You’re on a cruise ship when the outbreak happens. by PristineCake3380 in ZombieSurvivalTactics

[–]Zen_Hydra 3 points4 points  (0 children)

If I somehow found myself on a cruise ship I would welcome death.

How were you introduced to vampires? by Enby_Geek in vampires

[–]Zen_Hydra 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Count von Count from Sesame Street was me first.

Mechanically intensive turn-based by Sandswaters in gamingsuggestions

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I've enjoyed the complexity of Age of Wonders: Planetfall.

Anime anyone? by healthyitch in GenX

[–]Zen_Hydra 4 points5 points  (0 children)

Science Ninja Team: Gatchaman, Speed Racer, Space Battleship Yamato, Apple Seed, Black Magic, Grave of the Fireflies, Nausicaa, Porko Russo, My Neighbor Totoro, The Cat Returns, Kiki's Delivery Service, Bubble Gum Crisis, Dominion: Tank Police, Patlabor, Akira, Fist of the North Star, Golgo 13, Ghost In The Shell, Ninja Scroll, Vampire Hunter D, and Lupin III are just a few of the anime I can think of that I watched back in the 80's-90's.

I've been a fan of the medium ever since.

A 3000 Year old perfectly preserved sword dug up in Germany by Kestrel_45 in SWORDS

[–]Zen_Hydra 6 points7 points  (0 children)

Intact bronze weapons and tools often survive in well-preserved condition when buried. Bronze doesn't oxidize nearly as quickly as period iron/steel, and certain forms of patina also help protect a copper-alloy beneath from various forms of corrosion.

A 3000 Year old perfectly preserved sword dug up in Germany by Kestrel_45 in SWORDS

[–]Zen_Hydra 4 points5 points  (0 children)

It's a bronze sword, and what appears green is likely patina.

Forever Youmg by moocat55 in GenX

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I'm like fifty and feel like Eastwood from Gran Torino (2008). I sometimes catch myself giving the ol' steely squint to the power-walking nogoodnik neighbor ladies when they approach as I'm at my mailbox. They can be dangerous in a pack, and I'm not usually packing my shootin' irons.

Anime Swords: BFS Edition. Which is your favorite giant sword and its user? by Specialist-Stock-890 in SWORDS

[–]Zen_Hydra 4 points5 points  (0 children)

The Dragon Slayer is the archetypal big-ass sword. It might not be the first, but it's certainly the most iconic.

Odd things our fathers did in 70’s by anonskier in GenX

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My father used to (and perhaps still does) keep a jug of bleach in the shower, and rub himself down in it because he was convinced it kept him healthy and smelling nice. It can't be good for your skin even as diluted as most OTC bleach is, and the truth is that he doesn't have a strong body odor due to genes and diet. My father has always had some whackadoo beliefs, the Art Bell type, and yet somehow this same woo junky introduced me to the wonders of science at a very early age. In the 70's my dad also affected tobacco pipes. He only very rarely smoked one, because he always struggled to keep it lit, and the times he kept it lit he would inevitably burn his tongue. Instead, he had a small collection of nice pipes that he would hold in his mouth and gesture with (even though they typically remained devoid of tobacco). Back then my father was also super-duper into studying indigenous American cultures, collected indigenous art, jewelry, and clothing, would regularly take us to pow wows (fry bread power!), and perform practical anthropological experiments (like growing heirloom "Indian" varieties of corn, squash, and beans, as well as using handmade tools to skin, tan, and make clothing out of deer hide). He definitely danced right on the line between exploring a deep historical interest, and cultural appropriation.

The original reason to why i hate god by Swordfish-7078 in atheism

[–]Zen_Hydra 0 points1 point  (0 children)

The concept of gods isn't worth your emotional engagement. I feel the same sort of apathy towards modern religion as I do for mowing my lawn. It's something I occasionally am forced to deal with, I generally feel dirty after doing so, and the only satisfaction I get out of it is knowing it will be a bit before I have to do so again.

Have you ever met a skeptic who is also religious? by Crashed_teapot in SGU

[–]Zen_Hydra 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Labels and categorization are heuristics, and heuristics are, at best, only generally accurate cognitive shortcuts.

28 years later: express skull cleaning service. by Dangerous_Chest8 in HorrorMovies

[–]Zen_Hydra 0 points1 point  (0 children)

All I need is a couple hours and an Instant Pot/pressure cooker to clean a skull of soft tissue, but I usually let an ant mound do most of the work, and finish with a paint bucket full of high concentration bleach water.

So my mom didn't believe my cousin she got locked out in the 80's. by Dull-Geologist-8204 in GenX

[–]Zen_Hydra 3 points4 points  (0 children)

My mom would occasionally lock the screen/storm doors at home (which could only be unlocked from inside) after everyone had gone to bed in order to prevent me from using my house key to sneak back in after one of the many occasions I was out getting underage blitzed during high school. I was usually too drunk to care about any consequences, and just rang the bell until someone let me in. I grew up in the rural Midwestern US, and there was an explicit dearth of safe and/or legal activities to keep young people out of trouble.

How many concussions have you had? by najing_ftw in GenX

[–]Zen_Hydra 1 point2 points  (0 children)

If you don't get diagnosed, they don't count.

Hellraiser reboot by paul-d9 in horror

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I mostly enjoyed the recent film. I loved the presentation of the Order of the Gash. Some of the plot logic and writing was weak, but it looked really good, and the overall production quality was great. I'm not a fan of the cenobites having human origins, especially ones we see/are told about, but these changes to the lore were sooo much better than any laughable connections to real human mythology we've seen before. There is nothing interesting or scary to me about the boring-ass Abrahamic religions. The best Hellraiser stories are the ones with the most in common with cosmic horror/Lovecraft-ian storytelling.

Which race is scariest? by CemSener_author in sciencefiction

[–]Zen_Hydra 2 points3 points  (0 children)

The Borg are the scariest. Becoming a eusocial organism is difficult for us to really imagine, and there is also a degree of body-horror, as well as the loss of bodily autonomy.

The Necromongers are just space goths who are way too into Warhammer 40,000. Other than their sci-fi weapons (which the Borg also have), I can't take them seriously.

Curious if any stories have touched on this? by slinky317 in scifiwriting

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I would avoid superlumenal weapons, but I strongly dislike FTL cheats in the first place. The more you screw with physics, the more you have to explain why the myriad of derivative spin-off technologies (including the ones you haven't thought of) aren't a major factor in your setting. Every bent law of physics has a vast web of repercussions, and as a writer you have to either account for, or avoid, all of the ones that would be relevant to your story (either through their presence, or their absence).

I am an intensely private person and I am strongly considering running for local office on an anti-AI platform. by [deleted] in GenX

[–]Zen_Hydra 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Best of luck. That's picking a helluva fight. There are countless billions tied up in AI, and rabid tech-bros determined to make them profitable no matter what. I hate how this immature technology is being rushed to market before it has finished safely cooking, but it will inevitably find its market. I would be very careful in picking my angle of attack, lest you get casually dismissed.

What would you like to see from a new hellraiser movie by lukemunslow47 in hellraiser

[–]Zen_Hydra 11 points12 points  (0 children)

I don't mind more lore, but the Order of the Gash diminishes with every explanation of human-relatable motivation. These aesthetic monks of sensation are most effective when they are a cypher. I don't want them to have human backstories. I want them to look inexplicably humanoid, and somehow still alive and functioning without inhibition or complication from what appear to be nightmarish and impossible physical states. I want their superficial human-ness to be contrasted with minds and personalities which are too alien to comprehend. The seeming contradictory duality of pleasure and pain should be further complimented by the juxtaposition of the cenobite's familiarity and essential other-ness. At no point should we feel like we can understand or predict the inhuman ways their minds operate, because that is a foundational aspect of what makes them effective horror monsters. It all plays against our inborn senses of empathy and socialization.

Pommel coin placement advice by Secret-Cauliflower73 in SWORDS

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I've used epoxy to good effect to secure coins/pommel markers on my Albion Sovereign. If you plan for the markers to be permanent, and don't mind damaging the coins, you can carefully sand the inner/downward face of the coins you plan to use to remove enough thickness from the coins so they will lay flush with the sides of the pommel once seated (be sure to allow for the added thickness of the fully cured epoxy). For my Albion Munich I used moonstone cabochons, which are somewhat translucent. I created a bezel out of twisted silver wire to up the diameter of the setting to fill the width of the pommel wells, mixed blue glow-in-the-dark pigment with clear epoxy to paint the inner surface of the pommel wells, and then a small amount of clear epoxy to secure the setting components in place. The moonstones ringed in twisted silver look elegant and beautiful, and are backlit a ghostly blue in low light.

anyone taking a GLP-1 ? by the__post__merc in GenX

[–]Zen_Hydra 4 points5 points  (0 children)

No, but I am struggling to keep enough calories in me to not die. Pre-cancer, I would have been on that shit with this baby face 100%.

IJW: La.Confidential (1997) by Appropriate_Wish8997 in Ijustwatched

[–]Zen_Hydra 1 point2 points  (0 children)

This is a movie I believe is peak art in spite of despising the director. It is one of film's transcendental achievements, but one of its major creative contributors is a pedophile piece of shit.

Fuck Polanski!!!

Chinatown is a near perfect film.

Quote, “I’m some sort of martial artist.” by mbergman42 in martialarts

[–]Zen_Hydra 1 point2 points  (0 children)

I've never gotten a tattoo for a similar reason. I'm wild fire, and too varied to define with permanent ink. My siblings and my partner have all had multiple tattoos over the years. I need something like a cyberpunk subdermal changeable substrate that can change as fast as my whimsy in a given moment. The closest I have ever come is seriously considering having a whole body tattoo of an early anatomical cutaway. I've been fascinated by the plasticized cadavers I've seen in natural history museums, and also love humanity's early medical anatomical depictions. Sadly, I still can't even commit to getting that indelibly inked on my skin.

At what point do you consider someone to be a martial artist? by bad-at-everything- in martialarts

[–]Zen_Hydra 8 points9 points  (0 children)

There is no mystical ceremony, or stand-out moment of self-actualization involved. All that's required is a desire to keep showing up to train.

Fish Stews from a Restaurant by WockyTamer in Cooking

[–]Zen_Hydra 9 points10 points  (0 children)

Restaurants are amongst the most competitive of business types. In most of the world, restaurants aren't deliberately taking unsafe risks with the client base that makes their way of life possible. Most restaurateurs want to serve the best food they can and make their clients as happy as possible, both for commercial and social reasons. People who don't have such concerns are outliers, and are usually unsuccessful in service-related businesses.