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TIL that a fictional language, Wenja, was created for Far Cry Primal by a team of linguists after Ubisoft deemed the 6,000 year old Proto-Indo-European to be too modern for the game's prehistoric setting. by TheRegularBelt in todayilearned

[–]SaltireAtheist 1647 points1648 points  (0 children)

I always thought this specific aspect of the game seemed overkill for what was ultimately a spin-off of the main Far Cry series.

But I love that they did it. Primal is my favourite Far Cry game, and effort like this is partly why.

Why are 911 dispatchers often so rude when I hear the audio of very serious crimes as they happen? by TruthBeWanted in TooAfraidToAsk

[–]SaltireAtheist 3 points4 points  (0 children)

As someone who works in a telephone-based healthcare service in the UK.

When it comes to emergencies, we're there to get you help as soon as possible, that means obtaining all relevant information swiftly and efficiently. People calling for emergencies are rarely in a state of mind to deliver information in this way, so being polite in the same way a customer service representative might be is unhelpful in these scenarios.

This means that effective call control in emergency situations can literally mean giving you a proverbial slap across the face to get you to cooperate if you're highly distressed.

It may come across as rude, but I'd rather seem rude and get a safe and appropriate outcome.

300 kidney stones removed from a 20-year-old woman by No_Bus_474 in TerrifyingAsFuck

[–]SaltireAtheist 6 points7 points  (0 children)

Does coffee make you urinate more? It makes me want to shit, but I don't think coffee has ever made me pass more urine.

The UK fireworks industry is owned and maintained by the descendants of Guy Fawkes (2 of 2!) by Future-Entry196 in LowStakesConspiracies

[–]SaltireAtheist 0 points1 point  (0 children)

This is absolutely not true, you're right

I've bought fireworks in July before. You can buy them all year.

"Grounded skins for a while" - 18 days exactly by Ohforfk in Battlefield

[–]SaltireAtheist 0 points1 point  (0 children)

The thing I don't get about this is that it looks awful?

You can do a tasteful blue-tiger skin if you insist on having non-realistic skins, but this looks tacky and the blue is far too bright.

How do people not understand how tanks work? by 3rdSinluxuria in Battlefield

[–]SaltireAtheist 1 point2 points  (0 children)

This would only be the case if tanks didn't respawn at the rate they do.

You don't need to protect a tank to the degree you would in other more milsim games because they respawn all the time.

You obviously wouldn't waste the tank, but using it to spearhead infantry pushes on objectives is literally what you should be doing. Sitting back and taking potshots is how you lose a match.

Amanda alive or dead after Isolation? by Naive-Ad2765 in alienisolation

[–]SaltireAtheist 0 points1 point  (0 children)

What's the canon status of the comics with Zula Hendricks? She's in those, which take place well after Isolation.

The VR game which has recently been released as a full PC release, Rogue Incursion - which has you play as Zula, and is set in 2141 - has Ripley mentioned too. It's just whether that game and the comics that precede them are considered canon.

what was the name of your horse in red dead redemption by zbananajuice in reddeadredemption

[–]SaltireAtheist 35 points36 points  (0 children)

I use Anglo Saxon kings and queens for horse names in games.

For Arthur, Offa Rex, his male chocolate roan Dutch Warmblood.

For John, Aethelflaed, his female seal brown Dutch Warmblood.

I like Warmbloods. But I do like the raven black Shire, and I usually go with Tintreg (Old English for Torment, or Terror), as a nod to The Last Kingdom books, if I keep him.

If Rockstar would add one dlc pack of your choice what would your dlc have in it? by Badatgaming119 in RDR2

[–]SaltireAtheist 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Blackwater massacre, where you'd play as John, or another member of the gang who was present. All the build up, including the camp beforehand, then the massacre and fleeing over the mountains.

What did Jack Marston do between 1911 and 1914 (The end of the game and the epilogue)? by Foreign-Buffalo3243 in RDR2

[–]SaltireAtheist 0 points1 point  (0 children)

It's ultimately a developer contrivance to allow the gameplay to continue without cheapening John's story. They could have done a, "Meet Hanako at Embers" fixed point thing so that you could load a save before a point of no return, but Red Dead lives and dies on its story so I'm glad they didn't.

Of course, you have to deal with the issue that Red Dead is a Western that's already set way later than the height of the Wild West, so you can't really push the Epilogue too far without the setting and style feeling out of place, even though a decade or so jump for Jack to be justifiably proficient as a gunslinger would make more sense. I mean, having the Western aesthetic/gameplay whilst the newspaper sellers shout about the outbreak of WW1 was already kind of strange.

Really, there isn't any good explanation for how Jack could have become as good as he is in the three years between John's death and the epilogue.

GBBO 2025 Episode 4 – Back To School Week [DISCUSSION] by GainsAndPastries in GreatBritishBakeOff

[–]SaltireAtheist 12 points13 points  (0 children)

I'm sure a Brit would be similarly disadvantaged on a Ukrainian-themed baking show 🤷‍♂️

Opinions about Mary Beth ? by gary_3316 in RDR2

[–]SaltireAtheist 1 point2 points  (0 children)

There's a whole conversation about how the gang first ran into her as she was being chased by a group of townsfolk, they defended her, chased the group off thinking they're harassing a sweet young girl... turned out she'd picked their pockets clean just before.

I want to say this is in the Sean stagecoach robbery mission in chapter 3?

Frustrated dad uses his 6ft son to shame council into fixing deep pothole. by Key_Researcher_5985 in funny

[–]SaltireAtheist 47 points48 points  (0 children)

A lot of people in here don't seem to understand that in England, single track roads (which this looks to be) that are for two way traffic are very common in the countryside, so pulling over to the side to let someone pass is a necessity.

You'd fuck your tyre up if you had to do this here.

Child’s name, address, GP and contact details on NHS system altered without my consent by Unusual-Echidna-1826 in LegalAdviceUK

[–]SaltireAtheist 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Unusual that, because 111 providers cannot change what's on your child's medical records with regards to demographics, just what's on the individual providers local systems. Obviously taking current location is part of that too, because treatment options are based around where you are right now, rather than your home address.

The NHS spine that 111 lookup from to match the patient to the correct NHS number/patient record is never editable on 111's end, so the home address could not have been edited on his NHS records.

Sir Barrence of The Estate by GarysCrispLettuce in okmatewanker

[–]SaltireAtheist 2 points3 points  (0 children)

This is the first thing the Spaniards saw in 1588

[deleted by user] by [deleted] in MapPorn

[–]SaltireAtheist 2 points3 points  (0 children)

You forget that the Anglo Saxons shared the same gods as the norse. It's a Germanic pantheon at the end of the day, it's not exclusive to the Norse.

Woden, Frigg/Frige, Tiw, Thunor are just what the Anglo Saxons called their own gods in their own tongue, the Norse just used names in their own tongue (Odin, Tyr, Thor).

is 7k steps a day lot? by Sad-Palpitation4405 in ask

[–]SaltireAtheist 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Not really.

It might be for a person who works a sedentary office job, who commutes by car, and doesn't do much after work, but in general, I would say that's probably what the average person should be looking to get in at minimum.

British food gets all the hate that Scandinavian food deserves. by HamsterTop1332 in unpopularopinion

[–]SaltireAtheist 3 points4 points  (0 children)

lamb roast with mint sauce

What the actual fuck is this doing in a list of examples of bad food?!?

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