u/ZadriaktheSnake

I've noticed many people, mostly in subreddits where places like the USSR or PROC are discussed, tend to go about opinions of them in a nuanced, yet slightly stunted way. They acknowledge the flaws of either country, but then go ahead and say that they're still a net positive.

I guess this is true... but am I the only one kind of put off by this? Isn't communism all about rejecting that kind of "one shitty thing over another shitty thing?" Is something really socialist if it compromises its ideals for the sake of some kind of security?

So outside of like Albedo's story quest and stories, what are all the lore sources for alchemy? It's pretty interesting but the wiki has next to nothing on it. As far as I am aware there aren't any books on it in the game. I'd appreciate literally any scrap

m considering getting a mask from this place, thing is with activated carbon it inherently has to get replaced. I really don’t want to spend as little money than possible if I do go through with this. Is there any other place or way to get a good mask where there’s like a subscription service for filters or something?

I've noticed that pretty simple things, mostly around building or repairing in organisms, seems to take a longer time than I would expect, ex; humans regenerating, oysters making pearls, etc. I was wondering how much of this is due to immutable limitations and how much is just due to genetic lowballing? If you shoved a creature in a bath of nutrients and stuff and "told" its body to try and heal faster, would it be able to do that? What are the limits?

Now that I’ve grabbed your attention with the slightly oversimplified title, I’ll say I’m just going to talk about queerness in regards to attraction to others rather than personal expression.

I’ve had a thought, considering what we’d consider “gay” or “straight”. I have a slight theory that if all layers of repression and confusion were stripped away from all “straight” people on earth, few of them would then be considered “straight” by our popular definition today. I may be coping just so that I can convince my terminally down-bad brain that all the hot straight guys would even consider me for more than a nanosecond, but seeing how many exceptions or toeings of the line I’ve seen people do in recent years, I can’t help but feel people are more fluid than they often think.

Adding to this, though I’m speaking from a limited perspective, “straight” people who would literally never sleep with anyone with similar gender expression to them, don’t make a lot of sense to me. I’m gay so the idea of both not hating how you look and not having some level of attraction to those sharing your gender expression is a paradox, especially when you factor in that sex as an activity is enjoyable to many people even without strong physical attraction as an interpersonal or pleasurable thing.

Wondering if anyone has thoughts on this or has a perspective I’m lacking

Since like 6.3 I've been too scared to actually play the main quest. Dottore means so much to me as a character and I feel like I cannot emotionally deal with mismanagement of him, and also I've become readdicted to Warframe which is taking up every second of my time. I was wondering if anyone else was putting off playing the quest for similar anxious reasons?