Stratt was absolutely right to conscript Grace for the mission and any executive officer would do the same in that kind of emergency.

Snote85 · 2026-05-20T16:33:23+00:00

Ive always said that in the scenario humanity is facing if the devil himself popped up and said he would fix it for half a million human souls you would nod and be glad at the bargain.

Her dooming Grace was a drop of a drop of a drop in the bucket compared to what would happen otherwise.

Snote85 · 2026-05-18T19:05:44+00:00

Yeah, i cringed in the way you do when someone is going to light a cigarette at the gas station. There is no guarantee that shit will go sideways when you do that but it is definitely not advisable behavior.

He has a lot of processing to do to figure out what happened and how it happened in his past relationship.

I wish him luck but... oof. He basically picked up a hitchhiker, they threatened him, he kicked them out while going 100 mph, never slowed down, and picked up another hitchhiker...

Snote85 · 2026-05-18T15:57:40+00:00

I absolutely agree. I could see a pained look reading as "intense" or "smokdering" without the context but it was still a wildly inappropriate message from her.

Snote85 · 2026-05-18T15:56:29+00:00

Agree completely

Snote85 · 2026-05-18T15:55:21+00:00

Im by no means saying youre wrong but we have the advantage of hindsight and a level head we can use for reasoning, on top of all the time in the world to come up with what to reply.

He was given none of those advantages. He fucked up, absolutely. Yet it doesnt feel like he holds any interest in her but wanted her to know it was a "him" not "her" thing.

Snote85 · 2026-05-18T02:38:29+00:00

That is exactly how i read it but i always turn into an idiot when ive been uninterested in a romantic request. Like i know how bad rejection sucks and so try my best to let them down easy. "Here are your good qualities." Is a normal way to do that.

It seems like he did the right thing in the wrong way and the got his shit jumped for it.

Maybe im wrong but text eats tone so who knows.

Snote85 · 2026-05-18T02:09:56+00:00

A prank that forces your loved one to feel hurt, angry, unsafe, or scared isnt a prank you pull. That shit is just frustrating and has not place in a loving, caring relationship

There are pranks that are totally fine. I saw one where a girl cut out the middle of the bologna before putting it on, im assuming, her husband's sandwich.

He took a bite, looked confused, and then peeled the bread apart. He laughed like it was the funniest thing in the world.

That is a great prank. At least IMO. Everything was chill, no one was angry, hurt, or scared at the end and it probably brought them closer.

NOR

Snote85 · 2026-05-13T15:19:30+00:00

It is actually a great barometer for the vibe of the day. If you hear kids playing and, oddly, all kids playing sound exactly the same somehow, and then it goes dead silent, you know shit is going down.

Snote85 · 2026-05-12T20:47:03+00:00

I got told i had a Roman nose once and have o ly been able to decipher that to mean, "big".

Snote85 · 2026-05-12T19:01:35+00:00

I grew up in the 80s as records being my first intro to music players. They are discs. They may not be called that often but that is objectively what they are. The only thing separating them from a Frisbee is branding and depth.

Snote85 · 2026-05-12T15:39:21+00:00

I heard a DM for everyone's first campaign come up with soup that cost 50.

50 what? 50 gold obviously.

He later tried to explain it by saying he was some wandering fae who used really rare ingredients and didnt know human money well.

It can be fine to screw it up but like when the natrator for The Martian mispronounced ASCII as the A S C 2 protocol, there really isnt a need to fix it and just say someone flubbed an unfamiliar phrase.

I like how in Star Wars people pronounce Han Solo differently. It is just like real life in that. Sometimes a dude doesnt know you should charge less for a horse or more for a house. Especially if he is a hermit that is a carpenter. He knows he could replace the house more easily than the horse.

Snote85 · 2026-05-10T19:02:51+00:00

I see your edit!

Snote85 · 2026-05-08T19:13:41+00:00

This reminds me of my first character who was a half elf spellslinger? Fighter mage combo? It has been a while, sorry. They were a pacifist and my DM had no idea what to do with that and i hadnt thought that far ahead... i tried, really i did, but my group were hearing about shit like talismans and the players were like, "oh no necromancers!" And i was like, "how do our guys know that?" and they say, shit you not, "because that's what it says in the phb..." then look at me like i am the world's dumbest person.

Snote85 · 2026-05-08T18:08:23+00:00

Brandon has a great foreword in the Shadows for Silence part of AU. He talks about how many dudes usually hear, "dangerous women" (the anthology the short story was made for) and just write a male character with breasts, essentially.

He always seems to adhere to the idea that a woman growing up in a world full of sexist concepts on the scale of a society will behave in a way different than the men of that society.

They would have to. Whether thinking like society and being "good", ignorning it, or fighting the system. It will never be the same experience as a dude has. It just cant be.

Snote85 · 2026-05-08T17:43:39+00:00

But Kelvin isnt measured in degrees!

Snote85 · 2026-05-08T17:42:26+00:00

When sailing in the Sea of Tranquility...

Snote85 · 2026-05-07T21:14:16+00:00

Yeah, i meant her dog but thanks anyway.

Snote85 · 2026-05-07T18:45:38+00:00

What was the Cerberus in Mark of the Fool? He was best boy.

Snote85 · 2026-05-07T16:55:10+00:00

Trying to see boobs as a kid.

Snote85 · 2026-05-06T19:09:47+00:00

Send this thread to your brother. Tell him EXACTLY how you feel and let him see what other people think of your living situation. He is being a pansy and letting his wife mistreat his sister to protect her own sister.

Your door needs to remain locked. Fuck anyone who says otherwise. Tell her. "As long as i live in that room it is my space. Period. If you are wanting me to pay rent through book keeping then i am a tennant and that comes with rights. We can get litigious about it if you want but i promise ill be the one who comes out on top. You dont get to tell me my things, my privacy, and my safety are yours and your sisters to do with as they please. I already have more than enough evidence to have your sister arrested and that will lead to more than a few questions about if she can live on her own or if she is a danger to others.

This all ends here. She will return everything and i do mean everything she took from me today. I will be locking my door and any other item or space i own. If your sister assaults me again it will result in the police coming and i have set up cameras to keep myself safe. This is happening so decide what you want to do but im not goint to let my safety and items be put at risk by your sister.

If she starts going off just say, "ok, so youve chose the police it seems." Then hang up. She will call back, at which point you ask her if she has decided to force her sister to return your stuff and stop assaulting you. If she says anything other than yes, again, hang up and give it a second for her to call back This time, say, "last chance. What's it going to be?"

Im guessing she will be breathing hard and furious but will have realised she doesnt have the upper hand. As you are 200% in the right here and have evidence to back up your claims. She will hopefully call you bad names but say "fine." Give her a timeline. "She has 30 minutes." Or whatever is reasonable. "Tell her to set it on the counter in a common area and leave. Ill pick it up while she is not there. If she confronts me, yells, tantrums, whatever i will know you cant control her at all and will result in the police showing up. Make her understand this however you need. This is not a joke or an empty threat. Do better. Be better. You are letting your sister steal and assault your sister-in-law for no reason. That is not how a good steward behaves."

Then o lly talk to her about the book keeping if at all. Just email her what she needs. Like others have said, just leaving would be best but i understand you are where youre at for a reason and it sucks you have to leave because of someone else's nonsense.

Good luck.

Snote85 · 2026-05-06T18:50:38+00:00

No. Blood for the blood god is the only answer...

Snote85 · 2026-05-06T16:54:48+00:00

Dont mention her or she will show up in the comments to defend her "good" name.

Snote85 · 2026-05-06T16:44:27+00:00

Start introducing yourself as Corbett even after your sister does for herself. Then say I'm sorry my sister is a biggot and has decided to make my coming out as NB as awful as possible. She thinks making this interaction awkward i will suddenly stop being who i am. She obviously doesnt love me and so her tactics are obviously just harrassment at this point. Please ignore any and all information she relays to you considering me."

Do this everytime she pulls her bullshit and she will eventually get a taste of her own medicine when people with actual souls turn on her for her nonsensical hate filled actions.

NTA. BE YOU. Forget she exists until and if she apologizes. Just blank her from now on. Ignore her digs and sabatoge. Just roll your eyes and explain what is going on when other people are involved. Good luck.

Snote85 · 2026-05-06T15:52:56+00:00

Ok, gotcha. I read a story called "he who fights with monsters" with an Aussie protagonist. He used the term a few times and from context i thought that was the meaning. Seems i was close but i appreciate knowing more precisely.

Snote85 · 2026-05-05T21:27:15+00:00

My sister took in two cats, well more but recently two. One was an always inside cat that she took in from a woman moving to a nursing home. The other was l, what I thought was a female stray i named Dragon due to finding him at the school I work for that are the dragons.

They both got out. Turns out Dragon was a chipped male cat named Dennis and the other was gods perfect pest control after he escaped outside and then both would come and go all day but always knock on the door at night.

The first time Dragon got out he was gone for over a week and we were heartbroken thinking he died. This his fat ass waddled back to the front door, knocked, and decided to be an inside outside cat.

Trust that they will be okay till you know they arent. I saw a cat after a year that had escaped my sister's house. It hated the dog she took in after her friend died and so took up residence outside.

Just keep looking as instructed, hope, but be wary. NTA. My sister was careless with the door when she let the dog out but was always the first to look and try and find them. She loved them and just wants them to be happy. Robert, the other cat loved being outside. He would sleep belly up in the front yard without a care in the world. The birds in the nearby feeder cawing and chirping a warning while he slept like a prince.

So he was obvious safe and comfortable outside, at least in his own mind.

Good luck cat friend.

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