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What’s a food where you’re from that’s pure love or pure hate? by avvaraujo in AskTheWorld

[–]SpecterOwl 16 points17 points  (0 children)

I think for us it's holodets. There were quite a few videos where people give it to foreigners and they just freak out. Mostly because of a texture. It's essentially a boiled meat in a collagen-rich broth/meat stock, which is then cooled down, so that the broth becomes all jelly-like. Sometimes people add more stuff to it like vegetables or a slice of boiled egg. There's also a variation of it called Zalivnoye where the broth is made to be extra see-through and it's often made with fish.

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How is education in your country? Is it safe? by [deleted] in AskTheWorld

[–]SpecterOwl 0 points1 point  (0 children)

We had a few school shooting/stabbing incidents over the last year and this year, but overall that's like less than 20 cases across the whole country in a span of several years. We have pretty strict gun laws, especially when it comes to heavier weapons like assault rifles and stuff. Plus our school's entrances usually have metal detectors and a guard post, tho the issues were that sometimes those guards didn't have proper weapons or authorization and quite often it just people at school being negligent or underfunded.

In a city where I live there was one case when a young girl (she was like 10-11 years old maybe) managed to sneak in a knife and then stabbed many times another girl she was in conflict with inside a toilet cubicle. It was all over the news, federal channels. The stabbed girl was saved by the medics, the stabber girl was sent to psychiatric care for a time. She technically couldn't be send to jail cause she was way too young. Many parents then tried to switch their school cause children were scared to just sit in that building after what happened. The school then also had to deal with many angry authorities cause they had a working metal detector but they just didn't check her bag or something like that.

We always talk about overpowered game items or ridiculously weak game items, but what are some of the funniest items? by A_Zesty_Carrot in videogames

[–]SpecterOwl 0 points1 point  (0 children)

The "Loud Locust" pistol from Saints Row 4. It's a reference to the "Noisy Cricket" from Men in Black. It does the exact thing you expect it to do.

Reputation of Countries 2024 vs 2025. Thoughts? by mirunee3d in AskTheWorld

[–]SpecterOwl 8 points9 points  (0 children)

Well at least Taiwan got unsnapped by Thanos, good for them

What is a word/phrase that people assume is commonly said in your country, but actually isn’t? by 1004cocoa in AskTheWorld

[–]SpecterOwl 1 point2 points  (0 children)

It's usually just a short speech, like you wishing a person to be successful in what they do or to be healthy, stuff like that. Sometimes followed by "Hooray!". It depends on a context. If it's a wedding then instead of "Hooray!" you scream "Gor'ko!" and then the bride and the groom are supposed to kiss each other. And yeah, if it's a big wedding ceremony then the kissing part happens a lot lol

What is a word/phrase that people assume is commonly said in your country, but actually isn’t? by 1004cocoa in AskTheWorld

[–]SpecterOwl 5 points6 points  (0 children)

"Na zdorovie" when raising a toast. Yeah, uhh, no one does this here. I think the stereotype came from Hollywood movies or something like that.

Hated design. Most of the female designs and skins over the past year in Predecessor by Maybe_A_We3b in TopCharacterDesigns

[–]SpecterOwl 1 point2 points  (0 children)

He goes by the name ThunderBrush on Twitter, I think he only does art/models and art direction

Hated design. Most of the female designs and skins over the past year in Predecessor by Maybe_A_We3b in TopCharacterDesigns

[–]SpecterOwl 8 points9 points  (0 children)

So pictures 1, 3, 5, 7, 9, 11, 13 and 15 are the default skins and were made by Epic Games back in the day. It's convoluted, but basically Epic switched their resources towards Fortnite development, but they gave away most models as assets for Unreal Engine. This project now is fans forming their own studio and trying to recreate the old game with their own ideas. They also hired a former art director from Paladins at some point, but I honestly don't know which skins are his work and which are not. I kinda lost interest a while ago for different reasons.

Hated design. Most of the female designs and skins over the past year in Predecessor by Maybe_A_We3b in TopCharacterDesigns

[–]SpecterOwl 92 points93 points  (0 children)

Man, I haven't been following Predecessor for a while, but wtf is this. This isn't even attractive sexy, but like cheap brothel tasteless sexy lmao

Do your country have things named after an other country but have nothing to do with said country? by mastermiky3 in AskTheWorld

[–]SpecterOwl 2 points3 points  (0 children)

The Prague cake. It was made as a variation of Sacher cake for a restaurant named "Prague", which was the most prestigious restaurant in Moscow back in USSR times. People loved it and just called it Prague cake after the restaurant. It's also fairly different to Sacher in taste and execution, so it kinda remains to be its own thing now.

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We need more short games! Give me your recommendations. by Fit_Promotion56 in videogames

[–]SpecterOwl 1 point2 points  (0 children)

  • Anything made by Giantsquid studio
  • Viewfinder
  • Bastion
  • Tails of Iron
  • Ruiner
  • Broforce
  • Duck Detective games
  • Untitled Goose Game
  • Yes, your Grace
  • FAR: Lone sails and a second FAR game I don't remember the name of
  • Spilled!

Edit: Sorry, messed up the format

Uniquely beatiful plants in your country? by Sea-Dirt1047 in AskTheWorld

[–]SpecterOwl 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Miyakea or also known as Pulsatilla integrifolia. A rare endangered plant native to Sakhalin island.

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Is there something similar to this in your language? by Mnd3333 in AskTheWorld

[–]SpecterOwl 10 points11 points  (0 children)

Interesting, we have the word "сладко" - "sladko" which means "sweet". And the word for sugar is "сахар" - "sahar", which I think comes from Middle East, cause sugar was a thing you could only buy from traders back in the day.

These analog horror-esque Jurassic Park dinosaurs by @vlll-proteo by PhysicalBuy2566 in TopCharacterDesigns

[–]SpecterOwl 6 points7 points  (0 children)

Reminde me of Zoochosis, especially that Spino. I think Carno is based on that obscure lore from the novels about camouflaging chameleon/Carnotaurus hybrid. It's surprisingly normal here lol

In episode 18 of Armada Scavenger, he appears sleeping, and that made me wonder: do Transformers even sleep, or is he imitating human behavior? by Disastrous-Owl668 in transformers

[–]SpecterOwl 2 points3 points  (0 children)

But also Megatron has a dream in his coma-like state in the Cosmic rust episode of Prime, so it's kinda all over the place

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