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Yisha isn't awkward, she's scary, she scares the hell out of me, she should be a baddie in metro last light or something.nathanpinard wrote:It's much more awkward when Yisha talks about you going around and you can loot crates and your character says "What's wrong with you?"
It's so left field.
I like to think of her as some sort of terrifying space vampire who broke into my ship and is holding me hostage forcing me to run errands for her in exchange for not killing me.chikatilo wrote:Yisha isn't awkward, she's scary, she scares the hell out of me, she should be a baddie in metro last light or something.nathanpinard wrote:It's much more awkward when Yisha talks about you going around and you can loot crates and your character says "What's wrong with you?"
It's so left field.
That thing she does everytime you get on the skunk, while i'm flying around space I always fear she's going to cut off my right ear or smth.
dat bitch be crazy
Glad I'm not the only one making up lore to put some weird ass things in perspective, I thought I was losing itTiberseptim wrote:I like to think of her as some sort of terrifying space vampire who broke into my ship and is holding me hostage forcing me to run errands for her in exchange for not killing me.
Well then let me tell abotu the time the berryl syndicate cloned 10 of the strangest looking sad old bald people in the x universe and then sent that army of ugly clones to invade Unexpectedly, they did actually win and were granted homesteads far and wide. Apple did try to recruit several, but was ultimately thwarted by err things and so they just kind of moved in and stand around on stations forever pretending to be doing things that they seem to make any progress at or come close to ever finishing.chikatilo wrote:Glad I'm not the only one making up lore to put some weird ass things in perspective, I thought I was losing itTiberseptim wrote:I like to think of her as some sort of terrifying space vampire who broke into my ship and is holding me hostage forcing me to run errands for her in exchange for not killing me.
They do, but their best one is trockenbeerenauslese because it's delicious. Also when you say say it with correct pronunciation when ordering wine, people make the mistake of thinking you know what you're doing. That's what's awesome about german - even their words for sweet tasting desert wine can also project an air of authority and competence.Kolreth wrote:It might just be something that doesn't translate well from german. An example : there is a german metal band called Dew Scented. I think we all agree, that's a hilarious name for a metal band. Except they're german and it's a commonly used Poe reference in their language with dark and forboding overtones. It doesn't translate well when the phrase is made english.
Them germans have a word for everything.
English is my first language, it is an extremely common colloquialism, although I don't think there's anywhere that everyone uses it except Wales. You could certainly hear it in England, Scotland, Wales, Ireland, several English-speaking bits of the West Indies (eg: you can hear this in Jamaica, Trinidad), some bits of the Southern States of the USA, New Zealand and Australia.rujikin wrote:English is my first and only human language and even I have no clue what they mean. It doesn't make sense grammatically or in terms of slang.chikatilo wrote:English isn't my native language but it's been many many years since I didn't understand an English word or sentence.
However, "Be good,.. MIND" can someone plz explain to me what that even means?
I tried looking it up in a dictionary but couldn't find anything that makes any sense.
I quite enjoyed that ! May have got a slight chuckle - it's a joke on every single rpg in existence where you just go looting boxes. I actually quite like some of Yisha's stuff. It's the station and 'minigame' stuff that is drivel, especially as you have to repeat it often if you want to look for discounts and can't skip it. I like the idea, it just needs.. tweaking.nathanpinard wrote:It's much more awkward when Yisha talks about you going around and you can loot crates and your character says "What's wrong with you?"
It's so left field.
I was genuinely confused and your explanation was excellent. Thank you.Helken Mootyflops wrote:English is my first language, it is an extremely common colloquialism, although I don't think there's anywhere that everyone uses it except Wales. You could certainly hear it in England, Scotland, Wales, Ireland, several English-speaking bits of the West Indies (eg: you can hear this in Jamaica, Trinidad), some bits of the Southern States of the USA, New Zealand and Australia.rujikin wrote:English is my first and only human language and even I have no clue what they mean. It doesn't make sense grammatically or in terms of slang.chikatilo wrote:English isn't my native language but it's been many many years since I didn't understand an English word or sentence.
However, "Be good,.. MIND" can someone plz explain to me what that even means?
I tried looking it up in a dictionary but couldn't find anything that makes any sense.
I don't know why it's turning into a thing. Probably sounds odd to English-speaking Germans, I guess.
It is, as lordgeryon says, a contraction of "mind you" which is like "be aware" or "pay mind to my words" and can have therefore have different colourations depending on the context. In the context of "be good, mind" it is about equivalent to "OK?" with a raised eyebrow, the suggestion that the person saying it is well aware you might not, or playfully suggesting you might be a rogue.
You might also say when talking about a millionaire "he gives a lot to charity, mind" in which case it is equivalent to "so there's that", or "which is an opposing point".
It is often used to point to an unspoken but probably obvious subtext. "He's English, mind...".
As a conjunction it is the same thing but more explicit, so "mind" or "mind you" can be considered roughly equivalent to "importantly" or "on the other hand".
Forgive the horrible explanation as I am barely awake yet, but HTH if you were genuinely confused.
Indeed, it's not some alien phrase.chikatilo wrote:I was genuinely confused and your explanation was excellent. Thank you.Helken Mootyflops wrote:English is my first language, it is an extremely common colloquialism, although I don't think there's anywhere that everyone uses it except Wales. You could certainly hear it in England, Scotland, Wales, Ireland, several English-speaking bits of the West Indies (eg: you can hear this in Jamaica, Trinidad), some bits of the Southern States of the USA, New Zealand and Australia.rujikin wrote:English is my first and only human language and even I have no clue what they mean. It doesn't make sense grammatically or in terms of slang.chikatilo wrote:English isn't my native language but it's been many many years since I didn't understand an English word or sentence.
However, "Be good,.. MIND" can someone plz explain to me what that even means?
I tried looking it up in a dictionary but couldn't find anything that makes any sense.
I don't know why it's turning into a thing. Probably sounds odd to English-speaking Germans, I guess.
It is, as lordgeryon says, a contraction of "mind you" which is like "be aware" or "pay mind to my words" and can have therefore have different colourations depending on the context. In the context of "be good, mind" it is about equivalent to "OK?" with a raised eyebrow, the suggestion that the person saying it is well aware you might not, or playfully suggesting you might be a rogue.
You might also say when talking about a millionaire "he gives a lot to charity, mind" in which case it is equivalent to "so there's that", or "which is an opposing point".
It is often used to point to an unspoken but probably obvious subtext. "He's English, mind...".
As a conjunction it is the same thing but more explicit, so "mind" or "mind you" can be considered roughly equivalent to "importantly" or "on the other hand".
Forgive the horrible explanation as I am barely awake yet, but HTH if you were genuinely confused.
Had never heard this or couldn't ind an explanation for it.
