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I think it is widely accepted that finding a new partner is a lot harder for men than it is for women (I know of men with literally a lifelong 0% success rate when approaching women). But that may be because, both in-person and online, men usually make the first move?

When women make the first move, what is their success rate like? I am guessing it is higher than for men... but how much higher? And is there any difference in success rate between a woman approaching in-person compared to sending the first message on a dating app?

Perhaps the best way to answer this question is for everyone to comment with their gender and success rate percentage when making the first move.

Imagine this scenario: human mating results in guaranteed death for men - but with the following bonuses to sweeten the deal:

• human mating results in guaranteed healthy pregnancy for women
• love-making happens over and over again all day and night for as long as both people are able to stay awake
• when the man falls asleep he dies painlessly
• the man gets to consensually be with his absolute dream woman

Under these conditions, what percentage of men do we think would willing accept death by snu snu?! Would you?!

Almost Friends was the movie that made me a fan of Odeya. The story of Charlie and Amber was so sweet (with just the right amount of frosty moments!). Freddie Highmore was excellent as Odeya's co-star. The supporting cast/characters were good too, particularly the ever-amusing Heather, and the jock-but-not-a-jerk boyfriend Brad (normally in movies he would have been a bad guy, but in this movie he was decent enough - but still >!lost his girl to the socially-awkward nerd!!<).

I do feel there was a missed opportunity when >!Amber found out that she was pregnant with Brad's baby. Instead of lying to Charlie that the test was negative and secretly having an abortion, I think it would have made for better viewing if Amber had told Charlie that she was pregnant - and he decided to stand by her, and ultimately help her raise the baby as if it were his own.!<

The ending where >!Charlie and Amber went their separate ways was sad. I would have preferred a happily-ever-after!< (but then it wouldn't have been "Almost Friends" lol!). Still, for me, this was Odeya's best role.

What did you all think of Almost Friends?

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You can pinpoint the exact location of any object or living being that exists on Planet Earth.

But you have to be precise in what you are searching for (you can't just find "lost treasure" - you have to think of a specific treasure by name or appearance & you can't just find "missing persons" - you have to think of a specific person by name or appearance).

And after you learn the location of your target, you still have to figure out how to get there...

What are the top 1/3/5/10/whatever things you are searching for?!

Excellent review of the digital 5th edition.

Agree about "beautiful graphics, but too small writing" - a patch to make the writing bigger would definitely be a good thing. However, the visual improvement from 4th to 5th edition is remarkable.

The deck editor and alignment changer options are also a massive boost for the game. Well done developers! :)

As someone who bought all the DLC for 4th edition and plans to do the same for 5th, I am super excited for the future of this game!

If you were a ruler looking to expand your empire in 2026, which unmarried King/Queen, Prince/Princess, Lord/Lady, Head of State (or their son/daughter), etc would you want to marry, and why?

Firstly, this needs to happen!

Secondly, what would you want to see in such a game?

My choice would be a game where you play as Nick, while Player 2 (or an AI buddy) controls one of the other characters. Open world, set in Portland. Action-adventure style, with a dark fairytale vibe. The game covers each of the 6 seasons of the show. Bonus missions (or paid-for DLC, knowing today's greedy developers...) could include a Trubel sub-plot and/or "20 years later, season 7" Diana & Kelly quests. Key guest characters could make appearances as allies or foes (got to have Bud!).

There is definitely potential!

• You have the power to switch between male and female at will.
• When you are male you have masculine features (taller, shorter hair, optional facial hair, deeper voice, broader shoulders, etc).
• When you are female you have feminine features (shorter, longer hair, no facial hair, softer voice, wider hips, etc).
• Your skin, eye & hair color stay the same.
• Your overall attractiveness level stays the same (eg. if you are a 7 out of 10 man, you will also be a 7 out of 10 woman).
• If you become pregnant as a woman then switch you will not be pregnant as a man - but will still be pregnant when switching back to a woman.
• Nobody else knows that you have this ability.
• You can only switch when there are no witnesses and no cameras (so you cannot use this power to become famous).
• You have ID for both versions of yourself (so you are fully able to work/travel/whatever either way).
• You can basically live as two different people - just not at the same time.

How are you using this power? How often will you be male? How often will you be female? Any differences in how you will go about your day in each role? What is your plan to have the best possible life/lives?

There have been many Hero VS Villain movies. Rather more rare are characters of the same alignment clashing... but it has happened with male characters: Batman VS Superman an obvious example of two heroes colliding, Freddy VS Jason an example of two villains battling.

But what about female characters?

Any movies about Good VS Good female characters? What about Evil VS Evil women?

(You may include TV shows too)

TV shows, movies, books, video games, etc have many Hero VS Villain stories. Rather more rare are characters of the same alignment clashing... but it has happened with male characters: Batman VS Superman an obvious example of two heroes colliding, Freddy VS Jason an example of two villains battling.

But what about female characters?

Any examples of Good VS Good female characters? What about Evil VS Evil women?

(I have put film as the required flair - but I also welcome recommendations for TV shows, books & games).

You have the power of teleportation... but here's the catch: instead of being able to teleport yourself to other places, you can teleport anything to your location.

You only have to think of what you want to bring to you, and that thing will arrive instantly, right in front of you (don't worry, accidental thoughts/dreams won't do anything - you have control over this ability).

Can be anything (object, vehicle, animal, person, whatever) as long as it is something that actually exists on Planet Earth today (you cannot make a fictional or extinct creature appear in front of you, for example).

Anything in physical contact with your chosen target will arrive too (if you teleport a person their clothes and any items they are carrying will join them, if you teleport a building everything inside it will also arrive, etc).

Nobody else knows you have this power. It is up to you if you wish to tell others or keep it a secret (though if things start teleporting people will likely notice...).

What are you teleporting to you, and how are you using this ability with minimum risk and for maximum gain?

Memories are vague... but I remember one scene where a character lay down in a bath full of water, breathing through a straw, to avoid being stung by all the bees swarming the place.

I think there was also a guy with an unrequited crush on the lead female.

I am assuming the movie was a suspense/horror (but I could be wrong).

English language (but I can't remember if the movie was English, American, Canadian, Australian, etc).

1980s or 1990s would be my guess...

Any ideas?

Thinking of buying EA Sports FC 26, but...

I have seen videos online where, if people want to play as Inter, they create a club, transfer all of the players out of "Lombardia", then re-sign them for the newly-created Inter. Then proceed with career mode as Inter.

But what if you want to play career mode as, say, Real Madrid - but you want Inter, Lazio, Milan & Atalanta in the game as potential opponents in European competition. Is there a way to do this (on console, without mods)? Or to play with/against them outside of career mode?

The last non-EA soccer game I played was PES 2017 - where you could simply edit any non-licensed teams directly. I don't see why EA Sports FC could not allow us to change the names and kits of unlicensed teams in "Edit Teams"? Surely this is something they could easily add with a patch...

Is there a way?

We currently have Alliances: Fate Beckons, The Dead King, The Reaper, The City & Frostmarch, with Swordsman, Ranger & Jester characters.

Someone told me that The Dungeon is coming in fall 2026, and The Highlands & The Woodlands are coming by summer 2027. Definitely makes sense that the developers are prioritising the corner boards, since they are by far the most important of the expansions!

After the corner boards, I would say that Blood Moon is the next most important (for the day and night mechanics & werewolf NPC). Beyond that, it is probably a matter of opinion!

Do we have any information/predictions/preferences about the order of the future DLC?

The "launch roadmap" was awesome. I am hoping for a "roadmap 2.0" lol!

The Hexenbrat was scary enough as a child! She seemed to be fully on the side of good in the 20 years time jump (teaming up with her brother and the triplets). But what do we imagine Diana was like as a teenager?!

I pity any boy who broke her heart, or any girl who liked the same guy as her..! Her home life would likely have been challenging too. Not so much for her - but definitely for Adalind, Kelly, Sean & (most of all) Nick. How could they discipline the most powerful person in the world when she misbehaves? And while Diana (probably) would not seriously harm her mother, brother & biological father, I think she would be far less restrained towards her stepfather if Nick ever upset her...

For a while, I genuinely thought that Grimm season 6 would see Diana & Sean go full evil and be the Big Bads that Nick would have to defeat, with Adalind heartbreakingly stuck in the middle. I also thought that baby Kelly would develop powers that would help Nick win lol!

But it was nice in the final episode where Diana & Nick hugged. Seemed as though Diana had finally accepted him (despite previously always wanting her biological parents to be together). And in the 20 years later scene she did mention "Mom and Dad" when talking to Kelly. Presumably "Dad" was Nick (not Sean)…

From scary child to good adult... Nick, Adalind & Sean (if he stuck around) must have raised Diana well. But there must have been plenty of difficult moments along the way!

What do you all think? Diana the teenbiest?!

P.S. We can discuss Kelly The Teenager too - though I am certain he would have been a good boy, straight A student, who never did anything wrong lol!

Any good recent (or somewhat-recent) console games where you can play with/against many bots?

FPS used to be great for bots (Perfect Dark & TimeSplitters Future Perfect were favorites of mine back in the day) but even then you could only have up to 8 bots (if I am remembering correctly).

Of more recent games, Star Wars Battlefront II is very good... but very limited in its ways to play. The likes of Halo Infinite are bare minimum offline.

Doesn't just have to be shooters though. Chivalry 2 & Mordhau are both awesome - but require you to be online.

Any good "offline with bots" console games in the last 10 years or so? Ideally grand-scale... however I will accept "small but awesome" lol!

I know several men and women who have semi/fully nude photos online from their past (not necessarily just "intimate" ones... but also things like saucy modelling snaps, topless beach photos, flashing during drunken nights at the club, etc). The internet is forever. If someone has such photos/videos online from their past, then they meet someone and it reaches the point of discussing marriage, do they have a moral duty to tell their husband/wife-to-be? Or is it okay to remain silent and hope they never search and find?

Grimm ended with a 20 year time jump, where we see Diana & Kelly continuing in Nick's footsteps (and hear that they have help from the triplets). But what do we suppose happened before then?

It is a fair assumption that Nick & Adalind got married. I see Eve/Juliette very much as her own boss. I imagine Sean Renard still walking the fine line between good and evil... And surely there had to be some "Wu-mance" lol!

What do you all think (or like to think!) happened in those 20 years?