I definitely remember they had drugs to make them affectionate of and protectors of the Little Sisters. With things like concept art it’s hard to know how early in the process it was. Big Daddy’s could’ve been nothing more than “boss type enemy with old timey diving suit.” They could’ve been concepting their origins and purpose as well. The “guns” the middle and left are holding could also look like a tool. It could be something that serves as both. The mech suit from Aliens comes to mind, which was essentially the equivalent of fighting a bear with a forklift lol. Or maybe something like the rail spike gun from Fallout is a better comparison.

It could also be that they planned on each Big Daddy being a little different, or at least more different types than there were. I just double checked the wiki and there were two in the first game: the Bouncer (the iconic one from the cover) and Rosie. Also, it’s saying the original candidates for the Big Daddy program were criminals and dissidents. The idea that in the right wing dystopia of Rapture they’d force invalids into the Big Daddy program to make them “useful” isn’t terribly far fetched.

Maybe it was scrapped because there weren’t many spaces where wheelchair bound enemies made sense.

It’s been bizarre realizing people are (likely) pathological liars (alor at least massive bullshitters). It’s like, wow, you sure do seem to always have an interesting story to tell in every situation. Every situation.

Loving the salad tongs on the third.

I don’t know all the BioShock lore, but maybe that concept art was meant for a hypothetical version where they use disabled people as bid daddy’s. (I don’t remember where they canonically come from.)

If you really play with definitions you can equate cold to things that are thermal insulators and hot to things that are conductors. By that (very stretched) definition a vacuum is cold. Perfectly cold.

The stretching: Even if something is like a thousand degrees but it’s a near perfect thermal insulator, it won’t feel that hot when you touch it.

I really fucked up my lawn by putting red clover down in addition to white. Red clover is perineal and grows tall and falls flat on its side. It decays into this horrible straw like shit. I hate it. Horrible horrible decision.

Because it’s sort of fucked for a few years I guess, I’ve been a lot more hands off with leaves. Because hey, even if it kills off some of the stuff there then that’s fine by me. I think I only mowed once this year. I only blow leaves off the driveway and onto the yard.

This summer I’ll see the fruits of my labor. I’m really curious to see if there are substantially more fireflies.

If you see bumblebees then you know they’re waking up.

Depending on where you live you may need to be more perceptive. In the southeast US what most people think are bumblebees are actually carpenter bees.

A ton of Mastodon instances don’t seem to allow NSFW content.

“HEADON! Apply directly to the forehead!”

I read it as that too!

Twitter slams 60 minutes over factual statements!

That’s fair, I was just making sure I read you right. 💜

standards compliant

Yep. Tariff will make prices high for things we don’t even currently manufacture. If we do see anything getting manufactured in 4 years time and prices go down he’ll say he did it.

Wait until they hear how much military aviation spends on screws.

Well, you usually had to pay extra back then!

I was asking because the usual stereotype is than many younger programmers are transfemme.

This comment made my eyes roll out of my head.

There are probably more AFAB coders at my work than those who identify as female.

Did you get this backwards?

I think the times we befriend loners and it’s goes positively are easier to forget than the times we go out of our way to try to include someone only to find out that they’re toxic to be around.