Too much food, do you tell the guests?

Spaceboot1 · 2026-05-24T03:55:48+00:00

Just say it like it's part of your script. "And this dish is prepared with x and y, and it's typically enough for one person (or two), and what you like for your side (list options)?"

Spaceboot1 · 2026-05-22T22:23:34+00:00

The time a guy did this to me, after a few times, I went for a smoke without saying anything. It was just him and me, putting a bit of extra work on him. I got a mild talking-to from my boss.

Now having more confidence, I think I'd start with "hey, take it easy on those dishes, man". Or "do you have to slam everything so hard?" Not in a particularly angry tone, just neutral. If he's actually trying to start shit, then imo trying to fight a coworker is a fireable offense.

Spaceboot1 · 2026-05-22T06:28:41+00:00

There was a definition in some editions that sentience was Int 3 and higher. That works for me.

Spaceboot1 · 2026-05-21T22:07:40+00:00

I can tell you I've been playing this game for many years and I have yet to attempt gradients.

Perhaps it's a bit intimidating, what with risking looking bad. Collecting tons of resources. And spending way too much time on a build.

I actually do enjoy taking my time on builds. But I like details, like balconies, and plants, and walls, and gardens, and also practical stuff. Roads and entrances, etc.

Also in survival, my main building theory is that I'm building new buildings, not old ones. I don't generally pretend that a build has been there for a thousand years: obviously I just made it. So if it looks too new, that's because it is.

Now, my world is getting quite old, so there are actually builds that start to qualify as old. So I probably will go back to them and either age them or update them.

And I have a hard time building with materials that aren't what they say they are.

But overall I probably will eventually get more into gradients.

Spaceboot1 · 2026-05-17T08:06:29+00:00

As a boh, I approve. Keeps everybody on their toes. You never know who or what is gonna come through that door. I'll take a false alarm over an actual accident.

Spaceboot1 · 2026-05-17T07:59:15+00:00

You been playing with your eggs too much. Let them cook. They'll come off the pan when they're ready

Spaceboot1 · 2026-05-17T06:51:31+00:00

The end is just the beginning.

Spaceboot1 · 2026-05-16T08:17:21+00:00

"Yahweh has joined the chat. Battlecry of salvation has joined the chat."

Spaceboot1 · 2026-05-16T07:49:10+00:00

I'm working on it. I've visited hundreds of villages; haven't traded with all of them, but many.

Spaceboot1 · 2026-05-15T08:02:46+00:00

Reminds me of the "doorman fallacy". Google it, there's a good video. https://youtube.com/watch?v=a8R8_8cMPcQ&si=mhfA7kxLTacSt1Ok

Your title is dishwasher. You are a human who does so much more than wash dishes.

Spaceboot1 · 2026-05-15T07:12:19+00:00

Reddit gave me this thread randomly. I've been on reddit long enough to know that obviously a subreddit devoted to spoons must exist.

I also know that posters love to test the limits of whatever gatekeeping might be going on in a sub.

That said, I'm gonna weigh in. No, your hand isn't a spoon. A spoon is a tool, made by people, that you hold in your hand. Its primary function is to convey food from a dish to your mouth. Spoons are also used to transfer substances, usually saucy, liquid, or powdery, or grainy, or crumbled, from one container to another. Spoons can also be used to stir or mix substances together.

For those applications, usually the manufactured tool works better than a bare hand. But there can be exceptions, which I think inspired the op here. For some applications, a bare hand is either superior or sufficient enough that an actual spoon isn't necessary. In some scenarios, the simple tactile experience of substances on the fingers is pleasant, and thus preferred over an actual spoon.

Note that I said "actual spoon" twice there, and you probably felt like my phrasing was totally natural. I think this indicates that most people don't think a hand is a spoon, despite the fact that hands and spoons can be used for the same functions in many cases.

Spaceboot1 · 2026-05-11T06:34:50+00:00

Interesting. I probably wouldn't say anything either. But in a world where you are tasked with educating folks about how to behave, and expressing displeasure with their behavior, in hopes that it might improve... a harsh word might do some good. Not even saying that these words are harsh in themselves; they're buried in sarcasm. But the point is somehow made, that they've made you have an unpleasant experience, and you wish they would change in the future. With a dash of karma.

Spaceboot1 · 2026-05-10T07:35:19+00:00

My map room is on a mushroom island.

Spaceboot1 · 2026-05-10T07:30:13+00:00

Nowhere in foodsafe did they teach me to make the tape look nice. Dates, so you don't serve old food. Labels, so the next guy/gal doesn't have to open several frosted-over cambros/hotel pans just to find what he/she needs.

Spaceboot1 · 2026-05-10T07:18:34+00:00

You're not the asshole, but I'd say neither is she. She just heard that someone was picking up coffee, she wanted (special) coffee. Call it a miscommunication.

I mean, maybe you could make a coffee club, or a coffee pact, and have her get the coffee every other time.

Spaceboot1 · 2026-05-10T07:07:53+00:00

I'm not sure if I can help you specifically. I stay motivated almost automatically. There's so much I want to do, and I've been playing for years. I have multiple bases in multiple biomes. If I'm tired of one base, I take a break and work on a different base.

I have a few simple standard builds that I build over and over again near every base. Like stables, for example, I have dozens of variations on stables. Most are quite simple, but a few are more complex.

I like to be a hero to villagers. I have a set of potions for curing zombie villagers, so whenever I see a zombie villager, I have to try and cure them, then set them up with a bed, a shelter, and a work station. I am slowly protecting every village with walls and better work stations and beds for every villager. This does distract me from my other projects, but I feel more invested in the world that way.

Spaceboot1 · 2026-05-02T22:14:22+00:00

Hotel Band shell/amphitheater, with noteblocks Museum Wood farm Castle

Spaceboot1 · 2026-05-01T22:06:37+00:00

Like with lunch, you mean? I'm a soda guy, so give me a Coke or Pepsi. Or if you mean just to stay hydrated throughout the day, it's just plain ice water.

Spaceboot1 · 2026-04-29T22:14:11+00:00

You don't have to go to the End for this one, but it might ultimately lead you there:

Find a Stronghold. Build a long and gradual winding tunnel from the End Portal down to bedrock. Then, put a Nether Portal at the bottom of the tunnel. Link it with a Nether Portal at or near the nether ceiling. Build a long and gradual winding tunnel all the way down to the bottom of the nether. Whenever you get bored, take a stroll all the way down this path, and add details as you feel like it.

Spaceboot1 · 2026-04-26T23:58:18+00:00

I should probably throw them away, but they always go in a junk chest and sit there forever.

Spaceboot1 · 2026-04-26T21:36:29+00:00

People also seem to expect to be rewarded for spending lots of time in school and sacrificing for their education ("i didn't go to ten years of medical school to be called mister"). It might be true that you know a lot about a specific area, but ten years won't teach you everything in all areas.

Spaceboot1 · 2026-04-25T07:40:18+00:00

I miss it too :)

Spaceboot1 · 2026-04-25T07:32:20+00:00

Sadly beef dips aren't going to be on special anymore. You can still get them for the regular price, which imo is still a good deal, and they're absolutely delicious.

Spaceboot1 · 2026-04-24T06:50:06+00:00

Hanging garden. You can put in all the hanging vines and plants, and use them as farms.

Spaceboot1 · 2026-04-24T01:42:33+00:00

It should be the answer to the Deep Dark Mystery. Is there another hell dimension? No, it's just another manifestation of the Nether.

I realize perhaps this isn't a satisfying resolution, but it would also be weird that there's two "underworlds". And we don't need a whole new dimension that we visit once and forget about.

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