Mothra
@Mothra@mander.xyz
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- Comment on Is there a way out of an NDA after signing? It just seems people are so affraid of breaking it 3 days ago:
If the shit she sees is legal, she has to keep quiet. If this shit is illegal, ie., trafficking of some sort, embezzlement, abuse, theft, fraud, assault, etc. then she can (and should) speak up.
- Comment on Weekly “What are you playing” Thread || Week of March 8th 6 days ago:
Still on Baldurs Gate 3, but this is my second run and the first time as Durge. Made some different choices, recruited different companions, and it’s crazy how different it feels.
I thought I was going to be satisfied with two playthroughs but I’m already planning my third
- Comment on Can one use someone's previous argument against themselves in a different legal case? 1 week ago:
That’s the beauty of these places. I’ll see what crops up in the replies. So far it seems pretty consistent with “yes it’s possible”, but I’m also interested to read about any “no you can’t where I live”
- Comment on Can one use someone's previous argument against themselves in a different legal case? 1 week ago:
I’ll take it as a compliment? I don’t see the perfection though, the only manual breaks there were for the paragraphs
- Comment on Can one use someone's previous argument against themselves in a different legal case? 1 week ago:
I see, it’s possible but YMMV
- Comment on Can one use someone's previous argument against themselves in a different legal case? 1 week ago:
Thank you, I appreciate the fleshed out explanation
- Comment on Can to many hits to the head make a person the R word in animals? My bc loves to run around the house and hits his head constantly but shakes it off. He acts normal and everything exceept4 zoomies? 1 week ago:
Thank the gods you commented this, I had to read this far to understand bc meant border collie. The post title is so confusing and the body doesn’t explain much
- Comment on Can one use someone's previous argument against themselves in a different legal case? 1 week ago:
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- Comment on Is there a place online to ask for Non Money donations? like books, jerseys, or whatever? kind of like go fund me or kickstarter without giving someone money kind of like a gofundme donations thing? 1 week ago:
Already mentioned but chiming in, Freecycle might be an option
- Comment on I just want juice, is that so much to ask? 1 week ago:
That’s just for the packaging and branding
- Comment on I just want juice, is that so much to ask? 1 week ago:
“not good for you” is relative. Heavily dependent on individual case by case and against what standards. Sure, there are many better alternatives. But I’d argue there are even many more worse ones.
- Comment on Pauline Hanson censured over remarks there are no 'good Muslims' 1 week ago:
Ahhh Pauline’s at it again
- Comment on What do you think of Paramount merging with Warner Bros. Discovery to create a new media company? 2 weeks ago:
I’m happy to hear Netflix is not acquiring more. I’m not so sure about Paramount and Warner merging though. Could have been worse I guess.
- Comment on You have to appreciate the artist's attention to detail. 2 weeks ago:
It is an important detail. Someone not familiar with feline anatomy might wonder whether straddling prey and dragging it in such a way interferes with the feline’s testicles. Clearly not a problem
- Comment on Fat labrador topilogy 2 weeks ago:
Such a cliffhanger. So, is it possible to comb all the hairs in such a way, or is the parting impossible to remove?
- Comment on [Video] Australian police violently beat up protester with his hands up at demonstration against Israeli president Isaac Herzog visiting. 4 weeks ago:
Well that was totally uncalled for
- Comment on What is a good present to get your dentist and dental assistant as a way of showing thanks? 1 month ago:
Scented candles? Relatively affordable, easy to re gift if they don’t like it
- Comment on Has AI gone too far? 1 month ago:
My, I’m hallucinating, sorry. I could swear I read 30% sexier in one of the screenshots and 20% on the other… The result potatoes do look different though.
- Comment on Has AI gone too far? 1 month ago:
I find it very interesting how it preserves the curve on the top left side of the potato for the 30, but doesn’t for the 20. 20 only is good enough to remove dirt and some wrinkles, seems like it needs the extra 10 for curves to appear.
- Comment on Pope Leo XIV brings not peace but a sword to AI oligarchs and a slop-mad world in new address, says it's 'Turning people into passive consumers of unthought thoughts' 1 month ago:
I feel weird the pope is saying something that resonates with me… Stop
- Comment on At what point do you consider a person an alcoholic? 1 month ago:
When they get withdrawals, even if mild. Some people get a bit cranky if they don’t get their daily fix (and yes, it has to be a daily habit). That’s evidence for me of an unhealthy dependence.
Of course, if they always have alcohol available it’s going to be difficult to see the withdrawal and it’s also difficult to draw the line because not all people tolerate it in the same way.
- Comment on Is it normal for mothers to constantly talk to their children about their experience (particulary the part about their pain and suffering) of their pregnancy and giving birth? 1 month ago:
Okay the key here is what you mean by “constantly”. Telling a story about something so life changing once a year hardly goes as “constantly” in my books.
What may come across as manipulative is you mentioning she’s trying to get you to do as she says or trying to get guilt or compassion from you. And this with a pinch of salt, because it’s very hard to tell from what you share here. I would have to become a fly on your wall for a long time to have my own opinion about it.
You tell me she’s telling you this every week and making reference to it every day, several times a day, and now that’s what I consider “constantly”. That she hardly has anything else to share about her past or that she somehow finds a way to spin everything to a framework of scarred pregnancy mother, or similar.
My own mother has told me about her pregnancies several times a year, I heard her stories so many times. Hundreds. Yet that was never the only story she had, and it was always brought up more or less naturally in conversation. The same happened with several other favorite anecdotes of her own past and me and my sister’s childhood. I would consider this aspect to be normal.
I never felt manipulated by her retelling of a story though. And I know she could manipulate pretty well. She also had a few topics she would constantly harass me about, yes, daily or nearly to a point. But retelling the past was not part of it, even though she did frequently.
- Comment on POV: editing a word document 1 month ago:
Exactly. Arn, brothers
- Comment on Is there anything like a Beholder monster before 1975? 1 month ago:
I think that’s it, you’ve found it, it’s Shuma-Gorath. It’s really close chronologically, it’s in a very popular publication, and also in the oldest depictions I could find it also sports something like the “chitinous plates” the beholder description has. According to Wikipedia too, Shuma was/is one of the most popular kaiju-type villains in Marvel. It also says Shuma can levitate and shoot rays off his eye and tentacles.
Eyeballs on tentacles/eyestalks were much more popular back in the day than now, especially for alien or extraterrestrial designs. So there isn’t a huge leap from Shuma gorath to Beholder.
I was hoping for more sci fi or fantasy fans to crop up and point at other characters from 60’s or earlier novels, however, no luck so far. Someone pointed a beholder wouldn’t look out of place in a Lovecraft story and I agree but yours was the only concrete example so, congrats, enjoy your trophy!
- Comment on Is there anything like a Beholder monster before 1975? 1 month ago:
There is plenty of similar, I also recall a Powerpuff girls episode with something like a beholder, also in the 90s I think. No infringement either, because it wasn’t exactly a beholder nor it was called a beholder.
That Pixar movie did use a proper beholder though.
Anyway… They’re all after 1975 so…
- Comment on Is there anything like a Beholder monster before 1975? 1 month ago:
My question was “where were the beholder -like creatures in the media before 1975?”
- Comment on Is there anything like a Beholder monster before 1975? 1 month ago:
iirc Wikipedia doesn’t mention Big Trouble in Little China as copyright infringement, but it mentions that example as something similar, whereas other media does get mentioned as infringing copyright.
Apparently the only one who got to use a beholder as such and not get a lawsuit was Pixar, who managed to get permission from WotC. I guess this means both have similarly strong lawyers
- Comment on Is there anything like a Beholder monster before 1975? 1 month ago:
Nice connection there