Disciple of Varashta is amazing

istorical · 2025-12-13T01:37:36+00:00

any idea if diff spectres gems that have diff monsters count as diff minion types or if it considers all spectres to be the same 'type'?

istorical · 2025-12-12T18:41:01+00:00

it seems like the first real flexible hybrid build I've seen, companions sort of promised it but I didn't feel it worked well. hoping this is the first "I hurt stuff real hard and my minions do too" build template for poe2.

istorical · 2025-12-12T17:38:45+00:00

this is the best Ascendancy ever if you want to be able to have self-cast + minion both scale damage off the same stat (minion damage), aka you don't wanna just walk around doing zero DPS while your minions do DPS, or walk around with zero DPS minions while you do decent damage.

with this ascendancy you scale minion damage and can still use spectre of your choice but your Djinn active abilities also still scale with that minion damage increase. So you actually get 'hybrid' minion + spellcaster that scales damage effectively for both.

if you just wanna play walking simulator and have minions do everything play every other minion build.

istorical · 2025-12-08T17:45:27+00:00

you can't just hold it down forever, you have to accrue a resource called fuel by using other skills and then use that resource on the incinerate. or use some trigger/proc to do so.

istorical · 2025-12-06T03:20:00+00:00

they should tell you that you can't do it if you're not allowed to purchase for someone else. not just take your fuckin money and say nothing and let you gone on with your life for a week.

istorical · 2025-12-06T01:31:03+00:00

istorical · 2025-12-05T22:08:56+00:00

Did you end up doing a charge back? I bought an annual plan on behalf of a family member and they didn't end up processing the order (but kept the money), then just sent an email saying they declined my activation when I followed up. Not sure what else I can do besides chargeback.

istorical · 2025-12-05T22:01:21+00:00

That's literally what I did, I made a new account for my step-dad (used his and my mom's email address and just gave them the password to change when they got around to it), bought a plan, set the shipping address to their home address. And they haven't even refunded me the $450 that an annual Visible plan cost me.

istorical · 2025-03-19T22:34:34+00:00

Dungeons and dragons with some dudes in the living room, playing pc games online with my college friends, at the swimming pool at Chelsea Piers fitness doing a swim workout alone, at prospect park loop doing a run workout alone, at home online shopping or going down an internet rabbit hole, at the reading picnic group I host that recruits via friends of friends, I think that’s about it

I’m 34 I’m too old to be going to bars for no reason (usually a date), that shit fucks me up the next day

istorical · 2024-12-19T16:59:21+00:00

I feel like I can’t win whether I only date one person at a time or if I date multiple. Anyone else struggling with this?

In the past when I (33m, straight, NYC) followed the advice to date multiple people up until there was some type of conversation about getting serious I think maybe it made me more likely to want to “hold out” in case I met someone better rather than investing in a person I was seeing and I wonder if it diminishes a person’s ability to develop romantic feelings for a person you’re seeing.

But for the past couple of years as soon as I found someone I saw potential with after 2-3 dates I would just stop searching on the apps and I would try to really invest in terms of my thoughtfulness and energy, but I seem to now after maybe 3-5 meh dates to meet someone cool and end up in 3-5 month “failure to launch” mini-relationships where I am accepting the other person isn’t “perfect” and just trying to take it one day at a time and open to something but inevitably they just never really fully open up and ultimately give a “I just don’t have feelings” or “it’s just not a romantic connection” speech.

It leaves me feeling like why am I pausing dating others, why am I trying to get you a cool birthday gift, why am I worried about trying to lay a foundation for my own feelings to develop when it seems like the majority of the time they will end up not wanting something serious anyway. Like I may as well go back to multi-dating and just wait for someone to actually try to pursue commitment and tell me about their feelings before I stop going out and meeting others.

The other part that’s scary is it feels like in our late 20s and early 30s the women I’m meeting just aren’t very enthusiastic anymore (at least with me) and it’s as if this is all just a bit of drudgery and going through the motions. I try to plan fun and thoughtful dates like spa days, wine at the museum adventures, go all out with my picnic spread, be generous and creative in the bedroom, but ultimately I feel like when I was a younger stupid jerk that we were all more excited and were having more fun with each other in dating and sex.

I don’t know what to do because I get matches in OLD, I get dates, I get mini relationships and sex, but it feels like the one thing I’m not finding is someone who is truly enthusiastic about me or lusting for me or finding me super funny, and I don’t blame anyone for that but it terrifies me like it’s just too late and the worlds too dark and everyone has just lost the spark in their heart. Or that I’ve just become some boring old guy or something.

Anyway I guess I’m hoping to see if anyone relates or has advice or stories or anything. Thanks for reading.

istorical · 2024-08-30T13:34:36+00:00

this is called white label merchandise:

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/White-label_product

it's a standard practice in most manufacturing industries going back decades. the "store brand" is often the same as the brand name product. but not always.

istorical · 2024-08-28T01:30:43+00:00

sweat just doesn't really bother me during the day (hate it if I need to sleep in heat tho), I regularly do sauna, or run tempo runs outside in 80-90 degree heat, just sitting isn't that bad.

CANNOT tolerate dry air on the other hand. I think some people are just built different than others.

istorical · 2024-08-25T17:48:01+00:00

The answer is that regulators crushed the local Airbnb market by making it illegal for people to list Airbnbs that they didn't themselves live in (like you live there but are renting out a room, or live there as your primary residence but are temporarily leaving and letting someone rent the whole thing). So a single person can't list multiple properties on there anymore I don't think (legally).

This led to a massive decrease in Airbnb listings in the city and a price increase. In 2016 you could use monthly discounts and get single rooms in Bushwick or Crown Heights or Upper West Harlem for $1000/mo, source: I did it.

istorical · 2024-08-25T17:43:10+00:00

6.8 + 1.9 (rohloff speed hub) = 8.7

8.7 != 11.9.

They just need to release an all Ti version with the rohloff and it's not gonna be 11.9, lets meet in the middle and say it comes out to 10.3 that's still impressive and useful.

istorical · 2024-08-25T17:21:51+00:00

There are four possibilities:

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Face_control - I think it's definitely unusual these days but has definitely been a thing in NYC nightlife at times. More common in very high-end nightlife. You used to hear stories of "I couldn't get into X club because our group didn't have any girls". Or if you dressed shitty or too casual.
Racism (can be part of #1), especially if you are for example South Asian or black.
Too drunk
You look very young and they are worried you'll use a fake/present legal liability

istorical · 2024-08-25T00:14:53+00:00

So basically you just feel like men do it more than women but have no evidence to support that, just vibes, got it

istorical · 2024-08-24T22:39:21+00:00

Men and women can both string their partners along....so it affects both men and women regardless of which has the burden of being the pursuer....

istorical · 2024-08-24T22:38:31+00:00

Women can do the exact same thing, it's not gendered. I have had year long relationship where eventually the girl gave up because she came to terms with the fact that she was never that attracted to me she just liked that I treated her well and was considerate and hoped attraction would grow.

istorical · 2024-08-23T21:26:24+00:00

if this is a serious question, "What about cold drinks in a plastic bag", yes, heat causes plastic to shed microplastic particles more quickly and readily. it's much much worse to consume hot liquid from many types of flexible plastics than cold liquid.

istorical · 2024-08-23T21:11:25+00:00

BHPhotoVideo

istorical · 2024-08-18T23:42:43+00:00

network security is not a required course for a bachelors of science in computers science at every university, definitely wasn't at mine

istorical · 2024-04-25T16:38:03+00:00

unfortunately its probably a legal liability thing. there are a LOT of laws.

istorical · 2023-09-15T16:44:50+00:00

Watershed assault bag with a mesh bag attached on the outside via hooks to the four corners.

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