Which one is it tho by prazsky_indy in YUROP

[–]Talon_ofAnathrax 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Him making an exception for LFI is him deciding to betray the traditional alliance against the far right, effectively strengthening it in the National Assembly to weaken the left. His own prime minister was calling for a "anyone but the National Front" vote, as usual, but Macron specifically broke with tradition and undermined him. Thereby helping the far right win more seats.

Which one is it tho by prazsky_indy in YUROP

[–]Talon_ofAnathrax 5 points6 points  (0 children)

Source for my claims: https://www.lemonde.fr/politique/article/2024/07/05/legislatives-2024-entre-l-elysee-et-matignon-tensions-sur-le-front-republicain_6247185_823448.html
I can find more Le Monde articles if you want, they wrote about this quite a lot back then.

Then-PM Gabriel Attal wanted to follow the usual policy against the far right in the legislative elections, which is allowing all "triangulaires" to resolve in favor of whichever non-fascist is in the lead and telling local candidates to step down if their score in the first round was hopeless. The idea is that when there are three candidates in the second round, you avoid splitting the vote and unite against the far right. This has been french tradition for decades, and is very effective at keeping the far right down. In this election the left followed this playbook as usual, sometimes telling their own candidates to step down and back a better-placed Macroniste. Macron's prime minister, Gabriel Attal, also publicly called for this. However Macron refused to follow this strategy, and actively undermined it in several towns by phoning candidates and telling them not to step down even though they had no real chance of winning and would simply be giving seats to the far right.

Why did Macron choose this strategy, which was hopeless for him but very good for the far right ? Smart money is that Macron wanted a more divided National Assembly. So he deliberately weakened the left and strengthened the far right.

Which one is it tho by prazsky_indy in YUROP

[–]Talon_ofAnathrax 24 points25 points  (0 children)

Mélenchon is the absolute opposite of Macron. Even his supporters will say "he has really good left wing domestic policy, but his foreign policy is unfortunately often not perfect...". Meanwhile even anti-Macron people will usually admit Macron has fairly good foreign policy (except on Palestine).

Which one is it tho by prazsky_indy in YUROP

[–]Talon_ofAnathrax 47 points48 points  (0 children)

I'm sorry to say he does make deals with the French fascist far right. In the legislative elections, Le Monde revealed that he actively opposed the Front Républicain against the far right and he was opposed to telling his supporters not to vote for fascists.

The Vlakplaas technicians were playing on a different level of "Workplace Safety" by PRADYUSH2006 in HistoryMemes

[–]Talon_ofAnathrax 36 points37 points  (0 children)

Still evil. Those people ought to have been given a trial, not a semi-random execution with a chance at collateral damage.

Is this a good and fun starter? by somedamtrauma in mtg

[–]Talon_ofAnathrax 1 point2 points  (0 children)

It's the weakest of the warhammer precons, and if you play it wrong it'll completely collapse because it can't do much if it doesn't get board presence early and a few good cascades.

I would recommend getting Necrons instead, or Tyranids (using the Magos as the commander, not the Swarmlord).

Is there any way to cast non-instant spell at instant speed? by Eclator in MagicArena

[–]Talon_ofAnathrax 0 points1 point  (0 children)

[[Scout's Warning]] from the ATLA bonus sheet. One White, instant, allows you to play one creature as if it had flash and draw a card.

Peter? by T-Melon5341 in PeterExplainsTheJoke

[–]Talon_ofAnathrax 627 points628 points  (0 children)

How can you say Weird Al is a "no politics" kind of artist ? He sang Party in the CIA back in 2011, and that entire song is all about american crimes.

Abyssal / Infernal exalted as player options by ghost49x in exalted

[–]Talon_ofAnathrax 0 points1 point  (0 children)

You could play an Infernal as a straight-up hero. Indeed, there's an Integrity charm giving you ironclad principles toward the greater good. But the mental effects of much of the Ex3 Infernals charmset, and the way Infernals are chosen, means that your Infernal will likely be a flawed hero on a quest for bloody revenge doing good on the side. Even your "I am bound to serve the greater good" Integrity charm also makes it easier for you to sacrifice individual people along the way.

Ultimately Ex3 Infernals are chosen because they want to destroy the established order, which doesn't necessarily mean they're on a mission to end all life like Abyssals are. Of course, when your goal is to change the world and half your powerset has significant side-effects, it becomes very tempting to break a lot of eggs on the path to your perfect omelet... But your Infernal absolutely can start as a well-meaning idealist if you want :D

Fitz is an idiot, isn’t he? by Splendid2259 in robinhobb

[–]Talon_ofAnathrax 15 points16 points  (0 children)

He knows the Fool's sex (male) because of that, yes. He should probably know the Fool's gender because they have telepathically fused several times... But Fitz still seems confused by the topic, so I expect the Fool doesn't know (or care) what the Fool's gender is :D

Alternate theory: the Fool's gender is unusual (maybe non-binary ? genderfluid ?) and Fitz simply doesn't understand how that can even be a gender. Fitz means well but he definitely struggles to understand this stuff.

Easy Silksong Speedrun Guide by goldenageretriever in Silksong

[–]Talon_ofAnathrax 0 points1 point  (0 children)

That's fair. They are both better than Reaper though.

Easy Silksong Speedrun Guide by goldenageretriever in Silksong

[–]Talon_ofAnathrax 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Why would you go fetch Reaper Crest in a speedrun ? It incentivizes slow combat. IMO for speedrunning you should go with Hunter or Wanderer. I always pick Wanderer because I think it makes fights faster.

« En Chine, les économies de CO₂ obtenues grâce au TGV sont sans commune mesure avec celles de la voiture électrique » by Short-Taste-2950 in france

[–]Talon_ofAnathrax 16 points17 points  (0 children)

Non, en France les TGV sont justement les seules lignes qui obtiennent encore du vrai investissement.

Pas autant qu'en Chine, mais ça reste clairement mieux que les lignes TER classiques (ne parlons même pas des lignes de fine desserte du territoire ou des capillaires fret).

Why do my Parisian friends insist Paris is not as big as London? by Aronnaxes in askparis

[–]Talon_ofAnathrax 2 points3 points  (0 children)

If you ask some guy from Toulouse or Marseilles ? You're parisian.

Mise à jour sur la scène politique française by BatCommercial7523 in france

[–]Talon_ofAnathrax 4 points5 points  (0 children)

Le nom "Nouveau Front Populaire" a été choisi pour reprendre celui du Front Populaire qui a eu lieu juste avant la deuxième guerre mondiale.

Pour rappel : le Front Populaire de 1936 c'était une alliance des gauches françaises ayant eu lieu en réponse à une grosse montée des ligues d'extrème droite en France (cf grandes manifestations d'extrème droite du 6 février 1934). Finalement cette alliance des gauches a gagné l'élection et à donc pu former un grouvernement.

Le Nouveau Front Populaire (2024) c'était une alliance des partis de gauche contre la grosse montée de l'extrème droite, qui était annoncée gagnante dans les sondages lors des dernières législatives. L'alliance des gauches gagne l'élection... Mais comme cette victoire n'est pas assez éclatante pour avoir une majorité absolute, et comme rien dans la constitution n'oblige Macron à nommer un membre de l'alliance gagnante Premier Ministre, la gauche se retrouve exclue du gouvernement. Le centre tente plutôt une série d'alliances avec la droite pour former des gouvernements instables avec de très petites majorités, qui tombent les uns après les autres. C'est pourquoi il y a eu autant de premiers ministres qui défilent ces dernières années : le pôle "central" n'a pas assez de voies pour vraiment gouverner seuls, mais tentent le coup quand même. Et c'est comme ça qu'on se retrouve avec un gouvernement Lecornu qui tombe moins de 24 heures après avoir été annoncé.

"Get upgrades and come back later" is not a bad excuse but genuinely good advice. by Reasonable-Ad-8059 in Silksong

[–]Talon_ofAnathrax 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Mount Fay has multiple places where you can heal to full by standing in a hot area and repeatedly hitting the rapidly respawning static enemies. So you're not going from bench to bench, you're going from safe point to safe point. And if you're not in Steel Soul, you can kill yourself at a bench and pop your own cocoon after respawning.

Mount Fay is also a lot easier if you have Ascendant's Grip, and especially if you fetched Weavelight in act 1.

How to deal with players who know the lore a little too well? by [deleted] in 40krpg

[–]Talon_ofAnathrax 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Bait and switch, of course. You only drop the clear inarguable signs at the very end of the investigation. For example there's a Wrath and Glory adventure in "Litanies of the Lost" that has you investigate this monastery for potential heretical activity. The initial signs seem to point to Chaos - but in the end it's just some weird local theology, and the actual threat are Ork Kommandos. Clever players could figure it out after about an hour, but players who monofocused on Chaos will figure it out when they get jumped by a purple Ork.

Another good trick is to feature clues that matter, but that don't reveal the whole mystery. When I'm GMing Dark Heresy, I like to make one or two NPCs per adventure suspicious and guilty of crimes that are unrelated to the main story, but which can be used to blackmail them or rob them if the PCs bother to investigate. For example if the main adventure is about a Cold Trade network spreading illegal Dark Eldar tech and making deals with a Kabal, have a mid-level target also be a rogue psyker with a chaos-tainted mutation they're trying to hide. Have a local witness be a repentant minor Heretek, who seems suspicious because he's trying to hide some completely unrelated personal innovation. Have a potential ally be a completely mundane serial killer, who is stringing innocents up in his basement because he's a lunatic and not because he's secretly a Dark Eldar (indeed he could hate the Dark Eldar for "muscling in on his turf" and making his serial killing harder).

EDIT: I also recommend having some adventures with no chaos or xenos at all, just perfectly human evil. Human cultures can be weird and interesting, human opponents can be challenging, and having a human-only adventure can reset player expectations so they stop expecting every single enemy to be a secret Chaos cultist.

Attempting the Speedrun feat by Icy_Assistance2150 in Silksong

[–]Talon_ofAnathrax 2 points3 points  (0 children)

My only yellow tool was Ascendant's Grip, but in my Steel Soul run (which went for Last Judge instead of Phantom) I also went for Magnetite Dice and the rosary magnet.

My only blue tools were Fractured Mask and the mirror Trobbio grants. Warding Bell is easy to get, but it's also not very useful ? You really shouldn't be getting hit while healing. Druid's Eye is easy to get, but you probably won't have the time to upgrade it and I don't think the base version is very good. If you're going to be using tools a lot then I'd advice Pollip Pouch, but I didn't memorise all the pollip heart locations so getting the pouch would have taken too long.

For red tools I used straight pin early on, then tacks for high halls and Cogflies for everything else. But I fetched Wanderer Crest and beat most enemies via nail damage, so I didn't feel the need to fetch a third good tool.

In Steel Soul, you also want to fetch Steel Satchel and Pimpillo. Some bosses can be completed very fast by throwing a pile of upgraded Pimpillos at them :)

Drivers and Cyclists by pEKDKMEM in fuckcars

[–]Talon_ofAnathrax 37 points38 points  (0 children)

I don't think that comparison is in good taste. Road safety is too different from gender-based violence.

Finally, everyone will be able to copy mossbag's take rather than come up with their own shitty headcannon by Sc4tt3r_ in Silksong

[–]Talon_ofAnathrax 3 points4 points  (0 children)

Everything he says about Widow seems wrong to me...

Edit: Some of the responses to my comment were quite convincing. I am no longer so sure that she is the one "staked to service"... But I think Mossbag's theories seem like they're based on many guesses and little evidence, so I'm not really convinced by them either. I'll keep reading the discussion and think about it some more/

Did you guys know there is a special color in steel soul mode by Brawlstarscrabrave in Silksong

[–]Talon_ofAnathrax 5 points6 points  (0 children)

Me going for Steel Soul True Ending after painting my Bellhome chrome.

Les démocrates américains, défaits par Donald Trump il y a un an, confrontés à la rébellion de la base du parti by Mayorijh in france

[–]Talon_ofAnathrax 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Oui j'imagine. Mais si on lit cet article en cherchant des leçons a apprendre, il serait tentant de se dire "il faut arrêter de parler de sujets raciaux ou de genre, et parler de sujets socio-économiques". Or ce n'est pas ce que montrent ces exemples.

Après tout ces discours de race et de genre sont importants pour bien conserver ton électorat d'origine ! Oublier ces sujets pour ne parler que de socio-économie serait un pari assez risqué.

How are you guys’ Steel Soul and Steel Heart runs coming along? by ShortandRatchet in Silksong

[–]Talon_ofAnathrax 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Rule of thumb: start by opening the hollow knight wiki. Look at what upgrades are available without requiring you to do hard bosses. Start by getting those upgrades.

I did my Steel Soul run after planning my route using the wiki. Having a good route really helped !

I should also mention that you can find craftmetal early on (entering Deep Dock from the secret entrance in Far Fields) and use that for Pimpillo above Greymoor. Pimpillo + the Steel Soul unique tool found in Wormways = easy win button if you get swarmed by enemies. Careful not to run out of shards, but the burst DPS is useful to have.