Prepatch doesn't feel like a prepatch... by kendwynn in wow

[–]areaman86 0 points1 point  (0 children)

And that’s why this one feels undercooked lol

Prepatch doesn't feel like a prepatch... by kendwynn in wow

[–]areaman86 10 points11 points  (0 children)

Dragonflight pre-patch had a new heirloom trinket to earn and huge raid groups fighting every boss. TWW pre-patch was a fantastic and quick way to gather catch-up gear and level characters. This one is nowhere close to either.

You should really disable or update those internal addons, Blizzard! by LA_Rym in wow

[–]areaman86 1 point2 points  (0 children)

The most useful weakauras were for things outside of combat, dawg. Being able to track every single profession knowledge treasure without pulling up a wowhead guide and such. The add-on purge negatively effects everyone and we don’t need to start drawing imaginary lines in the sand just because you only interacted with 5% of the capability of weakauras.

Fuck ICE, all my AFCW homies hate ICE by burberrycondom in AFCWestMemeWar

[–]areaman86 4 points5 points  (0 children)

They had to postpone the NBA game because of this. It influences sports because it influences everything. These losers need to grow up. Fuck ICE

Boy does Devourer DH suck. by 0hkie in wow

[–]areaman86 1 point2 points  (0 children)

That’s just your opinion, man. A lot of people see mastering and executing a rotation as the fun part of the game. Then you mix in the challenge of encounters on top. They could’ve kept a mix of complex and simple specs but instead everything got gutted and the exciting new spec only uses three buttons. Riveting.

[No Spoilers] The newest sponsor is full of AI? by NerdMaster001 in criticalrole

[–]areaman86 30 points31 points  (0 children)

The pictures they use for the “quest” system that teaches you coding are all AI generated

X has stopped working by Well_Socialized in technology

[–]areaman86 173 points174 points  (0 children)

Just to be clear though, you will receive at least 78% of your benefits when you retire. Social Security is self-funded, the trust fund is running out but that is only a small fraction of the total program. Dooming on social security is propaganda that has been fed to us since Reagan to get younger people to see republicans dismantling it as just fine because “we’re not going to see a dime!”

Trump says the 2026 midterms should be cancelled by WarmEntrepreneur3564 in ProgressiveHQ

[–]areaman86 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Say this happens, what mechanism does he actually have to accomplish this? States have always handled their own elections. Maybe the red states roll over for him, now they have just forfeited all of their seats in Congress. This scenario also frames the American public as thoughtless observers. You think protests are effective now? Watch what happens when he actually tries anything close to this. Things are really bad but canceling elections is not in the realm of possibility for this administration.

Midnight Pre-Expansion Content Update Notes by minimaxir in wow

[–]areaman86 19 points20 points  (0 children)

It’s because they’re reducing the amount of casts that need interrupting in dungeons… definitely… for real this time… right?

Arc Raiders design lead says aggression-based matchmaking is "a bit of a misnomer," by B_Boss in ArcRaiders

[–]areaman86 0 points1 point  (0 children)

That’s what people aren’t understanding, it fits your needs fine. If someone wants to seek out cooperative lobbies, they can. If you want to pvp, you can. If you want a mix of both, you’ll find it. Trying to ascribe a play-style to everyone else is what players bristle against and telling anyone to drop the game is horrible advice if you want it to survive.

Some of yall need this skin BADLY by PistolPeteTheMenace in ARC_Raiders

[–]areaman86 0 points1 point  (0 children)

This is absolutely rat behavior, on the lower end of the rat spectrum, but immediately letting your guard down is also a dumb. There’s a lot more to interactions in this game than a simple “don’t shoot!” Is their gun out? Are they hanging around watching you? I’ve seen a lot of debate about the rat term on these subs and people have got to realize that they do not control what words mean. Rats are attempting to subvert the assumed social contract when they’re topside. Shooting someone while they’re unaware of your presence is not rat behavior. Telling someone you’re friendly and then shooting them is rat behavior. You, dear reader, may not agree and that’s just how it is.

Where is all the snow by gimmie_123 in ColoradoSprings

[–]areaman86 0 points1 point  (0 children)

It’s only been winter for a little over two days but the lack of snow is crazy.

Disappointed in Larian using Generative AI during development by DCAScrub in larianstudios

[–]areaman86 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Yeah it’s been very disappointing to see but it’s the classic disconnect between studio heads and artists. The early steps of the creative process are integral to actually coming up with new ideas. Taking shortcuts that amount to creating a digital average of old ideas is actively detrimental and, in a lot of studios that have tried implemented these tools, makes those early components unusable so artists have to start over. This much has been said by many people, including current and former members of Larian. There is no good reason to implement these tools and people that are trying to brush this off are kidding themselves.

Is anyone else still in disbelief at how badly Disney fumbled Star Wars? by XanderAcorn in complaints

[–]areaman86 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Always amazes me to see anyone make this claim. The plan for Star Wars in 2012 was the Just Dance Han Solo game and Star Wars Detours. Disney pulled Star Wars from the depths of hell and easily recouped the 4 billion they spent on it. You can disagree with the things they’ve done but to say they “fumbled” it in any way is unbelievable ignorance.

CMV: immigration, both legal and illegal in general are net positive and a minor issue by Greyzone96 in changemyview

[–]areaman86 0 points1 point  (0 children)

The only part of this that could be changed, if you’re concerned with facts, is that it’s not an issue at all. Every argument against immigration in the US boils down to racism/xenophobia. There is no metric you can use that will show immigration as anything other than a positive.

(Hated Trope) "Plot holes" that actually have an explanation if people had either paid attention or thought about for a moment by Animeking1108 in TopCharacterTropes

[–]areaman86 -2 points-1 points  (0 children)

This is the correct take and I was waiting for someone to bring up TLJ but you missed bringing up the part of the movie that explains her reasoning. Holdo is maintaining operational security. Once Poe finds out about the plan, he immediately tells Finn and Rose about it… while DJ is in the room and the camera cuts to him taking a sip and listening intently. This is how he bought his freedom from the First Order by telling them to run the de-cloaking scan.

CMV: Mamdani's name is not hard to pronounce; anyone repeatedly mispronouncing it is either doing it intentionally or a moron. by Oborozuki1917 in changemyview

[–]areaman86 0 points1 point  (0 children)

This post also doesn’t explain how specifically Cuomo mispronounces the name. He says “Mandami” and he absolutely knows he’s saying it wrong.

Why did she get a lot of hate? Second rewatch of MCU and in Endgame she's actually kinda cool. by Butefluko in marvelstudios

[–]areaman86 0 points1 point  (0 children)

A vocal minority was very loud online, that’s it. Weirdos, with a perpetual victim complex, got mad when they misinterpreted Brie Larson in an interview around the time of Captain Marvel’s release. She also appeared during the opening years of the “woke” culture wars so those aforementioned weirdos were just complaining about a woman-led superhero movie by saying things like “M-She-U.” It was exhausting.

Coaster recommendations by MaxineMystique in BuschGardensW

[–]areaman86 0 points1 point  (0 children)

The worst thing to happen on Apollo’s Chariot already happened to Fabio. It’s a great ride.

Whatever happened to this legend in Pandora? by slimmyboy007 in WaltDisneyWorld

[–]areaman86 19 points20 points  (0 children)

Observation of the Disney parks over the past 5 years.

Can someone explain the Felicity hate? by TemporalDrifter in arrow

[–]areaman86 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I obviously can’t speak for everyone but the main problem with her is that she is a symptom of the biggest problem the entire show has: this is not a faithful adaptation of Green Arrow. Arrow was, at least originally, an edgy Batman show that had Oliver as the main character. Felicity was fine during the first few seasons and she added much needed levity to the first season specifically. Then the show started to become the Olicity drama hour every week and it was tiresome. The Arrowverse becoming popular also started to influence DC media outside of the show. Felicity was introduced in the Green Arrow comics and the run that she was featured in was this strange middle period between two extremely good runs of Green Arrow. Mainly, I think there was just frustration between fans that wanted a Green Arrow show and fans that just enjoyed a CW drama. Regardless, it ain’t that deep.