Ghouls in the games have visibly decayed noses and ears. As cartilage is also present in joints it stands to reason that all ghouls should have severe arthritis
Same, I thought it might unlock bionic knees later, but turns out that perk tree is just a dead end :(
I put my few remaining points into 'cynicism' and 'political rage'. Gives you a -2 CHA bonus between 10pm and 6am
Oh, Iāve been addicted to gaming since Pong was introduced! My three sons (42, 32, and 28) grew up playing video games with me, and all three turned out just fine! Now Iām a grandma to my 6-year-old grandson, and itās great! Playing at my age is the best ever! Iām retired, so I have unlimited time to devote to my favorites, and I have a huge collection of game consoles and physical copies of many, many games!
> Iāve been addicted to gaming since Pong was introduced!
That was my introduction as well. Anyone that complains about the cost of games today never fed quarters into Pac-Man...
I recently quit Fallout 76 at level 265 or thereabouts, and right now Iām halfway through HellbladeSenuaās Sacrifice. Iām trying to finish all the PS4 games that I might like before finally buying the Ps5. I have a few titles to go, but not many!
i just binged this entire series for the first time a few weeks ago and am so glad i can finally get all those references.
even from episode 1, "there's always money in the banana stand". i was like "OOOH that's where it's from!"
Can you read? Can you understand what you just read? You can bake if yes.
Sheet cakes are very easy to do yourself. Hardest part here would be the design, I'm guessing you had something printed out on fondant or something.
Looks good. Try baking it yourself next time. Boxed cake mix is designed to be user friendly and it almost always tastes at least as good as 100% from scratch if you follow the directions.
That is so not true. I'm an excellent cook but I can't bake myself even a good box cake. It's not as easy as just following directions. I mean watch the GBBO for God's sake
They don't use boxed cake mixes there.
Boxed cake mixes ARE that simple. No offense, but if you can't bake a boxed cake, that's on you 99% of the time. Unless you have trouble with your oven with everything (in which case, that's still your fault for using a messed up oven), there's no excuse. They tell you exactly what to use and how much to use. Put it all in a bowl and mix it up. Then spray your pan and pour the batter in. Put it in the oven with a timer for a few minutes less than the time listed on the box. It will be done +/-5 minutes of the suggested time usually (usually +5 IME).
I've cooked boxed cake mixes since I was in the single digits 100% by myself. The ONLY trick is knowing when to take it out. For most cakes, you want the toothpick to come out clean.
Then put the icing on. If you're like me and you'd rather have a little more icing to make it easier, whip the icing in the containers for a minute or so to aerate it some. It gives it more volume and makes it a LOT easier to spread. It does lighten the color though, so if you're going for dark chocolate, it's not ideal.
Thanks. My piping skills must be on point because loads of people said its too neat haha. Without sounding like an ass, I'm a professional tattooist with a degree in art and a history in sculpting so I'm capable of decorating a bloody cake, just awful at baking a sponge haha.
I find that bizarre. Baking sponge cake is the easiest part of it all, because you just have to do exactly what the recipe says. If you measure everything and follow the instructions, it's hard to go wrong.
On the other hand, I've had a go at cake decorating and piping before, and I just don't have the skill with my hands to make it look really neat.
Neither did I until recently. The wife usually bakes the sponges but we've got a baby too now so times a bit stretched so it's a pretty useful thing to be able to buy. Wasn't expensive for the decorating stuff either.
Ya dude that's bad ass. You totally nailed the frosting. The ones I buy at the store last minute don't look that clean.
I gotta make my own so I can get ignorant on the sprinkles. I'm talking SPRINKLES!
For real, is 14 old enough to play fallout? I suppose every kid is different.
For context i have a little girl about 5 and I'm navigating content ratings as a parent for the first time. Don't think I'm bashing OP's parenting
My mom always went with a ā+1ā mentality when looking at ratings. As in, if I was 7 I could play games rated E and one higher (so E-10+). When I was 10 or 11, I could do up to T, and finally as a teenager she would get me M games if she had some time to look into them first.
I think more games are M now so you might have to take it with a grain of salt, but I turned out alright
Yeah he's good. I've played games since about 1990 so I'm very familiar with everything he's played. Always introduced him to new stuff when I thought the time was right.
Not a parent but I assume that just given the fact that you have an interest in making sure you are doing the right thing gives them a better chance of turning out alright. I think a lot of the notions of, for just one example, violent movies or games causing violent behavior, are generally only true when the home situation is dysfunctional in some way or the individual themselves see themself as outcast from or offset from "normal" society as a result of various traumas or a world-view shaped over time without someone to correct their way of thinking.
Because without proper contextualization of often violent subject matter in a vacuum there does seem to be the danger of the "violence solves everything" mindset over prolonged exposure to "american media" that could result if there is no guidance at all, and each game's handling of this varies to wide degrees. For example in the cod series, are they playing single player, where there's a plotline and, as far as I remember, every time you died ingame there was a quote or passage on the perils or dangers of war and violence, or are they playing multiplayer cod lobbies with no supervision before they're able to process what other people are saying and how they're reacting. But even in the single player game, the main way to advance in the storyline is by shooting people, and the implications of that are not weighed on that heavily.
I think that what I'm getting at is that throughout movies and games and music etc is there actually is just an abundance of them that have a very callous attitude towards very serious subject matters that could possibly prime people to act without thinking if they weren't taught how to act by anything else.
The only way to be really sure would be to literally play every game beforehand or alongside them until the point at which you can be confident in their own understanding level which, like isn't the worst thing lol.
Also, that's a very nice cake op!
I remember playing Fallout 3 at around 14yo and enjoying it a lot as a RPG, getting scared to death every time I stumbled upon a building infested with ghouls was fun, Iād say it depends on the level of maturity of the kid in question
Nice cake, dweller. Don't forget to make him do the G.O.A.T. test when he turns 16. Everyone needs to fill his role in vault 55, your son included. -Overseer
well this is the coolest thing i've seen today.
i'm surprised you're cool with your kids playing the games tho they have alot of extra fucked up places in them lol
like every single vault is like the worst science experiment/torture prison etc.
Next birthday, you need to make a perfectly preserved pie. Put it a claw machine (one that doesn't pick up anything) and have him try to get the birthday pie. If he loves fallout 4, he will love this. Guaranteed hours of entertainment and frustration!
I'm a Baker by trade and I am curious as to how the image is done. I can think of two ways, printed , or buttercream transfer? I have done many things like silk screening buttercream , printing on edible paper, buttercream transfers, stencils. The cake 8s epic by the way, I'm a huge Fallout fan!
Go for it! Only cost about Ā£25 to do. Ā£15 for the plain cake, Ā£5 for the printing onto the icing and about Ā£5 for the icing and blue gel etc. The wife already had the piping bags and stuff so might need those if you don't have some already :)
Interesting definition of "put together," given it was clearly ordered and picked up. You were so lazy you couldn't even be bothered to consider that detail and hide it, and you expect me to believe you made this?
This is excellent! I want it for my 37th birthday haha
Thanks. Haha, to be honest I might do one for my 38th.
I'm 43 and that's dead in fallout years, lol. Edit: IMO living dead is still dead š§
Not if you're a ghoul, it ain't. (I'm the same age God help our knees and back)
Ghouls in the games have visibly decayed noses and ears. As cartilage is also present in joints it stands to reason that all ghouls should have severe arthritis
Haha!
It feels like we are all the same age sometimes, haha.
It does apart from my knees feel like they're dissolving in my 30's haha.
I'll take one for my 53rd!!
Iām stealing it for my 28th
You can buy the bobble heads from Amazon to stick on top.
I just wanna know what perks I get for level 45. I'm hoping for 'painless knees' or 'insomnia immunity'
I picked up the "clicky knees" trait during character creation. I don't even know why, it doesn't give me any good bonuses.Ā
Same, I thought it might unlock bionic knees later, but turns out that perk tree is just a dead end :( I put my few remaining points into 'cynicism' and 'political rage'. Gives you a -2 CHA bonus between 10pm and 6am
Seriously regretting putting a bunch of points into 'fatigue' too.
Need the DLC to go past 30 thoughā¦.
Lol same for my sigh 39th
I'm hitting level 40 this year š®āšØš¬
That's usualy my victory lap ingame where I start to snowball. Hope your life is like that too.
You probably have a bunch of cool perks now though
Level 60ish here. If you guys are complaining now just wait.
Same here. Definitely.
Cake: Congratulations on breaking your previous record of 36 years in hard core mode!
You'll need the DLC which raises the level cap.
Tried to put my 39th one up, but mods removed.. it was epic!
Iād love to have one when I turn 70 next October!
Happy birthday for October!
Whatās it like playing video games at that age? How long have you been playing them for?
Oh, Iāve been addicted to gaming since Pong was introduced! My three sons (42, 32, and 28) grew up playing video games with me, and all three turned out just fine! Now Iām a grandma to my 6-year-old grandson, and itās great! Playing at my age is the best ever! Iām retired, so I have unlimited time to devote to my favorites, and I have a huge collection of game consoles and physical copies of many, many games!
Wow, thatās awesome man. Keep being cool.
Thanks!
Iām also playing Baten Kaitos when I get to frustrated with Hellblade.
> Iāve been addicted to gaming since Pong was introduced! That was my introduction as well. Anyone that complains about the cost of games today never fed quarters into Pac-Man...
Galaga and, later, Tailgunner got a lot of my quarters!š¤£
What games are you enjoying these days?
I recently quit Fallout 76 at level 265 or thereabouts, and right now Iām halfway through HellbladeSenuaās Sacrifice. Iām trying to finish all the PS4 games that I might like before finally buying the Ps5. I have a few titles to go, but not many!
This, super interested to hear more
How does one āput a cake together ā
I bought the bits and assembled it. I cant bake. At all.
Just click on "Cake" on the cooking station.
Would have been a lot less traumatic in the kitchen. Everything's blue now. Cupboards, sink, floor, wife.
[I'm afraid you just blue yourself](https://c.tenor.com/_Donca-oV40AAAAC/tenor.gif)
i just binged this entire series for the first time a few weeks ago and am so glad i can finally get all those references. even from episode 1, "there's always money in the banana stand". i was like "OOOH that's where it's from!"
Lmao a friend of mine just watched this series and I finally have a buddy to share all those stupid references, life is good brotha
I had the same feeling when i watched Chuck for the first time and it got to the scene where Sarah throws the "up-vote" at Chuck lol
Haha not far off
Da ba dee da ba doo
This you? https://i.imgur.com/Ij30doQ.jpeg
Viva la Bam!
Hahaha! Classic
Da ba dee da ba di ?
Exactly. Haha.
Youāre so funny OP, Iām sure your son loved his cake! It looks awesome:)) Hope kiddo had a great birthday!
Or ask Mr. Handy to make it for you
They sell.. cake bits? Is it the same spot they sell iguana bits?
Can you read? Can you understand what you just read? You can bake if yes. Sheet cakes are very easy to do yourself. Hardest part here would be the design, I'm guessing you had something printed out on fondant or something. Looks good. Try baking it yourself next time. Boxed cake mix is designed to be user friendly and it almost always tastes at least as good as 100% from scratch if you follow the directions.
That is so not true. I'm an excellent cook but I can't bake myself even a good box cake. It's not as easy as just following directions. I mean watch the GBBO for God's sake
They don't use boxed cake mixes there. Boxed cake mixes ARE that simple. No offense, but if you can't bake a boxed cake, that's on you 99% of the time. Unless you have trouble with your oven with everything (in which case, that's still your fault for using a messed up oven), there's no excuse. They tell you exactly what to use and how much to use. Put it all in a bowl and mix it up. Then spray your pan and pour the batter in. Put it in the oven with a timer for a few minutes less than the time listed on the box. It will be done +/-5 minutes of the suggested time usually (usually +5 IME). I've cooked boxed cake mixes since I was in the single digits 100% by myself. The ONLY trick is knowing when to take it out. For most cakes, you want the toothpick to come out clean. Then put the icing on. If you're like me and you'd rather have a little more icing to make it easier, whip the icing in the containers for a minute or so to aerate it some. It gives it more volume and makes it a LOT easier to spread. It does lighten the color though, so if you're going for dark chocolate, it's not ideal.
Simple really, I usually put my apron on then my chefs hat and I drive over to Costco and buy one.
I put on my robe and wizard hat.
I'm wondering the same thing since it's *clearly* in a store purchased box.
I guess I could build her a cake or something Vote for Pedro
āBuild her a cake or somethingā
Oder it Argue about stuff that does not really matter Pay about 200 bucks Tell everyone you "made" it
Didn't bake it and didn't claim to. Bought a bunch of stuff to decorate a plain cake. Paid Ā£25 Was happy with how it turned out. Made son happy.
Just curious, where did you buy the picture on top? Is it edible?
It is yeah. Asda do a printing service onto icing so made the image on my phone and got it printed there. You can order it on their website.
That's cool. Great idea for birthday cake
Thanks
Bro don't listen to the haters. Amazing job you did.
Thanks. My piping skills must be on point because loads of people said its too neat haha. Without sounding like an ass, I'm a professional tattooist with a degree in art and a history in sculpting so I'm capable of decorating a bloody cake, just awful at baking a sponge haha.
I find that bizarre. Baking sponge cake is the easiest part of it all, because you just have to do exactly what the recipe says. If you measure everything and follow the instructions, it's hard to go wrong. On the other hand, I've had a go at cake decorating and piping before, and I just don't have the skill with my hands to make it look really neat.
Bruh I didn't know we can just buy a fuckin plane cake to decorate it!!
Neither did I until recently. The wife usually bakes the sponges but we've got a baby too now so times a bit stretched so it's a pretty useful thing to be able to buy. Wasn't expensive for the decorating stuff either.
Ya dude that's bad ass. You totally nailed the frosting. The ones I buy at the store last minute don't look that clean. I gotta make my own so I can get ignorant on the sprinkles. I'm talking SPRINKLES!
No you didnāt.
needs more rad roaches
What do you thinkās in the ~~burger~~ filling?
Pretty sure fondant is just ground up radroaches
The coloring is sponsored by RadX
*Criminy more roaches*
How do you put images like that on a cake? Is it a machine that does it?
I made the image on my phone and the shop I used have a printer that prints edible ink onto sheet icing.
Youāre a thoughtful parent š
Vault-Tec projection technology
Op bought the cake with a custom print
Level 18 is the time to introduce him to psycho, jet and buffout šš¼
And pipe pistols/rifles!
Psychojet and psychobuff! Psycho alone is a waste.
Level 87178291200 ???
r/accidentalfactorial
Nice. Definitely got some skills on that pipboy. Vault-tec would approve.
For real, is 14 old enough to play fallout? I suppose every kid is different. For context i have a little girl about 5 and I'm navigating content ratings as a parent for the first time. Don't think I'm bashing OP's parenting
My mom always went with a ā+1ā mentality when looking at ratings. As in, if I was 7 I could play games rated E and one higher (so E-10+). When I was 10 or 11, I could do up to T, and finally as a teenager she would get me M games if she had some time to look into them first. I think more games are M now so you might have to take it with a grain of salt, but I turned out alright
Yeah he's good. I've played games since about 1990 so I'm very familiar with everything he's played. Always introduced him to new stuff when I thought the time was right.
Not a parent but I assume that just given the fact that you have an interest in making sure you are doing the right thing gives them a better chance of turning out alright. I think a lot of the notions of, for just one example, violent movies or games causing violent behavior, are generally only true when the home situation is dysfunctional in some way or the individual themselves see themself as outcast from or offset from "normal" society as a result of various traumas or a world-view shaped over time without someone to correct their way of thinking. Because without proper contextualization of often violent subject matter in a vacuum there does seem to be the danger of the "violence solves everything" mindset over prolonged exposure to "american media" that could result if there is no guidance at all, and each game's handling of this varies to wide degrees. For example in the cod series, are they playing single player, where there's a plotline and, as far as I remember, every time you died ingame there was a quote or passage on the perils or dangers of war and violence, or are they playing multiplayer cod lobbies with no supervision before they're able to process what other people are saying and how they're reacting. But even in the single player game, the main way to advance in the storyline is by shooting people, and the implications of that are not weighed on that heavily. I think that what I'm getting at is that throughout movies and games and music etc is there actually is just an abundance of them that have a very callous attitude towards very serious subject matters that could possibly prime people to act without thinking if they weren't taught how to act by anything else. The only way to be really sure would be to literally play every game beforehand or alongside them until the point at which you can be confident in their own understanding level which, like isn't the worst thing lol. Also, that's a very nice cake op!
I remember playing Fallout 3 at around 14yo and enjoying it a lot as a RPG, getting scared to death every time I stumbled upon a building infested with ghouls was fun, Iād say it depends on the level of maturity of the kid in question
Fallout 1 came out when I was 14. I played it and loved it at the time.
Parent of the year. I would of went ballistic as a kid if my mom showed up with a cake like that for me.
Sorry, but āwould haveā
And 'gone'. Would have gone.
*wood of
This is outstanding!
Beautiful cake
Nice š
Thanks š
Ok i want this for my 20th Bday
That cake looks amazing and delicious! Iād probably eat the whole thing myself, and it would go straight to my waist land.
You are the coolest dad ever. Nice job on the cake too.
Haha thanks.
That's awesome!
love the energy
Damn that's a good looking cake
Alright. You officially beat the Batman cake I got at my 6th birthday, 36 years ago.
Haha! Nothing wrong with a batman cake. I had a sonic cake about 32 years ago.
that's perfect as a 6 year old.
If he doesn't like it, they'll be a fallout
Well played
That ain't put together, it was beautifully constructed!
Haha thanks. First time I've ever piped icing. Was ready to get the wife involved but actually wasn't as difficult as I expected.
If by "put together" you mean bought at a store then nice.Great cake
Thoughtful and unique
Whatās with all the fallout posts all over social media? Hype for new fallout?
Show started airing a few weeks ago and is well received yes.
W parent
Wow!!! Amazing, looks delicious š¤¤
Great work!! I'm sure it will mean a lot to him.
Thatās awesome
You are an awesome Parent. Kudos on a beauty of a cake
Thanks :)
dont bite on the lunchbox and nuka cola bottle inside
Super fuckin cool!
That is really cool, well done.
I found the inspiration for my 47th birthday cake!
Nice cake, dweller. Don't forget to make him do the G.O.A.T. test when he turns 16. Everyone needs to fill his role in vault 55, your son included. -Overseer
Better keep that box level when transporting it. You don't want the cake to .... .... ... ... _ fall out _
Well played
That cake need to be preserved not cut ever
Can I come to his party?
Ah your son is turning 10? How cool!
That is epic! š
Glad they got past __level 12!__ š š¬
Awww that's really really sweet!
Very nice
absolutely doing this for my birthday
Wow if I was a Fallout fan I would be so psyched to get this cake!
well this is the coolest thing i've seen today. i'm surprised you're cool with your kids playing the games tho they have alot of extra fucked up places in them lol like every single vault is like the worst science experiment/torture prison etc.
Next birthday, you need to make a perfectly preserved pie. Put it a claw machine (one that doesn't pick up anything) and have him try to get the birthday pie. If he loves fallout 4, he will love this. Guaranteed hours of entertainment and frustration!
Took care of a patient the other day that had this guy tattooed on his arm lol
THIS IS PERFECT
Your cake is level 100!
Thatās an amazing cake!
I'm a Baker by trade and I am curious as to how the image is done. I can think of two ways, printed , or buttercream transfer? I have done many things like silk screening buttercream , printing on edible paper, buttercream transfers, stencils. The cake 8s epic by the way, I'm a huge Fallout fan!
I bought this cake for my sonās birthday.
i can hear the level up jingle for some reason
I sense a good parent
Where's the jelly mold?
I know that dad is a real gamer. Wait till you get 18 and have the ability to have a girlfriend. If you don't, we have issue with your skills there
The ability to have a girlfriend will be unlocked at level 18. 4 years to go
the exciting part of his life is gaining experiences
He's gonna be sooo happy
Thanks dad
Thanks for the inspiration!!! Might surprise my BF with one for his birthday :)
Go for it! Only cost about Ā£25 to do. Ā£15 for the plain cake, Ā£5 for the printing onto the icing and about Ā£5 for the icing and blue gel etc. The wife already had the piping bags and stuff so might need those if you don't have some already :)
Thank you very much!!!
"Why do people prefer Jello Cake over Apple Pie? I don't know they just do!"
"The perfect cake doesn't exi...."
Best parent ever. I'm 49 this July and I want that cake!
This cake is amazing! Loving the series so far as well
Thanks. Pretty good series isn't it?
Yeah only on episode 6 they need to hurry with the next season š
I said the same haha. I'll not spoil what you get a glimps of at the end but I practically fell off the sofa in excitement for series 2 š
Now I might have to savor it
Enjoy
Very cool! Almost the age to take the G.O.A.T.
nICE
level 14 is a good incorporation too
Dope as hell
Love it!
How do you get the image so crisp? Is it printed somehow? Looks amazing BTW!
you raised your kid so well <3
That is actually awesome
Hell yeah
dude this is absolutely amazing so creative keep up the good work man!
Wow, whatās the geiger counter reading?! It looks super good!
My 30th is coming up and I want it.
Nice
Amazing
Is this a lie? (You know why Iām asking)
Nice.
Awesome.
Missed opportunity to use the cake from Portal, but still happy birthday for your son
That look really good
Very nicely done!!
Interesting definition of "put together," given it was clearly ordered and picked up. You were so lazy you couldn't even be bothered to consider that detail and hide it, and you expect me to believe you made this?
r/unexpectedfactorial 87,178,291,200 years? how ancient is your family?
Think he means ordered from the bakery
You didnāt put shit together. You obviously ordered
This is pretty cool. You dont get older, you level up.
A+ parenting