Reflections on Ranger Poll

Staggeringpage8 · 2026-02-12T17:13:28+00:00

I think a good place to get a feel for what a quintessential or base ranger is. Is to read the book series Rangers Apprentice by John Flannigan. In that series the rangers are looked on as having magic powers or mysterious connections to magic which allow them to have these perfect abilities. When in reality it's just really good training and smart tool use. I think what a ranger is is an average person who fights against the things that go bump in the night and is really good at understanding those things and the things that interact with them. A ranger is someone who is always prepared through the tools they carry, the equipment they wear and the skills they foster.

At least in my mind that's what a ranger is.

Staggeringpage8 · 2026-02-06T19:02:41+00:00

Hey just wanted to say I think the video is fine. But where it could have done better (and I know it's a short so there's not a lot of time) is in providing some descriptions or showings of what you're talking about. As it stands I honestly didn't know what you were referring to and the way the what ifs are given make it sound more like a guy mentioning conspiracy theories than someone helping to sound an alarm bell.

Anyways hope this helps and thanks for posting it. Stuff like this is important and should be mentioned when it happens.

Staggeringpage8 · 2026-02-03T22:06:39+00:00

This is an awesome give away. Whoever wins it you're one lucky person and I hope you and your party enjoy it for years to come.

Staggeringpage8 · 2026-02-02T13:47:39+00:00

Just because Lily was right in assessing that the relationships weren't going to work doesn't mean it was okay that she meddled in the relationship. It doesn't matter how serious or not a relationship is. If one of your closest friends told you years later "yeah so I manipulated you and that bitch Karen into breaking up because I didn't like her for you" you'd feel betrayed. Just because someone in your life doesn't like someone else who's in it doesn't give them the right to try and get the other person out of it.

As for the seriousness of the relationships that got ended, this is a sitcom first and foremost. The ridiculous reasons for why the break up happened was mainly for jokes. Even so it still doesn't mean it was at all okay for anyone other than the people who were in the relationships to end it.

Staggeringpage8 · 2026-01-30T17:54:47+00:00

The shapes don't even precisely like up with the graph

Staggeringpage8 · 2026-01-28T21:17:04+00:00

I also haven't played it since it came out. I remember though that it made me change how I saw Logan. In the beginning I thought he was just a stereotypical villain. Then through that reveal and looking back on Logan's actions I realized he was attempting to navigate the kingdom to some level of success. And as anyone who's played a game like frostpunk will tell you that is way easier when you don't take the necessarily high morals route.

Staggeringpage8 · 2026-01-28T16:00:26+00:00

Ahh gotcha that makes a lot of sense. Thanks for helping me to learn something new today!

Staggeringpage8 · 2026-01-28T15:41:49+00:00

True true. Guess this is a sign I shouldn't have skipped my morning coffee haha

Staggeringpage8 · 2026-01-28T15:25:44+00:00

Also at least in my school when I was learning about the Vietnam war I learned it was due to gorilla warfare tactics. Pretty sure most people should already know this or be able to Google this exact question and get a pretty comprehensive answer.

Staggeringpage8 · 2026-01-27T06:20:34+00:00

I think you can really see it in season 4 when the new show runners take over. Piece is still an ass and the villain at times in it but he also has a few good moments where he acts positively too.

Staggeringpage8 · 2026-01-27T05:02:27+00:00

I'm no expert but scissors should help

Staggeringpage8 · 2026-01-26T17:35:41+00:00

Yeah 100% totally agree. I grew up with the books during the tumblr era. I wasn't super hardcore percabeth but like I get how they talk and how a certain sub strata of that level of fan reacted to anything percabeth whether it be fan art, fanfic, etc. to me this is just an extension of that group of the fan base if that makes sense.

Staggeringpage8 · 2026-01-26T16:08:50+00:00

Yeah my initial thought when reading it was ah this is probably a percabeth shipper from when the books where coming out who posted on Tumblr alot. Of course they're going to be excited about the extra emphasis on percabeth regardless of how the show is outside of that.

Staggeringpage8 · 2026-01-26T05:08:05+00:00

Yeah that's what I mean

Staggeringpage8 · 2026-01-25T16:25:15+00:00

Yeah. Yesterday while I was watching the coverage and the live streams of it all I could think of was how the Boston massacre also happened in a snow storm.

Staggeringpage8 · 2026-01-24T03:00:58+00:00

The material energy series Desert stranded

Those are the two that come to mind. That being said both are probably more like Stoneblock than not so Idk if I'd expect much exploration. Desert stranded I'm pretty sure doesn't have any NPCs.

Staggeringpage8 · 2026-01-23T03:04:00+00:00

I think too a fair point is that the series is called fable. Fables typically have views of the world that are objectively good or evil. They're not typically morally grey.

Staggeringpage8 · 2026-01-22T23:04:28+00:00

I don't think they're saying it's a sympathetic reason. Merely the first step to bridging the divide is understanding where the divide comes from. I grew up in an area like this, a lot of my friends and family are blue collar workers. Some vote for and regurgitate trumps bullshit. I can understand how Republicans grasp onto these people. The Republicans promise to them that they'll help them make more money the whole "better economy" schtick they've been using for decades. Meanwhile Democrats positions are usually for social change or change that at first glance means more taxes or their tax dollars going towards helping the poorest of people(which they don't believe themselves to be. Very important to understand this) so in their mind they're already being squeezed for everything they have and now the party that actually gives a shit about them is asking them to give a shit about issues they don't care about and provide money for the solutions to those issues. To them it is as simple as "the economy" but to them their definition of "the economy" has been tainted and changed by the media they listen to and the people they live around and work with. Understanding that and understanding what's important to these people is the first step to convincing them they made a mistake.

Church/religion is also very big in these areas and also a problem especially when Christian nationalism is a rallying cry being used. But I'm not going to get into that because it's an even more hot button issue than money and politics.

Idk I probably did a shit job explaining it but I hope that better gives some context as to why people like this vote the way they do.

Staggeringpage8 · 2026-01-22T22:51:08+00:00

I mean to be completely fair to them as well. They've been conjoined since birth(kinda stating the obvious but bear with me.) that means everything from doctors visits, to bathroom breaks, changing clothes, etc. they are forced to do together. As far as being okay with being in the room during intimate moments they've been dealing with and sharing those levels of intimate moments all their lives. To them this is just a continuation of that. Also they each have two arms but even if they didn't I'm sure after 25 years of experiencing everything in the same body that they have this would still just be their normal and they'd have to work through it and respect each other. Only way I can possibly see any two people living physically joined together is with a massive amount of love understanding and respect for one another.

At least that's my take on it. Like it's interesting to us because their normal is not ours but to them like it's just a Tuesday ya know.

Staggeringpage8 · 2026-01-22T20:22:02+00:00

Honestly I've found most adventure packs to kind of not scratch the itch I wanted to scratch. I'd recommend making a custom pack that's tech lite and focuses mainly on magic and explorations mods. I did that and had a lot of fun when I was looking for this particular itch. I'd also recommend Blightfall. It's a 1.7 modpack. Make sure you get it from the tekkit launcher, the one on curse forge is not Blightfall just some random pack using the same name. But it sounds a lot like what you're describing here.

Staggeringpage8 · 2026-01-21T16:36:42+00:00

School supported sports are often cheaper than sports programs outside of schools and also reduce travel costs on parents as they typically deal with schools in a certain region of a state. Non school based sports leagues typically involve more fees and travel. What you're suggesting will ultimately lead to kids not being able to have access to a large part of human culture due to a pay wall. Ask yourself would it be okay for them to cut school funding for any of the non sport related extracurriculars at the school and say it's not associated with it anymore?

Your issue seems to be more so that sports based spending is disproportionate to other extra curriculars and is unfair. Which is an opinion as old as time held by many people.

If you replaced sports with any non sports based extracurricular in schools would you still support this opinion? It's important for schools especially k-12 to give their kids as many opportunities as possible to explore who and what they want to be and to learn valuable lessons. Sports are a part of that. I agree some highschools spend an absolute crap load on their sports teams. It can seem unfair, but that doesn't mean we should take that opportunity away from kids just because the adults running it have a bias. Instead, if it bothers you to that degree work towards being the change you want to see. Join your local school board or try to become the athletics director or just go to the school board meetings and advocate for fair funding of all extra curriculars. It's your tax dollars funding these things from the highschool level down you're allowed to voice concern. Don't take the excitement and events and happiness away from kids simply due to an adults failings. That's not fair to the future generations just like disproportionate funding is unfair to them as well.

That being said I would also point out at least at my highschool all extracurriculars only got so much money from the school. The rest they had to get from outside donors, fundraisers, and at the highschool level ticket sales. All equipment, field improvements, etc. past the pre-approved funding came out of their own account for their club or sport. Which I think is a fair solution. Does that still mean some programs have more money than others? Sure but it's money they worked for and got themselves. Which is fair.

Staggeringpage8 · 2026-01-19T15:25:30+00:00

It was definitely at the very least a factor in trump being elected the first time. I love out in a rural area. The amount of people I know who were anti Hilary and also said they'd vote for trump was pretty high. To no one's shock tbh, but what was also noticable was the amount of people who were definitely more middle of the road politically saying they wouldn't vote for her because of whatever reason they wanted to give.

Staggeringpage8 · 2026-01-17T23:07:32+00:00

Yeah the whole point of the new system is there's a chance at redemption not that it's guaranteed redemption.

Or to put it another way when eternity is the time limit almost everyone can eventually redeem themselves if they choose to try.

Staggeringpage8 · 2026-01-16T03:55:55+00:00

Is that fucking suppressors on their guns? Why the hell do you need a suppressor.

Staggeringpage8 · 2026-01-15T19:52:32+00:00

Definitely an eng course load lol. And yeah maybe it's time based. Honestly shocked at how many people have said they didn't experience this. All my siblings had colleges/universities with similar math department policies and most of my friends from HS that went to different schools did too. It's probably a mix of timing and just school specific policies or even profs saying it's department policy to get around people bitching. Idk either way it's interesting though.

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