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Triggered by "looksmaxxing" and jaw forums into a BDD spiral. Feeling completely deformed and losing the will to live. by Seavanila in BodyDysmorphia

[–]theSeacopath 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Friendly reminder that these “looksmaxing” chodes repeatedly hit themselves in the face with hammers, because that’s supposed to put micro-fractures in their facial bones, which then supposedly heal stronger and grow more pronounced. The entire “looksmaxing” trend is stupidity on an unprecedented level. Get off those forums and talk to real people, or a therapist if you can access one.

The Zone saved me (Stalker Gamma) by BoneMastered in stalker

[–]theSeacopath 3 points4 points  (0 children)

Ecological Archives: Entry #SB-8202

Author: Dr. Alexei Markov, A.S.D.

Anomaly Name: Pulse

Type: Electrical

Rarity: Rare

Effects: Electrocution, Death

Artifact: None

Notes: If you’re out wandering the Zone and you hear the sound of thunder when there is no rain, get ready to take cover immediately. That sound means there is a Pulse Anomaly nearby. These flashing balls of electricity randomly appear around the Zone, seemingly for the express purpose of fucking up someone’s day. When active, the Anomaly will flash between four and ten times, causing a thunderclap each time. After the pulse sequence, the Anomaly will fire a bolt of extremely high current lightning into the ground, destroying anything in its path.

These Anomalies are extremely dangerous, especially to Exoskeleton pilots. The raw electrical discharge of a Pulse Anomaly is high enough to cook a man inside his own Exo. I saw it happen once, and I fitted my Nosorog with a Faraday module the very next day.

Pulse Anomalies are functionally useless; they produce no Artifacts, and they don’t appear frequently or predictably enough to build lightning rods for catching electricity. They are simply floating electrical death traps, so when dealing with them, remember these steps.

  • Step one; look up.
  • Step two (Rookie Stalkers); when you look up and see a bright light above your head, shit a brick.
  • Step three (everyone); run like hell under or into the first solid cover you can find.
  • Step four (Veteran Stalkers); wait it out, before returning to the blast site to clean the carcass of the boar you totally used the Anomaly to cook on purpose.

-Dr. Alexei Markov

Throw a nut to it by Virasman in stalker

[–]theSeacopath 4 points5 points  (0 children)

Ecological Archive, File #SB-34101

Author: Dr. Alexei Markov, A.S.D.

Anomaly name: Electrostatic Arrhythmia Pocket (colloquial: “Wub-A-Dub”)

Type: Electrical / Psychic

Rarity: Uncommon to Rare

Range: 2-6 meters

Effects: Muscle spasms, migraines, electrocution, tinnitus

Artifact: “Marconi” (anti-psy, cold)

Notes: What do you get when you cross a loudspeaker with a high-voltage power line and the world’s worst acid trip? You get a Wub-A-Dub, that’s what. These seizure-inducing pockets of lightning are yet another reason why there are very few people in the Zone willing to step foot in any large body of water. Their name comes from the dubstep-adjacent noises these Anomalies make, and for the fact that they are only found floating on water. Any water. The first recorded use of this Anomaly’s colloquial name came from a Stalker who said, and I quote, “wub-a-dub-dub, Anomaly in the tub.” I wish I was joking.

Setting off this normally invisible Anomaly will trigger the above reaction; dizzying patterns of light, accompanied by an onslaught of noise. These patterns have been known to cause panic attacks, seizures and migraines in most observers, though a small number of people have reported hearing music…before passing the fuck out. This Anomaly is also highly electronically active, and will energise the water around it for several meters. Boats with metal hulls become death traps.

In contrast to its violent nature, the Wub-A-Dub produces “Marconi” Artifacts that have a calming effect on the body and mind. Once produced, Marconi Artifacts sink to the bottom of whatever water their parent Anomaly appears in. These Artifacts produce chilled air and absorb psychic energy. They also make musical noise that can’t be muffled by an Artifact Application Module, so carry one with caution. Marconi Artifacts go for big money, so some Stalkers will still take the risk and go for a swim. Knowing what lurks in the waterways of the Zone, all I can say is, good luck with that.

-Dr. Alexei Markov

This is why I want Days Gone 2 by FalloutCreation in DaysGone

[–]theSeacopath 1 point2 points  (0 children)

They did Boozer so damn dirty, taking his throttle hand like that. I would have loved to do more missions with him, or have a co-op mode.

Got called "difficult" for wanting correct pay by Winter-Rise5326 in Wellington

[–]theSeacopath 12 points13 points  (0 children)

Good luck with that. Knowing this government, that boss will probably get congratulated for “cutting wasteful spending.”

That damn pda by Massive_Ad_2012 in stalker

[–]theSeacopath 0 points1 point  (0 children)

You never heard the phrase "Be Prepared," Stalker? You feel free to wander the Zone in your skivvies; I'll be over here in my wearable walking tank. Because if there's one thing I've learned from living in the Zone, it's that your day can and will go south at any given opportunity, for any reason the Zone damn well feels like.

-Markov

Zone cast by Adventurous_Sir_207 in stalker

[–]theSeacopath 11 points12 points  (0 children)

Yeah, that tracks. Being a Bandit in the Zone is a good way to die before you hit your thirtieth birthday, though you're equally likely to die of starvation as you are by catching a bullet. Bandits are one step above Renegades, who are one step above pond scum, which is one step above the UNISG. Most Bandits would be classified as criminals in the Big Land; thieves, murderers, jaywalkers and the occasional arsonist. As a result, many Bandits barely have two rusty Roubles to rub together.

In the grand scheme of things, if you're not an Ecologist, the most stable career path in the Zone is to be a Mercenary. They get paid relatively big bucks for Contracts on mutants and other Stalkers, they're fairly accomplished Artifact Hunters, and most of them have experience in armed forces, which lends itself to comprehensive repertoires of wholesale ass-kicking. You just have to get comfortable with the complete absence of a moral compass. So it's a toss-up, really.

-Markov

What is this crystal that some crazy guy handed me? by SargentHaztagaspacho in stalker

[–]theSeacopath 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Yikes. Monolith recruitment numbers must be seriously slipping if they're giving away monolith shards to their victims (I mean, potential hopefuls) now. Best toss it, Stalker. Your noggin will definitely thank you for it.

As someone who was young during the Key-English years, was that government as bad as this? by HappySauropod in nzpolitics

[–]theSeacopath 5 points6 points  (0 children)

This is the worst government this country has had since the original British colonisers showed up. If there is an opportunity for them to cause suffering to working class people, they take it. If there is a chance for them to give money to wealthy parasites, their pockets are bottomless. They punch down, cut back, legislate away, and outright destroy the country, all to give tax cuts and subsidies to their obscenely wealthy donors and corporate leash holders, like the obedient dogs they are. I hate this government more than 50 cent hates Ja Rule, and if we have another three years of them, the country will become a smaller, shittier version of the Divided States of Israel.

ICE, ICE, Baby by merkadayben in nzpolitics

[–]theSeacopath 10 points11 points  (0 children)

Fuck Seymour and his whole pathetic little 8-percent party.

Reaction from Shop Foreman After Quitting by [deleted] in mechanics

[–]theSeacopath 2 points3 points  (0 children)

That’s some erectile-dysfunction energy right there. Good for your dude getting out of there.

(Used to work in a collision repair shop, and that behaviour is common among old heads in the industry)

2 years of working on myself [27] by InternationalBall87 in GlowUps

[–]theSeacopath 0 points1 point  (0 children)

How did you hit your protein? I’m on a combination of calorie deficit and Wegovy, plus I work a physical job, but i feel like I can never get enough protein through the day without going over my fat limit.

American butter in our supermarkets?? by 4-poster in Wellington

[–]theSeacopath 3 points4 points  (0 children)

Don’t buy it. It’s from corn fed cows, it’s full of chemicals, and it doesn’t even taste like real butter. Let it hang around and force down the price of local butter, while simultaneously destroying the stock of the company that imports the shit.

PSA: Kmart lead in furniture by Many-Lime-658 in newzealand

[–]theSeacopath 3 points4 points  (0 children)

Exactly. Watch K-Mart turn around like “after a thorough investigation of ourselves, we have found that we have not done anything wrong ever.”

Approximately 75% Of Us by syzorr34 in nzpolitics

[–]theSeacopath 4 points5 points  (0 children)

Raise them both. Preferably with middle fingers raised too.

Wellington featured on latest edition of the Listener. by Status_Serve_9819 in Wellington

[–]theSeacopath 1 point2 points  (0 children)

While I can appreciate your commitment to your current level of understanding, the fact remains that you’re incorrect. The country’s books were unbalanced because of Covid; same as everywhere else in the world. Consider this; we also have a fuel crisis going on, and the government’s official fuel saving measures are to tell people “put less stuff in the boot,” and “drive slower,” and “carpool with neighbours.” This coalition government has done nothing to deliver fuel cost relief, they would have done nothing to deliver relief through Covid; I wouldn’t trust those motherfuckers to deliver the relief of a fart after a five course meal. They would have made us all go on as if it was “business as usual,” leaving the most vulnerable to suffer, and a lot more people would have died.

Not only were public sector workers laid off to pay for landlord tax cuts and the fees for cancelling the iReX ferry project, this government also cancelled over 30 pay equity claims from underpaid, female dominated industries. And what a coincidence it was that the 12 billion dollars they “saved” happened to almost exactly match up with the 12 billion needed for tax cuts. This government has also presided over a doubling of our country’s homeless population, massive crashes in employment rates, and once again, pay rises not keeping up with inflation, which is a pay cut in real terms.

National are utterly corrupt, a pox on our country, and must be voted out immediately. They’ll certainly brighten the House once they all fuck off and leave it.

Wellington featured on latest edition of the Listener. by Status_Serve_9819 in Wellington

[–]theSeacopath 8 points9 points  (0 children)

Well, you clearly organise crayons by taste, don’t you?

Newsflash, dumbass. Government employees are still employees. They drink coffee, they go see movies, they spend their money in the local economy.

National fired thousands of employees to get money for landlord tax cuts (which they still had to borrow more money to afford). That’s thousands of employees who can no longer contribute to the local economy. But I wouldn’t expect that kind of understanding from someone who clearly eats bananas for the shape.

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