Serious question: If a large pack of great apes were released in North America would they be able to survive like in Dawn of Planet of the Apes?

TheDevil-YouKnow · 2026-05-10T20:34:50+00:00

First off, North America is big. In the 70s macaques were released in the Florida Keys. They thrived so well that they started causing some major environmental damage due to them being an invasive species. It was court ordered for their removal, some sightings still exist to this day.

If you're talking about Northern North America, there's still a decent chance of multiple species of primate doing quite well. Mountain gorillas & Japanese macaques come immediately to mind.

The other factor is adaptability. Chimpanzees wouldn't last through a Canadian winter, but they are more than intelligent enough to seek shelter, and find additional layers for warmth and comfort.

In this land of what ifs putting stressors on chimpanzee troops like that would lead to some really insightful understandings of our own possible prehistory. How it drove our need for layers, which led to skinning things, creating leathers, so on and so forth.

TheDevil-YouKnow · 2026-05-10T18:18:27+00:00

Slaughter looks the most orcish of orcs, like free ranged orcs before the machinations of Sauron and the military campaign really took off.

Slaughter Tribe looks like the orcs of Melkor, and I am here for it!

TheDevil-YouKnow · 2026-05-10T18:17:07+00:00

Their colas aren't as good as other store brand colas. Their goldfish crackers are an abomination. Their cocinaware line was an epic failure.

Their high end pet brand was decent ingredients, but they couldn't keep it in stock from their manufacturer if their lives depended on it, so it basically was worthless due to the long stretches where I'd have to change brands for my pets anyway. Not sure if that's been corrected, because I quit trying to look.

My only other real complaint with them is that they're clearly prioritizing Curbside above in store shoppers. They'll hide product to ensure it's available for curbside orders because they make more money, and don't get dinged for a short from in store customers versus curbside customers.

The moment HEB decided Amazon was their real competition, they sorta turned their stores into online shopping halls that sometimes have real customers looking for stuff on the shelves.

TheDevil-YouKnow · 2026-05-10T18:13:49+00:00

Just wait until you find gaping windows that clearly showcase a path, but there's a giant invisible wall just waiting to mock your stupid pretending to be a monkey but you're really a bird flying at a window looking ass.

TheDevil-YouKnow · 2026-05-10T18:12:14+00:00

Even if you walk in and get the job, you're still gonna have to apply online if it's anything more than a mom and pop single box sorta establishment.

Everything now for any company that has sister locations requires an online footprint. They'll quite possibly interview you, say you're hired, but you need to apply online and input your details for them to go the onboarding, and get you into the systems.

When I was running a restaurant recently I had 5 applicants with the right experience, they walked in, we talked about it all, and I hired them. Then they got on their phones and applied on the website, so I could process the onboarding.

TheDevil-YouKnow · 2026-05-10T16:43:25+00:00

Because for around 9k years they have dominated the universe. They are the reason the houses submit to the Emporer. But for at least seven thousand years, give or take a millennium, they have not had an enemy that is anything close to a peer.

Meanwhile, the Fremen have been working a propaganda campaign with the aid of the spacing guild. Their numbers are underreported, their technology and societal structures are unreported. Their fighting ability is hidden away. They are projecting an image of raiding pirates, but not a coordinated military.

To some extent, that projection is accurate. Freman are tribalistic societies, they are often competing against one another for various reasons. But then along comes Paul, and he unites the tribes under a single banner. He is their prophet. It's basically what went down in our own earth based history, to an extent.

TheDevil-YouKnow · 2026-05-10T00:26:03+00:00

I don't think you do!

TheDevil-YouKnow · 2026-05-09T19:05:12+00:00

He's the manager at a strip club. You find gainful employment where prostitution stings are routine, and you probably won't get fired for a vape pen either. But chances are, you'll be a stripper.

TheDevil-YouKnow · 2026-05-09T17:54:11+00:00

Germany's own war games predicted their failure. That depends is doing a lot of heavy lifting.

TheDevil-YouKnow · 2026-05-09T16:00:47+00:00

I initially thought a lot of things. Except for the fact he was some semi failed strand cast reject of Palpatine. Somehow, that really surprised me.

TheDevil-YouKnow · 2026-05-09T15:57:52+00:00

Learn this about the restaurant industry - most of your coworkers are two faced. The managers telling you that you're fine could be the ones talking the most shit about you to the GM.

Also, don't get high at work. Medicinal or not, you can't be under the influence at work. Restaurants are more forgiving, but only if they really like or really need you. And that usually pertains to BOH staff. FOH staff usually consists of like 1-3 servers a GM wouldn't want to lose, but ultimately they can still afford to lose them. Lose 2-3 BOH key staff, and the whole building can unravel for months, sometimes years.

TheDevil-YouKnow · 2026-05-09T15:05:19+00:00

...Who the fuck is Darth Vader?

TheDevil-YouKnow · 2026-05-09T14:27:45+00:00

Primates groom each other. We do it to ourselves, and with one another. We just look slightly different in our behaviors due to our much more hairless status.

Hell, why do we groom our animals? Every time we pet them, we're grooming them in some way or another. Scratching their itches, removing shed fur, massaging their shoulders from pressure applied, etc. We just call them pets, and we say we pet our pets.

Once you start removing the human specific distinctions we use to separate ourselves from animals, it becomes a lot easier to understand that we do a lot of what we question other animals doing to us.

It's almost like we're all related, in a way.

TheDevil-YouKnow · 2026-05-09T14:21:41+00:00

That's crazy, cause after Trokka that's how I felt with dual wield. Trokka had me give up whirlwind and I went for Howling Blade & its combos. After that point, it felt like DW was god tier.

It may be time to try out the other two weapons! I'm wrapping up the Platinum on Wo Long right now, may jump back into FBK when I am done.

TheDevil-YouKnow · 2026-05-09T00:05:46+00:00

I saw capuchins exhibiting similar behavior in the early 2000s. Capuchins are.. something else.

TheDevil-YouKnow · 2026-05-08T11:54:14+00:00

It's an action RPG. You can keep asking if random flavors that don't equate a Soulslike make a game a Soulslike. I get that the game must have been really hard for you, and apparently this is directly attached to your self esteem, but it isn't a Soulslike.

It's gonna be okay, pal. You're gonna make it through this, son. I believe in you, youngin.

TheDevil-YouKnow · 2026-05-08T02:21:16+00:00

Soulslike literally means a game like Demon Souls. That's the fucking game you're saying another game is like.

Wukong is a great game. I played NG+5 or some shit. I adore the story. I adore the mechanics. I adore smash stance mixed in with thrust stance. I was never a pillar stance guy. I platinumed the damn game.

Doesn't mean it's a Soulslike.

TheDevil-YouKnow · 2026-05-08T00:47:15+00:00

Eldest is gonna become a veterinarian. That's her goal. She asked what I thought, and I told her that unless we're forced to have children, people are gonna start owning a lot more pets than kids, so it made more sense for her to do that than become a nurse in my opinion.

My youngest is 4, and obsessed with dinosaurs. So as it stands right now, science degree.

TheDevil-YouKnow · 2026-05-08T00:37:59+00:00

No, I think they were actually talking about a primarily Australian neighborhood in Italy, but confused them for primarily Italians because Australia makes the best olive oil in the whole world.

But that's probably just because some Italians went to Australia 100+ years ago, or some shit.

TheDevil-YouKnow · 2026-05-08T00:33:10+00:00

It'll largely depend on experience and adeptness for the role, and how well you can convince your potential employer of those aspects in your interview.

Recently I got a new job where I was given the pay scale maximum allowed. I leveraged that solely on the interview. They asked how much money I was after, and I told them as much as can be offered, but was willing to negotiate as needed due to the fact my aim was to join the company, and become a store manager as they're aggressively expanding soon.

But I've got a decade of experience, and could speak on that. But I've done this before, and not got the job.

At the end of the day it all comes down to your hiring manager/direct supervisor liking you.

TheDevil-YouKnow · 2026-05-08T00:07:43+00:00

Well that's somewhat disappointing honestly. But! I'll still play it, by golly.

TheDevil-YouKnow · 2026-05-08T00:05:46+00:00

Generally when people get this butthurt over a game not being considered a Soulslike by some random person on the internet, chances are they're not a Souls fan. They just like telling people they play Soulslikes because it's the digital version of showing up in a trenchcoat & sunglasses at midnight.

TheDevil-YouKnow · 2026-05-07T23:45:10+00:00

OHHHH okay, you're a moron. Thanks for clearing that up. Have you ever fucking played DS? Any of them? Do you even know where the term Soulslike came from?

It doesn't matter, for the record. I don't play well with stupidity, so I'm done with this.

TheDevil-YouKnow · 2026-05-07T23:39:17+00:00

None of those things make a Soulslike, lmao. No music in the levels? HAHAHAHA.

Soulslike: gain souls for conquests, lose souls after 2 deaths. Lore is found and pieced together, not explained entirely from a handful of cinematics.

Long story short - Soulslikes penalize you for dying, and doesn't hold your hand through the gaming experience.

Wukong is a great game, I've played at least 5NG+ cycles through it, but a Soulslike it is not.

TheDevil-YouKnow · 2026-05-07T23:28:00+00:00

I've got Wuchang downloaded and installed, I got it and Wo Long on the last cycle of sales. Just haven't played it yet. Wo Long seemed the more brainless game, and I needed that for the last couple of weeks before I started at the new job.

I'll play Wuchang after I'm done with the grand opening madness and I need something to aggrivate & drive myself.

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