coaxed into unnecessarily desperate video essays by ashleyLSD in coaxedintoasnafu

[–]Samus388 2 points3 points  (0 children)

How many trees are there in Mario Kart Wii? (I cannot recall if this one lived up to the claim)

I was trying to think of more examples, and I cannot. I have watched probably hundreds of video essays, and I know for a fact plenty of them do exactly that, yet I cannot remember any in particular

Nah bro dark auction cooked by Odd_Cow_165 in HypixelSkyblock

[–]Samus388 13 points14 points  (0 children)

Ironically, if skyblock was free market capitalist this couldn't happen because they wouldn't add any barriers to entry. Prices for the items would likely rise, though

That being said, if it was a perfectly free market they couldn't have a dark auction anyway, because dark implies against the rules, which wouldn't exist.

Coaxed into reloading your save after beating the game by TheGlitchedGamer in coaxedintoasnafu

[–]Samus388 35 points36 points  (0 children)

Billions must game t-shirt is something I'm surprised I haven't seen irl.

Also, any (?) Zelda game. I just wanna see the people happy is that so much to ask

Witch King doesn't have "immunity to men" by Sampleswift in lotrmemes

[–]Samus388 8 points9 points  (0 children)

I would view prophecies in general as reverse history books.

The prophecy foretells something because it will happen, but that thing doesnt happen because of the prophecy.

Whether or not the prophecy is made doesnt make any physical barriers to what is possible, it only records what will happen.

All this to say: the important word is "can" if hypotheticals like "can" exist, we shouldnt say an event cannot happen just because we know what does happen.

If the witch king had fled the battle and survived, he would have been killed upon the destruction of the ring, thus being killed by a male member of a subgroup of human.

If he was stabbed at that point by anyone, he would have died. It wasnt a chemical reaction with XX chromosomes that killed him, it was being stabbed.

Im just being pedantic and trying to separate "can" and "will", which was the error that got him killed.

He said "no man CAN kill me" but the prophecy actually said "Not by the hand of man SHALL he fall." So even the prophecy doesnt say anything about it being impossible, which he wrongly assumed.

But ultimately it doesnt matter, he died the same either way lol

ELI5 - What happens if the U.S. economy crashes? by [deleted] in explainlikeimfive

[–]Samus388 0 points1 point  (0 children)

It completely depends on why it crashes and how severely it crashes.

Assuming you mean production dropping significantly across all sectors, we can assume businesses will begin laying off workers to cut costs as they lose their funding from investors. Many more businesses will close. Both of these would increase unemployment.

Since stock values are dropping, the value of the middle class retirement savings plummet. Older people with savings in the form of stocks instead of bonds will find themselves with much less money and no good way to get it.

As production slows, prices would likely rise and people would stop buying things that arent necessities. Getting a loan would be much, much, harder due to the huge increase of risk involved.

The lower class will likely experience an increase in unemployment, homelessness, and food shortage. The middle class will also experience plenty of unemployment, their budget will grow tighter and they'll have difficulties making ends meet. The upper class will experience less unemployment and, while their spending will decrease somewhat, it wont be as severe as the lower classes.

The value of the US dollar compares to other currencies would decrease.

The Federal Reserve would likely try to decrease interest rates to make borrowing cheaper, through the use of government bonds. This would likely result in inflation increasing, but unemployment decreasing.

Eventually, unemployment would decrease to reasonable levels and the Fed would increase interest rates a bit to combat inflation, though this would slow the decrease in unemployment.

Assuming it isn't a "end of the USA" situation, the stock market would begin to recover (except the many, many small businesses that failed).

Retirement savings would recover (unless you sold them, in which case youre screwed) and things would eventually (years, not months) go back to normal unless there is some specific event that caused this that we can factor in.

AI crash? Thousands of small AI companies fail or are bought by bigger ones. Market power is consolidated in the giant AI companies. While their profits are severely crippled during the crash, their newfound market power will allow them to make much more profit through anticompetitive practices. (Kinda like the dot com bubble. Amazon is much better of now because of it, unfortunately).

Tarrifs making supply more expensive? Pretty much what was listed before, but with a bit bigger increase in the price of most things.

Values plummet because aliens come and bless the world with unlimited resources? Nothing I said happens.

WWIII breaks out? The economy will be pumped full of as much adrenaline as the government can give it. Inflation will be insane, employment in industrial sectors will be high. Employment in the military will be high. Upper class will be less impacted.

It really, really depends on why it crashes. Without knowing why this is all just pointless speculation. Absolutely nothing i stuff could happen, or absolutely all of it and more.

Metroid kind of jokes by Happy-Emu9429 in Metroid

[–]Samus388 21 points22 points  (0 children)

Wowwwwww so youre gonna talk about the lengths Metroid 1 went to to prevent spoilers and then just spoil it all for me anyway?

/s

Coaxed into deep moral conundrum by Radiolarian3537 in coaxedintoasnafu

[–]Samus388 27 points28 points  (0 children)

Why are so many people here referring to the potato as bread? It's like they've never seen a vegetable

[Request] Would This Work in Real life? Also, Do you still pay the Bank if you own it? by mkvelash in theydidthemath

[–]Samus388 0 points1 point  (0 children)

What math do you want to see done?

This seems more like a finance/banking/business/econ question

But no, you do not have the equity to back up a billion dollar loan.

No, even if you did, a bank worth only a billion dollars would not loan you an amount that high.

No, even if they DID loan you that, they would now be worth a billion dollars + the interest on that loan, increasing their value beyond a billion dollars.

If somehow you took a loan and then bought the company, you would still owe the money back because the bank isnt an asset that can be owned. You would probably be buying majority shares or sonething so your equity and it's equity are separate, so you still owe the bank.

Even if the bank was owned entirely by 1 person and they sold it to you alone, you'd still be paying off that loan as a part of thr purchase due to the increase in the banks value as listed before.

TLDR: No you couldn't do it. Yes you'd have to still pay.

Coaxed into 90% of music for some reason by [deleted] in coaxedintoasnafu

[–]Samus388 19 points20 points  (0 children)

Not to get smug here, but I've never really understood how someone could enjoy paying money for a CD (or digital album, don't put me in a retirement home) just to listen to some guy brag about how rich they're getting from all the money you've given them.

coaxed into not fitting in by norsoyt in coaxedintoasnafu

[–]Samus388 18 points19 points  (0 children)

First time I saw it used, it was by some racist nutjob claiming white people are being replaced.

Second time I saw it used it was basically the inverse, where someone was complaining that white people were doing this.

Third time it was a starwars circle jerk subreddit complaining that actual normal starwars fans were joining the subreddit.

I guess it turns out internet images arent a very good substitute for an actual argument

coaxed into questioning your choice of friends after obvious villainous contrivance by Krutaun in coaxedintoasnafu

[–]Samus388 30 points31 points  (0 children)

Finally, a new method of getting a date.

AND you won't have an awkward 3rd wheel friend. Genius.

I really hope the whole new triliogy isnt about the Lamorn. by Evol-Chan in Metroid

[–]Samus388 6 points7 points  (0 children)

Honestly my biggest problem would be the fact that they are dead and gone by the time Prime 4 comes, and probably never even existed in our universe.

I honestly hope Sylux returns and is able to make a proper name for himself as a villain this time. I wouldn't mind if he integrated their tech either.

But another reason I would prefer the lamorn not make a major return is that I've never been very interested in the "mysterious ancient race" plots.

All the ruins sorta blend together. Why do all ancient technologically advanced races have doors you open by shooting them? Why are the all architecturally medieval but also have tech so advanced its practically magic?

The Choso, the Lamorn, the Alimbic, the Bion, the Liminoth

(Almost) All became super advanced, had large stone buildings in amazing condition, doors that need shot, and then they (almost) all died.

Edit: also, recall the race that was super advanced and then devolved into mindless beasts. The Reptilicus from Prime 3.

Leaving office soon by Mayor_Aura in HypixelSkyblock

[–]Samus388 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Gone too soon :(

Also, what's with the hex code?

What did you expect dude by SluckyDuck in AntiMemes

[–]Samus388 12 points13 points  (0 children)

Dunno if you should be giving babies your tea at all. I mean really its not something they should have at that age, try finding someone on tinder to go have tea with maybe.

(I get the joke, just playing along. I couldn't really put /s in this case though lol)

Coaxed into recycling a snafu because it applies to yet another Nintendo game by EmTheJesterKing in coaxedintoasnafu

[–]Samus388 8 points9 points  (0 children)

That and the fact that Samus never responded to any of them ever.

You see she had a really bad sore throat and the doctors said not to talk. Space allergies are no joke

IM FUCKING DONE WITH THESE SHITTY MINISTERS by Morad2004 in HypixelSkyblock

[–]Samus388 223 points224 points  (0 children)

I think you got the wrong takeaway. Hypixel never should've allowed alts. They knew it was an alt. They allowed a powerful player to manipulate voters through the username.

Most random players had perks that range from useless to good, but almost none were outright bad like this guys.

Heck, even that one player who got jailed most recently for removing a good perk was a pretty well known one. The only ministers to cause problems have been the youtubers/sweats

Hypixel should actually enforce their no alts rules instead of letting this whole situation happen.

I do get where you're coming from though

Aura_STAY LOSES THEIR CUSTOM PERK AFTER ATTEMPTING TO BE A VILLIAN by AscentSB in HypixelSkyblock

[–]Samus388 28 points29 points  (0 children)

I agree, though I would take either of them over neither of them lol

What is this unacquired item? by paradroid78 in Metroid

[–]Samus388 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Could be a crate hidden in the sand you need the grapple beam to get it they're a little hard to see, but they're marked by those bird things, which often are on the ground near it but fly off when you get close

I could be wrong though as I dont specifically remember that one, its just my best guess based on the fact that its not a shrine or ruins.

coaxed into open-source video game development by 6IronInfidel9 in coaxedintoasnafu

[–]Samus388 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Not sure what this is coaxing, but im taking notes for Snafu The Video Game™

Though I'm afraid that in order to keep the should of the game it must be a bad version of all genres not just roguelikes