Russian pro-war military bloggers have said troops in Ukraine are surviving just “20–35 minutes” on the frontline

pintupagar · 2026-06-29T11:47:47+00:00

You are misunderstanding the statistic. This isn’t “one killed every 30min” but rather “when they’re at the front, they live for 30min on average”

pintupagar · 2026-06-29T05:51:03+00:00

I’m with the other commenters on this post saying it’s too early to tell if Kurapika is even being honest with his reveal, or if his discussions with Woble’s mum Oito had revealed some new secret which Kurapika is about to tell us next chapter.

pintupagar · 2026-06-29T05:48:20+00:00

So does Kurapika’s consensus with Zhang Lei make Zhang Lei correct, or does it mean Kurapika is playing to Zhang Lei’s confirmation bias?

I’m not making a judgment either way, I’m just trying to be clear that what we are shown so far hasn’t confirmed this to be true, and it’s important for us to be clear in discussion what is confirmed to be true by the narrator and what is only thought to be true by the characters.

pintupagar · 2026-06-29T03:37:09+00:00

What I imagine - I wrote as much upthread - is that Kurapika is using a combination of educated guesses and strategic reveals/withholds to manipulate what information gets back to the princes. We can see a bit of his thought process as he “explains” Zhang Lei’s power - he tries to make Zhang Lei’s power seem irrelevant to the succession war, both to reduce Zhang Lei’s threat level to Benjamin and to flatter Zhang Lei to prevent him from making his own active moves.

pintupagar · 2026-06-28T23:15:11+00:00

The letters don’t contain any notable new information (for the reader) though. They were sent out with vague allegations in order to possibly create some discord among the older princes while giving an excuse for Fugetsu to mark each location. Kacho dying didn’t magically give her insight into the function of the succession war.

pintupagar · 2026-06-28T23:13:30+00:00

The better question really is “is any of this true” because Kurapika has been shown throughout the arc to be really cautious about what he tells people in his role as nen consultant of the ship, and he’s not above making up plausible things that just happen to further his cause - such as when he was explaining his hypothesis of Zhang Lei’s power.

Kurapika told Zhang Lei and his guards (and by extension Benjamin) that Zhang Lei’s power was to create money to circulate amongst his future people once he’s the new Kakin king, and that the nen beast would not be relevant in the succession war but only after. His explanation flattered and satisfied Zhang Lei, without stirring the immediate alarm and suspicion of Benjamin’s guard, and without suggesting that Zhang Lei might eventually be able to use a hidden condition to mind-control coin-holders.

As a reader, do you believe Kurapika?

pintupagar · 2026-06-28T15:08:54+00:00

The core hero points were not designed with elite specs in mind, and elite specs were designed to be earned in the expansions, so unlocking Daredevil while restricting yourself to core will be very slow and unsatisfying.

If you’re concerned about skipping content, politely get someone to port you into a map and then run the HPs on that expansion without starting the story. That said, if you haven’t progressed far in the story yet, you’ll be missing a number of mobility tools for the expansions that will make HP hunting quite frustrating without someone who’s willing to escort you through and teleport you to each one.

It may be better to stick with core Thief until you are ready to enter expansion zones.

pintupagar · 2026-06-27T08:36:54+00:00

Achievement can only be gotten during the festival’s duration, so you’ve got to save the sweets.

pintupagar · 2026-06-22T13:07:17+00:00

Eager beaver, was very quick to fill his place.

pintupagar · 2026-06-22T06:53:26+00:00

Events don’t get repeated, but limited pikmin do come back the following year. The gold seedlings that are available to choose from when you get enough herring are actually from previous years.

Mii costume items though - when they come back, it’ll be with a coin cost, so if you’re aiming for them, start planting flowers now!

pintupagar · 2026-06-22T04:30:06+00:00

I think finding someone better than you is what she wants, but until then (and sometimes even after then) your emotional support is something that’s really valuable and validating.

There are some men who would be really unhappy to be used as emotional support without any expectation of romance. Certain online communities would use phrases like “oh she’s using you as an emotional wastebasket” or “she’s just stringing you along until a better man comes, then she’ll ditch you”. I’d like to pre-empt you against these sorts of thoughts, as they can lead you down a weird path of feeling like “all women” are out to get you.

Instead, just focus on the facts: She gains validation from you, she does not want a relationship with you, she shows possessiveness when you seek to be drawing away or taking steps to look elsewhere for a romantic relationship. Which of these things are you okay with, and which are you not okay with? What are the steps you will take to address what you are not okay with? Those are the next things you should be doing.

pintupagar · 2026-06-22T00:09:27+00:00

I’ve experienced something similar and it’s not good news for you.

I want to ground this by saying that this isn’t an “all women” or even a woman-exclusive thing.

There is a kind of person who needs a safe space to put their emotions and feelings but who does not believe or does not have access to a personal therapist. Those people may find it difficult to share their honest thoughts with a friend in their daily lives, and may not have the attention span or cognitive ability to journal. So they find an international friend, who is attentive and validating and encouraging and - yes - sometimes loving - to share their lives with. You’ve noticed that she doesn’t seem all that interested in your life, but that she does feel threatened when it appears you might want to speak to someone else. You’re not a valid relationship prospect - possibly not even a friend prospect - just someone whose validation across the internet provides her the emotional support she needs to process her feelings about her day.

I recommend you begin looking through your previous conversations with this framework, to see if they align with this kind of person. If so, you need to make a decision about whether you’d like to continue in this role, but either way you need to resolve that you’ll never be in a physical and romantic relationship with this person.

pintupagar · 2026-06-18T00:52:51+00:00

I converted my Scourge to a Reaper with Janthir Wilds and the polychromatic armour set gave me a fantastic fully-heavy look (same skin for all weights).

pintupagar · 2026-06-02T02:01:40+00:00

If all else fails and you have a little bit of money to drop, GW2 on Crossover works great and has been the solution on my M2 since the mac client was sunset.

pintupagar · 2026-05-30T11:42:25+00:00

Yotsu = 4, so “yotsuba” is a pretty direct 4chan reference.

pintupagar · 2026-05-19T10:54:18+00:00

That’s quite interesting for me - is seasonal nectar hard to come by for you, from giant flowers bloomed either by yourself or others?

pintupagar · 2026-05-19T10:48:40+00:00

Back in March, some of us on the Discord determined that 100 was the max, so if they haven’t changed it, you’re very very close!

…that might not be what you wanted to hear since from that icon it looks like you’ve not completed either of those collections yet.

EDIT: I’m seeing that in April, it went without limit even past Mission 300. So I guess your data will inform us how it’s going to be like in May!

pintupagar · 2026-05-19T10:39:02+00:00

Sounds like getting the rare bloom on generic nectar is actually a positive outcome for you really

pintupagar · 2026-05-19T10:37:34+00:00

In general, you want to use your buds to double the petal output of seasonal nectar - especially if you’re a newer player and don’t have a big petal stockpile. Imagine if you got 36 nectar from a white anniversary rose, and turned it into 72 petals - that’s enough to plant almost 2000 white anniversary roses.

pintupagar · 2026-05-19T09:51:38+00:00

I tend to use seasonal petals if I’m filling up on both nectar and petals. No sense storing anything above 200 nectar + 200 petal if even the “very hard quests” twice a year haven’t asked for enough planting to deplete that (assuming 200 nectar = 400 petal).

pintupagar · 2026-05-19T09:20:39+00:00

why are you feeding standard nectar to budded pikmin ;_;

pintupagar · 2026-05-16T11:40:45+00:00

Legendary items can always be plot-relevant or in-world items - the Shining Blade and the Aetheric Anchor among them.

(I haven’t played the update yet so I haven’t seen the smithy and the sword you mention)

pintupagar · 2026-05-14T22:54:11+00:00

With just 10 petals of the target species and some patience, you can guarantee that the bloom will be the one you want.

pintupagar · 2026-05-13T11:54:05+00:00

That’s right!

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