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2018-06-09 at 3:57 AM UTC in Who else is jobless in their mid-20's/older?
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2018-06-09 at 3:36 AM UTC in So, what drugs are people using tonight?I'm playing speedball never played before
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2018-06-08 at 11:34 PM UTC in People come. People go.
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2018-06-08 at 11:32 PM UTC in The Retarded Thread: Sploo Needs Attention
Originally posted by Malice Yeah, exactly. There was this close-knit message board that shut down years ago, The Revolt Press, run by Xannex, a TOTSE member. I realized long ago that losing the only real sense of community I had was where things really started to fall apart.
It's really sad. I seem to have no natural desire for other people, don't receive the same positive response, negative aspects of life and responses are greatly amplified, and I still suffer the effects of severe isolation and alienation.
Genes, environment, psychology. Everything went wrong to such an extreme degree and prolonged period of time. I thought myself to death.
You clearly do have a desire to interact with other people. Otherwise you wouldn't be posting here. More so, you wouldn't be discussing your problems nearly to the extent that you are here. You COULD write your thoughts out without having other people read them, but instead you post them here.
There is definitely still a semblance of community here. It's not quite the same, but I think many of us find a sort of comfort in the familiar stability of space nigga companionship. The site could definitely be cleaned up however. Would be nice to have a sort of 'actual discussion only' area where we could kick out all the one-liners and trolls. -
2018-06-08 at 11:22 PM UTC in Who else is jobless in their mid-20's/older?
Originally posted by NARCassist you're too fucking dumb to realize that your vote did nothing, those decisions were made before anyone voted, that politician had been told what to vote by the fat cats, it was just coincidence that you made that call and argued for what he was already told to vote for.
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This is a total victim mentality. Votes do matter. Activism matters. It's lazy fucks like you who keep progress from happening. Didn't you learn anything from Brexit? -
2018-06-08 at 11:20 PM UTC in Fallout 4 with survival mods [tldr]
Originally posted by Xlite Its amazing how many additional hours can be added to games like these.
I have a friend who's still playing skyrim simply because of mods.
I still play Oblivion on occasion. Just checked my load order on there and it's at 125, though a lot of them are just different parts of the same mod. There are also some that don't show up in Nexus' load order.
Runs like a charm on my shitty 2012 laptop tho. I spent several months tweaking this setup to get it just right. Really want to move it all to my gaming PC but I'm not really sure how I'd do that. I don't think I have it in me to get my Oblivion mods perfect again, though now that I think about it, it would be cool to see how good I can get it to look. -
2018-06-08 at 11:12 PM UTC in Fallout 4 with survival mods [tldr]
Originally posted by Lanny This sounds pretty fun, I'm kinda interested in reinstalling FO4 and trying it out. How is the game stability? Beth games have a history of being a bit jank in vanilla and getting worse quick as you pile mods on. Any chance we can get a list of the most significant mods?
I took it very, very slow when I installed mods. Created a shit playthrough just to test everything out and fuck around. It had 20 hours on it by the time I got this perfected. Then of course by that time I was fucking sick of it so I put it away for months and now came back to it just a few weeks ago.
I'm nowhere near my gamin' fun but I'll check when I am. My suggestion though is to start looking and decide for yourself what fits your desires. Most of what I've gotten can be found in those top lists. I really like scrolling through and reading about everything and putting it all together, frustrating as it may be. It's worth it when you do it right though.
Not gonna lie, it isn't incredibly stable. I have a few mods to take away some of the unnecessary clutter, which helps a lot. Whole bunch of twigs and underwater rocks taking up precious polygons. It helps with stuttering. Other than that, I do get crashes when I've been playing for more than two or three hours, and sometimes sporadically, but there's definitely a point at which restarting the game is a good idea to avoid crashes. -
2018-06-08 at 10:57 PM UTC in TSTM erases the person from your inbox
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2018-06-08 at 9:11 PM UTC in The Retarded Thread: Sploo Needs AttentionLanny, why do you allow jailbait like this? That one pic is really bordering the line of illegal with the context it's being presented in. Intent is written into 18 usc 2256
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2018-06-08 at 8:58 PM UTC in is there any OG NIS here who is not an unemployed druggie loser??
Originally posted by joerell Anyone who takes Klonopin and Lyrica for anxiety or panic attacks is not really a good combination and bad interactions are possible over time. Mental alertness decreases and so do benefits. Many people find out later they have an MVP of the heart and this usually causes a lot of anxiety and panic attack attacks if the rate goes beyond normal.
Taking benzos daily, in general, is a terrible idea. It's absolutely insane that they're prescribed like they are. All these people who are stupefying themselves in the name of fear. Havoc on the brain too. Long term benzo users have a significantly increased risk of developing things like dementia and Alzheimer's.
It's almost as bad as giving kids amphetamines/methylphenidate. -
2018-06-08 at 8:50 PM UTC in Anthony Bourdain hung himself in FranceWell it is pretty selfish considering he has a child who will now grow up without a father. I don't give a fuck about anyone else, but killing yourself while you have a child who loves and cares about you is probably the worst thing you could ever do to them. An 11 year old, no less. I can't imagine a much worse age. She's old enough to remember, yet young enough to not really understand or comprehend the full spectrum of what's going on.
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2018-06-08 at 8:45 PM UTC in Fallout 4 with survival mods [tldr]I have 46 mods currently installed, so I'm not going to list them. However, I will tell you that it is fucking awesome. It turns what is otherwise a shit game into something that's worth spending time on. In vanilla, nothing you do matters. The story is shit. Fights are easy. You have the inventory space of a human-sized ant. Basically, you are an invincible badass, which is great for some games, but it isn't how I like my apocalypse.
With the mods I have installed right now, I have to worry about food, water, sleep, infection, radiation, addiction, etc. Also, I can only save in beds. No fast travel. Inventory capacity is 135 including the +25 backpack I have on. Loot is scarce, and ammo is hard to come by.
Currently my character is addicted to morphine, which I have been using to increase my strength as I am not able to carry my gear otherwise due to a parasitic infection I got from fighting giant mosquitoes. Morphine is expensive in the wasteland, and I'm very much regretting my decision. Had I not swam across the river to get away from those raiders, I would not have gotten radiation poisoning, and I wouldn't have needed to use the last of my radaway, which lowered my immune system just enough for me to get infected from those fucking mosquitoes.
Every decision I make in this game must be planned or I will die. I've only just upgraded my .308 sniper rifle to have a x8 scope and a stock. Also added a rifled barrel. Without it, it was not strong enough to kill the super mutants surrounding Diamond city. Plus the recoil was insane, absolutely unforgivable when you're surrounded on all sides by well-armed retards. I am still unable to venture very far in the city. Earlier I tried to help the minutemen regain control of their old fort from the giant crab monsters. Took me about two hours of trying to kill the queen before realizing I was not nearly ready for that. I need more meds, more explosives, and some armor that will stop these things from gutting me in one hit.
So I admitted defeat after maybe my tenth time dying. Going this far into the city had drained me of my resources. In my bag I had maybe enough food for a day, and starvation is a killer in this game. I have had to drop perfectly good armor and weapons before due to starvation lowering my strength. It's not that the Commonwealth has a lack of food. It's absolutely thriving with meat. But the problem comes with cooking it. If I don't cook it, there's a good chance I will simply make things worse. With my mods, radiation from uncooked foods and unpurified water are extreme. My settlement at Sanctuary has a water purifier which I am able to use, but it is far from the depths of the city. I decided that I needed to go back and rest for a few days. Maybe see a doctor about the heroin addiction. But the end times are unforgiving.
Thus far, I'm stuck in the city. I have only three stimpacks and am already dehydrated. The river runs nearby, so I can get water, but I'm also borderline radiation sickness again. I've been trying my best to simply sneak past all the ghouls, raiders, and mutants that thrive in the city, but it hasn't been easy. Buildings stretch tall here and it isn't at all uncommon to catch sniper fire. I've tried running, but the mine population is pretty dense where I'm at. I can survive maybe getting shot once from a .308. Pipe rifles usually give me a bit more time to hide and plan my defense. But it doesn't matter too much. A bullet is a bullet, and any one of them can mean my death.
At this very moment my character is on top of a building with a single electrical box for cover. There is a raider compound to my south, and a building full of mutants to the east. I can shimmy my way down, but it would put me in full view of the mutants. They're very perceptive. I could probably shoot the sniper out, but then they'd all be alerted to my presence (again) and I most certainly do not have the ammunition to fight them off. The good news is that they die about as easily as I do, but I can't kill everything I come across. Even if I did get out, I wouldn't be able to defend myself.
I've set up a bedroll for the night, which I can only sleep in for 3 hours. In the vanilla game, this means only 3 hours at a time. But I've got a cooldown period for this, so the latest I can wait out the darkness is about 4:30 am, and let me tell you, it IS very dark.
Frankly, I don't know how the fuck I'm going to get out of this situation. I'm at level 15 right now and in such bad of a condition that I'm not entirely sure I could even make it the half-day trek to Sanctuary. I could obviously use cheats, but that's no fun. I'm struggling hardcore but I truly enjoy it. The game doesn't feel unfair. All NPC's are reliant on ammo, and can also get sick or addicted and whatnot. (Apparently there's a ~75% chance for Raiders to be addicted to some sort of chem).
I think what I will have to do is use the rest of my jet fuel to run east towards the mutants. I believe they are mostly upstairs, so if I can get right up alongside the building, they won't be able to see me. I can use med-x and heroin to increase my damage resistance to fight the ground troops. This should allow me to get shot at least a few times before needing to heal. Hopefully, anyway. I've scouted the area and it seems that all the ground mutants are weaklings. It will still be a challenge if there are more than two or three of them, but if I really need to I can make a beeline around the building and swim. I will get radiation sickness and maybe worse, but it's better than dying.
Once I get back to Sanctuary, I am going to start manufacturing heroin so that I never, ever run low again. -
2018-06-08 at 7:09 PM UTC in Anthony Bourdain hung himself in FranceDamn that's sad
Now can I apply for his job or what? -
2018-06-08 at 3:39 PM UTC in Who else is jobless in their mid-20's/older?I always love when total losers try to justify their lifestyle. Save the welfare for people who actually need it. Trying to 'rip off the government' is about the dumbest shit I've ever heard of. If you actually want to change shit you should get engaged with your community. Like actually call your local politicians and vote. I've called congressional representatives for my state when a krqtom5ban was proposed. Took a while to actually get him on the line, but I told him about the pharmacology and science behind why Crouton is safe compared to other opioids and it seemes to do good. He ended up co-signing in favor of keeping it legal.
Earlier this year I voted for removing some traffic cameras in my city. It was only a poll, but they're taking them down now. Shit can actually, really get done when you do shit instead of sitting on your ass and claiming you do shit. Go actually try to change the world around you if you give a fuck about it and aren't just a lazy mooch. Go do something you can be proud of. -
2018-06-08 at 11:42 AM UTC in Who else is jobless in their mid-20's/older?Because he's a greedy jedi who hates poor people, that's why, I just didn't want to admit that you were right but bill gates is evil and I can't keep up the lie anymore
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2018-06-08 at 11:09 AM UTC in Who else is jobless in their mid-20's/older?So what? He worked hard and earned it. I bet if you did the same you'd be bitching nonstop about how you're paying unequal taxes because you're paying way more money than poor people do.
He's also one of the most charitable billionaires around and plans to donate the entirety of his money to charity when he dies. His kids aren't getting any of it. -
2018-06-08 at 8:42 AM UTC in is there any OG NIS here who is not an unemployed druggie loser??
Originally posted by NARCassist what have everyone working, no tax dollars needed to fund welfare, less hours for more pay. that's only gonna make things worse for the 1%. for everyone else its better.
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Your concept of economics is... Loose.
Like you know there's money involved, and some people have more than others, but that's about where your knowledge ends. -
2018-06-08 at 8:41 AM UTC in is there any OG NIS here who is not an unemployed druggie loser??
Originally posted by NARCassist besides, you call me unemployed but i'm not unemployed, nobody is truly unemployed, that's just a word, an ideology that they use to keep you all in line. i trade, just like your boss does, that's working. i just work for myself is all. so unlike y'all i answer to nobody. i'm free to make my own decisions. you mentioned earlier §m£ÂgØL that you'd never had a day off. i can have any day off i like, at the drop of a hat if i like. i could pack a bag right this minute and go to the other side of the country for a month, six months, a year or more even. and i don't have to ask permission to do so from anybody. i could make the decision to get steaming drunk any night of theweek knowing i'd be totally unfit to work tomorrow, but it don't matter, ain't nobody gonna be screaming at me for doing so.
and you think you're free? that you are not just a glorified slave? enjoy your slavery pal.
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If people didn't work for other people, we wouldn't have a civilization. You being a drug dealer is sacrificing your freedom. You've already been locked up for it. Besides, you get money from the government because they've accepted you're a piece of shit. They can take it away at any time. You are far from independent.
Right now I could live in China indefinitely on my independent income. You can't move abroad and still get welfare. -
2018-06-08 at 6:56 AM UTC in is there any OG NIS here who is not an unemployed druggie loser??Narc, all your arguments are always so juvenile. It's like you never graduated past the 8th grade.
You did finish 8th grade, didn't you? -
2018-06-08 at 6:54 AM UTC in is there any OG NIS here who is not an unemployed druggie loser??
Originally posted by NARCassist no, the current status quo creates competition amongst the workforce. workers fear ending up on that unemployment line so they shut up and accept less. the bosses know they can replace you from that queue of millions very easily.
when that queue is gone and you know you could walk out today, knowing there will always be companies desperate for labor and could get hired tomorrow, the boss loses his leverage. he then has to pay a more fair wage and benefits to keep his skilled staff. the competition shifts to the bosses to keep the most skilled workers.
the countries means of production then works for the people not just the industrial elite.
but the rich don't want that, they'd lose all their power, so they make sure the govt puppets keep it in their favor.
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I'm sorry, did you want communism?
