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My old PC is 8 years old. It was time for an upgrade.

I would say this counts as a big upgrade, considering the old one was running an i7-8700K, a 2070, and 16 GB of RAM - everything on Ultra settings, here I come. Gonna install my old HDD in the new one for an extra 2 TB of storage, too.

And all that for $2300 (most to all of which I won't be paying myself, because it's a gift!)

So now if I reorder it today it won't arrive until I'm out of state on vacation, even IF I paid for the expedited shipping (that would ensure it would arrive merely on the day I leave, instead of the day after).

And I can't talk to a real person on the phone, and there doesn't seem to be a way to further expedite the shipping process beyond the option on the website...

It would have gotten here next Monday, two days before I left.

My old PC is 8 years old. It was time for an upgrade.

I would say this counts as a big upgrade, considering the old one was running an i7-8700K, a 2070, and 16 GB of RAM - everything on Ultra settings, here I come. Gonna install my old HDD in the new one for an extra 2 TB of storage, too.

And all that for $2300 (most to all of which I won't be paying myself, because it's a gift!)

So now if I reorder it today it won't arrive until I'm out of state on vacation, even IF I paid for the expedited shipping (that would ensure it would arrive merely on the day I leave, instead of the day after).

And I can't talk to a real person on the phone, and there doesn't seem to be a way to further expedite the shipping process beyond the option on the website...

It would have gotten here next Monday, two days before I left.

In Paper Mario: The Thousand-Year Door, being Electrified is a purely beneficial status condition for anyone who receives it (whether it is Mario's party or an enemy), as all it does is deal contact damage to whoever attacks that character with a non-ranged attack.

However, it turns out that in the game's code, an unused functionality for Electrified exists that would have made it act more like the Paralysis status common in RPGs (e.g. like the Pokémon series games), whereby it would also have a chance of preventing the afflicted character from making a move on that turn. Note how in the footage, Mario and Goombella only briefly shake instead of being able to perform their attacks.

This actually explains an odd behavior in the game whereby enemies would sometimes use items to cure Electrified when it never needed to be cured in the first place (bottom image, dramatization from an earlier post explaining this phenomenon). These enemies must be acting upon a script written under the assumption that Electrified is still able to incure the Paralysis-like effect, which was not updated when the effect was removed during development.

The Spiky Goomba in the scenario means well, he is simply acting on outdated information.

There was a Guy in my class this semester who kept using the word ontologically wrong and one day my professor finally broke and said “Ontologically can be a tricky word to use so don’t feel like you have to” and then the guy stopped showing up for classes entirely

As with many subjects of metaphysics, ontology generally is seen as falling into the problem of navel gazing: there are no experiments to run, no methods to prove anything true or false, and seldom applications to any conclusions one can reach. While many people enjoy metaphysics, and some believe it is of great value, it is generally seen as impractical and irrelevant in day to day life.

The word "ontologically" means "of or relating to the essence or nature of being." It is sometimes used to specifically refer to the arguments about the existence of god that follow the "ontological pattern" where the existence is argued to be self-proving from the concept.

There is very little agreement to the essence or nature of anything. It is one of the problems with metaphysics, as many assertions can be made, and they cannot be proven. Many self-consistent metaphysical theories assert that there is no such thing as an "essence" or "nature" in the first place, or that there is no "being" worth discussing in any reasonable capacity.

you like slim downtown? everyone's favorite guy? the dubiously alive coyote what got his hog replaced by his entire head n face?

well now I'm selling a product about it!

Slim Buttons!! Physical Product!! all the art for this pack is mine but i would love to collab with others on more!!