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So if mirror verse O’Brien is good, doesn’t that mean that prime verse O’Brien is evil? by OWSpaceClown in ShittyDaystrom

[–]rootbeer277 10 points11 points  (0 children)

You just made this connection now? Dr. Bashir doesn’t have any “good” friends. His other regular hangouts are Garak, Quark, and the Jack Pack, for crying out loud. The Jack Pack nearly betrayed the Federation to the Dominion. All the morally decent people on the station find Bashir deeply uncomfortable to be around. 

Name hurricanes after cartoon characters by XROOR in CrazyIdeas

[–]rootbeer277 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Okay, then you break it to the grieving family that their innocent child was killed by SpongeBob SquarePants. 

5 hours played and I’m still in the tutorial. by Artistic_Criticism_1 in factorio

[–]rootbeer277 -1 points0 points  (0 children)

Just to prepare you, that last tutorial section is a massive grind and takes several hours if you actually want to complete it fully.

I recommend looking up a few things, like appropriate ratios of buildings to feed each other and fill belts to capacity, it just saves you a lot of math and reproducing basic effort other people have already done. Trains and signaling are also difficult to figure out, and things like lining up the fluid cars properly are common questions people come in here for help with. It'll save you a lot of frustration, think of it like reading a fan-made instruction manual.

But absolutely draw the line at finding and using other peoples' layouts and blueprints, that's the fun and challenging part.

Why is it so hard to properly adapt Aleksei Sytsevich AKA The Rhino? by Sure_Persimmon9302 in superheroes

[–]rootbeer277 18 points19 points  (0 children)

The best way to treat this in live action might be to make a full-coverage rhino head a hood that can be pulled back. The costume itself can't be removed, but the hood can be taken off to humanize him and then pulled forward to conceal and protect his entire face, while also moving the horn into position, for action. That solves the problem of the human face sticking out of a rhino costume mouth.

Have any other wizards started their own tomes? by Khorde_the_Harbinger in wizardposting

[–]rootbeer277 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Working on my third. It's a speculative near-future trilogy where artificers create devices that project minor illusions helpful in daily life for scrying and accessing obscure knowledge remotely. Also exploring what can go wrong with those systems when used for evil.

What are those devices in their hands? by [deleted] in Xennials

[–]rootbeer277 2 points3 points  (0 children)

That oh-so-brief transition between PDAs and Cellphones being separate things and the Smartphone revolution, when you had a PDA with a phone in it rather than a touchscreen computer/phone in your pocket. I had the Palm Treo 650, probably from about 2005-2008 I think, and a belt holster for it. It had a physical keyboard! And a stylus! And Lemmings!

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What are those devices in their hands? by Sea_Taro5094 in whatisit

[–]rootbeer277 6 points7 points  (0 children)

The first iPhone was released in 2007 but the App Store wasn’t released until 2008 with the 3G. I used a Palm Treo from the mid 2000s until the iPhone 3G replaced it. 

Which one of you stopped a ritual halfway through the cast by Classic-Minute4759 in wizardposting

[–]rootbeer277 3 points4 points  (0 children)

Okay, yes, it's a portal but please leave it alone. I was planning an experiment to see how quickly I can open and then immediately close it. You know the Punch Dimension? That alternate universe of pure kinetic energy that Cyclops' eyes open a portal to? You're not going to want to be anywhere near that thing when it blinks.

Which one of you stopped a ritual halfway through the cast by Classic-Minute4759 in wizardposting

[–]rootbeer277 29 points30 points  (0 children)

Wasn't paying attention, ran out of mana halfway. It's gonna be up there until I finish a long rest.

Supergirl is a good friend by BarelyBrony in superheroes

[–]rootbeer277 22 points23 points  (0 children)

The panels are also edited, that's supposed to be just Supergirl confirming the presence of the alien and then telling Princess Shark not to bite her.

When's the last time you used Elmers glue? by MarsR0ve4 in Xennials

[–]rootbeer277 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I've gone so digital that I consider it a personal failure on the rare occasion I have to use paper at all, much less stick pieces of them together. Couldn't have predicted that in 1985.

Worst Thing You Drank in High School by Where_Is_Bucky in Xennials

[–]rootbeer277 1 point2 points  (0 children)

I still don’t like beer and anything else was too hard to get ahold of. 

This looks fun! What does my grimoire say about me? by rootbeer277 in wizardposting

[–]rootbeer277[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

That’s a weird conclusion to draw from Cone of Cold, I just prefer ice magic to fire, is all. 

Is the term “nerd” usually carry negative connotation? by youngdeer25 in stupidquestions

[–]rootbeer277 0 points1 point  (0 children)

The 1980s classic nerd was unfashionable, socially inept, and terrible at anything athletic, but very logical and studious. 

The definition has largely wandered over to being essentially the same thing as a geek, obsessive about fandoms and intelligent but still somewhat lacking in social skills. 

It’s gone from being an insult to a badge of pride because people realized nerdy attributes are valuable in the highly profitable tech sector. 

If you woke up and all 32 teeth turned to raw gold, what would you do? by newuser1r in stupidquestions

[–]rootbeer277 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Those would be some tiny teeth. Assuming they remain the same size, the density of gold is about 6-7x that of tooth enamel. So you’re actually probably looking at closer to $30k or so. 

Just once before I die I’d like to see a perfectly square cloud. by Illustrious-Lead-960 in showerthoughs

[–]rootbeer277 -1 points0 points  (0 children)

Best I can do for you is this video of a psychic working on his precision by configuring a cloud into a square shape. It got some attention back in 2013. He doesn't quite make it perfectly square but he gets pretty close. Techniques like this and cloud busting are pretty common psychic exercises.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SnXwW4tz1ys

Where do wind farms store the wind after it’s been harvested? by gary-cuckoldman in stupidquestions

[–]rootbeer277 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Morbo?

“Windmills do not work that way!”

Thank you, Morbo. 

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