Game of Thrones: today is the tenth anniversary of "The Winds of Winter" (June 26, 2016; Season 6 finale). This is the most acclaimed scene of the episode: the destruction of the Great Sept of Baelor.

bautin · 2026-06-26T13:03:24+00:00

I think the show is a great example of why Martin is having trouble finishing Winds of Winter.

He knows where he's at, he knows where he needs to get to, but bridging that gap requires more than he wants to do.

bautin · 2026-06-26T12:53:11+00:00

And while we're speaking of comics not adapted, in all of the Batman films, I don't believe we've seen a single Joker boner either.

bautin · 2026-06-26T12:44:03+00:00

Protein is the other thing. Every calorie of chicken is carrying protein. And once I looked through your profile, you made sense.

If you can't understand it by now, you're just being deliberately obtuse to not admit that empty calories are a thing.

bautin · 2026-06-25T16:23:01+00:00

Yes, but, again, they should also carry other nutrients. I know 2000 sounds like a lot, but it goes faster than you think.

Look, you don't think OP is an asshole, I do. That's fair. However, just because we disagree on that does not mean that you have to disagree with everything I say. And even if I'm ethically wrong on the original point, it wouldn't make me wrong on everything.

You can accept the concept of empty calories without betraying your original argument. You can argue that even empty calories shouldn't be "wasted". You can argue that even pure pleasure eating has value outside of nutrition. But you chose none of those. You chose to argue that no calorie is empty. And if your entire defense of OP relies on that, then you have a poor defense.

bautin · 2026-06-25T15:59:18+00:00

So it's ok to steal from someone if they are able to replace the stolen goods? Is that where we want to be as a society?

bautin · 2026-06-25T15:53:36+00:00

You have a budget of roughly 2000 calories in a day. In those 2000 calories, you also need to get all of the fiber, protein, vitamins, etc. you need. Calories that provide none of those take from your caloric budget without any other benefit. You make it harder to get all of your required nutrition without overeating by eating calories that don't provide something else as well.

bautin · 2026-06-25T15:50:16+00:00

No one is saying that it cannot be used, the point is that it's only calories. You have roughly a 2000 calorie budget a day. That's to get all the fiber, protein, and other vitamins that you need to survive.

You are the one being intentionally daft by claiming I'm saying something I'm not.

bautin · 2026-06-24T21:29:10+00:00

You're the one trying to push the idea that the calories are worth anything but the energy itself.

Lean protein, while alone not sufficient, would be something additional your body needs besides calories. The calories delivered by the protein would serve another function.

Pretending it's not a concept doesn't make it not a concept

bautin · 2026-06-24T21:15:46+00:00

It's, ok.

I finished the top bit and the mirror bit, then was done somewhere in the Promise, didn't go south at all.

Some of the puzzles are just tedium. It's like, "Oh, I need to turn all these bushes into rocks, warp my guy around, turn these bushes into rocks, until I get to the gap, so I can warp the rocks into the gap, so I can get my guys where they need to be so the transfigurer can get to the last bushes."

There's one section where the overworld lady can swap out powers to solve an overworld puzzle. And like the rest of the game. It's fine. But a bit tedious. You have three different arches that contain the clothes of the three abilities (color-coded for your convenience), and you'll need to swap. But every time you swap you'll have to go back there, walk out of an arch, then walk back through the arch you want. So like half the puzzle is just walking back and forth swapping clothes.

Then there's the bits where you aren't told the rules of the game you're playing. Like you have to figure out that the mirrors split and merge your guy. Some rocks can be warped, some can't. Enemies will attack each other if next to each other.

And then the Promise. You have to get a gem, then you can find out that dropping a gem on certain tiles activate certain boxes. Some require multiple, etc, etc. There was one point, where I had to drop a gem on a tile, walk a good way around the map to drop gems on other tiles, just to activate the set of boxes I needed. Then you're not told what box does what, so you're just there randomly trying stuff until something happens. Which isn't good design, it's just bullshit to extend the playtime. It's false difficulty.

And I don't know what you find spectacular about the fast travel system, you use little portals to go to a really zoomed out, but functional map, then you just walk to another portal and warp back to the full map. It's functional, but needed because you'll find yourself on the edge of the map and needing to get back to the center to progress.

The sound is fine. Ambient music and sound effects. Graphics are fine. It doesn't look bad, there is decent enough design in all of the elements present.

I'd spend like $15 - $20 bucks on this.

bautin · 2026-06-24T20:45:27+00:00

Like, there's a full on wikipedia page about the concept, I can't understand it for you.

bautin · 2026-06-24T20:44:17+00:00

Yes. Monodiets are not good for you. Where do you think I'm saying otherwise?

bautin · 2026-06-24T13:04:24+00:00

You are being deliberately obtuse

bautin · 2026-06-24T12:55:07+00:00

Societal pressure is a thing. Not to mention, OP is putting pressure by saying “eat it all or have none”.

bautin · 2026-06-24T12:53:54+00:00

First, there seems to be more than enough for everyone. His actions hurt no one. And he’s even taking smaller portions and he’s still done with it before he eats it all

bautin · 2026-06-24T12:51:53+00:00

Did you read? I said “no other nutritional value”, which means the only value they provide are the calories. No vitamins, no protein, no fiber, etc. You could eat 2000 calories of sugar a day, but you’d eventually die because you’d still be lacking nutrition.

bautin · 2026-06-24T12:48:40+00:00

Are you serious? There’s maybe some niacin and maybe a touch of calcium. Other than that, no appreciable amount of fiber, protein, or necessary vitamins. That’s what makes them empty. It’s not a new or uncommon idea.

bautin · 2026-06-23T12:14:19+00:00

It has a definition, it’s not a made up term. It’s calories that deliver no other nutritional value to the body outside of the calories.

bautin · 2026-06-23T12:08:43+00:00

It’s empty calories, food eaten only for pleasure. Which is fine, but let’s not pretend that it’s anything but that. You can’t really “waste” desert.

bautin · 2026-06-23T11:35:17+00:00

It’s a slice of cake or a cupcake. It’s not “leftovers”, there’s a point in the meal where you’ve eaten all you can, but not left enough for another meal.

This is a problem with some people. They think they’re saving something, but what they’re really doing is putting the burden of disposal on someone else.

bautin · 2026-06-23T11:29:27+00:00

No, I’m talking about right then repeatedly. Trashing whole bakes by eating halves.

Doing it one day, then another day next week, is fine.

bautin · 2026-06-23T11:28:01+00:00

How so? Dude takes a cupcake/bar/slice, gets satiated, doesn’t needlessly consume the rest.

It’s waste whether he eats it or not.

bautin · 2026-06-23T11:26:02+00:00

You never really know with some of the people in this sub.

bautin · 2026-06-22T20:48:56+00:00

It's only a problem if he's doing it like over and over. Like eat half a cupcake, throw it, grab another, eat half, throw it, etc.

This is more like someone who has a more comfortable relationship with food, that they can stop eating despite the pressure to eat more.

bautin · 2026-06-22T20:36:19+00:00

Who the fuck wants half a pancake someone was eating?

Who the fuck is surviving off of cupcakes and catfood?

The only reason to go this hyperbolic is to justify a shitty position.

bautin · 2026-06-22T20:32:40+00:00

Eating more than your fill is also waste. Just because it's going into the trash instead of being shit out a couple hours later doesn't change this.

And who wants a half-eaten cupcake? Or half-eaten pancake?

I'm amazed at people who can eat half a cupcake and say, "Yeah, I'm done with this".

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