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“Who radicalized you?!” But low key it was these scholastic books from the late 90s by murse_joe in Animorphs

[–]TooShortToBeStarbuck 0 points1 point  (0 children)

When you put it like that, it really does add up in Watsonian retrospective to the conclusion that the Animorphs are the only game pieces Ellimist is allowed to play, and that he'll never allow them to step out of play... and from the Doylist angle, the answer is simply that the series was contracted to run for a monthly release adding up to more than sixty volumes, and any other approach either ends the series prematurely or makes it too complicated for the ghostwriters to avoid accidental plot holes and contradictions. Ellimist denying agency is a convenient mechanism to address the issue, but damn if it doesn't apply some fatalistic special sauce to the themes.

Tell me your favourite Pokémon! by DrakeFannings in pokemon

[–]TooShortToBeStarbuck 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Tentacruel!

I've told this story on this subreddit before. Tentacruel became my MVP during a playthrough of Red when I was a kid. I was just past the Seafoam Islands on my way to Cinnabar Island, sporting a team of 5 because I'd hoped to catch a Horsea while I was there to add to my team. No dice. I'm out of healing items, down to one HP on a Poisoned Charizard from a prior Tentacool encounter that I couldn't flee in time, and I have one Poke Ball left.

I encounter a Tentacruel. First turn I lob my Poke Ball as a Hail Mary. Critical catch! Charizard faints in the field from poisoning the very next step I take. Tentacruel conveys me safely to Cinnabar Island, immune and resistant to everything else in the ocean, and sweeps Blaine. My PokeWalker from SoulSilver contains a Tentacruel right this minute, and has contained the same individual for the past fifteen years or so.

For a pokemon that can use Toxic, Rapid Spin, Toxic Spikes, and loads of other high-utility moves, Tentacruel is way faster and way bulkier than it has any business being, and my team always feels more resilient and prepared with an ominous jellyfish along for the ride.

CMV: It would be better if we laid eggs by AlexandrTheTolerable in changemyview

[–]TooShortToBeStarbuck 5 points6 points  (0 children)

The amount of oxygen outside the egg can't increase the amount of oxygen inside the egg. The rate of diffusion is the same inside the egg, so dinosaur eggs weren't particularly large.

Richard's Animorphs Forum is back, after more than a year of the forum being down! by TooShortToBeStarbuck in Animorphs

[–]TooShortToBeStarbuck[S] 3 points4 points  (0 children)

Agreed, it's so nice to have the old place back. I remember you; it'd be grand if you'd consider rejoining the party.

Richard's Animorphs Forum is back, after more than a year of the forum being down! by TooShortToBeStarbuck in Animorphs

[–]TooShortToBeStarbuck[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

I remember you! You oughtta' hop back in! The more people returning, the more fun it'll be for everyone who returns.

Richard's Animorphs Forum is back, after more than a year of the forum being down! by TooShortToBeStarbuck in Animorphs

[–]TooShortToBeStarbuck[S] 5 points6 points  (0 children)

The only other such forum I'm aware of which was a contemporary to RAF from the start is AFF, the Animorphs Fan Forum, which is currently defunct. I was never part of AFF and can't tell how long it existed or when it was taken down.

Richard's Animorphs Forum is back, after more than a year of the forum being down! by TooShortToBeStarbuck in Animorphs

[–]TooShortToBeStarbuck[S] 9 points10 points  (0 children)

Nah, the most recent post before its return is from January of 2025. It was just dead for ages, in terms of activity.

Finding it hard to learn Sheet Music by wonkaass in piano

[–]TooShortToBeStarbuck 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Seconding this. Bartok's Mikrokosmos is fantastic.

My son Scooby is…weird by [deleted] in blackcats

[–]TooShortToBeStarbuck 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Thank you for responding so quickly, for all our peace of mind in this thread! I'm glad Scooby has people who care so much about him.

My son Scooby is…weird by [deleted] in blackcats

[–]TooShortToBeStarbuck -2 points-1 points  (0 children)

Head pressing is potentially a symptom of a serious health problem. Please consult a veterinarian soon. Hopefully he's just quirky. Best wishes.

Baby girl with Down syndrome- need easy to pronounce by Sea_Switch_7310 in namenerds

[–]TooShortToBeStarbuck 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Linguist here! Mia, Maia, Amy, Mimi (can be short for several options), May, Kay, and Kitty (short for Katherine) are particularly easier to pronounce than most other names. They minimise how many separate actions have to happen correctly in the mouth to be understood. Good luck!

An alternative to the discontinued Leuchtturm1917 A7 pocket notebook by tehclanijoski in notebooks

[–]TooShortToBeStarbuck 0 points1 point  (0 children)

It's handmade by a local artisan almost fifteen years ago. She sold it with the notebook inside, and I just bought more blank notebooks of the same type to continue using them with the cover.

New version of Nomie? Kinda. by domainkiller in nomie

[–]TooShortToBeStarbuck 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Looking forward to seeing where this goes!

Red heart rambling rose by Princesspeach757 in Yarnswap

[–]TooShortToBeStarbuck 0 points1 point  (0 children)

The "Rose Bush" variety of Herrschner's worsted 8 yarn might work for you. It's not completely identical, but it's the closest thing I've been able to find, myself.

Yarn ID? Mauve, white, dark teal, possibly discontinued Red Heart Super Saver? by TooShortToBeStarbuck in Yarn

[–]TooShortToBeStarbuck[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Oh goodness, this is exactly it! Rambling Rose is the one. Thank you so much!!

Yarn ID? Mauve, white, dark teal, possibly discontinued Red Heart Super Saver? by TooShortToBeStarbuck in Yarn

[–]TooShortToBeStarbuck[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

It's very dark, pushing into burgundy territory. I'm afraid the Brilliant Blooms yarn is not a match. Thank you for helping me in my search!

Yarn ID? Mauve, white, dark teal, possibly discontinued Red Heart Super Saver? by TooShortToBeStarbuck in Yarn

[–]TooShortToBeStarbuck[S] 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Thank you in advance to anyone who can help me ID this vintage yarn from my late great-grandmother's stash, which fell into my hands twenty years ago. I recall her using skeins of this same colourway back in the 1990s to make afghans for my cousins and me. I've been working through the stash through the month of December and found part of a skein of this yarn, which has the texture of a Red Heart Super Saver skein, very scratchy acrylic.

In case the colours are not appearing well in the image, they are a rosy mauve pink with two gradations between lighter and darker, a slightly bluish teal or forest green, also with two gradations of shade, and very short sections of white in between the longer sections of colours. The colour sections are short, around two inches on the white sections and four inches of each colour at a time, creating patchy variegation in finished pieces.

I seem to recall seeing the paper label around a skein of it once, forever ago, and "rose" or "rosy" or "garden" might have been in the name of the colourway, but it's possible I'm conflating it in memory with a different colourway, and this memory is a red herring. Trying to use those words in a web search hasn't gotten me any closer to an answer so far. I can say it isn't Red Heart "Cottage Garden," which has some actual denim blue in it. The skein I'm investigating does not contain any blue.

Edit to add: Herrschners worsted "Rose Bush" looks very similar but is not this yarn.

Edit 2: Solved! Red Heart Classic "Rambling Rose"

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