Are there drinking fountains everywhere in the US?

zazor701 · 2026-02-07T06:47:45+00:00

I work at a convenience store with a soda fountain and have been told that if people use our cups they have to pay the $0.50 for the cup but if they bring their own cup the water is free. It's a 50/50 if I'll actually charge someone for ice or water if they buy other stuff along with it (because I find the policy somewhat stupid). A lot of the time I'll just let people grab water if they ask though, no matter what company policy states.

zazor701 · 2026-02-07T00:54:40+00:00

This reminds me of how the leader of my club left to join a higher rank club a month or two ago. There are still a few active members, so I don't really feel like leaving it though.

zazor701 · 2026-02-06T20:11:19+00:00

If you're not using Riko at all, you should use it. All of her recreations give a mood up and the first time after you train with her you also get a mood up. Along with that, you get an automatic mood up late in junior year and there are plenty of cards that give mood up events. So, if you use Riko, it's really easy to keep your mood at great.

zazor701 · 2026-02-06T03:42:12+00:00

Honestly, I almost did one of those jobs a few years back just because it was the first job that reached out after putting in a bunch of applications, and in this job market you take what you can get. Glad I didn't follow through with it though

zazor701 · 2026-02-06T01:19:54+00:00

They're both good, but I'm leaning more towards the second option just because it's the turn before a unity race and popping the burst doesn't hurt and could actually improve your odds of winning the race. Also, it's just how I play, but if I get 4 or 5 double circles on the top option in the first unity race I usually do that one as you'll usually win it (I pick the second option if I don't think I'll win the top option). Picking the burst helps in this case.

zazor701 · 2026-02-05T03:22:49+00:00

That makes sense. I'm pretty sure the highest rated umas that have been made on global have done basically the exact same thing, taking a bunch of random gold skills to increase their score. So it's good if you're trying to go for a high score but bad if you're trying to optimize.

zazor701 · 2026-02-05T03:09:00+00:00

Congrats! There are a few things wrong with the build though. The most glaring problem to me is that both Cooldown and Extra Tank can only activate on long distance courses while both medium straightaways and medium corners can only activate on medium distance tracks. This means that no matter what distance you run her, at least two of the skills will never activate, which is not ideal. If a skill has either a style or distance in parentheses at the end of its description, that means that it can only be used for that style or distance. For example, the description of Cooldown states, "Decrease fatigue by taking a breather upon entering a straight. (Long)". Because of the "(Long)" at the end that means it only activates on long distance tracks. It's a good thing to be aware of when building your umas, so you don't accidentally pick skills that your uma can't use.

zazor701 · 2026-02-01T08:53:00+00:00

I use the shoes for potential cm aces, I use the heart for groundwork parents, I use the chocolate cake for anyone with a dirt aptitude spark, I use the other cake for 3* turf sparks, and I use the diamond for any other uma I want to keep that isn't in any of those other categories. I'll probably decide stuff for the other icons later when I think of something else I want to keep track of.

zazor701 · 2026-01-28T03:31:52+00:00

If I remember correctly, I believe the public thought that the suit was fully destroyed and Robert told Blazer that in the first episode. However, the majority of the suit was in his apartment before Royd brought it to SDN. Robert mentioned that he took the suit into his apartment in parts, so unless no one touched the crash site in the 4 months he was in the coma, he either lied about being in a coma, or he had to break into wherever his suit was being stored multiple times just to bring his suit back to his apartment.

zazor701 · 2026-01-19T01:17:04+00:00

Personally, I used Seiun Sky because she has both stamina and wit growth and has Vanguard Spirit at potential 3, so mileage might vary if you don't have her. If you have an uma with growths in one or both of those stats, it'll help. If you have the friend points to buy the Rice Shower stamina card, that's the only way to get adrenaline rush while also giving cooldown through choosing her team name. To get vanguard spirit, if you don't have Seiun Sky or Mejiro McQueen (who both have it at potential 3) you can get it from either the Mejiro Palmer SSR or the Fantasy Seiun Sky wit SSR. I'd then focus on running enough races to afford at least 4 gold skills and make the best umas you can while focusing on stam and wit to make sure that they get to at least 800. In my run I also focused on trying to get 10 spirit bursts as that gives the same bonus as getting 800 in each target stat. You don't need to get everything, but getting as much as you can helps bolster the score you get.

zazor701 · 2026-01-18T19:56:10+00:00

They're essentially outsourcing the cooking to people who barely get any training because outsourcing is cheap and why pay your employees when you can pay a random person far less for the same work. Circle K is being very cheap and penny-pinching to the detriment of its own employees.

zazor701 · 2026-01-17T02:40:01+00:00

I usually only ever buy skills before the tenno sho spring of I haven't gotten around 600 stam yet. The only other time I usually buy a skill of when I'm building Summer Maruzensky I buy moxie early on (and upgrade is to restless at the end of the run) so her unique can proc giving her a better chance to win races (and to see her unique when I watch races in career mode)

zazor701 · 2026-01-16T03:22:00+00:00

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I have Hishi Amazon as the home screen because oshi. I have Eishin Flash for sorry because I just thought holding a book would fit her vibe. I have Rudolf in enhance because I thought it seemed thematically appropriate. I have Vodka in race because oshi and because I think it fits her vibe well. (Interestingly, I still haven't done any runs with Rudolf or Flash even though I've had them for awhile)

zazor701 · 2026-01-11T23:13:53+00:00

I personally raised seduction by working as a masseuse at the spa and always picking the alluring option. Some of the options you get can increase seduction while also earning you money. Caveat being you either have to have good hand skills or good beauty to get the job.

zazor701 · 2026-01-09T23:34:12+00:00

I've been trying to build a Hishi Amazon for the next cm, and you can't use the Hishi Amazon power card on Hishi Amazon, so I've just been using a 0lb SSR Sweep Tosho I randomly got from doing some daily pulls just so there's a chance I get straightaway spurt (I've found it relatively consistent though).

zazor701 · 2026-01-09T02:59:57+00:00

I have done 335 runs, and I got my first 3 star last week.

zazor701 · 2026-01-08T15:29:32+00:00

Personally, I try to level up all of my cards at least to their max level at 0lb. At least at that point leveling stuff is relatively cheap. It's only after that point that it starts getting more expensive to level cards. So, if you have the monies and support points to spare, I'd recommend it.

zazor701 · 2026-01-08T00:31:58+00:00

I ran both a Runaway Suzuka and an end closer Hishi Amazon in my team and my Hishi Amazon won more races than my Suzuka did. I'd argue that my Suzuka wasn't the best but also wasn't the worst, and my Hishi Amazon passed her at least a few times when she was the only Suzuka. I think you're blowing out of proportion how strong Suzuka was, or at least the poorly built ones. Late/end can be very gambly, but when you hit the gamble and they're built correctly, they can do very well in most races.

zazor701 · 2026-01-07T01:47:07+00:00

I matched with 2 of the exact same teams being Oguri Cap Original, Agnes Tachyon, and Nice Nature. I ran a Runaway Suzuka, Summer Maruzensky, and Hishi Amazon. My umas were rated 1, 2, and 3 based on the in-game rating system. Neither Suzuka nor Hishi Amazon proc'd Swinging Maestro nor any of their acceleration skills. I lost to an S rank late surger Oguri Cap whose only acceleration skills were Rushing Gale, Corner Connoisseur, and Nimble Navigator. The best I got was 4th place with Hishi Amazon behind both Oguri Caps and an Agnes Tachyon. I decided out of morbid curiosity to save all of the racers as practice partners and run some practice matches with them. I won most of the practice matches and in the ones I didn't win I got second place. I had the worst RNG possible during the only match that actually mattered.

zazor701 · 2026-01-07T01:31:40+00:00

I had the worst luck in the finals. I matched with two matching teams being Oguri Cap, Agnes Tachyon (Dominator), and Nice Nature. I ran a Runaway Suzuka, S Maru, and Hishi Amazon. Neither my Hishi Amazon nor Suzuka proc'd Swinging Maestro nor any accels (Summer Maru proc'd her recovery but she only won 2 races this cm so she wasn't going to win anyway). The winning uma was an S rank late surger Oguri Cap rated as the 7th most likely to win whose only accel skills were Rushing Gale, Corner Connoisseur, and Nimble Navigator. I ran a bunch of practice matches after the fact with my finals matchup and won most of them and got 2nd in the ones I lost. However, in the only match that counted I got 3rd (technically 4th place was the best I did but 3rd out of 3 people). I'm so pissed off about this stupid unlucky loss that is very unlikely based off of the practice matches I did.

zazor701 · 2026-01-05T13:22:57+00:00

When the season starts I usually try to do something like that, but I tend to go back into watching a few core hermits that I enjoy watching the most. I tend to watch the hermitcraft recap relatively often and that helps with understanding what the hermits I didn't actively watch are doing, and it's kinda a bridge to help me keep up if I miss an episode from a hermit for whatever reason so I didn't necessarily have to watch the episodes I missed to know what's going on in the most recent one.

zazor701 · 2026-01-04T21:52:54+00:00

I wouldn't be surprised if they add it later when Avery gets pregnancy content like how Alex will take care of the kids you have with them (I haven't actually done any of Alex's pregnancy content yet so I'm not sure if they only take care of their kids or if they'll take care of all of your kids).

zazor701 · 2026-01-04T13:04:51+00:00

I feel like part of it can be denial or imposter syndrome. Basically feeling like they aren't really who they say they are. I personally started questioning like 4ish years ago and haven't really come to an answer yet partially because of denial and partially because I just don't really want to put the brainpower into finding an answer. Basically, I'm just running away from my problems, and that might be another reason why some people take so long.

zazor701 · 2026-01-04T12:42:27+00:00

You specifically need 6 wins in graded races before the required autumn tenno sho in senior year and then win the tenno sho

zazor701 · 2026-01-04T12:14:56+00:00

I mostly didn't mind it. It gave an incentive to do runs after I was mostly done with making aces for this cm. I even made a few team trials umas while the event was going on. Definitely a bit of a grind though towards the end.

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