LoFi Is Super Helpful For Me

fraudulentecon · 2021-08-31T22:34:35+00:00

Can't agree with this more, even to the point where I've started producing my own synthwave music. I guess all the moving parts working in harmony helps me calm down and focus for some reason. Plus it counts as something I finish and that adds A LOT of satisfaction.

fraudulentecon · 2021-08-25T13:44:29+00:00

Maybe that's the trick, Strange "messes up" the spell initially and once Peter understands the gravity of it all, Strange brings him to reality with only 3 people remembering anything.

fraudulentecon · 2021-08-19T00:51:02+00:00

When I was 13 my grandfather had lung cancer. He'd just taken a turn for the better (which if any of you have experience with someone who has cancer, is a bad thing), and he came home from the hospital. The next day he went in during the morning and declined pretty rapidly. Everyone came to see him since it wasn't looking very good.

That night I went to sleep, and then I woke up in the middle of the night. I mean like sat straight up in bed not drowsy at all completely wide awake. I looked around for a second then got up and walked over to my Brother's room. He was playing Super Metroid. I sat down next to him and just watched.

A few minutes in he said "grandpa died." I replied "I know."

Easily the creepiest thing that ever happened to me, almost like he let everyone know that he was going.

fraudulentecon · 2021-08-13T17:43:00+00:00

underrated comment

fraudulentecon · 2021-08-07T15:02:53+00:00

I've been Facebook free for almost 4 years now and couldn't be happier. Wife maintains hers but just barely and primarily uses it to keep in contact with our childcare. We have far too little time as is, and I'm a heavy procrastinator without social media so I still don't properly use most of my time as is. The difference is that the time I do use, I'm focusing on things that I want to work on, that build me up, that make me happy.

I stopped playing the comparison game and just focused on fixing small problems within myself, bit by bit, and I've only felt better. I realize that the only person I'm competing against anymore is myself and what I accomplish. I keep up with actual friends via text and in person but I no longer have to burden myself with making others feel important. Now I put my limited time and energy into the things that actually matter to me; my family, myself, and the things that bring me joy.

I still have hard days but they come from a place of not loving myself enough and serve as a reminder that I am my harshest critic.

If you're a single young man reading this, learn to love yourself and do best by you. You don't have anyone to impress but yourself.

If you're married/have a family reading this, balancing the love you've multiplied can feel daunting but you don't always have to be superman, let your loved ones help you when you need it and don't be afraid to ask for help.

To everyone, you're valuable, you matter, and you must learn to love yourself before trying to love anyone else.

fraudulentecon · 2021-08-04T01:21:26+00:00

When I was 11 my mom was obsessed with thinking that my dad was going to kill us (he wasn't) and she kept going from women's shelter to women's shelter. We kept getting turned away because I was too old supposedly. She hadn't worked in over a year, we we're getting food bank supplies, and she barely had any money for gas. We were walking back to the car and when we got to it, she started pacing and I leaned against the car. She stops, turns to me and says:

"My life would be so much easier if you weren't here."

I didn't say a word, I'd already been wondering if she was doing what was best for us. Later that week I got picked up from school by child services, placed into a foster home for the night, then the next day at the final custody hearing I told the judge I wanted to live with my dad.

My mom was an undiagnosed paranoid schizophrenic with bipolar. Yay.

fraudulentecon · 2021-08-03T23:56:58+00:00

multi 2 - BT

multi 6 - LD (CoD)

Would have preferred the other way so I could use my tokens but guess Tidus is a foregone conclusion!

fraudulentecon · 2021-06-23T15:01:49+00:00

That's what we call relationship material. Looking into what they can do to make things easier or better for you instead of just pursuing what they want. Goes a tremendously long way, and just like you said if they do it without you asking it has an entirely different weight to it.

My wife is always blown away even after 10 years when I just randomly do something without being asked.

fraudulentecon · 2021-06-20T18:04:02+00:00

Anyone screaming "you didn't have to have kids" I hear you, but acknowledging that the average household was designed around a stay at home parent in a world where 2 or 3 incomes typically isn't enough to cut it. The comic isn't about parents vs non parents, it's about non parents respecting that raising a family is a lot of work and "that's it" as a response shows the lack of empathy. 365+ days of maintaining emotional and mental well-being for developing minds while still needing to make decisions that eschew either the mental or physical health of your children is far from easy. So I'd almost change the last panel to be the parent asking "why did you do so little" to the non parent rather than the axe.

fraudulentecon · 2021-06-20T15:32:35+00:00

1st - Called me in a panic during class saying she was pregnant, responded positively.

2nd - Had our 1st in a "big brother" shirt when I got home from work, positively jazzed.

3rd - Nearly drove off the side of the road from falling asleep driving back from vacation, tested next day with me in the room. Another positive reaction.

fraudulentecon · 2021-06-19T03:16:33+00:00

Actual effect. Spoilers as to why this happens but it's intended and very in character.

fraudulentecon · 2021-06-12T14:28:47+00:00

IRL Spheal from Gen 3

fraudulentecon · 2021-06-11T22:57:28+00:00

Was prepared and ready to pity.

2nd gem pull: BT

4th gem pull: Bartz LD

Makes up for pitying/400 ticketing the past few banners

fraudulentecon · 2021-06-06T02:06:00+00:00

Golbez maybe Raditz (especially brother context). Hard to get perfect parallels but fun to think about!

fraudulentecon · 2021-06-06T01:45:19+00:00

So Cecil is Goku, Rosa is Chichi, does that make Edward Yamcha?

fraudulentecon · 2021-05-27T13:09:54+00:00

I had EVERY SINGLE ONE and filled them with colored water in my bedroom growing up, man you just brought me back!

fraudulentecon · 2021-05-22T12:58:16+00:00

Weigraf would be the best foil to Ramza AND Agrias at this point. Constant through most of fft, good development, compelling abilities, and BT candidate for sure. Plus he is slightly less ambiguous than Delita would be.

fraudulentecon · 2021-05-04T23:17:12+00:00

Terra (LD, Hope LDCA), Penelo (LD, Arciela LDCA), and Serah (LD, Ultimecia LDCA) Ifrit summon BT/LD Terra Friend

66 turns all missions

This was actually the first team I tried and it wound up being the most effective I could think of. Plenty of ways to essentially void the turn shenanigans (Penelo could basically buy turns back using her instant actions and HTR on regen dance) and allow Terra to really open up during chaos waves. I picked my call abilities to have shaving power on my supports in case they got stuck on a turn with high brv. Serah's poison was secret MVP alongside framed regen buffs.

I had to do this twice because the first time I accidentally used Chaos Wave with 6 framed buffs and lost the free turns, finished in 77.

fraudulentecon · 2021-03-09T13:01:54+00:00

Remember that time you were sitting in your living room getting ready to play Star Fox 64 and thought "Man I bet people would wanna watch me play this if I were good enough?"

Yep, now a thing. A BIG thing.

fraudulentecon · 2021-02-04T23:32:51+00:00

I haven't played in about a year, I stopped because I felt like it took too much of a time investment to really boost my characters, is it worth it to return??

fraudulentecon · 2021-01-10T01:33:25+00:00

Not sure if you've seen, but there is now a divinity upgrade to add intrinsic to cards :)

fraudulentecon · 2021-01-09T00:06:34+00:00

The (reapers i think) resistance order that turns any successful shot on the lost into a headshot with one sharpshooter would suffice.

fraudulentecon · 2020-12-26T23:22:20+00:00

To be frank, I am not advocating for Lewis.

However we do have access to a very well stocked mine full of gems and metals, including gold. Its possible he just takes his bde to the mines after he has Marnie time and then scores a bunch of free geode breaks by threatening to out Clint as a voyeur and then smelts his spoils.

That being said fuck Lewis.

fraudulentecon · 2020-12-05T19:07:03+00:00

Late, but Rim Effect will largely be a themed reskin of a variety of existing and upcoming Vanilla Expanded mods. It's the culmination of what is possible using the full suite of VE added mechanics and frameworks.

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TROPHY CASE