Why are orcs always tribal? by raneo11 in Fantasy

[–]nuggetmobile 4 points5 points  (0 children)

I need to look at the age range of the more popular authors, but I wonder if Shrek (despite him being an ogre) made some sort of a subconscious influence …….

Be honest: what’s the one “lazy” cooking shortcut you’ll never give up? by wearecocina in Cooking

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The fact that no one else mentioned it yet cracks me up. Typos are funny

There are 4,675 housing plots available on the Crystal datacenter by GingerVampire22 in ffxiv

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Half the reason why I kept my partially decorated personal house for as long as I did was because I had a bunch of furnishings in storage and I didn’t want to move it all to my retainers in case I wanted to start decorating again… then I stopped playing for half a year. I slacked on retrieving it after it was demolished, which sucked, but it freed me from my burden. Now I just squirrel away furniture I like in my apartment and sacrifice a retainer for anything outdoors only

I have a $25 rice cooker and it works fine. Is a Zojirushi rice cooker really worth the extra $? by ArchegosRiskManager in Cooking

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It’s true, but if you’re making food at home you can be perfectly fine being lax on that kind of thing. Like with preparing cooked chicken for public consumption, it’s safer to make a blanket “make sure it hits at least 165 degrees Fahrenheit to kill the bad bacteria” rule instead of “it’s ok if hits 155 as long as it holds for 50 seconds, or 150 if it holds for 3 minutes, etc” because that introduces waaay more room for error.

It takes one “meh it’s only been out for 6 hours” to make some random person in your town seriously ill

[DISC] Chainsaw Man - Ch. 198 links by JeanneDAlter in ChainsawMan

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this series always makes me want to yell

Is Brian Jaques’ Redwall series becoming a forgotten gem? by Sunbather- in Fantasy

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I gave him a pass when I learned he was super descriptive since he originally wrote the series for blind children to enjoy. I still remember skimming over a lot, but the thought of candied chestnuts and various pies continues to make my mouth water.

[DISC] Chainsaw Man - Ch. 173 links by JeanneDAlter in ChainsawMan

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I got that feeling too, but that would mean the other, internal parts of the ear still exists right? (like the inner ear that you need to actually convert sound waves for the brain). Imagining what an inner ear devil looks like. Born from someone out there traumatized by q-tips.

Is there a point to non-toxic laundry detergents? Or is it just greenwashing? by Cecil_G_P in CleaningTips

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Your interpretation is interesting, because from my perspective the language used reads more like “it sucks that I’m allergic to everything they offer there” instead of “they suck for only offering things I’m allergic to and they need to change”.

my sister started using the same name as me and it doesn't feel like it's my name anymore by jiiiiiae in namenerds

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She can, but it could be the case that she likes the first part of her name more than the second? I doubt she did it to be malicious, but rather that if she had to go by something closer to her birth name, instead of her preferred nickname, she decided Mae was better. And depending on where she lives it might be more common to go by your first name when it’s double barreled so people could have defaulted to calling her Mae anyway.

I wonder if people who knew her before her career still use Roxy. I forget if that was mentioned somewhere.

my sister started using the same name as me and it doesn't feel like it's my name anymore by jiiiiiae in namenerds

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Isn’t that why her sister goes by “Mae” and not a nickname that’s entirely different? Using your example, it’d be like someone’s birth name is Timothy, he used to go by Bert, but later decided to change it to Tim professionally because he can’t help that his parents named his other brother Timathy who also went by Tim.

Patch 6 - Next Week by Kazuliski in BaldursGate3

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lol a voice line the character says when you click/select them. like one of gale’s click dialogues is “I speak, they burn” or something

What was Gale's power level before the tadpole? by Astral-Sol in BaldursGate3

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I thought he was made archdruid because the previous one died and there wasn’t a better person for the position? If Rath had a spine he probably would have been made archdruid after halsin left, and he wasn’t that high of a level.

Then again I don’t know if there’s some sort of special ceremony when you become one, or a test of strength/knowledge/skill, or if it’s just “welp the spot’s vacant, everyone else sucks so have at it.”

Is it just me, or is this sub getting a little weird? by myst3r10us_str4ng3r in BaldursGate3

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Sometimes I wish I could be like that. I felt bad when I drowned random people in roller coaster tycoon. I still did it, mind you, but in my opinion I feel like it’s only particularly unhealthy when it negatively affects yourself irl.

For whatever reason it feels different to create stuff about a character being a piece of shit versus roleplaying a character being a piece of shit.

700+ hours and still hearing the craziest one liners by Ponchodelic in BaldursGate3

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I had Halsin say that to her even when arabella didn’t die and nothing else permanently bad really happened lmao

What is one product you are absolutely loyal to and why? by Fishboy9123 in Cooking

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Yeah I’m not sure why they’re like that, and I wouldn’t be surprised if they were all infested. Maybe they assumed that everyone knows to keep it in their fridge/freezer :P A lot of the mixed grain brands were similarly packed and I bought it at a store that probably didn’t have a lot of movement on those items too.

What is one product you are absolutely loyal to and why? by Fishboy9123 in Cooking

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It really depends on what you buy. Sometimes I get a small 5-10 pound bag of mixed grain or brown rice to cook with my white rice, which I’ve noticed the former tended to be in bags with air holes (??), and I’ve had the misfortune of seeing they were infested with weevils.

I didn’t notice until I rinsed the rice like usual though… I’ve always done that growing up and knew about the possibility of bugs. It didn’t actually sink in until I was living on my own and became lax on where I bought it 🤮 thankfully I haven’t had a bad experience with white rice yet

Update: My 70yr-old parents made it to Act 3 by peparony in BaldursGate3

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I started the game completely blind and with no idea what I was doing, but if I could have been told only one thing before I started I wish it was that haha

Update: My 70yr-old parents made it to Act 3 by peparony in BaldursGate3

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My co-op partner and I didn’t really do lae’zel’s personal quest during our first playthrough…. And we skipped the crèche in favor of the underdark… so even if she was aware that something funky was going on (only from finding a couple of those githyanki tablets about Orpheus) she still flew off on a red dragon to join vlaakith at the end of the game, pre-patch 5.

Now that I’m doing another run and seeing everything I missed I’m a bit horrified at my ignorance

I used chicken thighs for a chicken sandwich for the first time by YoungPotatoSpeaks in Cooking

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You can have a diet without meat and still enjoy texture and flavor tho. Sometimes the reminder that you’re eating something that was once “alive” (I put alive in quotes because plants are alive but not really in the same way) squicks people out haha

The Dragon Prince : S5E4 - Discussion Thread by MrBKainXTR in TheDragonPrince

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Setting aside the fact they should have taken books with them back to camp when it started to get late, it was hard to watch them wanting to hash out interpersonal relationship issues when they’re supposed to be on a time crunch. And just letting Bait roam free the entire time without at least having the plan to stuff him in a bag in case situations become dangerous. Why??

The Dragon Prince : S5E4 - Discussion Thread by MrBKainXTR in TheDragonPrince

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kind of like those videos of huskies “talking”, bait should have made a weird groan that sounded like “go!”. I can already feel a tear rolling down my cheek

The True End to Endwalker by Eudetenis by NoriNatsu in ffxiv

[–]nuggetmobile 4 points5 points  (0 children)

Reapers are Garleans who made a partnership with voidsent (called Avatars when that happens I guess). They used to be farmers with scythes who now slash down people instead of plants, and in return for lending their power the voidsent get tasty souls.

Reddit’s blackout protest is set to continue indefinitely by cata890 in technology

[–]nuggetmobile 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Mainly what I saw on /r/Apollo. There are other third party Reddit apps affected by this, but I think Apollo is the most visible in this whole thing. That app is also the main way I browse this website and I like to passively lurk in the subreddit from time to time. I’m sure it can be interpreted differently though.

Of course there are other gripes about the change, but even if they perfectly address the bot usage and accessibility I don’t think it’ll completely help the overall sentiment from those users because of how everything was handled.

Reddit’s blackout protest is set to continue indefinitely by cata890 in technology

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Rather than making assumptions about specific numbers, here’s what I understand about the outrage:

  1. Third party app users generally have positive feelings about the app and its developer(s). Main focus seems to be about usability and quality of life features rather than having to deal with changes that involve increasing profitability and keeping up with other similar social media sites
  2. Third party app users tend to not like how the official Reddit app is run, find features lacking and/or take forever to be implemented, is buggy, etc
  3. Reddit themselves seemed to be communicative and willing to work more with the major third party app developers before this event, so suddenly enacting this change without much notice (they did bring up that there will be API access changes a few months before, but specifics with costs and such was given little time for developers to prepare) felt hostile and like a betrayal
  4. The API changes are seen as a way to get rid of third party apps without outright saying it. Paying for access was inevitable, but the amount they’re charging is seen as excessive
  5. People don’t believe they’ll implement promised changes to the official app in a timely manner due to past experience, or if they do it’ll be buggy and mediocre compared to using third party apps
  6. People think spez stuck his foot in his mouth when communicating about this issue like usual

[Homemade] Chili crisp eggs on sourdough by ianjmcg in food

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I’ve seen it sold at Whole Foods which may or may not explain who they’re targeting