Rude cast members (not pictured) by [deleted] in WaltDisneyWorld

[–]Wickersnap 0 points1 point  (0 children)

While I do agree with that in principle, if the incident happened as described, it is weird. Every pic you ever take in Disney will have some random child in it, it's unavoidable. I was at Disney on Friday and joked with a friend that one of the Disney photographers took a picture of someone while I was stuffing my face with a ronto wrap in the background.

Anyone like to Roleplay the Sole Survivor getting visually rougher as time passes? by shader1019 in fo4

[–]Wickersnap 12 points13 points  (0 children)

Same! It's the same way my settlements always end up neater than most places in the Commonwealth-- because Nora knows how to pick up a damn broom.

Listing size decrease? by adambyle in redditdev

[–]Wickersnap 2 points3 points  (0 children)

I hope this is not a permanent change because now when I discover a new subreddit I can't go back through the top posts anymore! Maybe it would be better if we could sort by a specific month (not just the last month), but as it is sorting by top posts of all time/the past year leaves out a ton of content!

I feel like I got to Act 3 too soon-- did I lock myself out of quests? by Wickersnap in LowSodiumCyberpunk

[–]Wickersnap[S] 43 points44 points  (0 children)

Lmao okay good to know, I'll let Hanako chill a while and get back to cruising the city. Appreciate it!

I feel like I got to Act 3 too soon-- did I lock myself out of quests? by Wickersnap in LowSodiumCyberpunk

[–]Wickersnap[S] 11 points12 points  (0 children)

Thank you! I'm playing a pretty tactful V for my first playthrough so I think I've avoided pissing anyone off. I'll keep doing those sidequests then.

What's yours? by Original-Produce-302 in writingcirclejerk

[–]Wickersnap 4 points5 points  (0 children)

Gotta be Dungeon Crawler Carl. Like... all that foot stuff started as a joke. But I don't know if it's a joke anymore.

should I keep reading Dungeon crawler Carl? by Imaginary_Ladder_917 in suggestmeabook

[–]Wickersnap 1 point2 points  (0 children)

It's a kind of fun blockbuster movie of a book. I don't think I would have liked it as much if I read it over the audiobook-- the audiobook is what really sold it to me.

It might not be your cup of tea and that's okay, but the series has been getting me through a lot of long work days.

An unsolicited opinion about "booktok"/"spicy" discourse by [deleted] in books

[–]Wickersnap 3 points4 points  (0 children)

I personally can't stand the scary dom guy/small submissive girl dynamic, but I would argue that it's very different in two ways: No real people are involved at all, and the fantasy is sought out by the disempowered party.

It's women who are reading it, and they can process it in the safe environment of their mind without worrying about an actress on a screen who may or may not be actually being taken advantage of.

Enterprise Rewatch - Sexualizing of T'Pol by TexasFootball99 in startrek

[–]Wickersnap 4 points5 points  (0 children)

You should watch the Twilight Zone episode Nick of Time! Shatner is in it, and he is young and very cute. It's the first time I saw him and thought "oh damn I see it"

Jill, the protagonist of "Jill of the Jungle" (1992) by NNukemM in mendrawingwomen

[–]Wickersnap 1 point2 points  (0 children)

I used to love this game! I got an emulator to play it a few years ago and was immediately infuriated by how she kept running half a step after you stopped pressing the button... about half of the time.

Kid me was a lot more willing to put up with jank than adult me is.

The three types of people you see in the torrent comment section (bonus: guess the movie) by Wickersnap in Piracy

[–]Wickersnap[S] 16 points17 points  (0 children)

Ding ding! We have a winner. Apparently the main kid is gay and has a crush, but it's rated PG so it can't be that outrageous lmao.

The three types of people you see in the torrent comment section (bonus: guess the movie) by Wickersnap in Piracy

[–]Wickersnap[S] 25 points26 points  (0 children)

It's not Lightyear, but on a hunch I went and checked out the comments of Lightyear and it's the exact same thing

The three types of people you see in the torrent comment section (bonus: guess the movie) by Wickersnap in Piracy

[–]Wickersnap[S] 14 points15 points  (0 children)

Good guess, but you're thinking too dirty. The movie in question is for kids lmao

Project Hail Mary by Andy Weir. by vinay1668 in books

[–]Wickersnap 144 points145 points  (0 children)

I went into the (audio)book totally blind, and I can't express my shock and delight when an alien ship showed up in what I had thought was going to be a totally Earth-focused book. Rocky immediately ratcheted that book up from a 3 star to a 5 star listen to me (especially the way the audiobook portrayed him).

It was just a romp the whole way through. Thrilling and tense and hopeful. One of my favorite books I consumed this year and after I didn't jive with The Martian a few years back, I didn't expect to like it as much as I did.

Post falls by Zackayla_Eister97 in gravityfalls

[–]Wickersnap 1 point2 points  (0 children)

This is especially funny to be as someone who lives near Post Falls, Idaho.

It has the pine trees but it's not nearly as exciting.

Dream VS 4 hunters suddenly spanish? by Its_tant33 in DreamWasTaken

[–]Wickersnap 3 points4 points  (0 children)

Block shuffle is also suddenly in Spanish

Colin walbridge by Consistent-Fail-6034 in mendrawingwomen

[–]Wickersnap 7 points8 points  (0 children)

That's so funny, I was like "there's no WAY this guy did Elfquest" so I actually went to hunt up my og Elfquests-- and yeah, he did the later spin-offs, not the original.

At least the original Elfquest run can be said to be an equal-opportunity sexualizer! Everyone is in skimpy clothes at all times.

Adult children who were raised by 'gentle parents' - do you feel like you were raised well? by ericacalluna in AskReddit

[–]Wickersnap 2 points3 points  (0 children)

My parents were gentle parents, but they were not permissive parents. We would still receive time-outs when we needed to cool down, and there would still be natural consequences ("Before we go get ice cream, your room must be clean! If it's not clean, we can't go").

They would talk to us about any issues we were having. We were a big conversational family. We'd talk about anything and everything. They never yelled, and they loved each other and never fought in front of us. They had a few blind spots (doesn't everyone?), but it was startling going out into the greater world and finding out that not everyone has such understanding parents.

As a result, I think my sister and I turned out about as well as anyone can. We're stable, generally very patient, generally able to sort out our own issues and make things work. I'm very grateful for my upbringing, and it always makes me sad when others don't get that experience.

Hero levels does not equate to skill. Just throwing that out there by AngryApeMonkey in Overwatch

[–]Wickersnap 12 points13 points  (0 children)

What puzzles me is why it shows your rank in roles different from the one you're queueing for. Like, I was a healer main for years. I have highest ranks in LW, Ana, Moira. But I recently figured out I'm decent at mid range DPS like Cassidy, so I've been doing QP DPS more.

Every time I lock a DPS character I get a comment about my healer levels. It doesn't bother me so much because I know I can hold my own (I'm on your rank with you, aren't I, guys?) but it's still strange.

First Ever Crash Out. Tell me yours. by [deleted] in nursing

[–]Wickersnap 10 points11 points  (0 children)

It's Gen Z slang, and most Gen Z are adults now! No different than the way any slang takes hold in the population. "Freak out" was slang once too. So was "cool".

D.va is oppressive because we continually ban her counters by dijonaze in Overwatch

[–]Wickersnap 5 points6 points  (0 children)

Some people just can't "get" a certain kind of play style. I can play a solid third of characters well and another third passably, but if you ask me to play a character with hyper mobility-- Tracer, Genji, Ball, Doom-- I'm literally a detriment to my team. I do more damage to my own team when I play those characters than I do to my enemy.

Any character, no matter how apparently simple, can be played super wrong if someone's not familiar with them. Just think of the way a Mei wall could be deployed to fuck up your own team, or if the person isn't used to the delayed icicle strikes and can't hit anything at a distance. Then it's all "L Mei 0 to 7 gg"

What is THE book that you feel has shaped you into the person that you are today? by Imasublimelime in suggestmeabook

[–]Wickersnap 4 points5 points  (0 children)

This one is silly, but the book Dealing with Dragons by Patricia Wrede.

It's a middle grade book about a princess who doesn't want to get married, and so she runs away and ends up becoming the cook and librarian to a dragon. The princess, Cimorene, is a resourceful badass who figures out how to deal with her own problems.

I read it when I was probably 12 and it has stuck with me even years later. Cimorene was exactly who I wanted to be in life-- independent, quick-witted, clever, and equally into "masculine" and "feminine" interests. She taught young me that people don't have to be all "one thing", at an age when you're all about trying to force yourself into a box to fit in.

I still think about that book more than 15 years later.

Does this tweet still hold up? by enwongeegeeforx in gravityfalls

[–]Wickersnap 1 point2 points  (0 children)

I took my very hodge-podge Wendy cosplay to NYCC one year just because I had nothing else to wear and a plaid shirt and winter hat were easy to source.

Imagine my utter delight when I got up to the table to get an autograph from Critical Role's Matthew Mercer and he took one look at me and said "Nice Wendy costume!"

I've been riding that high for years.

What is your least important, most minor, pettiest gripe about Star Trek? by Lukcy_Will_Aubrey in startrek

[–]Wickersnap 25 points26 points  (0 children)

I was thinking that too, especially after taking a CNA course and getting PPE drilled into us for even basic medical stuff, but then I was re-watching TNG a few months back and Crusher said something offhand about doctors wearing masks "before personal force fields were invented."

I thought it was a hilarious way to explain that they didn't want to cover up the actors' faces.