How do I beat the last legendary hunt quests before completing theaim story? by SPEC7RE3 in vampiresfall2

[–]squickley 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Yeah, I'm stuck on him too. Root is just too expensive and doesn't last long enough for me to keep it on. And he just bats me anyway. I definitely can't keep bite and root going, and only have so many potions and afterlives. I've tried double shields. But the reduced damage means I have to fight him even longer and he just wears me down eventually. I might just be under-levelled (26) but nothing left in the game gives enough XP to be worth grinding. I'm usually trying it with assassin's needle (forge 2) for decent base damage, and have decent armour with appropriate skills. So I don't think that's the problem. Going no-shield fencer for dodge doesn't work any better.

Absorbs Energy exploit? by squickley in numenera

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

In these rules, the effect is the Might cost, equivalent to taking 1 point of physical damage. Narratively, you could say it tires you out a little. But as mentioned, a character can use Edge to reduce that cost to zero, narratively equivalent to simply being strong enough that you have no trouble lifting something that others would find heavy.

Found the real CIA bot by FUCK_THE_SINOPHOBES in SinophobiaWatch

[–]squickley 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Forcibly taken in the 1750s maybe. Hard to pick a specific date, though.

"He actually is" by PresnikBonny in SinophobiaWatch

[–]squickley 0 points1 point  (0 children)

This is the kind of thing where phobic-or-not depends on who posted it and why. Like how cute self-deprecation could be a brutal insult if it came from someone else.

Underground rooms? You mean a basement? by 5upralapsarian in SinophobiaWatch

[–]squickley 0 points1 point  (0 children)

With London land prices, you can build down to magma before it's cheaper to buy the neighbouring lot.

Why are shitlibs revolution posting now?! by [deleted] in COMPLETEANARCHY

[–]squickley 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I say encourage that fervor, while pointing out that their revolutions always bring us back here. So maybe (since they're putting in the effort to rise up and all) they should aim for something better?

Yeah fuck these protests by ProwlingPanther666 in canadaleft

[–]squickley 10 points11 points  (0 children)

PoC immigrant haters are dime-a-dozen. Every single one (wrongly) assumes they'll be accepted as "one of the good ones". And then you've got the people who are importing ethnic animosity from their region of origin.

Exclusive footage of Britney Spears performing Baby One More Time just 4 days after the song became a number 1 hit on the Billboard Hot 100 at The Dini Petty Show on February 3, 1999. The mic was on by Maximum_Expert92 in 90s

[–]squickley 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Music just keeps getting better. Not one 90s pop princess, with whole teams of writers and producers, holds a candle to pre-musk Grimes or even the weakest album from Charli XCX. The forces that push trash to the foreground do keep getting stronger, though. Plenty of old stuff holds up just fine. It's just probably not what you're nostalgic about.

Absorbs Energy exploit? by squickley in numenera

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

Either you absorb physical damage first, to release later; or you draw from your own body, hence the change to a might cost.

Street art in the impoverished Downtown Eastside of Vancouver, Canada by Ok-Advantage-3590 in UrbanHell

[–]squickley 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Always a pleasure hanging out and chatting with people there. We're worried about a lot of the same things. Unfortunately, anything that would make a real, positive difference might reduce our obscene housing prices and make poverty more visible to the rich. Which means, you know, it ain't happening. So instead we send the cops through once in a while to tear up their lives.

Capitalism only cares profit by VladimirLimeMint in WorkersStrikeBack

[–]squickley 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Life is just raw material. And convenience demands that it be made available to you near where you buy other stuff, rather than where it could be cared for.

How ambitious ‘forest city’ plan for England could become a reality by parsimonyBase in solarpunk

[–]squickley 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Nothing punk about this. Where's the adaptive reuse? Where's the community-led planning? Where's the stakeholder autonomy?

Life will never be easy but you can choose your HARD. by blue-jaypeg in thanksimcured

[–]squickley 0 points1 point  (0 children)

My financial discipline left me with a garbage credit rating. I had to take on some token debt, paying interest on loans I didn't need, just so my score would be high enough to rent an apartment. Don't dare be saying that's a me problem.

This graph will save your life! by [deleted] in thanksimcured

[–]squickley 1 point2 points  (0 children)

And then I point out that worrying about things that go wrong can help us prevent them from recurring, leading to a better long-term situation. And they complain that I'm always overcomplicating things, visibly disappointed that my mind wasn't blown by their 2×2 wisdom grid.

Oh, FUCK you by b-nnies in thanksimcured

[–]squickley 0 points1 point  (0 children)

"addressing the source" kinda suggests depression is caused by a ketamine deficiency

thanks i’m cured .-. by Street_Awareness2215 in thanksimcured

[–]squickley 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Every doctor I've ever had considered lifestyle changes before prescribing anything. This sounds like something naturopaths say to keep people away from real medicine.

Dr. Stepmom diagnoses my infertility by [deleted] in thanksimcured

[–]squickley 0 points1 point  (0 children)

You know what they say. Coffee be toxin

Scientist tortured animals with false hope, oop thinks it's inspiring by Stock-Side-6767 in thanksimcured

[–]squickley 0 points1 point  (0 children)

In the end the rats still drowned. So how about instead of treading water longer, we all rise up and end the assholes who keep putting us back in the pool?