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Cake day: June 22nd, 2023

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  • As much fun as I'm having with starfield(150 hours since September 1st, because yes I pre-ordered but it was also the first time I'd pre ordered a game in a very very long time ) that was my take on a lot of its issues. I won't say they did no QA playthrough but it certainly feels like they didn't do enough and that was after delaying the game even for like an additional 2 years. Supposedly they were all set to launch the game in late 2021 but Phil Spencer paid them to work on bug fixes for longer. Then nonsensical design choices like not having med pack counters where your grenade counter is or a "current equiped power" info area above your current equiped weapon info area on the HUD in 2021 or 2023 is laughably unthinkable. But the meat of the game has been worth the questionable sourced veggie "bugs" on the burger as a whole imo.






  • As the computer nerd in my friends/family circle, Im constantly being gifted old PCs from people. Some I keep and repurpose into servers/other things and others I just recycle for them. I also am an avid PC gamer so when my rig gets retired I usually upgrade the other servers internals from parts I had left over. Don't know if something else is viable for you to keep costs down, even if you can get the PC without a HDD but everything else.






  • That’s not what the story of job is about even if you are entitled to your own interpretation(which goes back to my original point about why it’s all left to interpretation.) Job wasn’t punished because he didn’t pay attention to Satan. Satan was the little imp on his shoulder telling him all these things about how God isn’t righteous and he has forsaken him. It all started simply because God bragged about how devout and awesome Job was for following his teachings to Satan and Satan said “yeah well you got it all wrong, he only is so devout because you’ve rewarded him. Take away his rewards and he shall hate you.” And Job did for a while before the age old bull shit about having ‘faith’ came into play at the end where he just basically accepts he’s a Stoopid wittle hoomen who can’t understand God’s grand plan…which as we know as the person granted insight into God’s thinking, was a literal pissing contest between the devil.

    As for placebo effects, I never commented on the effects being good or bad on their own, all I commented on is that just because they are a by product of participating in the ritual, they aren’t the goal of the ritual.



  • And that’s what I’m arguing it isn’t for you. It’s for them, the entire ritual(s) were made to show your submission and how much you are a good “follower” so they will show you favor. Look at the story of job, God burned all his shit, killed his family, all on a bet with the devil job won’t still love God afterwards. And what does job do? Pray for forgiveness for what ever sin he’s committed that supposedly pissed god off when the entire thing is a pissing contest between the devil and god.

    Any inner peace or heightened senses you get are just a placebo from that ritual. Similar to the sports ritual like not washing your socks or having lucky underwear.






  • They don’t reveal themselves, no one ever saw the gods and presented definitive proof. it’s always stories conveying that they saw them or as you say “visions in their head”. Guess what, I have a vision in my head of being a billionaire surrounded by a Haram of hot models all wanting to fulfill my every desire. Oh…gee…it’s just a vision and not reality.

    And you should read up on your gods, there are gods that absolutely want tributes, trinkets, and sacrifices in exchange for favors, hell Satan wants your soul for eternity in exchange for what ever you’ll agree too according to the Christian texts. But whether you get peace or what ever reaction from performing said ritual means nothing to the actual intent of said ritual which is giving tribute to that specific god. Even in Christianity the prevailing belief is by worshipping god you will gain their favor and be granted a place in the magical eternal kingdom of heaven. That in and of itself is paying tribute in a ritual.