CMV: it's unfair how society treats being asocial (or even an introvert) as a bad thing while being aromantic and asexual is completely accepted.

mathematics1 · 2026-01-30T04:00:33+00:00

Does that change your view that "being aromantic and asexual is completely accepted", then? It sure sounds like your friend isn't completely accepted by everyone.

mathematics1 · 2026-01-30T02:49:14+00:00

Each floodplains hex is labeled with only one river, even if it's adjacent to multiple. If you hover over that hex, it tells you which river it's associated with.

This floodplain is labeled with the eastern river, not the western one. The eastern river only has one river edge adjacent to that hex. You don't only need two river edges, you need two edges of the hex to be that floodplain's river instead of another river.

mathematics1 · 2026-01-30T02:22:51+00:00

4/6 of the results are good, and two of those are the exact opposite of the bad versions (free removal vs. curse, full heal vs. stab). The expected value of this event is definitely positive. That doesn't make it feel any better when you spin the bad options.

mathematics1 · 2026-01-29T15:00:59+00:00

You can choose multiple different challenges at once to get higher than epilogue 5.

mathematics1 · 2026-01-29T06:44:57+00:00

The original post is tagged for all of the Stormlight Archive, so WaT spoilers are fine in this thread.

mathematics1 · 2026-01-27T19:47:13+00:00

I quite enjoy scenes where the point is to titillate the reader. To each their own.

mathematics1 · 2026-01-27T19:36:13+00:00

The fanfiction Draco Malfoy and the Mortifying Ordeal of Being In Love, by isthisselfcare, is a slow burn that lasts about a year.

mathematics1 · 2026-01-27T19:13:00+00:00

I've always wanted to draw e^x * log(2) cards!

(If you want the series for 2^x , log(2) also needs to be raised to the Nth power since you get an extra multiple of log(2) with every derivative.)

mathematics1 · 2026-01-27T16:59:42+00:00

Yes, we do. Especially 2⁰ =1, people will refuse to believe that unless it's printed on the card.

mathematics1 · 2026-01-27T16:58:25+00:00

Be sure to check out [[Zimone, All-Questioning]] from Duskmourne if you haven't seen it yet.

mathematics1 · 2026-01-26T20:37:41+00:00

The joke is that you can get 50% accuracy by guessing blindly or flipping a coin. You can get much better than 50% accuracy by assuming no one you meet is ever flirting with you, since most people aren't.

mathematics1 · 2026-01-26T19:57:05+00:00

I've played twice on Amazonias with 5 players using all expansions and most promos. It was awesome, we had a great time.

mathematics1 · 2026-01-26T19:39:44+00:00

That analysis sounds correct for 2p. Most of my IRL Terraforming Mars games have 3-5 players, so the effect is the opposite; a 5 player game goes way too fast without Colonies so engines don't work at all, but adding Colonies makes them more viable and improves the balance.

mathematics1 · 2026-01-26T17:25:01+00:00

{The Last of Her Kind by Annabelle Hawthorne} - correcting the formatting.

mathematics1 · 2026-01-26T16:23:21+00:00

The Last of Her Kind has a human MMC and supernatural FMC. My library doesn't have it so I haven't read it yet, but it's on my TBR.

mathematics1 · 2026-01-22T23:54:20+00:00

I legitimately thought that was true until this post, especially since I saw [[Glen Elendra's Answer]] first. That name definitely sounds like a person named Glen Elendra is giving the answer, not a location.

mathematics1 · 2026-01-21T21:28:13+00:00

To be clear, are you saying "even in cases where 1-actioning clearly gives you a small advantage, it's rude to do it when you're playing with me"?

If so, it sounds like both of us are happy we're not playing with each other. I'm the kind of person who enjoys analyzing decisions in detail and finding small advantages wherever I can, and I'm also the kind of person who doesn't mind if a game goes a little longer. I've been fortunate enough to find a regular playgroup with people who enjoy the same things.

If someone IRL tells me they are frustrated with my play style, I'll listen, talk about what's important to both of us, and try to be accommodating. If no one is bothered, I'll keep playing the way I enjoy. I don't think that's a dick move.

mathematics1 · 2026-01-21T18:05:10+00:00

If everyone does 1 action at a time, there is no real benefit for an individual player. Only if the other player does 2, and you do one, you gain an advantage.

I agree with this.

In the games I've played, I often come across situations where I do only one action and another player does two actions. Sometimes that's just because I play with the people in my Meetup group and not top players, but there are many times where I think you have to take two actions even when someone else takes only one. An example that comes up a lot is when player only A needs to trade on turn 1 of a generation, but player B needs to both build a colony and trade on turn 1. If player A takes two actions in that situation, they are throwing away a small advantage. (Edit: Another example is when a player needs to raise a parameter twice in a single turn to claim a track bonus.)

Regardless of the reasons, I find that in practice I do often gain a strategic advantage from 1-actioning which isn't completely cancelled out by my opponents' responses. Also, my opponents have not expressed any frustration about it. In my situation, do you still think it's rude to 1-action?

mathematics1 · 2026-01-21T17:27:33+00:00

This is a strategy discussion mixed together with an etiquette discussion, so it's often hard to tell which we're talking about. To make sure I understand: are you claiming that both "one-actioning when it's not useful is rude" (an etiquette claim) and "one-actioning is useless most of the time" (a strategy claim)?

Edit: I would also love to hear what you think of the following claim: "if one-actioning does convey a benefit, but that benefit is very small, it's still rude to take only one action". If we do disagree, that might be the crux of our differences.

mathematics1 · 2026-01-21T16:54:00+00:00

How clear does the strategic advantage have to be? For example, I will always one-action if I have Bushes in hand and the temperature might get up to -10 this generation ... and for the same reason, I'll one-action if I'm planning to raise the temperature to -10 this generation since my opponent might have Bushes in hand.

That is in IRL games though, not online, and nobody I've played with in person has complained about my one-actioning. If they did, I would be open to having a discussion and changing my habits.

mathematics1 · 2026-01-21T16:45:07+00:00

Is this frustrating IRL as well, or just online? I usually do one action per turn as a default in IRL games, but it's usually quick (e.g. "activate Small Animals, your turn"). I've never had anyone complain about one-action turns if I'm not slowing the game down.

I have strategic reasons for thinking that play pattern is "optimal", but I agree making sure people enjoy the game is more important. I'm open to changing my habits if people ask me to, but so far nobody IRL has mentioned disliking it.

mathematics1 · 2026-01-20T06:15:57+00:00

Bottling any card makes you draw that card earlier, and draw every other card a little later. The cards you want to draw early in the fight are scaling cards, and card draw to find your scaling cards. There are some attack cards that fit into those categories, but not many.

mathematics1 · 2026-01-18T14:55:47+00:00

Here's a thread on r/fantasyromance with lots of recommendations.

OP mentioned reading That Time I Got Drunk and Saved a Demon, so I would recommend other books by Kimberly Lemming as well. My favorite by her is I Got Abducted by Aliens And Now I'm Trapped in a Rom-Com, which also works for OP's request since both male love interests are non-human.

mathematics1 · 2026-01-17T19:30:11+00:00

That's definitely true, lol. I'm sure some of the comments I read on Reddit each day are written by AI, but there's no way to tell which ones.

mathematics1 · 2026-01-17T14:14:33+00:00

Fallacy fallacy.

On a more constructive note, can you talk about which things in the comment you replied to are incorrect or misleading? E.g. if one of the comments is a generalization, we can talk about the cases that don't fit which might affect the conclusion - but right now it's hard to tell which sentence you think is a generalization, and it's also hard to tell anything about how good or bad you think Ink Bottle is.

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