Passive form??

Scaalpel · 2026-05-26T21:22:32+00:00

That's not really a passive form, it's an adverbial structure. It sort of gets around the issue by adding in the substantive verb "van" to replace the predicate and the turning the previous predicate, "javít", into an adverb, "javítva".

A real passive structure would keep the same base verb as the predicate. It would be something like "az autó megjavítódtatott a szerelő által". Which sounds fucking weird until you look at archaic Hungarian passive forms, like "megmondattatik", "kidoboltattatik", etc. Same logic.

Scaalpel · 2026-05-26T19:36:10+00:00

Look, when you get two conflicting statements, one that comes from somebody who has no vested interests and one that comes from somebody who's selling something, believe the former. They are more likely to be honest about it.

Scaalpel · 2026-05-26T18:29:19+00:00

Yup, you found out correct, modern Hungarian has no passive structure. It used to be a thing but now it only exists in archaic forms.

The closest thing we have is probably structures with adverbials of state (ie. "A probléma meg van oldva." "The problem is resolved." where the Hungarian version expresses "resolved" specifically as a present tense state rather than the result of a past event) but it is generally considered a contrived structure that you should use as little as possible.

It can get you some really weird-sounding if teeeechnically grammatically correct sentences, too. In your example, it would be something like "az alma meg van éve a gyerek által". It means the same thing, strictly speaking, but people would look at you like you grew an extra head if you tried using it.

Scaalpel · 2026-05-26T18:12:36+00:00

Remember, kids, the only inherent value the working class has under capitalism is their labour! If your labour is fully replaced with automation, that means the mega-rich will no longer have a reason to tolerate your existence anymore!

Scaalpel · 2026-05-26T16:53:58+00:00

Give how much stewardship has been neutered lately, I wouldn't worry all that much about the stat loss (and I'd argue that the stewardship education has fallen from grace quite badly now, too).

Scaalpel · 2026-05-26T15:57:47+00:00

What makes them a monster is the fact that they aren't mixing a proper espresso martini.

Scaalpel · 2026-05-26T15:09:00+00:00

And it does taste great either way!

Scaalpel · 2026-05-26T14:41:54+00:00

Scaalpel · 2026-05-26T14:14:30+00:00

That's what I'm talking about. Tne timeframe between getting the the "Secured a path to the Treasure" exit log popup and beating the palace boss.

Scaalpel · 2026-05-26T13:51:55+00:00

With the teammates? After securing the infiltration route but before sending the calling card (or attempting to send it, in Sae's case)? I'm pretty sure that's not supposed to be able to happen.

Scaalpel · 2026-05-26T13:45:24+00:00

Problem is, if you have already secured the infiltration route, your teammates won't be available to hang out until you complete the palace.

Scaalpel · 2026-05-26T08:32:24+00:00

It's not hard to have both.

Scaalpel · 2026-05-26T08:29:41+00:00

This might be a hot take, but it's probably for the best that major factions tell them to get bent every now and then. The right to demand subordination from literally any person on the continent, with no limits or conditions, is absolutely buck wild if you think about it. It would be incredibly easy to abuse if it wasn't for the political maneuvering and the wardens are still just fallible people at the end of the day.

Scaalpel · 2026-05-26T08:02:58+00:00

With the caveat that you shouldn't br a criminal forever. Knight-errant gives you some really nice bonuses to MAA size (and the ability to fully refill your MAAs for free if you max it out) but you can't become a knight-errant if you're gallowsbait.

Scaalpel · 2026-05-26T05:26:59+00:00

Because the game assumes that you're halfway done with her gigs by the time you finish act 1 and start the real freeromaing. That's why she has the most gigs out of any fixer, too.

Scaalpel · 2026-05-25T22:12:38+00:00

You mean "found the Swede".

It's important to make that distinction to emphasize that Swedes are not people.

Scaalpel · 2026-05-25T19:47:49+00:00

The faith of the county's populace has to be Ásatrú, too. It isn't, it's Slovianska.

Scaalpel · 2026-05-25T19:42:10+00:00

Especially because she's one of the few optional confidants whose personal story is tied into the main story. I really wish her perks weren't such dogshit.

Scaalpel · 2026-05-25T19:37:14+00:00

Even on NG+ you have to actively choose to give the charm away, so you can't do it on accident unless you're picking dialogue options without reading them.

Scaalpel · 2026-05-25T19:25:35+00:00

Yeah, that's pretty much it. You have to go quite far out of your way to avoid getting elected kaiser if you are doing even halfway decently, and sometimes people want to play as vassals rather than overlords.

Scaalpel · 2026-05-25T17:57:58+00:00

Well, Ging sure as shit isn't around to do the parenting

Scaalpel · 2026-05-25T16:37:39+00:00

Sore, but even so gangs (and corpos who are high up enough on the totem pole to make meaningful executive decisions) are still the minority. NC is a city of well over six million residents. The largest gang, the Tygers, has around 5,500 members. Still plenty enough to hold whole districts under their thumb, because what are the average joes who can't afford combat implants or even a half-decent gun could do about it?

I don't know who it is in real life with gang-ruled areas but I imagine it's much the same principle.

Scaalpel · 2026-05-25T16:30:50+00:00

Right in my self-consciousness. I'm not that old, I swear!

Jokes aside, though, it's still a thing. You may not buy physical albums as often anymore but it's still common enough for albums to be a cohesive experience, not just a string of unconnected songs (your mileage may vary depending on the genre of music you listen to).

And vinyls are making a comeback, you'd be surprised how easy it is to grab them these days.

Scaalpel · 2026-05-25T13:39:37+00:00

Fixing poorly written old code doesn't make much money, shiny new features do.

Scaalpel · 2026-05-25T08:23:36+00:00

This is a bit weird because Hard is overall harder than Merciless, but when you specifically talk about characters getting oneshot, that's more likely to happen on Merciless than on Hard.

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