I've made no secret of my hatred for Magic: The Gathering.I take it you are not a fan of Magic: the ConvolutionI was finally able to get out and mess around with my Starfinder Deck of Many Worlds and I can report it is both fun and easy to use.
Which is saying something coming from me because if it's one thing I can confuse and complicate it's card games.
Join me on the haterade side of the force, and we will rule the galaxy!
Also, we do not wear clothes on this particular side of the force.
I've been there for awhile.
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Speaking of all things hated, I really don't care for open-ended, "Meh, do whatever you feel like to pass the time," games, probably because my free time is so limited. I just don't need to sit there with no particular goals in mind nor any particular place to go.
So...
...after ALL the times my group swore they'd never give Bethesda another dime, Fallout 76 came out on Steam, and they declared, "That means they've got all the bugs out! It's time to start playing!"
I argued against it for multiple reasons:
(1) Even though I had the money in my Steam wallet so I *personally* wouldn't be "losing" money, I'd still be giving Bethesda money, so I didn't see how they could have such short memories. They insisted that it was fine with them.
(2) I hate open-ended games. Even Far Cry 5, which had at least a semblance of a plot, was not my cup of tea, not only for the whole mind control aspect, but also because it's just, "Here's a world. Do s***."
So yeah, Fallout 76 has NO tutorials, an arcane user interface, and no particular plot. Just, "Go explore."
Imagine being told, "At low levels, everything is important, so pick up everything you see because you'll craft with it."
And there are dozens and dozens of different things to pick up. And hundreds and hundreds of different recipes. And housebuilding (with an incomprehensible user interface). And level-ups that are meaningless to someone who's never played. (Once I hit level 5 the group was horrified to learn that I hadn't been "doing" level-ups, and I pointed out that in MOST games you get some kind of notification or guidance as to what to do. Even better, even with their verbal guidance I simply couldn't figure it out. GothBard had to come inside and do it for me, and even then it didn't make any sense. Whee?)
So yeah, HATE Fallout 76 with a passion. Not because of its bugs (I got my first crash before I got my "played for 1 hour" achievement), but because of its assumption that anyone playing it will have played at least one other Fallout game, so it's pretty much, "Push the player into the deep end of the pool and assume they know how to swim."
It was... unpleasant.
Rig for home gym installed. Modicum of weights and such to round it out. I figure by the time it is 'perfect' NC will ease its SAH restrictions and it will resort to an interesting conversation piece. Ah well.
In other news, FG is expensive to build up a decent PF library and I am working too much to do a lot of module conversion. This makes for a sad nylarthotep.
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A coworker is out of the office for two weeks, thankfully due to surgery and not CV. Means overtime for me and the supervisor.
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NobodysHome: How can you be late for class when you're learning from home and I woke you up an hour and a half ago?!?!?!
Impus Major: Warm bed.
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In other news allergies can go to hell. Robot body plz, soon?
only if scint can be the triangular robot from love death and robots.
Haven't seen or played it so I have no idea what that is and am currently too lazy to Google.
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Haven't seen or played it so I have no idea what that is and am currently too lazy to Google.
its on netflix.
Check it out.
I am 97% sure the robot is just tall scint.
I hope things are going better for you, John.
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It's really hard when you're trying to do right by everyone, and they just refuse to listen.
- We told our housecleaner, "Please don't come until after the shutdown is lifted. We'll just send you a check every two weeks as usual so you won't lose any income."
She said, "Fine," and did it.
- I told my stylist, "I'm not going to show up for my appointment, but I'll pay you anyway."
He send back a nice note that said, "You don't need to show up, and I don't believe in being paid for work I haven't done, so keep your money and we'll meet up once the lockdown is over."
- I told my gardener, "Please don't come until after the shutdown is lifted. We'll just send you a check every two weeks as usual so you won't lose any income."
He said, "OK," and showed up anyway two weeks ago. I paid him to go away and he left...
...then came back last week. And I said, "No, no. Please don't work. Wait until the closure ends!"
He showed up this week.
So yes, I admire his work ethic, and I can understand, "I don't want to be paid unless I work," but when your employer is saying, "Please respect the law and stop showing up and I'll pay you anyway," and you keep on showing up, it's just... uncomfortable.
No, I won't turn him in. Yes, I'll pay him for the work he does. But it's kind of bafflingly irritating to be utterly unable to get him to respect the shutdown...
NobodysHome: How can you be late for class when you're learning from home and I woke you up an hour and a half ago?!?!?!
Impus Major: Warm bed.
He is wise beyond his years.
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Lawncare is considered essential in NC to help control mosquito population. Not sure how it is characterized in CA. But if he knows that he is designated as essential - then he may just be following his schedule.
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It's really hard when you're trying to do right by everyone, and they just refuse to listen.
- We told our housecleaner, "Please don't come until after the shutdown is lifted. We'll just send you a check every two weeks as usual so you won't lose any income."
She said, "Fine," and did it.- I told my stylist, "I'm not going to show up for my appointment, but I'll pay you anyway."
He send back a nice note that said, "You don't need to show up, and I don't believe in being paid for work I haven't done, so keep your money and we'll meet up once the lockdown is over."- I told my gardener, "Please don't come until after the shutdown is lifted. We'll just send you a check every two weeks as usual so you won't lose any income."
He said, "OK," and showed up anyway two weeks ago. I paid him to go away and he left...
...then came back last week. And I said, "No, no. Please don't work. Wait until the closure ends!"
He showed up this week.So yes, I admire his work ethic, and I can understand, "I don't want to be paid unless I work," but when your employer is saying, "Please respect the law and stop showing up and I'll pay you anyway," and you keep on showing up, it's just... uncomfortable.
No, I won't turn him in. Yes, I'll pay him for the work he does. But it's kind of bafflingly irritating to be utterly unable to get him to respect the shutdown...
a lot of people in the fields you mention are finding themselves in 'out of sight, out of mind' situations where the people they work for swear they will get their money like normal, but once the day comes that they were supposed to go to work, they find they arent getting the money like they were promised. Chances are they are showing up to ensure they get paid. Its probably better to go against the lockdown and get sent home with money, than to observe it and go broke with a promise of later payment.
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Well, it's too late to edit, but just so's you know, I paid him to "just go away" two weeks ago. Today he showed up, worked, and didn't ask to get paid.
So it's definitely an, "I'm not going to ask for money for work I didn't do" situation.
And if lawn care is essential in California, I'd be flabbergasted...
...yeah, this list is amazingly short.
But I'm glad to see that "cannabis suppliers" are essential in CA. We have our priorities!
I can see lawn care being essential for fire prone areas. Not saying it would be a requirement, but I can see an argument.
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It's really hard when you're trying to do right by everyone, and they just refuse to listen.
- We told our housecleaner, "Please don't come until after the shutdown is lifted. We'll just send you a check every two weeks as usual so you won't lose any income."
She said, "Fine," and did it.- I told my stylist, "I'm not going to show up for my appointment, but I'll pay you anyway."
He send back a nice note that said, "You don't need to show up, and I don't believe in being paid for work I haven't done, so keep your money and we'll meet up once the lockdown is over."- I told my gardener, "Please don't come until after the shutdown is lifted. We'll just send you a check every two weeks as usual so you won't lose any income."
He said, "OK," and showed up anyway two weeks ago. I paid him to go away and he left...
...then came back last week. And I said, "No, no. Please don't work. Wait until the closure ends!"
He showed up this week.So yes, I admire his work ethic, and I can understand, "I don't want to be paid unless I work," but when your employer is saying, "Please respect the law and stop showing up and I'll pay you anyway," and you keep on showing up, it's just... uncomfortable.
No, I won't turn him in. Yes, I'll pay him for the work he does. But it's kind of bafflingly irritating to be utterly unable to get him to respect the shutdown...
Having personally known a s*+@ load of gardeners I can say they're a weird breed to begin with.
Lawncare is considered essential in NC to help control mosquito population. Not sure how it is characterized in CA. But if he knows that he is designated as essential - then he may just be following his schedule.
It's essential in Wisconsin.
How do I know my brothers will never play Tales From The Loop?
Player characters can't die.
Also, we do not wear clothes on this particular side of the force.But do you have cookies?
No, pie.
It turns out co-worker was motivated to see how much I could do today.
I don't give a s~*+ as long as our next job is internet accessible.
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But I'm glad to see that "cannabis suppliers" are essential in CA. We have our priorities!
I found that funny at first. And then I read an opinion piece that it makes sense - with the USA health care system being as it is, using cannabis to self-medicate issues related to pain management and some types of mental problems is often the best option (or at least the least worst, so to speak) for many folks. And the author pointed out, that more often than not, switching to recreational channels (where legal) is much easier than trying to keep with demands and hurdles of medical channels.
But I'm glad to see that "cannabis suppliers" are essential in CA. We have our priorities!I found that funny at first. And then I read an opinion piece that it makes sense - with the USA health care system being as it is, using cannabis to self-medicate issues related to pain management and some types of mental problems is often the best option (or at least the least worst, so to speak) for many folks. And the author pointed out, that more often than not, switching to recreational channels (where legal) is much easier than trying to keep with demands and hurdles of medical channels.
Yeah I use cannabis gummies to help me sleep when I want a guaranteed good night. And I might start using them regularly so I can cut down on the sleeping pills I'm using, which dehydrate me and thus cause other problems.
And I know someone who is utterly dependent on mary jay for pain management, so I totally get the essential cannabis market.
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I've made no secret of my hatred for Magic: The Gathering.I take it you are not a fan of Magic: the ConvolutionI was finally able to get out and mess around with my Starfinder Deck of Many Worlds and I can report it is both fun and easy to use.
Which is saying something coming from me because if it's one thing I can confuse and complicate it's card games.
Join me on the haterade side of the force, and we will rule the galaxy!
It can be hard to remember who hates what, we each have our own haterade flavors.
Lawncare is considered essential in NC to help control mosquito population. Not sure how it is characterized in CA. But if he knows that he is designated as essential - then he may just be following his schedule.It's essential in Wisconsin.
It's essential in New Brunswick, Canada as well.
Baking bread while waiting for yet another winter storm...
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Tech: "Well, I'm having trouble connecting remotely to your computer. Can you try opening a browser and just going to something like disney.com?"
User: "How would I go about doing that?"
Tech: "...Go about doing what?"
User: "What you said. Go to disney.com?"
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It can be hard to remember who hates what, we each have our own haterade flavors.I've made no secret of my hatred for Magic: The Gathering.I take it you are not a fan of Magic: the ConvolutionI was finally able to get out and mess around with my Starfinder Deck of Many Worlds and I can report it is both fun and easy to use.
Which is saying something coming from me because if it's one thing I can confuse and complicate it's card games.
Join me on the haterade side of the force, and we will rule the galaxy!
Mine is easy. I hate people as a general rule for reasons that should be clear by now.
Honestly, if you do any kind of troubleshooting/support/repair work long enough (any field) it's very hard to not fall into "everybody is just stupid" as the default answer to every situation.
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There is a fair amount of respectable science/data that also notes that liquor stores become essential in this context. Not because bill and mary need their evening cocktails - but rather because if liquor stores are closed, the incidence of alcohol withdrawal visits to the ER increase. Since the last thing we want is MORE people going to the ER for any reason, the net societal good is to label liquor stores essential and move on, letting the alcoholics have their tipple and stay out of the ER.
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There is a fair amount of respectable science/data that also notes that liquor stores become essential in this context. Not because bill and mary need their evening cocktails - but rather because if liquor stores are closed, the incidence of alcohol withdrawal visits to the ER increase. Since the last thing we want is MORE people going to the ER for any reason, the net societal good is to label liquor stores essential and move on, letting the alcoholics have their tipple and stay out of the ER.
Tell that to Beverages & More.
We switched to CO2 canisters for our carbonated water (Impus Minor and I are addicts) and there are only three local places that provide the "swap an empty for a full" service:
- Bed, Bath, and Beyond (closed as non-essential)
- Beverages and More (closed as non-essential)
- The Safeway on San Pablo, which, in as apolitical terms as possible, is a well-known dive for the dregs of society
So, I wouldn't want to risk that Safeway in anything short of a hazmat suit (for the usual clientele social distancing would be, "Not elbowing you in the ribs to get you out of the way"), so Impus Minor and I have chosen to do without.
Though honestly, I could go by there at 6:00 am and I'm sure it'd be fine.
Oh, and I suspect liquor stores in California are closed because you can buy hard liquor at the supermarket here, so there's no concern about "doing without".
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Reading the setting for Tales From the Loop makes me miss Kajehase (it's set in Sweden (or Boulder City if you choose).
It can be hard to remember who hates what, we each have our own haterade flavors.I've made no secret of my hatred for Magic: The Gathering.I take it you are not a fan of Magic: the ConvolutionI was finally able to get out and mess around with my Starfinder Deck of Many Worlds and I can report it is both fun and easy to use.
Which is saying something coming from me because if it's one thing I can confuse and complicate it's card games.
Join me on the haterade side of the force, and we will rule the galaxy!
Mine is easy. I hate people as a general rule for reasons that should be clear by now.
Honestly, if you do any kind of troubleshooting/support/repair work long enough (any field) it's very hard to not fall into "everybody is just stupid" as the default answer to every situation.
As a Humanist, I believe in each person's dignity and individuality, and that we are all one Human family.
...But I can totally relate.
Dignity doesn't exist in the Midwest.
Reading the setting for Tales From the Loop makes me miss Kajehase (it's set in Sweden (or Boulder City if you choose).
What happened to him? His last post was in 2017.
Reading the setting for Tales From the Loop makes me miss Kajehase (it's set in Sweden (or Boulder City if you choose).What happened to him? His last post was in 2017.
He's on facebook, isnt he?
He's on facebook, isnt he?Reading the setting for Tales From the Loop makes me miss Kajehase (it's set in Sweden (or Boulder City if you choose).What happened to him? His last post was in 2017.
I honestly don't know.
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GW190412: Binary Black Hole Merger
♪ black h0le sun, w0n't y0u c0me, and wash away the rain? ♫
♪ black h0le sun, w0n't y0u c0me, w0n't y0u c0me...? ♫
Eh my Hate for the public pretty well takes up all I got. So their isn't much else I don't like.
My wife asked me to stop incessantly singing "Wonderwall" around her.
I said maybe..
you're gonna be the one that saves me
And after all, you're my wonderwall