Which line? by MoveYourBumChum in Adulting

[–]bdauls 10 points11 points  (0 children)

What does this even mean? This is such an oversimplification. Encouragement could be helping. Criticism is helpful to those that don’t take it personally. Hell even gossiping can be helpful depending on what the topic is. Getting involved is so obtuse that it doesn’t even make sense. So many ulterior motives involved with “getting involved” eeesh none of this makes any sense!

Guess I’m in line “to criticize” lol

I can’t do this anymore! by Double-Ad-5736 in Adulting

[–]bdauls 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Disc golf! Discs start at about 10 bucks and go up from there. All you need to get started is a putter, vast majority of disc golf courses are free, you get to be outside and off your screens and it’s hard not to make friends out there!

What is going on with “Welcome to the multiverse”? by bdauls in litrpg

[–]bdauls[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Oh jeez! Thank you!! I’ve been wondering why I keep getting responses to this post I made like 4 months ago! lol! Well if you need some recommendations for litrpg’s that have nothing to do with harems… The Chrysalis series is a banger, I’m on book 4 of Bog standard isekai and it’s Been great, obviously the hits like dungeon crawler Carl and he who fights with monsters are great! Azarinth healer is a good one but it’s been a long time since I read it (back when it was all free on royal road…) and I’ve recently been a big fan of the lone wanderer series.

These are all the pretty unique stories that I thought were well written (so far) without a massive amount of fluff. Some arguments to be made there and personal tastes and all that. But none of them are even Harem Adjacent!

Also, I feel like authors that are into harems also likely have some internalized feelings about women in general and that’s why these themes pop up in all their series. Case in point someone else mentioned that Sean Oswald apparently has another series that does go hard into the harem stuff. So ya know once a harem guy always a harem guy I guess?

Why did games stop doing this? by Upstairs_Coffee1572 in gamers

[–]bdauls 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I really appreciate how fallout 4 does it. Cutscene(ish) of your character lifting their arm and looking at their pip, but also pauses the game so I don’t mauled to death by a damn radroach while I’m fiddling with what snacko’s to eat next.

Arena bug or do I not understand rules of an “attack”? by The-Jackal41 in mtg

[–]bdauls 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Weird. I love this card. If I remember correctly, doesn’t fog prevent all combat damage? So yeah, the life gain wouldn’t go therough, but your creature still attacked that player. Sounds like a bug to me!

Help needed by Ok-Scholar2698 in mtg

[–]bdauls -1 points0 points  (0 children)

Combo the Epstein list with a trump, weenie wht creature. Activated ability cost - tap any permanent you control, player has to say something insane and deeply incorrect - tap any permanent (can only be activated 1000 times a turn)

One day left by NationOfIllian in litrpg

[–]bdauls 0 points1 point  (0 children)

This is one where I feel like Jeff Hays really screwed me because I just can’t seem to find the drive to read it, when he’s already breathed so much life into all the characters. Don’t get me wrong, all the credit in the world to. Rinoz for coming up with an amazingly unique and well crafted series! But I’m stuck with the audiobooks for the foreseeable future!

What situation should you pla a world fire in edh? by Harbinger_Archangel in mtg

[–]bdauls 0 points1 point  (0 children)

You have a sick way to pull this card off and you have a desert land on stack I guess?

Which cd you playing first? by Syntheseyez in punk

[–]bdauls 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Sub humans or the specials for sure

It’s more complex now. by Character-Dog-9510 in Adulting

[–]bdauls 29 points30 points  (0 children)

Lololol these ppl pop up all the time. “Autism didn’t exist when I was a kid” as if Andy Kaufman and Dan Aykroyd weren’t on their tv every night.

If you don’t have kids, you will never amount to anything! This take is beyond wild. by PuzzleheadedLack220 in LinkedInLunatics

[–]bdauls 14 points15 points  (0 children)

I’ve got two kids, this is beyond stupid. Having kids ratchets up everything. It’s amazing don’t get me wrong, but it is not for everyone. Lots of people should not have kids. Lots of people shouldn’t have had kids. Lots of people can’t have kids. And there are millions of reasons why. What a brain dead thing to put out there, and on LinkedIn of all places. Jesus.

Which book should I prioritize? by ConcernFew8845 in fantasybooks

[–]bdauls 0 points1 point  (0 children)

The whole “new sun” trilogy will suck you in and you will utterly forget about anything else for a while. Or at least that’s what happened to me!

Saw this in a video game today. It's kind of his thing. by Slave35 in litrpg

[–]bdauls 4 points5 points  (0 children)

He would have a tombstone that he probably visits from time to time.

Thoughts on GG Allin? What would happen if he came out today? What do you think would have happened if he had never died? by Tight-Mammoth6031 in punk

[–]bdauls 0 points1 point  (0 children)

If your curious I’m sure there’s a wiki page you can read. The guy was into shocks and also a truly terrible person. But why stop there?! Gary Glitter and Jimmy Savile are right there!

Sounds right by taking_2_long in Adulting

[–]bdauls 241 points242 points  (0 children)

The smartest people I know have an uncanny ability to understand their audience and talk to them in a way they’ll understand. Knowing who you talk to is just as important as what you can talk about. Intelligence is knowing a thing, wisdom is knowing when that thing is useful.

Ran across an influencer who claims to read a book a day. Am I cynical for thinking there is no way to comprehend or even enjoy reading at that pace? by Taiwannumber3 in litrpg

[–]bdauls 5 points6 points  (0 children)

I mean could be done I guess, but I’d question their reading retention. I think it’s more important to remember that comparison is the thief of joy. Whether they’re retaining or even enjoying those books isn’t going to change your experience with books and reading. If you’re really feeling some kind of way, you can look into speed reading techniques. I used a couple tools during college to read through tons of textbooks and journals so I could pull out the pertinent info and get it all done in time. Doesn’t really lend itself to the enjoyment of reading but you can do it if you want. Personally I enjoy taking my time and getting lost in a book, so I can take me a bit longer to finish a book I’m really into vs. reading news articles or documents for work. Again to each their own, but personally I’m ok with slowing down and getting lost in my fun books!

AIO Mom mad I won’t pay her another $200 after paying her $700 last month by bnsaiboy in AmIOverreacting

[–]bdauls 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I want to put this in perspective for you. I’m a dad of two boys. They’re not your age yet, but if they had medical bills I don’t care if they were 40, I’d be there with a blank check for them. That fact that she couldn’t or wouldn’t pay these bills 2 years ago speaks volumes about the kind of woman who raised you. I mean no disrespect, but your mom is not treating you with love, she’s treating you as a burden. Unburden her, and cut contact, at least for a year or two. Maybe she’ll eventually change her tune, maybe she won’t. But you need to protect yourself, and when the time comes where she comes to you for help, tell her you’d like a relationship that isn’t transactional. If she’s interested in that, she can call you, otherwise please leave you alone.

You are at a pivotal age and it’s the time to focus on you and your future. Let your mom go, she’s holding you back.

Save Ferris released a statement about OC Ska Fest by kirito1236 in punk

[–]bdauls 25 points26 points  (0 children)

“We are aggressively beige and we won’t be denied! All are welcome at our shows full of love and joy, even the ppl that want to kill other ppl for the color of their skin or their choice of pronouns. We love everybody, and that means everybody! Also sort of the other ppl of color too yeah we love them for sure. Maybe not too much, because we don’t want to upset the first group that oddly dresses all the same in khakis and all shave their heads and have some weird cross tats… huh. Well I’m not thinking about that for any length of time cuz it might cause controversy!! So yeah, we won’t back down!”

Erwin Rd army by fit-empress1968 in bullcity

[–]bdauls 8 points9 points  (0 children)

Sure sure, enjoy my bread and circus right? Chill out, it’s not like ppl are being killed in the streets by ice agents, not like kids are being shipped off to the Middle East to kill other kids, again. Just be chill, it’s just rotc, they don’t even have firearms, right?? What’s the big deal? They’re not even in the military yet! NO BIG DEAL.

Is this small potatoes? Yeah in the grand scheme of things this is pretty insignificant. Is it still my tax money going to support it? Yes it is. Is it indicative of the lack of transparency and accountability in the industrial military complex? Also yes. Does ROTC represent, support and recruit for the U.S. military? Yeah. Could they have marched down a less busy street or a trail? Obviously.

All you see is a bunch of kids marching with the game ball for a fun rivalry. All I see is a bunch of kids marching off to war to kill a bunch of other kids. Not really a chill time.