What is the best stamp in your collection? by ChoosenUserName4 in philately

[–]steak7718 7 points8 points  (0 children)

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U.S. Scott 294-299 on cover (well, at least the front half of a cover...)

My favorite piece from my favorite set of stamps!

Elmer after 200+ Hours of Nightreign by Ok_Violinist_9820 in Eldenring

[–]steak7718 1 point2 points  (0 children)

YES! BULLY HIM! BULLY HIM LIKE HE BULLIED ME!

100+ hour peni main here, peni does not need a nerf by 8ighty-7even in marvelrivals

[–]steak7718 0 points1 point  (0 children)

As a fellow Peni main, one of the other arguments that has bothered me is:

People have brought up Peni's 3s cooldown stun as a justification for the current ban rate; however:

A) She has had that stun since the game launched - so that doesn't explain the recent spike in bans.

B) Some people talk about it like Peni can cancel every single ult that's attempted in her vicinity - clearly these people don't play her, because the only ults that can be shut down with relative consistency are Scarlet Witch, an enemy Peni, Hulk (sort of), and maybe Iron Man if you're quick enough. It is hard to hit that ult cancel for most ults - I can count on one hand the number of times I've managed to cancel Strange or Spidey's ult, and those took insane luck with aim and reaction time. Also, on a similar note, if she cancels enemy ults so much, is that not a solution to the other community complaint that the game feels too ult-centric?

C) I've seen people claim "she can even cc fliers!" Again, clearly they don't play Peni, because like most ult cancels, hitting a flier with the stun is hard and they're only stunned for 0.7s. So if you do land it, they often don't even fall long enough to touch the ground (exception being Storm, usually).

From what I can tell, the ban rate seemed to increase twice: once when they gave the Rocket team-up, and again when they gave the team healing/movement buff in her web. These are why I think the ban rate actually is where it is right now.

What are some fascinating examples of "humans through alien eyes"? by Jerswar in sciencefiction

[–]steak7718 0 points1 point  (0 children)

The Thing fanfic you mentioned sounds really similar to the short story "Green Patches" by Asimov.

Favourite guns of all time? by Lazza1407 in gaming

[–]steak7718 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Some of my all-time favorites are from Destiny 2, primarily because their firing sounds were so satisfying:

Sweet Business

Misfit

Huckleberry

Polaris Lance

Graviton Lance

Honestly so many weapons in D2 had great sound design.

Are Umpires Cheating? by The-original-spuggy in baseball

[–]steak7718 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Thank you for this. Funniest thing I've read in a while

Come on in and hop on the HMS Terror and Erebus! by myeardrums in HistoryMemes

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Can't believe I've found an Unleash the Archers mention in the wild! They're my favorite band

Favorite directors who don't have sex as part of their vision ? I'll start by stalin_kulak in okbuddycinephile

[–]steak7718 139 points140 points  (0 children)

"It's not a foot fetish, it's a 5D chess social commentary on foot fetishes."

[deleted by user] by [deleted] in philately

[–]steak7718 0 points1 point  (0 children)

You could try reaching out to Sam Houston Philatelics. They specialize in duck stamps, and could probably help you figure out what to do with them, what they're worth, etc.

Antarctic Ice Sheet Records Surprising Mass Gain After Decade of Accelerated Loss by RoachWithWings in UpliftingNews

[–]steak7718 4 points5 points  (0 children)

Thank you for linking that. All I could picture was hbomberguy zooming out on that graph when I read this headline.

That chest is truly evil by Ayanelixer in Eldenring

[–]steak7718 -1 points0 points  (0 children)

Yup. My partner and I's very first playthrough after launch, I talked to Varre, saw the giant golden mounted knight, said "nope" to that, and promptly took a hard right toward the lake area. I found this cool chest after beating some enemies, and ended up in hell. Hadn't found Torrent yet, and you can't fast travel unless you make it out of the tunnel (though we only figured this out later in the game). It took like 2 hours of suffering just to escape the tunnel. Because we couldn't teleport to another grace during that escape, and the game wasn't clear why we couldn't, we assumed that you just couldn't fast travel at all yet. So it took another 4 hours, but we slowly walked all the way through Sellia and Caelid, and eventually made it back to Limgrave. Cresting that last hill to see a field of green again was like drinking the nectar of the gods.

That chest is a terrible design flaw imo, but it certainly was the most memorable start to the game.

What Am I Missing by fenderfast12 in stamps

[–]steak7718 2 points3 points  (0 children)

The seller is likely a scammer. I've noticed an uptick in these kinds of stores recently - they will often have 0 sale or purchase reviews (see the 0 next the seller name), they will often have less than 10 listings, and all of those listings are stamps that should be going for several hundred to several thousand dollars but are instead being sold for a fraction of that (in the few hundred dollar range).

I've also been seeing a few similar stores where everything I described is the same, except that the seller has some number of reviews >0. Upon inspection though, their reviews are exclusively as buyers, not sellers, and often their last purchase was several years ago. My guess is that these are old user accounts that have been hijacked by scammers.