Totally Awesome Chicken

For actual food-food, salads, I suppose. I'm not so good with making salad or other 'cold' preparations, but I think that's a place to start whether it's fruit or veggies.

heya. its queen. i have Nothing to offer in return. but you could help me not starve? my power company basically charges anything it wants based on literally no factual information (i have a e-meter, unfortunately). the current ENIGMA DEATH BILL threatening to pulverize my skeleton is literally $669.60 (in AUD); despite the fact i'm (supposedly) on a pensioner's discount, and on the cheapest plan (supposedly) this is roughly 6/7 of my fortnightly income; needless to say, this is pretty much unlivable, and i would have pretty much no money for food, meds, or toiletries at all for two weeks, and my pension doesn't come in again until after the new year, no less. i'm planning to complain to the ombudsman, but things aren't looking good - i was rejected for a hardship application literally on the same day i applied for it (only today did i just find out about it) so literally anything you can send, especially if your money's USD (it's basically worth twice as much as the australian dollar right now) would help. all i ask is that you help spread this around at the very least, and thank you for your time.

Just a reminder that the Nuclear Tesuji is a thing, and that table-flipping and rage-quitting are by no means modern phenomenons.

IF YOURE DUMB ENOUGH TO BUY A NEW CORE THIS WEEKEND, YOU'RE A BIG ENOUGH SCHMUCK TO COME TO BALAM HELL'S CORES.

BAD DEALS! CORES THAT BREAK DOWN! DOSERS!

Starfield trips over itself letting you know all of the quests are chill and good actually. The choices in dialogue range from doing a good deed to doing a good deed… for money😈. The only way to join the Space Pirates is to be offered the chance to go undercover first, making sure you see the Pirate but you’re a good guy option. If a persuasion check with someone fails, leaving you only with the prompt [Attack], your companion will say something to the effect of “woof, that was rough. But you did what you had to do.”

The most recent mission I finished in Starfield was for the United Colonies. You stand in front of a council of bureaucrats trying to convince them to hand over banned archival weapon data. This could help stop a small but growing danger to the galaxy. The council argues that it could also lead to that weapon falling into the wrong hands - It was locked away for a reason. It’s a great moment because it was the first time a character in starfield stood up and said to me No, you are in the wrong here, your research could lead to the weapon data leaking, civilians will be put it danger. ALERT. oh no. ALERT. Just as this conversation is happening an entirely contained but also extremely dire attack occurs. ALERT. You rush out and save the day. The threat is proven to be real and the data is necessary. No more questions about is it the right thing to do. Forget about all that other stuff we brought up, you were right. The whole council apologizes to you profusely. Here, take the nuclear launch codes, and here’s a thousand credits as an apology for insinuating that you weren’t the galaxy’s goodest bestest boy.

Mission 1 of Armored Core 6 is called “Illegal Entry”.

In mission 4 “Destroy the transport helicopters” the helicopters are just that. No weapons. Trying to run from you. The rubiconians who stand between you and the helicopters are defending their families. During the fight the enemies bark about you being the bad guy. After the mission your Dad calls you and says “It’s just a Job 621. All of it.” Throughout the entire game you are flooded with voicemails, calls, voices in your head, that all have an opinion on whether what you’re doing is good or bad or just a job.

Starfield is telling you not to think about it too hard. Armored Core is telling you to think about it. A lot. Screaming at you to think about it. What are you doing. It’s not just a job. The game is talking about your actions through all sorts of different lenses.

Plus another:

Friendly neighborhood spider friend. A fear submitted by Veerle to Deep Dark Fears - thanks!