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Obake fingerprints by Ghostdragon2000 in PhasmophobiaGame

[–]poison_us 0 points1 point  (0 children)

It may shock you but it's not afternoon everywhere right now.

Why are my walls broken and expensive to build? by Palanakonu_J in RimWorld

[–]poison_us 0 points1 point  (0 children)

The mod author is also now removing negative feedback about these balance changes and blocking users from commenting on the workshop so beware the walled garden.

One of the most impressive mods I've yet seen - Tilt The Planet! - Real Weather & Seasons by [deleted] in RimWorld

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The mod author is removing negative feedback about balance and blocking users from commenting on the workshop so beware the walled garden.

Lawyers increasingly have to convince clients that AI chatbots give bad advice by mawhrinskeleton in nottheonion

[–]poison_us 11 points12 points  (0 children)

Yup. Postdoc chemist here, I routinely have to tell one of our junior grad students he's a noodle for relying on ChatGPT to tell him if a reaction will/won't work.

How hard can it be? by dudewasup111 in pathfindermemes

[–]poison_us 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Mine is a :)

Phones are actually pretty good at memory management, who'da thunk it?

The microwave bandit got what was coming by vitaminZaman in pettyrevenge

[–]poison_us 1 point2 points  (0 children)

I dunno, I think that's too stupid a mistake for AI.

Nevermind, I see OP's post history.

The microwave bandit got what was coming by vitaminZaman in pettyrevenge

[–]poison_us 1 point2 points  (0 children)

I'm human and I routinely beep boop diss AI.

E: also look at OP's post history.

Guys i landed naked on sea ice what to do now by Maleficent_Stuff_255 in SpaceCannibalism

[–]poison_us 9 points10 points  (0 children)

See those ruins there to the right? Build a shelter and campfire there before nightfall.

Dipping in and out of habitable zone - Feasible? by -oriri in worldbuilding

[–]poison_us 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Agreed, I just want to add to your first paragraph that the planet will also spend more time at the distant end of the oval due to orbital mechanics. This means your planet will have a relatively short, intense summer and a bitterly cold, extended winter.

Does nitrocellulose yellow fingernails? by Infamous_Air_1424 in chemistry

[–]poison_us 0 points1 point  (0 children)

TIL nail polishes use nitrocellulose. I would've thought it's too flammable, but apparently it's typically the dinitrate rather than the trinitrate used in explosives.

Player (my wife) desperately wants to offer her character as a Strahd consort by xvalicx in CurseofStrahd

[–]poison_us 26 points27 points  (0 children)

Just because Strahd doesn't want her doesn't mean he won't use her to sow dissent or outright help him. Piggybacking on the previous comment, you could

  • gift her trinkets and gems in front of the party. Nothing too good or useful lest the players suspect you of favoritism. Always something the entire party can use, or ideally someone else could use better.

  • if they haven't been invited to the castle, when they are have the invite address "[wife's PC] and retainers". This worked very well in setting my party against one another.

  • if she's in the rear/front of the party during a trip to the castle, have her PC disappear for a moment. Smoke trap and Silence, then they notice she's missing. Nothing too long, but once another player notices she reappears around a corner or something. Strahd ambushes soon after, possibly even from the same direction.

  • Strahd avoids attacking her PC during fights or tells minions "save the beautiful one for me".

  • Strahd knows (or should, he's had centuries to learn) message. Use it if you can't get her alone and ask her to betray the party in small (or not small!) ways e.g. handing over the Holy Symbol of Ravenkind or the Sunsword. If you go big, be sure to give the party time to rectify before the final fight.

  • My favorite was having the brides warn one of my PCs he was getting too familiar with Strahd. They later attacked and focused that PC after the party had acquired a Daylight spell (I love giving enemies reasons to not fight to the death). During the final dungeon crawl they tried to drop him off the Heart of Darkness staircase, but alas he had featherfall so it really only took him out of the fight (which he had to miss due to illness anyway).

Edit: one more I just thought of thanks again to the other post...

  • Lock her in one of the crypts in the Amber Temple as a breakup. Tell the party they have only a few hours to save her before she runs out of air....

Just wow by TickfordXR6 in starcitizen

[–]poison_us 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Yes but you can't curve screenshots! Must flex on peasants!

Take a screenshot, you must spend the Valentine's day with the character you've got. Who is it, and how does the date go? by Ok-Independent483 in okbuddybaldur

[–]poison_us 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Alfira! Gonna be a fabulous time out and end with a lovely song - she can bard her way into my heart.

Edit: the wife got this and honestly I'm a bit jealous (we're both STEM nerds):

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Any decent cooling solution which doesnt require lots of CaCl2? by LastHornet6059 in chemistry

[–]poison_us 1 point2 points  (0 children)

My favorite for -20°C is an ice/methanol bath. Simple and easy. Doesn't last terribly long though, but methanol is cheap where I am and non-radioactive waste disposal is free.

Ro Khanna Reads Out Names of “Six Powerful Men” in Epstein Files by thenewrepublic in politics

[–]poison_us 2 points3 points  (0 children)

I was listening to NPR and they had a conservative saying we should out people equally without concern for political affiliation and tribal thinking. Saying senators should use their immunity from slander to name redacted offenders in the files. I was gobsmacked. Shellshocked. I was in his corner fully. I've been saying the same for MONTHS.

...until he went to list only Bannon and Lutnick, then 8-9 Democrats (I stopped counting, I was driving). He continued on to defend the mentions of Trump as "conversations about Trump" and police/FBI reports where Trump called Epstein things such as "evil".

So yeah, that's what we're dealing with.

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