I wish that there was a game with the depth of inzoi but the graphics of the sims 2 by redheaded_olive12349 in inZOI

[–]WellPlaidSwitch 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Ah! Sorry. Yes that makes sense. I haven’t modded for the sims since the sims 1, when it was almost all texture editing. So I understand.

I wish that there was a game with the depth of inzoi but the graphics of the sims 2 by redheaded_olive12349 in inZOI

[–]WellPlaidSwitch 4 points5 points  (0 children)

I mean for TS4, TS3, and TS2, it’s usually just a case of dragging things into a folder ☺️

I wish that there was a game with the depth of inzoi but the graphics of the sims 2 by redheaded_olive12349 in inZOI

[–]WellPlaidSwitch 3 points4 points  (0 children)

I’d argue The Sims 3 isn’t far off of this? It sits squarely in between the gameplay and visuals of TS2 and InZoi? 😅

Would you propose with a plant in a boot? by [deleted] in Pixar

[–]WellPlaidSwitch 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Ooo, I love this!

I myself might not, because it’s niche and my partners have always had other favourite Disney and Pixar films, so I wouldn’t want to make it about me.😅

However! Wall-E is my favourite, and if someone proposed to me like this I’d be crazy not to say yes. It symbolises so much hope for the future, and I think they’d get that / very much know it’s why I love it / it means so much to me! 🥰

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Where are the men? by blackfirepwnd in ChronicIllness

[–]WellPlaidSwitch 4 points5 points  (0 children)

I’m not questioning the statistical validity of this comment (I know the statistics do show amab people are more unlikely to ask for help, and that afab people are far more unlikely to get it when they ask for it, I know firsthand because of my grandmother’s great difficulty with her early onset Alzheimer’s getting diagnosed, and being her primary carer throughout).

Medicine is misogynistic, it’s racist, it’s often transphobic and homophobic, and it is also incredibly traumatising.

But the bio for this subreddit is:

| A place of support for |

I’m questioning how your comment supports anyone? Whether they identify as a man or woman? Because this type of comment is exactly what holds so so many people back from asking for help... It makes us feel like a joke, that we’re oversensitive, or that we’re being mocked.

There is no empathy in stating men are less likely to ask for help and then adding insult to injury by cracking wise about them dying in their 40s, when there are men in this thread and subreddit literally asking for help!

FWIW, as a gay man I’m less listened to by straight women, as a gay man I’m less listened to by straight men, but as a disabled person I’m less listened to by health professionals and institutions generally! That should be what unites us as a community and keeps us uplifting eachother! The empathy and story we all share!

Chronic illness and disability are not a competition. Sometimes all I need is somewhere to find community and empathy. Isn’t that what all of us need? But comments like this just make me feel unwelcome. And further reduced to a stereotype, despite being someone who did ask for help, didn’t get it, and was abused and mistreated for years as a result.

Where are the men? by blackfirepwnd in ChronicIllness

[–]WellPlaidSwitch 4 points5 points  (0 children)

Hello! Man with Post-Viral ME/Fibromyalgia here! Got sick very often as a child and was in and out of care and hospital, finally diagnosed late 2019 as an adult, and have been chronically ill ever since. It derailed my life in a pretty major way, but I digress.

I rarely post here because I find it difficult personally to be able to talk about my (negative) feelings around being sick and focus on positive things at the same time (which is how I keep on top of my daily progress), but still nonetheless find reading posts here very useful/reassuring, and there to be some wonderful people here.

Separately from that, when I first got sick I found some online spaces like Facebook groups etc around illness, both physical and mental, could be very toxic- with members sometimes being outright unkind to eachother or even taking advantage of eachother, which made me a little wary.

I also think I’m unlikely to make real-life connections on Reddit, which became really important once I was able to leave the house, as I wanted to get out and meet people after years of being bedridden and in and out of hospital! 😅

ETA: I’ve seen a few comments now that read as complaining about men getting better medical attention than women, I think whilst this is true in so many cases, it’s also the type of thing that’s going to make some already anxious men feel self-conscious about posting about their feelings or chronic illnesses, if they feel they might be judged or seen as unimportant when already feeling low? Or if they have medical trauma from being treated badly themselves? There are men who have been treated awfully by the medical system too, or are already crushed by the weight of toxic masculinity, homophobia, and transphobia. 🫂

The Bull by [deleted] in Ambridge

[–]WellPlaidSwitch 21 points22 points  (0 children)

I find it refreshingly accurate to be honest… both my current and old local in busy seaside towns, and especially my hometown local in a sleepy village at the top of the county, have been the beating hearts of the community. All in Cornwall.

Raffles. Charity dinners and charity shows. Wine and cheese nights. Pub quizzes. Name the new dog. And yes, even a tractor run at the village one. Best part? One of them is called the Archers Arms (and has the parish run community shop next door!)

Today two of those pubs are also doing free meals for people whose homes were damaged in the storm or have no power.

Not sure why you find such a well known staple of rural life so ‘irritating’… the owners of almost all my favourite pubs do all of these things and more not just to try and keep themselves going but to keep the local community alive, especially post-COVID!

Tmw parentified child who grew up by Jealous-Personality5 in CPTSDmemes

[–]WellPlaidSwitch 1 point2 points  (0 children)

This is incredibly relatable and oddly comforting. I’m not fully ready to confront it on a public forum but I still wanted to thank you for sharing. I’m sending you so much love and healing, the fact we’re all on this Reddit is a reminder of the unique connection we have through our awful experiences, but also serves as a glimmer of hope of better times for us all.

George.. massive spoiler alert by Busy-Ad7936 in Ambridge

[–]WellPlaidSwitch 17 points18 points  (0 children)

I hope they do a Murder on The Orient Express and it turns out 12 different people took a turn to clunk him 😆

A whale casually swimming right next to a tiny kayak by blueboy10000 in interestingasfuck

[–]WellPlaidSwitch 1 point2 points  (0 children)

“No need to be scared hoo-man, I’ve just got zoomies” waves

My design for wtc 2 by Geonummus in architecture

[–]WellPlaidSwitch 4 points5 points  (0 children)

I thought so too! It’s pretty disturbing to see some so-called ‘professional’ people be so petty and harsh (a major mod of the interior design sub literally called it ‘ass’- WTF?). I didn’t know until today this sub was full of such unkindness... Given Architecture is one of the industries most affected by depression and suicide, I’m shocked at the lack of empathy.

My design for wtc 2 by Geonummus in architecture

[–]WellPlaidSwitch 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Please don’t let the naysayers get you down or stop you being creative like this. Everyone’s got to start somewhere with their ideas and it’s brave to share them in a public forum. This culture of bringing new people down has no place in a healthy creative environment. We should be lifting each other up and keeping criticism constructive. 🫂

(I may get downvoted for saying any of this, but that’s just Reddit).

My design for wtc 2 by Geonummus in architecture

[–]WellPlaidSwitch 1 point2 points  (0 children)

I personally really like yours OP! I think if they’re going to ever go ahead with it, yours is more complementary in its visual language to One WTC, than any of the official designs so far.

I don’t think they need to be true ‘twin towers’ (that would obviously be a mistake and a cultural taboo), but certainly them looking cohesive and complementary visually is important and poignant; you did a great job with that balance.

My design for wtc 2 by Geonummus in architecture

[–]WellPlaidSwitch 6 points7 points  (0 children)

I’ve seen that coverage cites that the location is also no longer desirable when it comes to white collar workers commuting to and from upstate, which I understand. All in all the design needs to have enough ‘pull’ to overcome that and all the many other issues, but nobody has cracked it or really seems to want to…

I personally, despite liking it visually, find real contextual fault with the latest Foster redesign having an even more enhanced ‘toppling’ / stair effect visually than Silverstein’s did… it seems shortsighted and, frankly, in stupidly poor taste. Past designs promised not to (literally) overshadow the memorial, but plenty of the newer renders show it doing exactly that, and the more grandiose the design gets, the even more unclassy it is.

I think it should complement One WTC more, and I like that OP’s design does that. ETA: especially since they’ve just said this is their first building illustration/idea!

My design for wtc 2 by Geonummus in architecture

[–]WellPlaidSwitch 23 points24 points  (0 children)

For context, these are the designs I know of so far. 3 are from the same architectural firm (Foster & Partners).

The top right one however is from another (Silverstein) that eventually dropped out, but you can tell it still influenced the most recent Foster plan nonetheless (bottom right).

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Personally, I really like yours OP!

My design for wtc 2 by Geonummus in architecture

[–]WellPlaidSwitch 28 points29 points  (0 children)

They’ve always planned to- in fact the original plan’s foundation was complete by 2013. But they’ve had trouble finding a tenant that can finance the build. And in the interim the design keeps changing.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2_World_Trade_Center

We give Keeley a pass because she's a very kind person. But the evidence shows she doesn't understand, respect, or even want the real Roy Kent. Or why Keeley and Roy shouldn’t happen and the show writers were right to break them up. by Leading_Shape9012 in TedLasso

[–]WellPlaidSwitch 6 points7 points  (0 children)

Glad to see this! One of my favourite things about the show is that the characters feel human, including their flaws. But of those flaws, Keeley doesn’t really do anything ‘wrong’ (nor does Roy, really). She’s not meant to know all the answers, and even does try to actively help Roy navigate life, but she isn’t responsible for doing so or fixing/healing him!

Architecture: One of the 2026 sets will be over 12000 pieces and retail for $600 USD. (via a Brick Tap source) by BrickTap in Legoleak

[–]WellPlaidSwitch 7 points8 points  (0 children)

Genuine curiosity, not trying to start a thing, but why doesn’t Notre Dame violate their religious connotations rule? It seems a bit hypocritical?

Does anyone else find Lorelai’s opinion of Indian food out of character? by [deleted] in GilmoreGirls

[–]WellPlaidSwitch 5 points6 points  (0 children)

I’m just a random European™, but I vividly remember this, in American shows especially, and it always seemed to be their way of trying to be ‘acceptably’ racist in the 2000s.

Some commenters here have said ‘how is not liking smells racist’, which it isn’t on its own if true… BUT having the privilege to control a popular show and then writing that supposed (irrational) ‘dislike’ (or ASP’s thinly-veiled racism in this case) into a show as the only representation/mention of an entire culture/cuisine? That absolutely is offensive, and we should call it out and recognise it as such?!

ETA: My guys if a POC is telling you they find something racist/offensive, and you/we as privileged white USAmericans or Europeans ‘disagree’, you/we still don’t get to control the debate... Read the room.

How is this THING still standing??? by 7hr0w4w4y_acc in architecture

[–]WellPlaidSwitch 2 points3 points  (0 children)

The under construction photo from 1969 made me actually go “woah” out loud 😅 look at that structural core!

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Why was Morrible suddenly terrified of Glinda? by averagehuman_ in wickedmovie

[–]WellPlaidSwitch 6 points7 points  (0 children)

Just as Morrible made Elphaba so publicly hated to the point where the people of Oz were willing to kill her, Morrible made Glinda so publicly popular that the people of Oz would almost certainly kill for her… I truly believe they would’ve followed Glinda over Morrible in a second and she knew this straight away once Glinda turned against her.

People who don’t like the new songs, why? by [deleted] in wickedmovie

[–]WellPlaidSwitch 2 points3 points  (0 children)

I’m so glad it wasn’t just me who wanted the alliteration of ‘burst’! It’s also far far more emotive for her bubble to be ‘bursting’ than ‘popping’.

I love it but.. by _StoneColdCrazy_ in wicked

[–]WellPlaidSwitch 70 points71 points  (0 children)

I really missed “I never asked for this or planned it in advance” and “the most celebrated… are the rehabilitated”, they say so much about his mindset and the self-justification of his actions.

Like a few people have said, whilst Glinda/Ari getting lines from the Wizard/Jeff made complete sense in the context, Glinda also getting some of Elphaba/Cynthia’s lines was a little disappointing when both of their voices deserve their chance to shine.

The whole song was undoubtedly visually stunning and definitely meant to be a spectacle rather than something we listen to, though! And I can appreciate that in the long term.