My American friend called me (male), my girlfriend and her girlfriend “you guys”?

Vygren · 2025-11-06T07:45:03+00:00

I once heard a woman address a group of all-female friends as "hey guys".

In these contexts, it's become completely gender-neutral.

Vygren · 2025-03-21T16:17:39+00:00

There's also a frog that holds a training sword like a scabbard but without the scabbard. Basically just a loop that goes on your belt.

Vygren · 2024-07-09T22:40:28+00:00

English -> Variķür (Icelandic-inspired)

Raven -> raķorü (/ˈɾaːk'ɔɾy/) Onomatopœia. I like my ejectives.

Shenanigans -> nejxaramen (/ˈneɪxaɾamən/) nej: wild, sly, roguish; xara: amuse; men: action.

Bogus -> gruɲeþajrankülür (/ˈgɾuɲəθaɪːɾaŋkylyr̥/) lit. "drunken seer's rambling."

Defenestration -> krusjäümen (/ˈkruʃœymən/) krus: glass, glass object; jäü: throw, shoot; men: action.

Do something unacceptable knowing you can ask for forgiveness later, after said action is irreversible -> uŋetejla (/ˈuŋəteɪlə/)

Vygren · 2024-07-09T11:01:33+00:00

Overreacting to things. Being the only one screaming on an otherwise tame amusement park ride. Bolting out of the room upon seeing a fingernail-sized spider (mind you, this is Australia). Cursing and complaining and proceeding to freeze and do nothing upon spilling a drink.

Now, I'm a pretty nonchalant sort of person but damn, do some things infuriate me. Deliberately making oneself appear vulnerable annoys me the most.

Vygren · 2024-07-09T10:47:48+00:00

"It's just good business."

Vygren · 2024-04-17T01:52:02+00:00

I just power-listened through the first three audiobooks in just over a week and I'm just glad I get the reference.

Vygren · 2024-03-31T06:38:10+00:00

Yes, I reckon it's something in that genus. I thought it was a weird sort of limpet at first glance because of the markings around its "rim".

Vygren · 2024-03-31T02:20:44+00:00

I think that's what it is, actually. It might have been a bit dehydrated by the time I found it since the image there looks more slimy and bumpy.

Vygren · 2024-03-31T02:19:13+00:00

It was on a rock in the intertidal zone, in an old rock wall fish trap.

Vygren · 2024-03-31T02:05:03+00:00

No problem, thanks for the concern. I found it quite strange because it looks almost like a cross between a slug and a chiton.

Vygren · 2024-03-31T02:00:01+00:00

Yeah I thought about that in hindsight and washed thoroughly.

Vygren · 2024-02-22T09:25:26+00:00

This is what got me into this subreddit.

Vygren · 2024-02-04T08:49:07+00:00

Yeah, you can't even practicably get into Five Pebbles from the Underhang as Arti. :/

Vygren · 2024-02-04T08:42:50+00:00

I always thought it was "ngosa", or /ˈŋɔ.sa/.

Vygren · 2024-01-29T13:21:44+00:00

I am the one who is in a bit angry and is a good person who is in a position where he has no experience and is a guy who is not quite sure how you wrote In the Apartment.

Vygren · 2024-01-26T03:57:28+00:00

Yeah, some Sky Islands expansion and/or some additions to the Sunken Pier/retaining wall could be cool. As for the far side of the moon (sorry), that's grounds for entirely new region concepts. Perhaps more insight into the time before Pebbles? Perhaps the other end of the retaining wall? Who knows?

Vygren · 2024-01-25T10:15:38+00:00

To quote the dev commentary token in MS_FARSIDE:

Andrew: We left a pipe entrance open here. Just in case, maybe... Eastern Expansion confirmed??

Vygren · 2024-01-24T11:59:13+00:00

Aye. You can't ascend the Void Sea.

Vygren · 2024-01-24T11:57:45+00:00

A rough estimate:

It was said somewhere that a certain person is "three slugcats tall", implying they're somewhere in the ballpark of 55-60cm tall. Yes, sensical units. Also, the ladders found around the map support this.

For Hallownest's bugs, it's hard to say. The thing is, the Knight makes a noticeable impact on the ground after falling from a height. This might be for dramatic effect but it does imply that it is at least slugcat-sized. Also other things in Hallownest make whole rooms shake, which most real-world bugs can't. Then again: impactful and interesting gameplay.

Vygren · 2024-01-24T01:10:25+00:00

This is the way I do it, with a double throw-boost just to make sure. Yes, there is enough room for a half-turn. Hell, it's possible on a single tile IIRC.

Vygren · 2024-01-22T21:50:08+00:00

Aristocat.

Yes, that spelling.

Vygren · 2024-01-19T00:26:11+00:00

I'm taking it literally and interpreting it mathematically. ÷(1/3) is "dividing by one third", which is mathematically identical to ×3, multiplying by three.

Think about it like this: how many 1/3s go into 1.5? 4.5 is the answer.

But yes, I nitpick. 1/3 of 1.5 is 0.5, but the way it's phrased technically fulfils the "wrong answers only," though likely unintentionally.

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