So, my wife and I just got back from dinner from our local Olive Garden.
It was an otherwise enjoyable experience... except in regards to the state of the men's restroom.
I hate to be the one to say this, but food critics tend to go to the bathroom in any restaurant they eat in and make note of it. The cleanliness of a bathroom tends to reflect the cleanliness of the kitchen. I would advise against going to that Olive Garden in the future.
Honestly, I would advise against going to Olive Gardens in general. Their "Italian" food leaves a lot to be desired.
I'll make a related rant and throw this into the general off topic forum, as this isn't really discussing any issues.
Italian food in the US for the most part sucks. I didn't really notice all that much until I studied in Italy when I was in university. That changed my life. "Olive oil has a taste?" "Not everything is made of cheese?" "They don't serve pasta as a side dish for your pasta?" I would joke with the other students, whenever we were eating, that it was "better than Olive Garden" (implying Olive Garden was good).
Now that I'm back in the States, and have been for some time, I've been craving real Italian food. I'm very lucky to have one place nearby that is legitimately licensed by the Italian government to serve Italian food. It's very nearly authentic (the differences are so small as to be petty, for instance, they slice up your pizza instead of just giving you a fork and knife).
The other "Italian" restaurants all order the same ingredients from the same supplier, and they taste bland and flavorless like most of the palette here in the US. My friends have learned not to take me to these places because they infuriate me with their watery olive oil, bland noodles, and flavorless heavy cream sauces sprinkled with dry preserved cheese dust.
You get told to make that beacon and can make it within the first 30 minutes of play, but you are in no way adequately prepared for the hell it unleashes upon you.
I literally spent an hour or more building the perfect base to fight the UFO from... only to have it mercilessly smashed into the ground in seconds. It was heartbreaking. I did manage to beat it though due to sheer luck (bombs are incredibly powerful weapons early on).
Then I built the robot. You think you're unprepared for the UFO? There needs to be some warning, yes. Hopefully more quests are added to pad out these boss encounters.
I have some experience with fantasy monsters, having studied mythology and run / written fantasy settings for decades, and my vote goes to really just about anything out of cosmicism. That is, those Great Old Ones, Outer Gods, and Great Ones of a Lovecraftian type. They are both the most terrifying and the most powerful beings in fantasy that I know of (there are beings of equivalent or greater power in Buddhist, Hindu, Shinto traditions among others in the East, but they're generally not monsters).
Example (be warned, these things are terrible): Shoggoth
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One of the most humanizing realizations that anyone can have in their lifetime is the realization that everyone you ever see is about to die in the very near future.
With immortality ends the possibility for morality unless your mind remains as changeless as your body.
It's all marketing. If people love you, they talk about you, post about you on message boards, make YouTube videos about you, Twitter and Facebook about you, and you stay relevant in the market and make money. Guess what happens when people who are not your fans hate you? They post about you on message boards, make YouTube videos about you, Twitter and Facebook about you, and you stay relevant in the market and make money.
Do I hate Miley Cyrus? No. Do I like her? No. Am I tired of hearing about her? Yes.
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I hate to be the one to say this, but food critics tend to go to the bathroom in any restaurant they eat in and make note of it. The cleanliness of a bathroom tends to reflect the cleanliness of the kitchen. I would advise against going to that Olive Garden in the future.
Honestly, I would advise against going to Olive Gardens in general. Their "Italian" food leaves a lot to be desired.
I'll make a related rant and throw this into the general off topic forum, as this isn't really discussing any issues.
Italian food in the US for the most part sucks. I didn't really notice all that much until I studied in Italy when I was in university. That changed my life. "Olive oil has a taste?" "Not everything is made of cheese?" "They don't serve pasta as a side dish for your pasta?" I would joke with the other students, whenever we were eating, that it was "better than Olive Garden" (implying Olive Garden was good).
Now that I'm back in the States, and have been for some time, I've been craving real Italian food. I'm very lucky to have one place nearby that is legitimately licensed by the Italian government to serve Italian food. It's very nearly authentic (the differences are so small as to be petty, for instance, they slice up your pizza instead of just giving you a fork and knife).
The other "Italian" restaurants all order the same ingredients from the same supplier, and they taste bland and flavorless like most of the palette here in the US. My friends have learned not to take me to these places because they infuriate me with their watery olive oil, bland noodles, and flavorless heavy cream sauces sprinkled with dry preserved cheese dust.
No thanks.
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It's becoming a quite popular hobby. You should try it.
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I literally spent an hour or more building the perfect base to fight the UFO from... only to have it mercilessly smashed into the ground in seconds. It was heartbreaking. I did manage to beat it though due to sheer luck (bombs are incredibly powerful weapons early on).
Then I built the robot. You think you're unprepared for the UFO? There needs to be some warning, yes. Hopefully more quests are added to pad out these boss encounters.
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Very few staff members still regularly play Minecraft. The game has been out for years after all.
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Example (be warned, these things are terrible): Shoggoth
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With immortality ends the possibility for morality unless your mind remains as changeless as your body.
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Am I doing it right?
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Answer: Not everyone does. Some people love her.
It's all marketing. If people love you, they talk about you, post about you on message boards, make YouTube videos about you, Twitter and Facebook about you, and you stay relevant in the market and make money. Guess what happens when people who are not your fans hate you? They post about you on message boards, make YouTube videos about you, Twitter and Facebook about you, and you stay relevant in the market and make money.
Do I hate Miley Cyrus? No. Do I like her? No. Am I tired of hearing about her? Yes.