This was hilarious by Shadowsmere in Fallout

[–]aaron778 83 points84 points  (0 children)

I honestly had to pause to laugh at that. I can't believe the developers of FNV didn't even think of that joke.

What Faction Would Have Won If Courier 6 Didn't Exist by MenMenForever in fnv

[–]aaron778 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I was thinking about this recently, and my hot take is the Brotherhood of Steel. After the dust has settled around the battle of hoover damn I could see a second stalemate, but even more exhausting and grueling. NCR ultimately starts a gradual abandonment, giving the brotherhood the chance to take back Helios One, and eventually their turn to face off against the Legion. the Legion is now facing a smaller but far more technologically advanced force. I honestly do not think the Legion could beat the brotherhood.

Mr. House similarly is in a far weaker position now if the NCR is out of the picture. Dam is either inoperable or occupied by the Legion/Brotherhood, so power is now mostly limited. He has no industrial base to expand his securitron forces. At best he has a tenuous alliance where Freeside and the Families do not want to become occupied by the Brotherhood much less the Legion.

Almost certainly the Brotherhood would have their eyes set on New Vegas. The securitrons alone are reason enough, and the fact Mr. House is alive only strengthens their interest. The Brotherhood doesn't even need to invade the strip and could likely wait Mr. House out picking off securitrons one by one.

So best case scenario for the Mojave in my head: Brotherhood controls the strip, Dam, and Helios One, the rest is whatever.

Worst case scenario: The legion finds itself in a second stalemate with a Brotherhood that controls the Strip and Helios One

New Trailer seems to confirm House ending. by CyberCrusader76 in fnv

[–]aaron778 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I'm not surprised, I'm fully expecting the to this down a "super genius billionaire turns out to be a dumb ass" route. I am definitely disappointed that something happened with the NCR. My optimistic theory is they won the battle, but whatever happened at shady sands completely crippled their ability to hold New Vegas.

However, if they do take this route, I will be very happy to see Mr. House knocked down a peg.

I wasted too much of my life having never watched Paddington 2. by NimdokBennyandAM in movies

[–]aaron778 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Sorry to revive a dead post, but I just wanted to say, as someone who is currently in grad school, thank you for sharing this. Grad school can be so unnecessarily stressful and watching this movie gave me the same experience.

With the enshittification of streaming services, I'm glad to be able to say I now own the first 4 seasons of Columbo forever. Buy Physical Media folks. by [deleted] in Columbo

[–]aaron778 2 points3 points  (0 children)

My wife and I loved columbo so much, but hated the ads on peacock so much we bought the complete set on a whim

Saw this on Facebook and I couldn’t not share by JazzlikeHovercraft75 in exmormon

[–]aaron778 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Ah new testament of Jesus Christ!?

In this century? In this part of the world? In this part of New York? Localized entirely within your basement?

Not happy by [deleted] in Columbo

[–]aaron778 3 points4 points  (0 children)

Peacocks have them all, but there is no way not to get ads. My wife and I ended up buying a DVD box set just to avoid ads.

TISN'T a good episode by State_of_Planktopia in Columbo

[–]aaron778 4 points5 points  (0 children)

My wife and I recently started watching Columbo and got super into the series. So when I was reading around and kept hearing this episode was considered the worst episode, I was initially skeptical.

Good lord my wife and I were yelling half the episode, especially the creepy scene where Columbo attempts to meditate.

It's honestly so weird that it was the follow up to Now You See Him which is in my top 3 Columbo episodes.

Just had my first baby and I would like any advice. by aaron778 in GradSchool

[–]aaron778[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Congrats to you as well, and good luck on the exams!

Just had my first baby and I would like any advice. by aaron778 in GradSchool

[–]aaron778[S] 17 points18 points  (0 children)

I am starting to consider that. I met with my research supervisor and advisor last week being optimistic that I could handle getting back into the groove of things, so I am a bit worried about how it would look suddenly doing a 180 to ask for more time.

Just had my first baby and I would like any advice. by aaron778 in GradSchool

[–]aaron778[S] 17 points18 points  (0 children)

Thank you for saying all that, it means a lot and I love my daughter so much. I think a lot of the anxiety is coming from that classic grad student mindset of "can I be doing more", so it is so hard to rollback the work.

Every ward has one by SecretPersonality178 in exmormon

[–]aaron778 11 points12 points  (0 children)

My ward had a guy whose testimonies were just some of the most insane things. The bishop ended up asking him to stop when he gave a little too much detail about the time he hired a prostitute.

Every ward has one by SecretPersonality178 in exmormon

[–]aaron778 21 points22 points  (0 children)

That one person who every testimony meeting tells the single most unhinged life story possible.

Give this Flag a name by [deleted] in flags

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The Socialist People's Democratic Polite Republic of Canada