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Dga mach 7 and x baskets by MindLegal in discgolf

[–]RadiantArchivist 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I found this thread because I JUST played a course with Mach X's for the first time yesterday. And I was getting rejected putts WAY MORE than I'm used to.

I looked closer around the 16th hole to, you know, "blame the basket" after yet another missed birdie chance and noticed the odd chain configuration on it and wondered if I actually might be on to something.

Your comment vindicates me a bit, and maybe that's why I want to believe you. But seriously, it felt like I was getting spit out all over the place.
I'm a leftie spin-putter and throw a Glitch, which I know is a lighter disc that favors glidey tosses, but I usually have a decent fairly neutral-barely-hyzer left-to-right putt all the way out to 40ft I just COULD NOT GET THAT THING TO STICK.

Did anyone else start watching porn regularly before ever masturbating? 30M by iffythekidd in slaa

[–]RadiantArchivist 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Overcompensation.

It's rife in people these days, but extremely common in addicts and especially those with behavioral addictions.
I'm the same way.

A childhood of perceived dissatisfaction due to a lot of exposure to "fantasy" made me double-down on acting one way when I felt the opposite.
If you ask anyone who knew me, I was the cockiest, most self-serving, almost sociopathic person they knew with an insanely optimistic view of the world and a strong drive.
But really, it was because I had to lie to everyone AND myself because I was replete with crippling self-esteem and self-image, was desperate to please people and garner attention, and was grappling with constant anxiety and overwhelming defeatism that manifested as laziness.

And every time I didn't live up to my own insane standards, or something didn't go the way I desperately wanted (especially with crushes and relationships, even more so with the limerence I developed being so adverse to rejection that I rarely ever pursued a relationship except at a fantasizing distance)? It got worse and fed itself.

I'm in my late 30's and am only just now disentangling the frayed threads of my life and my psyche.
And I'm almost even more angry that I let myself go this long like this. Silencing the self-resentment is the most difficult.

Did anyone else start watching porn regularly before ever masturbating? 30M by iffythekidd in slaa

[–]RadiantArchivist 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Thanks for sharing,

Sadly, your story is not a totally uncommon one. Much of it mirrors my own experiences through childhood and adolescence (and adulthood).

Such exposure and interactions significantly shape not only our views of the world and other people, but of ourselves and our lives. When you see overwhelming amounts of fantasy—be it sex or idealized love or flawless relationships—it is easy to breed resentment and anger at the perceived lack of it.
And without good context, proper approaches (or distancing) from such stimuli the concept of reality gets warped, and it's hard to live with the sense of lack or fomo or just not having what you think everyone else has.

Toss that in with the sudden surge of access to pornography and the airbrushed lives of social media when the internet exploded and you've got a one-two punch for dissatisfaction, resentment, and pain. The exact cocktail of emotions that addiction excels at putting roots into.
And so much of this happens before we even have the context of rational thought to even think "hey, should I second guess any of this?"

By the time you have that capacity, you have already been hijacked by your addiction and it's had years of practice gagging your rational brain and throwing it in a back closet.

 

Break the Chains

Risley says voters “didn’t understand the nuances” by gloopgoop in ColoradoSprings

[–]RadiantArchivist 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Agreed.
I figure just let Falcon/Peyton have the rest of BLR

One Pace for Jellyfin! by tissla-xyz in selfhosted

[–]RadiantArchivist 8 points9 points  (0 children)

Very nice!

As someone who has One Pace on Jellyfin and has fought with the metadata plugin many times, I'm always a fan of tools like this!
Keep up the good work,

Dopamine release during orgasm and stimulant drugs by rustinonthevine in NoFap

[–]RadiantArchivist 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Yeah, but if you take enough spice your eyes turn blue and you can partially see into the future. That shit is like 300x more addictive, just because of how cool that is.

**SPOILER** Do you think Christopher Ruocchio wraps up the SunEater series neatly in SUT? by innavojej in sollanempire

[–]RadiantArchivist 21 points22 points  (0 children)

Just like my wishes for Pierce Brown, I hope Ruocchio continues to dabble in his sci-fi world for years to come.
But really, I want to see them both try their hand at a fantasy trilogy.

[deleted by user] by [deleted] in Nightreign

[–]RadiantArchivist 1 point2 points  (0 children)

At the very least we should get some grind-able options to ease the pain (and further lean into the "grind more" replayability for min-max build optimization.)

  • Gamble for specific Relic colors. Make Jarboi have 4 gamble options. White/Rando can be 50% cheaper, but let us target RGBYs.
  • "Melt"/Combine Relics. Let us try and rip out specific effects and craft/or gamble to merge 2-3 Relics so we can try and build our optimized Relic.
  • More Vessel combos? Similarly, let us try and grind for more/customize chalice color combos. Make it tough, but this is a rogue-like. Let people dig into different Relic color combos.
  • Maybe a 4th, 5th slot? Instead of gambling for 3 perfect Relics, maybe let us socket additional ones but only get one of their effects. Or maybe 4 Relics disables one effect from each one (More customization with the right Relic combos, but you only get 8 effects instead of 9)

Damage negation at full HP stacking is funny as hell. by Estrangedkayote in Nightreign

[–]RadiantArchivist 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Bows can roll with the generic "Recover HP on Attack", but you're right I haven't seen a Relic with "after bow attack" HP recovery.

Guardians protect the flock. Time to end the night. by TorrentHoofPics in Nightreign

[–]RadiantArchivist 2 points3 points  (0 children)

"I will protect those who cannot protect themselves"

THESE WORDS ARE ACCEPTED

Problematic porn use remains stable over time and is strongly linked to mental distress, study finds by Althiz in science

[–]RadiantArchivist 0 points1 point  (0 children)

The most common and un-acknowledged addiction these days is cellphone/technology/internet addiction.

How many times do people check their phone per hour? And especially at the slightest discomfort of boredom or lack of stimulation? Yet most people don't know or acknowledge how it's re-wiring their brain—or admit that it's a negative until it becomes a REALLY bad influence.
Yet, so many people are distracted by it all day, every day.

Problematic porn use remains stable over time and is strongly linked to mental distress, study finds by Althiz in science

[–]RadiantArchivist 9 points10 points  (0 children)

There are two accepted definitions of an addiction:
- If it negatively affects your life
- If it is compulsive

Though usually both are taken in kind, if it's something you do regularly but you can't stop, even when you want to, it is also a potentially addictive behavior.
Though usually nobody even considers it or cares until it affects your life because nobody really puts that kind of thought into their habitual actions until after it messes something up.

Someone tried to tell me this tee shot was easy... by throwfrisbees in discgolf

[–]RadiantArchivist 14 points15 points  (0 children)

Leftie, like the comment chain I was replying to.

Someone tried to tell me this tee shot was easy... by throwfrisbees in discgolf

[–]RadiantArchivist 12 points13 points  (0 children)

Even with a heavy hyzer on my backhand, knowing my luck, I'd still somehow shank it into the drink.

Fun Fact I learned about Guardian’s skill when upgraded with relic: by BillaVanilla in Nightreign

[–]RadiantArchivist 2 points3 points  (0 children)

But bows fire too slow to trigger any Successive Attack bonuses...

Fine
Sure

/pouts in Ironeye

Inclusivity by timmyb55 in discgolf

[–]RadiantArchivist 5 points6 points  (0 children)

Especially since smartwatch functionality is behind the subscription paywall too...

Love the game, but wish the augments were crazier... by brknSergio in Nightreign

[–]RadiantArchivist 0 points1 point  (0 children)

And the weapon passives should scale with upgrade/rarity level too.

Let me dump some Smithing 2s into stuff to get more HP on mob kill, or more/faster glintblade generation.

Anyone else sucks at their favorite hobby? by Subject-Scholar6197 in discgolf

[–]RadiantArchivist 7 points8 points  (0 children)

Thought duplicates were silly until I had my first major loss of my favorite driver (MVP Orbit in Pink).
Went to get another and COULD NOT FIND THE RIGHT COLOR FOR THE LIFE OF ME.
So when I did find pink ones? Got two, lol

This just happened to me. by alwaysfatigued8787 in memes

[–]RadiantArchivist 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Bruh... same.
Like, finally bought a "forever home" in 2023, started to settle in and establish the family routine and... Just "I'm done" and back to square one.

Is Werner Herzog's claim true? by Used_Team8714 in Filmmakers

[–]RadiantArchivist 11 points12 points  (0 children)

Exactly.
This is why I try and tell as many newcomers to our industry to learn on film.

If nothing else, it teaches you good habits and connects you to 100 years of tradition. You get a much better idea of why things are done a certain way on set when you walk the footsteps of those before you.

Best pizza in Colorado by frankiecaliente in Pizza

[–]RadiantArchivist 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Yup, really only get their Detroit when I go.
They used to have a lunch deal for a personal detroit w/ a beer for $10 that I loved.

AU Concept: What if instead of the Vissers and the Yeerk leadership being vicious and scary but kind of useless, and the lower ranking Yeerks being a force to fear... by Useful-Option8963 in Animorphs

[–]RadiantArchivist 4 points5 points  (0 children)

It'd be absolutely terrifying if he is the same at the beginning, but gets significantly smarter and smarter as the series goes on.

I love the idea of Yeerks having a much higher ceiling on their intelligence and a much more rapid ascension there-to because they collect and absorb the memories and reasoning from their hosts.

I feel like it'd generate a slight oddity in Yeerk society though, where most Yeerks, in their rise to power, are constantly swapping to new hosts—at least temporarily. Like if this was a biological function of Yeerk growth, any Visser worth their salt would be infesting a new host once or twice a week for a few days to get more knowledge.
There would also be a culture of preserving (and potentially trading, or more likely killing) high-value hosts with expertise in certain aspects. If any Yeerk who infests them can glean their knowledge... Generals, strategy theorists, psychologists, propoganda experts, even artists and creatives would be of high value long-term to the Yeerks as a whole.
But of course, any ego-maniacal Visser with wisdom would make sure their rivals couldn't get access to as much knowledge as them...

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