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So apparently the Speaker of the House was voted out of their position?

So apparently you can do that??

...I was writing some worldbuilding notes but it turned out like an advertisement for a military spacecraft...

 

...I was writing some worldbuilding notes but it turned out like an advertisement for a military spacecraft...

 

There are two camps for Best Spiderman Villain, and I would like to discern your guys' thoughts:

• Green Goblin
• Doc. Ock

Anyone else just randomly be like

...but what if instead of having a normal career I make money off of being a professional mermaid/princess

I mean, I'm currently majoring in theatre, so that's not really a normal career, and tbh it'd probably still be really helpful if I decide to be a professional mermaid/princess and I could still do theatre...

I'd have to take more swimming lessons for the mermaid part. I love swimming but tbh I'm not the most impressive swimmer by any means and I'd probably have to get a lot better lol.

I just don't want to grow up ever so instead I try to find the most childish of careers that tiny me would be like OH MY GOSH THAT'S OUR JOB???? THAT'S SO COOL!!!!!!!

I have been Amity-ized

i love that midwest emo exists as a genre

like, imagine growing up in iowa or somewhere

you’re just standing in a field of corn

all like “bro i’m so bored there’s nothing to do….guess i’ll start an emo band.”

and apparently enough people had that exact thought process because it’s become it’s own genre

the midwest is so boring that it spontaneously creates angst

i love that midwest emo exists as a genre

like, imagine growing up in iowa or somewhere

you’re just standing in a field of corn

all like “bro i’m so bored there’s nothing to do….guess i’ll start an emo band.”

and apparently enough people had that exact thought process because it’s become it’s own genre

the midwest is so boring that it spontaneously creates angst

i love that midwest emo exists as a genre

like, imagine growing up in iowa or somewhere

you’re just standing in a field of corn

all like “bro i’m so bored there’s nothing to do….guess i’ll start an emo band.”

and apparently enough people had that exact thought process because it’s become it’s own genre

the midwest is so boring that it spontaneously creates angst

seems most of you have caught on, but just in case you haven’t and this is your first ookla season, have a friendly PSA:
it’s customary to put your old username as your Rank, so people can still identify you without having to go to your profile.

happy ookla season yall

Ookla season starts in four days

 

come on guys

Ookla season starts in four days

 

come on guys

We've entered the beautiful era in which attempting to tag people brings up so many other people that you didn't want to tag.

The things we suffer in the name of holiday spirit.

i got tlm

and promptly spent 15 minutes gushing to my cat about the maps

BUT SERIOULSY AAAAAA

THEYRE IN WORLD???

WITH TRAINS 

AND YOU CAN SEE THE PORTS 

I LOVE IT SO MUCHHHHHH

(also bought some of those colored tabs for books for this one and came up w a color scheme)

(eeeeeeeeeee i’m so excited)

I'm thinking about making a comprehensive analysis of each Cosmere world's combat capabilities.

Would anyone be interested in this?

Welp

I looked away for twenty seconds and everybody has The Lost Metal all of a sudden

So, the past weeks I haven’t been as productive in my school classes as I’d like (online homeschool type things, I set my own pace) so a few days ago I deleted some games on my phone and rearranged my desk to remove distractions to try to set myself up for better success

Nothing has changed :|

Help xD How does one be productive 

So, the past weeks I haven’t been as productive in my school classes as I’d like (online homeschool type things, I set my own pace) so a few days ago I deleted some games on my phone and rearranged my desk to remove distractions to try to set myself up for better success

Nothing has changed :|

Help xD How does one be productive 

I work in the toys section at Target

it’s pretty chill. I pick things up and I put things down. If I finish that early I organize the shelves.

One perk is that I get to hang out with the legos all day. They are objectively the greatest toy ever created, and ever since I was a child they’ve pretty much defined about 72% of my existence.

But recently I’ve been curious. I used to buy only Star Wars legos as a kid, which I guess worked well enough. I never bothered to worry about the prices because I would always just save up until I could buy the one I wanted.

Nowadays it’s not so simple.

I’m going to college soon, and money is suddenly something I’m very conscious of: both as I get my paychecks and as I spend it on scud. For the past year or two I’ve never bought any sets other than the 3-in-1 Creator ones.
Why?

Because, comrade, they are simply more cost-efficient.

Observe:

Each of these are $50, but you can tell just from these photos that they aren’t created equal.

I’ve noticed that Lego Minecraft is usually less expensive than most IPs, so I decided to use that as my control group. Turns out it works great in that position, because that first set up there comes out to almost exactly 10 pieces a dollar, which is such a great ratio that it makes me smile.

Next up is Lego Creator. For this one it comes out to just over 15 pieces per dollar - another remarkably brilliant ratio that I love and adore. But what’s even crazier is the fact that it’s almost twice the ratio than the Star Wars set, which comes out to just 8 pieces per dollar.

I continued this line of research down the price range:

20 dollar Lego Minecraft. Comes out to almost 12 pieces a dollar, which is close enough at this level.

 

20 dollar Creator. This one is almost 13 pieces a dollar - about par with the control.

7 pieces a dollar.

While the control went up in value for the cheaper set, the Star Wars one went down.

So you get my point. But what does that mean? Just stop buying Star Wars sets forever? But what if you’re a collector? What would 8-y/o Fadran say?

Don’t worry. There still might be hope.

Behold: the hundred dollar section

Control is 8 pieces per dollar - that’s worse than Star Wars at 50

What’s this? 9 pieces per dollar? Almost on-par????

This is the paradigm that I’ve been noticing as well: expensive IP sets have better value than the cheaper ones. And I mean, just look at that thing! It’s awesome! Who cares if it’s not quite 10 per - that’s just worth.

Some more examples:

Even from a young age I think I understood this, because I would always save up for the big sets instead of blowing it on the cheapos. I got the AT-AT for 120, that 80 dollar X-Wing, and also the MASSIVE fire temple set from Ninjago.

Basically: if you want your money’s worth on these, go for the expensive sets for IPs. It’s more worth.

Right?

…

…right?

this is a 1200-piece, $100 set

and it’s incredible

TL;DR - go for Creator, kids!

I just finished rereading Mistborn: The Final Empire!

Greatness needs no words guys. 

Da book is MAGNIFICENT! 

i am proud of myself

look at this code

x = int(input('What number would you like to take the facorial of?\n>> '))
z = 1
output = x
while x > z:
    output *= (x-z)
    z += 1
print(output)

7 lines
and it took me like an hour to write
but it's so simple
so elegant

most graceful code i've ever written (in my whole 8 weeks of programming experience)

When the heck does Batman sleep?

i wish i could burn gold SO BAD agahagsjwkisahgs

Ladies and gentlement of the jury

This is the famous image of a massive space dust cloud known as the Pillars of Creation, taken by the Hubble Telescope:

And this, for your consideration...

...is what it looks like now that Webb has gotten to it.