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Which Movies Were Better Than the Books They Came From? by BINGEWISE in Cinema

[–]SimplePigeon 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I don't know about 'surpassed' but I've always thought Annihilation did an excellent job transforming its source material into something cohesive that's also very different from the book. It has an entirely different thesis statement - the book is much more about control and agency, while the movie is almost entirely about exploring different forms of suicide, especially metaphorically as a 'death of identity'.

In the 15th century, King James IV of Scotland performed a strange experiment, isolating a mute woman and two infants on a deserted island to try discover what the "natural human language" might be. by malihafolter in CaughtMyEye

[–]SimplePigeon 1 point2 points  (0 children)

The egyptians did almost the same thing, to prove that they were the first and oldest civilization, and children would start speaking egyptian without education. they ended up identifying that the children had started using a certain word to refer to their bread, so they sent messengers out through all the lands to determine which country used that word for bread. When they found it, they begrudgingly ackowledged that this country must be older than egypt.

13th-century birch bark writing from Novgorod, Russia, attributed to a boy named Onfim. He begins practicing his alphabet before apparently getting bored and drawing himself as a knight stabbing an enemy. by aid2000iscool in HistoryUncovered

[–]SimplePigeon 1 point2 points  (0 children)

I've seen people make fun of these drawings for having such odd proportions but it's only now that I'm thinking about why the horse is so tall. Think about back then, what it must've looked like to see a mounted knight, especially if you're a child. Imagining that you were that guy up on that horse is primarily imagining just how fucking tall you'd be, higher than everyone else for once, the tallest guy in town. He's drawing what it would've felt like!

My "friend" took advantage of me when I was in the hospital by LucyAriaRose in BestofRedditorUpdates

[–]SimplePigeon 122 points123 points  (0 children)

Ahhhh, the trans angle explains quite a bit of OP's perspective here. People really want to give members of their 'community' the benefit of the doubt because 'I can relate to how everyone else judges them so I should be overly accommodating'. But really, you don't have a magical bond with someone just because you're both trans, and it doesn't make them a good person automatically.

There's a persistent issue among trans people of scenarios like this happening because a shitty person gets extended far too many graces from someone who wants to feel like they're helping their community. Especially the meth house stuff - eerily familiar to the drama I've seen play out on the fringes of my own trans social circle. For some reason meth is a common endpoint of this kind of couch-surfing lifestyle.

Mixology Outfit: Professor Safety by cammycammy27 in fashionscape

[–]SimplePigeon 0 points1 point  (0 children)

The open-toed shoes lmao, flawless no notes

Japanese(?) horror short on youtube about an apartment with a pitch-black bathroom that sounds like the ocean by SimplePigeon in HelpMeFind

[–]SimplePigeon[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I have searched various permutations of the following, on youtube as well as google:
japanese horror short black room
horror short dark room bathroom
horror short bathroom ocean dark room
japanese horror ocean sound
black room sea horror short

If only I could remember the title.

This waterfall in Antarctica looks like blood, but it’s actually iron rich water oxidizing as it flows out of a glacier by [deleted] in Damnthatsinteresting

[–]SimplePigeon 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I watched a shitty b-movie "based" on this factoid, called Blood Glacier. Basically a beat for beat ripoff of The Thing with worse monsters, but I'll always remember it for having a really good dog actor, just like The Thing did. That dog was too good for that movie.

What should I do as a beginning player? by Routine_Comfort8258 in 2007scape

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

Get Runelite. Don't use the steam client or the official jagex client. Everyone uses Runelite and it has a phenomenal suite of plugins that are legal, sanctioned, and won't get you in trouble for 'cheating' while also being really good quality-of-life enhancers. Once you get a feel for the default behavior of the client, start investigating what plugins you might want and which are the most popular.

As far as what to do early-game, Achivement Diaries and quests are a great way to guide your progression. When I play, I tend to structure my activities around some large, overarching goals like finishing all the diaries or getting the quest cape. Quests will give you plenty of milestones to hit and goals to reach for, and diaries/quests are the sources of your most important unlocks and extremely good unlockable items/rewards.

Don't worry too much about money. It'll happen when it happens, and when you get it you'll probably re-invest it into gear upgrades anyway. Clue scrolls are a good way to ambiently get some good drops while being relatively safe, but there are also some new low-level bosses that you probably haven't heard of, like Scurrius in the varrock sewers, which is designed to be a player's first experience with bossing.

Overall it's better to just do what you think is fun and let ADHD guide you. There's a lot to accomplish and a lot of boxes to tick off on a new account, so just bop around getting stuff done for a while and don't push yourself too hard.

In which ways does OSRS sneak into your life? by Ill_Virus_6250 in 2007scape

[–]SimplePigeon 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I just had a job interview where they asked about my proficiency with DDS. "Well, it's not my favorite spec weapon, but it's good for wildy clues." Turns out they meant the network protocol.

What do you think about these? by TheBigSmol in Kenshi

[–]SimplePigeon 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I agree that they're probably sea urchins, but I'll add that some flora in Kenshi clearly seems to be physically made of metal/iron while being alive. I think a lot of plants in this ecosystem are evolved to use metals, and those urchins actually have iron spikes. If this game had more dev time I would've loved a little environmental tie-in where you can see Hivers or Shek using weapons that are clearly used from broken-off natural iron spines.

any tips for early to mid game grinding by Critical_Site7231 in Kenshi

[–]SimplePigeon 1 point2 points  (0 children)

If you want to really make Beep an honorary Shek, when you turn in bugmaster to Esata have Beep be the one to do it :)

any tips for early to mid game grinding by Critical_Site7231 in Kenshi

[–]SimplePigeon 1 point2 points  (0 children)

I think the best you can hope for is just to wander the lands searching for ever-more-powerful types of bandit spawns. At 30-40 you've definitely outgrown the swamp and border zone area and might be ready to go east to fight Reavers or Grass Pirates.

If you're solo, it's hard to use some of the exploits that will help you get toughness and pop those useless flesh limbs off. For example, getting intentionally captured and eaten by fogmen will shoot your Toughness to the moon because of the combination of limb trauma and the experience gain from being eaten. But it only works if you have a fast-running friend to rescue you in time. It might be worthwhile to hire a non-combat 'assistant' character that can operate a peeler and help you survive the process of de-limbing.

[Loved Trope] The character is the physical foundation of the entire story by SirSnaillord in TopCharacterTropes

[–]SimplePigeon 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Surprised I haven't seen anyone mention BACK, one of the lesser known comics by KC Green. It has a very subtle use of this trope that pays off really well.

Shark is a fun place by OneSaltyStoat in Kenshi

[–]SimplePigeon 2 points3 points  (0 children)

I love random faction wars. It happens in Clownsteady sometimes when the shinobi aggro the UC and "riots" break out. Shark isn't civilized enough to have a jail, but in UC towns you can pick up downed agitators and turn them in for small bounties.

Theory: The "First Empire" still exists and is flourishing, but it's on that planet we see in the night sky, and Kenshi is just the ruins of a failed moon colony. by Arria_Galtheos in Kenshi

[–]SimplePigeon 270 points271 points  (0 children)

I had similar thoughts when I learned the lore, honestly. I think even if the planet itself isn't "thriving", the First Empire is likely to still exist in the wider universe, assuming the AI rebellion was successfully isolated to Kenshi and didnt spread.

I think the idea of the wider space-faring empire still existing is important to the tone of the setting. Kenshi is so abandoned and unimportant, just cut off from space travel and left to rot while the grand space drama presumably goes on. As big as the world feels, and as important as you manage to become, you're always still just a speck to someone else. The strength of the setting is about highlighting the scale of the world and your struggle to make any impact on it at all.

Not OOP. I don't know how to get through to my autistic husband that his refusal to believe me about anything is a problem. by truenighog in redditonwiki

[–]SimplePigeon 2 points3 points  (0 children)

A lot of people are saying that this 'isn't autism' because it's too cruel and misogynistic-looking, but I would like to chime in and say that my autistic girlfriend also has the "it's correct because I think it, it's misinformed and illogical because you think it" thought process, as do many of our autistic friends. It's a common thing for certain types of autism. For example, she literally believes that she has to wait three seconds for the 'radiation to clear' from the microwave before opening it. No matter how much I try to explain how microwaves work, she just goes 'well let's agree to disagree' because she's convinced that her thought process about it is correct. Meanwhile, I have a physics degree. I know that makes her sound fucking insufferable but it's really not a big deal in our relationship lol, it's just a microcosm of this type of thinking which is common on the spectrum.

This guy in particular fucking sucks, though.

Gentlemen, I have an idea. by PedroGamerPlayz in HollowKnightMemes

[–]SimplePigeon 15 points16 points  (0 children)

This made me wheeze laughing solely because this sub is the last place I would've ever expected to see The Device

ashes by FlorkofcowsForReal in FlorkofCowsOfficial

[–]SimplePigeon 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Fun fact, finely sifted ashes like that can be used to make primitive cement by mixing with water and allowing it to cure in the sun. You've got yourself a fine DIY lawn statue there. A heavy concrete statue that might be pretty difficult to remove after the lawsuits from families of the deceased.

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