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So I had to get a new phone last week because my 4 year old phone suddenly stopped working. My brand of choice is Samsung so I got an S22 + from my local device place for convenience. The phones alright I see some improvements from my old one, I don't like that the volume and power button are on the same side now but that might be nitpicking. The worst part about my new device is how I've been harassed with the Google AI. I have received several notifications asking me to use it, it was the first button on the bar above my keyboard before I removed it. This morning I received a text message FROM THE AI asking me if I wanted to use it, and a pop-up saying how it was "proven to increase productivity". It honestly discusts me that the first option in my phone settings after wifi is asking me to use the galaxy ai. I'm not going to "talk with Gemini" about writing ideas. So far I haven't found a way to fully turn off the intrusion but it's pissing me off.

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like i'm sorry but we as a fandom have to stay firm on our anti-AI values. we cannot suddenly start giving AI a pass when it's something we "want to see" like destiel kisses. it's not suddenly fine. we're not going to start using AI to make fanfic scenes come to life or audio AI to make characters "say" stuff we want to hear. you have GOT to be firm on your anti-AI stance. if you start making exceptions then suddenly anything will fly. fandom is for real art and creations made by real people. no AI fanfics. no AI art. no AI rendered "bonus" scenes. no AI audio. none of it has a place here.

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My mom said she can drop us off in High Hrothgar if your mom can pick us up

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For anyone uninformed, this is because donut shops were open late enough for cops to sit there and file paperwork while drinking coffee

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Just heard a lady on the news misspeak and sign off saying “Live in Riverwood- I mean live in Riverside…”

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For Years my brother has been fucking with me by periodically texting me to say Jimmy Carter had finally died. Today the bit has paid off.

The response to my reaction at work was “what do you MEAN ‘for real this time’?????”

I fucking hate it here I’m crying

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the long dark be like:

I was bleeding out in the snow and it was all cool and stuff until like a bunch of teenager showed up and then It got really cringe so I put all the blood back and went to go bleed out somewhere else but all the good bleed out places were taken so I decided just to die like a natural peaceful death like look overlooking the Cliffside but lo and behold somebody's already fucking dying there against a tree and it looks way sicker than what I had planned I guess I'll just fucking live

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i’m so genuinely lucky to be dumb as hammers. the simplest things bring me joy. i’ve had several fits of passionate laughing out loud today because i can’t stop thinking of the phrase “one william dollars”

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i hauve a cold

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aus are peak

Neither of them know they’re alive.i think. Don’t tell them.

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Everybody stop what you’re doing RIGHT NOW and celebrate the last Out of Touch Thursday of 2020

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I wish I could like comments or individual reposts on this site because I want them to know I saw it, but I have nothing to add, or I just don't want to spam their notifs... whatever...

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How I would be looking if Mathis was beating Mackenzies ass for the 16th time during my playthrough:

If you could add one thing to The Long Dark what would it be?

the convicts to be a genuine threat towards Mackenzie, Jace and the population of Great Bear as a whole... and also just more convict lore...!

the convicts, but mostly Mathis function as a more of a mild inconvenience than a genuine threat... Mathis isn't nearly as threatening as he could be, and I mean that through the games mechanics.

Mackenzie can disappear for in-game weeks at a time doing fuckall despite Mathis' whiny warnings of not loafing around the region... and when he returns several millennia later? Mathis doesn't even mention it, neither does Vachon whilst he idles around the fire barrel. Kind of pisses me off.

Sure, maybe having a mechanic wherein he might dispatch some of his dogs after Mackenzie if he's stayed outside for too long (~4-5 days) would be great, though it would likely piss the three players that do the cache side quests off --- which would maybe lead to a secondary mechanic of being able to bribe Vachon or Heller for more days to complete tasks, like a reworked predux trust bar that would also allow us to converse with them about their life or - even better - know what the fuck Donner Jr Mathis did to be locked in a supermax prisons SHU? like tf he do?

abuse warning below...btw....smiles and klicks my heels together... but its just me going more in depth with some penalties for dawdling

... and with the "getting dragged by the scruff of your neck back to the prison" if you take too long to get back, I feel like there should be a penalty for it, since Mathis just squinting at Will funny for having botched the steam tunnels to be a bit strange for his established character?

maybe I'm a bit too kerdoinked in the head but maybe Mackenzie getting a few fingers broken or torn off to further emphasize Mathis' point not to disobey him or keep him waiting? this would of course severely impact his ability to shoot, throw, scavenge and harvest carcasses. what about having the convicts restrict Mackenzie's access to food and water, making it so when he gets thrown out into the great outdoors his hunger and thirst meter will be in critical condition? maybe even having some convicts come out of the prison to stalk him through the region (and also spooking passive wildlife away) if Mathis' trust with Mackenzie is too low? Alternative to that since the convicts are often too scared to go outside, having them shoot at Mackenzie if he returns to the prison too early, or simply just to scare him? there's a lot of groundwork laid down for the convicts to genuinely be some forces of fucking nature in the game that ep4 misses by miles but. thats all i can say without sounding. deranged. because ive pondered this exact orb for centuries..........!!!!!!!

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It sort of breaks my heart that a lot of this interaction with the story was removed in an overhaul to the story. I honestly hope in the 2 upcoming years before Blackfrost is released we get another storymode redux.

I think the trust feature sounds like a great way to enhance the episode by providing a sort of secondary goal to get some more lore. It's got a lot of potential for episode 3 and 4 depending on how they could have added it in, but it would definitely help with episode 2.

Jeremiah's knife looks badass to me, and I relish in unique items in the story I love them so much. While this may not "add" anything to the game I think it would be a simple thing to improve the vibe of it. Idk how to describe it.

I wish I could've taken ANYTHING from that demon bear, I don't care how messed up its belt was I want to wear him to assert my dominance, it would be cool as hell. I suppose I can't really ask for that to be added, so I do like the addition of the ear.

Jeremiah's hatch and bunker would really add to his seeming paranoia. Not only is he out in the wilderness, but he has his own hatch in his home for secrets, and a whole separate bunker.

It's a bit stupid but I would honestly take anything added to the storymode. Even the smallest detail just enhances my experience so much.

LET ME LEARN ABOUT THIS WORLDDDDD AAAAAAA

still thinking about the scrapped trust mechanic and how swiping and breaking Grey Mother and Jeremiah's items from their homes would lower their trust, no idea why they scrapped it since it sounded like a pretty solid feature

i would kind of get why it would be cut or at least watered down with episode 4, since giving the player that much choice of befriending the convicts would kind of fuck up the linear story but nonetheless I would've enjoyed the choice of getting like quests to do from Vachon in exchange of being able to smuggle in items later

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my the long dark art installation. i call it pile of fish

photo of pile of fish

pile of fish on my wall