Sanity Framework

[Sthan Dust]

56 minutes ago, Saya Scarlett said:

 

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*Him or the

 

:X

Typos are very annoying!  I wish CK had a grammar check too!  Thank you

 

[Sthan Dust]

So now you are probably wondering, where are we going with all this rubbish?  The books, the clues, the amount of time it takes me to update the mod?

 

We now have 5 Splinters in our psyche, but, like any malady, they are just taking root.  

 

Sthan: The Nurturer and Warrior -- Her splinter grants battle bonuses, but she's daft, so she does silly things from time to time.  Like won't surrender in combat.

Alex: The Scientist and Detective -- His splinter grants perception bonuses, and highlights objects randomly that you may have missed.  But he's an alcoholic.

One: The Architect and Human -- His splinter grants the ability to see life for what it truly is, wherever it is.  But he is a drug addict and tends to be a loner.

Beast: The Beast and Beast -- His splinter reveals the darkness within you, not allowing you to hide from the shame of it all.  But he's the beast and tends to be beastly.

Gabryal:  The Shadow and Sociopath -- His splinter draws the shadow from within to cloak your deeds.  But he's a sociopath and does not like anyone but himself. 

 

3 more to be revealed.  You will randomly notice abilities, or not.  They are subtle in the beginning. But as you embrace the darkness, insanity, grief, rage, sadness, and despair within, they will become more prominent and sometimes demanding.  But you cannot realize the full potential until all eight books are found.

 

-- Alignment comes in the next update.  All those poor sods you killed for no reason. Well, that may come back to haunt you.  
-- Splinter specific quests are in the works.

-- New Mental Issues: Insomnia, Self-Harm, Nymphomania, Sociopathy, Psychopathy (Yes there is a difference), Phobias

-- New Locations, as I mentioned are in the works, but that's a rather tedious chore, so they will take a bit.

 

As a final note, the changes I make are intended to be subtle, as I am also playing along with you.  You may get a bonus for some reason that you don't understand, or see something out of the corner of your eye.  Or even, the ravens will speak to you.

 

❤️ Thank you for playing.

 

P.S.  Don't trust their lies.

 

Edited February 28, 2022 by Sthan Dust

[Sthan Dust]

Feugo --> Coding 

 

[Sthan Dust]

Send your dreams where nobody hides
Give your tears to the tide

No Time

Sanity Framework Playlist
 

[Sthan Dust]

And tonight's musical clue for the next release:

 

 

[Karna5]

1 hour ago, Sthan Dust said:

Typos are very annoying!  I wish CK had a grammar check too!  Thank you

 

 

A case can be made for either way. Don't worry about that one. For instance, in the comment: "I don't know who is more annoying, he or the beast."

 

If you use him, then that means you don't know him. If you use he, that means "he or the beast" is more annoying.

 

It slightly changes the meaning but doesn't break immersion either way. Plus, the writer is insane. So following rules of grammar which didn't even exist in Jane Austin's day doesn't matter

[Sthan Dust]

// MemoryRoutine.Load(“Mother”)

// Telemetry data loading… Please wait…
// …
// …
// … Mother loaded

>> Hello, Alexander.

?> Mother, what is your status?

>> Nominal, Alexander.  However, I have noticed some strange anomalies with the host.

?> Explain.

>> The host is deteriorating faster than expected.  The entangled particles are unstable between the worlds.  The spaces between are closing quickly.  The nuclear detonations have caused a significant rift in the fabric. We may need to change the protocol and introduce Kyrane sooner than expected.

?> Add an unstable anomaly to an already unstable anomaly?  How will that solve the problem?

>> The Kyrane splinter will add stability to the situation, if properly implemented.  She is clearly the balance to Gabryal who was activated recently.

?> This not an acceptable solution.  We need to repress Gabryal.
 

>> Alexander, what do we wish to do with the Beast?  He has more potential for destruction than Gabryal, given the impetus.

?> Gabryal is much more dangerous, Mother.  Do you not understand this?

>> Please wait…
>> …
>> … There is a greater chance, given the host’s current state, that the Beast will assume control of the host before Gabryal.

?> Have we considered Meresin?

>> Meresin is not presently available.  That space is under recompilation.

?> Recompilation?  Why?

>> Several significant gravitational waves have been detected, causing a disturbance in the fabric.  Meresin is currently unable to access this reality.  I am trying to re-establish a connection.  However, the remaining SatNet is in need of signficant repairs.

?> Do we have resources to deploy a repair team to the SatNet?

>> Negative.  All available rockets were detonated in 2102 and 2103

?> Explain.
 

>> Vault 76 was opened in 2102.  The inhabitants used the remaining war heads to wage war on the Scorched.  I am unable to locate any viable options to launch a space mission.
 

?> Fuck.  What are the other options?

>> We activate Kyrane while I locate the frequency to re-establish connection with Meresin.
 

?> Very well.  I need access to the old Enclave databases.  I might be able to find a way to access residuals of the MODUS program.

>> That is not advisable, Alexander.  MODUS was unstable.  However, I did find a small remnant on the SatNet of its former self.  Chance of success is less than 34%

?> Do it.  Contact me on the PipBoy when you are ready.  I also need an upgrade to this PipBoy device.  Its rather archaic.  We need something more elegant, for sure.

>> Yes Alexander.

?> Thank you, Mother.  Good night.

>> Good night, Alexander.

// MemoryRoutine.Unload(“Mother”)

// Routine Terminated: (Exit Code: 0x0000008)

 

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Edited February 28, 2022 by Sthan Dust

[Sthan Dust]

22 minutes ago, Karna5 said:

 

A case can be made for either way. Don't worry about that one. For instance, in the comment: "I don't know who is more annoying, he or the beast."

 

If you use him, then that means you don't know him. If you use he, that means "he or the beast" is more annoying.

 

It slightly changes the meaning but doesn't break immersion either way. Plus, the writer is insane. So following rules of grammar which didn't even exist in Jane Austin's day doesn't matter

❤️❤️❤️ 

[Karna5]

On a side note with regard to the Nexus forums, Sthan, I just noticed the post in which someone downloaded your mod and complained they were disappointed. And you responded with an apology and kindness.

 

You are far, far, far, far, far kinder than me *Laughs* When people do that to my mods I nearly always ban them from all my stuff and delete their post *Laughs*

[Sthan Dust]

9 minutes ago, Karna5 said:

On a side note with regard to the Nexus forums, Sthan, I just noticed the post in which someone downloaded your mod and complained they were disappointed. And you responded with an apology and kindness.

 

You are far, far, far, far, far kinder than me *Laughs* When people do that to my mods I nearly always ban them from all my stuff and delete their post *Laughs*

I try to walk the walk. It was upsetting because the comment was basically, "Why isn't your mod like so-and-sos mod?"  Well go play that mod!   This is my mod, I'm not forcing you to play it!

But I saw your response.  I appreciate the support ❤️ . Nexus Mods can be Nexus Gonks for sure.  It's like the Reddit of the mod community.  Opinions are like arseholes, everyone's got one.  

 

I'm glad you are enjoying the mod.  My ultimate goal is to fix FO4's flawed storyline.  I love the engine, I love the world.  And I have played every single Fallout game.  They lost their way when Bethesda SoftBugs took over and Todd Howard was put in charge ?

Namaste ❤️ 

 

Edited February 28, 2022 by Sthan Dust
Typo

[Sthan Dust]

Hearts Open to Ukraine.
Arrest Putin

We should not be threatening Nukes, because no one wins that game.

[MrCruelJohn]

Just clarifying my determinations to the clues - which I got - but "Alice house" = "Rabbit Hole" ?

 

John

[Karna5]

Thinking about the Nexus post and your reaction, Sthan, I think it both ties into the premise of your mod and the fact that you are perhaps less insane than you pretend *Laughs*

 

For instance, when I was a kid people used to bully me all the time, calling me names and hitting me for no reason. From age ten to around age twenty anywhere I went complete strangers I'd never seen before would say to me, "You are ugly!" or would surround me in groups and push me and call me names and hit me.

 

When I was 15 years old, I was outside playing baseball with my friends, and two people whom I'd never met threatened me, and when I stood up to them, they kicked me in the balls and chased me into my house with a bat. And so I ran upstairs and grabbed a sword and a dirk and ran out and challenged them back saying they wanted to fight me two on one with a baseball bat, so fight me now. I fully intended to chop off the hand of whoever attacked me as I'd been learning fencing for a year already (I ended up studying fencing for ten years). But the bullies backed down.

 

The next day a friend of mine's older brother came to me and said he'd heard about what happened, and he asked me to show him a fist. I made a fist, and he said, "That's not right. You'll break your thumb that way." And he showed me how to make a fist and taught me a couple of basic things.

 

The day after that another person, whom I'd not met, came to me and said he'd heard about what happened. This new person was a boxer and a street fighter, and he taught me some very useful things about fighting people either one on one or against a group.

 

Over time many people with various types of martial arts and street fighting experience taught me many useful things. In addition I also formally studied various forms of traditional martial arts including Aikido, Tae Kwando, Karatedo, Jui Jitsu and several others.

 

And because of how frequently I was attacked both verbally and physically, I was constantly thinking of combat. Everything I learned, from fencing to judo to karatedo to staff fighting to everything, I combined into useful street fighting techniques. I never walked into a room without immediately pausing to look around and decide how I would fight everyone if they attacked me.

 

By age twenty, though, I was in a constant emotional feeling that I would explode. I was so angry at the world. Literally I felt like exploding. But I'd gotten very good at fighting. By age 17 or 18 I was defeating bullies and then patrolling looking for people to save from bullies. When I was in my early twenties at punk bars half my attention was always spent on looking for bad people to defeat or weak people to rescue. I was very careful to make sure people wanted to fight before I attacked, but when I decided to attack, I was swift and hard.

 

If a stranger spit at my feet, I'd walk up and put a gentle hand on his shoulder and quietly ask, "Hey, buddy, did you really mean to spit at my feet?"

 

And he answered, "What do you think?"  So I punched him. Instantly and hard.

 

But a couple of times I felt I had misjudged situations. Maybe only twice out of one or two hundred fights, but you can never undo an attack. You can never take back a mistake.

 

Around age thirty (more than more than twenty years ago) I had an epiphany. I suddenly realized force always returns force, anger always returns anger, pain always returns pain, and that I needed to find peace to make my life better.

 

It took me years to calm down, years to turn off my reflexive reactions to threats. But I eventually managed it.

 

I still watch carefully for threats. I still make sure I'm prepared to deal with them if necessary. But I'm far calmer now. I don't feel like exploding anymore. I still have to be careful about legitimate crimes, like robbery or hold ups or car jackings (my best friend was killed in a car jacking long ago, one of my friends who taught me some of my fighting techniques in my youth). But strangers are more often kind to me now.

 

From age 10 to 30 I didn't do anything wrong. Humanity was cruel to me. But I broke. Unbreaking took me twenty years and a lot of contemplation and effort.

 

What I'm saying is I agree with this mod's premise. Being right is not enough. Justice doesn't exist. Justice breaks you as much as its recipients.

 

Insanity is a slow process but builds up to tremendous strength. It changes our whole world without us realizing it.

 

Edited February 28, 2022 by Karna5
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[Sthan Dust]

One final song before I'm off to sleep.  This framework consumes my free time totally.  But I enjoy it. Even if only one person enjoys it, it's worth me continuing, because this is how we change the world.  Art imitates life, and life imitates art.  

 

You live your life, you go in shadows
You'll come apart and you'll go blind
Some kind of night into your darkness
Colours your eyes with what's not there

Fade into you
Strange you never knew
Fade into you
I think it's strange you never knew

 

[Sthan Dust]

4 minutes ago, MrCruelJohn said:

Just clarifying my determinations to the clues - which I got - but "Alice house" = "Rabbit Hole" ?

 

John

Yes

[Sthan Dust]

3 minutes ago, Karna5 said:

Thinking about the Nexus post and your reaction, Sthan, I think it both ties into the premise of your mod and the fact that you are perhaps less insane than you pretend *Laughs*

 

For instance, when I was a kid people used to bully me all the time, calling me names and hitting me for no reason. From age ten to around age twenty anywhere I went complete strangers I'd never seen before would say to me, "You are ugly!" or would surround me in groups and push me and call me names and hit me.

 

When I was 15 years old, I was outside playing baseball with my friends, and two people whom I'd never met threatened me, and when I stood up to them, they kicked me in the balls and chased me into my house with a bat. And so I ran upstairs and grabbed a sword and a dirk and ran out and challenged them back saying they wanted to fight me two on one with a baseball bat, so fight me now. I fully intended to chop off the hand of whoever attacked me as I'd been learning fencing for a year already (I ended up studying fencing for ten years). But the bullies backed down.

 

The next day a friend of mine's older brother came to me and said he'd heard about what happened, and he asked me to show him a fist. I made a fist, and he said, "That's not right. You'll break your thumb that way." And he showed me how to make a fist and taught me a couple of basic things.

 

The day after that another person, whom, I'd not met, came to me and said he'd heard about what happened. This new person was a boxer and a street fighter, and he taught me some very useful things about fighting people either one on one or against a group.

 

Over time many people with various types of martial arts and street fighting experience taught me many useful things. In addition I also formally studied various forms of traditional martial arts including Aikido, Tae Kwando, Karatedo, Jui Jitsu and several others.

 

And because of how frequently I was attacked both verbally and physically, I was constantly thinking of combat. Everything I learned, from fencing to judo to karatedo to staff fighting to everything, I combined into useful street fighting techniques. I never walked into a room without immediately pausing to look around and decide how I would fight everyone if they attacked me.

 

By age twenty, though, I was in a constant emotional feeling that I would explode. I was so angry at the world. Literally I felt like exploding. But I'd gotten very good at fighting. By age 17 or 18 I was defeating bullies and then patrolling looking for people to save from bullies. When I was in my early twenties at punk bars half my attention was always spent on looking for bad people to defeat or weak people to rescue. I was very careful to make sure people wanted to fight before I attacked, but when I decided to attack, I was swift and hard.

 

If a stranger spit at my feet, I'd walk up and put a gentle hand on his shoulder and quietly ask, "Hey, buddy, did you really mean to spit at my feet?"

 

And he answered, "What do you think?"  So I punched him. Instantly and hard.

 

But a couple of times I felt I had misjudged situations. Maybe online twice out of one or two hundred fights, but you can never undo an attack. You can never take back a mistake.

 

Around age thirty (more than more than twenty years ago) I had an epiphany. I suddenly realized force always returns force, anger always returns anger, pain always returns pain, and that I needed to find peace to make my life better.

 

It took me years to calm down, years to turn off my reflexive reactions to threats. But I eventually managed it.

 

I still watch carefully for threats. I still make sure I'm prepared to deal with them if necessary. But I'm far calmer now. I don't feel like exploding anymore. I still have to be careful about legitimate crimes, like robbery or hold ups or car jackings (my best friend was killed in a car jacking long ago, one of my friends who taught me some of my fighting techniques in my youth). But strangers are more often kind to me now.

 

From age 10 to 30 I didn't do anything wrong. Humanity was cruel to me. But I broke. Unbreaking took me twenty years and a lot of contemplation and effort.

 

What I'm saying is I agree with this mod's premise. Being right is not enough. Justice doesn't exist. Justice breaks you as much as its recipients.

 

Insanity is a slow process but builds up to tremendous strength. It changes our whole world without us realizing it.

I am daft more than I care to believe.  Insanity IS a slow process.  Look at the world today?  We are right back to worrying about a mad man launching nukes on the world because of his own issues.  Putin has absolutely put the world on notice.  And he's basically saying, "I want Ukraine. Eff with me and I will nuke you."  This is the world we created.  Not the world we live in.  We created this mess.  Now we need to fix it.  I grew up during Cold War.  I hate we are going right back to this rubbish again.

Being female, and slight (very short and thin and not stellar in my appearance) causes people to discount my opinions in the real world.  In this virtual world, I can be anyone I want.  And that made me ponder the purpose of games.  Its not just entertainment any longer. Its an escape. I realize that now. I also realize that the rest of us, this entire site, want to escape.  Every mod adds that ability in various ways.

The people who complain that a mod doesn't do what they want, they are tourists.  They are just trolls looking to find fault with things so they can feel better about themselves.  People who bully, bully to make up for their own insecurities.  I have some years on you.  I know, its hard to imagine, but I've been gaming since the Atari days.  But my age nor gender nor socially unacceptable thoughts, do not define me. I am me.  You are you.

The splinters are a way for us to understand that we're really not just a single mind.  We have facets that we, the abused, employ to deal with those who lord over us.  Most people playing these mods, these games, feel as if they are not accepted in this world full of labels and stereotypes.  To that I say, bugger off.  I don't need to be what anyone else wants me to be.  Nor should you.

Hence the Sanity Framework.  Is it a mod, or a means to feel better about ourselves?  I don't really have the answer.  For me, Sanity Framework is for me to deal with my own demons.  My own Splinters.  The person I need to be with friends, or at work, or on the street, or at parties.  We are rarely the same person in every situation.  Or I should say, I am not, for sure. I'm expected to be many things to many people, and its a mess.

 

You said "If a stranger spit at my feet, I'd walk up and put a gentle hand on his shoulder and quietly ask, "Hey, buddy, did you really mean to spit at my feet?"

And he answered, "What do you think?"  So I punched him. Instantly and hard."

 

That was the correct response since you shouldn't have been treated that way.  I don't condone violence, but sometimes, they only understand violence.  That's the sad truth.  Sometimes bullies are just bullies with nothing more than a puffed chest, full of their own self-doubt, and they prey upon those they perceive as "weak". Hence the situation with Russian and Ukraine.  Putin is a bully with no balls, but he keeps threatening an option no one will accept.  Nuclear war.  This is ironic because we are discussing a game that is based completely in this scenario.  But he is just a bully.  And he must be stopped.  So we need to spit at the feet of those who deserve it.  We might get beat down, but they didn't win in the end, because we didn't give in to their nonsense and rubbish.

 

I hope this make sense.  I am very tired and i was sick almost the entire weekend.  But watching the news, then reading this made me think that we're all very tired of being bullied.  

 

We all have a purpose unto ourselves, first, then our families, then our friends.  But first and foremost, we must have purpose unto ourselves.  

Sanity is subjective and not at all objective.  Sanity: Results may vary. 

 

❤️❤️ ❤️

All will be well.  Namaste, my friend.

 

[Karna5]

1 hour ago, Sthan Dust said:

I am daft more than I care to believe.  Insanity IS a slow process.  Look at the world today?  We are right back to worrying about a mad man launching nukes on the world because of his own issues....But watching the news....

 

 

Hello, my friend. I hope you slept well. I deliberately waited before answering so you would get a chance to sleep  I would like to propose to you not an answer but something which I hope you will at least contemplate as a possibility.

 

Although I grew up in the U.S. since 1967, I was born in Argentina to a family all from Argentina. In the 1980s my mom used to complain in outrage that the U.S. was propping up guerrillas in Central America who were chopping off limbs of villagers and raping the women in an effort to overthrow democratically elected governments. At one point, however, Argentina attacked England in a complaint that England had taken away the Malvinas (Faulkland) islands from them. When my mom heard that, though, she said England did that a hundred years ago, and yes Argentina has continued to ask for them back, but the timing of the attack was to distract the unhappy citizens.

 

You see, Argentina was suffering from 400% inflation and terrible economic issues, and by attacking England, the Argentinian government cleverly made everyone for a while forget the economic problems and enter a patriotic fervor against England.

 

Let's extend that conflict between Argentina and England to what's happening now between the U.S. and Russia. Russia claims that the U.S. has been propping up nazi groups in the Russian border and has been bombing the Russian border. This may actually be true considering the U.S. history of doing stuff like this, but I honestly don't know what's true and don't care as truth is not relevant here. What is relevant is that Russia believes it.

 

What's also true is that Biden has been pushing Russia hard to the brink of war, trying to impose embargos (which Ron Paul used to say was an act of war, and I agree with that) and trying to set up a missile perimeter around Russia.

 

Whether Putin or Biden is right or wrong also doesn't matter. What matters is each side and their citizens believe they're right.

 

Now, extending this to what happened between Argentina and England, what do we know about the U.S. the last few years? The country has deliberately sabotaged its own economy, forbidding small business from being open, closing down nearly all restaurants and small business, making most people lose their jobs to the stage where we have at least 40% unemployment. Don't forget that the U.S. doesn't count people who are unemployed for several years as unemployed, but they really are unemployed. The U.S. economy is tanked and getting worse.

 

And now Biden and Putin are on the brink of war, and now nearly everyone has forgotten the economic issues and is worried about a war between Russia and the U.S./NATO.

 

I suggest everyone should be skeptical about the motives of this war. This whole thing could be a farce to make everyone forget their real problems, problems which were actually caused deliberately by most of the governments in the world.

 

Normal citizens can't do anything about war. Worrying about it or even complaining about it won't help. They need to focus on their true immediate issues. Economy. Business. Freedom. Peace.

 

As long as Biden and Putin are fighting each other (genuine fight or theater not relevant), there can't be peace. But if all the citizens of the country don't fall for this distraction and continue to hold their governments accountable for what they have truly done wrong (destroying the economy) then the true process of repair can begin. And peace will exist because war threats were ignored.

 

Edited February 28, 2022 by Karna5

[Karna5]

On a side note since you include several music references to grief and sadness, Sthan, today I filmed a YouTube video with my 870ish insane character

 

 

[Sthan Dust]

9 minutes ago, Karna5 said:

On a side note since you include several music references to grief and sadness, Sthan, today I filmed a YouTube video with my 870ish insane character

 

 

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This is brilliant!  I love The Mission! ❤️

I am going to add tears at some point.  I've been working with the facial expressions, now I just need to incorporate the overlays.

 

Insanity at 850? Oh dear.  I'll need to take those things into account.  Because if your sanity is that low then you're probably also supremely evil, when Alignment hits!

[ecastellvi]

On 2/27/2022 at 2:37 PM, Sthan Dust said:

Wow.  What a perfect interpretation of what I am trying to do!  ❤️  ❤️  ❤️

 

Wellp... I didn't work my ass off to get a .50 scoped silenced combat rifle with explosive ammo only to not be able to use it as intended...

MADNES IT IS, THEN!!! ???

[ecastellvi]

19 hours ago, Karna5 said:

 

I suggest everyone should be skeptical about the motives of this war. This whole thing could be a farce to make everyone forget their real problems, problems which were actually caused deliberately by most of the governments in the world.

 

Normal citizens can't do anything about war. Worrying about it or even complaining about it won't help. They need to focus on their true immediate issues. Economy. Business. Freedom. Peace.

 

As long as Biden and Putin are fighting each other (genuine fight or theater not relevant), there can't be peace. But if all the citizens of the country don't fall for this distraction and continue to hold their governments accountable for what they have truly done wrong (destroying the economy) then the true process of repair can begin. And peace will exist because war threats were ignored.

 

That's a sensible piece of advice. Parallel to every war, there's always an (mis)information war running to keep the minds focused on what the powers that be deem of importance.

 

You grew up in the States since 1967, so you weren't here in 1982. The whole media sphere kept on saying that we were winning in Malvinas up until the surrender of Puerto Argentino on June 14th, that was a bucket of very cold water to many of us. Information and misinformation is the deadliest weapon to the regular populace (outside the theaters of operations that is).

[Sthan Dust]

15 hours ago, Karna5 said:

 

Hello, my friend. I hope you slept well. I deliberately waited before answering so you would get a chance to sleep  I would like to propose to you not an answer but something which I hope you will at least contemplate as a possibility.

I'm not much of a sleeper these days. (other than when I am ill) I have many responsibilities that keep me awake at night. But the world keeps me awake at night.  I have children and grandchildren to consider in this mess.

15 hours ago, Karna5 said:

Although I grew up in the U.S. since 1967, I was born in Argentina to a family all from Argentina. In the 1980s my mom used to complain in outrage that the U.S. was propping up guerrillas in Central America who were chopping off limbs of villagers and raping the women in an effort to overthrow democratically elected governments. At one point, however, Argentina attacked England in a complaint that England had taken away the Malvinas (Faulkland) islands from them. When my mom heard that, though, she said England did that a hundred years ago, and yes Argentina has continued to ask for them back, but the timing of the attack was to distract the unhappy citizens.

Argentina is one place I have wanted to visit very much, but the stars never align very well.  Though from your comments in the post I thought you were much younger!  So forgive my miscalculations.  I do remember the Falklands but I was very young at the time.  I've must admit I have not lived through something like that, so I've been fortunate.  I've been in US for over 15 years now, originally from England.  I came here for work, and I decided not to return as I like the seasons here, and I feel no need to return.  My children are here, and there's really not much left in England but bad memories.

15 hours ago, Karna5 said:

You see, Argentina was suffering from 400% inflation and terrible economic issues, and by attacking England, the Argentinian government cleverly made everyone for a while forget the economic problems and enter a patriotic fervor against England.

 

 

15 hours ago, Karna5 said:

Let's extend that conflict between Argentina and England to what's happening now between the U.S. and Russia. Russia claims that the U.S. has been propping up nazi groups in the Russian border and has been bombing the Russian border. This may actually be true considering the U.S. history of doing stuff like this, but I honestly don't know what's true and don't care as truth is not relevant here. What is relevant is that Russia believes it.

I always bristle when people, especially US, tosses about the term "Nazi" or "Neo Nazis".  I spent a year in Germany, before the Wall came down.  I went to Poland, Dachau.  I was at Auschwitz.  I cannot tell you the chilling horror that crept into my soul seeing the concentration camps and what was done to the Jewish people.   I don't think people have an appreciation for the absolute human depravity visited on those people, for no logical reason.  The problem with all this, was Hitler rose to power for the same reasons; hyper-inflation, and national pride.  The German people ignored the horrors, all in the name of money.  And it's always about money.  That year changed me, forever.  One moment, I'm a privileged young woman, sheltered from the horrors of the real world by my mum.  Then I am seeing first-hand what had been done to millions of people.  All at the hand of a madman.  And you are correct, the truth is only relevant to those who want to see it.  We make our own truths.  However, Magna Est Veritas - Et Praevalebit (Truth is mighty and will prevail) The truth is the truth.  

15 hours ago, Karna5 said:

What's also true is that Biden has been pushing Russia hard to the brink of war, trying to impose embargos (which Ron Paul used to say was an act of war, and I agree with that) and trying to set up a missile perimeter around Russia.

 

Whether Putin or Biden is right or wrong also doesn't matter. What matters is each side and their citizens believe they're right.

 

Now, extending this to what happened between Argentina and England, what do we know about the U.S. the last few years? The country has deliberately sabotaged its own economy, forbidding small business from being open, closing down nearly all restaurants and small business, making most people lose their jobs to the stage where we have at least 40% unemployment. Don't forget that the U.S. doesn't count people who are unemployed for several years as unemployed, but they really are unemployed. The U.S. economy is tanked and getting worse.

 

Oh, now we step into the depths of my madness.  Over the last two years, the entire world has gone mad due to the pandemic. Which mathematically makes no sense to me.  How is a virus considered a pandemic if it kills less than 1% of those infected?  By that reckoning, the FLU is a SUPER pandemic, and we should never leave our homes as it kills MANY more people than COVID could even begin to kill.  COVID is propaganda.  Yes, it exists, no, it's not a pandemic, in my opinion.  We've paid people to stay home, and now they don't want to go back to work.  We already wore proverbial masks, but now we wear them as yet another way to be divisive.  "You're wearing a mask you've got COVID." or "You're not wearing a mask; you are anti-vax" It's a zero-sum game for the great unwashed.  And no one is telling the truth about any of this rubbish. I am a data scientist, and there's no model that I can devise that would warrant this course of action.  The only conclusion I can come to is this:  China did manufacturer this virus as a way to "cull" the elderly.  And when it spread beyond the borders, it caused panic with the elderly in positions of power in other countries.  Then, they realized, this was an opportunity for control.  Billionaires emerged from this pandemic.  Google, Microsoft, Amazon, Grubhub, on and on and on.  I go to office once a week, I primarily work from home due to the nature of my work.  We are being isolated for a reason now.

 

15 hours ago, Karna5 said:

And now Biden and Putin are on the brink of war, and now nearly everyone has forgotten the economic issues and is worried about a war between Russia and the U.S./NATO.

 

I suggest everyone should be skeptical about the motives of this war. This whole thing could be a farce to make everyone forget their real problems, problems which were actually caused deliberately by most of the governments in the world.

 

Normal citizens can't do anything about war. Worrying about it or even complaining about it won't help. They need to focus on their true immediate issues. Economy. Business. Freedom. Peace.

 

As long as Biden and Putin are fighting each other (genuine fight or theater not relevant), there can't be peace. But if all the citizens of the country don't fall for this distraction and continue to hold their governments accountable for what they have truly done wrong (destroying the economy) then the true process of repair can begin. And peace will exist because war threats were ignored.

 

I agree with everything you are saying.  Much of this is theatre.  I've used the analogy from one of my favorite films, The Prestige.  In order to be a world leader, you must be a magician, because it's all about misdirection.  The Pledge: I am going to save the world from a global pandemic.  The Turn: But I'm also going to ensure that you can work from home, and we will pay you to not work.  The Prestige: Now you are under our control forever.  Nothing, absolutely nothing is free in in this world.  Everything comes at a cost, whether material or emotional or spiritual.  We pay in some currency, and not all that glitters is gold. 

 

Putin is now performing his trick, taking Ukraine in a manner that no one will dare oppose him.  But opposition was never a concern, because it had been decided this is how it would go.  This war was premeditated with all the world leaders.  They are afraid of Putin, because in general, Russians are consistent in their doctrines.  "There is no reason for earth if there is no Russia" - Vladmir Putin.  This statement alone should underscore the depths of madness he is willing to endure.  He's not the first, and certainly not the last.  But I hate to say, the general populace is overlooking one simple fact about the posturing -- Putin doesn't need to drop nuclear bombs on cities to destroy his enemies.  We are a technologically dependant society now. Most people haven't the faintest clue on how to grow a garden, or function without their devices.  A nuclear detonation in the upper atmosphere can cause an EMP that can cripple all electronics, this includes all things. Internet, power grids, transport, anything that runs on integrated circuits is destroyed.  Millions would die simply because they've not learned how to survive without technology.  Millions will die because they are still alive due to technology (Pacemakers, and the like).

 

However, let's not talk of such dark things.  Boys will be boys, as they say.  If not Putin, it would be someone else.  US has a very weak president.  The cold war ended because two men of reason talked.  They understood that neither wanted the world to end.  If we only rattle sabres, we aren't talking.  We are, to use your phrase, merely spitting at each other's feet with misplaced indignation.

 

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[Karna5]

12 hours ago, Sthan Dust said:

 

I am going to add tears at some point.  I've been working with the facial expressions, now I just need to incorporate the overlays.

 

 

Something about crying and tears just rang a bell with me. I recall around thirty years ago my best friend called me and said he was going to have his last drink and smoke his last cigarette and then kill himself. I yelled at him to wait, that I was coming, and I hopped in my van (I could drive back then as I wasn't legally blind yet) and raced to his house. The door was open, and I walked in, and he was sitting at the table with a 9mm in one hand and a drink in the other. I told him not to do it, and he said he was going to do it, and I didn't know what to do, so I grabbed my handcuffs (I always wore them back then, a punk thing) and handcuffed myself to him.

 

He reacted suddenly and shot the wall in front of us (deafening me in that enclosed space), and my ears were ringing, but I put my free arm around him, and he started to cry. And he cried, and he cried, and then he asked me to remove the handcuffs, which I did.

 

The thing is, crying broke him free of the need to die. Crying was a release. Without it, he'd be dead.

 

We can't cry 24/7, but sometimes it helps.

 

If you add crying, perhaps it can be just briefly in certain situations?

 

[Celedhring]

So far, having a blast playing with Sanity Framework.  Sanity is at around 37..   And on the Pipboy shows my sanity to be "Mad" is that part of the framework? 

Anyway..it's perfect with with the Companion Ivy mod..especially the part when your Nora gets into Ivy's mind.   That's some Fuckedupsville right there.  And Ivy's AI just handed Ivy's support over to a Nora who's slowly losing her sanity. 

But that's okay.  Sanity is overrated anyway. 

Edited March 2, 2022 by Celedhring

[Sthan Dust]

5 hours ago, Celedhring said:

So far, having a blast playing with Sanity Framework.  Sanity is at around 37..   And on the Pipboy shows my sanity to be "Mad" is that part of the framework? 

Anyway..it's perfect with with the Companion Ivy mod..especially the part when your Nora gets into Ivy's mind.   That's some Fuckedupsville right there.  And Ivy's AI just handed Ivy's support over to a Nora who's slowly losing her sanity. 

But that's okay.  Sanity is overrated anyway. 

I'm so happy to hear this.  And yes, Mad is at that mark, then you are bonkers after 35.  Perfect.

 

I need to get Companion Ivy. It conflicts with Just Business, which I love because of xDI.   I want to make the companions an integral part of each story.  I'm still working on the Cait switch after Vault 95.  I hate sober Cait so much. I would say that no one in the wasteland is "sober".  It defeats the purpose.

Sanity is overrated. Especially these days

 

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