Promiseland

[Fetian]

I am extremely tired. Woke up at about 9, 9:30? Due to Oz for a change. Got maybe seven hours of sleep, which is not bad but since I was already in a deficit it's not enough. Still it's progress! Going to keep at it, go to bed at a reasonable hour tonight and hopefully wake up 9 or 10 tomorrow again.

Uneventful day, mostly. Took another pool walk though this one was miserable despite the nice weather. I cleaned the bathroom/shower floor -- it's not done but it's good enough for right now, I'll tackle it again soon. And shaved my head (and neck) and took a shower. Other than that I have been video games and youtube -- still into Elden Ring, and I also found a guy who does funny Elden Ring challenge videos, like he did one where he beat the game with the shitty build Elon Musk was bragging about ages ago, and one where he plays the game "wrong" eg with all the weapons and cheese that shitty fanboys say ruin the game. It's very fun

But I've hella crashed so now I don't have the energy to do anything. Definitely going to be an early night, but I don't want to fall asleep Too early so I'm not sure what I'm going to do with myself in the meantime.

[Fetian]

"...we need to get to the giant blacksmith in Anor Londo so I can upgrade it to lightning. Which, some of you who have played a lot of Dark Souls are probably wondering about, considering technically speaking chaos is the best late-game upgrade. Well, this goes in with me playing Dark Souls my way and not necessarily the "wrong" way. Yes, chaos would probably be better because you can scale it off your humanity and stuff, but. Back when I first started playing Dark Souls, lightning was the best damage type to put on a weapon, so! That's what we're going with! Because I like it! And no reason other than that!"

I like this guy

[Fetian]

What I did with myself by the way was just fuckin lay down right where I was sitting and fall asleep for two hours. Could definitely have kept going but, obviously that's not a great idea. Hopefully I can still fall asleep easily at actual bedtime.

[Fetian]

AW YEAH took out Margit with ZERO effort!!

Level 27, heavy morning star +2 with gravity buff, baldachin's blessing, jellyfish pal +2, and Rogier co-op summon. This 'just go somewhere else if you're not having a good time' strat is working great

[erikavonkaiser]

(hidden for Elden Ring spoilers that you already know, but just to be polite)

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In my head Rogier is alive forever, he didn't need his leggies, I'll just have him hang onto me like a backpack and throw spells

[Fetian]

Aw man I forgot which trapped chest sends you to Prawn Hell™ and now guess where I am

I'm in Prawn Hell™

[Fetian]

On the Neil Gaiman article

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To start with, the article itself I find gross and prurient. It feels designed to bypass rational thinking with emotional reactions, like "come look at these disgusting bugs I found under this rock I've picked up" except the bugs are real human beings with (presumably) real trauma. There's a lot that feels voyeuristic or manipulative, like for example why is the scientology stuff in there except to imply that Neil Gaiman is abusive because he was abused?

It feels unfair, yes to Neil Gaiman himself but also to the women to have their experiences placed next to all of that in this sideshow. I am grossed out, but not only in the way the journalist intended.

As for the content, it's horrifying but hasn't really changed my opinion on anything. I will say that Pavlovich's accounting has changed dramatically since the story first broke, which a very uncharitable read could take as her adjusting to criticisms levelled at it early on -- but even that wouldn't necessarily mean that what she's saying is untrue, one could very well respond to criticisms by revealing more details. But it's of course also possible for stories to get more detailed as the teller gets pressured to, or more comfortable with, expanding on the story.

(An aside, but the article included pictures of the bathtub and it, really is just a normal ass bathtub. I know people do have sex in those (people will have sex in anything) but jesus how awkward. Even not having sex, two full-grown adults sharing a normal ass bathtub -- again, I know it's a thing that happens and is possible but that Neil Gaiman allegedly thought it would be fine to just clamber on into a bathtub (a normal ass bathtub!) with a person he barely knew? Wild.)

Anyway, my opinion is largely that I don't need to have an opinion on this. This is not something that should come down to popular vote or public consensus, though in the end we are all going to have to decide what to do with all of the information when it is all out. I will say that Neil Gaiman's continued silence on the matter, and in fact lack of web presence in general at all, is not a good look. And since the stance from his representatives has been that sexual relationships have happened with these women, only correcting that they had been consensual at the time, at the very best he ends all of this looking like a creep with a predilection for younger women.

[Fetian]

I have been playing video games! Elden Ring, obviously, though yesterday I played Zero Time Dilemma (the third in the Zero Escape/999 series), and on Friday and Sunday I played a bit of Lethal Company and a fair amount of Phasmaphobia (which my brain refuses to accept as the title, it always wants to go to Phasmagoria which is. A very different thing).

I am depressed! Not the sad kind of depressed, the can't do anything depressed. Winter has gotten to me, it seems, and I should be hibernating. I've been letting myself just do nothing, mostly. Video games, as above. I should get outside some but I don't want to. Also see above.

So yeah. Not much to report.

[Fetian]

Predictably my fedex package (trash can for bathroom) is estimated to arrive some time today but is currently still in San Jose. So.

[Fetian]

Ohhhh my god this level was So Much math