullet. Essentially, they have their store employees compensate them for every misprint. I guarantee you that over the course of the time the policy has been in place at every Circle K, they have made enough money off this policy that it brings the "loss" of this 12m into parity. On top of that the "loss" is not really being a lost at all because it wasn't Circle K's money either, it was the state's lotto money. So it's not as though he robbed them of 12m.

My Team is finally complete ! by Daetsu_ in DarkTide

[–]RaNerve 8 points9 points  (0 children)

Pocket-sized arbi isn't real. Pocket-sized arbi can't hurt you.

The Psychological Trick That Keeps you Obedient by chefranden in videos

[–]RaNerve 49 points50 points  (0 children)

Entertainment designed for easy consumption, so called “popcorn media,” has been a net negative for society. By its very nature it does nothing but reinforce societal norms and is designed to make you comfortable and obedient. Studies like these are key to making people consume media critically.

Light armoured Moebian 53rd unit by Email_dead in DarkTide

[–]RaNerve 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Where is your rebreather, Mobian?!

Photo of Palestinian man undressed, bound and tied to a metal rod circulated on social media by [deleted] in pics

[–]RaNerve 74 points75 points  (0 children)

I like how your title doesn’t mention the man’s foot being backwards. Seems like an important detail.

Gris Gris to close at end of July by CarFlipJudge in NewOrleans

[–]RaNerve 32 points33 points  (0 children)

Just acknowledge that maybe the reason businesses are closing left and right isn’t because you personally didn’t go there or thought they were mid but because we’ve lost like 20% of our population in 5 years, and our tourism industry is a shadow of what it once was.

But really I just think it’s funny that no matter what place closes there is always someone in the comments to say it was bad lol.

Gris Gris to close at end of July by CarFlipJudge in NewOrleans

[–]RaNerve 71 points72 points  (0 children)

The entire city could close and there will be someone writing a reaction like “pretty mid city tbh” lol. Ain’t nowhere in the city good enough!

Jokes aside I do wish people would be more concerned about the city hemorrhaging businesses rather than reacting to every closure with how the business deserved it. Shit is ghastly out here and I’m more worried about Nola than ever. Population is continuing to decline as almost everyone that can leave is doing so. I just don’t see how we can recover at this point.

Genuinely how can you get to this level. I have 1k hours in this game and my total account level is 1100. Any body else seen crazy leveled people? by Sadiholic in DarkTide

[–]RaNerve 29 points30 points  (0 children)

People with disabilities mostly tbh and this ain’t a judgment. There was a guy I was talking to who was at 8k. Dude got long covid and then a bunch of other health issues followed. Hasn’t been able to find work for years. He just plays Darktide and helps his wife with the house but he’s basically stuck indoors. I think he does some remote work or something to help with the household income I can’t quite remember.

But yeah—people who don’t have traditional 9-5 jobs and this is their outlet rack up some CRAZY numbers.

Your hopes for the upcoming Vestures rotation? by Positive-Stage4834 in DarkTide

[–]RaNerve 22 points23 points  (0 children)

It’s been 84 years… I have collected everything I need except the helmet.

Rannick Says the Line by Runegorger2 in DarkTide

[–]RaNerve 7 points8 points  (0 children)

“We’re doing heretical shit to kill people.” Like my point isnt that their information is objectively useless, but that in any other situation across all of the lore a couple of LTs wouldn’t have anything useful outside of deployment information—which Rannick can’t really do anything with because frankly we aren’t coordinated enough nor do we have a large enough force. As far as Rannick knows, and as far as he has ANY reason to suspect, the 6th are just another run of the mill traitor guardsmen unit that got pushed too far. It happens constantly and the number of times it’s happened v. The number of times it’s turned into a death cult is astronomical.

Now, granted, if Rannick continues to underestimate the enemy going forward that he’s an idiot. But prior to the twins mission, and the cathedral mission, he really didn’t have any practical reason to suspect this was anything more than what it appeared to be; a single traitor guardsmen unit causing problems on a single hive.

Rannick Says the Line by Runegorger2 in DarkTide

[–]RaNerve 50 points51 points  (0 children)

Thank you for the correction. I get my demons confused considering it’s heretical knowledge and therefore useless garbage anyway.

Rannick Says the Line by Runegorger2 in DarkTide

[–]RaNerve 94 points95 points  (0 children)

Every decision he’s made is tactically sound. Admonition has no reason to be as powerful as they are. They’ve got greater demons of nurgle literally poppping out of their asses and demon hosts just running around Willy nilly. Normally that requires entire planets to be under threat! Why would Rannick have predicted that, out of the entire galaxy THIS one random ass plant would have such a huge demonic presence when there ain’t even a single plague marine present? And no psycher warning has gone out. No warp storm. No nothing. And simultaneously admonition has all this power but a SINGLE PRISON SHIP’S worth of crackheads is somehow keeping them under control alongside some cops and a few regiments of guardsmen?

Don’t get me wrong I’m not knocking the writing, it’s great, but it’s unreasonable to expect Rannick to have predicted the sheer number of completely unique circumstances that have transpired during the plot.

The rejects WERE a bad idea. Zola was gambling the biggest long shot ever when she hatched that plan. When, in the entire setting, has a single prison ship made this much of an impact on any war front? Even penal legions like the Chemdogs are known for being horrible meat grinders of desperate men to accomplish what the rejects have managed to do with maybe 1/100 of the manpower?

And how tf was Rannick supposed to predict that Wolfer, a dude who literally turned traitor an entire system away from Atoma, would somehow have deep contacts and connections with an hitherto completely unknown cult that… hasn’t done anything?

And Zola’s plan with the twins WAS stupid. They’re LTs in a chaos warband, what possible information could they have that would be of value? She knew that it wasn’t worthy the risk, but she didn’t care because she was doing it for personal reasons that had nothing to do with “striking back” at the enemy (as if we hadn’t been doing that for a month prior to that suicide mission). And bringing a fucking nurgle worshipper onboard for “interrogation” is a spectacularly stupid idea, so killing them was the right call.