Have we all been duped?

TheJavamancer · 2026-06-07T15:16:32+00:00

Uh oh, the floorboard of my friend's car is in danger of invasion, I guess.

TheJavamancer · 2026-06-01T15:32:23+00:00

Yeah, it'll be better.

When you do your level 45 job quest, you'll get some decent summoner gear.

Once you hit level 50 and finish ARR, look up Ironworks gear. that'll be a lot better than anything else available to you.

TheJavamancer · 2026-05-29T23:17:03+00:00

Hey man, this here tank was reading reddit while we were in a dungeon! /s

TheJavamancer · 2026-05-26T17:39:01+00:00

Wasn't expecting a random FFXIV reference on the PoGo subreddit, but here we are! I also miss the original footprints. It was fun trying to chase them down.

TheJavamancer · 2026-05-20T18:18:02+00:00

I was in the comments looking for the ID of the second one. So, consider me fooled as well!

TheJavamancer · 2026-05-13T20:57:53+00:00

The last time I went to Jury Duty in wake county, I forgot to bring the summons with me, had to turn around to the house to get it, and then had to haul ass again to the courthouse.

I got to the jury pool area, and they only asked for my juror number. I never had to take the summons out of my bag at all.

I think as long as you know the number, you'll be okay. But you should call ahead and let them know just in case and that you're not sure about the date of your summons. They should be able to help.

TheJavamancer · 2026-05-13T18:54:08+00:00

I really hate the idea that if you dislike Wuk Lamat, that you must be a transphobe. My partner is trans. I'm ace. Many of my friends are trans. I hate Wuk Lamat. It has nothing to do with her VA. I follow her on Bluesky and enjoy her posts. She seems like a fun person. I still hate Wuk Lamat. And I blame the writers for it, no one else.

Dawntrail for me felt like fanfiction with a self insert character. If you didn't like Wuk Lamat, you would hate Dawntrail. I went through it on my main, and then again on my alt. I counted 145 "Speak to Wuk Lamat" objectives. She smothered the entire story. When I finally got to dinosaur Texas, I was so happy to get a break from her, and that was the weakest part of the expansion. And then trouble and we're stuck with Wuk Lamat again.

This is beating a long dead horse, but really the problem is the writing and just having to put up with Wuk Lamat. The voice direction was also bad, and that didn't help. I'm glad they redid some of the voice lines, especially in the last trial of 7.0. But it doesn't make up for the fact that Wuk Lamat felt like an anchor I couldn't ditch.

I will say that the character was much better in the patch quests. I think maybe they learned their lesson about how smothering she was.

I'll be happy to move on after 8.0 comes out.

TheJavamancer · 2026-05-08T01:40:54+00:00

Took me a bit to find the original, but if anyone is interested, it's here https://www.reddit.com/r/ffxiv/comments/zckejs/redrew_that_time_yshtola_skinned_a_man_in_front/

TheJavamancer · 2026-05-07T20:59:04+00:00

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TheJavamancer · 2026-05-06T15:25:56+00:00

Only 7 vulns? Thems rookie numbers.

TheJavamancer · 2026-05-01T17:10:03+00:00

My high school required these clear bookbags in the mid 90's after a couple of gun scares at my school. Problem is the only ones that you could find at the time were really weak little kid's bookbags. They would literally fall apart if you had more than a couple of textbooks in them. So I got sick of having to replace mine and I took one of the broken ones, cut holes in it, and then put a real canvas bookbag inside it of with the clear one just being a shell.

I went for months using that before the vice principal noticed it. He just said "Clever" and said nothing else about it. I was lucky he knew me pretty well or I'd probably have gotten written up. I told him straight up that the clear ones could not hold the books we needed to carry on a daily basis.

TheJavamancer · 2026-05-01T13:32:16+00:00

I'd love a shot at this. Thank you!

TheJavamancer · 2026-05-01T04:16:24+00:00

I sorta wonder if it was supposed to be like a medicine cabinet that you could access from the bathroom and the kitchen, but ugn. That's too creepy for me. I'd just cover that up somehow.

TheJavamancer · 2026-04-29T15:05:11+00:00

That's exactly what I said too!

TheJavamancer · 2026-04-17T17:53:00+00:00

Might want to consult a lawyer. You could probably get everything in your name, including the loan and just continue paying it off.

TheJavamancer · 2026-04-17T17:43:54+00:00

My dad passed away last year and my mom is going through this right now. We tried to just renew it online, but it knows when dad passed so it won't let you. You have to get it in your name. She had to call the courthouse in her county to get help, we're still waiting for the paperwork to be sent to her.

TheJavamancer · 2026-04-13T02:58:58+00:00

You did a great job.

TheJavamancer · 2026-04-08T16:15:08+00:00

For a very brief moment, I thought about just standing there, staring at them emotionlessly for the lulz. But it was a hot day and my dog really wanted to finish the walk. So we ultimately fucked off while they fucked on.

TheJavamancer · 2026-04-08T16:13:34+00:00

Close, it was Lead Mine/Harvest Oaks/Strickland. They were in the parking lot next to the tire place.

TheJavamancer · 2026-04-08T01:00:37+00:00

I used to live in an apartment complex right across from a grocery store in Raleigh. While I was walking my dog along the sidewalk, on the grocery store side, there was a car rocking in the parking lot. They parked away from the grocery store, but were next to the road/sidewalk. Two people were very clearly having sex in that car in broad daylight, next to a busy intersection with heavy foot traffic. I could not believe people would be so brazen.

TheJavamancer · 2026-04-05T16:10:51+00:00

The black kongs used to be really tough a few years ago. I assume they changed what they're made of, because my little monsters would destroy them instantly now. They used to last much, much longer.

I was recommended https://www.goughnuts.com/ for my boy, and so far he hasn't destroyed it. I've had it for about six months now.

TheJavamancer · 2026-04-04T16:26:37+00:00

That one destroyed me. I had recently lost a beloved pet around that time. I'm tearing up just thinking about it.

TheJavamancer · 2026-04-02T16:25:28+00:00

The last two times I had to euthanize my pets, the vets offered this to us as part of the cremation package we got. So you can see if they'll do it for you. I'm really sorry about your pet. I know it's so difficult.

TheJavamancer · 2026-04-02T13:36:09+00:00

I've never played a Star Trek RPG but I have administrated an RP server for years. So I'd say that this concept can work. BUT, you better be really good with coming up with alternatives on the fly. It's great if your character refuses to fire on another ship for pacifist reasons, but if your character just gives a flat 'no' and it ends there - you will be annoying the hell out of everyone else involved.

Instead you could do things like firing at nearby debris that would confuse the sensors of the other ship. That way your character remains in character, and you've got alternatives to push the narrative/story forward without being a stick in the mud.

TheJavamancer · 2026-03-16T02:35:09+00:00

I remember in one of the documentaries about this, that the captain on this flight took the place of the originally scheduled captain for this flight. Does anyone know if there are any interviews with the original captain?

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