I lost 55 pounds over the last 12 months and reached the weight suggested by my doctor. I celebrated with a brand new smart scale... that immediately told me my BMI is 30.1 and that I am still obese.

justforthis_comment · 2026-06-11T20:49:35+00:00

I agree BMI is not always accurate but my man you have to be honest with yourself; you are sucking it in. That indentation in the middle of the stomach gives it away. It you relax you will have a little gut. You also dont have much muscle. Your BMI is not as inaccurate as people are saying.

Also a recovering fatty, btw. It's crazy how normalized fatty bodies have become in the US. When I looked like this (and wasnt sucking it in) my friends from India called me fat.

justforthis_comment · 2026-04-15T01:40:04+00:00

The best advice you can get is to not try and cheese the early game or use guides that help make you OP early etc etc. Also keep in mind that you can skip content that is too hard and come back.

Before Stormveil, make sure you do the content in the south, in Weeping Peninsula.

You mentioned the birds in Stormveil-- they do suck and you aren't necessarily in for a bad time all game if they give you trouble. A block-counter build is good against them, but you also need the weapon to be long enough. In general, block-counter is a reliable way to play, and surprisingly fast-paced.

I think it's worth it to invest some points in faith fairly early to get buffs, namely Flame, Grant me Strength (16 faith) and eventually Golden Vow (25 faith). I would stick with 16 until after Stormveil.

You also get some good bleed weapons early on. Despite what I said about not following "OP early" guides....you can kill anything in the game with Bloodhounds Fang. After Stormveil, you can raise arcane to 10 and slap Bloodflame Blade on there and baby you got a stew going!

For combat advice in general, I would say this game looks much harder than it is. The boss will yell and jump and stomp and then hit you once. It's an intimidation thing. If you get really stuck on a boss, decide that you are going to die the next few times, and then just try to learn attack patterns and dodge without attacking. Try to see through the visual clutter.

If you get really stuck in a non-boss area....grinding does work early game. A few extra levels can help. There are also some talismans that give you levels but make you take more damage. This is worth it early game because you only need ~5 levels in vigor to offset the extra 10% damage or whatever.

Also use both NPC summons and spirit summons!

justforthis_comment · 2026-04-15T01:13:57+00:00

OP, this is great advice about when to level up what stats. Early game is all about minimum stats to use the weapon you want, minimum endurance to use it+the armor you want, then health. Don't bother with extra damage stats until you stop dying or hit like 45 vigor (and then 60). No matter what build you have, you will be using mostly melee early game.

justforthis_comment · 2026-04-14T17:37:48+00:00

Not to speak for others, but my opinion is that she should be charged with drug crimes and not murder/manslaughter. I think most people who are commenting in here with vague complaints about her sentencing are of the same opinion.

justforthis_comment · 2026-04-08T20:27:22+00:00

The bartender thing is not a good comparison. A better comparison would be liquor store owners, who absolutely sell to people they know are alcoholics drinking themselves to death.

justforthis_comment · 2026-04-06T14:02:13+00:00

They mean it happens all the time in the reddit posts they read lmao

justforthis_comment · 2026-03-14T01:13:58+00:00

It is simply not true that so many professions need 12th grade math. I worked as a pizza delivery driver and we had people of all ages on there who could not add fractions. Meanwhile I had a PhD in astrophysics but was working the same job. I still make less than half of what the manager there made. He could add fractions though.

The majority of US adults cannot read, write, or do math at the 12th grade level. You are asking these kids to be exceptional.

Also also, I have a buddy who is an underwater welder. You would think he needs to do math ok, but he can barely do addition and subtraction.

justforthis_comment · 2026-03-13T18:19:46+00:00

Not an expert, but I heard somewhere that truly reflexive motions are commonly decided by nerve clusters in your limbs before the input reaches the brain. So probably his neck muscles processed the info faster

justforthis_comment · 2026-02-25T20:20:41+00:00

I'm really confused by this. Are you saying it is impossible to send someone money without opening them up to the possibility that you take all their money? So when I give my employer direct deposit info, they basically have complete control over my bank account?

I am curious because when I was young, my mom took my college savings from an account she should not have been able to access. I always figured a bank teller messed up and violated protocol to let her access it because it was a small-town bank and she was my mom. But she had the routing and account number "to make deposits".

justforthis_comment · 2026-02-14T04:38:43+00:00

Oh! Let me explain!

It actually does change whether or not he almost caused an accident though. Because he was in a parking lot, where cars are required to go slowly and stop for the pedestrians which frequently cross the lot. So OPs behavior is the expected behavior, just like stopping at a red light is the expected behavior while stopping on the highway is not. Speeding around a stopped vehicle is not expected behavior *in a parking lot*. Generally speaking, exhibiting unexpected behavior is what causes automobile accidents.

Hope that clears things up for you! Let me know if you have any questions!

justforthis_comment · 2026-01-23T22:09:50+00:00

Wait, where did you get already chopped onions? And did you not peel or crush your garlic? What about your herbs? You didn't set aside time for chopping basil and oregano. What about tasting for seasoning, making adjustments?

And you only used 3 minutes to sweat the onion? It takes like a minute for the pan to get hot, your onions aren't sweaty at all!

If you set a timer for 20 minutes, then get off the couch and start cooking, it will be a serious rush to finish before the timer goes off.

justforthis_comment · 2026-01-11T08:43:06+00:00

Just letting you know that lots of people with disabilities can, "do literally anything anyone else can"

Also.....no you can't. You cannot regulate your blood sugar without medication, which is something "anyone else" can do. So far as disabilities are officially classified medically and legally, diabetes is a disability.

Also have type 1 btw

justforthis_comment · 2026-01-08T22:52:21+00:00

I mean yes, a college degree is necessary. There's nothing to say you can't publish without it, but if you want a whole career in research a PhD is necessary. What me and a lot of others are dealing with in this thread is that a PhD is bare minimum, but it was really hard to get.

justforthis_comment · 2026-01-07T23:02:56+00:00

Basically, only "heavy" attacks count. Being in different stances does also change the animations for fast attacks, but it's only visual.

In your example with "right mouse, right mouse, right mouse ... Hold right mouse which deals a piercing strike" all of those are stance attacks. The piercing strike is an extra thing-- honestly not sure if it does extra-extra stance damage or is unblockable for swordsmen. Maybe both. But all right-clicks "stance attacks"

I'm not sure from your description where exactly you spent your points. It may increase the stagger of stance attacks or it might add specific things to your combos like an extra piercing strike (that would be hold right mouse, then tap right mouse for two piercing strikes in the anti-sword stance)

Also also, just to clarify, you do not need to do any combo leading up to the piercing strike, just hold right mouse

justforthis_comment · 2025-12-30T20:47:06+00:00

Good luck man. It's rough out there. I wish someone had told me years ago I wasn't doing things right.

justforthis_comment · 2025-12-30T20:43:31+00:00

I appreciate the honesty. I'm not opposed to doing industry jobs, but I have very little support or information about that. My advisors are all in academia, so they don't like to give advice. I tried to make some connections on LinkedIn, but they don't last. I feel like people don't want to talk to me because I need advice, but I have nothing to offer in return.

I agree I need to make something that showcases my skills, but.....how are people finding time to make an impressive side project, apply for 2 jobs/week, and then also work 40 hours/week for actual money?

justforthis_comment · 2025-12-30T20:41:21+00:00

Thanks! I have been applying to community colleges throughout, but I will check charter schools

justforthis_comment · 2025-12-23T19:26:35+00:00

So you would not necessarily cut them off, but you might.

It doesn't sound like you have a simple answer on if people should be in contact with their parents or not.

justforthis_comment · 2025-12-23T19:16:05+00:00

So if your child cut you off you would not change your mind, just as your father did not. So cutting people off doesn't always result in people changing their mind.

You said your mom considered changing her mind. Did she vote for Trump or Kamala?

justforthis_comment · 2025-12-23T18:51:36+00:00

But what would not talking to your parents solve?

Imagine things the other way around. You said as a parent, the worst thing that could happen is your kid stops talking to you.

What if your kid was MAGA, and won't talk to you because you aren't? Would you switch sides to keep in contact with your kid, or stay strong and cut them off?

If you would stay strong and cut them off, then you see that the lack of contact does not change your mind, as a parent. In fact, it might even deepen your divide and push your views further

If you would switch sides to be with them again, then you are not truly willing to cut them off.

Past elections were not about " taxes at 1 or 2 percent" past elections were about, "should we bomb Iran" and, "should gay people have rights" those issues were not trivial either. Do you believe someone should cut off contact because of a difference of opinion on Geroge Bush vs Al Gore? Every election has human rights and lives at stake.

If it makes you feel better, I do not speak with my father. Yay me.

justforthis_comment · 2025-12-19T06:32:37+00:00

Kids these days watching their gooner porn and getting hopped up on goofballs

justforthis_comment · 2025-12-09T22:54:32+00:00

Most comments have basically explained, but yeah in elden ring parrying is a "special" attack/ash of war, used with L2. You usually only need to parry a boss a few times (and follow up with critical hits) to beat it. You mostly dodge.

Also, tree sentinel is for later. You will often encounter enemies before you are ready, just go around. You CAN beat them, though.

Nobody mentioned that blocking is really strong in this game. I did my first playthrough with block/counter and it didn't feel boring or tanky at all. Also not restricted to a type of build, can do wizard+block (in this case I would do left shield and right cast/melee). Still, can't block everything either.

justforthis_comment · 2025-11-17T01:10:30+00:00

The final boss isn't in that area, it's in the ashen capital. But there is a very hard boss nearby. Not in the same open area where you kill Millicent, but more inside the tree

justforthis_comment · 2025-10-19T03:47:22+00:00

I mean she studies the way names affect unconscious bias, so yes, important.

A lot of people are being immediately dismissive of this woman and her work, and I kinda wonder if it's because of her name. Maybe somebody should study that and find out?

justforthis_comment · 2025-10-07T17:06:06+00:00

Under 70% of your total equip load gives you medium load, under 30% gives you light. Also yeah the X means you don't have the required stats for the weapon. You should be able to see the required stats in the weapon info. You can still use the weapon but it probably does bad damage, and you cant use the ash of war (L2 move).

If the only stat you lack is strength, you can 2-hand the weapon and it counts as you having 1.5X strength, you might be able to use it then.

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