Ah. Well, spurred me to learn something, so thanks on my part!

Got nosey; according to this article by NASA, it's presumed the tail will "break off" over the course of its progenitor galaxy's lifetime; a long fucken time from now. Its thought to have been formed from a collision with a smaller, blue, "blob-like" galaxy - which is visible in the upper left of the Tadpoles' "head," inside one of its spiral arms - that has managed to get about 300,000 light-years away from its "victim" since.

All info gleaned from linked article.

Why thank you^_^

It's a somewhat similar reaction to our aversion to certain frequency noises; just with a different result.

Take "horror" movies for example; you know how a vast majority have violins/violas/etc playing a certain cacophonous note, gradually building in intensity until a climax (right before jumpscares for instance.) Or a monster will have a somewhat high-pitched "shriek."

The sounds are typically (not always) designed pretty similar to the frequencies emitted by a crying baby, which we're "hardwired" to seek out/identify.

A majority of folks are moved by the sound of a wailing babe in some form, whether it be general irritation to invoking sympathy. We're just at a stage where we can resist the urge to immediately act upon it, but if you can hear, you're still succinctly aware it's happening.

Beavers have a few other habits that drive them to dam it; most notably the habit of eating the bark/limbs of trees, and piling the less-nutritious, "dead" bits of wood into piles. Pack those piles with mud/sediment, as they grow it becomes relatively structurally sound. Very similar to "primitive" human dwellings, how quaint.

Eat bark in one area for long enough, you'll have to travel out further from home (safety), for fresh bark; they're not exactly graceful on land, but nimble as fuck underwater. Very, very few of their predators stand a chance in Hell catching them in water.

Let evolution and learning do its thing for a few centuries, and beavers realized packing their leftovers and mud around a certain sound - uneven, burbling water - it'll stop, and the water that was running to make said sound starts to well up/flood the area it was coming from, giving it more range and easy escape routes to forage over wider areas.

A side effect of those piles is they typically end up raising slightly above water level, leaving a pocket of well-insulted air inside. As the structures settle and become more structurally sound, the area becomes surrounded by water on some or all sides, which makes it far easier to escape a predator while out and about - they are rodents after all, and rodents are the meatballs of nature in terms of the food chain. Think of it as building a studio apartment with an entrance only accessible through a moat, and you're one of only a few world-class swimmers in the neighborhood.

Wood also floats pretty well, and due to further adaptions - namely having two sets of lips, one in front and one behind their iron-reinforced buckteefs - it's extremely efficient for transporting said wood/food back home.

Unlike most other rodents, this relative safety of dam life finds them being more "monogamous," having much smaller litters compared to their rodent brethren, and they actually spend the time/energy to raise/teach their offspring instead of always worrying about getting eaten. Dam building is instinctual to a point, but practice makes perfect; you can tell the difference between a youngin's dam and an elder beaver's dam.

Another thing to note; you know how beavers chew down trees? They're not eating the trees' innards like one would think; most the time, they're bringing the good stuff too high to reach - young, tender, nutritious limbs - down to them. The innards of most trees are akin to eating nothing but celery, while the bark/newly formed limbs are like celery with ranch or peanut butter; more nutrient dense. Granted they have to basically "chew their cud" the hard way to get the most out of it, it's still better than the hard, "dead" innards. They also seem to know exactly where to chisel away at said trees to get them to fall towards a body of water for a quick escape in case the sound attracts unwanted attention^_^

Unfortunately this being one of the heavier traffic/"more popular" subs, best you can do is report the post on grounds of "titles must be descriptive" or block the user that posted.

I suggest the latter given the mods track record with enforcing their own rules; but at least you won't see anything from this poster again.

"Venus fly trap trapping" doesn't garner as much attention.

"Hunting" sounds cool, even if it's wrong. Best part is people will comment just to point out the distinction/"error," that comment is counted as engagement by the reddit Algo - just like up/downvoting - which increases the posts' chance of it showing up in people's feeds and/or on r/all.

Its the same reason titles are purposefully misspelled, use poor grammar, provide false/poorly structured info, or "asks what you think." People will always jump at the chance to correct someone/voice their opinion/tell the same joke 100+ times; basically its the easiest way to have low effort content reach as many users as possible.

One thing to note; cold blooded critters don't need to do much of anything as frequently as we do.

By comparison we're extremely high maintenance; we have to source and actively burn a majority of our caloric intake - which requires O2 to happen - just to maintain our body temp. Chevy's body temp is more "right place, right time." Food gets scarce, if they can keep their temp on the lower end they can easily go weeks, possibly months without a meal.

Mass and volume scale a bit differently when it comes to biology.

For example, average blue whale weighs about 310,000lbs, easily weighing over 2,000 times as much as an average (about 154lbs) person.

Yet Blue Whale lung capacity can reach 5,000 litres, while average Joe sits around 6 litres. A whale "only" has a bit over 800 times the volume.

Ah, okay; that Miyazaki not being directly at the helm was portrayed as they tried to make the game without his involvement whatsoever. Typically I try to average out player gripes/praises since so many have a penchant for hyperbole, but the average was always 2 being on the bottom rung.

Thank you so much for the insight!

The first "event" is the important one it seems; the second doesn't advance it otherwise.

After I got to a certain point I got nosey if I completed stuff in the right order and found all sorts of tips and tricks that would've been great to know when I got to em. Like Nail bouncing off spikes/mobs and "kiting" the second Soul Warrior by using Mantis Claw 'cause he only summons 25 adds-_-

I did the latter the hard way by getting Quick Slash and the Nail Art charge reduction first. The bouncing should've been obvious but I'm a bit denser than most.

Apparently something specific triggers it; but I didn't know what. If that "event" doesn't happen, neither does the "problem." I'll spoiler it since there's no doubt some newer folks around this post; according to the wiki:

>!She begins showing signs of infection after defeating Soul Master - ergo learning the Desolate Dive spell. When I visited her, she outright attacked me, which apparently happens after getting the spell and the Crystal Heart.!<

How in the world people beat the game without doing those is beyond me, but someone figured it out.

Oh believe me, HK reignited a long-snuffed flame.

Some personal stuff has them on the back burner, but I'm absolutely diving balls-first into the Fromsoft games once things get sorted. Best part is, my own reluctance towards them has inadvertently kept me from learning basically anything meaningful about the series, so that's several hundred (possibly thousands knowing me) hours worth of - from what I've seen/read - masterfully crafted lore, gear, and skills I get to experience for the very first time. All I really know are the memes about a massive sword-wielding dog, dodging, Sun worship(?), campfires are your personal Jesus, some fan theory involving Bloodborne and menstruation, and "You Died" in a very specific font. I'm excited to say the least!

At the moment I'm scratching a ninja itch I thought Gaiden would handle with AC: Odyssey (it's pretty and "free" so why not), which is turning out to be more RPG than anything (not complaining, still fun if a bit grindy.) From what I've gathered it uses a similar-ish gear/skill system as the Souls games; you pick a certain "class" or specialization that fits your playstyle, refine it with gear/ability synergies, and boil it down until you're practically a god that doesn't like being touched.

That in itself is my gaming bread and butter, right next to exploration/"sandboxes." Yet over the past... decade? Seeing the sheer magnitude of people singing Fromsoft's praises on practically every aspect of the Souls and "Soul Sisters" games, I can't wait to wedge myself into those worlds like a starfish hiding from a Nurse shark. I've heard DS2 is a bit of a... "Departure," from their usual quality - don't know exactly why, but it seems to be treated like the red-headed stepchild. So unless I get a great deal on all 3 Souls, Sekiro(spelling?), Bloodborne (this'un really piques my interest from the aesthetics alone, though I may have spoiled it a bit watching Jacksepticeye's playthrough; thankfully his train of thought derails every few moments and the past 2 years futzed my memory), and Elden Ring, I may pass up DS2.

In your opinion, would you say DS, 3, Bloodborne, Elden Ring, then Sekiro would be an ideal order of attack, skill-check wise? I've read Sekiro puts the timing and "reading" your opponents on a whole other level, comparitively speaking. If you've had the pleasure of playing them all of course.

Same!! I only visited her again to show him that not everything in the game was doom and gloomy. I've never had something in a game turn around and bite my ass clean off like that. :(

Supposedly there is a legit way to beat it without it happening, but it affects the % complete and makes the game even harder.

* This ended up a bit longer than expected, sorry.

Mostly that "most punishing game series ever" trope that gets tossed around so much. My reflexes and patience ain't nowhere near what they used to be - which, granted, ain't saying much - so I assumed I'd find myself raging at it, and I'm not a fan of getting pissed at recreational activities I'm supposed to be enjoying.

Then one day someone posted here about how the 2004 release of Ninja Gaiden was like DS's grandpappy or something to that affect, and back then I aced that game with a drunken, shit-eating grin on my face. I already love the "simplicity" of Metroidvanias, so I thought ~10 years of life-altering mistakes, booze, and pill abuse couldn't have fucked me out that badly, right? Right? How hard could a "2D" game really be?

The answer was "plenty," but it struck a chord I had forgotten the sound of. For the first time in over a decade I found myself leaning in, standing up, saying shit like "Oh come on!!", but it wasn't at the game; it was at me, swinging my nail too early, getting greedy on offense, misjudging how hard I had to press jump, or simply not looking down before carelessly dropping into a new area (damn Primal Aspids and Giant Hoppers.)

It took some hours but I genuinely felt like an engine that had just been cranked up for the first time in ages; sure there was schmutz clogging the intake, the fuel was starting to coagulate, but I needed to get back out on the highway and blow it out if I planned to keep using it. If I "broke down" then at least I could say I tried.

>!When Myra attacked me, I gave the kid the controller, asked him to put her down, get me to a bench, and I went to collect myself.!< He lost all my Geo, but the kid adored it. Decided I'd take a break and see how he'd go about it; He's going all-in on a "mage" build, where I relied solely on the Nail - spells were just for progression uses and some i-frames here and there. We're gonna beat it/start the Grimm Troupe stuff at the same time; don't get much time with him and he usually goes for stuff like Borderlands, Rainbow Six, Titanfall, Roblox, or Fortnite; which is fun to watch, sure; but he (well, we) can be as careless and spaztic as we want without many "consequences." Always fun to see how quickly kids shift gears and adapt to shit, especially compared to my raggedy ass.

Also I just don't want it end yet. At least not until there's a better idea on when Silksong will roll out :(

I put off playing this game for so long due to the "Dark Souls of Side Scrollers" comments littered about threads involving it. Finally gave it a whirl in late Oct since it's on Game Pass.

I was not ready for that atmosphere and soundtrack. It was like my nearly 40 year old ass had gotten sent back to 1998 and I was playing Castlevania: SoTN for the very first time.

That is to say I was dying to dumb shit, getting lost at least 3 times every hour, secret passage-checking every wall that showed a gap between rooms on the map, fiddling with equipment combos, and letting the game idle for way too long just to listen to the music and ambience.

Unlike SoTN this game got a visceral response from me. Namely because of >!one little girl that decided to mine crystals against everyone's warnings.!< My son got to see his dad tear up over a fucking video game about bugs.

If I remember correctly, they went by shittymorph.

They took a small break during the pandemic; something about trolling enough people for a while or something. They still creep the subreddits as far as I know so keep your wits about you.

Fuck no. I was out of work due to an injury, was homeless, and scared to Death missing the temp work I could do would drop me for 3 no call, no shows. Thankfully the four cops that were sent to collect my gimped ass stopped by my job first which gave them a heads up.

I didn't have the money to simply pay the ticket again - with an added fee of course - to gtfo and and get it sorted, much less what it would've taken to try and get some sort of compensation; and knowing ClayCo they'd've made my life a living Hell for doing it. Just wanted to put the bullshit behind me.

In case the context helps any; that sheriff Victor Hill fucker shot a real estate lady when viewing a model home; leaving her in critical condition. The woman's father called him to apologize for her getting shot.

I shit you not. Forgive me for not linking the stories, but if you're curious just fling "Sheriff Victor Hill accidentally shoots woman" and look for articles around 2015. I will link one below though because its so fucking blatantly... "weird."

Then because of reasons, after the woman healed up from being critically injured from the shooting, she fucking goes and tries to get a job working for the guy.

Idgaf who you are, unless your trauma counsellor is the eternal spirit of Mother-fucking-Teresa; if someone nearly kills you while fucking around, usually the last thing you want to do is call them BOSS.

That is, of course, unless it was a shady-ass way to handle "settlement" payments without the fucker having to admit he did anything wrong. That's purely speculative on my part, yet the scent of utter bullshit clinging to the whole ordeal sure as shit doesn't make it that hard to believe.

I spent 5 days in that jail for a $75 traffic ticket I paid on time; the clerk fucked the paperwork. Lost 10 pounds in there and I ate every pitiful tray of slop they gave me.

The entire time I just paced, walked about, or slept; burning significantly less calories than normal - aside from shivering all the godsdamned time.

I have a special wad of hatred buried deep in my heart for that prison and that corrupt crumb of dickcheese Victor Hill.