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A drought recently ended in my game, however my beavers are still dehydrated even with 5-6 pumps working.

I checked one beaver and saw it went from -10 hydration to +1 right after getting some water, but within a couple hours it was back to -10

Is it expected for them to dehyrate so soon after drinking? I know I I'm seeing cascade failure and need to get mechanical pumps, but I'm surprised that they were going from +1 to -10 hydration in literally a few in-game hours. Didn't see it hit any numbers in between

I read somewhere that non-rhotic variants of English first emerged among lower classes before spreading (please correct me if I'm wrong!). Upper class people from the time supposedly lamented this trend. How did this sound change spread even though it was associated with less prestige? Were there other factors that accelerated the change?

We all know of the first people entering America by crossing the Bering Land Bridge. But what about after it was flooded over? Did people in the area cross it during Neolithic times? Or the last two thousand years?

I assume people on both sides had boats and other tools needed to cross the Strait in the last several thousand years. Do we have any material or other evidence of them doing so?

Does diverging cause Varangian adventures to be disabled? I have a ruler of a culture diverged from Norse. He's still tribal and the culture is still North Germanic heritage. However, I don't see Varangian Adventure listed as a possible cassus belli. It's not even saying that I don't have the requirements, the option just doesn't show up at all.

I thought the option was still there when I originally diverged the culture but I'm not sure. Two other possible reasons I can think of to explain this:

• I'm using the Culture Expanded mod, though the Adventure option showed up before with it
• I had an Oghuz leader before the current divergent-Norse one

First of all, this is not a theory about how everything in the show might be someone's dream/coma. I'd hate it if that was the big reveal at the end.

Anyone else get an almost dream-like feel from the show? I don't mean dreamy in a poetic sense, but more in a pseudo-absurd, surreal sense. It's something with the bright, highly saturated colors, spontaneous bizarre events, the ability to conjure things as you think of them (thanks to Janet) and the ability to give even the strangest thing the benefit of the doubt.

To sum it up, remembering bits of the show often feels like remembering bits of last night's dream.

Again, I'm not suggesting that the whole show is taking place inside someone

I've always enjoyed open world games where unscripted events and your decisions can create new stories. This ranges anywhere from games like Skyrim to Crusader Kings 2. Maybe you unexpectedly team up with a giant to take down two dragons or you barely manage to beat back the Mongol invasion through scorched earth tactics and treachery.

Either way, you end up with a kick-ass narrative that someone else would enjoy hearing.

Some other examples that I've played:

• Total War series
• Mount and Blade
• Rimworld
• Tropico
• GTA

Any others?