I told him that they were my second favourite.
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My grandma passed away ten years ago, and when her estate was settled, I ended up with her wedding ring. She didn’t leave it to me specifically, but that’s the way things turned out. It fits me, but I was already married at the time of her passing.
When I got the ring, that was the first time I’d ever seen it. I was close with grandma, but never knew her to wear any jewelry. She must have worn it a lot at some point though, because the center stone and one of the side stones had fallen out. It made me sad to see it that way, and my first thought at the time was to save and buy new stones for it so it could look new again.
My husband said I shouldn’t, because since I already have a wedding ring, this one isn’t really mine to keep or wear. One of our future kids might want to use it as a wedding ring and pick out their own stones.
The ring sat in my drawer for ten years and just recently I decided to go for it anyway. We do have kids now, but there’s no telling if they’ll ever get married, or if they’ll want to use this ring when they do. They never even met my grandma, so why would they? It’d be more appealing to them with the stones in it anyway. So I had it restored. The stones are fairly small compared to modern rings, so the price wasn’t a dealbreaker for our family. It was on par with any other gift I might have picked up for myself at Christmas.
My husband is annoyed and says I’m selfish for choosing to enjoy the ring myself instead of saving it for others. But it’s a ring, not a pie. It’ll still be around in 20 years if one of the kids want it when they get engaged. I can’t believe I have to ask, but is there any way he’s right and I’m the asshole here?
Edit:
Wow, this has really taken off. Thank you for the awards and the reassurance and perspective you’ve all offered. A couple questions keep coming up
- How did I pay for the stones?
From a joint account. We don’t have individual accounts. The amount was small though. It’s Christmas and I always spend roughly this amount for my gift.
- Is the ring nicer/more expensive than my engagement ring from my husband?
No. My grandparents were rural farmers and had neither the money nor any practical use for extravagant things. Big diamonds weren’t in fashion back then. It’s value is almost entirely sentimental which leads to my above point: replacing the stones wasn’t expensive. They were small and affordable
- Are you wearing it instead of your own wedding ring?
I still wear my wedding rin
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Context 1: Barely anything is known about the Dark Age of Technology (DaOT), and one of the biggest mysteries of the setting revolve around the mysterious Men of Materials: Gold, Stone, and Iron. While we know that the Men of Iron are true AI, such as UR-025, Tabula Myriad, etc, who could probably just download themselves into available chassises at any moment, not much is known about the Men of Stone or Gold.
Context 2: The descriptions of Kron in this short story confirm what we do know about the Men of Stone, and his existence has major ramifications regarding foundational aspects of the lore.
To begin this discussion, we need to clarify just what we actually know about the Men of Materials. While not explicitly stated in any novels or codex, Laurie Golding, an accredited BL author and editor of multiple publications, states that the original vision for the Men of Materials was to have them as three separate transhuman races. Specifically, Alan Meritt, one of the original authors of GW who was with them since the days of Rogue Trader, stated that the Men of Iron were the Machines, the Men of Gold were a genetically engineered master race that came about through selective breeding, while the Men of Stone were a cyborg intelligence. In particular, "the "Stone" part refers to silicon, and are likened to the Thirteenth Tribe from Battlestar Galactica, the original cyclons who left Kobol and began their own civilization". While a lot of this is old lore, just a couple years ago we have the first ever, explicitly confirmed existence of a Man of Iron, UR-025. And since the entire concept of the Men of Materials was introduced as a package deal in the 3rd edition rulebook, UR-025's existence hints that GW didn't softly retconn the entire concept, and the concept of all 3 transhuman races, namely Gold, Stone, and Iron, were still on the table for discussion and will be terms that define the DaOT.
While we have an explicit description of the Men of Iron in the lore, we really don't have such confirmation for the Men of Gold or Stone. However, the short story Ancient History, by Andy Chambers actually provides descriptions of a highly unusual individual that altogether, very strongly hints that he is a Man of Stone. To set the stage, Kron is officially a naval bondsman on the Imperial Battleship Retribution. While he is colloquially referred to as an "old h
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“You can’t tell a boar from a bear?”
“I’m a fire eater, not a bloody naturalist”
“Sorry, I didn’t ask your name. What do they call you?”
“David Attensborough”.
“I like my women like a peach: fuzzy and ripe.” “You’re drunk and randy. Nothing good has ever come of that.”
Jesus CDPR, top marks for creative dialog in such a dark but greatly entertaining game.
Assuming the TVA didn’t get involved, the Council didn’t decide to nuke him, and the Ancient One ignores New York.
The video has been out for a while, and I don't really agree with it.
I agree that the CGI can be spotty in some ways, but it seems kind of ridiculous that he complains about changes, when he never liked Part 6 in the first place. I actually really enjoyed part 6 in the manga, and the cut scenes do make a faster pace. I feel the faster pace is a good thing however. Part 6 had a slow start overall. I also feel the ability to bing episodes makes things feel faster overall.
However, my real problem is him explaining things with absolutely no evidence. He argues that Netflix forced David production to rush the series. Ignoring the fact that Stone Ocean was only licensed by Netflix(it is still airing on Japanese TV, unlike personally produced anime such as Devilman Crybaby), the Japanese animation industry is having a huge problem with Crunch. The pandemic is also just as worrying when it comes to producing anime.
The last one is really petty. Basically, he hates that a certain dub actress is in the show because of her arguing against fan dubs on youtube. What does that have to do with the quality of Stone Ocean? He even argues that she damages the quality of the dub, and that Netflix should have never gave her work because she said something on twitter. I feel this should have no effect on the argument of Netflix rushing Stone Ocean.
He also argues that the anime is suddenly more corporate because of Netflix, ignoring multiple instances of the anime being affected by executives in Japan in airing times and censorship.
I wanted to know what others felt about this critique. Is it justified? I will agree that the show is faster, but his arguments are purely speculation and feel like he came in ready to hate Part 6. He does praise quite a bit of it, but the majority of the video is dedicated to the negatives. Especially the dub actress, which just seems unneeded to me.
Bottoms up, friends!
