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Cake day: March 17th, 2024

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  • While I don’t personally use summons outside of specific NPCs that I like (just because I don’t want to, I don’t think it’s bad to do so), on the occasions that I do summon an NPC I definitely prefer the aggro to be on me. The fun for me is in learning the enemy moveset, like a puzzle. Having someone else do damage while the aggro is on me just lowers the amount of openings I have to survive for

    I suppose since I usually do the quests for Latenna and the jellyfish, those are technically the spirit ashes I summon most. Latenna would be perfect for what I want in a summon! I do summon Igon for Bayle because he’s just fun, and that’s kind of a similar experience




  • This is a somewhat common practice in headlines (in English, at least), but would not be used in normal writing. It’s similar to how headlines almost never use the word “and”, instead replacing it with a comma. If I go to Reuters’ website just now I can quite quickly find headlines about “UK rocket maker Orbex”, “South Korea crypto exchange”, and “Argentina unions”.

    That said, there are also a lot of headlines (including on Reuters) that don’t do this, and I have no idea what decides when it is or isn’t applied. I can just reassure you that no, this is not you misunderstanding English, it’s just a weird convention for news headlines specifically












  • As I understand it there’s not solid evidence (either way) for how much they help with SAD, but they do help with vitamin D production. However, take care, because they specifically work by shining UV light on you, so the UV-free ones won’t work and overuse will raise your chances of skin cancer just like any regular UV light from the sun. I was specifically advised not to use them because a medication I’m on makes me more vulnerable to it, but in other circumstances like folk with psoriasis they’re actively used by the NHS as a treatment