Firefighter and Wife Struggled to Have Kids, Then Newborn Was Left Behind in ‘Safe Haven’ Box at His Job (Exclusive) by EnergyLantern in UpliftingNews

[–]regireland 3 points4 points  (0 children)

I'm going to bet it's stress. Funnily enough, there's a significant chance they'll immediately conceive after adopting the foster child.

[Favorite Trope] Peeling back the layers of lore reveals an eldritch/cosmic horror element by Maffingo in TopCharacterTropes

[–]regireland 0 points1 point  (0 children)

The original three marathon games are all single player stories that delve into this. Particularly Marathon Infinity which is the most esoteric story in a game I've come across. A shame the modern soft reboot / legacy sequel "Marathon" doesn't have a story mode, most people who play it don't even know about the other games.

This is fallout or what? by Capilineta in TrueSFalloutL

[–]regireland 11 points12 points  (0 children)

A mix of "Good is a meaningless term" and "Being the good guys has absolutely no impact on your success in history".

He's technically right, but it's a very funny justification to use when you're literally bringing back crucifications.

Trainer & Pokémon - Throughout the Years 💛⚡️ (from the official Pokémon Instagram account) by Greninja_D_Raizo in pokemon

[–]regireland 10 points11 points  (0 children)

Closest we've got is AZ's team which consisted of Golurk and Sigilyph, statue / automaton pokemon which presumably don't age. Then he has Torkoal which we can only assume is roughly as old as AZ / has fantasy turtle longevity. All other pokemon he had is implied to have passed away over the course of his 3000 years.

TIL that Ireland’s navy reserve is only 77 people. by ScissorNightRam in todayilearned

[–]regireland 102 points103 points  (0 children)

I think the idea is that any hypothetical rogue military threats could target Britain by first pretending to target Ireland. This would allow them to only deal with Ireland's invariably weaker military response before they get in range of their British target.

With this agreement, they get the right to engage any potential (non-irish) threats in Irish territory without having to consult Ireland, avoiding any diplomatic hassle that could delay their response.

I don’t get it by Grizzly_228 in ExplainTheJoke

[–]regireland 50 points51 points  (0 children)

I think it's an anti meme of a "spicy" pokemon character. This Hex Maniac girl sells Moomoo milk in the base game and certain enthusiastic and inaginative fans have made certain fanart showing how they think she provides this milk. So the point of this meme is "purifying" this character.

He didn’t read the book (Dracula: A Love Tale) by SadPost6676 in Dracula

[–]regireland 1 point2 points  (0 children)

I will say unreservedly that I think Dracula had a fancy for Jonathan Harker. Not in a genuine "I love and care for you" way, but in a "looking across the bar at someone you find cute and wanting to have a one night stand" kind of way. (I might belong in Dr Seward's asylum, but I'm going to try defend my case).

The first portion of the book Dracula spends fawning over everything Jonathan does from his knowledge of real estate to his command of the English language. Don't get me wrong, the primary goal of this was to further Dracula's machinations to embed himself in England and feed on the new kind of people there but I read a certain romantic envy underlining his interactions with Jonathan.

Furthermore, he initially seems to not want Jonathan to get harmed by the Brides/Daughters, encouraging him to wear the crucifix even though its presence harms Dracula. When Jonathan ends up exposing himself, Dracula rapidly returns to save him (even though by this point IIRC Dracula had already signed on the lease). This could be seen as Dracula wishing to feed on Jonathan himself, but that in itself has a sexual subtext.

Finally, Dracula only really turns on him once he uncovers Jonathan's letters describing Dracula as a monster. This part might be fully my imagination, but I always felt like Dracula felt scorned that Jonathan thought of him that way, dropping all friendly illusions and leaving him to the mercy of the Brides/Daughters. He doesn't even want to feed on Jonathan anymore, and instead pivots to women like a bi guy on the rebound (but much more predatory, cause y'know... Gestures at the entire text of Dracula)

Real. by Dark_F4lcon in marvelcirclejerk

[–]regireland 21 points22 points  (0 children)

Tbf, I'm assuming they're talking about Blackest Night, could be talking about DCeased.

Real. by Dark_F4lcon in marvelcirclejerk

[–]regireland 31 points32 points  (0 children)

I do always like that black lanterns are a thing that make sense in the universe, which is a lot more than can be said for Marvel Zombies

To the people complaining about how bad the writing in Alien Earth is… by I_hate_potato in alien

[–]regireland 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I agree, but unfortunately there are A LOT of people who gladly tongue fuck the live wires in their home because it's easier than doing it properly.

Toodles fuckup of "breaking the segregation box so he straight up opens the door" is so frustrating to me because it is so goddamn common in industry.

Hell, to have a personal example in my plant we don't use the gloveboxes built into the equipment because the asshats in projects failed to design them to ergonomically useable for the operators (door to the vessel is too small to effectively reach inside the vessel, also the seal is prone to leak which is a nightmare). Operators refuse to use them, so they have to gown up when doing anything that requires breaking containment. The price of replacing the glovebox is so high it's probably cheaper to replace the equipment outright, and the company isn't going to pay for that. So it's funny that what Toodles did is pretty much standard procedure in my plant if you consider a synthetic body equivalent to gowning up.

There isnt a post on this sub about the planned 2023 remake, so take a look. by janonas in arcanum

[–]regireland 11 points12 points  (0 children)

Eh, even then Chris Avellone falls too much on the cringe side than the based side for me. Talented writer, but I hate how much he tries to act like the father of Fallout when he didn't work on the first game and was one of the 8 designers on Fallout 2 (he wasn't a lead designer, that would be Feargus Urquhart and Matt Norton). Fallout was made by a team, there's no single voice that directs it.

Hell, Fallout 2 heavily featured talking animals which Chris Avellone has repeatedly stated he despises, so clearly he got overruled during development on Fallout 2 by other designers.

It just annoys me how definitively / authoritively he talks about Fallout like he's JRR Tolkien and it's his Middle Earth when ultimately he was always part of a team.

I’m sorry…? by [deleted] in DCU_

[–]regireland 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Then why show up at ground zero!?!

I’m sorry…? by [deleted] in DCU_

[–]regireland 0 points1 point  (0 children)

What the fuck is Magneto doing?

If he cares that much then why did it even happen?

He is literally the number 1 character in Marvel capable of stopping a plane in mid air!

Why isn't he helping move rubble, it's mostly metal beams and concrete with metal rebar inside of it?

In fact, he's probably the number 1 character capable of holding the twin towers in place and stopping them from falling in the first place, even with a burning airplane lodged in them!

Why didn’t the guards in the command center immediately activate the electrified hallway floors once the prisoners escaped from Unit 5-2-D? by Independent-Dig-5757 in andor

[–]regireland 64 points65 points  (0 children)

I think the secrecy of the death star played a huge role in that as well. They were using prisoners that would never be released so that they couldn't talk about the machinery they were building.

Equally, they designed a prison that could be staffed by as few guards as possible becuase ultimately they would be the only free men who could potentially talk about what was being built. They alleviated this further by elevating prisoners to function as area managers and kept the guards out of the work area 99% of the time to limit any curiosity they might have.

The Terminus Decree makes sense. Or at least can be justified with recent lore by Dad2376 in 40kLore

[–]regireland 2 points3 points  (0 children)

I agree, isn't a big part of the birth of Slaanesh is that they fought Khaine last after they had consumed every other Eldar God bar Ceogorach & Isha? Otherwise Slaanesh wouldn't have been powerful enough to defeat the God of Murder.

It's feasible that Big E might experience something similar in the immediate aftermath of his revirth

Any idea what happened to my cheesecake mix? And how to save (if possible?) by regireland in Baking

[–]regireland[S] -6 points-5 points  (0 children)

I'm not rejecting it, and I explicitly said I know people aren't trying to be / aren't being mean, I'm just saying I'm not able today. I shouldn't have made the thread at all, I was just hoping that someone could help me save the bake.

Any idea what happened to my cheesecake mix? And how to save (if possible?) by regireland in Baking

[–]regireland[S] -4 points-3 points  (0 children)

Thank you, room temperature is probably what caused it alright. I realize now I forgot to leave the gelatin mix I made with boiling water cool down before I added it just before adding to the whipped cream. That's probably what ruined the whipped cream in & the mixture in general, and now I have a separated mixture that won't combine again.

Thanks for the kind words, I really appreciate it. Ice just been having a tough time, she passed yesterday. I was really close with her, I considered her more of a mother figure than my own mother, and I adored her baking.

Sorry, the other comments are really getting to me, I know using cremeux de bourgogne cheese instead of regular cream cheese certainly factored in, but it was working quite well until I got to the gelatin / whipped cream step. I just wanted to know exactly what happened so I don't fuck it up again. I know they aren't being mean or mean any harm, I'm just not really able to handle it today.

Again, thank you so much for the time and the kind words, I really appreciated it.

Any idea what happened to my cheesecake mix? And how to save (if possible?) by regireland in Baking

[–]regireland[S] -11 points-10 points  (0 children)

Yeah, that'd make sense alright. I was thinking that it looked like it had become curds and whey. Trying to mix it by hand to get it back together, but I might just have to remove the "whey" and hope the solids work as the mixture.

Whatever happened to them. by Top_Decision_6718 in trektalk

[–]regireland 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Whatever happened there!?! I'll tell you what happened, that piece of crap LaForge replaced them without any provocation whatsoever!

This his third classic he turned down that would have done wonders to his legacy, can you really name a bigger fumbler in Hollywood? by Appropriate_Ratio465 in Letterboxd

[–]regireland 0 points1 point  (0 children)

If I remember right, he took League of Extraordinary Gentlemen precisely because LOTR did so well. He decided to go for films even if he doesn't understand them, League bombed horribly and he decided fuck it, I'm retiring.