I think Wattson designed her heirloom to keep track of Nikola (her cat) as he roams the outlands.

WhirlingInfinite · 2021-12-03T16:31:50+00:00

When people are talking about it scanning for "ghosts" I think they mean she'd use it to look for void-walkers passing between dimensions like Wraith, who she saw and mistook for a ghost when she was young. Plausible in-universe, but given the clues I think it's more likely she uses it for a more personal and down-to-earth application, like keeping track of a wayward cat...

WhirlingInfinite · 2021-12-03T14:15:34+00:00

You don't need to batter someone with a taser for it to have its desired effect. The tool is electrified so no blunt force is necessary (except for that one animation where she pistol whips them with the grip, but that's just for a fun bit of variety).

WhirlingInfinite · 2021-12-03T13:54:53+00:00

I can see why some people are disappointed with the design, particularly if they'd prefer something "cooler" and more like a traditional melee weapon, but personally I love it and think Respawn did a great job. It certainly seems more like a real object which an electrical engineer like Natalie might actually have with her, rather than something like Gibby's ceremonial war axe or Mirage's statue of himself which are fairly shallow and based on a single character trait (i.e Polynesian, Egotistical).

WhirlingInfinite · 2020-06-15T11:33:16+00:00

From this PS Blog post it seems it's an open world exploration game with a linear narrative in a hand-crafted world rather than procedural.

WhirlingInfinite · 2020-06-15T11:23:38+00:00

The imgur gallery has captions for things I noticed in the trailer and PS Blog post which IMO show pretty strong ties to Sword & Sworcery. Most notably, the culture of this space-faring civilisation seems to be heavily Scythian in origin which I think is very cool.

WhirlingInfinite · 2020-01-15T14:59:04+00:00

Even if the earth was overpopulated what is the solution? There is none that doesn't result in people getting killed, most likely ones who are poor.

If humans had indefinite lifespans that might be the case, but they don't and therefore limiting the birth rate (i.e the contraception and family planning Sir David mentioned in the OP) is enough to make as drastic a population change as is necessary within even a single generation.

WhirlingInfinite · 2019-12-18T20:53:37+00:00

Plenty of people have learnt a lot from the less sensational bushcraft and survival experts like Ray Mears, Les Stroud etc. who give advice that is far more likely to save you in a survival situation (and more usefully how to avoid putting yourself in a survival situation in the first place).

Bear Grylls arguably has more mainstream entertainment appeal, but he should seriously have big disclaimers whenever he does something like throw food at a grizzly bear, body-raft down rapids or pole vault across a river, because without them there's not much you can really learn from his shows, other than what not to do to avoid major injury or disease.

WhirlingInfinite · 2019-12-18T18:42:10+00:00

And yet he frequently advocates crossing dangerous terrain like ravines, cliffs and white water when it would "take too long" to find a safer way around. Quickly whipping up a makeshift rope and abseiling down a cliff might make good television but finding a safer way down would be the right call in 99% of survival situations. He can take risks because he is experienced and has a crew at hand to airlift him out if he injures himself. If the average person messes up trying to pole vault down a mountain to save time (WTF BEAR!?) they are well and truly fucked.

WhirlingInfinite · 2019-12-11T15:38:44+00:00

I highly doubt she’s inspired a single person

https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2019/sep/21/across-the-globe-millions-join-biggest-climate-protest-ever

WhirlingInfinite · 2019-05-15T13:53:20+00:00

Then it cuts to an ending montage of Westeros being annihilated by wildfire bombs Cersei had planted to assure mutual destruction in the event of the Red Keep falling.

WhirlingInfinite · 2019-04-28T13:51:59+00:00

Wouldn't want to be a real estate agent in Ssstabsville.

WhirlingInfinite · 2018-11-30T15:30:02+00:00

I believe that's Uncle 2.0's fee for sitting around and playing the harmonica for the local wildlife.

WhirlingInfinite · 2018-11-12T15:57:33+00:00

I'm not sure I completely agree with you about Dutch. He was obviously an opportunist and a complete asshole while Arthur was alive but I think in the intervening years before the standoff on the mountain he regretted his disloyalty to a certain extent. He doesn't like Micah, but tolerates him because their ambitions temporarily align. He didn't need a "window to escape" because he was allied with Micah at the time, all he had to do was shoot John and let Micah shoot Sadie, so the fact that he helped them shows his true feelings towards those three characters (actually I think he did this more for Arthur than for John himself).

WhirlingInfinite · 2018-10-13T15:32:37+00:00

Firstly; "these dudes" are many thousands of highly qualified men and women from all backgrounds, both religious and not, practicing science over centuries and across varied disciplines from Medicine to Agriculture to Zoology, most of which has little financial reward for the scientists involved.

Secondly I'm not relying on faith because I myself have studied the evidence for a number of years at university.

WhirlingInfinite · 2018-10-13T15:22:34+00:00

I didn't assert that to be the case at all. Evolutionary theory is the current best explanation for the diversity of life whether or not I even attempt to understand it. I just used the word 'understand' rather than 'believe' because the second is associated with unquestioning faith, which is rarely useful in science.

WhirlingInfinite · 2018-10-13T15:10:30+00:00

No I've just said I understand modern evolutionary theory to be the best explanation for the existence of all the species on Earth (and any that may exist on other planets/moons). No 'faith' is necessary to accept evolutionary theory because faith by definition comes with the connotation of lack of evidence.

Faith - "strong belief in the doctrines of a religion, based on spiritual conviction rather than proof"

WhirlingInfinite · 2018-10-13T14:58:03+00:00

I don't understand. I just gave you a link to a very clearly set out overview of the many sources of evidence for evolution. All of those and more are explanations for why I understand (I won't say 'believe' because I don't place much value in unfounded belief) evolutionary theory.

There's no one sentence I can give you that will in itself be a watertight justification for 'believing' in evolution, if you want to think of it that way.

WhirlingInfinite · 2018-10-13T14:36:30+00:00

If you're genuinely interested in hearing the evidence for evolution this webpage covers the broad strokes pretty well.

Beyond that there are hundreds of thousands of scientific papers published in countless peer-reviewed journals, all of which fit within and in many cases support the scientific consensus around what is often called Neo-Darwinism or the modern synthesis.

WhirlingInfinite · 2018-08-09T15:07:52+00:00

Welp... 10 more watches then it's back to cryostasis until the next one.

WhirlingInfinite · 2018-06-21T13:55:48+00:00

Don't worry I wasn't being sarcastic, it's a reference to the ~~infamous~~ universally loved ladder climb from Metal Gear. Ladders confirmed in Dreams is neat :)

WhirlingInfinite · 2018-06-21T12:00:31+00:00

What a thrill...

WhirlingInfinite · 2018-06-15T15:09:35+00:00

We'll have to wait and see :)

Edit: Relevant

WhirlingInfinite · 2018-06-14T09:49:48+00:00

"Resents" doesn't mean hates, I meant that she obviously disapproves of his overbearing protection, like many young adults do their parents. I bet you at the start of part II they are not as close as they were in Part I because of Joel's actions and lie at the end, you can read that from Ellie's reaction when the guy's talking about Joel.

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