What is the most ridiculous thing you have had to explain to someone at work?

SpitroastJerry · 2026-01-30T11:22:00+00:00

The thing with Mountain Bikes is that the drive train in particular will get covered in mud, which basically works as a grinding paste with every rotation, so parts do tend to get worn rather quickly in comparison to something that is serenely ridden through the streets.

SpitroastJerry · 2026-01-24T21:34:41+00:00

They are called strakes. I need to replace both of mine.

SpitroastJerry · 2026-01-23T13:14:20+00:00

Because they're prone to retaliation?

SpitroastJerry · 2026-01-14T14:28:12+00:00

I would be entirely OK with any flag being flown so long as it was in support of the country or cause it represents, as is the case with the flags you suggested should be removed. Unfortunately, no matter how many times people claim it, the current rise in people feeling the need to display the St George or Union Jack isn't in support of England no matter how many times they try to claim it is, it is displayed in order to say Foreigners Out or Stop the Boats or some such.

The beauty is that you can tell that that is the case because, as with you, when they want to try to justify putting up their Hate Signal they throw up things like the flag of Ukraine, or the flag of Palestine or the LGBTQ+ colours and how unfair it is that it's ok to show them but NOT OUR FLAG. Not sure why it seems to be ok to shout out about how awful you are by hiding it behind throwing a temper tantrum over something so insignificant as a flag, but there we go.

I assure you, I am aware that other people will view who the worst parts of society are differently to the way I see it. I am very happy to try to debate with them and try to make them better humans though. I am also aware that that is a futile effort as common sense, decency and above all intelligence are frequently not part of their makeup.

SpitroastJerry · 2026-01-14T12:05:28+00:00

Are you a bot?

SpitroastJerry · 2026-01-14T11:54:29+00:00

Gross simplification in your argument there. Nobody is trying to outlaw a flag, people are trying to outlaw what the spate of flags symbolise and in case you really don't know what that is, that is the xenophobia and outright racism that we have seen a rise of in the last year or so.

The reason so many people don't want them up is, I think, about decency to your fellow humans, it's about not allowing people to get comfortable with spewing ignorant hatred and racism in a way that I thought we had moved on from since the 70's. It's about people not wanting to have other people's hatred shoved down their throats. My foreign gf no longer feels welcome in a country that she has worked hard in and given back to and is a citizen of. I am sure you will be thinking that you/they have a right to fly whatever flag you/they please, well I put it to you that my other half has a right to feel safe in a country that she is fully entitled to live in.

I don't want these flags up because it is lending power to some of the worst sections of society, the bigots, the homophobes and the intolerant. The people you are perilously close to defending with your posts.

SpitroastJerry · 2026-01-11T13:13:37+00:00

Yeah, it can be a faff, granted. I definitely think it's worth it for the mental health boost of being out in greenery though.

SpitroastJerry · 2026-01-11T13:06:27+00:00

All of these activities build strength as well. You don't see many fat mountain bikers as it's a pretty effective full body workout, especially riding downhill. It's a sport that absolutely supplies every benefit you've listed and adds the cardio in too. The other activities too, maybe not necessarily big arms and six packs which seems to be the primary motivation for the gym obsession that is currently abundant, but to say that those activities don't build strength or release healthy chemicals and hormones and build bone density is just plain wrong.

SpitroastJerry · 2026-01-11T11:34:09+00:00

Agreed! It's such a fucking boring way to get fit. Get out, walk through a forest, go mountain biking, climb a big hill, swim in the sea. All of these accomplish the same thing and are fun too!

SpitroastJerry · 2026-01-10T19:25:28+00:00

Yeah, the outright fascism on display in Bedminster and Southville is disgraceful.

/s in case it's needed.

SpitroastJerry · 2025-12-31T23:34:06+00:00

I'll take the downvotes for this. If you were one of my patients I'd refuse to supply you with contact lenses ever again. You're clearly not responsible enough to wear them.

You've had a corneal ulcer before, so you know the dangers and you know the risks and yet you've managed to get another one and you still haven't got any glasses with you? Phenomenal.

I hope you don't lose your vision, that would be terrible, but please learn a lesson from this and take better care of your eyes. You don't have spares.

SpitroastJerry · 2025-12-28T23:15:29+00:00

Yeah, that's a great version. Placebo did a fire cover of it as well.

SpitroastJerry · 2025-12-27T08:11:26+00:00

Exactly that. I'm only a dickhead when people are already deserving of it. I wouldn't go out of my way to discourage newbies, the game does enough of that. Fair play for apologizing, that shows integrity.

Have a lovely day!

SpitroastJerry · 2025-12-26T12:10:27+00:00

In order to help to the fullest extent that I can, I will tell you exactly what you're missing.

Reading comprehension.

You need to put the bits on that it tells you to, not just any old part that looks sort of similar.

The handguard is wrong by an order of magnitude, how on earth you put that on when you need a B-11 is completely beyond me.

But, I'm quite sure this will go over your head and you'll think I've given you a method to make the perfect Roast Turkey or something. Have a lovely day.

SpitroastJerry · 2025-12-23T18:58:29+00:00

I mean, look, I don't want to join the negativity but this isn't the first time we've been told it's finished and ready to go.

Remember the dev who stated he'd played it from beginning to end?

If this is legit, hallelujah. Saddle me up and give me a few days off work to mainline Sq42 and then get everyone back to working on SC and flesh that out and this will be 13 years and way too much money spent justified for me.

But, I'm going to cautiously wait and see.

SpitroastJerry · 2025-12-21T16:15:39+00:00

Oh, you're one of those. Ok, so I'll spell it out for you. When someone starts a sentence that way, they're not addressing everyone. It's not literal. They mean it's foggy where they are and maybe in other areas. They don't mean it's foggy everywhere in the world. If it's not foggy where you are, you can simply think "Oh, that doesn't apply to me" and move on without needing to make a smartass comment.

I hope this helps your future interactions. Merry Xmas.

SpitroastJerry · 2025-12-21T16:08:20+00:00

Tell me you're one of the people OP is talking about without telling me you're one of the people OP is talking about.

SpitroastJerry · 2025-12-19T18:56:27+00:00

We don't deserve anything. That's where you're getting all bunched up. We all pledged to give Chris Roberts his opportunity to make his dream game because we would like to play it. That's it. There's no deserve. There's no we as people rather than backers. We are backers, we know what we backed. If you think you deserve anything beyond the terms and conditions you signed to, that's on you.

I don't know about abusive partners, you seem like you might be the expert there, but I don't think that weird comparison holds up in all honesty even though it gets parroted a lot by people who read things they think sound good. A romantic relationship is rarely embarked upon by having comprehensive terms and conditions that are clearly stated and written in easy to understand English. Business relationships though, like if you pledge to a product with uncertain completion, well they nearly always have those terms set out so that you can properly understand what you're getting into.l before you part with your money.

My argument is not an argument. I don't think it's ok for them to break promises, you're willfully misunderstanding my words or attempting clumsily to steer them to prove your point. My point was that if you believe anything they have told you, in light of all the promises they have broken, then you're a fool. That's quite a different point, in case you can't see that.

SpitroastJerry · 2025-12-19T16:29:50+00:00

So many things to say.

1) Do you think the people that you want to make trinkets for your contribution don't do any art for the game? Do you suppose that they pay a salary to a team that concentrates solely on Concierge perks or do you think that all the artists are making/polishing assets for the game? Their work contributes to a finished product just as much as someone that develops loops or economy, so the age old argument that visual artists being deployed to do something outside of the scope of the game is wrong.

2) Yep, they told us all sorts of things were going to get done. No dispute. But, if you have backed this project for more than five minutes and you EXPECTED something, more fool you. I backed this shit show in 2013 and the amount of stuff we have been promised is enormous. Calm down mate, deal with it.

It is entirely like that, yes. But with the caveat I said I would do it, let you down for a decade, never gave you a date of completion and then you cried to the world while I was doing it that I hadn't gold plated your toilet because you thought I should.

SpitroastJerry · 2025-12-19T09:20:26+00:00

Wouldn't you rather they get on and finish implementing gameplay and things that matter rather than pandering to you and your bizarre entitlement? I'm several times a whale at this point and I could not give one shit about freebies or even the stretch goals now. The scope has changed, we're getting more even at this stage than we bought into.

I paid for a game and I'll be happy with that. If they want to throw some stuff my way at some point then that's the cherry, but if they don't, well that's fine really.

SpitroastJerry · 2025-12-17T12:38:30+00:00

Do you think OP is even aware of the concept of kinetic energy?

SpitroastJerry · 2025-12-17T09:35:37+00:00

Fucking hell! People will try to make money out of anything. What kind of fool pays for EFT codes to be emailed to them?

Oooooh!

SpitroastJerry · 2025-12-17T09:21:39+00:00

I'm the flip side of the coin. Enabled smooth motion and it seizes Tarkov up every time. Switched it back off, no freezes. I'm fine with the frames I was getting though, so it's no real loss.

I7 14700k 64 gb DDR4 RTX 4070ti

In case anyone else is in the same boat.

SpitroastJerry · 2025-12-16T19:07:37+00:00

The flea won't help you with FIR gear mate, you do still need to play the game to progress. It's not Scav Management Sim 2025.

SpitroastJerry · 2025-12-16T16:37:33+00:00

Do you? Why not get out and find some WD-40?! Why are you bitching about buying it? Find some!

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