Tali'Thread vas Clan Zorah nar BSN 6.0

[Mazder]

Well, my maternal grandparent's house burned down last night, everything's gone. Thankfully, as far as I'm aware, everyone is physically alright. Fuck.

Fuck man, I'm so sorry to hear that.
All those things to trigger memories, gone.
Glad to hear your family is physically unhurt.

[SciFlyBoy]

Well, my maternal grandparent's house burned down last night, everything's gone. Thankfully, as far as I'm aware, everyone is physically alright. Fuck.

What! Shit, glad to hear everyone so far is okay. How are you holding up?

[Alienmorph]

Damn Vol... I'm very sorry. At least nobody got phisically hurt. Though losing an home is still a big pain...

[magnuskn]

I'm sorry to hear that, Vol. I hope things work out in the end.

[Mazder]

Merry Christmas from the UK.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_Z-Nu351j58

[Deano]

Happy Christmas All

What the hell Maz, was literally just listening to that with some friends.

[Vol]

A Merry Christmas to CZ, from the east coast of the US. Cheer and love!

[SciFlyBoy]

Merry Christmas from the west coast of the US, T minus 2hrs and...3 mins?

[TheodoricFriede]

Texas Merry Christmas you fucks.

[magnuskn]

From me as well a merry christmas to you all.

[Mazder]

Happy Christmas All

What the hell Maz, was literally just listening to that with some friends.

Because it's a Crimin/Chrisis/Chrysler tradition now!

[Alienmorph]

[Dragaros]

Hope everyone had a merry Christmas, a happy Hanukkah, and an overall joyous holiday season.

[Dragaros]

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3IvHXD7UoVI

Perfect

[Vol]

Thanks for the well wishes, guys. It's going to be impossible for a couple in their 80s to rebuild given they lost everything they spent a lifetime accumulating. Such as my great-grandpa's war service flag from WW2. My mother seems like she'll take them in, hopefully being around family that isn't jail-prone will lift their spirits. Somehow.

In lighter news, I managed to cement Masters as my final rank for this season of OW. Was close, but 3525 is my final, with 6 days until decay, 5 days until season ends. Enough points to get a new golden gun too.

Then for Christmas I got some small amounts of cash, socks, a shirt, slippers, and leftover mussels. So I'm content.

[Raga]

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I went with Ciri as Empress, supported Roche and of course Cerys, because Hjalmar was a hot-headed idiot (yet a nice guy nonetheless). Totally happy with my choices and overall definitely the best outcome for the entire world, IMO.

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I went this this as well, I tried to mess with both Triss and Yen first time round, mainly cause it felt kinda bad to reject yen, second time I went with Triss only. I like having Ciri visit me at the end of blood and wine, I loved her and geralts relationship.

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I went with Yen first time around, then Triss the second time. Triss somehow was much more disappointing. Yen maybe a bit of a bitch, but the way she challenges Geralt feels better for him and their relationship works out much better that way, too. That you can only get one person (Yen, Triss, Ciri or Dandelion if you really fuck it up) to visit you at your estate always felt wrong for me. It would have been better to have Yen and Ciri there at the end. But I guess that is why we got the anniversary cinematic.

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I went with Yennefer. That's partially because I've read the books and he just wouldn't pick anybody but Yennefer based on the books. And the other is that when you combine what's known about her from the books with what you learn from the games vs Triss I actually think Triss comes off way more manipulative and creepy then Yennefer does. Yen is like openly bossy and cold, but if for example she wants to keep something from you, she'll just flat out tell you, "I'm not telling you this until I'm ready." She's less manipulative and more imperious. Triss, meanwhile, is all coy, acting innocent and benign when she totally has an agenda. And she's also much more tangled up with The Lodge then Yen ever was. Her shacking up with Geralt the instant he loses his memory is just profoundly disrespectful to pretty much everybody involved and really creepy.

she did legit earn my respect though when she was willing to undergo torture to help you find Ciri. I don't think she's evil or anyting, but I do think that you know what you're getting with Yen way more than with her.

[TheodoricFriede]

Thanks for the well wishes, guys. It's going to be impossible for a couple in their 80s to rebuild given they lost everything they spent a lifetime accumulating.

I know they cant replace the stuff, but did they not have any insurance?

[Dragaros]

Well, my maternal grandparent's house burned down last night, everything's gone. Thankfully, as far as I'm aware, everyone is physically alright. Fuck.

I'm truly sorry to hear that. Its utterly terrible to lose one's home and all the belongings that help keep a family's history and embody treasured memories. But glad to hear they're physically ok.

[Dragaros]

[Dragaros]

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=m0MdA3baf1g

[Dragaros]

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IX5SA6xcBW4

[Dragaros]

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3rsjDKSaaqs

[Dragaros]

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OWdZr6Ldlo8

[Dragaros]

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1xMWz9ZvZWY

Omae Wa Mou Shindeiru.

[Vol]

I know they cant replace the stuff, but did they not have any insurance?

Oh, they do. Which is something, at least. They'll live with one of their kids, probably my mother, for a while. But it's the stuff that cannot be replaced. Some deeply personal items come to mind. But nothing can be done, shigata ga nai.

[TTTX]

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=88FpvjzeT_0

[Alienmorph]

As someone who has refused to buy anything new from any of the 3 major douchebags of the american Game Industry in years (talking EA, Activision and Ubisoft of course) all I can say is... 'bout time. Those cretins need to be brought down a few notches. I only feel sorry for all the hard-working, crunch-timed devs who will likely be "let go" for failing to make microtransactions appealing the us two-legged cattle... err, I mean gamers.

And well... if they do recover, sadly I won't be surprised, but how many of those dips and scares they can take before investors leave for good?

[TheodoricFriede]

Well he's right, all of the tech sector is falling right now, but that is relatively recent. EA and Activision stocks have been plummeting since last year.

Thats when EVERYTHING was doing well.

[Vol]

Right, but that's just stock, how are they actually doing otherwise? Big company finance is some arcane shit.

[TheodoricFriede]

Right, but that's just stock, how are they actually doing otherwise? Big company finance is some arcane shit.

For a big company, there isn't much else that matters.

I mean you have overall liquid assets, but considering how big these companies are, how many people they employ, how many projects they have at any given time, how long do you think any amount of liquid assets will last?

Plus EA has legal troubles, what with the fact that they are literally breaking the law in some places in Europe.

[Dragaros]

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mv22pknO-Ws

[Dragaros]

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OxMIJarNZDA

[Dragaros]

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CklrzGUFap0

[Dragaros]

#Godzilla
#Cloverfield
#IndependenceDay
#MenInBlack
#XFiles
#FantasticFour
#Avengers
#Thanos
#SpiderManIsAMenaceToTheEntireCity
#ParkerNeedPicturesOfSpiderMan

[Dragaros]

US man finishes solo race across Antarctica

"A 33-year-old American man has become the first person to cross Antarctica alone and unassisted. Explorer Colin O'Brady finished in 53 days, ahead of British Army Captain Louis Rudd, 49, after an epic race across the ice. Both men set out on 3 November to complete the journey, which killed a British ex-Army officer two years ago. The 921-mile (1,482km) trek took them across the coldest continent on Earth in some of the most extreme conditions. O'Brady, a pro-athlete who posts his milestones on social media, spoke to the BBC on one his harshest days. "I'm tired, man. I'm exhausted, but I'm making steady progress every day," he said from his satellite phone on 20 December - Day 47 - as he camped amid a storm and massive ridges of ice and snow known as sastrugi. After a day which was like being "in the inside of a ping-pong ball" O'Brady said he was grateful to have negotiated the wavelike ridges of hard snow and ice in low visibility without having broken a leg. "I've been dragging an almost 375lb (170kg) sled for 12-13 hours per day through the coldest harshest place in the world," he said, adding that he had lost so much weight that his wristwatch had been slipping off and he is "scared" to look at his unclothed body."

[Dragaros]

"The first total lunar eclipse of 2019 — also called a wolf moon — is expected to be both a supermoon and a reddish-copper blood moon. Folks across the United States may be able to catch a glimpse of a super blood wolf moon eclipse."

"A new year brings the promise of new and exciting things, and the sky is delivering: You’ll be able to see a heavenly phenomenon in mid-January. On Jan. 20, a total lunar eclipse, sometimes called a blood moon, will take place. It’ll coincide with a supermoon and a wolf moon. The eclipse will be visible for all of North and South America, according to Space.com. From start to finish, the lunar eclipse will last 3 hours and 17 minutes, and totality will last 1 hour and 2 minutes, according to NASA. On the West Coast, the eclipse begins at 7:33 p.m. and totality begins at 8:41 p.m., according to Space.com. Totality ends at 9:43 p.m., and the eclipse ends at 10:50 p.m. It’ll be the second year in a row San Luis Obispo County will have front-row seats to a lunar trifecta. The county observed a super blue blood moon in January 2018. A lunar eclipse causes the moon’s appearance to change as it enters Earth’s shadow, according to Space.com. During the eclipse, the moon turns a rusty, red color, which leads to the moniker “blood moon.” A supermoon refers to either a new or full moon that coincides with the time of the month when the moon is at the closest point to Earth in its orbit, according to EarthSky. And a wolf moon refers to the January full moon, according to timeanddate.com. The website is planning to livestream the eclipse. The next total lunar eclipse will happen on May 26, 2021, and will be visible over the Pacific Ocean."

[SciFlyBoy]

My long awaited viewing of the New Horizon's New Years passing of Ultima Thule may be put on hold because of the government shut down. 13 years and 4 billion miles. Oh well, it's not like there would be instant news anyway, it is 8 hours away and the downloads will take most of the year. Though the preliminary info will be sent back on the 1st and 2nd. There's just something exciting about watching the science teams wait for a signal on their computer.
http://pluto.jhuapl.edu/

[Rune]

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[TheodoricFriede]

Personally I was thinking Ghostbusters, but couldn't find a good gif.

[Vol]

I did deadlifts last night for the first time in 8 months. Light weight, 50 pounds less than my usual. Couldn't do 3 full sets, and boy oh boy, the DOMS is real right now. It's a good pain.

[TheodoricFriede]

I did deadlifts last night for the first time in 8 months. Light weight, 50 pounds less than my usual. Couldn't do 3 full sets, and boy oh boy, the DOMS is real right now. It's a good pain.

I really need to just get some weights and start. Why the hell are weights so expensive? It's just a heavy thing with a handle.

[Dragaros]

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qf-8OQ91Lv8

[Dragaros]

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=e8BKXX_OKB8

[Dragaros]

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0NnvaPYJ-3s

[Dragaros]

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Wf9UhiyEqi8

[Dragaros]

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EVMZK2AKl24

[Dragaros]

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=os2QkHbMDL8

[Dragaros]

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=A4On2MCAaUs

[Dragaros]

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zyylKx0Jgg8

[Dragaros]