Gromnir

ok, following our azata run, we thought we would mention a few quirky items, particularly relics, which, were either easy to miss or their descriptions failed to proper describe effects. am suspecting many readers will know o' this stuff, but for those who do not we offer. warning: is kinda self evident all the following is spoilerish to some degree. HA! Good Fun!

Trump to Candace Owens: “People aren’t dying when they take the vaccine” it is 'course misleading to claim trump came up with the vaccines. the tech involved were original made possible by darpa and jasons initiatives and monies attempting to come up with a way to speed up time frames for successful vaccine creation specific as a means o' protecting US soldiers. the thing is, the tech existed pre trump and any number o' nations and private companies were moving to develop vaccines as soon as china finally released the genetic map for covid-19, which they admitted sat on longer than humane reasonable. that said, while the trump admin did undermine covid related social distancing and testing efforts, and were active promoting herd immunity in spite o' experts pointing out how such an approach were consigning many to unnecessary death, the admin did not impede the vaccine efforts which were already underway and the executive branch did indeed provide the funding required to realize the US vaccine development efforts. nevertheless, while am disappointed it has taken so long, we need applaud trump for correcting a frequent repeated bit o' nonsense uttered all too frequent by his base. good on trump for stating w/o equivocation that the vaccines work and save lives. whole lotta qualifiers in our grudging compliment o' trump? yeah. woulda' been better to make the admission in january and february o' 2021 as 'posed to december, but am nevertheless genuine grateful for an early christmas gift from 45. HA! Good Fun!

bad bruce, naughty boy. what you accused us o' was saying you had labeled blm extremist. "Yes you definitely said I thought BLM was an extremist movement". what we said were PUTIN were making the same arguments as trump and barr and that you defended the barr and trump actions while opposing putin's. "during the summer your were defending the same argument as putin made at his presser and you don't realize it or are purposeful ignoring. for putin, the denial o' basic freedoms and rights is okie dokie 'cause the people being prevented from running for office or who were detained during the recent widespread protests in russia were affiliated with dangerous extremist organizations. is exact same argument made by barr, trump (and bruce) during the summer when it were blm protesters who were being arrested w/o due process o' law. again, barr used sedition laws to claim he had authority to carry out his illegal suppression. blm and antifa, and anybody barr or trump claimed were affiliated with those undeserving o' basic rights o' every other American Citizen. "but again, the proverbial cherry on top is, given an opportunity to imagine a "worse case scenario" o' the government denying freedoms and rights 'cause a person or group embraces the wrong ideology, you latch onto blm... as the source o' oppression." for those curious as to the "cherry we speak o'" "What exactly does that mean and who decides what is "anti government ". Seriously, imagine some worse case scenarios around this like " you must bend the knee in reverence to BLM or you are deemed racist and this government doesnt tolerate racists " or " everyone in the South must admit being involved in the historical slave trade and pay reparations to government " ( what was that funny website you sometimes quote that made those jokes about a Muppet TV character ) " your example... which were yet another unprompted pivot to blm. you have a fixation and you are incapable o' self reflection regarding protests in general and blm specific. so, as we already stated, we didn't actual say you claimed blm were extremist. you inferred such. what we said were trump and barr labeled blm extremist and dangerous and that you defended their extra legal efforts and actions to suppress the protests... and were nevertheless offended when putin made same observations in suppressing his protesters and using january 6 in his transparent whataboutism campaign. bad bruce. ... am not concerned with why you were/are okie dokie with trump and barr violations of rule of law as they sought to make a show o' bringing order in the pacific north west and elsewhere when in fact what they were doing were actual inflaming resistance. after all, am knowing your reasons is mere rationalizations. however, you still haven't come to grips with fact you defended trump and barr efforts when at same time you derided putin for similar behavior. no self reflection and am suspecting you is quite aware that the post you quoted did not actual contain a claim by Gromnir accusing you o' calling blm extremist. your efforts is instead directed sole at vindicating your previous statement and your untenable position regarding the suppression o' protesters. no growth makes this pointless. more pointless? yet again pointless? also gonna observe once more how you still haven't addressed the issue which started all o' this silliness-- your refusal to accept a poster's defense o' ubi and uhc as real while quixotic refusing to concede that a person whom you believe is not being genuine is unworthy o' having their behavior labeled disingenuous. bruce no doubt realizes the described defense o' ubi from a person you believe is not genuine supportive o' ubi is pretty much gonna be the dictionary exemplar o' disingenuous, yes? and yet we got you once again raising your blm complaints... while simultaneous saying you didn't want to do so, as if you were forced into resurrecting the corpse o' a terrible argument you refuse to let die. HA! Good Fun!

it would be nice to know what are the triggers for the skeletal merchant. we met the undead vendor many times previous to act v. for our angel run, we got one act v encounter with mr. bones. for our azata we saw the skeletal merchant not at all in act v, and such were after considerable wasted overland map travel trying to trigger such an encounter. is not a big deal, but is disappointing even so. HA! Good Fun!

so, can't be bothered to find the extremist bit, but gonna stick to the accusation nevertheless? disappointing, unconvincing and no surprise whatsoever. shame. also, while we typically agree that "what others think" is less than compelling evidence o' mistake or error, the accusation we were making were 'bout lack o' self awareness, yes? sorry, but the basis for our criticism regarding communism earlier and your curious issues with blm is similar-- you clear do not recognize your own conflicted position. so while is hardly definitive evidence that you got a problem when other people tell you that you have a problem, is also requiring a certain degree o' stubborn indifference to fail to at least reflect on the possibility you could have a problem if multiple reasonable folks see something broken in your blm views. is indeed possible for bruce to be the only person right 'bout his curiously tangled and inconsistent blm views, but you might wanna consider fact you are not seeing things clear. and we already told you what we think. we noted how the mod told you flat out, multiple times, that you were wrong 'bout his seriousness insofar as ubi and uhc. you ignore him and Gromnir. also, is not as if we made a blanket appeal to popularity neither insofar as your curious blm fixation as we specific noted your insupportable simultaneous criticism o' portland protesters while lionizing the efforts o' moscow and hong kong protesters. furthermore we noted your defense o' extra-legal response to protesters in the US by the previous administration. remember? is facts which you is selective ignoring or already forgetting. the thing is, to admit you got a non analogous fixation regarding blm would require hard admissions and am understanding it is difficult for bruce to confront the truths which underlie such disparate views o' otherwise similar protesters. am not expecting change on the blm issue. then again, you also refuse to admit a person is disingenuous in spite o' fact you believe that person is not being genuine when they defend ubi and uhc, a position which is manifest improbable, but nevertheless, here we are, eh? 'course, as usual, bruce has driven us way past the point o' exhaustion. is our mistake for once again responding. HA! Good Fun!

... what? you agree with our observation, but disagree 'bout disingenuousness? does not compute. also, show where we claimed that you had described blm as extremist. will wait. ... can't find, eh? we noted how you vilified putin for his crackdown o' protesters while simultaneous defending the frighteningly similar extra legal actions taken by trump and barr to suppress summer protests. have observed how your perception o' hong kong protesters is similar skewed compared to the protests which took place in portland. we have commented 'pon your curious fixation on blm protesters, and am hardly the only obsidian poster to make that connection. you are all over the map with protests and blm, perhaps not wanting to be seen as intolerant, so am not sure if today you think blm is extremist or you is simple willing to say blm protesters deserves draconian treatments and extra legal government response... don't care neither as is rhetorical bs. that said, if you didn't wanna talk blm, one o' your favorite bugaboos, maybe you shouldn't have done the same kinda lack o' awareness schtick as we identified so recent regarding the mod whom you cannot seem to bring self to describe as disingenuous, a mod who has in no uncertain terms told you direct that you are wrong when you accuse him o' joking regarding support o' ubi and uhc. HA! Good Fun!

so, in spite o' fact the aforementioned poster has doubled-down on his ubi and uhc position many times, you are nevertheless unconvinced by his claims o' seriousness. is no hypocrisy or lack o' self awareness 'cause you believe he is disingenuous, yes? you are able to see the funny which he denies and think it is unfortunate Gromnir cannot see the funny the way you do... or somesuch. ... HA! Good Fun!

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esai morales is the obvious choice for Gromnir. we have a bit less grey hair, but otherwise is visually kinda close. *sigh* that said, am thinking patton oswalt is the more appropriate choice. HA! Good Fun!

congrats to you for not having seen dune or shang-chi. is at least prima facia evidence you is not paying disney or hbo for the privilege o' having your wallet plundered monthly. should be applauded for such. HA! Good Fun!

if were punch drunk love adam sandler, we might give it a shot. HA! Good Fun! ps we checked and jon brion did not score stranger than fiction. thought perhaps there might be some curious rule that when big name comedians tried their hand at dramatic roles, brion were called in to do the music, but alas...

first time we saw, we thought it were a parody trailer, and the thing is, the miniseries is indeed a parody, but is six +20-minute episodes o' parody. you kinda get the joke in the first ten minutes, so... ... the thing is, we did watch all six episodes and am typical not able to enjoy will ferrell in anything but small doses. HA! Good Fun!

then what were the purpose o' the following: Gromnir its normal and expected to anyone like you and me who were born during the Cold War to be opposed to Communism and old school Socialism. And when I say expected its because the "stinking Commie subversives " created an ideology that is a proven failure ....the Cold War was lost by USSR and Red China....as in lost.The West won And Im sorry that this historical fact doesnt suit the false narrative of our socialist forum friends like Majestic, Comrade and Pidesco but the lessons of history are immutable. Dont shoot the messenger and I know you know this So when people espouse these stimulus socialist initiatives like UBI, that has never been successfully implemented anywhere in the world except for limited pilot projects, we should be wary. And yes we were raised to be opposed to " bad commies " not because we bigots and right wingers but because these systems dont work and dont lead to sustainable governments and economic transformation ... you take a shot at the ubi defenders, by quoting where we pointed out the lack o' self awareness o' an individual simultaneous taking shots at communism/socialism and advocating ubi and uhc? was this your attempt at a bit o' a self dig? you were cartoonish defending the anti communism bit? no? then... uh... "So I dont see how pointing out the truth of what ideologies work and what doesnt work is somehow a lack of education...its not if its true" weird. now the guy with wet pants, he is funny. the thing is every time somebody calls out what is funny in his posts, he doubles down. is either the longest running bad joke on these boards (now that vol and his nazi schtick is gone) or he is genuine serious when he claims to be serious. on some level am embarrassed to admit, we do find the situation humorous. nevertheless, same time we feel kinda bad when we try and suppress laughter when wet pants kid pounds his chest declaring a win over those laughing at him. we shouldn't laugh at such a situation, 'cause is kinda horrible, but is difficult not to laugh, eh? mr. wet pants serious thinks he is making jokes at somebody else's expense. HA! Good Fun!

no problem. one suspects somebody at owlcat made the quest more difficult than it needed to be. is items which curious is not capable o' being sold to vendors, and would appear to be junk, but try and get rid o' that wooden fork. dare you. wooden plates and mugs, on the other hand, is tagged appropriate. no doubt there is a good reason why there were a need to differentiate bulk sale items from junk for purposes o' the quest in question, 'cause if you had been able to use mundane swords and armour to complete the quest, somebody's immersion woulda' been broken? alternative for owlcat were going through list o' all inventory items and tagging appropriate as junk... and predictable missing a few items in the process. our first time completing the quest were in the beta, before we got in the habit o' selling everything to only woljif (act iv) or wilcer garm (everywhere else). the problem for us were that just previous to having acquired the azata quest at issue, we sold almost all o' our accumulated junk to the skeletal merchant, and previously we had sold to woljif who had not yet been returned to our party. 'course we simultaneous had the issue where the skeletal merchant just stopped being available. fudge. worse, in the beta, the rate at which junk were turned into shiny doodads and edible thingies was much worse and you needed far more junk to complete the quest. *sigh* on our recent azata run we literal never got the skeletal merchant to show in act v. not once. whole lotta map travel attempting to trigger. no luck. maybe our stealth were too high? sure weren't a matter o' insufficient perception. dunno. HA! Good Fun!

did you bother to read any o' the posts you reference? you are gonna genuine defend one simultaneous "opposed to Communism and old school Socialism," and a comical proponent o' ubi and uhc? kinda tough to manage such a stance w/o coming off as utter lacking in self awareness, or just plain ignorant... maybe both. is nothing wrong with being ignorant btw. choosing to remain ignorant is kinda contemptable. so we got an individual running in circles, uttering self-refuting nonsense, and needing repeat the silliness which has not produced results from previous interactions numbering in the dozens... nevertheless claiming victory 'cause people point and laugh at his antics? is like some kid with urine soaked pants laughing self silly, yelling, "made you look," at those staring at him with pity and bruce curiously feels the need to defend the antics? for reals? *shrug* is just so weird what kinda silliness the internet breeds. HA! Good Fun! ps (edit) removed a repeat word

somebody really needs new material. qq or the equivalent? check. accusations o' being cyberstalked? check (such is a curiously qq complaint btw) retreat to some banal deflection effort after failing to address initial observation regarding lack o' self-awareness (bad commies & good ubi)? check. etc. education required. same exact pattern is being followed w/o any improvement or even change. am indeed troubled by lack o' education o' our fellow americans during these trying times. ah well, in before the warnings from the responsible adults. HA! Good Fun!

a rami directed and lovecraft-inspired marvel movie with cumberbatch as dr. strange woulda' sounded like the punchline to a joke if uttered back in 2000. next we will be told tim burton is doing an awesome andy film with forest whitaker in the starring role. HA! Good Fun! ps (edit) curious link fail

am knowing how that ends. we have attempted the teach a man to fish approach, but some folks never get past the stage where they is impaling themselves on their own tackle. takes us back where we started, and am blaming the inability o' some folks to learn from these encounters on a shortcoming in education. HA! Good Fun!

given the current legal climate, having some kinda insulation 'tween director/production and actors when filming sex scenes would be a reasonable safeguard and we would not be shocked if insures o' big budget films started demanding intimacy consultants or something analogous. HA! Good Fun!

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free education: with two mirrors, you may create infinite clowns. congrats. HA! Good Fun!

am frequent pointing out how lack o' education is the single greatest threat to the US. example: "Daddy needs; UBI, UHC, UFE and UFH." and "Now thats something I can get behind! I was raised to "kill a commie for mommy". " we won't avoid the problems o' extremism w/o real education. HA! Good Fun!

the junk in your inventory is the stuff which you were unable to sell via bulk selling, yes? doesn't count. seriously though, buy-back the cheapest stuff you sold merchants, then work your way up to cheap jewelry and silver dust and the like. HA! Good Fun! ps along with the shiny bits and edible whatzits, via the transformative effect you will be adding junk such as small toys, handheld mirrors, greeting cards, and the infrequent potion or low level magic item, none of which will be available to use for transformation. you need the right junk. pps

it's an obscure quest, but your problem is not a bug, which is good news, yes? use junk. go back to merchants with whom you have previously interacted and buy back your junk items. the junk items will be capable o' transformation into either edible whatzits or shiny mural pieces. HA! Good fun! ps as an aside, with azata dc boosting spells, our nenio at level 20, who is having considerable investment in arcane trickster to take advantage o' blasting and is not a dedicated illusionist, is able to manage dc 47 weird casts thanks to gear similar to stuff already mentioned... though 'course her personal quest is populated by 2/3 undead and/or constructs, 'cause that kinda thing is what owlcat believes is funny/amusing game design.

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