wahming

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[–] wahming@monyet.cc 0 points 6 months ago (2 children)

Well, humans are technically animals, so no.

[–] wahming@monyet.cc 0 points 6 months ago (4 children)
[–] wahming@monyet.cc 0 points 6 months ago (1 children)

Despite your edits, I don't see anything in the linked articles that suggests brine cannot be diluted or dissipated.

You can't just "put it back" in the ocean, because then you're increasing the concentration of salinity and toxicity in a localized area and killing everything

Not sure why you're still insisting on this after your edit, since as several commentors have pointed out there's no reason for you to dump it in a single localised area. Toxins and heavy metals can also be extracted, and might even be done so profitably (according to your own links, in fact).

The only point you might have so far is Israel, since they are using a small lake as their source of water, and can't reasonably dilute the brine. However, with seawater desalination none of these issues apply.

[–] wahming@monyet.cc 1 points 6 months ago (1 children)

Just wait till it pukes up a lightsaber at you

[–] wahming@monyet.cc 1 points 6 months ago (3 children)

Assuming they were wearing a space suit, probably nothing very different from ordinary decomposition except the lack of insects

[–] wahming@monyet.cc 1 points 6 months ago

No, just brain damaged from oxygen deprivation

[–] wahming@monyet.cc 0 points 6 months ago* (last edited 6 months ago) (1 children)

No offence, but you need to learn the difference between someone implying their experience is universal and a post simply just not being about you

[–] wahming@monyet.cc 1 points 6 months ago

The listed sources are from the 19th century... I wonder if anybody ever did this, or it's just apocryphal.

[–] wahming@monyet.cc 1 points 6 months ago

If it goes over that usually in my experience it’s because people are fucking around and making it take longer than it should instead of focusing on the game

YMMV. In my experience 90% of game time estimates on the box are utter nonsense.

[–] wahming@monyet.cc 2 points 6 months ago (4 children)

It also makes it way easier to convert some adults

[–] wahming@monyet.cc 1 points 6 months ago (2 children)

Where's the annoyance?

[–] wahming@monyet.cc 1 points 6 months ago* (last edited 6 months ago)

I just sat there confused as hell for 4 and a half hours while three guys were all talking about strategies

That's partly on you. If you don't understand the game, you should probably be speaking up and asking for help to understand it. I'm a seasoned player who wins more often than not, and I will still ask other players about why certain mechanics are the way they are, or if something doesn't seem to make sense. If nobody's willing to pause things for 5 minutes to help you understand, they're a shit group and you should stop playing with them. On the other hand, if they're trying their best to make you understand, then either:

  • They're all shit teachers (this is entirely possible, btw) and you need to find out what games will be played beforehand and do your homework before game night
  • Accept that certain game difficulties are way above your head and stick to easier games. This level might change as you play more and absorb game mechanics and strategies.

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Tonight it was Terraforming Mars, where I was told it would be a 3 hour game, but by hour 4 we were halfway done. This time I said “it’s 11pm, I have work in the morning, this will be my last hand” and the host got very passive aggressive with me.

Nothing wrong with that. Ideally you'd want to say that before the game, but I wouldn't blame anybody for going into a game with 3 hours and thinking that was enough time. On a side note, Terraforming Mars is one of those games where it doesn't really matter if a player leaves halfway through, anyway, so they were just being a jerk.

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you are invited to play a game, only to find it's wildly complex and takes 4 hours to finish, and you find yourself not wanting to play it within minute 5?

As for your original question: Start asking how complex a game is beforehand, and how long it takes. Simple. You may need to adjust the answers you get according to the person replying you, or check out game ratings on BGG.

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