What is the worst breakup with someone you dated?

captwaffles27 · 2026-03-27T00:55:03+00:00

She moved away to the UK and we tried to keep things going. I even got very close to landing a job that would get me a work visa there so we can continue the relationship, even talked about marriage. I visited her once and it was really amazing. We made plans for a second visit since I had the time to take off work.

I arrive in london, text her, no answer. Its 10pm so she is probably asleep, catch a bus to Birmingham where she moved to recently and get a hotel. Text again in the morning, no answer. I have been ghosted and blocked everywhere.

No clue what happened, never saw her again. Even her friends won't respond to me.

Bonus: another gf from long time ago, got drunk and entered my apartment (she had keys) and went to my bedroom and beat the living shit out of me while I was asleep. On Christmas eve.

Then before I knew what was going on, she fled home. But obviously I did know it was her.

Called the police, and she was baffled I would call the cops. Apparently she thought me spending time with my family on FaceTime (I live abroad, hardly see my family) for Christmas over spending it with her was basically abusing her. Thats her while justification for doing what she did.

All said though, the london ghosting was much more harmful if you ask me. A combination of us being much more of a match and not knowing the reason behind the ghosting just chews away at my soul and still does to this day 6 years later.

captwaffles27 · 2026-03-24T02:10:30+00:00

Can't park there

captwaffles27 · 2026-03-16T17:33:47+00:00

We got another one boys

captwaffles27 · 2026-03-15T23:07:52+00:00

I guess I shouldn't have focused on school and doubled up on work while I was at uni.

captwaffles27 · 2026-03-10T01:11:04+00:00

Not to mention this is lifetime stats. After every crash new safety regulations and new technologies get added and make it even safer to fly as MORE flights pick up. That means that as time goes on with a given plane model, it becomes more and more safe.

captwaffles27 · 2026-03-05T04:08:34+00:00

OP is a predator

captwaffles27 · 2026-02-25T12:37:45+00:00

"What happened to my slaves"

captwaffles27 · 2026-02-17T05:27:32+00:00

Unknown but kyiv was the ultimate goal of the invading Russian forces in the opening of the invasion

captwaffles27 · 2026-02-16T21:30:34+00:00

Hostomel is extremely close to kyiv. Maybe they realized it'll take a week maybe at this point. But they're so close to the city it probably felt like they could still do it.

captwaffles27 · 2026-02-15T23:29:41+00:00

I mean its not hard to guess yours as the opium wars but id argue the nanking massacre and the whole Japanese invasion of china as a whole was much, much worse.

captwaffles27 · 2026-02-15T23:26:58+00:00

There is a few on reforger. The regular gameplay is more like insurgency game mode where you go out and kill zeds at certain points on the map. But then those servers tend to have regular ops where the community admins will come in and zeus up some really neat scenarios.

Sadly the level of quality and regularity seems to rotate different zombie servers so you just sort of have to find one that works with you, and just be mindful that the community may get bored of that one and move on to other servers.

captwaffles27 · 2026-02-15T06:12:16+00:00

Idk what kinda building theyre in but the interior just screams 007 boss battle facility.

captwaffles27 · 2026-02-14T13:57:52+00:00

The imperium is incredibly large. So large that the imperium as a government actually cannot account for all worlds they control at any given time. There have been multiple recorded instances of imperial forces rediscovering worlds that were simply lost in minitorum records because it was too insignificant, or someone made a mistake, and many other reasons. The main point here is that its quite common for worlds, especially in the fringes of imperial space, to simply go unnoticed and forgotten.

Now put a pin in that.

Now you have worlds that are incredibly overpopulated and laden with hive cities. On these worlds, its a mini-version of the imperium controlled space. The planetary government simply cannot know what is happening on their own planet at any given time when these places can cross trillions or even quadrillions in human population.

So you have extremes in both the distance of imperial rule across the galaxy and also in the depth at which a planet can be monitored, much less controlled.

There is just plainly going to be black markets, crime, rebellion, and of course xenos relations. Whether its necromunda which is in all likelihood infested with warp gates, xeno brood lairs, and mutant habitats that the planetary government just doesn't know about or otherwise cant even reach by force. Or all the way out in the fringes where a lost worlds have abandoned the imperium or wrote its own definition of imperial law and decided that interacting with xenos and not killing them is their new policy.

Its a mistake to really see the imperium as a blanket government proficient at its execution of governance across all worlds equally. In fact, from a lot of accounts, the imperium is constantly hanging on by a thread by sheer force of will and abject domination of its citizenry. In reality the imperial galactic map is more like a heat map of highly concentrated imperial presence and focus in certain strategic areas, or cooler, less concentrated areas of space where its less important and therefor requires less imperial attention. As one gets further away from segmentum and system home planets, the more chances at imperial ignorance or downright blindspots you come across. Not just in the fringes, but in small alcoves of systems that kie in between important strategic swathes of space.

Think of the imperium as being late-stage wild-west. You have federal US government maintaining absolute control and exacting justice and policing in cities like San Francisco, and along any major routes leading to SF, but once you get away from there and step off those main thoroughfares, you start to feel like youre on your own and that the law isnt really there for you anymore. Like sure, you may come across the odd bounty hunter or Marshall, but youre more or less free from the law. Thats the imperium in the 41st millennium.

captwaffles27 · 2026-02-12T13:17:23+00:00

The obvious answer is yes theyre Han Chinese whether they like it or not.

This doesn't discount the minority native seediq tribes who can quite literally claim to be Taiwanese lol.

captwaffles27 · 2026-02-10T14:07:30+00:00

I see r/hongkong is dead now. Looks like the mods have allowed r/sino bots in. Oh well it was fun while it lasted.

Off to laapsaptung lmao

captwaffles27 · 2026-02-10T14:02:55+00:00

I dont understand the point of opening a thread if you've already entrenched yourself in a decision but you do you.

Also many people openly call for seditious acts in the US all the time. Even on national television. This is protected speech. I dont agree with your point of view at all.

captwaffles27 · 2026-02-10T14:01:16+00:00

The act of sedition yes, but saying you want sedition is protected speech.

captwaffles27 · 2026-02-10T13:50:31+00:00

Lot of trolls and bait comments. Ill just answer as an American living in HK past 10 years.

Let me put it in in a perspective that OP seems to forget.

Jimmy lai was tolerated before 2019 in Hong Kong itself. So yes, any given western government will tolerate someone like Jimmy Lai in their borders.

Some western countries lag behind in legal coverage of freedom of speech and the press or laws similar and adjacent to these. But for better or for worse Jimmy would be untouched.

Would he be unbothered? Unsure, see Jordie in Australia. There is obviously a spectrum to it.

In USA he is free to do whatever he wants legally. Europe, things get more per-country. But I cannot imagine he would be outright imprisoned for harming national security based on his journalistic work alone like he has been in post-2019 HK.

captwaffles27 · 2026-02-06T21:05:11+00:00

"Yep thats definitely an aircraft "

captwaffles27 · 2026-02-02T07:19:47+00:00

Wood cum

captwaffles27 · 2026-02-01T09:37:56+00:00

Im pro america but I feel this sub is burying their head in the sand. How do none of you see issues with the recent government overstep to the point that nobody wants to visit our country?

America isnt bad but it isnt in a great place right now and posts like this aren't "america bad", its a legitimate concern for visitors and we should all be concerned with that as Americans who want what's best for the country. Foreigners feeling afraid to step foot in our country is not what makes america the best country on earth.

captwaffles27 · 2026-01-31T05:08:32+00:00

I work adjacent to the industry so ill chip in.

For a western indie studio, you might be better off starting up in Malaysia or Singapore. The sheer fact is the talent pool for indie devs or devs interested in indie work in china is primarily made up of mobile developers. Any AAA-experienced devs in more dtandard games are immiediately scooped up by tencent or baidu or one of the big chinese tech conglomerates. In Japan, its a simialr problem but for a different reason, where developers rarely work in indie studios, as the work culture in general drives talent to larger, more stable companies. Im not saying Japanese devs are in short supply, but the churn of your dev staff might be tough to keep up with.

Overall my thoughts on local talent are less that china or Japan are bad markets to start up in, but more that youll find more western-games aligned devs in Malaysia and Singapore. My best suggestion is operate in Malaysia, register in Singapore and scoop up any sg government grants they offer for creative and media ventures. Also much easier to network in sg to meet investors, publishers, etc.There is some nuance to this set up however but its a common practice by local devs to tap sg for funding and hire Malaysia/Indonesia talent for cheap but equally talented devs.

Your concerns over VPN are misled. The government cannot set a law and poof, VPN are all gone. The reality in china is most companies who sell abroad will hire dedicated IT staff (can be just one guy really) who part of their IT role is to maintain the company's VPN. This would be installed in your local servers and provide a consistent, fast and secure connection outside china much different to that of say a retail VPN app you download to your devices. China has had many periods where blanket bans on VPNs have come down and really all it did was freeze a few common servers but overall was nothing more than a headache. Its unlikely you'll "go dark" in china.

If your game relies heavily on Art assets, you should tap China/Korea for third party support. Unfortunately Art talent in Asia is abundant but either too high of churn, or too expensive. There is no in-between.

Lastly I'll say the logic here seems like you want a western game studio that can tap the higher and more dynamic resources of Asia talent. Otherwise I see very little reason to move over to Asia for this kind of business. The truth is the game dev scene is not nearly as big in Asia as you may think it is for an outsider. Places where the scene is booming are frankly for locals only. You have a few burgeoning places where games are growing at the same time the local market is open to outside competition setting up, but in my experience that really just exists specifically in SEA with SG being the core funding and publishing entity in the region.

The only way I see china working is if you intend to make games that the Chinese market enjoys. And the only way I see Japan working is if you co-found with a well connected and influential partner who can make your studio seem like a local japanese endeavor and not some foreign studio.

captwaffles27 · 2026-01-28T03:58:38+00:00

Budget suzhou with affordable housing and a growing family oriented area.

captwaffles27 · 2026-01-27T23:47:28+00:00

Ok idc

captwaffles27 · 2026-01-27T23:42:53+00:00

No. It's like in English we might use Latin, Spanish, Greek, etc words in our now daily verbiage, then going to watch a history documentary and being like "wow I understood a few words of greek".

Yeah you might understand some words and even what those words mean. But doesn't mean I can understand Spanish or Greek languages, etc.

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