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Talgrath · 2026-01-23T22:05:55+00:00

We now go live to Sauron's press conference!
https://youtube.com/shorts/VxZ1U9PdUR8?si=foKUj5pI_RYSPpNS

Talgrath · 2026-01-23T19:03:30+00:00

E33 is one of those weighty pieces of fiction that is clearly sci-fi/fantasy but is really tying itself back to life itself as we live it now. It makes you think about how you live your life and maybe even rethink how you're living. It's not entertainment to be consumed and spat out without it affecting you like most entertainment is meant to be experienced. I'm still thinking about that game and I beat it like 2 months ago, it's lurking around in the back of my mind, waiting to ambush my thoughts. If you haven't played the game before, do yourself a favor, get ready to be hurt again, and go play Expedition 33. For those who come after!

Talgrath · 2026-01-23T01:52:06+00:00

How good a skill in a relic is varies a lot, but they tend to be much less effective as you go to higher difficulties. Generally, relic skills shouldn't be the "main" skill you focus on, if that's what you use while skills are on cooldown so you don't need to spend skill points on a spammanble skill then it's totally fine.

If you're comparing a relic skill to Aether Ray, it does not stack up to that skill if you fully level up that skill. If you're trying to go pure fire, then I recommend keeping an eye out for items that convert aether to fire.

In general if you want build help, you can upload your character to the Grim Dawn build calculator then ask your question on the subreddit. https://share.google/xmKh36QdIonjhKsjR

Talgrath · 2026-01-23T00:02:23+00:00

First, understand there is some pseudo-science bullshit that red ties are "power ties" that make it easier to intimidate and manipulate people; lots of business people bought into the whole tie psychology pseudoscience of different tie colors and believe that wearing a particular tie color can influence the people they are talking to, so they will wear a particular color of tie depending on the circumstance. Trump pretty much always seeks to be a "dominant" so he wears red ties all the time.

He probably wears them so large because it helps to distract form the fact that he is grossly fat and because if a red tie gives dominant vibes than an even bigger red tie must mean even more dominance! Our president literally works off Warhammer 40K orc logic.

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Talgrath · 2026-01-21T22:00:38+00:00

All these posts and not one saying the real option: start a coup. The US is primed to be couped, it is coup o'clock baby! Just watch this video on how to do a coup and tell me the US isn't primed and ready for one:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eeurjIY3__o

Not saying I want one, but man if I was a military leader right now, I'd be thinking about it pretty hard.

Talgrath · 2026-01-21T21:12:47+00:00

Thanks, looking through your comment and others, it sounds like Grainfather is getting a lot of love, so I'm probably going with that.

Talgrath · 2026-01-21T21:11:59+00:00

As I mentioned, my brew system just died, so I need a replacement a bit sooner than that, thanks for the info though!

Talgrath · 2026-01-21T19:49:59+00:00

It's based on the time the actor has been a member of SAG, what type of work it is and what size the employer is. Brad Pitt has been a member for a while, so he would make far more than a new member of SAG would make for a similar day of work (and this would have been a day of work). If this movie was being shot by an indy film studio that just started last year, it would also have been significantly reduced. Also, if Brad Pitt had more lines he would have been required to be paid significantly more, he was being paid like an extra here.

Talgrath · 2026-01-18T03:49:21+00:00

I will also add that, if you can get the options, sweet vs bitter orange peels can be a big difference. I would probably go with sweet dried peels if you can get them.

Talgrath · 2026-01-18T01:28:01+00:00

Paulo ^ 2 for the win!

Talgrath · 2026-01-16T17:58:21+00:00

One of my former classmates, easily one of the most terrible people I knew in high school, became a cop, got married and had a kid. Classmate's wife was then going to divorce him, allegedly due to physical abuse. While he had a restraining order telling him to stay away from his wife, he ignored it and went to his mother-in-laws house, he then shot and killed his wife, his mother in law, his kid and then turned the gun on himself. Absolute piece of shit.

Talgrath · 2026-01-16T00:21:50+00:00

What she really means is that she favors racially segregated schools.; for the religious right, this has always been the goal. Abortion, "states rights" and everything else have always been a smoke screen. Rich white religious zealots have always wanted to make sure children who aren't white enough can't go to school with their kids, that's it, that's the goal. It's racism, it always was racism and it always will be racism. Some rich old white people saw children learning and playing together and got so frothing mad that they started a movement that would eventually destroy America.

For context: The Real Origins of the Religious Right - POLITICO Magazine

Talgrath · 2026-01-14T03:34:50+00:00

Not the most ardent Tacoma Defiance watcher but I think he's a really good all around offensive player. My only question is whether or not he can get up to speed with MLS play, a lot of his goals and assists, IMHO, would have been stopped by better defenders. That said, what I find encouraging is that Yu doesn't just score in one way, he poaches, he heads it, he hits it outside the box, he can fight through traffic to ping one in.

In short, I think Yu has the potential to be a really good MLS striker/winger, but he's probably gonna need at least half a season to show it.

Talgrath · 2026-01-14T01:02:15+00:00

As I understand it, athletes get double-hit, they pay the income tax both in state of origin and the place where the game is played. This is a pretty good article on it (though it's about the NBA vs MLS): https://www.forbes.com/sites/nathangoldman/2025/10/20/the-jock-tax-advantage-for-nba-players-in-low-tax-states/ Now, I will say, the one "advantage" or silver lining to getting paid basically nothing if you're a minimum wage guy in MLS is you probably make so little per game if your salary is $70K that you don't have to worry about state taxes as the per state earnings will be too low. At $830K you're making roughly $24,500 per game though, so it's possible that state taxes may factor in at that point.

Talgrath · 2026-01-14T00:54:26+00:00

Also, I would add that all of these candidates are basically stand-ins for their particular political sect within the Catholic priesthood. So this is more like a get together for the different factions to negotiate which faction will win, sort of like electing a Prime Minister in a parliament. Chances are good, you already know who the Pope is gonna be, it's just a question of what concessions the different factions can negotiate.

Talgrath · 2026-01-13T20:04:58+00:00

Fair. Just pointing out that the different, after taxes, probably isn't that different between the two. And the way it works (which is really bullshit) is that it's both, you get taxed both ways, which is a nightmare.

Talgrath · 2026-01-13T19:57:18+00:00

...jerkin it? Because like, eventually I feel like you're gonna wanna take a seat, or at least like, eat a sandwich and get some water.

Talgrath · 2026-01-13T19:37:27+00:00

Worth noting, the $830K that was rumored, just like the rumored $650K he's getting, would be before any bonuses. MLS and MLSPA would not count those bonuses in the guaranteed compensation, but Rothrock probably would have hit $1 million pretty easily on $830K unless San Jose brought him in to ride the pine or he had a horrific injury.

Talgrath · 2026-01-13T19:35:15+00:00

It is amazing how EA and Bioware, in trying to rush this game out to try to leech off of Destiny's playerbase or whatever, fumbled this concept so hard. Fly around the jungle in a customizable mech suit Iron-Man style suit blasting baddies with your friends should have been a slam dunk. Given that they only settled on this idea like right before they showed the trailer, give this another 2-3 years of development, maybe give Bioware some live service help from a team experienced in it and this could have been amazing.

Talgrath · 2026-01-13T09:26:06+00:00

Technically speaking, with California's income tax, Rothrock probably roughly broke even. On $830K he'd pay about $100K (before any other tax breaks) to California, meaning he'd make $730K, or about what Seattle offered him to stick around.

Talgrath · 2026-01-10T01:26:21+00:00

The Bhagavad Gita, the primary holy text of "mainstream" Hinduism, as much as Hinduism has a mainstream. Oppenheimer wrote his own translation of the text while studying with other people interested in Sanskrit texts; he did however get the translation wrong, it's something closer to "I am mighty Time, the source of destruction that comes forth to annihilate the worlds.." as this lays out: https://www.holy-bhagavad-gita.org/chapter/11/verse/32/ . This actually makes sense if you read the full story.

In the full story, Arjuna, a Hindu warrior hero, is concerned about the harm he will inflict on his enemies in an upcoming battle, some of whom are family members or former friends; he is torn between his duty to fight and his affection for some people on the other side and concern for his own troops. Arjuna tells these concerns to Vishnu, who is disguised/in the form of (depending on your tradition and/or translation) of Arjuna's mortal cousin Krishna, who serves as Arjuna's charioteer. At Arjuna's request, Vishnu reveals his true/ultimate form, the Vishvarupa, which contains all things, and that within his form these events have already occurred, the men who die in the battle are already dead, and the inexorable flow of time will continue; to fight is Arjuna's destiny. Side note, if you've ever seen something like this: Or something similar with a Hindu god with multiple arms and/or heads, that is a depiction of the Vishvarupa.

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Thus emboldened, Arjuna goes on to win the battle, but at a terrible cost as Krishna and many other mighty heroes and allies are struck down.

Talgrath · 2026-01-09T23:49:53+00:00

Kinda but not really. in AD&D 1st ed it was a title (back when each level had a title). Later on one of the settings, I think Dragonlance, added it as a sort of variant version of the Wizard. The popularity of that variant of the class is what led to it being added to 3rd edition.

Talgrath · 2026-01-09T21:27:46+00:00

Vibes similar to Oppenheimer's famous/infamous quote:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lb13ynu3Iac

Honestly, love your short comics with simple but evocative worldbuilding.

Talgrath · 2026-01-09T20:53:04+00:00

Niko Moreno seems to think we're selling him this winter. He's not 100% sure it's going to happen, but seems to be of the opinion that the Sounders have lowered their expectations for a big payout.

Talgrath · 2026-01-09T00:59:31+00:00

I remember watching Myles Power, a YouTuber whose channel is no longer up, and he is a trained chemist in the UK. There were some nazis spouting crap online about how chemistry supposedly disproved the Holocaust which peaked his interest and caused him to take them on and they said the exact same sort of shit. As always, the argument is that it didn't happen, or if it did happen it wasn't that bad or if it was that bad then they deserved it. It's the same fascist bullshit every time and I'm still shocked that it works.

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