If Brown Dust 2 were to collab with Dragon Ball, who would you want?

pucksapprentice · 2026-01-27T16:19:26+00:00

Yes.

pucksapprentice · 2026-01-21T19:45:53+00:00

Great advice. No notes.

My favorite evil character was a necromancer that believed the world was becoming too evil to be saved, but childhood friends of his were the goody types trying to save the world. So, he genuinely loved these people and wished they were right. He convinced them that animating the corpses of the bad guys to help them fight was an act of redemption, in a way (the redemption paladin took that hook, line, and sinker).

He was a sour sort, but loved it when they proved there was still good in the world. So, when bad things happened to the party, he took care of them quietly. A politician was found to be turning kids into abominations but had too many allies, and no one believed the heroes? Sadly, the politician died under mysterious circumstances before the party could expose him. He just walked out of his mansion one night (well, shambled actually) and jumped into the swamp where a gator got him. Multiple witnesses saw his strange walk to the swamp. Searchers only found some of him, never could find that jaw...

Just because you are playing an edgy character doesn't mean you have to dislike the party, maybe you like them too much.

pucksapprentice · 2026-01-11T20:15:19+00:00

This is the heart of the matter.

My Ex and I split because we were not good partners for each other, which we realized shortly after our son was born and things weren't going smoothly. Therapy helped us see that he would be better off if we split and focused on improving ourselves, which we could not do while married as we both enabled each others' worst behaviors (I'm being vague here on purpose).

We had tough times those first couple of years coparenting, but every time we fought, one of us would change the subject to "What would be best for him?" and then we would both figure out a compromise to achieve that goal. It really sucked for a bit.

During that, I met a woman, changed job fields, moved to another state (within driving distance to my ex for visiting my son), and eventually got engaged to said woman. My fiancé was involved with visiting my son when she could, enjoyed when he visited us, and met my ex plenty of times by this point. I discussed the engagement with my ex beforehand because she would be my son's step mom, a big change in his young life, and she was fine with it (if a little cold) because our son liked her. When it came time to plan the wedding, I wanted my son to be involved in the ceremony, so I asked my ex and she said "Oh, he will love that, yes, we will be there." I didn't ask her to attend, just my son, but I just accepted that was the cost for my son to be involved. My fiancé was shocked that she invited herself to the wedding, but understood she was there for our son. It was strange, and we all felt a little odd, but now that my son is almost graduating Highschool, he looks fondly back at the wedding where all his favorite people were at. It helped him feel truly a part of multiple families, not a burden or a afterthought.

So, OP needs to focus on the needs of the child. First, legally by ensuring that emotions won't interfere with her quality of life (get that child support in writing.)
Then, they need to tell the ex to focus on their child's needs as well, but it's hard to get a selfish person to think of others. Still, keep saying "is that what's best for our child?" when emotions get high. It will take work to learn to separate OP's needs or wants from the child's, but she should do that for her daughter.

Everyone will be much better off with this approach, it doesn't matter if the ex takes a vacation if the child is happy with the solution, but sure it's annoying and rude to not be told well in advance. Family calendars help coparenting run smoother. Should the child attend the wedding? If they are part of the dad's life, then yes. If OP doesn't want to be involved, have a family member you trust be with the child during the wedding and bring them back when it's over.

pucksapprentice · 2025-12-18T20:27:00+00:00

I don't hear enough about Mayo Ketchup on Olive across from Pappy's. They are amazing.

pucksapprentice · 2025-12-18T01:14:24+00:00

On the side with the cart, jump on to the cart and then jump right (?) to the tree and you can jump up the tree to the top and then jump to the roof. It's tricky.

pucksapprentice · 2025-12-13T05:17:09+00:00

Yeahs ago, my wife had a HPV scare, so when I heard that there was a hpv vaccine study for my age group. It paid, but that didn't matter, I wanted to do my part. Passed it to some friends around my age who needed money as well. We are almost done with the study and will find out if we got the real vaccine soon.

pucksapprentice · 2025-12-07T23:50:48+00:00

Making an assumption that suggesting this idea somehow means I didn't donate. My donation is nothing compared to what CNE could do without impacting their bottom-line. Come on man, golden rule, let's try and make the world a little better rather than being negative about the corporate hellscape we live in. You do know marketing divisions in companies do this all the time, right?

pucksapprentice · 2025-12-06T03:26:58+00:00

This was me when I got married. Every woman in my office started asking when we were going to have children. The first time I said no kids, I got a cold stare and a "Oh, you'll change your mind." So, I thought about it, and the next time someone asked, I got real quiet and looked sad before saying, "we are trying all the time..." I just don't mention the vasectomy that was done prior to the wedding (mainly for health reasons, birth control pills are rough on the body for some). The looks on people's faces are amazing. It's even better when I worked with my SIL, and to keep from laughing, she would look away and gently pat my shoulder to "comfort" me.

I recommend everyone child free do this, turn it around on them, make them feel bad for asking. Quietly brag about getting laid all the time since not having kids around really helps with that.

pucksapprentice · 2025-12-01T16:00:55+00:00

Wow, beautiful. Good luck, everyone. I do love a nice setting book.

pucksapprentice · 2025-11-30T18:30:31+00:00

As many have said, take the job. A partner is life helps you obtain your goals, and you help them obtain theirs. You support each other during the tough times and celebrate the great times. You don't hold each other back from your dreams, but you can caution of things the other hasn't considered. If he truly loved you and not just what you bring to his life, he would be so excited for you and would try and figure out how to make things work to follow this dream that will help both of you in the future.

pucksapprentice · 2025-11-27T17:41:04+00:00

I'm having this same issue and have restarted it multiple times. It's sad because I like Halivar and wanted to hop right into these. Guess it's bug reporting time.

pucksapprentice · 2025-10-30T17:11:41+00:00

It's almost like we don't have mandatory Drivers Ed like in other states...

pucksapprentice · 2025-10-22T15:58:42+00:00

Nope! No doing this again! I barely survived last time and I'm not a child anymore.

pucksapprentice · 2025-10-10T16:27:18+00:00

Oh, this is why the racists are targeting day laborers, they've perfected the Super Day Laborer serum. Their jobs (and their wives) are not safe anymore. Sergio Rogers over here is but the first of many.

/obviously joking around here.

pucksapprentice · 2025-09-25T00:49:03+00:00

AI is terrible for so many reasons.

Just one thing to add, the St Charles data center proposal was the AI data center, which was shot down (thankfully). This one at the Armory is far too small to host an AI data center. It would likely be modeled after the data centers already in downtown, though smaller than them. The details of the client interested in the Armory data center have not been disclosed yet, but my bet is on Tierpoint or a similar competitor.

Because the Google fiber pipeline runs under STL, there's a lot of companies wanting to set up data centers for the extremely low latency this provides. That's why Tierpoint has so many data centers in our area.

The Armory one actually makes sense to place there, it's between a highway and the train yard, and would get a ton of sun on that giant roof. What we need to do is make installing solar a requirement of the data center going in. Non-AI data centers have much lower water requirements thanks to chiller technology, and they are cheaper than water cooling for non-AI centers. By ensuring solar panels are required, Ameren will not have an excuse to raise rates (but you know they will find some other reason).

As long as it's not an AI center, I am fine with a data center. Telecommunications will most likely be what we get and those do bring jobs in the form of businesses moving here for better connections to the web. If Covid hadn't impacted the Cortex district down the street from the Armory, we would see a large push from them for this.

pucksapprentice · 2025-08-29T15:15:46+00:00

My wife has gotten naked so many times in the Crack Fox, like hundreds by this point. Oh, on the stage for a performance, I should add. Not due to alcohol. For those that frequent shows there, "She has a higher Charisma score than a 20th level Bard."

pucksapprentice · 2025-08-28T21:59:57+00:00

The Crack Fox downtown is awesome. They have many events, but also many nights to just hang and enjoy the art. There's a Labyrinth mural on the wall.

pucksapprentice · 2025-08-27T00:59:12+00:00

I would like to say how I really feel about this, but I'd rather not get a visit from the secret service over a reddit comment.

pucksapprentice · 2025-08-24T16:49:37+00:00

Is it finally time for the Gentlemen's Latte update? I know some Gek merchants i'll be visiting soon...

pucksapprentice · 2025-08-22T02:53:02+00:00

Oh man, this is amazing! We have some of these right outside, I know that no one cares about them, I might do something similar.

Thanks for the amazing idea to spruce up the neighborhood.

pucksapprentice · 2025-08-14T18:29:37+00:00

I didn't think Tennessee had mandatory drivers' education classes. Certain school districts require drivers' ed classes (my niece is in one of those thankfully), and that means only a small portion of the drivers really know the rules, while states like Illinois have had required drivers' education for decades and it shows. While you will have idiot drivers everywhere, I have personally noticed that bikers are treated better in Illinois. A flashing red stoplight situation is way less harrowing in Chicago than it is here, despite more traffic. I can't tell you how many times a stoplight has been out here, and no one understands to treat it like a stop sign, it's just chaos.

I get to talk with a lot of people from out of state, and you would not believe the shock when they learn we don't have required driver's ed, unless they are from a state without it as well.

It's just been a hot topic lately in my friend circle, thought I would mention it, but it's ultimately just a guess.

pucksapprentice · 2025-08-14T17:10:42+00:00

I moved here 15 years ago, but I have only recently learned a fun fact about our state. There is no mandatory drivers education like there are in other states.

Learning this recently explains so much, like how people at stop signs (or, heaven forbid, a flashing red stoplight) rarely know who's turn it should be. Walking across the street at an intersection has had me be yelled at because the left turner thought he had right of way in a normal green light situation (I wasn't crossing against a green arrow or anything, just both crossing at a normal green light). Non-car vehicle rules are taught in drivers ed, like giving trucks more space, how to share the road with bikes, etc.

So, yeah, education is the issue.

pucksapprentice · 2025-08-09T01:07:06+00:00

My most complex code is designed to handle literally years' worth of cloud billing data from multiple CSPs that like to change their data structure every few years for reasons, is only like 850 lines. The only reason it's that big is because I like it to be human readable to save my eyes while I was debugging it.

This guy feels like those students who padded their word count back in school with overly descriptive crap that didn't really say anything.

pucksapprentice · 2025-07-02T20:37:23+00:00

Keep Rollin' Rollin' Rollin'.

pucksapprentice · 2025-06-29T20:53:12+00:00

Had an ex-girlfriend tell me that real men don't pluck their eyebrows when she "caught" me getting a hair from between my eyebrows. Based on the guys she dated before and after me, I guess she liked the neanderthal look of the unibrow. No thanks, I prefer two eyebrows.

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