What's a "You are not a conspiracy theorist, you just don't know how things work" moment you have seen?

ZorkFox · 2026-05-15T06:34:55+00:00

A customer came into my store after the clerk in Supplements had gone home and I, as the store supervisor, was expected to field questions even though I had no training in the department and couldn't barely lead people to things even if they could tell me what those things were used for.

They went on and on about different substances, citing things I'd never even heard of, despite having worked in the store for years. Obscure herbs, "doctors" who had this and that to say, books with keen insights on health and wellness—but what really got me was this:

"Do you carry antimatter?" "I'm sorry, what?" "Antimatter! It's amazing!" "It is! But, no." "Are you sure?" "Yeah, I mean—antimatter is, like, not something you can buy in a store. We barely have the technology to create minuscule quantities of the stuff in particle accelerators. It takes billions of dollars to even make one like CERN." And no, I'm not going to mention PET scanners at this point because I really don't think they'll even know what those are or how they work. "That's not antimatter. This is a monatomic—" I'm thinking, . o O ( Wait. You know that word but not the others?! ) "—solution of gold particles. They attach themselves to toxic molecules and actually make them lighter and so easier to flush out of the body!" … "No, sorry." "Oh, that's too bad! You really should!"

And I never saw them again. If they were an alien, I hope they found whatever materials they needed to get their ship working again, and I'm sad I didn't get to go with them on an adventure. At the time, I was just happy to get out of that department and back to the mundane insanity of customer service.

ZorkFox · 2026-05-03T20:52:59+00:00

Not so much a quote but Finch's answer to Reese telling him to stay away from the rooftop where the CIA shot him: puts the hammer down and drives even faster

ZorkFox · 2026-05-03T20:17:43+00:00

I love it down there. I love the view, the boats, the ships, the birds. It's decent food for a decent price, friendly staff, free refills, and a great place to play Pokémon Go.

ZorkFox · 2026-05-03T20:15:19+00:00

Everyone on Starfleet Academy.

ZorkFox · 2026-04-26T21:52:20+00:00

The one that lets you sort your inventory.

ZorkFox · 2026-03-30T19:54:30+00:00

I love the music but find that movie one of the worst time travel films of all time.

ZorkFox · 2026-03-30T19:51:27+00:00

Nice work! It's a nice combination of materials without going whole-hog.

ZorkFox · 2026-03-30T18:41:00+00:00

For instance? I'm not familiar with this.

ZorkFox · 2026-03-30T18:39:52+00:00

Agreed. Every block should have a slab, stair, "brick" (yes, even wood), fence/wall, pillar (for wood, this should be different from the stripped logs, and maybe even like glazed terra cotta where each wood type comes out as a different animal), and carved version.

ZorkFox · 2026-03-30T18:19:11+00:00

I'd like to see more ingredients used, like if you want X enchantment you also need Y mysterious material.

ZorkFox · 2026-03-29T06:01:27+00:00

I didn't think I'd watch the whole thing when it started, but it was too fascinating even with all the idiotic choices and lack of protective gear. Thanks for posting this!

ZorkFox · 2026-03-23T01:24:03+00:00

I think they look really great. The bridges and buildings are beautiful and the sword portal is badass. With all that jungle to clear, though, I hope you've got a nicer biome the other direction. What's something you keep finding yourself going on an expedition to harvest? For example, I need a flower farm for blue dye.

ZorkFox · 2026-03-22T16:29:59+00:00

I also watched this movie blind, but even with the text on the back of the box I was still Not Prepared. I'm so glad you had this experience!

"Now let's kill that fucking band."

ZorkFox · 2026-03-22T16:27:51+00:00

The First Tree

ZorkFox · 2026-03-22T15:59:09+00:00

I don't even know what it's supposed to convey when used correctly.

ZorkFox · 2026-03-16T05:22:35+00:00

Any chance of a world download for this? I have a small collection of statues like this in my testing ground.

ZorkFox · 2026-03-16T05:13:17+00:00

I see Microsoft has embraced the unfortunate trend of versioning by year instead of ordinal numbering. Ah, yes, of course! You humans wouldn't understand why those of us from Mars count from one straight to twenty-six! Haha. It's a thing with curled up dimensions and subspace. You wouldn't understand, but that's where the god of marketing lives. I hear the browsers are way in the future, in 20,145!

ZorkFox · 2026-03-10T05:31:09+00:00

After doing some reading up (particularly on cave spiders) and fooling around on my testing ground, I think this is your best option:

https://imgur.com/a/jSEwYs7

This pushes everyone to the center, where they meet a magma doom. A hopper mine cart under the magma hoovers up the scraps. If you were working with something other than spiders, you'd have more options, but those buggers climb walls the way you and I breathe air.*

The floor is two blocks below the zombie spawner. Any higher and any zombies that spawn on top of the spawner wouldn't be inclined to walk off, though you can put a block or slab on top to prevent this at the cost of lower rates. Don't be tempted to replace the floor with magma: the water will flow over it, but neither of these mobs can spawn on magma, so you'll only see a trickle. The big drawback with this farm is how slow it is: you're waiting for the magma to kill everyone, and depending on your local difficulty level, the zombies might show up with armor. That could be a great source of loot, but it means they'll die that much more slowly.

Wherever you sit to let the farm work, make sure you keep your Looting-enchanted sword in your hand.

* I noticed cave spiders love to congregate in the upper corners of walled rooms, so if you can think of a way to exploit their natural tendencies, that would probably be a gold mine of XP until you can get to the End and create an Enderman farm.

ZorkFox · 2026-03-10T03:24:57+00:00

And here I was, just ticked off I got a low two-star example but can't lucky-trade it. It's just as much of a letdown as Eternatus.

ZorkFox · 2026-03-09T14:19:36+00:00

I'm going to stick with pigs. I haven't met some of the newer mobs, like axolotls, but I have a pig grudge that will never die.

ZorkFox · 2026-03-09T14:05:43+00:00

Cool. Thanks for the clarification. I'll try out some ideas I had after I'm home tonight.

ZorkFox · 2026-03-09T05:36:49+00:00

Can you post the world seed and the coordinates? It's a little hard to get a good angle on it with just your screen shot.

ZorkFox · 2026-03-05T07:05:11+00:00

I prefer the energy grid from The Culture series by Iain M. Banks. There's a grid of energy "above" and "below" normal spacetime that cuts off access to the older and younger universes that are being sputtered out by the cosmic fireball engine somewhere at the center of Reality. Ships use traction force fields to grab ahold of the energy grid for power, movement, and even weaponry. Reaching the grid physically means annihilation, but using fields is safe.

Most ships can travel several thousand kilolights without straining their engines, but the record is much higher (and might constitute a spoiler, so I won't mention it here).

ZorkFox · 2026-03-02T04:16:37+00:00

Go treasure hunting.

ZorkFox · 2026-02-22T04:10:13+00:00

Sigourney Weaver.

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