Ashen44

nah this is hella good. we cannot forget that the people we are arguing with are also people. we still need to argue with them and fight against them when they try to take our rights but the whole time we still gotta remember they are people just like us. and that's gonna make us feel like shit about it sometimes when we're getting pissed at other people, especially when they're our community members, but that's just a reminder that we have empathy and that we are able to care about our fellow man.

I remember at some point hearing a therapist say something along the lines of "I've been in hundreds of rough situations. I've seen hundreds of cases of abuse and trauma, and the day I start feeling numb towards them is the day I stop being a good therapist." that's hella paraphrased of course but I think it gets the point across that sometimes you gotta feel like shit because that lets you know you've still got a conscience working in there somewhere.

expanding a bit on this point, one thing we have to remember is that these people do not go away if we get our way. these people still need to be accounted for in whatever new world we want to make, and if you want the same world as I do, where everyone is treated with respect and cared for, then you also gotta be ready to treat these people with respect and care for them. That doesn't mean you gotta tolerate them when they're being an intolerant shithead but it does mean that the whole time you're throwing their shitty ideas out the door you're still treating them like a human being. remember that dehumanization is nazi shit and we wanna stay far away from that.

I guess I also got a little rambley here but fuck it the internet is for letting your thoughts out whether anyone's gonna read them or not so I say let it flow

damn that's crazy to know. It's wild how stuff like this is possible, I guess that means coyotes and dogs are basically the same animal already.

the reason all domestic dogs are canis familiaris is because they're all the same species. They can all have non-sterile babies with each other, which is the most commonly accepted definition of a species. A domesticated coyote would still be its own species and get its own scientific name because it would not be able to breed with dogs, at the very least without having a sterile baby.

I'm not worried at all about the wounding. Tenderizing sucked because it was this mandatory chore you had to do every few minutes. "Oh, the part isn't tenderized anymore, time to pull out the clutch claw again."

The wound mechanic is a much more natural reward for good gameplay. If you hit the monster in the same location enough you get a chance to do some massive damage. That's a really nice way to incentivize players to focus on a single part. Plus they get to add a bunch of wicked cool new attacks to capitalize on the wounds!

I just think the shiny red glow on parts looks silly in such an otherwise hyper detailed artstyle lol, that's honestly my only complaint with the whole thing

right, ideal use case would be a spear brace where the mount can stop any charging enemies while the halfling is in ideal position to crossbow those who get too close

of the three new videos this was the one that mattered. it's great to get a good explanation of focus mode, and to finally see some new weapons! I still don't know how I feel about the wound highlighting (it looks kinda goofy to me) but it's a lot better than what I expected it to be (a bunch of red scoutflies flying around a part kind of like the qurio cores in sunbreak)

I worked at a cannabis dispensary and it was probably the best job I'll have ever worked for a number of reasons, but one of them was that the cashier got full control over the music. Whoever worked the till got to choose exactly what music was playing, exactly how loud, or if they even wanted music at all. It was such an incredible blessing.

damn I might have time to finish a tenth of gregtech new horizons now!

It's an amazing update but goodness is it taking me a while to get used to working with the new eevee! Very excited for how much more powerful it is now though!

yup that's the artist. You also might have seen centurii-chan's art around. they do similar stuff and have collabed a couple times before

Wish I had anyone to play co-op with lmao T_T

Super excited for the improved physics though! The physics traps were always my favourite and it sucked that they were almost never the optimal choice.

hell yeah! OMD is such a good series, I'm so ready for this!