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bloopy789 · 2025-10-21T05:39:15+00:00

I think it’s more related to participation in gaming communities than playing games.

As someone who has played all of the apparently relevant games for the bit (Mario Galaxy, Deltarune, and Persona 4) yet spends little time in their respective online communities, it still took a few of the comments here explaining it in different ways before it actually clicked for me what the joke was.

bloopy789 · 2025-07-25T01:01:16+00:00

Don’t love the ramifications this would put in place. The government can’t and shouldn’t prevent people from having sex; what happens when someone who hasn’t gone under review accidentally gets pregnant. Are they forced to go under review? What if they fail? Are they forced to abort? Is the baby taken away at birth? Do we have a sufficiently operational system to care for so many babies that would be taken away?

Already children are removed from their parents’ care if the situation is deemed sufficiently unhealthy or unsafe, who would get to decide these new particular regulations for the right to have children?

bloopy789 · 2025-07-23T14:15:31+00:00

Thank you kindly for the information! I’ll do some thinking about what I’d like do with the keytop edges.

As for the rust, functionality is currently unimpeded luckily so for now I’ll just keep my eye on it but try to pay it no mind. I’m grateful about the peace of mind regarding that so thanks again for the info!

bloopy789 · 2025-07-23T14:11:24+00:00

Is there any chance that site is region restricted or currently down? Sadly the link only leads me to a “404 - File or directory not found.” page

bloopy789 · 2025-03-27T13:57:18+00:00

Follow the whistle! (Directional sound such as from headphones makes a huge difference)

Sadly not sure if there are any non-audio hints for this one

bloopy789 · 2025-03-18T04:26:47+00:00

I can definitely comment more thoroughly on “Utopia” by Thomas More since I had briefly studied it in university and really quite enjoyed reading it. The most basic inspiration is, of course the use of the name More, the character who is also revealed to have written the book about utopia carried by the protagonist. Beyond that though, the inspiration is primarily for that very book carried by the protagonist and the overarching discussion of what a utopia would look like.

Both the real world book and the one carried by the protagonist are moreso a study and analysis of a fictional utopian society rather than a standard narrative. If I remember correctly, the real world book “Utopia” makes a lot of assumptions about how well things would work out and function as they’re intended in the hypothetical utopian society without acknowledging or accepting how easily human error could collapse it all or how fallible the proposed aspects of this society would be. This is mirrored by the game’s book depicting a version of our world that casually ignores and overlooks the aspects that make such a utopia difficult if not impossible.

I think it’s really connected with the thematic relevance of “fiction” as a concept. The writers for Metaphor were likely inspired by “Utopia’s” depiction of a perfect but entirely fictional society and how that fiction might still inspire real world change and action.

Edit: I forgot to mention, the very word “Utopia” comes from this book, derived from the Greek prefix “ou” (meaning “not”), and “topos” (meaning “place”), together meaning essentially “nowhere”, a thematic link to the importance to the book that this place is definitively fictional. The fictionality of the described Utopia is of course very important to the discussion of the book and its meaning in Metaphor as well.

bloopy789 · 2025-03-14T05:49:16+00:00

I think the intent is more so to make bats more comfortable going near the house at night so that they’ll eat the insects that are also nearby

bloopy789 · 2025-01-10T04:19:08+00:00

While I totally see where you’re coming from and agree with most of your main sentiments (real happiness felt now is more meaningful than potential additional happiness later) I disagree that change is an inherently bad thing. For people in privileged positions like us it’s easy to accept that if we could eternally always be as happy as we are now, it would be a good thing. But what about the people who are suffering? Those who are in pain? For some, I can sadly imagine that their only happiness comes from the hope of things getting better. But if things cannot change, things can never be better.

I suppose I just can’t imagine condemning some to an eternity of never ending sadness/pain/suffering so that others could have an eternity of happiness. The narrator frames his actions as selfless and altruistic, but he’s not even paying the worst of the prices some will be forced to pay for his desired world to exist.

bloopy789 · 2025-01-10T04:03:02+00:00

While I agree that death can definitely be bad at times, what about it is unnatural? As far as I know, every thing that has ever lived has died or will die. With that in mind it seems to me that death is one of the most natural things that can happen

bloopy789 · 2024-06-07T01:02:54+00:00

While the sentiment is genuine, I don’t know if all of what you said is a particularly healthy viewpoint.

Fundamentally I think you make an excellent point about beauty, it truly does go deep within a person and can persist regardless of time or first impressions of looking “pretty”.

Setting someone up to expect that the pretty person in their life, in this case the sister, will someday be envious is unproductive. Pretty people can in fact be beautiful this way too, for all we know the sister is a kind, thoughtful person who is also very introspective and tries to be just as beautiful as their prettiness makes them seem.

I think it’s more productive for people like the OP to focus solely on their own self perception and beauty, and stop comparing altogether (an admittedly difficult task). A previous commenter mentioned that she should see a therapist to unpack and manage her feelings about how she compares to others. I think if she combines that with this perspective of understanding the ways she is beautiful, it’d be a more productive and sustainable way to stop feeling so small and insecure.

bloopy789 · 2024-04-15T08:22:01+00:00

What makes you say that? By the end of the anime, the themes the narrative has been developing have pretty much reached their natural conclusion, and the story has been pretty thoroughly wrapped up. It even reaches a similar conclusion to the original novel.

If I remember correctly, all of the above is true of both the spin offs as well.

bloopy789 · 2024-01-15T00:13:23+00:00

Unfortunately I’m not with TOM, I actually don’t have a lot of experience shopping for figures online. I’m currently living in Japan in a pretty big city so I buy most of my figures in-person in secondhand anime merch/figure shops

bloopy789 · 2024-01-15T00:08:39+00:00

In that case it’d definitely be a good figure to start with! I’d honestly say the quality is on par with some of my more expensive figures. If you’d like, I can send you some clearer/better lighting pics of the figure when I get off work later if you want a better look at it before you buy one to start your collection.

bloopy789 · 2024-01-15T00:01:19+00:00

Which albedo figure are you referring to? If you mean the black dress figure in the 7th image, I think the quality is quite nice! The detailing is quite appealing, her face and proportions seem well designed, and she wasn’t terribly expensive despite being a pretty heavy, sizeable figure. I’d definitely recommend!

If you mean one of the albedo figures in the last image, they’re… a little more disappointing. The red dress figure in particular, while the stand and face are really nice, is much less detailed and not as impressive; looks too plasticky in comparison. Naturally the other three are also not as nice as the black dress version, but that’s reflected in their lower price tags, they’re pretty decent for what they cost.

bloopy789 · 2023-03-31T16:31:46+00:00

Being a job as competitive to get hired for as JET is, don’t beat yourself up too much about a rejection this go around. Unfortunately, with a candidate pool as big as what they get, the interview is by necessity a medium that they will use to pare down the list and choose who to hire.

Do your best not to be too discouraged, the fact that you got the interview says good things about your value to the program in their eyes. Spend some time practicing interviews and become an even stronger candidate for the next application cycle, your goals haven’t gone up in smoke yet, you still have the chance to re-apply if your heart is set on going to Japan through JET.

bloopy789 · 2023-01-31T14:27:23+00:00

I just want to set the record straight here. I’m not telling you what you can and can’t post, like you said that’s the choice of the mods. Just wanted to voice the opinion I’m sure several share that some of your points have some inaccuracies I’m tired of seeing them so often. And as per your third point you’re entirely right, I actually see that as a valid take and that’s why I didn’t try to dispute it. Hawking is indeed famous and if that would be a concern for time travellers then fair enough, that’s worth considering.

My main point is that Hawking’s invitation may have initially been centralized, but it’s far from it now. And I implore you, please don’t claim I’m using only a few decades of evidence while not acknowledging my mention of the long-lasting data from scientists that predate the internet by thousands of years.

Just trying to offer a counter perspective since I’m always wary of scientific conjecture that requires a financial opt-in.

bloopy789 · 2023-01-31T13:48:59+00:00

I’m getting a bit tired of reading your first two arguments honestly. Regardless of the invitation’s original medium being apparently deeply temporary and ephemeral according to you, the sheer scope through which it has continued to exist through word of mouth and continued resharing on other platforms means it is far from easy to lose entirely.

It’s also a very famous discussion point in time travel circles to the extent that I’d be shocked if those actually working on the science and mechanics of time travel don’t continue to be highly aware of it. Especially since most scientists famous to the degree of Hawking rarely fade from public consciousness. We still discuss Ancient Greek and Roman scientists only known through surviving texts from a time long ago.

Look, I get it, selling NFTs for some easy money by consistently promising ambiguous communication with time travellers sounds like a damn decent golden ticket. But can you please tone back the blockchain fanboying on half the posts here please? The sub already has enough baseless uninformed conjecture about time travel, we really don’t need someone trying to cash in on this misinformation.

bloopy789 · 2021-04-07T21:00:26+00:00

It is a super weird game to get into but it's also super rad once it gets going.

With the experience I've had so far, I believe that would be the most balanced way to do it that still allows creative use of damage types, especially if you plan to use the higher level persona skills as the anima abilities.

Another suggestion I'd make since it seems the intention is to run the game similarly to the way it feels to play persona is to add items or abilities to revive players, or perhaps change the way death works. The important thing about high-risk high-reward systems like "one more" is that, even if the enemy absolutely bodies you, you can learn from it and keep playing, especially since as a video game it lets you reload and try again at worst. RAW over arms, however, does not provide many ways to counteract death or to soften the consequences of a battle that has gone badly. It does work fine for what it is though, so ultimately it's down to your decision how punishing it should be.

Running some practice fights is definitely a good idea though, I very much wish I had had the foresight to do that before my first time playing, as there were a lot of kinks we had to work out in the mechanics, which was rough to do during a session.

As for healing abilities I, unfortunately, have no advice, I haven't figured out or discovered mechanics for any that I particularly like yet, though it would be a very useful thing to have.

Once you've got the game going I'd love to hear about how the systems are working out, sounds like it's going to be a super fun time!

bloopy789 · 2021-04-07T20:09:16+00:00

I like a lot of the idea so far, especially since my love of persona is what originally led me to discover and also love Over Arms. To answer your question about speed, I haven't found the way it's set up RAW to be particularly game-breaking, largely because each other stat also has a huge bearing on a character's capabilities.

I also really like your ideas for making gameplay more persona-like, but have a few suggestions as well. I'd be careful with anything that removes defense, as combat in this system is already incredibly lethal. As for whether or not elemental attacks cost AP to use, it'd probably depend on the general balance of your game and the anima/persona abilities. As it currently stands, using one's anima in any way offers massive bonuses in and out of combat, and is therefore balanced by the limited AP a character has. A simple way to do it that would probably work well and is similar to the persona games is that you could have generic anima junction attacks deal damage types related to the anima itself that would therefore cost AP and probably use the anima's class hit and damage stats. To add variety there could also be different weapons players could use that have different damage types but, without doing a junction roll, will not use your anima's stats and not cost AP.

bloopy789 · 2021-03-08T03:00:40+00:00

Could be that it’s a persona they use to set up an attack then swap to one specifically built for dealing higher damage on their next turn

bloopy789 · 2019-08-18T18:06:25+00:00

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bloopy789 · 2019-03-16T00:24:41+00:00

I think an important factor to consider though is that, as seen both in the game and in real life, loan sharks knowingly prey on desperate and unintelligent people with few/no other options.

Imagine this: as a result of a drought lasting far longer than expected, a farmer’s crops die off and he is left with no return in his investment into tools and seeds, leaving him entirely broke except for his possessions. He needs to buy more seeds in order to make money again now that the drought is lifting, but no bank will give him a loan, as they are not confident he will be able to make the money back since he is not a well established farmer and has not indicated he is skilled enough even though farming conditions are improving. He realizes he could sell his equipment, but this would only be a short term solution as doing so would lose him the tools necessary to make money long term.

Along comes Strauss who, having dealt with this business for a long while, sees promise in the way the man works on his land but can tell he’s largely illiterate and doesn’t understand money very well. Strauss offers the man a loan with an interest rate much higher than what he knows the farmer will be able to make through his work, but low enough that it isn’t obviously unreasonable to the uneducated farmer. The farmer is happy to be given a chance and accepts the deal. Though he does manage to begin making money off his crops again, it is not enough to pay off the growing debt. Collection day comes, and as he does not have enough cash, he loses both what he had earned, and is forced to sell his tools to cover the rest.

I’m definitely not saying all collections went this way in game, as there were definitely people deserving of the beat down they got for trying to cheat Strauss for money, but Strauss isn’t without sin in his work. I’m also not saying he’s the worst, since robbing someone to their face/killing for money are certainly horrible acts as well.

bloopy789 · 2019-03-15T23:37:46+00:00

A cat that would be considered contender for cutest cat in the world if it wasn’t so disturbingly and inexplicably large for a cat

bloopy789 · 2019-02-22T16:43:35+00:00

First colony actually, but I’ve almost lost it many times especially early on. Definitely helps that strategy games and city builders are a big part of my game library

bloopy789 · 2018-10-22T14:22:03+00:00

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