marioandsonic Posted June 22, 2020 Share Posted June 22, 2020 1 hour ago, GeneticBlueprint said: We've all gained a little weight man. Eye on the ball, though. Yeah, but I was already fat to begin with. And I was making good progress before this all this started. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GeneticBlueprint Posted June 22, 2020 Share Posted June 22, 2020 1 minute ago, marioandsonic said: Yeah, but I was already fat to begin with. And I was making good progress before this all this started. So you know that it's doable! You got this. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
marioandsonic Posted June 22, 2020 Share Posted June 22, 2020 8 minutes ago, GeneticBlueprint said: So you know that it's doable! You got this. It's just frustrating, because I've been here before. I make good progress, only for some big shift or event in my life to happen (lose my job, fine a new one, move out, coronavirus, whatever), knock me out of my routine, and I have to start all over again. I just want some stability in my life damn it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Anathema- Posted June 23, 2020 Share Posted June 23, 2020 Just remember it's what you eat that makes you thin or fat not how much you exercise. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
brucoe Posted July 1, 2020 Share Posted July 1, 2020 I did my first political stream on Twitch today, and at one point some guy argued with me, saying he disagreed with my take on Joe Biden. I responded that I never mentioned Joe Biden or was discussing him. He said he still disagreed with me on Joe Biden. I think I was actually talking about the spread of Coronavirus in Florida at the time. So yeah, I totally get why he disagreed with my take on Joe Biden. 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
brucoe Posted July 3, 2020 Share Posted July 3, 2020 So, I have that one student who finished one test out of five and didn't turn in the required essay who just asked me: "What can I do to pass this class?" I was in the middle of posting grades when she wrote. I want to respond with "Do you have a DeLorean and a flux capacitor?" 4 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jason Posted July 7, 2020 Share Posted July 7, 2020 Anyone else noticing things just hanging when you try to click through to Wikipedia from Google search results? Wikipedia still works if I go directly there so it's definitely not a problem with my connection to Wikipedia. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Commissar SFLUFAN Posted July 9, 2020 Share Posted July 9, 2020 I'm trolling some guy on Twitter with an Alex Jones avatar with quotes from Airplane. 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Joe Posted July 9, 2020 Share Posted July 9, 2020 My brother works for a defense contractor and he told me tonight I can no longer text him because I am way too unamerican and it could cost him his job. So to be clear, he thinks this defense contractor is triangulating cell phone towers and is going to fire him because his brother, not him!, is saying that the USA is a third-world country. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jason Posted July 9, 2020 Share Posted July 9, 2020 29 minutes ago, Jose said: So to be clear, he thinks this defense contractor is triangulating cell phone towers and is going to fire him because his brother, not him!, is saying that the USA is a third-world country. I'm stringing together a couple of assumptions here, but he presumably has a security clearance that his job is contingent upon keeping, so he's probably worried about the government snooping on his cellular communications to determine whether they should revoke his clearance. Probably kind of crazy, but not as crazy as worrying about the employer doing the surveillance. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
b_m_b_m_b_m Posted July 9, 2020 Share Posted July 9, 2020 Use signal and a VPN Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Joe Posted July 9, 2020 Share Posted July 9, 2020 9 hours ago, b_m_b_m_b_m said: Use signal and a VPN I could also just not text my Trump-supporting brother lol. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
b_m_b_m_b_m Posted July 9, 2020 Share Posted July 9, 2020 That also works Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jason Posted July 12, 2020 Share Posted July 12, 2020 Awesome, it seems my ex has hit her "randomly show up outside your door at 11:30 PM" phase. She was blowing up both my phone and my doorbell for a solid 30-40 minutes. I mostly just ignored all of it, but finally sent her a text that I'm calling the police if my doorbell rings again and she didn't even acknowledge that part, she was just pissy I'd been home but didn't answer the door. On top of all the other obvious reasons not to open the door in that situation, I know she's been being irresponsible with COVID, so um yeah no fucking way does letting her in seem like a good idea from ANY angle. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nokra Posted July 12, 2020 Share Posted July 12, 2020 28 minutes ago, Jason said: Awesome, it seems my ex has hit her "randomly show up outside your door at 11:30 PM" phase. She was blowing up both my phone and my doorbell for a solid 30-40 minutes. I mostly just ignored all of it, but finally sent her a text that I'm calling the police if my doorbell rings again and she didn't even acknowledge that part, she was just pissy I'd been home but didn't answer the door. On top of all the other obvious reasons not to open the door in that situation, I know she's been being irresponsible with COVID, so um yeah no fucking way does letting her in seem like a good idea from ANY angle. Aww, she must really care! She's not doing you or her any favors by not keeping distance, whatever the reasons for the breakup. That sucks man, sorry you're going through a breakup, let alone one that is like that. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jason Posted July 12, 2020 Share Posted July 12, 2020 5 minutes ago, Nokra said: Aww, she must really care! She's not doing you or her any favors by not keeping distance, whatever the reasons for the breakup. That sucks man, sorry you're going through a breakup, let alone one that is like that. She tried to rope me into meeting up with her last weekend for a walk, which I was kind of tempted to do mostly just because I'm getting sick of sitting in my apartment by myself, but I declined and then at around 1:30 in the morning she sent me a longwinded text where it seemed like she was basically just trying to justify her end of things. So presumably that's what she'd wanted to talk about in person last Sunday, which made me doubly happy that I declined. Seeing her in and of itself might be fine but not if she wants to have another emotional conversation about the breakup. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chris- Posted July 12, 2020 Share Posted July 12, 2020 After 20 hours my first Civ game ended in defeat. ‘Twas a hell of a match though, came close to getting a Cultural victory but China settled on Mars a bit before I could. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GeneticBlueprint Posted July 12, 2020 Share Posted July 12, 2020 On 7/8/2020 at 9:57 PM, Jose said: My brother works for a defense contractor and he told me tonight I can no longer text him because I am way too unamerican and it could cost him his job. So to be clear, he thinks this defense contractor is triangulating cell phone towers and is going to fire him because his brother, not him!, is saying that the USA is a third-world country. Tell him Joe McCarthy would be proud. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CitizenVectron Posted July 12, 2020 Author Share Posted July 12, 2020 1 hour ago, Chris- said: After 20 hours my first Civ game ended in defeat. ‘Twas a hell of a match though, came close to getting a Cultural victory but China settled on Mars a bit before I could. Which Civ is this, the newest one? Last one I played was Civ 5. The thing that gets me is that I always really enjoy the first 1/3 of the game (exploring, contact, etc) and then get bored when it just turns into a military game. I don't think I've ever actually finished a game, even after 100+ hours of play. The only time I've come close is with a mod that freezes development in the middle-ages. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jason Posted July 12, 2020 Share Posted July 12, 2020 21 minutes ago, CitizenVectron said: Which Civ is this, the newest one? Last one I played was Civ 5. The thing that gets me is that I always really enjoy the first 1/3 of the game (exploring, contact, etc) and then get bored when it just turns into a military game. I don't think I've ever actually finished a game, even after 100+ hours of play. The only time I've come close is with a mod that freezes development in the middle-ages. The problem with later-game Civ is that when you're playing against the AI, 99% of the time you're either steamrolling the AI or the AI is steamrolling you with it very rarely landing on you being relatively evenly matched with the AI. It doesn't help that the AI doesn't really understand how to use the new combat mechanics they introduced in V, but you also had the same basic problem before V too. But if you can get a human multiplayer game going (anyone interested?) it can be a lot more engaging. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chris- Posted July 12, 2020 Share Posted July 12, 2020 56 minutes ago, CitizenVectron said: Which Civ is this, the newest one? Last one I played was Civ 5. The thing that gets me is that I always really enjoy the first 1/3 of the game (exploring, contact, etc) and then get bored when it just turns into a military game. I don't think I've ever actually finished a game, even after 100+ hours of play. The only time I've come close is with a mod that freezes development in the middle-ages. VI on the Switch. Mine wasn’t too military-driven; ended up losing via Science while chasing a Cultural victory. From what I can tell, a domination victory would be pretty tough to achieve, so I get the sense most matches will be pretty well balanced. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jason Posted July 12, 2020 Share Posted July 12, 2020 7 minutes ago, Chris- said: From what I can tell, a domination victory would be pretty tough to achieve, so I get the sense most matches will be pretty well balanced. Again, the AI is terrible at using the new combat system. It's not particularly hard to outmaneuver the AI with an inferior force by making strategic use of the combat system. The only game I can remember having that felt truly competitive against the AI was playing V as Venice while Spain was way ahead of me on getting airplanes. Being able to use my insane gold yield to just constantly spam SAM infantry units was the only thing that made me remotely competitive with Spain--that and being able to exploit the AI by holding my units back to force the airplanes forward to suicide against the SAM infantry until the airplanes were all finally gone so that I could run cavalry and tanks in. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
marioandsonic Posted July 12, 2020 Share Posted July 12, 2020 The only RTS I got into was Age of Empires 2. And even then, I suck at it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GeneticBlueprint Posted July 13, 2020 Share Posted July 13, 2020 1 hour ago, marioandsonic said: The only RTS I got into was Age of Empires 2. And even then, I suck at it. Then you should try Civ. Because it's turn-based! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Joe Posted July 13, 2020 Share Posted July 13, 2020 Us Civ 6 fun? You guys are making me want to buy it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
b_m_b_m_b_m Posted July 13, 2020 Share Posted July 13, 2020 I love civ 5 and have put over 1000 hours into it. Haven't really been able to dig into 6 that much though. Might get the switch version since it's so easy to play on that thing Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kal-El814 Posted July 13, 2020 Share Posted July 13, 2020 I like the Civ games a lot and am straight traaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaash at any of them beyond III. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Posted July 14, 2020 Share Posted July 14, 2020 I got Civ 4 and legit played it 20 hours straight the first day I had it. I can’t have that sort of thing in my life. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jason Posted July 14, 2020 Share Posted July 14, 2020 Just now, sblfilms said: I got Civ 4 and legit played it 20 hours straight the first day I had it. I can’t have that sort of thing in my life. I definitely had "one more turn, one more turn...fuck, why is the sun coming up?" moments back in the Civ II and III days. And Steam says I have 300 hours on Beyond the Sword...and I eventually double-dipped on getting BtS on a Steam sale so it wasn't even accounting for all the probably 300 other hours I'd put on the CD version. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Joe Posted July 14, 2020 Share Posted July 14, 2020 How the fuck is Civ 6 still $60 on steam? I wanted to get it for my wife and I to play, but that price is rough. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jason Posted July 14, 2020 Share Posted July 14, 2020 On 7/12/2020 at 9:57 AM, Nokra said: Aww, she must really care! She's not doing you or her any favors by not keeping distance, whatever the reasons for the breakup. That sucks man, sorry you're going through a breakup, let alone one that is like that. So also, it occurred me just now that I'm still on a group text with her. The girl who runs the group text is aware that we're broken up because she texted my ex a couple of days ago asking how we're doing, and my ex responded with an honest answer that we've been broken up for about a month (I'm sure this means the rest of the group knows by know, and I'm still upset about having telling everyone else about it myself swiped out from under me, but I guess I can't really be angry when she just answered what she was asked and didn't proactively decide to tell the mutual friend about it). I think I need to text the mutual friend to ask her to start a new group text without my ex (because I don't want to block her while she's still on a mutual group text with me, don't see how it's a good idea to still be involved in a conversation that involves her while not seeing what she's saying) but I'm pretty sure my ex told her we're trying to be amicable about the breakup, so I don't see how the request makes sense without explaining what happened Saturday night. Not gonna send anything until at least tomorrow but not looking forward to having to try to hit the right tone on this one. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dodger Posted July 14, 2020 Share Posted July 14, 2020 I’ve been meaning to play Civ 6 but never see it go on a good discount. You fuckers are going to make me cave and get it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
thewhyteboar Posted July 14, 2020 Share Posted July 14, 2020 I need to get a new computer. My current one makes Civ 6 a slog. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jason Posted July 14, 2020 Share Posted July 14, 2020 11 minutes ago, thewhyteboar said: I need to get a new computer. My current one makes Civ 6 a slog. Civ is usually more CPU bound than anything else (hence why it tends to go quickly in the early game and start bogging down in the late game). Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
thewhyteboar Posted July 14, 2020 Share Posted July 14, 2020 2 hours ago, Jason said: I definitely had "one more turn, one more turn...fuck, why is the sun coming up?" moments back in the Civ II and III days. And Steam says I have 300 hours on Beyond the Sword...and I eventually double-dipped on getting BtS on a Steam sale so it wasn't even accounting for all the probably 300 other hours I'd put on the CD version. I loved playing as the Dutch on Civ IV and rushing to the New World. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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