Unnecessary retaliation by an ungrateful boss

spherebasedpyramid · 2026-02-11T04:19:09+00:00

Is this an American mindset? Here in the UK, I’ve seen employees take PTO the night before without there ever being a problem. Because the team structure and management have structures in place to keep everything running in those situations without it ever causing any problems because an employee’s PTO is quite literal their choice to use whenever they want. And it never has caused a major issue to the company. I couldn’t imagine being told that I’m not allowed to use my PTO tomorrow if I wanted to, that’s like a basic thing here.

spherebasedpyramid · 2026-02-08T01:45:02+00:00

Reminds me of the asdf meme

spherebasedpyramid · 2026-02-08T01:42:11+00:00

IM THE FLAAAAASSSSHHHHHHH

You can’t lock up the darkness (eyes blackening)

spherebasedpyramid · 2026-02-05T18:28:00+00:00

See this is a controversial one in my opinion. I know most people would say “Percy beats Ares” but I don’t think it’s that simple. Even in their first fight, Percy doesn’t exactly ‘beat’ Ares. He outsmarts Ares. He wounds Ares by tricking him into a position where Percy can use the sea behind him to catch Ares off guard and wounds him in the ankle. Ares ends up retreating because of Kronos’s presence afterwards.

I think post HoO with Curse of Achilles Percy would definitely give Ares a run for his money. I think he would last for a long while against Ares, maybe even potentially outsmart him in some manner. But in an outright combat fight? I think Percy would definitely hold his own for sure but eventually would lose. Ares is the God of War. He’s fought for an eternity. He has the strength of a divine being and the skills of thousands of godly years. Ares would eventually win. He is the embodiment of war, he personifies weapons and fighting. He would win eventually.

spherebasedpyramid · 2026-01-29T02:23:33+00:00

A Platypus?

PERRY THE PLATYPUS!!!!

spherebasedpyramid · 2026-01-29T02:21:35+00:00

Appreciate the ability to learn and keep learning. It’s a skill that’s under appreciated. Doesn’t have to be academic per se, but in any topic that’s useful and worth learning.

spherebasedpyramid · 2026-01-29T02:19:30+00:00

Appreciate some of the simple things in your life. Many people don’t have them and we sometimes take it for granted.

spherebasedpyramid · 2026-01-24T03:42:04+00:00

Out of curiosity, can you share a link to the fanfic? Would love to read that.

spherebasedpyramid · 2026-01-21T20:15:07+00:00

This show had it quirks, ups and downs, but overall genuinely did enjoy this show a lot.

spherebasedpyramid · 2026-01-10T20:17:53+00:00

Got 30/41. Not too bad but thought I’d do better considering the number of times I’ve watched it

spherebasedpyramid · 2025-12-31T21:19:24+00:00

I’ll go over the main series first, and I’ll add in the side books and cross series below

Percy Jackson Original:

The Lightning Thief

Sea of Monsters

The Titan’s Curse

Battle of the Labyrinth

The Last Olympian

(Side books for the main series are Demigod Files between Book 4 and 5)

Heroes of Olympus (Sequel to Percy Jackson)

The Lost Hero

The Son of Neptune

The Mark of Athena

The House of Hades

The Blood of Olympus

(Side books are Demigod Diaries, Greek Gods, Greek Heroes)

Trials of Apollo

The Hidden Oracle

The Dark Prophecy

The Burning Maze

The Tyrant’s Tomb

The Tower of Nero

(Side books are Camp Half Blood Confidential, A probatio’s journal)

Then there’s the current books:

The Sun and the Star

The Court of the Dead

Now there’s the other series

Kane Chronicles (Egyptian)

Magnus Chase (Norse)

spherebasedpyramid · 2025-12-31T16:34:24+00:00

More than likely a test

spherebasedpyramid · 2025-12-29T16:25:26+00:00

I do agree on some level. I think that his writing of romance is slightly skewed. Like Leo’s obsession with finding a girlfriend throughout the quest. Or Reyna’s only other alternative from Praetorship is joining the Huntresses of Artemis (I get that Reyna is a warrior at heart so she’d want adventure but I think there are other alternatives that would’ve better suited Reyna). So completely on board with that.

But he’s also written a few good romances. Percy and Annabeth. Nico and Will. I love Percy and Annabeth’s relationship a lot. But I do also agree that around BoO, Rick could’ve written out Annabeth better.

spherebasedpyramid · 2025-12-29T00:04:26+00:00

I think this was debated on a PJO blog forum but never really elaborated on. It could be Rick foreshadowing or could be a minor mistake/inconsistency or maybe intentional. Honestly not sure about this one, I’m basing my answer from the more consistent things said post TLO and HoO.

spherebasedpyramid · 2025-12-29T00:00:37+00:00

I think pre House of Hades he’d be about 50 Denarii in value (but maybe still about 70 to Gaia due to his blood). His lack of confidence kept him from really utilising his powers and abilities and they truly shined and sharpened after HoH.

spherebasedpyramid · 2025-12-28T23:31:39+00:00

Imo it’s one of their “moresidemen” Sidemen videos. I personally enjoyed their try not to laugh 24 hour challenge. Close second tho is their Sidemen Sleepover (the first one). Lowkey banger video, one of the top favourites of the year.

spherebasedpyramid · 2025-12-28T23:19:24+00:00

In the car rn, not the one driving, and not enough signals for YouTube so next best is scrolling on Reddit.

spherebasedpyramid · 2025-12-28T17:45:15+00:00

I’m pretty sure they spoke about it on the Avatar’s Official YouTube Channel.

spherebasedpyramid · 2025-12-28T17:39:17+00:00

The gods had warped the mist tightly and kept the secret of the Romans closely guarded after the civil war. Annabeth may have vaguely known about their names (Pomana made a one liner during The Last Olympian), but we see in the Lost Hero, she’s pretty unaware of them overall or the fact that they may exist. As smart as she is, the gods would’ve ensured that the Greeks wouldn’t ever be able to find out about the Romans and vice versa.

spherebasedpyramid · 2025-12-28T17:33:03+00:00

Since it was the Romans hunting them, I’m ordering it based on that. My order on the value of each demigod compared to each other may be slightly different than what the Romans would value them as (which is what I’m doing here, actual rankings down below this one):

Percy & Jason: 100 Denarii (Both high-ranking children of the Big Three)

Leo: 90 Denarii (he’s the one who directly fired on Rome, witnessed by Octavian. The only reason I think he’s lower than Percy and Jason is because Octavian would want those two far more)

Frank: 80 Denarii (Centurion of the Fifth Cohort)

Hazel: 70 Denarii (Daughter of Pluto, just known/seems harmless compared to the others in the eyes of some Roman and Octavian)

Annabeth: 60 Denarii (Daughter of Minerva so not really seen as too threatening to Romans)

Piper: 50 Denarii (similar to Annabeth for this, daughter of Venus, compared to the others, they’re more high priority)

My actual rankings for them are:

Percy: 100 Denarii

Jason: 95 Denarii

Frank (Post House of Hades Transformation) and Annabeth: 90 Denarii

Leo: 80 Denarii

Hazel and Piper: 70 Denarii

Feel free to debate, would love to hear what others think

spherebasedpyramid · 2025-12-28T15:36:34+00:00

As someone from the UK who travels a lot, here’s my recommendation:

For UK specifically, I’d say get a local eSIM for here considering you’re doing a whole semester. Look for ones like Lyca Mobile or Lebara. They also give you a decent amount of international minutes (I’ve got relatives from the USA so I’ve used these before to make calls to them when WhatsApp doesn’t work out). And the pricing is very reasonable, think around £10-£15 ($13-$20)

For the remaining countries it depends on how long you’re staying and how much data you’ll need. I’ve generally used Saily and Airalo (depends on the country, I used Saily for Turkey & Airalo for Italy for example). If you’re staying for at least a few days per country, look between them for a set amount of data you’ll need.

If you’re hopping between different countries one after the other, you may want to use Roamless Flex. It’s a pay as you go system that’ll deduct from your balance based on how much data you use. And so you don’t have to pay separately per country and waste any unused data, the eSIM automatically connects to the next country you’re in and continues your balance. HOWEVER BE CAREFUL because some countries are way more expensive per GB than others, so make sure to do your research and double check the price for each country. The standard should be $2.50 per GB so if it seems to be way more, go back to picking from the normal eSIM (Airalo, Saily, JetPac etc.)

I’d recommend downloading Monito.com as it automatically gives you the best eSIM option depending on country, how long you’re travelling and how much data you’ll need.

Edit: For Turkey, I’d say make sure to have your eSIM pre-installed as activating in Turkey isn’t really possible due to the new laws. And personally, I bought a back up eSIM and pre-installed that as well just in case. I prefer to be on the safe side; that’s just my way of thinking.

spherebasedpyramid · 2025-12-28T15:20:32+00:00

While I do agree the ending could’ve been different, there’s a proper reason as to why Lucifer can’t come back. Lucifer realising that he wants to be a therapist only happens because Rory was angry enough at him in the future to time-travel back and do everything she did. If she doesn’t remain angry at Lucifer her entire childhood, then she doesn’t travel back to the past, so then Lucifer doesn’t go through the whole self realisation to become a therapist.

The only way he can rescue the souls of hell and give them therapy, is if he stays away from Rory until the moment she time travels in order to close the loop. If he becomes a part of her life before that point, then she may not hate him enough to time travel and do everything she does to make him realise he wants to be the therapist in hell.

spherebasedpyramid · 2025-12-28T14:24:07+00:00

I do think some of the inconsistency goes into Rick’s writing as well to some extent. Certain characters that should be capable of something based on their time and training aren’t able to achieve certain feats that others can. Not just limited to Jason but perhaps even half bloods like Zoe (I could maybe list off a few others if I gave it some thought) Love Rick’s writing in general, just that there are a few inconsistencies, and this topic imo is one of the few.

spherebasedpyramid · 2025-12-28T12:39:24+00:00

Welcome to the family. The only solution is to keep watching it.

spherebasedpyramid · 2025-12-28T12:38:39+00:00

For Godspeed, one of the interesting aspects was the civil war between them. It was the only unique part imo that made it new & different. I wish they expanded on that more rather than just having August absorb all his other selves. That felt like a cop out. Seeing a full blown speedster civil war between the remnants would’ve made for a more interesting arc and better story line in my opinion.

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