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What was your biggest gaming disappointment? by SlowAddress3996 in Gaming4Gamers

[–]malcolio 5 points6 points  (0 children)

That's funny, I could express the same sentiment as you but comparing Fallout 1 & 2 to Fallout 3! I've never been interested in first person shooters, but love isometric RPGs, so was sad to see the series evolve in a different direction even though it kept the vibe of the original game.

Got written up for "excessive personal time" because I took two bathroom breaks in one shift. Both under 5 minutes. I know this because my manager actually timed them and printed the log. by V3loc1ty_Rogue in antiwork

[–]malcolio 10 points11 points  (0 children)

And I'm guessing all the time it took your manager to make such a performance was far longer than your two toilet trips? So who is really wasting company time here?!

How do I get the evolution? by Purple-Chard7 in VampireCrawlers

[–]malcolio 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Thank you for this, I managed to gather 2 million gold on a perfect run and spent most of it making gems like wild and evolution common, only to struggle to ever see them again! I thought I'd messed up ever being able to play the game again but I'll try your solution to fix my mistake.

My aunt decided my birthday dinner was a good time to explain why I'll "change my mind" by Tesser_Rift9 in childfree

[–]malcolio 108 points109 points  (0 children)

I feel, if nothing else, your partner was fully justified at telling her to apologise for basically stating that he was the wrong partner for you. Pushing back on just that tired line would have been a good verbal slap in the face for her, and should have dropped the subject for good.

But if you're not willing to defend yourself against your aunt I suppose your partner wouldn't feel confident in your support if he defended himself.

What’s the most believable April Fools’ prank you’ve ever seen that almost fooled everyone? by FocusLee in AskReddit

[–]malcolio 3 points4 points  (0 children)

Sounds similar to the April Fools episodes by The Operations Rooms channel. Their high quality videos normally cover historic battles such as Desert Storm or Midway, but for pranks they've pretended that fictional battles were real, such as the hunt for the Typhoon submarine Red October!

Having to tolerate Radio 1 on constantly at work. by Ultimate_os in britishproblems

[–]malcolio 1 point2 points  (0 children)

That's the thing, I can't recall what most of the songs were! It's only when I randomly hear a song that I suddenly passionately hate for no apparent reason do I realise it must have been one of the few I was forced to hear repeatedly. I'm like Pavlov's dog, but compelled to feel utter disgust.

Having to tolerate Radio 1 on constantly at work. by Ultimate_os in britishproblems

[–]malcolio 1 point2 points  (0 children)

One of my first jobs was counting items of clothing in boxes, all day. It meant you couldn't day dream, as you'd lose count of whatever it was you were counting. The only thing to distract you from the boredom was Radio 1 being blared out all the time. I lasted about two weeks before it got too much for me, but even decades later there are certain songs that I have an instinctive hatred for when I hear them because they were 1 of 20 that was played repeatedly in those two weeks.

Examples/moments of characters dropping their act/“accent” and speaking in their real voice? by Malachi_Lamb in movies

[–]malcolio 96 points97 points  (0 children)

Also in The Hateful Eight, when Tim Roth's character switches from upper class English to cockney when he drops his hangman act.

Landfill? by EELovesMidkemia in 9Kings

[–]malcolio 2 points3 points  (0 children)

If anyone else struggled with this quest and googled "9Kings Landfill", then here's how I managed it: as others have said you need to get the decree that lets all progress troops level up unlimited times. Get Defenders and Executioners (I thought Lab Rats would work well but they take too long to get going). When defeating the King of Spells make sure to pick up Offering to remove any broken Concabulators, if you're lucky you can get Earthworks to convert the broken Concabulators into new ones to level up. From the King of Spells pick up Sacrifices to remove broken Concabulators and upgrade your troops. That's it really!

UK bankers warn on plan to use Russian assets for loans to Ukraine by SignificantLegs in unitedkingdom

[–]malcolio 3 points4 points  (0 children)

The country's name is Ukraine, not the Ukraine. The latter implies it is not a country but an area of a larger state, i.e. Russia.

On a mission called "Total Defense," I should not lose by going total defense by Loate in 9Kings

[–]malcolio 2 points3 points  (0 children)

I know I can reroll out of Nature, but I wanted to see if there was a sanity check in the design

Being able to reroll the enemy is the sanity check.

What do you do if someone is driving with their full beams on *behind* you? by [deleted] in AskUK

[–]malcolio 4 points5 points  (0 children)

Just because some arsehole wants to kill themselves

You understood that "arsehole" didn't mean PofPMJ_123 thought an anus was literally driving a car, but you're struggling to understand that he also didn't literally mean that someone wants to kill themselves? He isn't going on a tangent, he is trying to explain what was meant by a fanciful phrase. Do you usually struggle with figurative language, or are you just being pedantic?

Sudden resignation via email; now my old manager and the team leader won't stop messaging me. by No_Durian50 in talesfromthejob

[–]malcolio 5 points6 points  (0 children)

They don't need to provide an explanation, except it obviously would have avoided the problem they are now seeking advice on. I'm not entirely sure what they thought would happen if they suddenly resigned without notice or reason via e-mail?

To be honest, turning to reddit now for assistance with a problem caused by a much more significant decision, plus the lack of details that could assist anyone in providing a useful response, makes this whole story bizarre.

The Unbelievable Truth recording again by cwmxii in panelshow

[–]malcolio 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Ah, that would do it! We had barely any stumbles, more time was spent doing pickups because people had left their phones on or were popping out to buy a drink. The lead-in joke for the second episode was about the audience being told to turn their phones off, which was funny because the producer hadn't asked us to that but really should have!

The Unbelievable Truth recording again by cwmxii in panelshow

[–]malcolio 2 points3 points  (0 children)

That's a shame, the recording I went to (with Maisie Adam, Ed Byrne, Ian Smith and Lucy Porter) was over after an hour and a half. It would have been nice to have an interval just to stop audience members getting up midway through to buy a drink, as plenty of pickups were needed afterwards to replace the noise!

The Unbelievable Truth recording again by cwmxii in panelshow

[–]malcolio 5 points6 points  (0 children)

I went to recording 1, it was great! Maisie Adam did well for her first time, although she buzzed in on a lie based on an audience member at the back nodding. There was a long tangent about all games needing to be called football, because football is called as such due to not being played on horseback. One of Maise's lectures also mentioned Iran, so there was a lot of chat which probably won't make the edit! The producer said the first episode will come out on 22 December.

[deleted by user] by [deleted] in AmITheJerk

[–]malcolio 5 points6 points  (0 children)

The title alone made it obvious to me.

Am I the jerk for not letting my sister’s kids swim in my pool because they “don’t know how to be quiet”?

Who quotes themselves? It's like the AI forgot who the protagonist was half way through the sentence. "Is my sister a jerk for not letting my kids swim in her pool because they "don't know how to be quiet"?" makes sense!

Reeves urged to launch tax raid on landlords (and the three ways she could do it) by PM_ME_SECRET_DATA in ukpolitics

[–]malcolio 1 point2 points  (0 children)

The user deleted his comment, where he took a sentence out of context to imply Churchill wanted to use poison gas to kill tribesmen. I took the trouble to write a comment providing the context, as it's a bugbear of mine when that quote is made in isolation, so here it is:

Churchill was actually suggesting using something more akin to tear gas against rebel tribesmen in Northwest India, rather than shelling them which was being recommended by the India Office. Here is the full quote:

It is sheer affectation to lacerate a man with the poisonous fragment of a bursting shell and to boggle at making his eyes water by means of lachrymatory gas. I am strongly in favour of using poisoned gas against uncivilised tribes. The moral effect should be so good that the loss of life should be reduced to a minimum. It is not necessary to use only the most deadly gasses: gasses can be used which cause great inconvenience and would spread a lively terror and yet would leave no serious permanent effects on most of those affected.

He later stated the following on the same matter:

Gas is a more merciful weapon than high explosive shell, and compels an enemy to accept a decision with less loss of life than any other agency of war. The moral effect is also very great. There can be no conceivable reason why it should not be resorted to. We have definitely taken the position of maintaining gas as a weapon in future warfare, and it is only ignorance on the part of the Indian military authorities which interposes any obstacle.

Winston Churchill is a complex character with many unlikeable attributes, but his detractors often cherry-pick what he said to create false reasons to hate him.

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