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Dear internet: is there anything that helps caffeine withdrawal headaches other than more caffeine? Getting on a red-eye flight tonight :/

@masklayer I'm a big fan of little nub antlers

So apparently I get caffeine withdrawal headaches after only like, 30 hours now.
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Damage control triage is a pretty entertaining part of FTL, especially in the Flagship fight.

"Okay so I have two hull breaches, three fires, my crew is half dead, there's an incoming boarding party, and the life support room is broken and depressurized... but if I can keep my weapons working, and get one or two good volleys off... things will be fine. It's *fine*."

@aesmael Object permanence is amazing, or is me being impressed by it amazing?

This is basically everything I've ever wanted.

:D :D I just figured out that comiXology is a thing, and I can get there via a referral link from my local comic shop.

So now I can read digital editions of comics AND support my local shop AND get DRM-free download copies.

And a lot of the fun of the game is building working loadouts/playstyles around weapons that maybe aren't perfectly *optimal*, but are the best you've had access to in a run.

What I love about the way FTL is balanced is that some weapons are more generally useful than others -- and some are kinda bad most of the time -- but almost every single weapon has a loadout that it's an ideal fit for and is exactly what you want.

I don't actually like Captain's Edition as much as the stock FTL game.

FTL is really beautifully balanced. CE adds a lot of stuff that dilutes a lot of the core mechanics and economies, and while the new content is interesting, the balance and tradeoffs in the limited stock toolkits are ultimately what makes FTL compelling.

@grime_witch@witches.town "Gexen", I believe.

I'm still impressed by object permanence.

Like, I can go into a cafe on the other side of the country, leave for a year, and come back, and it's still basically the same.

That's kind of wild to me?

@KawaSeadrake Best part of the film, though :)

@Fuego ...y'know I was actually really close to responding to this in earnest :D

It's not like this is a new discovery. ELIZA was written fifty years ago.

("how does that make you feel?" being the archetypal Therapist Question.)

It can legit be a really useful way to approach certain kinds of conversations, but recognizing the functions and limits of that style of communication is important.

Realization: the structure of Therapist Questions is in part a specific way of moving a conversation along without having to overtly show any of the therapist's actual thoughts.

Being obviously wrong or misunderstanding is weird and off-putting, so direct input is only given at specific points.

My cell phone has apparently decided that just after 22:00 is the perfect time to send me spammy manufacturer push notification adverts.

I want to reach through the screen and give whoever is responsible my meanest look.

@KawaSeadrake D'you feel it's a word that applies to me?