Posts made by Ganymede

@Macha

Why are you eating kids’ lunches?

Why are you not drinking bourbon instead?

@Macha said in Car Shopping:

I, too, drive a Nissan, and the CVT is actually something I like.

My partner has a 2012 Nissan Rogue equipped with a CVT. I enjoy the smoothness of the ride and the absence of feeling a gear shifting.

But I dread having to pay to fix that motherfucker.

@Ominous

I should probably say, the reason why normal transmissions are less expensive is because you can rebuild them. CVTs need to be generally replaced, which is why they cost so much.

@Ominous said in Car Shopping:

And a regular transmission is cheap to fix?

Cheaper, certainly. Normal transmission will cost you between $1,500 to $3,000. CVTs are upwards of $3,500, and Subarus are at the higher end, near $8,000.

@Ominous

No. I believe Subaru has them. But I’m leery of CVTs. Last time I checked they were very expensive to fix.

@Wretched

Locate your local legal aid or pro bono society. That may mean calling the local bar association. Chances are if the landlord files on August 1, there won’t be a hearing until August 30 or so. But check with your local bar association to confirm that suspicion and plan accordingly.

@Wretched

Depends on where you live, really, and what you want out of the arrangement.

@Aria

I don't think so. I believe the Outback has switched to a different engine. Only the Impreza and Crosstrek, to my knowledge, offer the Boxer engine.

Those models will soon go to CVT, though.

Edit: I was wrong; the Outback still uses a Boxer Engine and so should you.

@Grayson said in The ADD/ADHD Thread (cont'd from Peeves):

I call this having a mind like a cat on a hot tin roof.

This is how my mind works, but I can honestly say I don't feel or believe I have ADHD.

@Aria said in Car Shopping:

The thing is, all of that is stuff that's on the books. I can -- and have -- read until I'm blue in the face. I've lived with neither vehicle, and will be changing from a 2007 four-door coupe. It's a big change, and what I'm mostly interested in are all the weird, finicky little details you notice over the long-term life of the car.

I'll tell you what, then.

I had a Mazda3 back in the day. Loved it: it turned nice, accelerated like a bullet out of a chamber, but it needed premium fuel. Expensive service, even for basic shit.

I have a 2011 Subaru Impreza. Gutsy, basic machine, but it is reliable as fuck, and drives a lot like the Mazda3.

I loved TD'ing the Forester, and would have picked up an Outback if the partner did not insist on a luxury car. So I roll in a 2019 Lexus RX350 because I'm boojie as shit now as a fucking suburbanite pseudo-white bitch.

I love Subarus. Love them. I like Mazdas, but I love Subarus.

@Aria said in Car Shopping:

Do have either a Subaru Crosstrek or a Mazda CX-5?

A couple of thoughts on both.

The Crosstrek is built on an Impreza frame and uses Subaru's infamous Boxer engine. The car isn't large,and the engine isn't pretty and quiet. What you give up in size and smoothness you will get back in mileage and reliability. Plus, Subaru's AWD is awesome.

The Mazda CX-5 comes with an awesome SkyActive engine, and is also a compact SUV. You'll get better performance with premium gas, and some experts suggest that you have to use premium gas, something which I'd agree with. But Mazda engines are kind of buggy, and have problems; plus, I believe the CX-5 only has 4WD on high-end models.

The CX-5 is the more expensive choice in the long run, I believe. Both are good cars.

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

Sounds like a lot of work, to me.

sigh

Fine.

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

But any further discussion of the topic will make @Ganymede want to hit me.

This presumes I don't already want to do so.

@Aria said in Good TV:

And the thing is, that's not a complaint. It's a testament to how affecting I found her show.

Right, yeah.

I've been told I'm a pretty funny person, but much of my humor is self-deprecating. And that's at the heart of the special. It kind of hurts.

I'll get over it, because our stories are different, but thinking about how humor and stories and feelings pull together -- the entire layout was breathtakingly simple and painful all at once.

Wow.

If you haven't seen it yet, Hannah Gadbsy's Nanette on Netflix is a powerful, heart-breaking event to watch.

She's an Australian comic, but there's nothing comedic about it, and I don't know how to feel about it except to want to watch it again and again.

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

Apparently even the commandment that we read as "thou shalt not kill" was actually "thou shalt do no murder."

... ah, the law.

@HorrorHound said in Diversity Representation in MU*ing:

Lol. Incentivizing diversity with XP? That's a shit-bomb waiting to happen.

Yeah, because WoD games haven't been doing this at all for decades.

@fatefan said in Avatar / Korra game considerations:

As I'm watching Avatar: The Last Airbender on Netflix, I find myself thinking about what a MU* in 2020 might look like based on ATLA and/or the Legend of Korra, depending on what timeframe might work best.

What would you argue are necessities for success for such a game?

I've got a few that come to mind, but I recognize players may come to the table with some significantly different expectations:

• Clear point in game world/timeline
• Long-term central storyline(s) that all PCs can contribute to
• Opportunities for easily grouping together PCs in scenes
• Wide range of backgrounds & bending abilities
• Some sort of coded conflict resolution system

Given the above, how might you rank/prioritize these (and/or anything else that might be important)? Are any missing the mark?

I think you need to start where all good games have started: what kind of game is this?

Is it a storytelling game, where everyone participates by consent?

Is it a campaign setting, where players can have an effect on the world their PCs are in?

Is it a war game, where players are expected to join in on plots with a substantial risk of doom?

From there, you need to figure out what system you want to use based on the kind of game you've chosen.

Everything else is relatively minor.

My PC on Arx is quite openly bisexual, and literally no one fucks with her shit.

And I’m happy with this so much.

@Auspice said in Diversity Representation in MU*ing:

Yes.
I have absolutely seen this before. Personally I've seen it more between hetero couples on games than gay couples.

Disturbingly, while I've seen it more often with hetero couples, if the couple is homosexual they will more likely be female.

It pisses the hell out of me.