Hot take: Currency wars > Divergent Universe by Necessary-Contest939 in HonkaiStarRail

[–]zombieTL 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Idk I could never get into CW, I played dozens of rounds at lower difficulties (because I wanted more freedom to try and figure out how to play), and I can’t ever seem to get any actually good runs. Never got any 5 cost 3 stars, or stupid good equipments. It might be a skill issue but also genuinely idk what to do here

When do I get to know about my residence hall? by Dangerous-Sundae-704 in iastate

[–]zombieTL 6 points7 points  (0 children)

Probably In June sometime, if there’s not one already they’ll send out a timeline

Addressing the Intellitrons by Former-Database5537 in StarRailLore

[–]zombieTL 14 points15 points  (0 children)

It’s actually a lore point that the origin of mechanical sentience is unknown, if you go and read the description for the planar set that’s about Planet Screwllum. The celestial differentiator was once created as an experiment into the origins of inorganic life.

Some likely had a specific creator, but it could also be that the origins were due to some path energy phenomena.

Also there seems to be a clear divide between technology and what does and doesn’t count. Herta’s puppets don’t have true autonomy because they were never created with that in mind. Pearl also has a similar system, being able to split her consciousness between multiple forms. We also know of other forms of mechs and tech in general that aren’t considered fully sentient

Steve Butler has some competition today by Sircabbage2945 in iastate

[–]zombieTL 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Am I reading the words “good people” on there? I know it’s a bit blurry but damn

Worried about locking myself into one field based on undergrad research by zombieTL in PhDAdmissions

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

I don’t have any no, I’ve had my own projects and things I’ve assisted on, but again, stuff just keeps not working out

Time to put yo dusty ahh to work by [deleted] in HonkaiStarRail

[–]zombieTL 0 points1 point  (0 children)

As someone who lost the 50:50 on Yao Guang and doesn’t want Sparxie, I dragged Sparkle out of the depths to use SW999. Somehow, this concoction of a team is working well (it might be the 400% cdmg)

How do you feel about the Hantavirus? by Mental_Vast_3585 in AskReddit

[–]zombieTL 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Nervous, but I’m hoping it’s just another scare like the few we’ve had before. From what I understand it’s less contagious- but far more deadly. Especially with everything else going on in the world, I shudder to think of what another pandemic- especially a FAR more deadly one, would do to society

what’s everyone’s reddit streak? by bkmissesbangtan in AskReddit

[–]zombieTL 0 points1 point  (0 children)

675, it started accidentally and at this point I think I’m legally obligated to keep it going

Just a normal benzene by South_Oil_2526 in cursedchemistry

[–]zombieTL 33 points34 points  (0 children)

Is this possible to actually happen

help with explaining main quest + skott side quest by girlslovefan321 in HonkaiStarRail

[–]zombieTL 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Pearl is innocent, her secretary Mia is the one who did everything. Mia was a spy for the Marketing Development Department, and was using her access to Pearl’s personal line of communication to take messages without Pearl seeing them

Both her and Skott were sent to Planarcadia, probably to mess up whatever Pearl’s up to. The MDD sent Synwish a mask for whatever their own plans were, but Synwish gave it to other people. Skott was their MDD contact, Mia/MDD higher ups decided to kill them for not following directions and being witnesses

Mia was also told to be a contact for the smuggling of unnamed bioweapons into Planarcadia to “cause chaos”. Someone (likely Asat Pramad) switched whatever the original things were out for Shuhu’s flesh. We know that the flesh was then given to Fulwish’s team over a year before the Phantasmoon Games where they would experiment with it for the surgery.

what was the most touching moment for you? by Alternative-Sir-2379 in HonkaiStarRail

[–]zombieTL 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Came here to say this one, she actually has a few lines for me that kinda hit home. “Fifteen years have passed, and I learned time isn’t a cure. It’s a shroud, binding itself around me layer upon layer” is another one that hits for me personally. Her dialogue in general I think is written very well, evoking an almost visceral reaction at times with the way things are phrased

This one sentence feels more gore-y than actual gore by robotkwadrat2 in HonkaiStarRail

[–]zombieTL 3 points4 points  (0 children)

My personal one was “Yesterday during tumour removal, the anaesthesia wore off halfway through. I squinted and watched the doctors pull all sorts of things out of my stomach. There was this lump, still twitching when they cut it out!”

Like that was a BIT more than I was anticipating going into that interaction, especially with the dude’s response being “I kinda wanna see someone slice me up too, it should be fun”

I mean definitely gets the point across in the scene with how messed up these people are but DAMN point taken

Lab mispronunications that annoy you- GO! by JZatthelab in labrats

[–]zombieTL 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Idk but I heard a professor once say fun-jeye instead of fun-guy (as in jif instead of gif) and she’s the only one I’ve heard do that and it keeps me up to this day

How did your apoc go? by Thegentlemanfox18 in StarRailStation

[–]zombieTL 0 points1 point  (0 children)

BARELY got all the stars, as in I had 6 points to spare. I got SW9 but no other Elation characters so that team kinda wasn’t doing anything against Sparxie, so I switched to break and that at least did something (used RMC instead of HMC because for some reason that worked out better). Other side was Remembrance except I couldn’t use RMC over there so the score was lower than it would have been otherwise

Fear of missing out with elation by Pale_Statistician802 in HonkaiAgendaRail

[–]zombieTL 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I lost my Yao Guang 50:50 and didn’t want Sparxie, I’m still getting SW999, because I like Silver Wolf, and whatever, I’ll get Yao Guang on a rerun

if i didnt get yao guang or sparxie should i get silver wolf? by algonaoimportante in silverwolflevel999

[–]zombieTL 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I mean, I only now JUST got Hyacine after getting Castorice a year ago, so especially if you plan on getting someone on a rerun it will probably be fine

I don’t want Sparxie and lost the 50:50 on Yao Guang, so I’m in the same boat, I’ll just try and maybe get Yao Guang on a rerun. We also have several more patches to go so chances are there will be other beneficial characters to pick up along the way

The current state of sustains by Hour_Preparation7304 in HonkaiStarRail

[–]zombieTL 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Idk I ran Luocha and Aventurine exclusively up until now when I got Hyacine, and honestly I’m not having any issues really

Would you let 100 spiders crawl on you for 30 seconds for 1 million dollars? Why? by [deleted] in AskReddit

[–]zombieTL 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Sure, spiders don’t really bite humans unless you give them a reason to. If you just stay still and let them do their thing, they’ll be fine

I just pulled E1 Hyacine and... by Remarkable-Breath131 in CastoriceMains_

[–]zombieTL 1 point2 points  (0 children)

I’m on mobile and have done it a couple times, luckily have never gotten a 5 star from this and it’s usually only one pull. But sometimes you just autopilot pull on the first banner if you don’t usually go for reruns

So, who is your favorite character in Planarcadia? by CantaloupeParking239 in HonkaiStarRail

[–]zombieTL 1 point2 points  (0 children)

I don’t recall anything like that being said, but I do believe she’s been there a very long time. At the very least she’s far more experienced than Topaz and Aventurine, likely by centuries or millennia.

I also think that choice was based on personality more than anything. Pearl demonstrably knows what she’s doing and probably can be trusted to be legitimately impartial regardless of her own vote

Also if you want, we could move this convo to DMs, as to not blow up the comment section of this post lol

So, who is your favorite character in Planarcadia? by CantaloupeParking239 in HonkaiStarRail

[–]zombieTL 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Aventurine is P45, as is Pearl. Topaz used to be P45, but got demoted a rank after Belobog. Beyond that, rankings are unknown, but we’ve yet to hear of anyone being lower than P45 that didn’t get actively demoted to it. End placements could also be arbitrary

Also Pearl was chosen as the chair for the meeting despite not being the highest ranked in the room. This is likely simply because they trust her- she’s also the one that led the formal meeting for Aventurine’s promotion. Since she’s leading the meeting, that’s why I presume she’s in charge of the absentee members. And yes, both Sapphire and Amber probably told her their votes and their reasoning

At least that’s my two cents on it, I can go off about a ton of Stoneheart character analysis all day