The Blackangel

Untrained peasants. You said it, I didn't.

Does this one count?

I'm kinda getting more into delivery. I've become more of a recluse that I initially was ever since Covid hit, and really don't like getting out much. If I have to, I will, but I very much prefer to stay home.

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Which show did you watch the most, if you watched either? I would say I watched them equal, but to pick one it would probably have been Xena. Don't get me wrong, Hercules was great, and I loved the crossovers they did between the two shows. But I think I was more into watching Xena. I have the complete series of both on DVD, and I watch them occasionally. But not as much as I used to. So who are you for? Xena of Hercules?

I broke 5,000 posts.

Anytime we post here, @DC has our IP addresses. If he wanted to, he could use them to track us down to our physical address. It's like that on all forums. He even said so in some of the bid for rewards offers. He said he would check our IP's to make sure we had visited whatever page to get the extra points. I don't know if @Shagger can see them or not since he's a mod and not an admin. I don't know a lot about how Invision forums work as I've never owned, or been staff, on one either. But after more than 2 years here, I know by now that both of them are trustworthy with things like this. @DC also has my physical address as some of the stuff I've won in auctions was physical items that had to be shipped to me. So far no fanboys have shown up on his behalf, so it seems all good.

There was a time, when they cared. But those days seem to be long gone.

Not always. If they committed an act their lord didn't like they had 2 options: exile or death. Many chose death, but many chose exile as well. They couldn't show their face anywhere, or they would face death by their former compatriots. So they hid their face, and used their skills to survive.

I've battled depression and anxiety my entire life. I've tried to kill myself more times than I care to admit, in more ways than I have the energy to count. I fucked it up and failed every time. Maybe I'll finally succeed at some point in the future. Then again, maybe not. I've also been warehoused several times for wanting to, which is fucking pointless. Hell, life is pointless.

If I could live in a simple cabin way off in the woods with a couple rifles/shotguns and a bow for hunting, and the ability to grow a successful garden then I would be happy. I could live a quiet, peaceful life off the grid in nature and not have to deal with the mundane hassles of the first world. I could hike like I used to, learn to study stones, and how to polish them, learn to clean skulls properly, identify trees correctly, and just live like a queen. That would literally be heaven on earth for me.

You might be accurate for some, but not all. Many were dismissed samurai warriors who had no other means of supporting themselves. After a shogun died, many became reclusive and left their old life behind. The skills were passed on by the best to the newcomers and the ninja life was borne to them. So to say that they were merely untrained peasants is a gross misstatement. They were highly trained. They may not have had the technology that the pirates had, but calling them rebels with pitchforks is an ignorant statement.

My god, he is so beautiful. He actually made me start crying.

PATHETIC

The bastards tried to leave a bad review, but when the owner left a reply to their review, they got torn apart by other customers. One thing I forgot to mention is that a common thing here in Missouri is the humidity. It is often more than 80%, and that's on a less humid day. We were working all day in that. 95° and 80% to 90% humidity is extremely dangerous conditions to be working outside. But the richie bastards didn't care. One day I remember was so bad, that the owner called all of us and told us not to come in. He wasn't going to send us out to work in those conditions. He still paid us for the day, but we all stayed home and stayed inside where we could keep cool. I still took I think 6 cool down showers that day anyway. For those wondering what that means, a cool down shower is just getting in the shower under only cold water to try to cool down when you're too hot. It works, and can save your life.

I would intentionally bust both of my eardrums.

With the inflation rate, $10 in 1921 would be the equivalent of $134.26 today.

After rereading my post I see that it may have come off as an attack. That was not my intent in any way. I was trying to offer an opinion. I agree with you about Witcher 3. I couldn't get into it either. It's beautifully designed, and the graphics are top notch. But it just couldn't get its hooks into me. I am still trying to play both it and Skyrim, just to see if something that happens later in the game will grab me. After all I love FF8, but it has a woefully slow and boring start. That was one of the reasons it turned so many people off when it came out. SO I'm trying to give both games many chances. I'll admit that Skyrim has had more than Witcher 3. I think the reason behind that is probably that I see a lot more discussions here about Skyrim than I do Witcher 3. While both are amazing games, and beautiful in most ways, so far they just haven't been able to draw me in.

I can say the exact same thing about Skyrim. I have tried to get into it several times, but it's just boring, and lacking any kind of substance. It moves so slowly with no real action of any kind. I get that it's an open world game, and there are a million paths you can take. But of the ones I have taken, none of them have led to anything even remotely entertaining or enjoyable. Yet the majority of gaming world loves the game and would call me insane. You guys talk about it all the time here, and I often wonder why. Simply because I couldn't get into it. I often talk about NES games, and I'm sure many here wonder why because they don't get why anyone would be playing a 35 year old system.

As it is above / so it is below As moon is to sun / the two become one On the surface / and on purpose A war on reason / waged in treason Half demented / false recollected A fictitious past / is resurrected Satan we’ve grown Cruel / benevolent The infidel hierophant The truth / the liar The frozen and the fire The loved / the hated The words all left unstated Atop / and under The silence and the thunder The ugly / the beautiful The two sides of the spectacle The wolves / are as the sheep The dreamer is not asleep Stationary radical / human animal An open minded zealot Grotesque angelic The gain that comes from a loss Order and chaos A lawless moral order Healing a murder A feast best left uneaten Flawless yet beaten Alone becoming one of us Witless genius