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Judging by the release dates, Persona 3 is “we have Yoru ga Kuru at home.”

There’s this terrible idea some older games have, where characters get leaked experience as soon as they join you, but they don’t get their levels adjusted if you’re overleveled when you get them, so they’ll be lower-level than your older characters for the whole damn game.

Speaking of which, I am so overleveled and I’m barely even trying. I was beating holy hell out of a boss who did about 2% of my HP with each attack, and then the fight ended after enough turns had passed, because narratively, he massively outclassed me.

I have no idea how long it takes to fill up a bond meter, so it feels hard to justify using the male characters who don’t get bond meters.

Wait, this is also older than Fate? Because one of these villains looks distractingly like Kotomine Kirei.

I definitely feel some sort of way about the implication that the succubus-themed villain is actually a psychic projection by a little girl.

I like that there is a massive monster-fighting organization besides the teen heroes, fighting monsters in big cities all over the world. The reason the heroes are fighting is because the massive organization doesn’t give a shit about rural areas where the monsters only have a few people to kill.

The serial rapist villain (apparently?) died first, so now all we’re left with are villains who seem to have reasons for their actions. One of them just agreed to stop killing people, so I’m curious how the rest of this plays out. From the genre and the time period, I can’t imagine any of them will still be alive in the end.

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Looking through a blog mostly full of pictures I find cute, hoping the point I stop is somewhere before the point a guro pic shows up.

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New York Times article says African-American soldiers will be disproportionately affected by the new shaving rules, because they’re more likely to have curly facial hair that causes skin irritation when shaved. I got to thinking about how that must affect actors as well. I mean, how often do you see an African-American actor in a role where he isn’t clean-shaven?

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Copying something I posted at the tail end of a thread I started about a certain game:

“I don’t think I’m making unclear statements here? The villain says time travel to undo suffering is good. The hero says time travel to undo suffering is bad. I say the villain’s statement is generally right.

“Some commenters say the villain doesn’t actually want to prevent suffering. That’s true, but that’s a different statement from “time travel to prevent suffering is bad.” Some commenters say the mechanics of time travel in this setting would prevent the villain from succeeding even if he was honest. That’s true, but that’s a different statement from “time travel to prevent suffering is bad.” I disagree with the person who said “If you time travel to prevent suffering, you’ll make the same mistakes all over again,” but at least that’s a response to what I said, not a response to some other thing I didn’t say.”

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A long time ago, I saw a post that said you should be grateful to black bloc protesters, because you need them destroying shit and beating up cops in order to advance your cause.

I didn’t find the words for this at the time, but I think that post was basically the same as when cops say you need them to keep you safe by brutalizing homeless people.

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This is a list of all the different vendors I've been able to find who sell binders or inserts in the M5/Filofax Mini size. This size of planner uses paper with five holes spaced 19 mm apart; I've linked some compatible hole punches at the end.

I've listed sites by category, and linked to the narrowest category available on the website; as they differ in how granular their filtering is, I've sometimes linked the same place under multiple categories, and sometimes listed the same site several times in a given category. They are not in any particular order, but I've made an attempt to list sellers with more products first.

Important note: not all inserts are the same width! Most M5 inserts are 67 x 105 mm, but Plotter uses a size of 62 x 105. If mixing widths will bother you, make sure to check which size you're getting.

Binders

Filofax (also on Amazon, where they have more designs available)

Catspresso Co

Plotter

Moterm

MeePlus

Raymay Fujii (via Yoseka Stationery)

Ashford (in Japanese; google-translated version)

Ashford: refill storage binders (in Japanese; google-translated version)

Pinkoi (link goes to search results; it's a marketplace for multiple vendors so lacks good sorting/filtering)

Aliexpress (link goes to search results; it's a marketplace for multiple vendors so lacks good sorting/filtering)

Printed Inserts

Filofax

SortStuffOut

Catspresso Co

Catspresso Co: sticker paper inserts

Plotter (plotter size)

MeePlus

Raymay Fujii (via Yoseka Stationery)

Desk Gems

Troncle (via Pinkoi)

ItsSimplyBizarre

ChicChoi

~~StudyJoy~~ ~~(note that some of the preview images appear to be AI, and I haven't yet purchased any to double-check)~~ Doesn't currently appear to be selling

Ashford (in Japanese; google-translated version)

Aliexpress (link goes to search results; it's a marketplace for multiple vendors so lacks good sorting/filtering)

Dividers, bookmarks, and accessories

SortStuffOut: dividers

SortStuffOut: dashboards

SortStuffOut: decorative printed vellums

SortStuffOut: bookmarks

NennyLife: dividers and bookmarks (I've linked to her site on UK Ebay, as categories aren't working on the US one)

Catspresso Co: dashboards

Catspresso Co: decorative printed vellums and acetates

Plotter: accessories (plotter size)

MeePlus: accessories

RocketTreasures: rainbow dividers (plotter size)

DannysPlannerCuties: pink/purple watercolor dividers

DannysPlannerCuties: seashell dividers (he only has two dividers available in M5 size)

Ashford: accessories (in Japanese; google-translated version)

Aliexpress (link goes to search results; it's a marketplace for multiple vendors so lacks good sorting/filtering)

Printable Files

SortStuffOut: printable dashboards

~~LofiNote~~ ~~(plotter size)~~ Doesn't currently appear to be selling

DIYfish

StarCreativeStudioUK

Hole Punches

I recommend the KW-trio 9027, which makes the smallest holes (4 mm diameter), and has three punch dies rather than 6 (useful to avoid inadvertently punching the tops of bookmarks). You can find it here on Aliexpress (currently $10) and here on Amazon (currently $15).

Filofax also sells hole punches, which can be attached to the rings of your planner; the Pocket size should also work for minis.

For a more durable option, there's also the Rapesco Adjustable 6-hole punch, which is all-metal (and rather heavy; even aside from the smaller holes I prefer my 9027).

Closing Thoughts

And that's all I've got! Of the stores I've listed, my personal favorites are: SortStuffOut (great variety of binder decorations); CreffectivePaper (hands-down the best variety of printables, and offers a rare vertical weekly layout with hour markings); CatspressoCo (offers a vertical weekly with hours in printed format); NennyLife (has some lovely divider patterns); Filofax (I love that their daily layout has little month grids on it, and in general appreciate the density of info); and Aliexpress (hands-down the best place to find cheap binders, and they even have knockoffs!). Also, shoutout to HausOfChibs and 123ZenDesign for the delightful gothic font and wide variety of delightfully colorful layouts, respectively.

I hope this post helps you find the perfect supplies, and happy planning!

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A discovery: my father’s house is worth 1.7 million dollars. A cheaply built post-World War II box identical to everything up and down the street, and people will theoretically pay 1.7 million dollars for it now. Minimum wage in this town is 10 dollars an hour, so if you wanted to buy this junk pile and live in it, it would take you 58 years of working 8 hours every day.

Housing prices in California are fucked beyond belief.

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Sometimes I wishlist a game just because of the title.

https://store.steampowered.com/app/2835690/The_Demons_Told_Me_to_Make_This_Game/

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Sometimes when I get a free game off my father's Amazon Prime, it just sits in my library for a while as I try to convince myself it might not be shit. I feel oddly proud of myself when I try one and confirm it's shit after all. Latest is Stray Gods, a musical game that is absolutely not up to the task of being a musical. The one before that was South of the Circle.

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One reason I don’t like Charisma as a D&D stat is that I feel like D&D, or at least later D&D, occupies a genre of fantasy where every main character should be charismatic.

Then again, I suppose you could be a charismatic person who has low Charisma in the D&D sense of the word. Some of the more depressed Final Fantasy protagonists are like that.

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Bleakly hilarious when Neo-Nazis try to adjust the Holocaust downwards, as if it’s a defense to claim Hitler only killed one million Jews.

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I love how the two main interpretations of the Bergman movie Persona have completely opposite answers to the question “are these women making each other better or worse?”

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Rather than switching back and forth between “read Julia Serano” and “here’s why Serano was wrong,” you could just start with “here’s why Serano was wrong.”

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The fundamental frustration of this game is that the AI is a chickenshit. You put in a Pokemon of a type the opponent’s Pokemon is weak to, and they immediately switch out to something that resists whatever damage type they expect you to use. You will never get to use your hyper-effective STAB move unless every other opposing Pokemon is unconscious.

Your first tool is entry hazards, and to a lesser extent poison/burn/frostbite. Keep sending out Pokemon your current foe is weak against, and the AI will switch out over and over, until one Pokemon is so injured they give up trying to keep it conscious and make a sacrifice play. This is slow and tedious, but reliable.

Your second tool is non-STAB offensive moves. The AI has no idea you’re about to one-shot them with a Bug move on a Pokemon that has zero to do with bugs. Normal-types shine here for their sheer variety of options.
Your third tool is items, specifically items that don’t say what they do when the holder enters the fight. If your enemy thinks they can tank a Water attack, a Water Gem may add enough power to drop them. Conversely, the humble Sitrus Berry can keep your Pokemon conscious longer than the AI expects.

Your fourth tool is repetition, redoing the same fight over and over until you know how the AI will respond to each of your actions. If you’re trying to get a Perfect on someone who has more than three Pokemon, expect to keep repeating for quite some time.

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Rather than “product of their time,” I think of “product of their place.” If you were told black people were savage inhumans, and you were in a place where you never meaningfully interacted with black people, well, it was before the Internet. You couldn’t go on Tumblr and stumble across posts by black people. But if you were an overseer who regularly interacted with black people, and you didn’t realize you were hurting other humans, I figure you must have been trying pretty hard not to realize it.

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