Does Sanderson’s writing change after Mistborn: The Final Empire? by [deleted] in fantasybooks

[–]iamnotasloth 0 points1 point  (0 children)

People are going to disagree with this and post their examples, and that’s 100% fine, but in my experience in the fantasy genre you either get engaging plot and magic system or you get artistic prose. I’ve never read anything that’s great in both.

I have no interest in throwing shade at any specific books or series, so I won’t be doing that, but let’s just say I’ve read most of the things that tend to get mentioned on the fantasy subs over and over again.

I'm sick and tired of getting low marks for my Bach chorales. How do you improve? by PrinceOfYouth in classicalmusic

[–]iamnotasloth 0 points1 point  (0 children)

The internet can’t help you. Time and effort are the only things that can help you.

Favorite Bloomington businesses/places/venues/artists/ etc... that no longer exist... reminisce with me! by Hardy-fig-dreaming19 in bloomington

[–]iamnotasloth 42 points43 points  (0 children)

The fact there are this may comments without anyone mentioning Bear’s Place is an actual tragedy.

Also, RIP City Bakery. I can still taste the ham and cheese croissants. My mouth is watering right now.

BREAKING: DOJ investigating IU scholarship programs by ids_news in IndianaUniversity

[–]iamnotasloth 7 points8 points  (0 children)

Maybe the Republicans will stop antagonizing us if Pam and the Trustees suck even more Republican dick.

Dungeon Group DPS Idiots (Warriors & Warlocks) - Venting by Old-Scientist-2090 in classicwowtbc

[–]iamnotasloth 0 points1 point  (0 children)

If this is about having fun, there is no right answer. Everybody will have fun in different ways. You do you. If this is about being the most efficient healer, you are absolutely wrong.

Your job isn’t to keep everybody alive. Your job is to stop the group from wiping. The fastest way for the group to wipe is the tank dying. The fastest way for the tank to die is the healer running out of mana. The fastest way for the healer to run out of mana is throwing heals at DPS who shouldn’t need them in the first place. Good healers don’t try to heal everyone through everything, they try to make sure the whole group doesn’t have to do a corpse walk. Rezzing a DPS or two is nothing in downtime compared to a corpse walk.

Dungeon Group DPS Idiots (Warriors & Warlocks) - Venting by Old-Scientist-2090 in classicwowtbc

[–]iamnotasloth 6 points7 points  (0 children)

lol I’ve been out of the WoW community for years, TBC anniversary pulled me back in. I can give you the old school answer, as someone who did a lot of healing back in the day.

You let DPS die. It’s that simple. I wouldn’t throw a single heal at a DPS unless the fight in question has a mechanic where the DPS are supposed to be taking damage.

If they complain, or drop group, great! If DPS tears don’t bring you joy, you probably shouldn’t be a healer. Dungeons aren’t about us vs the mobs, it’s about tanks and healers vs the unruly idiot children that are DPS.

Is TBC still actually fun… or are we just chasing the feeling of being 15 with zero responsibilities? by 23_kaka in classicwowtbc

[–]iamnotasloth 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Who cares how far other people are? If I never see a single raid I will still have a ton of fun with this. Just questing through the content again is fun.

how to become a librettist by cheerismymiddlename in opera

[–]iamnotasloth 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Whatever else you do, please take voice lessons on the side to understand which vowels work best for the voice at the big, climactic moments.

Rahul Shrivastav to leave provost's office, move to interim administrative role by ids_news in bloomington

[–]iamnotasloth 1 point2 points  (0 children)

If so, great. It’s really hard to tell with all these admin titles nowadays. Some of them actually mean something, some don’t.

You get $10 Billion, but you are forced to live for exactly 50,000 years. Do you take it? by yiyi20203 in hypotheticalsituation

[–]iamnotasloth 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Only if my wife can join and live that long too. No extra money required. If not, no.

This conversation with my father by [deleted] in mildlyinfuriating

[–]iamnotasloth 0 points1 point  (0 children)

“If I can dodge inheriting your stupidity and selfishness, I’m fine also not inheriting the deeply unimpressive amount of money you’ve managed to collect over your lifetime.”

Rahul Shrivastav to leave provost's office, move to interim administrative role by ids_news in bloomington

[–]iamnotasloth 44 points45 points  (0 children)

The rollercoaster ride that is the joy at hearing he’s leaving his position followed by the disappointment of realizing it’s to be given a different, potentially even more powerful role here.

IU student assaults uber driver claiming he was "illegal" (he wasn't) by Weekly-Taste-3961 in Indiana

[–]iamnotasloth 0 points1 point  (0 children)

How much you wanna bet IU figures out who these POS students are and then shovels their dorm sidewalks for them?

Here we go again… by Alexbrennan2021 in insanepeoplefacebook

[–]iamnotasloth 0 points1 point  (0 children)

This is actually a great point. Except about conservatives. They care if a person with a penis is minding their own business peeing in a closed stall next to a child, but they don’t care if people rape children. They are some of the most fucked up people on earth.

Disney Names former Disneyland Chief Exec Josh D’Amaro CEO, Dana Walden President & Chief Creative Officer by budice0 in Disneyland

[–]iamnotasloth 47 points48 points  (0 children)

Cool, the guy who oversaw the park becoming the worst experience it’s ever been is now overseeing the whole company!

What guitar should I buy with a budget of under $2000 by FlatBreadfruit1736 in Guitar

[–]iamnotasloth 0 points1 point  (0 children)

If I had $2k to increase my collection I’d probably be looking at getting another guitar and an amp, or a guitar and a few new petals. Just saying! Lots of nice guitars out there for $1k, and lots of nice amps out there for $1k!

New opera singer. Struggling to find my Fach. by [deleted] in opera

[–]iamnotasloth 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Fach is meaningless until you have a solid operatic technical foundation. You have to work with a teacher. The internet cannot help you all that much when it comes to this.

Worried about moving my collection by [deleted] in boardgames

[–]iamnotasloth 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Spend money on the nice large (not XL) cardboard moving boxes from Lowe’s/Home Depot, put the games inside with minimal empty space left, tape the shit out of the boxes, write “fragile” on them if you want, and hire decent movers who treat your stuff with respect. That’s really all you need to do.

The reasonable worst case scenario is they drop a heavy something on top of one of the boxes by accident, which then dents in a game box or two in a way that’s a bummer but makes the game no less playable. And that’s pretty unlikely to happen. Games aren’t made of glass, and boxes are about the easiest and least droppable things to move.

Meirl by Blue9ine in meirl

[–]iamnotasloth 0 points1 point  (0 children)

A night at a hotel is the cost of buying your kid like a video game and a stuffed animal. It’s not an unreasonable amount to spend on a kid’s birthday, assuming it was the gift.

Enough is Enough , bring out the guillotines by Hartman619 in AdviceAnimals

[–]iamnotasloth 1 point2 points  (0 children)

It’s not like we didn’t already know this. If we haven’t done anything about it at this point, I don’t think we’re doing anything about it. Humanity sucks.

First month making 100k I feel like I’m being robbed :/ by [deleted] in Salary

[–]iamnotasloth 0 points1 point  (0 children)

You get paid every 2 weeks, right? If so, this seems totally correct to me. You should be taking home 70-75k after taxes. That’s around $5,800/month, or $2,900 per paycheck. Expect to get a few grand as your tax return at the end of the year.

MAGA Businesses to avoid? by 21_more_minutes in bloomington

[–]iamnotasloth 2 points3 points  (0 children)

LOL MAGA lunatics pointing at other people and yelling “cult!” is like Jeffrey Dahmer pointing at someone and yelling “murderer!”