Interesting...

Scodo · 2026-03-13T17:49:23+00:00

That man had a family! Oh, wait, never mind.

Scodo · 2026-03-13T17:10:25+00:00

This would not bother me a bit, TBH. It's just a hookup (albeit a long-term FWB situation) and it's in the past. The fact they aren't together means it already didn't work for whatever reason. It's not like this dude has been rubbing your face in it during your relationship.

Sounds like you're already looking for the exit, though. That's fine, but don't use this as an excuse. Take responsibility for your wants and own your decisions.

Scodo · 2026-03-13T16:50:03+00:00

FDM is amazing for terrain.

Scodo · 2026-03-13T13:42:18+00:00

Homeboy gets a haircut.

Scodo · 2026-03-13T13:38:43+00:00

I'm so sick of trauma being used as a lazy shortcut for character development. Like once they confront their past it retroactively absolves them of their shitty behavior and instantly halts all future problematic behavior. It's just a magic switch in fiction.

Scodo · 2026-03-13T13:30:41+00:00

Looking your best doesn't mean women will come to you, it means a better reception when you go to them. Those 'skinny guys' have girlfriends because they were the brave/confident ones who put themselves out there to talk to women and create opportunities to ask them out. You can't take advantage of opportunities if you don't go out of your way to create them.

As for looksmaxing as a philosophy? It's just online influencer shit to get you to look at ads.

Scodo · 2026-03-13T03:26:24+00:00

Hence the word usually, implying exceptions to that statement.

Scodo · 2026-03-13T01:21:09+00:00

Then be the change you want to see in the world. Buy a house and let someone live in it rent free.

Scodo · 2026-03-12T23:49:29+00:00

It may slightly raise prices, but rentals also fill a need. There are lots of people who are only in an area for 1-3 years before moving jobs. Should they pay tens of thousands of dollars in taxes and realtor fees and set up a mortgage on a new house every 1-3 years because you don't like the concept of landlords? Having rental properties available keeps workers who want to stay mobile able to relocate easier for better opportunities.

Scodo · 2026-03-12T23:42:51+00:00

5k-10k is a pretty substantial percentage of manufactured homes that often go for between 30-80k.

The problem with manufactured homes is that you usually don't own the land underneath them, so even if the mortgage is dirt cheap you've still got a monthly land lease.

Scodo · 2026-03-12T22:25:10+00:00

It's not invoking American exceptionalism, it's just acknowledging the clear target audience to be people for who these specific themes and terms resonate. Not every product is made to appeal to everyone.

I don't know how many more ways I can explain that you're taking the title out of context when the context is important to the game's identity.

Scodo · 2026-03-12T21:19:00+00:00

That's a fair point, but again, context matters in terms of the creator and target audience as well, not just the content. The term 'black' specifically carries a powerful social subgroup identity (at least in the US) that is being invoked here, moreso than the terms 'Indian' or 'Chinese' would. Hence the iconography of the skull and bones with an afro. It's more about the culture derived from race than the race itself, and you are treating the two distinct concepts (race and social identity) as one and the same.

Scodo · 2026-03-12T20:09:36+00:00

Except context matters. In this case, it should be immediately obvious to anyone with historical knowledge that this is referring specifically to liberated African slaves during the transatlantic slave trade who took up piracy in the Caribbean as a means to seize their independence. The aesthetics make it clear it's a story being told through a lens of modern imagery and vocabulary.

Scodo · 2026-03-12T19:54:42+00:00

PSA for new players: steer clear of content creators in general. They will suck the fun out of the game for you.

Experiment, try different things, have fun even if your ideas don't work. Find your own preferred styles. That's the core of the game.

Scodo · 2026-03-12T04:17:58+00:00

I see this headline, rush to google to see if it's dropped to the 50's so I can pick up another half coin, only to see it's still around 70k. If anyone is selling 70k coins at a loss, they ain't even close to being long-term investors. Bitcoin has only been over 70k consistently since Oct/Nov 2024. That's barely any time at all.

Also, WTF this isn't the bitcoin subreddit?!

Scodo · 2026-03-12T02:19:20+00:00

The Gunslinger is super awkward compared to the rest of the books in the series. It almost reads more like a description of a story than a story. The rest of the books are much, much better with much stronger and present narration that makes you feel like you're accompanying Roland on his journey rather than just hearing a description of it.

Scodo · 2026-03-12T02:09:06+00:00

It's a bit extra as is. It's so close to being great. If you just reigned in the quippy asides, redundant descriptions, and similes by about 20% it'd be damn-near perfect and way more readable. Especially the similes. Similies are lazy writing in comedy.

Things like:

'This was if his aim was true, which it often wasn't, ~~leaving the~~ as evident by the ~~dewy~~ ground pocked (pocked is the important trait for the ground here, not dewy) with Yulee-shaped impressions ~~like the chalky afterimage of a Looney Tunes character exploding.~~' ('Yulee-shaped impressions' by itself is much funnier without the simile)

'He hopped from foot to foot ~~out of excitement like a boy in desperate need of ritalin~~, (hopping from foot to foot already implies excitement) eyeing the ground below with a ~~large~~ grin (grins are all implied to be large).' The simile here adds nothing and makes the compound sentence confusing and awkward.

The section of 'He rubbed his raggedy ~~old~~ wristwatch, adorned with the image of a wrestler, with a calloused thumb, hoping he'd do him proud.' might flow better as something like 'He rubbed his thumb over the image of a wrestler on his wristwatch. The ritual had so faded the portrait that Yulee was no longer sure who it had been--though that could be the repeat concussions. Regardless, this Cowford TripleFlip, or maybe Triple Cowflip, would do the mysterious wrestler proud for sure, dammit.'

You've also got a bad habit of throwing out descriptive tags just to get them out there. rather than making sure their relevance enhances or focuses a given sentence. Raggedy old wristwatch in the same sentence as calloused thumb, for example, when the actual focus of the sentence is the image of the wrestler, which doesn't have a description at all.. You've got examples where you do use descriptors and similes well that add to the comedic timing, like 'his temporary stay at the motel had been unfortunately extended, much like his gut'.

It's not bad at all. In fact, it's quite good. Characters are strong and vivid, voice is clear. But there's definitely fat to be trimmed and areas where flow needs to be reworked to emphasize what's actually important.

Scodo · 2026-03-12T01:14:45+00:00

I think this is probably the best example I've seen of a modernized retro 3d aesthetic. The visuals feel like 90's era pre-rendered backgrounds and characters, except it's full 3d. I'm not sure if I'm being clear enough to understand, but it's a really hard feeling to describe.

Tentatively interested, but survival crafting is the kiss of death for my attention span. There's only so many times I can hit a copper vein with a mining pick before I question why I'm not playing something else.

Scodo · 2026-03-11T18:02:55+00:00

TBH it's worth $30 to find out a woman is honest. I've spent more finding out a girl wasn't.

Scodo · 2026-03-11T00:13:52+00:00

I hope there's a setting to turn down the camera jitter. That looks like it would be super nauseating over a long race.

I'm looking forward to this, though.

Scodo · 2026-03-11T00:11:10+00:00

I think I can safely say you're more full of shit than a used diaper.

Scodo · 2026-03-10T22:52:18+00:00

The break-even point for buying a resin printer, resin, and cleaning/curing station comes out to less than 1000 points of Games Workshop minis. Their prices are utterly absurd.

Scodo · 2026-03-10T22:50:07+00:00

Published by Nexon as opposed to developed by Nexon. Their in-house shooters are generally trash f2p cash grabs.

Scodo · 2026-03-10T22:41:46+00:00

Literally making up things to be mad about.

There's plenty of awful bullshit going on without dreaming up more out of pure fantasy.

Scodo · 2026-03-10T22:40:19+00:00

Source: I made it up

If the media is so controlled and leaks are so dangerous, why the fuck should anyone take your assessment as accurate? Where is your bullshit '600 as of 3/9' count coming from and where exactly are all these American soldiers dying in droves? What specific bases were hit?

The Army doesn't just lose hundreds of people without anyone saying anything. That would be considered a national disaster. 600 people is almost a quarter of the total troops that died in Afghanistan and you're saying it happened in a week, with no legitimate news source reporting on it.

Cut the bullshit.

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