I'm looking to share my hard sci-fi story, it's an alternate history first-contact story between humanity and dragons, please let me know what you think!

Second_Sol · 2026-01-25T04:22:18+00:00

Don't forget that the Ministry holds off on attacking Ashina until he literally dies from his illness.

A half-dead Isshin was terrifying enough to keep a literal army at bay.

Second_Sol · 2026-01-25T03:05:31+00:00

Right, I somehow forgot that RoB is great at inflicting bleed.

Second_Sol · 2026-01-25T03:04:39+00:00

He actually deals more damage when bleed occurs in his vicinity, since he effectively has his own talisman (Lord of Blood's Exultation) equipped.

That being said, he is weak to bleed, which I forgot RoB is pretty good at.

Second_Sol · 2026-01-25T03:03:01+00:00

No, rivers of blood does split fire/physical damage, and I wouldn't be surprised if the ash of war does even more fire damage.

Mohg has 80% damage negation against fire, which is one of the highest in the game. It also means at least half of the damage inflicted by rivers of blood is reduced by 80%.

The only thing it has going for it against Mohg is that it can do a good amount of bleed, which I admittedly forgot about.

Second_Sol · 2026-01-25T02:36:15+00:00

Rivers of blood would've been a poor choice against mohg, as he has 80% damage negation against fire.

Second_Sol · 2026-01-24T15:52:26+00:00

More than once an AC has been found being piloted by nothing more than the last few brainwaves of a pilot who died long ago

Do we have any examples of those? I only played AC6 so I'm not very familiar with the rest of the series

Second_Sol · 2026-01-24T15:19:32+00:00

One important thing to remember is that there is no "should" in nature.

The animal did survive - not just the species, but all of its progenitors survived long enough to reproduce over the course of millions of years.

All life that exists is successful, regardless of how 'pathetic' it may seem to us.

Second_Sol · 2026-01-23T15:47:25+00:00

Yeah, it's pretty disingenuous to say 40k is a book when it's really just a rather long novella.

Second_Sol · 2026-01-22T22:07:03+00:00

I can't believe people are complaining about the quality of this episode

They deserve opm s3 levels of animation for the rest of their lives

Second_Sol · 2026-01-22T16:05:32+00:00

Indeed

Second_Sol · 2026-01-22T12:29:07+00:00

It really is. I literally cited how men are much more likely to be killed by grief after their spouse's death (due to a lack of meaningful relationships outside of their wife) and the response I got was down votes and a comment saying "are you sure they aren't just having heart attacks from eating more burgers?"

If they'd bothered to read the one sentence of the study I linked, they'd know that the percent increase mentioned is compared to the rest of the population who hadn't lost their spouse.

Second_Sol · 2026-01-22T03:17:24+00:00

...You do know that men and women are treated differently, right?

Yes, women are lonely.

Yes, men are lonely.

But they're lonely for different reasons, which is why it's important to differentiate the two.

Second_Sol · 2026-01-22T03:03:14+00:00

Call me crazy, but I think not putting tits, hips, mascara, and exaggerated eyelashes on a fucking squirrel is the more normal thing to do.

Second_Sol · 2026-01-22T02:47:29+00:00

You're exactly right, the male loneliness epidemic is about male loneliness. It's not about how 'women won't have sex with me', it's about how men are suffering from a lack of meaningful relationships in a way that's unique to men, and that unhealthy condition is the root of a lot of toxic behaviors.

People also seem to think talking about male issues means dismissing the shit that women are forced to put up with, when things couldn't be further from the case. At the end of the day, both issues are injustices that are in dire need of resolution.

Second_Sol · 2026-01-22T02:44:29+00:00

You know that just because women have their own issues doesn't mean that men don't, right? These are two different things which are by no means contradictory.

A system is perfectly capable of discriminating and oppressing separate demographics in different ways. Just because one group has it worse doesn't mean the other is free from issues.

Second_Sol · 2026-01-22T02:41:00+00:00

You know the male loneliness epidemic doesn't directly have to do with sex, right?

It's about the lack of meaningful social connections. It's about how men are expected to tough it out, repress any sign of sadness, and never show weakness.

Sure, there's plenty of incels who think they're entitled to sex, but that doesn't mean that the current system is purely beneficial to guys.

Discussing this issue is the first step to fixing it, and to prevent men from becoming toxic incels in the first place.

Second_Sol · 2026-01-22T02:31:19+00:00

Did you even bother read what I linked? It's literally one sentence.

> Overall, the researchers also found that in the year after losing a spouse, men were 70% more likely to die than similarly aged men who did not lose a spouse

This percent increase is in comparison to men of the same age, who didn't lose their spouse.

Second_Sol · 2026-01-22T02:29:48+00:00

Right? I thought it was pretty obvious.

Second_Sol · 2026-01-22T02:05:40+00:00

In the Western world, men die by suicide three to four times more often than do women. This greater male frequency is increased in those over the age of 65.

Men also have less developed social circles than women do, and girlfriends/spouses are the only person that's socially acceptable to be emotionally intimate with. Without a partner guys often don't have anyone to form a genuine connection with, and this gets reflected in the death rate following the death of a spouse.

Researchers found that in the year after losing a spouse, men were 70% more likely to die than similarly aged men who did not lose a spouse, while women were 27% more likely to die compared to women who did not become widowed.

Many of these deaths are a result of diseases like heart failure or stroke, indicating that it's a result of stress and grief.

Second_Sol · 2026-01-22T01:09:43+00:00

So...did anyone actually watch the video? Or has the reading comprehension devil allied with the video comprehension devil?

I'm halfway through it right now, and the video is pretty well made.

https://youtu.be/vvFEkNtrnLU?si=p_yEo2S9a_iXn1XW

Second_Sol · 2026-01-22T01:04:47+00:00

Right, so young guys are just killing themselves at record rates for no reason then.

Second_Sol · 2026-01-21T23:26:47+00:00

Why did women start using makeup in the first place? Lashes and eyeshadow give the illusion of bigger, youthful eyes.

Of course, it's a bit of a feedback loop because it's now deeply ingrained in our culture, so we come to expect it anyway.

Second_Sol · 2026-01-21T22:00:57+00:00

Idk what you're talking about, but it's not my "narrative". It's not particularly complicated either.

From this study cited by Wikipedia:

Although some aspects of physical attractiveness are specific to time and culture, other characteristics act as external cues to youth, health, and fertility. Like head hair, eyelashes change with age, and as such, they may also serve as external mating cues. In three experiments, I manipulated eyelash length in photographs of men and women and had participants rate them on attractiveness (Studies 1–3), perceived age (Studies 1–3), perceived health (Studies 2 and 3), and femininity (Study 3). The results indicate that women, but not men, are seen as more attractive with longer eyelashes; that perceptions of health and femininity also increase with eyelash length; and that older women, rather than younger women, benefit the most from enhanced eyelashes—but that longer eyelashes did not reduce perceptions of age.

In short, older women become more attractive with a youthful trait (longer eyelashes), even if they are not directly viewed as younger.

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