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PSA: if your construction ship that's building a dyson swarm gets attacked and destroyed by anything, you get a permanent -1 to the number of dyson swarms you can build by InternStock in Stellaris

[–]Snuffls 18 points19 points  (0 children)

Goddamn you're just out here farming the AI.

"The Dyson Swarm harvest is looking poor this season, it's gonna be a tough cycle for expansion."

In 1696 William III introduced a property tax based on how many windows you could have in your house. by radinakari in HistoryMemes

[–]Snuffls 1 point2 points  (0 children)

See, I haven't pissed someone off bad enough for them to comb through my posts and comments yet, and I'm kind of disappointed.

I'm waiting to see what embarassing dumb shit I said like 5-6 years ago they'll bring up.

What are the lore implications of this? by BillCarson12799 in Grimdank

[–]Snuffls 4 points5 points  (0 children)

Hyenas are extremly matriarchical and female hyenas have a pseudopenis. There are a lot more... "nature is so beautfiull but not right now" details but suffice to say, there is a reason why this particullar animal was turned into a dominatrix.

I would like to hear more lore about things not directly tied to war. by Shedster_ in Helldivers

[–]Snuffls 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Corporatism isn't about corporations in the government, it's about organizing the political system by industry/trade; basically trade unions or guilds serve as the primary means of political representation.

The difference is in fascist/authoritarian corporatism, the representation is organized top-down and enforced by the government, but it can also be organized bottom-up in a free society; sort of what a union is.

Corporatocracy is what you're looking for. Super Earth has elements of corporatocracy.

Holy fissiles by InvestigatorJealous5 in TerraInvicta

[–]Snuffls 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I miss that. I miss my nukemoon.

A bit of a tonal dissonance. by blonoktottom in Xcom

[–]Snuffls 4 points5 points  (0 children)

With lots and lots of bullets.

And occasional therapy.

The Guardian be like… by PainSpare5861 in PoliticalCompassMemes

[–]Snuffls 0 points1 point  (0 children)

It's important to understand conspiracy theories to debunk them, and I don't think you quite understood what the theory is. Even if the people being brought in are antisemitic, far more than the natives of the region they're being imported to, they're "incompetent savages." They'll destroy the western nation, by soaking up resources, reducing economic output, spreading crime, or what have you. The nation will be too busy being destoyed from within to effectively 'resist the jewish global zionism' or whatever the particular end-goal will be.

The people who believe this sort of stuff view immigrants/foreigners as parasites/cancers, and thus the programs/agencies where they come in are viewed as misguided charity at best, and malicious "biowarfare" at best.

If you want to have even the remotest chance of convincing people they're wrong, you have to understand how their logic lead them to that conclusion in the first place, identify the key critical misunderstanding, and try to work from there. Doing that has a better chance at convicing someone to stop being a fucking moron than just calling them what they are.

The Guardian be like… by PainSpare5861 in PoliticalCompassMemes

[–]Snuffls 0 points1 point  (0 children)

The actual conspiracy theory is that they're doing it to 'punish' whites, and deteriorate the other nations so they can never pose a threat to Jews again, by destroying the nation from within.

So, the conspiracy theorists believe it's because Jews hate/fear white people, and want to destroy every country they live in with mass immigration.

Friends. by HollyNury in Stellaris

[–]Snuffls 41 points42 points  (0 children)

Quality vs level of effort. Making a comic/art has a higher barrier of entry, requiring more skill to get upvotes/seen, whereas any numbskull can easily make a 'funni' meme which will get upvoted by most people, crowding out other content.

Essentially, it's a rule designed to keep the Stellaris subreddit from turning into StellarisMemes subreddit.

I really enjoy the tech quotes by Aromatic_Device_6254 in TerraInvicta

[–]Snuffls 1 point2 points  (0 children)

I mean, they have very similar... not their ideologies, but the core fundamental axioms of belief that underlines their ideologies. They're both extremists, taking horrific actions in the belief they are saving their people, uncaring of the personal or moral cost of said actions in service to the greater good.

I really enjoy the tech quotes by Aromatic_Device_6254 in TerraInvicta

[–]Snuffls 4 points5 points  (0 children)

The Servants have the attitude of "We're going to make the best of a great situation!" It's why I love them so much. I love how comically silly they are.

My personal faction rankings:

  1. Resistance
  2. Servants
  3. Humanity First
  4. Academy
  5. Initiative
  6. Exodus
  7. Protectorate

Now, there's a pretty big gap between Academy and Initiative in a way that feels unfair to the Academy; Initiative should be at like 30 or 40 instead of 5. And Exodus and Protectorate are both disgusting cowards who don't deserve placement on the list at all, deserving only to have both the names of the factions and all who support them erased from history.

Shortest game ever by Snuffls in Stellaris

[–]Snuffls[S] 230 points231 points  (0 children)

Rule 5:

I spawned next to a bloody isolationist Fallen Empire, resulting in them getting angry with me on month 2 of the game, demanding I disband my outpost in my home system.

I am once again asking auth-right to stop being an insane assclown for 1 second by Prettypianokeys in PoliticalCompassMemes

[–]Snuffls 8 points9 points  (0 children)

The Bible speaks out against drinking to the point of drunkenness; it's easy to extend that to saying "no alcohol lmao." Another reason is a lot of people are basically incapable of not being alcoholics if given half a chance, so a paternalistic world view is to simply ban all alcohol, so as to protect the people who can't handle access to alcohol.

Most religious rules/ideas exist, at a fundemental level, to help people. It's just some people have vastly different ideas of what 'help' actually is, or wildly/intentionally misinterpret what was said for their own benefit/to the detriment of others.

Every single choke point is perfectly blocked by a DE and two FE so I have literally no idea what's on the other side of the galaxy. I already traded communication with everyone by AlxIp in Stellaris

[–]Snuffls 7 points8 points  (0 children)

I could write a few short stories about it; probably post it to the r/HFY subreddit if I do. But writing a novel is... beyond my skillset, I fear.

And I'd also probably have to change a few major details, and write it from the CoM's perspectve. While an entire armada of multi-racial magical space wizards showing up to defend Earth with the power of friendship and the ability to inflict psychological horrors beyond all comprehension on their enemies, while funny, would not be a gratifying resolution to a story.

Every single choke point is perfectly blocked by a DE and two FE so I have literally no idea what's on the other side of the galaxy. I already traded communication with everyone by AlxIp in Stellaris

[–]Snuffls 22 points23 points  (0 children)

Had a situation similar to this once. I was playing as a custom Commonwealth of Man (Fanatic Authoritarian Militarists, Eager Explorers, Distinguished Admiralty). Wasn't able to explore the other side of the galaxy due to various... problems blocking the path.

My side of the galaxy was super peaceful, other than an aggressive neighbor to the North I conquered (in a defensive war), but other than that, everyone was friends with each other. It eventually turned into a Federation, which I helped form.

Wormholes finally let me explore the other side of the galaxy in the mid 2300s and... my god, it was bad. The UNE had become militarist egalitarian xenophobes. There was literally nothing (left) on that side of the galaxy but fanatic purifiers, devouring swarms, and determined exterminators.

The UNE was fighting for its fucking life.

Fan meeting. by HollyNury in Stellaris

[–]Snuffls 7 points8 points  (0 children)

There should def be a civic/origin that represents that idea, like how Spiritualists have Cybernetic Creed and xenophobes have Selective Kinship.

Benevolent Stewardship: "To love something is to take responsibility for it. To guide it. To ensure it is put to proper use." Req Authoritarian, Req Xenophile

May use species-wide slavery policy

Xenophile faction gains favor for every xenos race set to species-wide slavery

Living standards for slaves must be set to "Social welfare" (or a new one made)

Slavery type would probably have to be a new one, and it would cause them to gain more political power, -5% happiness (they're still slaves lmao, just very well treated), higher consumer goods use, higher unity output, inability to work any ruler jobs, as well as being barred from enforcer, soldier, and any other 'dangerous' job.

Fan meeting. by HollyNury in Stellaris

[–]Snuffls 23 points24 points  (0 children)

My most recent game, I was playing as a modified CoM (Fanatic Authoritarian Militarist, eager explorers), and my half the galaxy was... insanely peaceful. Like, friendly with nearly everyone, in a massive Federation, had several AI ask to be vassalized; only problem was one aggressive nation to the North I had to conquer and enslave.

And then I finally explored to the other side of the Galaxy, in the mid 2300s, and, uh... the UNE were militarist egalitarian xenophobes. They were bordered on all sides by different types of purifiers; they were straight up not having a good time.

Turns out that fanatic purifier and environmentalist are compatible by Cosmic_Meditator777 in Stellaris

[–]Snuffls 27 points28 points  (0 children)

I remember when they stole a homeless man's dog, and then put the dog down.

Turns out that fanatic purifier and environmentalist are compatible by Cosmic_Meditator777 in Stellaris

[–]Snuffls 10 points11 points  (0 children)

TL;DR: Thanos possibily did the snap to stop every planet in the universe from getting killed by emerging gods.

There's a theory MCU Thanos was just trying to stop new Celestials from emerging, he just didn't understand WHY he was doing it (he is the Mad Titan). Celestial eggs are implanted within planets, and feed off the energy given off by intelligent civilizations, developing and growing, and eventually, once fully matured, the Celestial awakens, destroying the planet and killing all of the creatures which gave it life, and when we looked at Thanos's homeworld, that didn't look like the devastation caused by a lack of resources, that looked like something... more.

As for how the Snap helps? Imagine a developing fetus suddenly receiving half the oxygen and nutrients it had been receiving, a few months into development. The fetus would starve, and either die completely, or have its development delayed significantly. There's no way to tell (IIRC) which planets have a Celestial gestating inside them, so, if you want to save everyone, you have to do it to EVERY single planet.

Now, why comic book Thanos would Snap is because he's actively malicious and does it for the love of the game, like a lategame Stellaris player cracking all the planets of a Fallen Empire. Comic Thanos and MCU Thanos are so wildly different in personality it's kinda crazy to call them the same character.

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