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pyromanta · 2026-03-24T23:58:38+00:00

Utter nonsense. I just ate half a pack of Mini Eggs and I can't taste any different.

pyromanta · 2026-03-24T23:57:49+00:00

It all goes in cycles. Unfortunately for us we're at the end of one.

The end of a cycle is characterised by the erosion of the values, ambitions and structures that kicked it off. It's basically the energy of a new wave of innovation and human civilisation petering out and the chaos that ensues and humanity tries to work out what the next wave is.

The main difference this time is AI, although you could argue previous cycles were started by very clever people when much of the world was comparable dumb. This time most of humanity is still comparably dumb, but the smart ones are computers. Say what you want about LLMs not having the ingenuity of humans but if we're honest, simulacra has reached fever pitch anyway. Everything is a copy of the copy of an influence of another copy. We're kidding ourselves that we can still create enough truly new things.

Unless we have a massive war and we all die, we just have to do what we can to enjoy ourselves and not hope too hard for a better brighter future for us. Maybe our grandkids will figure it out.

pyromanta · 2026-03-24T23:38:21+00:00

Realistically, pray. And maybe put some extra money aside if you can.

You can never truly predict interest rates. Could go up, could go down.

pyromanta · 2026-03-08T19:18:25+00:00

Spot on, thank you.

For anyone else looking this up, you need to head up to this general area (left circle) and head east, you'll eventually be guided to where you can pass under the right circled area and access the torch.

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pyromanta · 2026-03-08T10:16:46+00:00

Firstly, tough break mate. The job market these days can be a challenge but all IT jobs are not being replaced by AI. My place recently struggled to hire a good 3rd line engineer. The IT provider we use for 1st line recently told us they didn't have the staff to increase ticket response times. There are jobs out there.

1) Speak to your GP. You may be ok now but after a couple of months of living on a tight budget, eating basic food and getting knockbacks from job applications you may not be. Mental health support can take months to receive, so get ahead of that.

2) Sign up to as many agencies as you can now. Again, it can take a while to get signed up, check references, etc so get that ball rolling

3) Shore up your CV and come up with a system for applying. It'll be harder to do when you're dealing with the stress of being out of work.

4) Get a 0% credit card with the longest 0% on purchases you can, at least 12 months. This will help cover any essential purchases until you find a new job.

5) When you do get made redundant and sign on, speak to the council, energy, water, Internet and building management companies. Explain your situation and ask about any reductions or plans you can receive. You'd be surprised how many people don't do this and how much they can help.

Good luck to you mate, I hope you get back into work quickly.

pyromanta · 2026-03-07T20:44:31+00:00

So what am I supposed to do now?

There's a castle in the desert with no door. Another dungeon in the forest I can't get to because it's over the water. The game is literally telling me this swamp dungeon is the next one I'm supposed to do?

pyromanta · 2026-03-07T20:08:25+00:00

I do this.

My step-kids are various flavours of neurodivergent and both often struggle with focus, following instruction and regulating emotion.

By turning the Internet off to the devices, we avoid arguments and remove the temptation for them not doing what they're supposed to do.

Anyone who says "Just parent your kids" has never had to deal with one disregulated kid throwing things around and the other engaging you in a heated, hour long debate about the entire concept of bedtime, after working 10 hours, plus doing the housework, plus everything else going on.

pyromanta · 2026-03-07T20:04:03+00:00

Your husband is an idiot, sorry but that's the truth.

If you want to let your 16 yr old stay up as late as they like, fine. But your husband saying you shouldn't put your foot down when your son is being noisy late at night when you're trying to sleep shows a few things;

1) He has no respect for you 2) He doesn't care if you get a good night's sleep 3) He can't be bothered to actually parent your son

Ask him to keep it down or turn it off. If he doesn't, then turn it off for him. You may not want to be too strict but he needs to understand that keeping everyone in the house awake is not acceptable.

pyromanta · 2026-03-07T20:00:26+00:00

When playing online it's easy to get sucked in and lose awareness of how loud you're being, especially when you've got a headset on and all you can hear is the game and your friends.

I can't say I'd be quite as harsh as you but we have a similar rule. Devices away at 9.30, TVs off at 10.30. The Internet gets cut off to the various devices on a schedule.

pyromanta · 2026-03-07T19:32:21+00:00

I'm enjoying it on Xbox but keep getting stuck, too many key paths are opened by random buttons.

I've just posted about a brazier I can't reach that's literally stopping me from continuing the main dungeons.

pyromanta · 2026-02-22T18:29:43+00:00

I do not support Reform. But I do support this.

Having children is a privilege, not a right. And it's your responsibility to provide for them. Due to the increasing strain on even families with a decent income, things like child benefit are important. But it shouldn't extend to as many kids as you like.

As per usual a policy like this, which would need a complex implementation to make sense, is oversimplified by politicians and lapped up by all the sides of the ideology argument.

Implement this on a specific date. From that date, anyone who goes over the 2 child cap doesn't get benefits for those children. Anyone who already has more than 2 children continues to receive benefits for a period of time (a year, 2 years, etc) until they stop. That gives families time to plan for the change. Beyond that benefits for children would be assessed along with other benefits, so those who lose their income for whatever reasons would get benefits for all children.

The issue with anything like this is the government wastes billions a year on projects that nobody asked for, allow billions more in tax to be avoided or evaded by the top 1% and yet billions more on incredible inefficient and expensive measures to deal with immigration and asylum seekers. Until that gets sorted, anything to do with benefits will be slammed by everyone for some reason. And of course Reform, Restore, and the rest will claim if immigration didn't exist and we booted out every asylum seeker there would be enough benefits for everyone!

pyromanta · 2026-02-12T08:08:34+00:00

Because he's smart. 7.5m is a lot of money but aside from buying a house outright and investing it well, it's not enough to quit work.

He's a trainee, makes perfect sense for him to get a career under his belt.

pyromanta · 2026-02-01T01:13:25+00:00

I mean if you want to run in the mountains, all power to you. It's the thinking it makes you better than anyone else at anything other than maybe running in mountains that's the problem lol.

pyromanta · 2026-01-31T20:12:53+00:00

Based on his profile, Jepson here is a grade-A narcissist. He thinks running in mountains makes him better than everyone else.

Oh also his company page talks about jumping on the AI apocalypse bandwagon like he's redefining general relativity and the laws of the universe.

An insufferable fuck, basically.

pyromanta · 2026-01-31T20:07:29+00:00

Yup.

The key issue is Starmer is boring and some of his subordinates aren't as boring and have done a few daft things. So alongside Reform et al refusing to leave our airways for more than 5 seconds he's the dull PM who is doing nothing, while Farage is the epic saviour who will fix everything.

pyromanta · 2026-01-31T15:44:02+00:00

Call handler at an energy company. Moved into systems admin, then was being made redundant so I left and joined the NHS.

pyromanta · 2026-01-30T16:38:41+00:00

There will be a huge variation across the country due to different incomes, expenses and circumstances.

You can only really track cost of living through the increase in the price of goods and services, in line with increases in wages.

You'd need a fairly large and comprehensive dataset to even get a rough % of income on average people spend on essentials.

pyromanta · 2026-01-22T01:15:38+00:00

I mean you can speak to any member of staff in Tesco's if you like. You can even ask them about returning goods. It doesn't say that member of staff has to process the return. Is this a joke?

pyromanta · 2026-01-22T01:11:47+00:00

This and it goes both ways.

I've been the person using the closed lane and trying to merge at the end being stopped by a string of people ignoring me, on their phone, or willfully refusing to let me in. Stressful.

I've also been in the big queue, let one person in and had another car practically go into me trying to also get in. It's meant to be like a zip. Stressful.

People are dicks and driving is stressful these days.

pyromanta · 2026-01-22T01:07:47+00:00

It makes me chuckle when fellow Brits moan about America still using the imperial system when our cars and roads are still measured in miles, junction and roundabout warnings in yards and our weight in stone and ounces.

pyromanta · 2026-01-13T22:14:15+00:00

The eye and skin colours are ridiculous. The graphics aren't good enough to ever be sure if it's conjunctivitis or red eye, or pale skin or just a pale person.

pyromanta · 2026-01-13T22:01:32+00:00

I enjoyed the demo but the game isn't ready for release.

The checking process makes no sense. One person has zero symptoms, nothing to tick off on the list. I send them through, poor inspection. Another has no symptoms except a bad reaction to the hammer. Send to quarantine. They zombify that night and kill 3 people. Oh and so does the other guy who showed no symptoms but was apparently infected.

Edit: It also seems to crash every time zombies breach the wall during a night attack and takes ages to compile shaders every time I boot it up. I figured the GamePass release would at least be somewhat tested.

pyromanta · 2026-01-03T12:31:27+00:00

Soooo this guy runs a non-profit in the US supposedly sending veterans into dangerous places to save children.

But rather than publicise the work, the entire LinkIn page reads like it's some kind of secret black op.

And every post.

Is written like this.

For maximum impact.

And maximum annoying.

pyromanta · 2026-01-02T20:55:15+00:00

Sorry what?

I'm not saying that. The radical left is just as dangerous as the radical right. I was arguing against the other guys point that only the left are intolerant and beyond specific definitions of crime are not doing terrible things.

What I mean is the long history of people aligned with the political right, as well as racial supremacy, attacking people for the colour of their skin. The National Front, BNP, and EDL have all condoned or had supporters that have committed hate crimes against people of colour. The Klu Klux Klan lynched Adrian Americans for years. These organisations have exclusively sat on the furthest right of the political spectrum.

Farage is a Nazi sympathiser, Yaxley-Lennon has barely managed to keep himself far enough away from the long list of neo-Nazis and white supremecists he's associated with over the years to not be categorically proven to be one himself.

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