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waah posted:I still don't understand the ending or really half the stuff that happened on the final mission. I tried looking it up but no one broke it down Barney style for me so I just gave up and assumed either the other routes explain it, or I just am not meant to know. Yeah, it's very bizarre because there's definitely multiple plot threads that just don't get answered just so there can be a relatively clean resolution to Dmitri's character arc. Like, uhhh, are y'all not gonna explain why there's clearly a whole-rear end conspiracy centered around Byleth, Rhea, and probably Dmitri and Edelgard? What happened to his stepmom? Hell, what about the offhand reference Edelgard makes before the final battle to having died once already???. I'm presuming these points are the crux of the Black Eagle route. A spoiler-free thread I saw generally came to a consensus that the "best" way to do the story in terms of plot details is Lions > Deer > Eagles, so I'm going to do that, but they also referenced a fourth "Church" route that can be accessed that should be done either right where I am or after Deer? I'm mad confused right now. Manoueverable fucked around with this message at 18:56 on Jan 3, 2021 |
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Manoueverable posted:Yeah, it's very bizarre because there's definitely multiple plot threads that just don't get answered just so there can be a relatively clean resolution to Dmitri's character arc. Like, uhhh, are y'all not gonna explain why there's clearly a whole-rear end conspiracy centered around Byleth, Rhea, and probably Dmitri and Edelgard? What happened to his stepmom? Hell, what about the offhand reference Edelgard makes before the final battle to having died once already???. I'm presuming these points are the crux of the Black Eagle route. There is a fourth route that can be accessed if you choose Black Eagles. Siding with Edelgard leads you down the Black Eagle route, siding against her leads you down the Church route
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C-Euro posted:Where do you rank The Wind-Up Bird Chronicle on the list on Murakami books? Not in terms of weird sex stuff specifically but in general. It’s hard for me to give a totally clear-eyed assessment of WUBC because it was the second book of his I read but the first I actually “got” (the first was Wild Sheep Chase because an old puzzle game that afaik has fallen by the internet wayside referenced it), so I’m inclined to like it more. Still, I said in the last thread when he was brought up that Murakami’s strength is writing stories that evoke a mood and I think WUBC is one of the best at doing that. CannonFodder posted:KAFKA This is one of the few of his books that I haven’t read yet. I have this and Killing Commendatore on my bookshelf to read this year and then I’m done except for some of his non-fiction stuff.
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Thaddius the Large posted:I don't know about this stuff but he's on a podcast about excruciating minutia in pop culture and history with Jeopardy legend Ken Jennings and it's pretty darn good, a solid hour of terrible dad jokes mixed in with weirdly fascinating dives. Their show on the 222-0 Georgia Tech VS Cumberland game went an hour long and they got to the football part at like 45 minutes. Gonna go watch the Pretty Good about that game, right now.
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a neat cape posted:There is a fourth route that can be accessed if you choose Black Eagles. Thanks, I thought I was going crazy on this and that makes sense that Black Eagles is split in two.
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Freaquency posted:It’s hard for me to give a totally clear-eyed assessment of WUBC because it was the second book of his I read but the first I actually “got” (the first was Wild Sheep Chase because an old puzzle game that afaik has fallen by the internet wayside referenced it), so I’m inclined to like it more. Still, I said in the last thread when he was brought up that Murakami’s strength is writing stories that evoke a mood and I think WUBC is one of the best at doing that. This was also the second Murakami book that I read (Colorless Tsukuru being my first) and it almost completely turned me off of ever reading anything else of his again lol. Maybe I'll give him another shot someday but that was last year and I haven't had to force myself through a book in that way since I was in school. I wanted to hear your thoughts to see if I just bit off more than I could chew. C-Euro fucked around with this message at 19:19 on Jan 3, 2021 |
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https://twitter.com/washingtonpost/status/1345792166715600897?s=21 tarrrrrrrrump
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I'm home, relaxing in my recliner and breathing fresh air. 
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Cobra Kai S3 was amazing. Way better than S2 and I cannot wait for S4 now. e: Timby posted:I'm home, relaxing in my recliner and breathing fresh air. Awesome! Congrats Timby.
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Timby posted:I'm home, relaxing in my recliner and breathing fresh air. Congrats man
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Timby posted:I'm home, relaxing in my recliner and breathing fresh air. Feels good man
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C-Euro posted:This was also the second Murakami book that I read (Colorless Tsukuru being my first) and it almost completely turned me off of ever reading anything else of his again lol. Maybe I'll give him another shot someday but that was last year and I haven't had to force myself through a book in that way since I was in school. Try out 1Q84 - it still has some of the dreamlike, ethereal writing that I like in his books, but it’s much more plot-driven then a lot of his other works. It is long (the copy I have is over 1100 pages) but it was published initially as 3 separate books and is broken up accordingly, which makes it easier to manage. I’d also recommend A Wild Sheep Chase - it is weird but it’s still an entertaining read.
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Timby posted:I'm home, relaxing in my recliner and breathing fresh air. Wonderful news!
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Vertical Lime posted:https://twitter.com/washingtonpost/status/1345792166715600897?s=21 he really believes that people can just flip votes.
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Hot drat he is desperate https://twitter.com/keithedwards/status/1345796238722129923?s=09
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Timby posted:I'm home, relaxing in my recliner and breathing fresh air. Awesome news Timby! Spoeank posted:Hot drat he is desperate I wish the GA Sec would've just said, "You lost, Mr President." For people that scream that the election is rigged, there's audio proof that they're trying to rig it right there. I know, projection and all, but poo poo.
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Silly Burrito posted:Awesome news Timby! Well you see, Trump actually won by 100,000 votes in Georgia, but that dastardly Secretary of State is hiding them! This is what they actually believe. I can’t wait for January 21st.
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Silly Burrito posted:I wish the GA Sec would've just said, "You lost, Mr President."  Bird in a Blender posted:I can’t wait for January 21st.
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Silly Burrito posted:Awesome news Timby! "Well Mr. President, the challenge that you have is the data you have is wrong." made me laugh pretty hard
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Spoeank posted:Lead singer of Harvey Danger makes his small daughter sort out a can opener by herself FOR SIX HOURS i was very confused until i looked it up and discovered he was not in the band for The One Harvey Danger Song Anyone Knows
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Why is anyone surprised he thinks you can flip votes? If there is even an inkling of truth to there being intrusions into the 2016 election, then he probably did have votes flipped at one time. Dude's trying to get away with it because he got away with it before. Sure would've been nice if that Sec had said Silly Burrito posted:"You lost, Mr President."
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Timby posted:I'm home, relaxing in my recliner and breathing fresh air. Congrats dude 
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Good to hear Timby!
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Thanks, y'all. I was actually kind of stunned when I was looking through my discharge summary and saw that it was more than just pancreatitis and kidney issues that they hospitalized me for: - Severe sepsis / potential septic shock - Necrotizing pancreatitis recurrence - Acute on chronic blood loss anemia - Chronic thrombosis of splenic vein - IgA nephropathy, chronic - Steroid-induced hyperglycemia - B12 deficiency - Essential hypertension - Acute pancytopenia Like, Jesus Christ, that's a hell of a laundry list of issues.
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Bird in a Blender posted:Well you see, Trump actually won by 100,000 votes in Georgia, but that dastardly Secretary of State is hiding them! This is what they actually believe. Gotta get through January 6th first 
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Timby posted:Thanks, y'all. I was actually kind of stunned when I was looking through my discharge summary and saw that it was more than just pancreatitis and kidney issues that they hospitalized me for: Just put some Tussin on it.
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Timby posted:Thanks, y'all. I was actually kind of stunned when I was looking through my discharge summary and saw that it was more than just pancreatitis and kidney issues that they hospitalized me for: I mean, I've been to Meriter, they're great, but have you considered just rubbing some dirt on it?
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Timby posted:Thanks, y'all. I was actually kind of stunned when I was looking through my discharge summary and saw that it was more than just pancreatitis and kidney issues that they hospitalized me for:
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Timby posted:Thanks, y'all. I was actually kind of stunned when I was looking through my discharge summary and saw that it was more than just pancreatitis and kidney issues that they hospitalized me for: <House staring at a whiteboard then pointing at Chase who says: Lupus?>
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A lot of those are chronic issues that stem from essentially a single issue. Anytime you enter a hospital, the discharge diagnoses also include whatever chronic issues you have.
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swickles posted:A lot of those are chronic issues that stem from essentially a single issue. Anytime you enter a hospital, the discharge diagnoses also include whatever chronic issues you have. Right. A lot of my health issues stem from years spent in a swimming pool of vodka, even though I went into rehab in March 2009. (Seriously, y'all, if you think you might have a drinking problem, do something about it, because you will pay for it down the road.) The pancreatitis first reared its head last year and it was exacerbated by lovely diet. My blood clotting issues and my nephropathy are both genetically inherited, and the treatment for the nephropathy is the source of the sepsis and the pancytopenia (and the steroid-induced hyperglycemia, because I'm on 60mg of prednisone daily as part of the treatment for my kidneys). Y'all saw the giant mass of poo poo that is my left arm from the botched blood transfusion; you don't want to see how beat up my right arm is from two weeks of blood draws and lab work. 
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drat Timby, glad you came through ok. That’s a hell of a laundry list you’ve got.
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Timby posted:Right. A lot of my health issues stem from years spent in a swimming pool of vodka, even though I went into rehab in March 2009. (Seriously, y'all, if you think you might have a drinking problem, do something about it, because you will pay for it down the road.) The pancreatitis first reared its head last year and it was exacerbated by lovely diet. My blood clotting issues and my nephropathy are both genetically inherited, and the treatment for the nephropathy is the source of the sepsis and the pancytopenia (and the steroid-induced hyperglycemia, because I'm on 60mg of prednisone daily as part of the treatment for my kidneys). If you don't mind me asking, how much were you drinking? I've been drinking more in quarantine, but I'm not like... getting pitch black drunk. I went from 1 drink a day to 2-3, and finally told myself its time to drop it down to only 5 a week.
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seiferguy posted:If you don't mind me asking, how much were you drinking? I've been drinking more in quarantine, but I'm not like... getting pitch black drunk. I went from 1 drink a day to 2-3, and finally told myself its time to drop it down to only 5 a week. Before my ex-wife and my best friend hauled me into the psych ward on a civil commitment on March 23, 2009, I was easily consuming 32 ounces of vodka a day.
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C-Euro posted:Gotta get through January 6th first I'm in the DC area and I'm definitely dreading Wednesday, it could get bad here
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Timby posted:Before my ex-wife and my best friend hauled me into the psych ward on a civil commitment on March 23, 2009, I was easily consuming 32 ounces of vodka a day. That's rough. I lost a cousin at 34 who drank himself to death - he never got help until his body went into shock and his parents took him to the hospital since he couldn't refuse. But it was too late at that point 
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seiferguy posted:That's rough. I lost a cousin at 34 who drank himself to death - he never got help until his body went into shock and his parents took him to the hospital since he couldn't refuse. But it was too late at that point I've transported multiple folks, multiple times each, with .35+ BACs that are pleading for help. There isn't really a drat thing we can do since the hospital sobers them up and they change their mind, saying they don't need help and didn't mean it when they said they did. It's heartbreaking.
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Timby posted:Before my ex-wife and my best friend hauled me into the psych ward on a civil commitment on March 23, 2009, I was easily consuming 32 ounces of vodka a day. drat, dog
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Aaaaaaarrrrrggggg posted:I've transported multiple folks, multiple times each, with .35+ BACs that are pleading for help. There isn't really a drat thing we can do since the hospital sobers them up and they change their mind, saying they don't need help and didn't mean it when they said they did. Y’all banned Man With Dog. Stick by the decision.
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