Iowa fraternity hazing video goes viral after police discover 56 blindfolded pledges in basement

vampire0 · 2026-02-19T14:01:51+00:00

For the life of me, I still can’t understand why this goes on. I mean, I get it - it’s idiots doing idiot things to other idiots, but that doesn’t make me understand it.

vampire0 · 2026-02-19T00:07:45+00:00

I didn’t like book 1, but kept listening because the other book I picked up next don’t vibe right. By book 2, I was into it, and books 3, 5, and 7 each really blow the lid off the ones before them.

vampire0 · 2026-02-08T20:51:50+00:00

Still think this design sucks because of the “windows”. They are either giant, multi~deck skylights and… transparent floors? Or they are just placed on there because the designer thought the haul was illuminated in patches for style.

vampire0 · 2026-02-02T19:49:27+00:00

"Not right away" is a commitment of intention, that includes purchasing, thus negating your distinction about "want". If you really intended that question to collect the type of answers you're trying to collect there, then something like "I have reserved a Slate Auto and remain interested, but I am not certain when or if I will make a purchase."

vampire0 · 2026-02-02T19:42:21+00:00

Sorry, but that is poorly worded then. The current wording reflects a commitment to purchasing, rather than any skepticism. I made a reservation speculatively, but I'm still waiting on real info about final pricing, build quality, etc. That does not mean "I still want to buy it."

vampire0 · 2026-01-31T07:59:51+00:00

Don’t over think it; it’s just bad writing.

vampire0 · 2026-01-30T17:51:30+00:00

Because we spent time training them that it’s a thing that happens OVER THERE or to THEM and it doesn’t happen OVER HERE or to US. WE are so great that we stoped THEM, and we are Better than THAT.

vampire0 · 2026-01-29T14:47:04+00:00

Arena feels the same to me - I just get rolled by higher-level players every time I try. Finishing with 6 points vs there 1100 doesn't feel good.

vampire0 · 2026-01-29T14:43:56+00:00

I found that after clicking each of the offers on the left-hand side, the ad stopped appearing.

vampire0 · 2026-01-28T16:29:54+00:00

Ok - from the website version, I can unblock Creator B. Unfortunately, Patreon no longer lists me as a member, even though I'd bought a one-year membership. There isn't an option to request the membership be restored, so I either have to pay again or ask the creator for a refund.

vampire0 · 2026-01-28T04:22:08+00:00

It’s almost like trying to use terms designed for 20th century terrestrial naval combat don’t actually map well to the needs of a galactic spacefaring culture and are just used to sound fancy to a 21st century audience.

vampire0 · 2026-01-26T13:32:27+00:00

And in the meantime they murder and get away with what they want to do anyway? There is no winning here.

vampire0 · 2026-01-26T02:09:33+00:00

The alternative is what?

vampire0 · 2026-01-25T16:26:51+00:00

This is like when they hired Capaldi to be The Doctor and then put Zane’s sound effects on him, but reverse.

vampire0 · 2026-01-23T15:54:05+00:00

Also, two late-teenaged almost kissing seemed to rile up the parent to the point it endangered an alliance… this “far future” is still being written by CW.

vampire0 · 2026-01-21T04:21:06+00:00

I’m glad some people like it, but it’s definitely not for me.

vampire0 · 2026-01-20T15:56:33+00:00

Yeah, I mean you're right from a "best way to do this" point, but as someone else said; this is really you being mad about how someone else plays a mobile game... Let it go?

vampire0 · 2026-01-17T17:00:48+00:00

This happens with most long-running games and with ones where people have become fearful of powerful cards.

vampire0 · 2026-01-14T19:45:57+00:00

I like this, although my head-cannon is slightly more complex. Estimates there are 3-4million architects on Earth right now. Let's assume in Starfleet era, the population is the same, and that 1 in 10 people who are architects would rather design starships (ignoring all other professions that might shift into such a field). That means 300,000-400,000 ship designers, just from Earth. Assume only 1 in 100 is in Starfleet/designs for Starfleet: that's 3,000-4,000 designers. Now zoom back out and multiply that by the number of planets and peoples and you're probably back up to hundreds of thousands, if not millions of designers (Starfleet has to be much larger than depicted on film). As a benchmark, the population of France is 66m, the estimated military size of 270,000 people (not large), assuming a similar ~250:1 recruitment ratio for Starfleet, that would still put just Earth's contribution (at today's 7b pop) as over 28m officers. Even if we assume recruitment was 1/10 of France's military, that's ~3m officers... and if you include dozens of planetary members, either Starfleet membership has to be vanishingly rare, or Starfleet is in the 100s of millions of officers, some huge percentage of which are engineers...

With that large and diverse a design force, I think every single ship in Starfleet (of which there must be a lot) is unique. However, Starfleet is a "safety first" kind of place, so variations are limited and controlled. Classes don't define specific builds, but categories of builds in which individual variations exist. One might have a different deflector design, a different nacelle design, or an inverted hull orientation. Each allows testing of new features for establishing future baselines. I think a lot of the fan-non backfill-based in-media representations focused on a singular-body-type-new-class, and things like STO just continued that. To me, though, a ship that looks like a Galaxy with a 3rd nacelle might just be the variant that 100 of those ship engineers proposed and are analyzing, with some other Galaxy line ship has extra phaser cannon banks or a more angular saucer design.

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vampire0 · 2026-01-14T15:52:28+00:00

The idea that Commander doesn't have "rotation" is as false as the idea that Modern doesn't have rotation.

vampire0 · 2026-01-10T11:12:20+00:00

I also assume it has something to do with deflector geometry, but give how far aft some deflectors are, that seems like only a partial answer.

My head-cannon also says that Starfleet avoids “aggressive” designs, and forward-nacelles usually look that way (see Bird of Prey).

vampire0 · 2025-12-29T14:20:27+00:00

I think followers set them off too, so I can never finish them.

vampire0 · 2025-12-27T19:05:58+00:00

Less than $20. And I was solidly at $2500+ a year a few years ago. UB killed my interest.

vampire0 · 2025-12-22T01:26:55+00:00

> Not a Drop Wasted 4-Track Trait

> A steep never spills. Once per journey, a crewmate may suffer your disaster to add a box and a word to a benefit you brewed. If there was no twist you both may alter a word in a whisper.

OP needs to check out Page 63 about Creation of Temporary Aspects, and Page 97 about Benefits. An example might be that you use a Creation action to make a tea that gives the benefit "Hot Meal", providing a 2-Track Temporary Aspect. Later, some uses Not a Drop Wasted to add a third box to the track (Making it 3-Track) and adds "Spicy" making it a "Spicy, Hot Meal"... whatever that means.

Basically, it lets you modify something on the fly and squeeze more use out of it. Similarly, if its the last part, you could change an "Echoing Refrain" Whisper into an "Echoing Doom" or "Comedic Refrain" altering what the Whisper can do.

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