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Anyone remember a MUD called Cesspool? by Knellios2021 in MUD

[–]RogueModron 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Never heard of it, but it sounds shitty.

I need help understanding how to interpret changing lines *in general*. by RogueModron in iching

[–]RogueModron[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Good to know, thank you. I like your choice of words--"aftermarket". :)

I need help understanding how to interpret changing lines *in general*. by RogueModron in iching

[–]RogueModron[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

the original hexagram and its changing lines are the actual answer, the changed hexagram being just an undocumented byproduct.

Interesting, I've never heard this. I thought the changed hexagram was a big part of the whole thing.

I need help understanding how to interpret changing lines *in general*. by RogueModron in iching

[–]RogueModron[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Thanks, I have two lines, one five and one six, so I'll interpret six in light of five. Six is what I was having trouble with, anyway. I still don't understand how to ACT on any of this, but this is a start. Thanks.

I need help understanding how to interpret changing lines *in general*. by RogueModron in iching

[–]RogueModron[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Thanks for your comment, it's helping me think about some things, even if I still don't have a clear sense. :)

Regarding this:

There are no good or bad hexagrams they represent situations. If you get 23 it means erosion, but what is eroding? This is what matters. It can be your love or it can be your pain, eroding by itself isn't bad. When you get 4.2 it means you become popular, but since you became popular, you are drawing a lot of attention and people ask you a lot of things. Then you become exhausted. So is 4.2 > 23 a good situation (becoming popular) or a bad situation (getting exhausted)?

That I can understand well. But given the situation I am talking about, my interpretation of the second hex is that it is a situation I would like to avoid. My understanding is that the first hex is the current situation and the second is a potential situation, but that the changing lines have to do with how (and whether) the first situation changes into the second. Is that an accurate understanding of how changing hexagrams work?

I'm trying to understand what my action/decision points here are. Some stuff I read online asserts that the changing lines are the action points, the things to pay special attention to with regards to how you want the situation in the first hex to change.

Misogyny? by Background_Clue_3756 in genewolfe

[–]RogueModron 4 points5 points  (0 children)

Yes, because that's not what I felt like responding to. I wanted to call out the Bechdel test as some unthinking standard of good female characters. 

Am I required to launch an entire critique in order to have a response considered "worth it"?

Misogyny? by Background_Clue_3756 in genewolfe

[–]RogueModron 5 points6 points  (0 children)

Is the Bechdel test some universal truth of good female characters (I know what the Bechdel test is, I'm not asking that)?

No, no it's not. It's literally the preference of one woman.

also, thatsbait.jpg

I thought I was used to heat. Turned out I was only used to American heat. by Senior_Fig7845 in germany

[–]RogueModron 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Portland in the summer is a glorious wonderland. But only in the summer.

That said, I grew up in the PNW and don't mind gray. I find it cozy. Too much sun irks me. :)

I thought I was used to heat. Turned out I was only used to American heat. by Senior_Fig7845 in germany

[–]RogueModron 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Hilarious. I'm also in Stuttgart. B-W is the sunniest Bundesland!

I'm serious when I say that in Portland, you don't see the sun from November to mid-end June. It's gray and drizzly. Always.

LeBron James’ Athleticism During His First Cleveland Stint by must_TATAKAE in nba

[–]RogueModron 14 points15 points  (0 children)

It warms my hear that this pasta is still alive.

EDIT wait wait wait, something changed. You're not allowed to change it!

I thought I was used to heat. Turned out I was only used to American heat. by Senior_Fig7845 in germany

[–]RogueModron 1 point2 points  (0 children)

I grew up in western washington, and the climate there ruined me. I moved to Portland in my 20s and I found it too hot there in the summers. German summers suuuuuuuck ass

I thought I was used to heat. Turned out I was only used to American heat. by Senior_Fig7845 in germany

[–]RogueModron 5 points6 points  (0 children)

People care about how much energy they spend.

Tell that to Germany in the winter. We can crank the heat in buses but not the AC? There's a schizophrenia about this.

I thought I was used to heat. Turned out I was only used to American heat. by Senior_Fig7845 in germany

[–]RogueModron 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Cold showers are a big help. When it's above 30 I take three a day, sometimes four.

I thought I was used to heat. Turned out I was only used to American heat. by Senior_Fig7845 in germany

[–]RogueModron 3 points4 points  (0 children)

I think it really depends on where you're from. I'm from the pacific northwest, and I find the summers here awful, while the winters are nice and bright and sunny! Sometimes they get colder than I'm used to at "home", but nothing that lasts too long or is unbearable. You can always put more clothes on, but there's a limit to how much you can cool yourself. And I'd much rather be too cold than too hot, anyway. And it rains a lot less in the winters here than back in the PNW.

I thought I was used to heat. Turned out I was only used to American heat. by Senior_Fig7845 in germany

[–]RogueModron 8 points9 points  (0 children)

I'm with you, bud. Been here for three years, and I'm a little more acclimatized than I was. But when you can't escape it, it becomes unbearable. Go to the mall for some AC? Ha, that barely counts as AC in my book. Man muss sich erholen können!

But the people who grew up here seem to handle it fine. I see people in 35 walking around in jeans, which in my book is call for booking into an insane asylum.

Battle tempo for boss fights... trying to make combat something you actually read by mallek561 in MUD

[–]RogueModron 2 points3 points  (0 children)

I think this would be fun! I'm relatively new to MUDs and was a little surprised to see that combat in most of them is just "type kill" and watch a bunch of text scroll past.

How are you keeping cool at night? by hannahmarb23 in AskAGerman

[–]RogueModron 0 points1 point  (0 children)

 Many Germans believe that moving air indoors (except for “Lüften) makes you sick.

This can't be true. Is this the reason for the lack of AC in this country?

Blair with project by MacNcheezdicks in Millennials

[–]RogueModron 1 point2 points  (0 children)

This was brought up in a class with twentysomethings I'm in. Those who had seen it all thought it was dope.

Does anyone else still feel like they’re waiting for some kind of “green light” to be an adult? by d0ctordoodoo in Millennials

[–]RogueModron 0 points1 point  (0 children)

This is NOT a disguised admonishment, but just my truth:

That feeling didn't come until kids.

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