Posts from High self-esteem. Auto-translated

To be honest, yes... I can't imagine what I would do if I were a pacifist. Would I form federations around myself? Well, maybe that's also a normal way to win, but I'm not sure...

No, this is a lousy way to win, although it does work in general – you attack an enemy empire, but you demand that they don't transfer planets to you, but liberate them, you win, the liberated planets create a state that is absolutely loyal to you, you make them your vassals, and then you integrate them into your empire. American-style democracy.
However, I didn't do that anyway, because it's tedious and doesn't fit the role-playing. If we are democrats and xenophiles, then we shouldn't start wars without a reason, and there is no reason, so we can close the game and play for an eternal and happy peace.
Interesting lessons in cyber-strategy from Ple-Sen, it's good that I played in single-player mode and also didn't bother to destroy everyone with torpedoes.

The war in the game turned out to be rather dull overall. And while in Crusader Kings this was overshadowed by other features, in Stellaris there's not much content. Even the endgame crises were quite simple. At least, until the patch.

The only must-have weapon technology in engineering is turrets for destroying missiles, torpedoes, and fighters. Lasers can't be used to shoot down such turrets. And you're looking at lasers, not energy spears.

Hmm... Okay, I actually missed that point.

No, it's a bad way to win, although it does work in general - you attack an enemy empire, but instead of demanding that they give you their planets, you demand that they liberate them, you win, the liberated planets create a state that is completely loyal to you, you make them your vassals, and then you integrate them into your empire. American-style democracy.

I managed without it, as you can see. I just conquered everything.

The war in the game turned out to be somewhat boring overall.

I wouldn't say so... I actually find the war relatively fun.

Well, luck doesn't equal fun. I don't know how it is after the patch, but before it, I spent 80% of my time either chasing raid parties (playing as the Empire with warp and wormholes) or bombing planets and waiting for transport ships with troops.

Are you obsessed with growth? You clearly have some issues with it.

A strange question to ask someone who isn't familiar with the topic. But generally, I think the numbers are more or less reasonable for a person suffering from gigantism.

It’s like with Kuvalda from WILD CATS; he grows in size, but at the same time, his brain shrinks, and he becomes dumber.

Lol.

Problems need to be solved.

Long live dark humor!



Erma (first page here, English version here or here)

Author: BJSinc

Translator (for AK): Kite

Number of issues to date: ?? (157)

Status: being updated (less frequently than average)

An incredibly cute comic about an unusual little girl. "The Ring" has never been reinterpreted like this before.
I'll say separately about the translation and the original. Apparently, the translation is far behind, and I don't really follow it anyway. Deviantart/Tumblr is probably the best way to keep up with the comic.

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Spaskoma (first page here)

Author: kotalmaty

Number of issues to date: 51

Status: being updated (with low frequency)

A wonderful example of dark humor. The author is a rescuer and decided to present the idea of his work in this form through anime-style female characters. However, reading it is often accompanied by sadness: the author always shares the results of his real work with readers, namely drawing icons in the upper right corner of the strip. If someone was rescued during the creation of a page, a small cheerful electrocardiogram is placed. If things went less well, then a sad candle...

Interesting. I was standing in the subway, feeling quite sleepy that morning. Suddenly, I noticed someone's fist flying towards my neck... That's exactly what happened, in the past tense.
Of course, later, a million witty solutions came to mind, but at that moment, all I could manage was, "Hey, what the heck?"
Still, it's invigorating.

It could have been worse. It seems it happened by chance.

Yeah, I was wondering why it hit my protected neck instead of my exposed face... I barely even felt the impact.
"He didn't reach, he wasn't tall enough!" – my inner cynic says.

Oh, these dogs!



Today I saw:
1) A pug that was walking behind its owner and making loud, heart-wrenching snorting sounds. Then it cast a sad look, as if saying, "Kill me! Dude, please, just kill me! An average cat is twice my size, my face looks like a crumpled newspaper, I can barely breathe, just listen to these wheezes! Kiiiiill me!"
2) A Jack Russell Terrier that was enthusiastically trying to tear a metal fence apart. Or maybe just break it with its strength, I'm not sure. The owner gave it a smack on the head, and suddenly the terrier let out such a growl, as if the owner was about to die. Maybe not right now, but when it gets home, it will tear its owner to shreds! It will learn its lesson!

And Bernese Mountain Dogs are quite amusing in general. My relatives have one, and from my observations during walks, they all behave the same way when compared to randomly encountered dogs. It looks like this: a kind of foal runs across the grass and between the trees, and the owner/mistress struggles to keep up. Of course, they try to stop the dog, or at least slow it down, but no way, the dog is walking the owner, and not the other way around.
The neighbor's Bernese Mountain Dog actually couldn't knock down only one person I know – me, haha.

Ah, I want a dog...

Overheard on a minibus.
A mother and two small children (first-graders or preschoolers), a girl and a boy.

-- Mom! When you grow up to be really, really big, Dad will buy you a car!

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-- It itches!
-- A mosquito bit you, that's why it itches.
-- When will the mosquitoes DIE?!

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Continuing the topic of dogs. In my opinion, all Pomeranians are crazy.
My friends' Pomeranian behaves quite normally in general. Not noisy, and so on. Until someone tries to, uh, change location. That is, go into another room, for example. Go outside. Come in from the street when the Pomeranian is outside. As a result, the dog starts to growl gutturally, bark, spin around, and generally behaves as if it's about to foam at the mouth.

Recently, I was standing in the entrance hall and talking to the concierge. The elevator opens, and a woman comes out, dragging a Pomeranian on a leash. The Pomeranian, without stopping, throughout the entire process, with an interval of exactly half a second, reproduces a characteristic and quite loud "Woof." And so they walk through the entrance hall, to the monotonous "Woof-woof-woof-woof!"
The concierge said that it's like that every time. And when they come in from the street, too.

Pomeranians are crazy