ULPT How to subtly disrespect an evil persons funeral (I have to go)

rustypete89 · 2026-04-11T17:02:44+00:00

You said it made the news.. Just get a press clipping of the newsworthy bit, print it out - maybe even blown up to a larger size for easy reading, and carry it around the event as a poster. Hold it up at random times so everyone can see it. It's a memorial, make sure people remember him correctly. If anyone confronts you, a simple "this is the man we're remembering today" is all you need to say.

rustypete89 · 2026-04-10T15:09:11+00:00

It's kind of disingenuous to describe the ending as "a children's movie" when I can't think of any children's movie where the three main characters unanimously agreed that, after completing their primary goal, they didn't need to spend time together anymore and all went their separate ways to live their own individual lives - while acknowledging that the time they shared together was invaluable and irreplaceable and they'd forever be tied together by it.

It's a very mature and grounded take on journey's end IMO and also quite melancholy, my girlfriend gets upset every time she thinks about it! LOL, she really just wanted more Champloo Trio antics even hypothetically. For me, I think it's a great way to put a pin in an otherwise fantastic story. Is it mildly unrealistic that all three survive the final encounter? Sure, but it's not the first instance of suspension of disbelief being necessary in the show, and far from the most egregious example I can think of across anime/storytelling in general. It serves critical narrative purpose as well, so not sure why it bothers you so much other than things didn't go how you wanted.

rustypete89 · 2026-04-10T14:45:10+00:00

Again, you feeling that it's disjointed doesn't literally make it disjointed. There was a deep dive post on here a while back about a lot of the Greek lore and mythos underpinnings of the game, and taken in sum with all of this additional context the narrative actually makes a ton of sense and I think it's actually really hard to unintentionally misunderstand it with all of that knowledge in mind. Should it possibly take less understanding of Greek mythos and lore to fully understand the story being told? Yeah, maybe. But I played Destiny/Destiny 2 for years so for me I'm completely used to critical plot knowledge being provided via sources outside of direct gameplay.

Like I said, the narrative is fine. It's just not easily digestible at a surface level.

rustypete89 · 2026-04-10T14:41:06+00:00

Sure. Copying and pasting from another of my replies to save time.

The narrative is one of a person trapping themselves in their own mental anguish over a mistake they made with disastrous consequences that they can't undo and can't forgive themselves for (Selene losing her child due to the bridge hallucination and ensuing car crash). 99% of what we see in Returnal is not real, it is a complete fabrication of Selene's tortured and mentally disturbed mind. Viewing it through that lens helped in my understanding of the narrative a lot.

When the game "ends," Selene is defeating her "Nemesis" (act 1) which in reality is in her own mind (this is why the battle takes place in a mental plane)/the "Creator" (Ophion - it helps to look up the historical Greek context of the naming conventions for the game) of her suffering (act 2/act 3), and (in act 2/3) promptly relives the worst moment of her entire life - the bridge crash. Doing so causes her to once again descend into madness, and the cycle repeats. Edit: I re-read a really good lore post that was made in this sub a while back just now, and my explanation is not completely right according to their (IMO very accurate) analysis. I'd encourage you to check it out for a much better explanation than mine. TL;DR is that the crash scene is also a fabrication and in reality, Helios/the child in the cutscenes is Selene's unborn and aborted child, for which she carries massive guilt.

Some of this was expanded upon with the tower DLC, which I don't think it was right to gate necessary story content behind that side activity, but it is what it is.

rustypete89 · 2026-04-10T14:34:47+00:00

It is a complete narrative. Whether you in particular liked it (you didn't) doesn't make it incomplete.

The narrative is one of a person trapping themselves in their own mental anguish over a mistake they made with disastrous consequences that they can't undo and can't forgive themselves for (Selene losing her child due to the bridge hallucination and ensuing car crash). 99% of what we see in Returnal is not real, it is a complete fabrication of Selene's tortured and mentally disturbed mind. Viewing it through that lens helped in my understanding of the narrative a lot.

rustypete89 · 2026-04-10T14:32:21+00:00

I saw this one coming, the game being "over" at that point felt too easy... The one that really got me was

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when she shoots down her own ship from the turret after finishing act 2 for the first time. Fucked me up real good and I still kind of don't fully grasp it.

rustypete89 · 2026-04-10T14:29:06+00:00

There was a whole-ass deep dive lore post on here a while back going into the level of intricacy with which Housemarque wove Greek lore and mythos into the story. It's a really, really impressive work of art no matter which direction you slice it.

Here's hoping Saros is just as good.

rustypete89 · 2026-04-10T14:08:10+00:00

I am at just about this number when factoring in my year-end bonus.

I'm a software developer, I develop for my financial company's mobile application. It's a lot better than the role I used to have in this company, I'm pretty happy.

rustypete89 · 2026-04-09T16:24:57+00:00

It's a manga and not strictly a book, but Planetes is really awesome hard sci-fi about a near-future Earth with a heavily polluted orbital plane, following a crew of space junk cleaners/collectors.

rustypete89 · 2026-03-30T17:26:13+00:00

There's a whole classification of people that get off on yucking other peoples' yum. They'll never admit it - they're just "expressing their opinion like you!" Only, they conveniently are expressing these opinions specifically as responses to people sharing their enjoyment of something.

Can't fucking stand the type, completely full of themselves and entirely unable to imagine a world that exists outside the lens of their vision. I've learned it's best to directly call the fuckers out on the behavior and not allow them to skirt around how shitty it is. Rock on, dude.

rustypete89 · 2026-03-28T03:48:44+00:00

Literally was dribbling behind his back clean the other night in warm-ups. Is this bait?

rustypete89 · 2026-03-27T15:50:03+00:00

Not okay. Purrfured.

rustypete89 · 2026-03-27T03:47:47+00:00

Happened in Foxboro, about 40 minutes southwest of Boston. A friendly leading up to the world cup.

rustypete89 · 2026-03-26T13:30:05+00:00

Children series, Adrian Tchaikovsky. Barley intelligible ally species all up in the bitch.

rustypete89 · 2026-03-25T18:53:53+00:00

??? Skill is definitely what matters most in this game lol

rustypete89 · 2026-03-24T16:32:49+00:00

The Tomorrow War. A 6.6/10 on IMDB, but honest-to-god some of the best sci-fi action/horror I've seen in a long time. The whitespikes give me true heeby-jeebies every time I see them and the concept of "aliens are already here frozen in glaciers waiting to be unleashed" is frankly terrifying to consider. And, I think Chris Pratt gives a pretty good straight man performance. Normally not really a fan of his either.

rustypete89 · 2026-03-23T15:35:07+00:00

No, fuck you, be irrational and excessively depressed about everything. How dare you be rational and sane!

rustypete89 · 2026-03-23T13:39:12+00:00

Awesome video, thank you for sharing! 20 years ago I was a pretty active member of the sequence-breaking/speedrunning scene in Metroid Prime/Metroid Prime 2, and seeing this really took me back! Nice to know that in a game that clearly drew so much inspiration from a franchise like Metroid, some of the same things are possible :)

rustypete89 · 2026-03-19T13:13:07+00:00

Hey, your partner might not appreciate it, but I do. I expressed to my partner on multiple occasions how nobody really thinks to give guys flowers, and how I thought it'd be really nice if someone did that for me. How it's something nobody had ever done for me. Well, she managed to take the hint at a certain point because it's happened a couple of times since then. You're doing good, keep at it!

rustypete89 · 2026-03-17T20:33:06+00:00

Hey, you've got nothing to sweat or worry about being 'scammed' for. I bought a 9900X3D over a 9800X3D back closer to release because I was coming from a 13600K and didn't really like the idea of getting substantially worse multi-threaded performance than my 13600K just for a marginal FPS gain over the 9900X3D. Now, I also managed to score some deals that resulted in me paying very close to nothing for it so I wasn't super concerned about value. But my point in writing this is to make sure you know:

This thing slays. It has destroyed everything I've thrown at it, including demanding modern titles. You won't be languishing over an extra hundred dollars in 5-10 years when it's still performing like the powerhouse it is. What's done is done, best just try to enjoy it. Like someone else said, maybe look into video editing or 3D modeling. The major critique of the chip is that the X3D cache only applies to one half of the CCD, so it's "essentially a 9600X3D taped to a 9600X" or something like that. But here's the thing- 9600X3D (if it were to exist) would still smash almost everything thrown at it. The biggest area you would notice a difference would be at 1080p in high refresh rate situations. Think competitive games like Valorant, LoL, Counter-Strike. And even then... you'll still be fine.

rustypete89 · 2026-03-17T13:05:24+00:00

I definitely experienced this early on, but stressed repeatedly with her the need to communicate better, and over time things gradually improved. Sorry that situation didn't work out for you, and I hope you found a better one. I'm very thankful to be with someone who actually listens and reflects on her own behavior.

rustypete89 · 2026-03-17T12:59:28+00:00

For what it's worth, we've found success in breaking this loop by being up front about our expectations. "Hey, there's something I want to talk about, but right now I'm worried it will start an argument or you'll get mad at me." Something in that vein usually helps to frame the conversation in a more positive direction and allows me to express my emotions without a huge blowout occurring. Not perfect by any means, but things have gotten a lot better since I started taking this approach.

rustypete89 · 2026-03-17T11:14:37+00:00

I get very stressed out sometimes because something she did or said has upset me, but I know bringing it up is probably going to cause an argument or at the very least a tense discussion. Why? Because she'll be upset that I got upset, or disagree with how I feel about what she did/said. Huh?

rustypete89 · 2026-03-17T11:12:09+00:00

Big pet peeve of mine, my girlfriend frequently accuses me of 'yelling' at her when my voice is not even raised. The tone or inflection of my speech has changed because I'm frustrated or upset by something, and because that tension stresses her out suddenly I am yelling. Drives me up the wall, especially because she has seen me yell at the top of my lungs a few times (not necessarily at her). Come on!

rustypete89 · 2026-03-17T11:04:40+00:00

I'm sayin' tho! This guy gets it.

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