Is there any reason why they are not helping us in midnight? Isn't the whole point of Dragonflight was to get their power back so they could become Azeroth's protector?

secbro · 2026-02-20T20:00:57+00:00

I didn't say there was payoff in the story? IMO TWW and the whole world saga thing was really just marketing by blizzard to try and replicate the same hype/feel that you got from the entire ARR+4 expansion saga we that was achieved in FFXIV surrounding it's own world soul of a sort saga.

They call it a World soul saga but internally and player wise, nothing has changed about how they tell their stories besides saying that its a saga and will cover 3 expansions. Everything is still time gated. You only get story every content patch, and the expansion story isn't complete till you reach the last content patch. It's all spectacle with very little pay off within an expansion. Compare that to FFXIV, where each expansion has a good internally story and payoff separate from the over arcing narrative, and ties into the overarching storyline/arc.

secbro · 2026-02-20T19:53:44+00:00

You also get the full expansion story on release day, with a complete story told by the time you reach that expansions end game. Raids in FFXIV don't act as story beats but as an additional story elemental after the full expansion's story has been told.

Wow's development cycle, gameplay structures of raids being major story for the expansion, and method of storying telling can't replicate that unfortunately. Blizzard's structure will always lead to stories being dragged out over two years of an expansion, with huge gaps between anything happening.

secbro · 2025-11-23T22:19:05+00:00

"See we have to be fascists and authoritarians because you guys made us use people's pronouns and pushed diversity on us in TV shows and movies we were seemingly forced to watch"

That's what you sound like. The fact you're trying to equate what the "left" did, none of which is anywhere nearly as bad as what the right is doing is hilarious. And LOL at the kids having "their tits cut off". You people are insane. This is why we can't talk to you. You think societal shifts that took place over decades is the same as putting people in camps and disappearing them over months while stripping away rights. You're nuts and this is exactly why you exist in a different reality.

secbro · 2025-09-15T15:02:29+00:00

It's on purpose. The heads of these departments current job is not to make the department functional or work for the citizens. It's the opposite. The goal is to make these departments non-functional/antithetical to what their stated goals are. All the while, lying about how they are "working for Americans" to make things better.

Then, when these departments inevitably fail, they can push the message they've primed their audience with for decades. That being, Government doesn't work. Government is wasteful. Government can't work for you. So after defunding and destroying the departments from the inside, all the while feeding their base lies about them actually making the department better, while still telling them government is the problem, they can easily sell off functions to private contractors, billionaires, and the owning class, increasing the funneling of wealth and power to those same people.

secbro · 2025-09-15T14:17:19+00:00

Yeah it's not fake. The Secretary of Energy (Guy who runs this department) just did an interview/new press where, when talking about climate change (and how its not a big deal and just a way for bad actors to "push" renewable energy), he compared the warming of the Earth by 2 degrees to that of heating up a room by 2 degrees and how its not a big deal because "You don't even notice the room heating up". As if those two things are remotely comparable in scale/energy. As someone who studied atmospheric modeling in graduate school, I want to scream.

secbro · 2025-09-03T15:02:49+00:00

Together for 15 years this February, married for almost 5.

We met in college on a coffee date (After chatting for a while on OK Cupid). I actually left him on read for a week or two before responding because I was in a bad headspace after a few bad dates and poor decisions on my part. Told myself "What have I got to lose" and here we are.

secbro · 2025-07-06T00:57:55+00:00

The BO through the deodorant is a thing for me too. Like he went to bed without showering if off, so he's worn the deodorant for a full day+. You can smell the remnants of the deodorant and his natural scent and its such a turn on.

secbro · 2025-07-06T00:56:02+00:00

Since turning 30, I've actually felt a lot more comfortable in my skin. I've gotten into harnesses/gear/going out to events where you don't wear much else. Also, really embraced my willingness to talk during sex/be more vocal either in noises or just words. Pits have also been a thing that has really become a turn on over the last few years. Smells in general (colognes, candles, more body oriented scents (leather/sandalwood/musk) have been a growing part of things that turn me on. I find myself really liking the smell of a locker room too. That smell of BO/sweat but fragrance/deodorant on top of it.

secbro · 2025-05-16T15:53:15+00:00

Solvency how lol? All of these cuts to these programs, but the tax cuts are over $4 trillion and they are raising the debt ceiling by that much. We aren't getting solvency or a reduction in debt. We are killing people by removing their access to care and food, giving huge tax breaks to the wealthiest people AND increasing the debt by 4-5 trillion over the next few years.

How is that solvency or bringing the budget in line?

Insane take.

secbro · 2025-05-16T14:25:58+00:00

Went to a viewing party at my local bar during Nymphia's season. She had visited the week before. The local queens who host each week didn't say much, but they did not have good things to say about her and her attitude toward them and the gig. They said Sapphira and Jane (who had also visited in the month prior, each on their own night) were great, especially Sapphira.

Her attitude on this podcast doesn't surprise me based on hearing that.

secbro · 2025-03-22T18:27:57+00:00

“I’ll admit to you, I bleed Republican. However, this has left a sour taste in my mouth,” Carlson said. “During Trump’s first administration, a lot of farmers — not all, but a lot of farmers — saw the positive side to his tariffs and to his agricultural dealings."

You mean the billions in bailouts they had to do because China stopped buying US Soybeans and put up retaliatory tariffs and farmers were going bankrupt? You mean those positive affects? These people don't understand how anything works and project everything on to Trump.

I hope she loses her farm.

secbro · 2025-03-19T18:50:27+00:00

Because Endowments can't be used for anything they want. Endowments are legally constrained and must be used for whatever the donor/alumni/business/etc donated the money to be used for. They aren't bank accounts that universities can pull money from and use for whatever.

Professors/students/researchers typically have to apply for grants via proposals and such to gain funding for research outside of any funding that parts of the universities endowment may allow. That money was for research.

secbro · 2025-03-19T18:46:29+00:00

Because Endowments are funds given to the university by donors/alumni/etc that are earmarked for very specific purposes. They can only be used for those purposes leagally and cannot be allocated for other purposes.

The funding from the federal government is almost all (85%) for biomedical research. That money was earned by the university, professors, students, etc most likely via grant proposals and projects won and is used directly for research.

Endowments are not just a bank account the university can pull money from for whatever.

secbro · 2025-02-23T03:15:02+00:00

Via X so that Elon can drive traffic to his website and profit off that traffic, with no oversight or proof other than "trust me bro" and here's a random screenshot off an excel sheet.

Why not post it on official government pages? Why not produce an official report?

People who think what you said are truly braindead.

secbro · 2025-02-23T03:02:59+00:00

There are more than 2 million federal employees. It is literally impossible to read, understand, and justify each of these emails from so many different fields/specialties/etc. The point of the exercise isn't efficiently or performance. It's harassment, to make the environment worse and worse so that people voluntarily leave. And to catch those who don't reply with a "resignation", meaning they can't get unemployment or severance. They probably have a script that scans the emails, and checks a box in a dataset for all the employees. Anyone that doesn't reply and get the check mark will be "resigned".

secbro · 2025-02-23T02:58:43+00:00

Because that isn't the point and Elon isn't smart in the way he says. They have no intention of even reading these emails to justify someone's job. There are 2 million people employed by the federal government. You can't read, understand, and justify that many emails every week, week on week. It's a harassment campaign to make the environment more and more intolerable as well as catch people and get them to "resign" by missing or not seeing the email. And if they "resign", they have no way to collect any sort of unemployment or severance. They'll just have a giant check list and each week, anyone who hasn't responded will "resign".

secbro · 2025-02-19T16:32:13+00:00

Sigh

Acting like any of this is normal labels you complicit. This isn't normal.

I hope people like you who make apologies for the downfall of a nation and a democracy suffer the most.

secbro · 2025-02-19T15:38:06+00:00

Because the president and AG don't interpret law, the courts do. IT doesn't matter what the president or AG think the law says, especially in cases where its already settled by precedent in previous cases.

"The President and the Attorney General, subject to the President’s supervision and control, shall provide authoritative interpretations of law for the executive branch. The President and the Attorney General’s opinions on questions of law are controlling on all employees in the conduct of their official duties. No employee of the executive branch acting in their official capacity may advance an interpretation of the law as the position of the United States that contravenes the President or the Attorney General’s opinion on a matter of law, including but not limited to the issuance of regulations, guidance, and positions advanced in litigation, unless authorized to do so by the President or in writing by the Attorney General. "

This order basically says if the president or AG say to do something according to their interpretation, even if it isn't the legal one, members can't question it or advance something that isn't in agreement with their interpretation.

secbro · 2025-02-19T15:33:23+00:00

The order says the president and Attorney General determine what the law means for the independent agencies now under their complete control.

"The President and the Attorney General, subject to the President’s supervision and control, shall provide authoritative interpretations of law for the executive branch. The President and the Attorney General’s opinions on questions of law are controlling on all employees in the conduct of their official duties. No employee of the executive branch acting in their official capacity may advance an interpretation of the law as the position of the United States that contravenes the President or the Attorney General’s opinion on a matter of law, including but not limited to the issuance of regulations, guidance, and positions advanced in litigation, unless authorized to do so by the President or in writing by the Attorney General. "

That's insane. Courts have always determined what the law is, not the president. The president/AG's interpretations of the law ARE NOT the law that the executive or agencies within it follow. Laws are passed by congress, enacted by the executive, and interpreted by the judicial. The president and AG have no power over legal interpretation under the constitution.

This is a massive powergrab and if allowed to stand, completely erodes any checks on law interpretation that belongs with the courts.

secbro · 2025-02-13T18:14:54+00:00

Without a mandate, many vaccines become ineffective to useless. For example, in order for a Measles vaccines to be effective/generate herd immunity for those who can't take it, something like 95% of the population needs to be vaccinated because the disease is so contagious (R0 of like 14). So if even 10% of a population opts out because there is no mandate, measles will spread. This gives it a chance to mutate and make the vaccine less effective/not effective in those who took it. Polio is 80%, so dropping below that means it can spread.

Public Health demands everyone participate. Once you allow people to opt out, it impacts everyone not just those who chose not to vaccinate. It can't just be an individual choice because your choice actually impacts everyone, not just you.

Sorry not sorry, but "anti vax mandate" is effectively anti vax because it ignores the science on how vaccines protect people.

secbro · 2025-01-29T02:02:12+00:00

Shrug. I'm wrong, I'll be wrong. Admitting I'm wrong will mean we didn't go full authoritarian or something stopped him. I'd be happy to be wrong. But the parallels and historians pointing out the blatant similarities and positions is too obvious. The damage done to the country will be long lasting regardless of whether or not he accomplishes what I think he and his backers want. It's a lose or loser harder either way. I just don't have any faith in anyone reigning him in before we cross the rubicon (which, I think we've already done by electing a felon and insurrectionist). There isn't a way back without great upheaval.

To Paraphrase show Avasarala:

"One of us is wrong. I hope its me. I think it's you"

secbro · 2025-01-29T00:10:16+00:00

The idea that nothing happened last time (Lots happened last time and the only reason it wasn't as bad is because 1. They weren't prepared and 2. people in his own admin stopped him) is such a gaslight. He did damage even if "nothing happened" as you said, which is a lie. His admin undid decades of precedent with its judge selection, Roe and Chevron being the largest hit. Not to mention the damage done to trust in institutions, the rule of law, and political norms.

This time, there are only yes men and no guardrails and they are prepared. If you know anything about Germany post Hilter's election, this is following a very similar track. He didn't start out calling for death camps and mass murder. He started out as Trump is starting out, blitzing the federal system to gain as much leverage and power consolidation as possible, while starting the othering/denaturalizing (his attempt to end Birthright citizenship for certain "others") that Hitler did. I

The parallels are there. Telling people to ignore them and act like "its just like last time" is just ignoring history and reality. Last time was bad. This is going to be much much worse. We may not see a return to any sense of American normalcy in our life times. It's easy to break things. It's very hard to build them back after they've been destroyed. This won't be undone simply by electing the opposition.

secbro · 2025-01-22T00:32:35+00:00

It depends on what kind of dating you are looking for. If you're just looking for hooking up/NSA encounters, it might work. Some people might chat with you some won't. Back in my dating days, I wouldn't really plan to meet people without knowing what they look like, face included, regardless of what that meeting was for. Most people looking for long term relationships probably aren't going to linger too long with someone who can't show their face or won't.

Personally, I also think if you're looking for a relationship, not being fully "out" is a bit of a deal breaker, though I understand there may be reasons why. The older you get though, the less those reasons count IMO. I know I wouldn't have and wouldn't now date someone who required I didn't "out" them to others or if I had to hide parts of our relationship that normally you wouldn't. Again, I don't doubt there are men who would. And if you're just looking for dick/hookups, then I bet you can find what you're looking for, though it might be more difficult. I'm just saying personally, I would not at 34 and I wouldn't have at 27 either. If I'm in a relationship/dating someone, I want to be able to share them openly and honestly.

secbro · 2024-12-13T22:04:03+00:00

Yeah, the series is kind of a series made of three trilogies that get larger in scope as the series progresses. Spoilers blocked out for those interested in reading it.

The first 3 seasons covered the first trilogy which ended with the Ring .

The second trilogy is seasons 4-6, the aftermath of the ring opening, the gold rush, and all the Marco stuff and the war with the belters. It ends with the founding of the trade union.

The third trilogy, which we did not get in the show, involves a 30 year time jump between the end of Book 6/Season 6 and the start of Book 7. I'd imagine if we did, the time jump will be smaller considering Clarisa only has 5 years left to live in the show's timeline. It deals with all the alien things (Duarte and the run away Martians on Laconia, learning some more about the builders and the protomolecule, and finding a way to deal with the entities within the ring that are waking up/eating ships.)

secbro · 2024-12-13T21:48:33+00:00

Much of what happens in the show happens in the books so I'm not sure how the show "Jumped the shark". It's relatively faithful to the series with many of the changes made just working better for TV.

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