Like, there's just so much being promised here
I don't think the game is promising much more than "Skyrim/Fallout 4 in space." It's "fans" who are building it up in their head to be "Star Citizen but finished" or whatever they're biased towards wishing for. Bethesda typically markets their games in a somewhat low-key way, and just let the game speak for itself. But for whatever reason, whenever a space game is announced, people build it up in their heads to an impossible degree, despite nothing in the the game's marketing supporting that.
If they don't build the game up into more than it ever said it'll be, they won't be able to spend the next 5 months creating videos hating on it for not delivering things it never actually promised. Content doesn't create itself, and Bethesda bashing yields A LOT of content.
Spacerim? No Man's Skyrim? That's all I want.
whenever a space game is announced, people build it up in their heads to an impossible degree, despite nothing in the the game's marketing supporting that.
NMS promised co-op in multiple interviews and then yanked the rug out at release. Don't lump their lies in with regular development practices.
I’m watching Speed again. Prime Keanu Reeves. Whatever happened to that guy!?
His career was side-tracked after someone killed his dog. I think there's a documentary series on it.
His career was side-tracked after someone killed his dog. I think there's a documentary series on it.
I've watched the first volume. It's pretty moving, but I think what is lacking is a compelling David Attenborough voiceover, which would have brought much needed wisdom on the inner workings of Reeve's mind as he methodically carried out his biological need for vengeance.
Kinda weird that nuclear radiation has (essentially, i'm simplifying) two categories:
1 - You need it to live
2 - Will kill you dead as shit
Kinda weird that nuclear radiation has (essentially, i'm simplifying) two categories:
1 - You need it to live
2 - Will kill you dead as shit
See also: water
Also, rewatching sitcoms that I missed while I nod off recently.
King of Queens is... a very early-aughts TV show. Again, not bad, per se, but definitely not good. They weren't aiming for home runs, let's say, just swinging for contact and happy with bloop singles.
That said, while I do not want to turn this into a drool fest, I apparently missed out on Leah Remini cuz, uh, yowza.
That said, while I do not want to turn this into a drool fest, I apparently missed out on Leah Remini cuz, uh, yowza.
While I was on vacation this year, my kids were watching a bad People Magazine game show for which she was the host.
I had never watched KoQ, but knew I had seen her somewhere before.
I’ve gotten real good at turning off timers and alarms on my watch with my nose.
Me too. Gets around gloves.
Good to see I'm not the only one. Nosers unite!
-BEP
Found a $25 iTunes gift card in a library book. No idea if it's been activated. The code has not been scratched. Guess I should try to use it.
Edit: Look at that, it worked 
Is it just me, or is Steam's "Popular New Releases" queue just clogged with shovelware porn? Like, did I f*ck up my algo by clicking on one once? Because atm, the most popular New Release on steam appears to be "Orgasm Simulator 2024" for $6, which I'm sure is a mark of quality.
You can change your mature content preferences in your account's "Store preferences" section.
Oh, I know, it's just.... there's so much of it!
In other news, was up late sketching tonight and was watching a great Matt Baume video that revealed that the voice of Robin Hood in the Disney cartoon was an openly gay man, and genuinely said out loud "Ohhhhhhhhhh, that makes sense." 
It was like a Tetris piece falling into place. So many things made sense.
Ahh, so that's where Mel Brooks got the idea for Men in Tights.
I know talent shows have always been a grab bag of people in wildly unrelated disciplines competing to see who is the best, but every time I look at up at one of the office TVs and America's Got Talent is on, I see, like, a stand-up comic followed by a dance troupe followed by a classical piano player followed by a contortionist and I'm like "How in the hell is anyone supposed to judge this?"
It feels like someone saying we're going to have a race, and then you just have multiple different vehicles on entirely different tracks of different lengths all going at once and trying to decide who's best.
I am broadly pretty inured by stupidity these days.
But "running towards a bear with her cubs while holding a child" is a genuinely all-new level of idiot.
I am broadly pretty inured by stupidity these days.
But "running towards a bear with her cubs while holding a child" is a genuinely all-new level of idiot.
#notallbears
Those are black bears, which very infrequently attack humans. Grizzly's (i.e. brown bears) will f*ck you up proper, but black bears would much rather beat a hasty retreat, and tend to only attack when threatened with no escape route.
I mean, still very stupid, but not as stupid as you might have thought.
Black bears will fight if they feel you're endangering their cubs, so it's just as stupid as you thought. Rushing towards a black bear alone isn't the dumbest thing to do, but rushing a black bear who is with her cubs is.
Black bears will fight if they feel you're endangering their cubs, so it's just as stupid as you thought. Rushing towards a black bear alone isn't the dumbest thing to do, but rushing a black bear who is with her cubs is.
Yes. My dog almost got killed by a black bear with cubs just a couple of weeks ago when she ran at them, barking. She charges black bears all the time (we live in the woods) - and, on their own, they are never aggressive in response. The adults generally ignore her, while the juveniles run away or climb trees. But a momma with cubs was a different matter entirely.
I'm also reminded of a favourite quote from Bill Bryson: “Black bears rarely attack. But here's the thing. Sometimes they do. All bears are agile, cunning and immensely strong, and they are always hungry. If they want to kill you and eat you, they can, and pretty much whenever they want. That doesn't happen often, but - and here is the absolutely salient point - once would be enough.”
Yes. My dog almost got killed by a black bear with cubs just a couple of weeks ago when she ran at them, barking. She charges black bears all the time (we live in the woods) - and, on their own, they are never aggressive in response. The adults generally ignore her, while the juveniles run away or climb trees. But a momma with cubs was a different matter entirely.
So I recently looked up the stats on black bear attacks cos I had a close encounter with one while hiking in the back country earlier this year. The majority of instances of a black bear injuring a human that's happened in Washington State since the 1970 have been a result of the human involved trying to save their dog after it attacked the bear.
The sum total was 1 fatality, and 19 injuries at the paws of a black bear, since 1970, in the entire state. So not exactly an epidemic.
Goodbye, Tristan Egg Cooker. You served us diligently for over 10 years, for a measly 16EUR. You had no EULA to approve, never did you need my wifi password or request my personal data, or beg me to install a buddy app. You just had an on/off button, that shone a bright red that warmed my heart together with them eggs.
May you rest in piece, you relic of a bygone era.
Black bears will fight if they feel you're endangering their cubs, so it's just as stupid as you thought. Rushing towards a black bear alone isn't the dumbest thing to do, but rushing a black bear who is with her cubs is.
I explained this to someone last week, and they showed me a few sources. Apparently, that's a myth. There's no official record of a black bear mother killing anyone in defense of their cubs. Grizzly bears are another story, of course.
Disclaimer: Please do not take this as a tacit endorsement of black bear cub punting while taunting the mother.
Tell you what, if I see a human mother walking down the street with her small children, it doesn't take the possibility that she might murder me with her bare hands for me to consider that it might be rude to rush straight at her kids in a threatening manner. Not sure why bears require the threat of death to merit that basic level of courtesy.
Tell you what, if I see a human mother walking down the street with her small children, it doesn't take the possibility that she might murder me with her bare hands for me to consider that it might be rude to rush straight at her kids in a threatening manner. Not sure why bears require the threat of death to merit that basic level of courtesy.
Yeah, but what if the kids are totes adorbs and it would make the perfect Tik-Tok?
The problem I have with concluding that since no one has been *killed*, overtly with witnesses, by a female black bear with a cub is that it ignores the facts that they do *attack*, and can kill, humans. And its a minority of attacks, but it is clear that cub defense is a cause of some attacks. (As noted, most come from dog encounters, when the dog returns to their human for protection; that says "don't let your dog wander in the woods unleashed" to me, but your risk tolerance may vary. Also, in VT, I believe it's still legal to kill a dog running alone in the woods or on your land.)
My risk analysis is to avoid even the possibility of maiming where I can.
These are recent attacks related to cubs and/or the opinion of people who should know:
https://www.denverpost.com/2021/05/03/colorado-bear-attack/]Man attacked last month by female black bear with cub[/url]
Woman killed and eaten by female black bear with 2 cubs
National Park Service Bear Safety Advice (This notes that bears are more likely to attack with cubs around; that does not mean the outcome is death but do you really want to experience a bear attack that "just" wounds you?)
Woman attacked, sow bear killed, 2 cubs captured, after she lets dog out to her yard
Nota bene: I've lived off and on in black bear country for about 2 years (northern VT mountains), and dealt with black bears intruding into a house for food, and therefore hanging around. Not talking completely out of my Internet butt here.
It's not a giant risk, but the risk of *attack* and injury is obviously far higher than death and should be considered, since it is a relatively more likely outcome.
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