#average compensation

[zarisdonut]

“You’re so funny!” Thanks, i got too obsessed with a background sapphic ship of a superhero show that somehow in each version of themselves they kept finding each other and having a special bond but the writers kept pushing them into heteronormative relationships and it was never acknowledged. Then, I found out they actually did kiss right when one of them was seconds of getting erased from the human plane of existence but the kiss got deleted and now, after 5 years, the script of said episode just got released and i got to read their first and last kiss ever.

[sidelys]

played imperishable night as yukarei and ran really is just There

[serpentface]

Retconned Wardi firearms- a basic handgun, a highly decorative ceremonial handgun (belonging to Faiza), and a lance-gun.

Gun tech has officially been nerfed down to hand cannons (press F) (this has been a long time coming but I'd been fallacy of sunk costs-ing myself out of retconning).

Handguns are held similarly to a shotgun, with the butt pressed into the user's shoulder, one hand gripping under the barrel, and the other free to ignite the gunpowder. These represent the most advanced firearms in contemporary usage, both in make and in their use of uniform iron projectiles built to match the gun's bore for greater range and efficiency. Lance-guns are the more basal form, usually larger and mounted with the pole held over the shoulder, and are most effectively used by two people (one to hold and aim, one to light the gunpowder).

The spread of firearms is currently mostly limited to the Eastern Inner Seaway peoples (with some additional distribution via overland trade), and actual manufacture of hand cannons and gunpowder at Significant scale is limited to the region's core powers.

The reason for this limited spread is partially due to specific elements of the technology's history. Gunpowder was first synthesized by Burri alchemists and considered to be the discovery of the legendary divine weapon + solar fire of the deity Inanariya, and its formula (along with techniques for ideally refining its components) remained a closely guarded state secret. It was used predominantly in priestly contexts to generate flame and explosive sounds (in conjunction with earlier practices of generating multicolored flames with use of other chemicals), then integrated into combustible weaponry in the forms of fire lances, which would eventually develop into early handcannons.

The treatment of gunpowder as a guarded sacred or semi-sacred substance continued with Wardi adoption, where knowledge of its making is considered a closed rite. It's name (inya tsatsul or just tsatsul, a derived adoption of the Burri iñazatsūya) still reflects a divine solar association (the Burri word means 'sun's thunder', the Wardi 'inya' invokes the sun, 'tsatsul' is an adapted loanword and has no meaning independent of the substance itself), though its priestly use is now predominantly associated with the firearm'ed Odonii (rather than priests of the solar Face Inyamache). The composition of gunpowder can no longer be regarded as a Secret by any means, though efforts to obscure the methods of its creation are still moderately successful and has kept knowledge of gunpowder manufacture more limited than the total sphere of firearm usage itself.

The actual strongest limiting factor of firearm usage is the rarity of natural saltpeter deposits necessary for making gunpowder. The practice of actively producing saltpeter via nitraries has not been developed anywhere in the setting, and all is instead obtained via natural sources. These sources are rare and limited within the current spread of firearm technology, and result in gunpowder being a limited and expensive substance to produce. The weapons themselves are also very expensive to manufacture (a good quality steel SWORD is far too material-cost prohibitive for most people to own), particularly high quality firearms designed for use with standardized ammunition.

These guns are also very basal, and logistical difficulties in their use (weight, very slow loading and firing speed, high visibility, Relatively low reach and accuracy) along with the restrictive cost of production has kept firearms far from rendering conventional weaponry, armor, and projectiles obsolete (even within the societies that have access to them). They are still, however, very devastating in use within their contemporary context, particularly in that high quality guns have a longer range than the best arrow-based projectiles, and utterly negate most contemporary forms of armor at close range.

[become-a-robot]

TMBG deep cuts from my perspective: B-sides, Songs off their podcast or dial-a-song that aren't streaming nor were ever pressed or sold anywhere, a hopelessly crispy live recording of a cover they improvised in 1991 they don't even remember doing, IFC exclusive content

TMBG deep cuts from a non-TMBG fan perspective: Anything that isn't Birdhouse

[balis77]

Honestly the entire Monster Hunter World x Witcher 3 crossover is just so fucking funny to me.

So we have Geralt, comes from a world heavily steeped in dark fantasy. He's used to hunting monsters, but he's also used to distrustful townfolk shunning him for being a freak, people meddling with creatures they don't understand and spelling disaster, politics and prejudice interfering with justice. And also having to haggle for every single coin he makes literally saving the world.

...and then he winds up in the Monster Hunter universe. Where they're immediately like "ah! You hunt monsters as well! Well we could use someone to help with this strange monster from your World! Hm? Payment? Of course we'll pay you! And we'll even give you all the support you need, free of charge! We're all in this together after all! :)"

Bro's going on his usual lone Witcher examination and instead of some ignorant townsfolk or shady mage he has a cheerful biologist helping him out. He'll be like "Hm, this creature. Gotta be a herbivore" and she just goes "Oh yeah, that's an Aptonoth! Here's a full and researched guide to them as a species!" Then he goes to find basically the MH equivalent to an elf stuck in some trouble, and instead of being a dickhead about it he's just like "Ah, you're that cool guy they told me to expect! If you can just help me out of these binding roots I'll happily assist you? Won't do it for free? Perfectly reasonable my friend, we'll compensate you for it just fine!" He gets supported in his battle against an extremely powerful Leshen by a group of little cat people who drag him out of danger.

And then when he's done they're just like "Oh thank you, it's been an honor working with you friend. Here's your reward in full!". No strings attached, no bullshit, they just genuinely consider him another hunter.

Shit must've been such a breath of fresh air for him. He probably went back through that portal just going "Man, maybe I should vacation here."

[idiosyncraticrednebula]

Do mermaids in The Little Mermaid live far longer than humans, or do they have the same life span as humans? 🤔 In the original TLM, mermaids lived approximately 300 years, so I wonder if the same rule applies to the Disney version of the tale.

[brandinotbroke]

Told my brother about the whole sfs story

Him: "Why aren't people just posting hashsums of their uploads? Everybody could just check if an upload is safe or not and wouldn't have to rely on whether SimFileShare is secure or not"

Me: "Bold of you to assume that people know what hashsums are, much less how to calculate it"

[dykeseinfeld]

do all the nine houses use the same currency. if not, how much has the ninth house had to devalue in order to maintain levels of trade necessary to get supplies. what are their interest rates like.

[green-the-corvus]

I have an interview on Tuesday. It's fiiine I'm good at talking. Why did I sign up to spend my summer around children.

[goldensunset]

sometimes i think about how some poor unsuspecting soul asked me what my favorite kikuo songs were and instead of being normal i unleashed a fully thought-out ranked tier list of like 20 different songs half of which probably have never been heard by more than two people worldwide

[thebusylilbee]

ive finally reached the 10 000 steps/day average over an entire month, im very satisfied of myself on that front

[kamenrider]

got to ep 30 of lupat. caught up on severance. im gonna get such a good grade in watching tv

[three-headed-monster]

is the sabres fandom okay? people are complaining about influencers getting "care packages" from the team like....like that's not what every team does.

[dravidious]

I just read "Content warning: This section of the story has some parallels to a real kangaroo’s pouch biology. You may skip this section if you’re uncomfortable." and I must say I've never seen a content warning that's simultaneously so specific and yet so vague

[snekdood]

nah yknow why i hate the whole "acting like trans men and cis men are the exact same and thus the sins of cis men is the responsibility of trans men who arent even nearly half like that" is bc i dont go around assuming just bc trans women are women that they're more likely to be essentially the worst of the worst of women like tradwives etc. and have to call for the crimes of all cis women, so....????????? why are people doing it to us exactly...????

[soup-child]

I'm tired of aro people defending themselves by saying they feel love in other ways.

Come be ambivalent with me. You don't have to defend yourself.