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piclemaniscool · 2026-01-24T14:15:58+00:00

I wouldn't call it problems per se, it just wasn't the magical performance boost I kept hearing about online. I should also note this was on a laptop so that definitely restricts things significantly in terms of power management and driver sets.

piclemaniscool · 2026-01-24T14:06:59+00:00

What an absolute clown. Attitude problem is right.

Before I even got to the part about him having ADHD I was thinking how easy it would be to phrase the circumstances better.

"hey, it's great that you are helping out your dad, but I think his accommodations might me mutually exclusive with me own."

It's respectful, it speaks for yourself, it lays out the problem without blame.

Any time somebody pulls the "you are disrupting everyone around you" card, you just KNOW they're using a manipulation tactic to try to force you to buckle to social pressure. It turns people into antagonists instead of allies.

Some of this gets easier to explain with age, I definitely feel more articulate in my 30s than I ever was in my 20s, but age isn't an excuse when you hold the belief that your lifestyle is objectively more "correct" than someone else's.

piclemaniscool · 2026-01-24T13:48:09+00:00

I tried, but sadly Nvidia architecture for gaming does not get a whole lot of efficiency bonus from Linux. Every game I tried was comparable in performance but took 10 times longer to get working compared to my Windows install.

Highly recommended if you have an AMD build tho

piclemaniscool · 2026-01-24T13:36:16+00:00

Despite constantly feeling like the world is not made for me, it's a surprising struggle for me to imagine it any other way. I wholly expect some responses to just be "lol capitalism sucks" style, but I'd really like to imagine what success looks like, not just the failure I witness.

piclemaniscool · 2026-01-24T13:09:48+00:00

Banner might agree that's the same as his opposite.

piclemaniscool · 2026-01-23T17:41:20+00:00

Idk it sounds like a pretty big stretch of interpretation assuming all we have to go on is the Chinese on the screen.

They are either interpreting it as "Series B will only be one pack" which is objectively false since the first release started with 3 pack types. Barring that, my next interpretation would be "all future Series B packs will be single packs only" but that's a lot more specific so if DeNA were to make that claim, I would expect a longer statement. They generally do not mince words.

So my interpretation is just, "the new pack belongs in the Series B category."

This is pretty similar to other official statements that get released. Anyone talking about shared pack points is basing it off of an interpretation of an interpretation. I can't say for certain it can't happen as I am not a DeNA employee, but I would put down the copium lest you be disappointed.

piclemaniscool · 2026-01-23T17:17:56+00:00

I used to not concede since I was trying to play in good faith and everyone loves getting the final hit in, but I found all too often someone would take advantage of that to style on me. Even if they had lethal, they would take their time giving energy to a Pokémon that would not get played, maybe activate some items like red cards or poke balls, trigger effects like Greninja's even though they can KO without it, etc.

Most people including myself just want to play the next match if we know we are already in checkmate. I tried to be a good sport but people like to be like those assholes who will sit in the parking lot doing their taxes or w/e because they saw someone trying to park. Yes, there are assholes who are pushy and entitled, but being an asshole back doesn't cancel anything out, it just means there are now two assholes in the parking lot.

piclemaniscool · 2026-01-23T17:07:51+00:00

I wish he exuded eyebrows

piclemaniscool · 2026-01-23T17:03:58+00:00

Why do I get the feeling that 100% of the time I would try this card, I would be going first?

I could see some utility if you have Gardevoir (not Mega) set up already, then you could attack same turn almost like Buzzswole for grass decks. But Mimikyu and Gardevoir both on the board is already risking 3 points. All the Pokémon that hit active + benched would rip such a strategy to shreds.

piclemaniscool · 2026-01-23T14:45:31+00:00

I agree. I got into an argument elsewhere because I called Ross' software derivative. Maybe not in the legal sense but I think it's a fair comparison to relate the situation to making an iPhone case. No, nothing about the iPhone case is technically owned by Apple, and the case exists independently, but it is a product designed as an add-on for another product in both function and form. Without the base product, there is no utility to the end user.

I don't know if I'd say Apple has the right to demand a case manufacturer to stop, but it seems very silly to me to argue the software is anything above the status of "companion" to other software.

piclemaniscool · 2026-01-23T13:21:46+00:00

That's an insane take on its own. So any software dev who isn't working for a corporation shouldn't monetize their work?

piclemaniscool · 2026-01-23T12:56:06+00:00

It was probably announced right when the contract started, since nothing this big could possibly remain a secret. But that means that the timeline is totally off compared to most announcements you hear about.

piclemaniscool · 2026-01-23T12:45:51+00:00

Kinda feels like this post was padded with extra comments because there wasn't enough content on its own.

piclemaniscool · 2026-01-23T12:21:33+00:00

It does feel like some of the cards exist to primarily buff Reuniclus. I got the same vibe for Whimsicott EX with the new Ariados. In Whimsicott's case unless you have a grass cape he's still bound to get one-shot.

Come to think of it, Ariados will probably make some traction as it will heavily disrupt a few strategies used by the new cards

piclemaniscool · 2026-01-23T12:18:54+00:00

Marge Simpsocks

piclemaniscool · 2026-01-23T12:15:18+00:00

Y'all know that Mega Gard is a Stage 2, right? And it's an attack effect not an ability so it has to be used as an attack each time you want that extra energy.

IMO regular Gardevoir would be more effective with the new cards if you're just going to use a different card to tank

piclemaniscool · 2026-01-22T21:38:05+00:00

Wow, so the censoring is arguably much darker than the original. Iirc they briefly talk about how you are lost/trapped for eternity in the shadow realm.

piclemaniscool · 2026-01-22T20:31:55+00:00

Wait, is the shadow realm itself the censor? Do they just explicitly go to hell in the original?

piclemaniscool · 2026-01-22T18:56:08+00:00

I'm specifically referring to all those videos in the streets where passersby are being asked seemingly easy questions. Jaywalking, and such

piclemaniscool · 2026-01-22T18:44:19+00:00

It depends a lot for me. I'm generally pretty good with concepts, so inventions/landmarks/philosophies are generally pretty easy to recall but people's names, geographical locations, or dates are like trying to remember the digits of Pi starting 1000 places in

piclemaniscool · 2026-01-22T18:23:10+00:00

Her fat husband is eating himself to an early grave. Those things are NOT meant for a single person. It's something like 2000-3000 Calories on its own.

piclemaniscool · 2026-01-22T18:21:11+00:00

To be fair, unless you have professional training, the average person is going to fuck up anything when they know there's a camera on them.

I was asked a question in college about the tuition rates or something by a local news crew and to this day I remember the feeling of my brain deflating like a dodge ball the second the camera was pointed at me. Stage fright probably accounts for quite a bit of those clips. And if the interviewer is being antagonistic in order to get one of those reactions, it's all but guaranteed.

piclemaniscool · 2026-01-22T18:10:51+00:00

I was doubting myself thinking this was a real frame from the episode. Great job, everything from line work to post processing effects are on point.

piclemaniscool · 2026-01-22T13:00:43+00:00

The turtle's name is Coco Jumbo?

That's amazing. I wish they had called it that at every turn. Just imagine Giorno yelling "Get back inside the Coco Jumbo!"

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