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  • Did the patient ever die on House? I’ve only seen random episodes from back in ye olden days of watching whatever was on TV, and in all the episodes I watched he saved the patient in the end. Compared to the actual U.S. healthcare system that rarely cares what’s wrong with you and will often do nothing until it’s too late, I think I’d take my chances with House.









  • V funny how the Straw Hats, who are staunch monarchists and believe in “good kings,” have been picked up as a symbol of revolution. Meanwhile, the Revolutionary Army, who are also strangely monarchists that believe in “good kings,” never get any attention. I’m sure the reason is just that the Straw Hats’ flag is more recognizable, but I think it’s a shame because the RA’s flag totally rules.


  • I actually really liked the setting and artstyle, but god yeah I do not understand why that combat system needed to be the way it was. It put me off playing the sequel, because I just didn’t want to suffer through the most godawful shooting combat of any game I’ve played this decade for another 40 hours.

    Wasn’t this the same studio who gave us Max Payne? How have they been making third person shooters for like two decades and still mess it up?


  • It’s honestly really funny to me how frequently some DMs forget basic writing principles. If something is set-up, either by yourself or your players, you should find a way to pay it off. It’s a really lame story if your monk has developed an immunity to poison and it never comes up a single time. Chekov’s gun was made to be fired!





  • A big thing you aren’t including in those production costs is marketing, which is a huge part of a film’s budget that always gets conveniently left out of these calculations because Hollywood doesn’t include marketing costs as part of production…for some reason.

    A good rule of thumb is that most studios spend an additional amount roughly equal to 50% of what the film cost to make on marketing. So the total Morbius costed Sony is likely closer to 112m-124m. Still profitable, but quite a thin margin. For Tron:Ares, it’ll need to clear ~270m to actually make money. Since most of these studios treat these films like investments, that’s p bad RoI.



  • djsoren19@lemmy.blahaj.zoneto196@lemmy.blahaj.zonehouse rule
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    12 days ago

    nah not a villain because he actually finds out what’s wrong with the patients and fixes it. Even if the methods are torture, as someone suffering from chronic illness where I haven’t yet found a doctor who gives a shit to actually find out what it is, I’d gladly almost die if it meant I’d start feeling better. Usually I just get pushed out the door ASAP with some pills.