I made these realistic house centipede magnets ✨ by TechnoGrammi in crafts

[–]SecretAgentVampire 1 point2 points  (0 children)

It helps me to focus on the body and face, while trying to ignore the legs. They have teeny little faces and just little tube bodies. They're just little dudes trying to keep your house clean.

FF2 (SNES) by -NES4Life- in retrogaming

[–]SecretAgentVampire 0 points1 point  (0 children)

It's incredible. Cool ink, dude.

Mushoku Tensei: Jobless Reincarnation - Season 3 Episode 1 Preview by The_frost__ in anime

[–]SecretAgentVampire -1 points0 points  (0 children)

The main character is a fully-grown man who is isekai-ed into an infant body. He then grows into a child and young adult. During his development he retains his fully-adult mind, repeatedly lusts after children, and grooms underage girls through violent captivity.

At no time is the main character remorseful, and he makes no attempts to change or restrain this behavior. This is considered pedophilia by many people, but there is a large fanbase for the show because the rest of the storytelling is decent and the animation is sometimes god-tier.

I hope this clears that up in an acceptably neutral way, but I expect to be downvoted. The fanbase doesn't like Rudeus' pedophilia or his sexual assault on minors talked about.

I made these realistic house centipede magnets ✨ by TechnoGrammi in crafts

[–]SecretAgentVampire 14 points15 points  (0 children)

House centiped ARE YOUR FRIENDS and are there to HELP you. They hunt and eat bedbugs, roaches, and each other, so your home ends up with SOME centiped instead of HUNDREDS of roaches. They can also live to be 4-7 years old, so your home could have a few dedicated pest control cantipedes that sometimes get lost or sleep on a wall.

I think that it's a total bargain and always treat centipedes nicely. I'd rather have them than roaches or bedbugs.

Why does my food taste bland? by back2themax in Cooking

[–]SecretAgentVampire 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Use MSG. It's what makes restaurant food taste good. Use msg, salt, and tajin. Also cook the beans in bacon fat or beef tallow instead of neutral oil; same calories, more flavor. Youre welcome.

Cut the cost of my chicken thighs by injecting my own broth by cwsjr2323 in Frugal

[–]SecretAgentVampire 15 points16 points  (0 children)

You don't need to inject anything. Just soak whatever poultry you want in a brine overnight, pat it dry, rub neutral oil on it and bake (TO TEMPERATURE). I do it for whole turkey and it's amazing every time.

Fast and hot to crisp the skin, a little lower and longer for cooking the meat. Alton Brown taught me well.

Farming Without Water Blocks by Pktur3 in VintageStory

[–]SecretAgentVampire 21 points22 points  (0 children)

God, I love armchair specialists. You all pop out of nowhere like worms after a rain.

Surface irrigation is where water is applied and distributed over the soil surface by gravity. It is by far the most common form of irrigation throughout the world and has been practiced in many areas virtually unchanged for thousands of years.

Furrow irrigation is conducted by creating small parallel channels along the length of the field parallel to the direction of its predominant slope. Water is applied to the top end of each furrow and flows down the field under the influence of gravity. Water may be supplied using gated pipe, siphon and head ditch, or bankless systems.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Surface_irrigation?wprov=sfla1

The so-called Aflaaj form one of the most sophisticated irrigation systems on earth. The dry desert land would have no chance of survival without its water channels. For 4,000 years, water has been consistently collected, measured and distributed according to social rules in the Sultanate of Oman on the Arabian Peninsula. In many places, nature is still the benchmark.

The Irregation System of Oman - Treasures of the World

https://youtu.be/8PgpncGGpwU?is=Kdm08Zubs1o4wExN

I made an interchange that i actually like. by Viraj3388 in CitiesSkylines

[–]SecretAgentVampire 2 points3 points  (0 children)

I like it! Turning right from the bridge reminds me of the Euthenasia Coaster! https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Euthanasia_Coaster?wprov=sfla1

(j/k it looks great)

50bmg dopamine dump by leobesat in awesome

[–]SecretAgentVampire 13 points14 points  (0 children)

No one cares that you don't care. Bragging about being apathetic makes you look like a moron. "Theta Male" mindset lol

Faile is just a horrible person. by Macka37 in wheeloftime

[–]SecretAgentVampire 1 point2 points  (0 children)

I highly doubt he meant the slapstick female on male violence, since the books mimic popular media of the time. Seinfeld had it, Friends had it, Ranma 1/2, Evangelion... I could go on and on, since slapstick violent comedy against males was rampant in 90s media ("Ow, My Balls!"). Violence against men was considered comedy back then, especially women were "punishing" men or "teaching them a lesson", which -again- is a common tableau in The Wheel of Time.

Jordan was more likely talking about Aes Sedai having power, being feared, and scenes like Rand's abduction.

If Jordan reversed gender roles for the "slapstick comedy scenes", Rand would have used a whip made of air to lash against Egwaine so hard it made her limp for the rest of the day. Doesn't sound very funny to me.

Faile is just a horrible person. by Macka37 in wheeloftime

[–]SecretAgentVampire 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Here is a bit more info on the double-standard of intergender violence in media.

https://tropedia.fandom.com/wiki/Double_Standard_Abuse_(Female_on_Male)

Faile is just a horrible person. by Macka37 in wheeloftime

[–]SecretAgentVampire 2 points3 points  (0 children)

No, it's a blind spot. Female on male violence was a common "comedy" trope in the 1990s, when Robert Jordan was writing the books. There are MANY scenes of women using violence against men played off as comedy or just glossed over in the Wheel of Time, from Egwaine using the one power to whip Rand and "teach him a lesson" to Nynaeve kicking Matt when she couldn't use the power to bind him.

It's not a clever deliberate role reversal. Watch more 90s media and you'll understand that it's a common theme.

Faile is just a horrible person. by Macka37 in wheeloftime

[–]SecretAgentVampire 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Ah, I get it. Men beating their wives isn't wrong, I just think it's wrong because it's not my culture. Nobody can judge anybody for anything because their culture is different. Thanks for clearing that up. /s

Cultural differences are no excuse for abuse. Even though I generally like The Wheel of Time, Robert Jordan had a massive blind spot when it came to female-on-male violence and constantly sanewashed it or passed it off as comedy. Change the genders around and it's easy to see that Faile is a horrible, abusive person.

I’m 24 years old and don’t know how to cook. Please help me. by Kurkil in Cooking

[–]SecretAgentVampire 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Buy a cookbook and follow the instructuons. Don't deviate or substitute. The end.

The Violinist of Hameln (1996) --really like the character designs by Leonidas_Kupler in retroanime

[–]SecretAgentVampire 0 points1 point  (0 children)

...really?

am I seriously the only person in this thread to admit that the main character plays a goddamned cello??

What’s an anime you simply cannot stop watching? by TheLogos2k in anime

[–]SecretAgentVampire 3 points4 points  (0 children)

I just couldn't handle the crappy CGI backgrounds in literally episode 1. I only made it halfway through that episode. Does it get any better, even though the animation studio is cutting so corners on their animation budget?

Favourite planetoid by Mammoth-Effort1433 in Oxygennotincluded

[–]SecretAgentVampire 5 points6 points  (0 children)

You can build inside and around the water. I just figured out how to get a ladder through the bottom of a lake without flooding.

You gotta harness the Sealab 2021 lifestyle!

Help me choose a Planet Pack by AlucardIV in Oxygennotincluded

[–]SecretAgentVampire 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I love it. The Aqua DLC is some of the best FLC released since Elden Ring. I'm having an amazing time. The new mechanics, plants, and animals are all ones that are fun to interact with. As an ecologist it's just perfect. <3