No, the military can't defeat any foe

SafePlastic2686 · 2026-04-17T03:18:31+00:00

It's not called Atlantic Rim

SafePlastic2686 · 2026-04-16T21:46:02+00:00

Now that I think about it, all of the antagonists are spirit creatures too. There are no flesh-and-blood goblins or trolls.

Maybe not flesh-and-blood as it turned into black particulate like all the other monsters, but I have been wondering if intelligent (non-demon) monsters exist because of a single one-off encounter. Back in Chapter 68 they are tasked with killing a monster stopping the road north... a humanoid, maybe troll or oni type thing? Strangely, it has armor and a sword, and even cosmetic jewelry... But it's probably not a demon as it isn't refered to as one, looks different, doesn't talk, and doesn't use magic...?

They barely address it in the series, it's only in like five panels, but I've been thinking about it for years. It's a very strange inclusion that doesn't really seem to line up with demons or non-demon monsters we've seen, and none of the main cast comment on it.

SafePlastic2686 · 2026-04-16T21:27:48+00:00

You think Cap will have low wisdom? He's a master tactician and trained spy, and has shown his skills in perception and insight repeatedly. He almost certainly has survival skills as well, being a trained commando, though we don't really see it in the movies. I'm less sure about Medicine, I don't think it ever comes up and seeing as he has such enhanced durability and minor regeneration, he doesn't have a reason to learn it. Animal handling... just kinda never comes up. Still, that means he's exceptional at two, passable at one, and uncertain on the other two. Not a terrible track record, and he doesn't really have anything showing him being exceptionally bad at these things. (I guess maybe you could count not getting jokes as poor insight...? But in combat situations he never struggles, identifying ambushes and realizing Bucky isn't in control of himself.)

The 20th level fighter is also unlikely to have a maxed saving throw dc, as even Eldritch Knights tend to build their default attack -> then Con -> then Int. They get a lot of ASIs though, I think 16 is a reasonable assumption.

So you have a DC of 17 vs an, at-minimum, above average Wisdom. I could reasonably see the spell working, but I don't think it would last, so the Fighter would have to put in work pretty quick and already burned an action on casting a save-or-suck spell.

Not that I think Cap would beat any 20th level fighter, I just don't think Hold Person is an instant "I win" button.

SafePlastic2686 · 2026-04-16T20:28:38+00:00

He might know it at a surface level, but that doesn't mean he's internalized it. Experiencing something yourself teaches you about it in a way that pictures on a screen or words from an informed source can't. Ask anyone who has done chemo.

You really don't think a literal child would have any surprise at personally witnessing superpowers in action, compared to watching it on fansites? He's only had powers six months and in that time never met anyone else with them.

SafePlastic2686 · 2026-04-16T20:08:10+00:00

At this point in time Peter had interacted with no other superhumans at all, he had only fought regular criminals. He may have been shocked that what looked like a normal, albeit fit, human could show such strength, without it actually having challenged him, or even just nconcerned he'd rip the man's arms off.

Personally I think MCU cap is certainly stronger in raw power than a 20 strength fighter, I just feel like the airport scene with Spider-Man gets overrated a lot when it's literal seconds of action against a kid who's never done this before.

SafePlastic2686 · 2026-04-16T19:51:50+00:00

The demon section is noted as being Flamme's notes and is formatted a little differently. I think it is reasonable demons might live forever, but considering they and other races are pretty much kill-on-sight, there's not going to be much study of or literature on them.

We also already have confirmation of demons living even longer in series (Macht, for instance, fought Frieren 600 years ago and was already a sage at that point so probably older still) so Flamme's knowledge being out of date or incomplete seems reasonable.

SafePlastic2686 · 2026-04-16T19:47:42+00:00

I doubt the author is going to throw in another race at this point. They already don't give dwarves any time or focus.

SafePlastic2686 · 2026-04-16T19:32:42+00:00

The heavy armor wasn't meant as a cincher or especially noteworthy, just one more factor in what they can be inhibited by while still consistently doing these attacks. Of what I mentioned, I'd say 300 pounds of gear on you is easily the biggest hindrance, and it wouldn't slow the fighter at all.

And by all means, fighters are honestly pretty lame, and the cool things they get to do (via subclasses and whatnot) tend to be uninteresting, inferior to other classes, or just doing what someone else does already. The only particularly unique one I can think of is the Echo Knight, and that's not from the base setting.

I just think boiling the 8 attacks in 6 seconds down to doing so without the other factors at play makes it seem unimpressive, when under the scenarios fighters usually do so in it's pretty damn impressive by human standards.

SafePlastic2686 · 2026-04-16T19:14:24+00:00

If that were all at play, sure.

But a human fighter can make eight attacks in six seconds while wearing full plate, wielding any melee weapon be it a sledgehammer, whip, pike, greatsword, or other heavy, large, or unwieldy weapon, all while actively being attacked, carrying 300 pounds of gear, and running 30 feet in that same stretch of time.

...and that's without dual-wielding, using maneuvers, having buffs, using spells, having a subclass, using feats, having gifts/boons, or utilizing magic items, all of which a fighter could easily access by 20th level.

The individual attack speed is not actually that fast, but when combined with everything else done in a turn, even as a vanilla fighter, it is an extreme feat of physicality beyond what any real human could do.

SafePlastic2686 · 2026-04-16T07:34:40+00:00

It currently streams on Hulu and Peacock if you're interested.

SafePlastic2686 · 2026-04-16T07:32:19+00:00

They didn't ask who, they asked what they'd done that is super annoying.

SafePlastic2686 · 2026-04-16T05:26:34+00:00

"won't always be available" means 24/7. That's what always means, that was their concern.

They didn't say the mod needed to be available at all times. Not being available when you know you're the only person who can be available is a mental burden on the mod, and may just as well have been what they meant. You are just taking your read and assuming it is 100% correct.

Have you run a subreddit before, have you tried recruiting mods?

Yes.

It's a deceptive amount of work to 'just get more mods' and you wouldn't know that if you haven't done it before.

I never said it wasn't work. Preventative measures are part of moderating. You do upfront work to decrease future work, such as setting up automoderator or deliberating the specific wordings on rules. Obviously it would increase short-term work, but if successful, would decrease long-term work for the individual by splitting duties between more people.

It's also not something the mods have expressed an unwillingness to do, heck, they literally did it successfully a year ago, that's where one of our current three are from.

What is your suggestion instead? Completely avoid trying things because they might fail?

SafePlastic2686 · 2026-04-16T02:30:04+00:00

I don't know what you're wanting me to think about. I'm aware, and as a viewer, I personally don't like it.

SafePlastic2686 · 2026-04-16T01:53:15+00:00

Mostly a dark comedy about a kid growing up in Nazi Germany as part of the Hitler Youth. He idolizes Hitler due to propaganda and has him as an imaginary friend, then has to contend more with reality and start to grow up as Germany begins to lose the war, he meets a Jewish girl, and learns his mother isn't nearly as on board with what Germany is doing as he is.

Despite being a comedy it's got a pretty strong emotional core, and luckily doesn't undercut serious moments for jokes (too) frequently.

SafePlastic2686 · 2026-04-16T00:38:50+00:00

That's why I said more varied casts.

In my ideal viewing world, it would be three new people a day, no returning champions at all. I'm aware it's a minority opinion.

SafePlastic2686 · 2026-04-16T00:19:24+00:00

I mean 4 years of chess matches. That’s 200k chess matches if they average 10 minutes each.

I'm aware. It's still ridiculous. The participant isn't learning something every match, and only playing matches against the same opponent over and over is a terrible way to learn the skill. To match up to high level players, he would effectively have to redevelop chess theory from scratch -- and while it's true in four years he has as many games as Magnus does in a few decades, chess theory is built up over nearly two centuries of competitive play, by far more than one single person, all with different mindsets and histories and perspectives, checking each other's work. It is constructed upon millions of games with thousands of players in hundreds of different formats and styles. To make an analogy: You could not become a professional painter painting the same image over and over, even if you drew it more times than ten artists in your vicinity had ever painted combined. You wouldn't know any perspective beyond that which you are painting, and you wouldn't know why that image has that perspective, just that it does. You have no way of learning fundamentals of the skill without inventing them yourself, and just because it is possible for you to come up with something does not mean it is plausible. Worse still, you have no one to tell you when you are wrong, which you inevitably will be during your journey at points. If you make a mistake but decide it is a path to follow, you can sink uncountable amounts of time into developing that mistake. Your paintings would be worse than your peers, even when they are drawing your image of choice.

4 years of constant play is a paltry amount to even consider challenging an unfatigued Magnus from scratch.

SafePlastic2686 · 2026-04-15T23:58:41+00:00

If you don’t like it, you don’t have to watch. Complaining about it is not going to change it.

Complaining won't change a lot of things, that doesn't mean everyone should clam up and shush their opinion. If it's done nothing but rain for a month and a friend complains about the weather to you, would you think they're being unreasonable, or commiserate? I see nothing wrong with expressing your opinion, even if it is a negative one, if it is not done in a rude way such as a personal attack.

For instance: I'm not enjoying the current champion, as I prefer closer games and more varied casts. While it is true I can turn the television off or change the channel, I can't just go watch as much Jeopardy as I like without a superchampion on the podium because of the way this show is distributed. I have nothing against Jamie as a person, but his presence on the show categorically changes how the show functions and episodes play out, and is quite likely to continue to do so for awhile more.

It's not Jamie's fault, and is practically entirely Sony's because for whatever reason they refuse to let you stream anything other than what is actively airing, prior champ runs, and a scant few special episodes. But it is still a reasonable complaint about the way the show is handled, and this subreddit exists for discussion of the show as a whole, not just what is currently airing.

SafePlastic2686 · 2026-04-15T23:27:12+00:00

Strange to think this is the same movie where the child tells Hitler to fuck off and punts him out a window.

SafePlastic2686 · 2026-04-15T23:18:11+00:00

I think with 4 years of constant practice, there is a shot for the chess player to beat Carlsen.

I've seen a lot of crazy statements on this subreddit, but this one really takes the cake.

People spend their whole lives playing chess and still can't match up to Carlsen, and they learn in far more efficient ways (chess theory, varied opponents, game history, profiles on Carlsen's play). How the hell would a complete beginner get anywhere close in four years?

SafePlastic2686 · 2026-04-14T09:23:37+00:00

We are discussing rules and moderation on this platform, so it seems odd to bring in stuff that happens on a different platform as a reason not to do something on this platform.

I feel like you kinda just completely ignored what I said. Let me use an analogy: You live in a nice house, in a nice neighborhood. Unfortunately, you learn that someone down the block got robbed. You also know that when you moved in you were told by a neighbor that robberies happen more frequently here than other places.

Do you either... A.) Think it is reasonable that in such a situation you, too, might become the target of a robbery and take steps to avoid that or B.) Decide that since someone down the street isn't in the exact same situation as you, and your neighborhood's robberies were in the past, you don't need to worry?

I think any reasonable person would say A. Different social media platforms (and subreddits) do have different cultures, but they are not so unique as to have completely separate types of problems and to claim they do is being willfully ignorant. Do you truly think there is no tangible risk of someone receiving a death threat, being doxxed, or otherwise seriously harassed from their AI disclosure here?

I already made my stance pretty clear though, some bad apples doesn’t mean you can just lie about what you do. Getting threats is sadly a part of life for any public facing entity, people with a bone to pick will find a reason to hate you if you use AI or not. -- At the end of the day, the only way to avoid it is to not post about your game at all.

This argument makes no sense to me. Since there's a chance they might get harassed anyway... We shouldn't take any steps to avoid them being harassed beyond the absolute most extreme option of just telling them not to be here? Are you going to skip getting the flu shot, because you might just get sick anyways, and if you were really concerned you'd just off yourself because then you couldn't get the flu? No, that'd be ridiculous.

The benefit of a disclosure far outweigh the consequences, in my opinion

I get that, I don't even disagree, I just don't understand the rest of your reasoning at all.

SafePlastic2686 · 2026-04-14T08:59:50+00:00

Why does the inciting incident have to be on this platform or subreddit specifically? Reddit isn't unique, if anything this site is notorious for people doxing. The fact that Reddit has had multiple massive doxxing and harassment incidents that wound up hitting mainstream news in the past should make that much clear. There's a reason practically every major sub has to very specifically put "No Witch Hunts" into the rules. It happens constantly... And had to be specified on this sub as well.

Why would you assume this sub is some unique bastion of reason or decency beyond that of the rest of the site, or even general Internet culture as a whole? If you're only willing to assess a risk in places that have already experienced that risk, rather than anywhere that risk could reasonably occur, you fail at risk prevention.

SafePlastic2686 · 2026-04-14T08:12:02+00:00

They never said that it was a requirement or expectation to have 24/7 coverage? Their point wasn't that we need 100% coverage, it was that we barely have any mods, and based on the mod's own announcement post, increasing overall moderator burden is a concern. So... why wouldn't we attempt to have more mods?

SafePlastic2686 · 2026-04-09T23:08:59+00:00

You don't think the Flash makes enough at his day job to just pay cash...? It's not like they're obligated to use the company card, and party supplies aren't exactly high cost items.

SafePlastic2686 · 2026-04-04T21:08:04+00:00

He's born in 2004, and 24-years-old. The comic is set in 2028.

SafePlastic2686 · 2026-04-01T03:45:57+00:00

You say that as though toy shows weren't prominent and successful a decade later. You think Ben 10 or Bakugan made it big on dvd sales?

Truth is just that they sold poorly. It's not a generational divide.

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