Posts made by Auspice

@Coin said in Good or New Movies Review:

Just saw Justice League Dark: Apokollips War.

It's here because it's new, rather than good.

Holy fuck was it bad.

this makes me sad. I liked the first Justice League Dark a lot.

@Coin said in Good TV:

P.S. The Westworld season finale was eh.

The trailers for it were so underwhelming that I keep forgetting it's actually been out and I'm sort of relieved to know I'm not missing out.

It's definitely a thing that if you go 'too far' in a certain direction, you get to a scary place.

I have to agree with @Sunny on that definition of white knighting.

Sticking up for what's right is fine. It's good. People should do it more. They're often afraid to because in their social circles they might find themselves suddenly on the outside and treated poorly.

White knighting, more often than not, is done:
A) for the wrong reasons. The 'knight' just wants that benefit ('hey I stood up for you now you need to fuck me')
B) they only speak up when it's easy ('how dare you tell her star wars is better than star trek!' while ignoring the -isms going on in another thread)

A white knight also usually picks one (or maybe a couple) person to defend...In pursuit of item A above.

@Admiral said in Real World Peeves, Disgruntlement, and Irks.:

That feeling when you wonder if you aren't as left-wing as you thought because you're getting shit from people for suggesting that people should be allowed to be Catholics or other Christian faiths when everyone says 'NO THEY ARE HATE GROUPS'.

o.o

Those are often the same people who were 'Wicca' as teenagers because 'Christians are mean to me!' but spent all their time sitting around being incredibly hateful towards Christians.

Christians can be hateful. It doesn't mean they all are.

(Westboro, for example, is a hate group and you can find the good Christians by the ones who speak out / work against it.)

So the stitching group I was a part of sort of blew up.

Well, it didn't, but I left it. I wasn't the only one. A sort of core group (a clique, as you may say) had formed. And the leader of the group was a part of it. This clique was allowed to behave in terrible ways. They treated me poorly. They treated others poorly. And no one was allowed to speak out against them.

The clique type behavior we sometimes complain about here? It was in full display, so I walked. The final straw for me was when one of the members made a transphobic joke (to someone who is openly genderfluid) and when called out, pulled the 'lol it's okay I'm gay' card. But he's part of the clique. And the woman running the group just shrugged and went 'He is LGBT so it's cool.' NEWP. Transphobic jokes are NEVER OK.

So I left. I just stopped interacting.

But, Auspice, you might be wondering: this is the RL Things I love thread.
Why yes, it is!

Today, someone from that group reached out to me. Someone I still liked, but I wasn't sure WHO? was still OK and who wasn't. I usually just (such as with games) cut my ties and go. But she reached out to say she'd missed me, asked how I was doing. Come to find out the same issues (including that particular 'joke') had bothered her and she was planning to start her own group, particularly for steotch (which is starting early this year to specifically be a low-key, more casual event), and she'd really like me to be a part of it.

It was something really nice, uplifting, and encouraging to hear. Not only am I glad other people see and are aware of that toxic behavior for what it is... it felt nice to have someone reach out to me and want to involve me in something that's going to be better.

@Derp said in Health and Wealth and GrownUp Stuff:

@Auspice said in Health and Wealth and GrownUp Stuff:

Good news:

Bad news:
I dunno what's been making me so sick the past week.

Allergies? Non-COVID flu?

I don't think it's allergies. I haven't been congested at all. Just feverish, exhausted/bodyaches, coughing, and I can't fucking breathe (but inhaler isn't really helping).

Good news:

Bad news:
I dunno what's been making me so sick the past week.

Plz help.

I did a fresh install of Windows 10 on my desktop.
Everything is gucci.

Except.
Except.

If I minimize Potato and there's new activity, it pops back up. The issue is with Windows, but I'm asking here since it only affects Potato. I've tried numerous things. 'New' install of Potato (I initially just copied over my settings). Running as admin. Changing around the alert settings. I uninstalled the 'Xbox' center since a friend said that'd done weird things to their window-focus on their machine.

For now I'm gonna try Beip despite my discomfort with its GUI (just can't get comfortable with it, it's a me-thing), but if anyone has encountered this and knows WHY IT DOES IT... plz for the love of god let me know.

I feel this hard rn.

@Aria said in RL things I love:

I just got into the top-ranked of the four MBA programs that I applied to -- making the interview I have at another one on Monday waaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaay less stressful and dropping the fact that a third refused to grant me a GMAT waiver into a "Cool, you guys can withdraw my application" category of giving zero fucks.

YAY! Congrats!

I get why they tell you to clean surfaces daily when you have covid* but the reality is that I'm lucky to walk from one room to another without needing a break.

*test results not back yet but symptoms so far are p on target

@Wretched said in Good TV:

https://www.theguardian.com/books/2020/apr/28/terry-pratchett-novels-faithful-tv-adaptation-discworld

GUYS! DISCWORLD TV SHOW FAITHFUL ADAPTATION.

Hopes too high.

shouldn't get hopes high

hope meter through the roof

ETA: the fact that his daughter speaks highly of it is a really good sign

fuck migraines

@Groth said in General Video Game Thread:

@TNP said in General Video Game Thread:

@Auspice Makes sense. Though I type almost all day at work and then type more at home and that doesn't bother me. Heavy mouse usage can but I'm leery about the amount of thumb movement required with a controller. That's isolating a very specific muscle and nerve. I suppose only trying it will prove anything.

I think that if you're sensitive to that kind of thing, it's important to find a controller that fits your hand well because it greatly affects the tension and strain you'll feel in your fingers.

This.
I think a controller works because wrapping my hand around it (I use an XBone controller) kinda... eases? tension because in typing, my hands is more of that almost-claw shape, but holding a controller, my hand is opened up more.

@Jaded said in General Video Game Thread:

@Sunny
Auspice had it right. It really depends on the game. Some games are best with KB/M. Some are better or easier to play with controllers.

I determine usage based on if the game is a port or not. Some games are still best utilized for controller after porting, for example, Valkyria Chronicles was that way for me.

Others are still best with KB/M; like I'm playing Mount and Blade 2: Bannerlord and that would just be terrible with a controller.

Sometimes using both to try out a game is also a good option, it lets you find what fits right for you based on how the game plays and how you play it, feels.

And it really can just be personal preference (tho I think that port advice is really really good as a guiding line).

I've been playing a lot of Deep Rock Galactic (SPACE DWAAAARVES) with some people and they all play KB/M while I prefer controller. I think it's actually wonderful to play with a controller, but they all think I'm a fucking weirdo for not using KB/M.

I'm honestly not sure if I'm more flabbergasted at Trump or the Vegas mayor's stunt this week.

Because, I mean, I've kind of come to expect this kind of shit from Trump. I less expect it from other politicians.

@TNP said in General Video Game Thread:

I've examined the design of the controller and seen how they're used and can only come to one conclusion: they're horrible for carpal tunnel. Holding them in that position, the heavy thumb usage, seems like they're bound to cause pain with extended use.

Can anyone confirm/deny that? Preferably someone with actual carpal tunnel issues and not someone without it who says it's perfectly comfortable.

For meeeeeeeee... I actually find switching it up helps.

I mean, mind you, if I'm using the controller 8 hours a day every single day? Yeah, I'm gonna have just as many issues.
But the fact that I've been (during quarantine, woo) moving away from the keyboard to use the controller for a couple hours a night instead? It's been giving my hands a break. Putting them into a new position that isn't my keyboard/mouse. I've actually had a bit less of the usual pain my right hand gets.

I think the trick really is that 'mix it up.' If you spend most of your time on a keyboard (us MUers), that's what's gonna fuck you up. If you spend most of your time on a controller. If you spend most of your time with knitting needles........

@Sunny said in General Video Game Thread:

I finally made the switch to a controller on my PC instead of mouse/keyboard, and I've found pretty much the only thing I can't do is mmo heal because the speed needed when something goes off the rails I just cannot do (particularly target switching). Is this just something that will come with practice, for those that use controllers, or is it actually harder to do?

ETA: Or worse, is it just a getting old thing?

For me it depends on the game I'm playing. Some games using a controller is better/more comfortable and for others, it's keyboard or bust.

One example is Destiny 2. I could never make the switch to controller. I know people who are great with a controller and could keep up with keyboard / mouse players, but I personally always felt so slowed down.