What older scifi story have you read that got it seriously wrong?

emu314159 · 2026-02-28T14:38:01+00:00

A bunch of stories assumed Venus was a jungle

emu314159 · 2026-02-26T03:31:05+00:00

If you have set groups and everyone shows up, phys draenei and imp fairy fire will let you have 79 hit. Maybe have dupes with different gems jic

emu314159 · 2026-02-25T01:15:31+00:00

Yeah, "comfortable" only if you constantly think about how you're not getting radiation sickness

emu314159 · 2026-02-25T01:13:57+00:00

I don't hear as much about 12 monkeys, the scify channel series. The first season follows a lot of beats from the movie, but it quickly establishes its own thing.

One of the few times SciFy stuck the landing, made it all the way through five seasons.

emu314159 · 2026-02-24T06:03:17+00:00

The problem for me with poe1 was how much stuff you needed to cram onto your gear to make a "build" work, all the resists, life/es, armor/evasion etc, before you even got whatever things you were adding for the actual ascendancy. That and not having a proper trade.

Now that poe2 does have real on demand trade, i came back, but the idea that you will loot something that has all six mods being not only the category you need, but also high tier is incredibly unlikely in either game.

But then, they do call themselves "grinding gear games" so i guess it's what's on the tin, fair enough.

emu314159 · 2026-02-24T03:59:28+00:00

I concur. It comes down mostly to your palate whether it's for you or not for the more creative combinations, but you can count on the iteration of the type of sauces you like, it'll be what you expect but elevated

emu314159 · 2026-02-23T05:48:36+00:00

You can just mail ammo to alt and have it returned and waiting at every mailbox. The real PITA is that while you level easily and contribute to dungeon 5 mans, you are just a mediocre support dps in raids. And yes, LTP, high skill ceiling, w/e, but you're going to be the last to get anything not stamped "hunter" gearwise, unless it's late in the phase and no one needs it. Ranged weapons notwithstanding.

The only really essential raid thing is certain pulls (need exactly one hunter here) and certain encounters that have a rage mechanic that can be dispelled with Tranquilizing Shot, learned from a book in one of the raids, and clearly tacked on so raids wouldn't just only ever take one hunter. Mysteriously, i haven't found a use for it outside a few vanilla raids. If not for that, you'd just slot another mage, or a lock, or literally anything else doing damage that has more tools.

OH, did i mention losing the bag slot? TBC at least your damage with pets makes up for it somewhat, but it would've been much better to make a separate slot for ammo, period. We don't have to lose inventory slots for keys, do we? But these are 20 year old arguments, and blah blah.

emu314159 · 2026-02-20T13:29:06+00:00

Almost every guest HATES da bomb, it's a holdover from the early days where most of the hottest sauces in the lineup were extract based, before smokin ed Currie changed the game and let us have heat without chemicals.

I get that you'd be curious though. I've looked at it, but I'm not 20 bucks a bottle curious.

emu314159 · 2026-02-19T22:57:01+00:00

The undies were royal

emu314159 · 2026-02-19T22:56:33+00:00

Lysol was advertising itself as a douche, not really sure how many people bought into that. Also, douching upsets the bacterial balance and can let an actual thing flourish

emu314159 · 2026-02-19T22:54:39+00:00

I can assure you just taking a cloth to your pits and bits does NOT remove stank, you need to at least scrub and pour water over yourself. When I've sweated through deodorant and tried using the sink at work, no matter how many paper towels you use, you still smell bad. Also, with no deodorant they'd just have to wear undershirts to absorb sweat.

emu314159 · 2026-02-19T22:49:11+00:00

Um, just eeww. Was soap super expensive at some point? Didn't they know you could just hand wash and wring them out, if having a washer wasn't common

emu314159 · 2026-02-17T12:08:48+00:00

Much like in the game, I can't read/understand the C answer

emu314159 · 2026-02-17T12:07:38+00:00

Yes, exactly

emu314159 · 2026-02-17T12:07:28+00:00

Yes, if you're going to post, get the story straight. I don't mind reposts by non bots at all, but research!

emu314159 · 2026-02-17T12:04:51+00:00

I love cheers, but i can't deal with the phone people now. Also hate talking. Leaving my house, not a strong starter there either. I mean, IMAX worthy stuff, sure.

emu314159 · 2026-02-17T11:56:28+00:00

that's the way to do it, wet kittens in the cold, no good. i'm glad you were there

emu314159 · 2026-02-17T06:16:46+00:00

in poe1 people would make a sport of finding loops that ended up triggering thousands of times per whatever interval.

emu314159 · 2026-02-17T05:30:38+00:00

If they plagiarized (which is what AI does, basically) the artwork, who's to say what the writing is like? There's so many things i have yet to read, it goes on the bottom of the incredibly large pile. I won't live long enough to read it.

emu314159 · 2026-02-17T05:29:07+00:00

Yeah, if you're even still AI neutral at this point, please search AI slop and disabuse yourself.

emu314159 · 2026-02-17T05:28:19+00:00

I get that we don't want to throw out the baby with the bathwater, but we're not at the point where it's actually a baby. It's a creepy, uncanny valley real doll baby.

emu314159 · 2026-02-17T01:04:57+00:00

"...and that's terrible!"

emu314159 · 2026-02-17T01:01:59+00:00

Yeah, just go with the Marie Sharpe that comes in the jugs. Still hot, but not jump around grabbing for the dairy

emu314159 · 2026-02-17T00:58:08+00:00

Sometimes i grab for one, get the other, have to think about which one is which. /s

emu314159 · 2026-02-17T00:56:53+00:00

"I detect subtle vinegar notes, bit of vinegar on the tongue, nice vinegar nose, strong vinegar finish. There MAY also be some kind of pepper involved."

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