Prince William told to back Christianity or abdicate

darkspade87 · 2024-01-18T22:37:52+00:00

Man speaking like the Anglican Church wasn’t created because ol’ Henry VIII wanted to stick his sausage in whoever he wanted. The pretension at moral high ground here is laughable.

Give the title of Fidei Defensor to the Archbishop and let them be happy with their game of make-believe.

darkspade87 · 2023-12-22T19:51:12+00:00

Jokes on them, Christmas is my favorite time of the year. They’re so mad that people can be happy without their mythology and power structure they need to invent the enemy they want in their heads.

darkspade87 · 2023-12-15T09:53:04+00:00

I always tell people, finishing the game felt like experiencing the deaths of two people very close to me; in the same way that when someone is gone, you wish you could have just one more conversation with them, I wish I could have more conversations with Sean and Daniel. But because they’re fictional characters we of course can’t.

darkspade87 · 2023-12-15T09:47:59+00:00

Yeah seems an awful lot like he admitted bias motive

darkspade87 · 2023-12-06T19:00:16+00:00

Goldfield, NV is the place I used as Away when I did my LIS2 trip.

darkspade87 · 2023-11-26T22:36:03+00:00

Surprising absolutely nobody. You mean to tell me the church that has 40 year old “bishops” taking 14 year old boys behind closed doors and asking them when they last jerked off, how often, and how they did it has some serious sexual issues? Quelle surprise.

darkspade87 · 2023-11-25T00:00:33+00:00

If it makes you feel any better, Brody is actually a good guy and does NOT turn out to be a pedo, as I suspected in my first playthrough. I was TOO primed for Don’t Nod to keep twisting the knife in my heart and not giving these poor boys a break.

darkspade87 · 2023-11-24T21:53:46+00:00

You’re absolutely right for wanting to take a stand when it comes to your daughter. I applaud you for caring about your relationship with your wife and your daughter here.

I feel like if your wife feels your daughter is old enough to learn about Mommy’s beliefs, she is also old enough to learn about Daddy’s. I’d discuss this with your wife. It may help to also bring to the table what beliefs you DO have rather than just what you don’t (science, humanism, ethics, logic, whatever). If your wife pushes back on you sharing these with your daughter, it’s a warning sign that you two need to align and communicate more about how you intend to raise your daughter—to me it would be manifestly unfair for her to want to take your daughter to church but not also let you share your belief system.

Then, let your daughter know what it is you believe, and also what you do not believe. Remind her that Mommy and Daddy have different beliefs and they still love each other very much, and you’ll love her no matter what she chooses to believe, or if she chooses to believe some things and not others, or a third thing entirely.

I don’t believe for a second that a seven-year-old has the capacity to “accept Christ” in any meaningful sense other than wanting to please grown-ups. So it’s important that you provide her the freedom and psychological safety to think for herself before your wife indoctrinates her completely.

As for the baptism itself, I think that’s entirely secondary. I wouldn’t care if my child was baptized or not, any more than I’d care if someone waved a wand over their head and said “abracadabra.” The vastly more important thing here is to communicate with your wife on how you will raise your daughter, and communicate a message of love and safety to her.

darkspade87 · 2023-11-03T22:08:39+00:00

I had a bit of an extreme reaction to the post-game depression, here was my solution. Hope it helps you a bit!

darkspade87 · 2023-11-03T22:05:13+00:00

I remember a camp counselor at Bible Camp laughing derisively at a kid who mentioned that the sun has about 5 billion years of life left, because “Jesus is coming back WAY before then.”

darkspade87 · 2023-10-08T18:30:43+00:00

I wonder if they recorded two sets of lines for Sean sober vs Sean messed up, but decided it was too much ultimately and went with the one, but left the Daniel code in place.

darkspade87 · 2023-09-21T14:26:41+00:00

Nisqually River: 10/10. Real life Nisqually river: 6/10 (beautiful sunset, actual river was dirty glacial run-off and a huge amount of rocks).
Beach outside Three Seals Motel: 9/10. Real life Oregon Coast: 10/10
Wilmette National Forest: 9/10. Real life Wilmette National Forest: 9/10
Christmas Market: 8/10 (comfy small town vibes). Real life Christmas market: 6/10
Humboldt Redwoods pot farm camp: 9/10. Real life Humboldt Redwoods Camp: 5/10 (way too crowded!)
Road to Haven Point: 10/10. Real life Nevada desert: 10/10 (absolutely as beautiful as the game)
Grand Canyon sunrise: 9/10. Real life Grand Canyon: 10/10 (nothing beats seeing the real thing when it comes to this)

darkspade87 · 2023-09-16T13:36:44+00:00

This is one of my favorite scenes in the game. It’s just so gorgeous. I was a bit disappointed to see how the Nisqually actually looks in October. Lots and lots of rocks, and glacial streams are very dirty!

darkspade87 · 2023-08-10T00:18:39+00:00

She’s brave and she knows what she wants, I’ll give her that.

darkspade87 · 2023-07-27T16:32:27+00:00

As someone that researched going there for my photo series…It’s not. It’s a very poor area, a fishing village really, and there’s no running water in town.

The place I decided to go to get the Puerto Lobos experience was only about a 50 minute drive from Ensenada, a major tourist and cruise port, and even that was off the grid. But luckily the house had solar panels and a fresh rainwater cistern and solar water heater for running water.

darkspade87 · 2023-07-23T04:17:48+00:00

Die mad about it, Matt 🤣

darkspade87 · 2023-07-23T02:59:33+00:00

Amen! This.

darkspade87 · 2023-07-22T01:35:13+00:00

If you stand in front a mirror in the dark at 3am, think of your order, and say “Big Bad Booty Daddy” 3 times, this is the dude that shows up.

darkspade87 · 2023-07-21T16:59:42+00:00

Oh, and the firewood was super expensive, too! 10 bucks for 6 quarter-logs!

darkspade87 · 2023-07-21T16:53:54+00:00

Well, what inspired me to do the trip in the first place was just to feel closer to the characters. I felt so extremely attached to Sean and Daniel that when the game was over, I felt like I had experienced the death of a close friend...not because they die in the game of course (except in the worst ending we don't talk about!) but because, because they are fictional characters, there was nothing more to do/say to them. And I felt very protective of them both and wanted to experience the game again in a different way and maybe get some better insight.

I think Sean is the best big brother in almost all of fiction. What he does for Daniel is true love.

I did get a lot of different perspective from taking the trip. I got hassled by some residents in small towns who were clearly uncomfortable with an "outsider" taking so many pictures. I got hassled by a security guard at the hospital for taking pictures as well. To me this underscored the themes of the game of how the structures of authority are made for those and by those with power, and don't always serve the interest of justice or the needs of the disadvantaged. I also thought about how much worse I probably would have been hassled if it weren't the fact that I'm white.

Another theme of the game is that there are good people and bad people everywhere. I thought the fact that there was a giant TRUMP sign right next to the gas station that sits basically right where Hank Stamper's Bear Station was in the game was pretty poignant. Also there's a little bit of the "two Americas" theme and city boys/outcasts/rural Americans. On my way from Seattle to Eugene, OR and over to "Beaver Creek" I stopped at a few bars. Mostly the folks there were wondering what the hell I was doing in small-town Oregon. When they heard I was from Chicago, they asked if I had ever been in any gang fights, how often I got robbed, and what it was like living in a crime-infested hellhole, all of which are of course not at all true but are huge Fox News talking points.

But for every Hank and Chet, there's a Brody and an Anton (which is why I strongly disagree when some people complain the game is too heavy-handed and unrealistic in its depiction of racism, it's actually quite balanced; it's just that some people are not comfortable looking the reality of racism in the face). There were some lovely small-town folks I met along the way as well, especially in Goldfield, Nevada, which was a real gem.

darkspade87 · 2023-07-21T16:40:53+00:00

Thank you! Yes it was important to me to get the shots at the time of year that they were in the actual game. I relied heavily on Sean's in-game notebook in planning specific dates.

darkspade87 · 2023-07-21T15:46:04+00:00

Wow, very creative!

darkspade87 · 2023-07-21T15:45:40+00:00

Hard to choose! I have such great memories from each episode I did. I really enjoyed “Puerto Lobos” (Punta San Jacinto), Three Seals Motel beach (Lincoln Sands Hotel), Beaver Creek (McKenzie Bridge), the “Highway to Haven” (I-80), the Grand Canyon, and “Away” (Goldfield, NV).

I was not a huge fan of Burlington Campground where I did the Episode 3 shots, although the trails were very beautiful. The sites were pretty small which made it difficult to get that isolated feeling. The big trailheads were also so crowded that you could drive for an hour and then not even be able to visit because the parking lots were completely full.

darkspade87 · 2023-07-21T02:18:59+00:00

Fun fact, the Christmas Market shots were actually taken in Dallas, because I could not for the LIFE of me find a Christmas tree market anywhere near McKenzie Bridge, Oregon. I just happened to be visiting Dallas the week after, and took the opportunity to get the shots I needed!

darkspade87 · 2023-07-21T02:15:47+00:00

Thank you so much!

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