Lol, okay that is a pretty good buzzer.
I keep wondering why that Czech new wave question was there - does jaffe know that I know about it? Was Aaron talking about it? Curious.
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I was watching Daisies when I wrote this episode
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He actually has a line in reference to how he’s a machine but at least he’s using his hands.
I didn’t know the panelists didn’t hear the buzzer! I feel like the fourth wall just broke. Isn’t there some sort of sound there?
I listened to part of this episode in the car and had a moment of slight panic when I heard the buzzer at a 4-way stop.
Also, question for whoever has the answer, where do we submit horrible buzzers? I wanted to submit one like this episode for so long that I’ve now lost my first to market opportunity.
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Didn’t he say it in an interview with Tim? I actually feel like I remember him clarifying on the show once that he didn’t say Dan Brown was his favorite, just the author he’d most recently read. I don’t want to discount the possibility my brain made that up though
Show@insertcredit.com is where!
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𝅘𝅥Forgive me if it goes astray𝅘𝅥
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Anyone got a source for that Wong Kar-wai/Dynasty Warriors anecdote? I did some light searching and couldn’t find anything.
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best video game motorcycles (not necessarily bicycles) are the one from mach rider and the hilarious most-terrain trike from death stranding
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They don’t play the lightning round music for the panelists either and thought to myself if I’m ever a panelist I should just play it on my phone quietly to get in the zone.
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Only got to listen to first twenty minutes so far, but I love Aaron’s answer about the no-research space. I remember going to Neon and thinking at first it was a cool place. Pretty stock cyberpunk, but I was down for that. Then I went into a corpo building and saw the Arabian Nights lettering for the Astral Lounge. OK. So I walk past a couple of merc mission/bounty computers and take it in.
It’s what Aaron describes. The light is purple, a few people are dancing or milling about, there are people in colorful jumpsuits that remind me of the beetle wrestling mini game from Yakuza Kiwami but without any sense of sexiness, and the drug dealing is basically a guy at a bar selling the drug. Above, there are a few private rooms only accessible via slow elevator, as well as a cage where the main music mixer stays.
You know how every inn is set up in Skyrim? It’s like the people who made the inn in Skyrim - big common room, a storeroom, a couple of side rooms and bedrooms, and a bard playing music - were tasked to make a club. They modestly expanded the layout, drew from a few episodes of TV that had clubs (the episode of West Wing where the president’s daughter goes to a club?) for the lighting, and squinted at Mass Effect for some sci-fi touches. So what worked well enough in Skyrim, fitting at least the staples of how players imagine an inn could work, falls apart in this most un-cyber un-punk un-club.
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Brandon = Noctis. He’s a prince.
Esper = Ignis. Sorry Ash, they called it first.
Aaron = Prompto. Making videos is basically photography.
Ash = Gladio. The closest thing in FFXV to really wanting to fuck monsters is really wanting to eat Cup Noodles.
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I’m ok with this as even though Ignis is the closest to me as the reserved, bespectacled, bookish, dedication through service type, I recognize I can also play the role of the big burly protector type so it works.
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OF COURSE I have something for this!
In Uncharted 4: A Thief’s End, there is a flashback scene where a young Nathan Drake sneaks into the house of an elderly lady (Evelyn). She is clearly in failing health, and the ridiculous number of pill bottles strewn about her living-space is meant to indicate this to the player before you meet her. This is a tiny detail in the game and clearly not something they cared enough about to get a professional consultation from an actual medical professional. Some of what they came up with is…off.
These were taken in photo mode on my PS4 Pro:
Let’s talk through some of this:
“Thyroid Hormone 1000mg”
There are 4 (!) huuge 100-count bottles of “Thyroid Hormone 1000mg”. Wow. So I could go into a great deal about the differences between levothyroxine and liothyronine and desiccated porcine thyroid. Let’s skip that, but since they are all prescription-only in the US, it’s odd that she has stock bottles without any prescription labeling. It’s hard to say how often she takes this med, but since she has so much of it, she’s either taking it pretty often, or is non-compliant (which may be the smart move here).
Since it clearly says “hormone”, let’s assume this is not desiccated thyroid, and is just the hormone. For simplicity’s sake, we’ll call it Levothyroxine, which is by far the most common thyroid treament. 1000mg is an absurd overdose. The upper dosing limit is usually considered about 300mcg per day–mcg is micrograms. That’s 0.001 milligrams. These tablets contain 1,000,000mcg each. That’s over 3,000 times the upper limit daily.
“Vitamin D 20mg”
The upper limit of VItamin D dosing is 50,000 IU (International Units) per week. Since 1mg = 40,000 IU, we’re looking at 800,000 IU here, or 16 times the maximum weekly dose per capsule! And that’s a 250 count bottle! Since it’s only legal in the US to dispense prescription medications (which Vitamin D is at higher doses) in a maximum of 1-year supply, that means she’s taking, at minimum, 250 capsules per year. That’s over 76 times the maximum dosage.
(note: Vitamin D is a fat-soluble vitamin, and it is possible to die from overdosage)
“Blood pressure Tablet USP”
The USP (or Unites States Pharmacopiea) is a compendium of drug informationfor the United States published annually. The USP-NF (USP National Formulary) contains strict recipes/guidelines for drug products. “Blood pressure Tablet 20mg” is not in the USP. This means the drug is improperly labeled, which is something the FDA calls “Misbranding” and is a serious offense.
“Gastric Ulcer Medicine 40mg”
Yeah, this isn’t a thing either, but depending on the active ingredient, this could actually be a badly-done generic PPI like pantoprazole or esomeprazole which do come in 40mg doses.
“**** Codeine Phosphate Tablet”
The amber vial in the first image can be picked up and examined! The worn away part of the drug name is propably “APAP” which is shorthand for Acetaminophen. APAP/Codeine is pretty common. The strength looks like it could be 300/60mg, which is Tylenol #4. Something real!
However, the prescription label is ridiculously non-compliant with Federal (and probably State) regulations. The pharmacy’s address and phone number do not appear to be printed on the bottle (though much of the ink seems to be worn away). They also do not print Evelyn’s full name, (the writers failed to give her a surname). It also does not seem to indicate the prescribing doctor, number of refills, quantity, or expiration date. Shame on you, Weston’s!
The dosing of “Take one tablet 2 times daily” omits the route of administration, and also is kind of odd dosing. This medication is usually dosed 4 times daily, as it only lasts about 6 hours. Maybe these are for breakthrough pain? In that case, the directions should also include “as needed”.
“Antibiotic 200mg”
Now this one is interesting! It appears to be from a pharmacy called “Prescription Medicine.” Dope! It’s in a liquid bottle, but a liquid strength would be displayed in concentration units (e.g. mg/ml)m so 200mg makes no sense. The label reads, “Take 2 tablets one time daily. Take with plenty of water.” So this is tablets? Why is it in a liquid bottle?
Again, tons of required information is missing from the label, including patient name, prescriber name, quantity, expiration date, refills, pharmacy address and phone number, etc.
Of course it goes without saying that there is no drug called “Antibiotic”. Misbranding strikes again!
Etc.
Also seen are an unlabeled tube of [ointment/cream/gel/toothpaste?], a couple of bottles of different brands of Ethanol, a petroleum-jelly-type balm called “Lition”, a couple of labeled bottles with the labels turned away from the player, a stick of deodorant, an oxygen tank, and 7-day pill calendar. An in-home IV stand is next to the table.
There is a bottle of aftershave (?) which appears to be clipping through the base of a lamp.
She also has big stacks of books about healthy diet, cancer, and chemotherapy, in case you didn’t get it. Some of the books are duplicates, because she hasn’t realized you can re-read a book without buying another copy.
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I enjoy hearing your expertise on this!
But…I have seem some old folks homes with duplicate books and strange things like “lition” before!!! 
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I would be willing to believe the duplicate book was a gift or a mistaken double-purchase if it wasn’t stacked right next to the other copy.
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This post absolutely rules. I’m guessing you’re either a pharmacy tech, pharmacist, or a nurse?
Thank you for making my coffee rant less weird by normalizing things.
Also is Tylonal #4 what we mean when we say T4?
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T4 can mean a few things. If it’s pain meds (especially in street drug context), yes, that’s Tylenol #4 w/ Codeine.
T4 can also refer to Thyroxine, the natural equivalent to Levothyroxine mentioned above.
It can also mean the 4th thoracic vertebra.
T4 can also refer to Terminator Salvation w. Christian Bale as John Connor.
And I’m a pharmacist (PharmD) of 14 years.
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i have actually given this more thought:
Brandon = Noctis
Frank = Gladio
Jaffe = Prompto (because he gives prompts)
Ash = Ignis
Me = Cindy 
(I could also see Ash being Prompto, the fun peppy one, and Jaffe being Ignis, the “let’s stay on track” one)
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no no you’re right. i’m ignis all the way
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I think Jaffe gives sufficient The Party Dude archetype energy.
And to be clear, when you call Brandon Noctis, we’re talking late game got-his-shit-together Noctis yeah?
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