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I like how Dead dived into whataboutism immediately after phlaphackage offered bonus points if he could avoid doing so.

...how much immigration people tolerate... Dead, what part of fuck those people are you not getting? You mention protecting minorities from the majority, but throw that out the window when the minority tag is "immigrant". You keep saying that we need to make concessions to the [foolish, i...

I am not even googling whatever the conspiracy around "15-minute cities" is, because I don't want to spoil the childlike wonder I have in anticipation of discovering what is so wrong with them. I am really looking forward to this story-time. So, if Gnome or Dead would get on writing someth...

Neo Phonelobster Prime wrote: ↑

Thu Mar 23, 2023 7:10 am

GnomeWorks wrote: ↑

Thu Mar 23, 2023 3:15 am

Man was not meant to live like an ant. 15-minute cities are a fucking terrible idea, and I will not live in one.

Make a thread about this specifically. Tell us everything about 15 minute cities.

I personally want to know your hidden power levels on this one.

I second this request.

It looks like those Moody's reviews you mentioned are in.

Wait hang on, I've got it. We have a new housemate so we had a traditional celebration so I've had something like ten standard drinks and have come to a great realisation: crafting is performed by finding ingredients, that are all in Tetris piece style shapes. And you have to fill a grid (cleanly) ...

Sounds to me like you may want to give something like D20 Modern or Shadowrun a go? Those are pretty versatile in application. Do either of those let me cast Detect Thoughts when the mystery gets boring? Exactly. My idea was also intended to allow the PCs to say "Fuck it, let's just pin this o...

I was thinking about this a little bit the other day. The standard way to do this is the MC knows the plot and then tries to leave breadcrumb clues for the PCs to find, put together, and solve the scenario; but that leaves you with a lot of MC mind-reading and skill check failure derailment points, ...

PseudoStupidity wrote: ↑

Wed May 26, 2021 1:44 pm

Is it just propaganda to make wealthy liberals feel better?

Yes. Though Kaelik answered this better.

"They're finance bros. Finance bros are like the dumbest people in the entire world. They're so stupid. That, you know, they'll hire someone like me, they'll hire an astrophysicist or a mathematician to run numbers for them and then they'll just ignore it. They don't pay attention to the smart ...

I've got it fixed, thank you. The email address I had for this account is ancient and no longer in use (hence why I didn't get any password reset email), so when you delete my temp account I can switch this one to my current address. Thanks for your help, Zherog! Fantastic! I was hoping the issue w...

I've got it fixed, thank you. The email address I had for this account is ancient and no longer in use (hence why I didn't get any password reset email), so when you delete my temp account I can switch this one to my current address. Thanks for your help, Zherog!

I'd throw in the old saying about the captain goes down with the ship. If you are in a position of power and responsibility, it's your obligation to suffer through whatever bullshit your people are going through.

Kaelik wrote: Democrats just really want the entire world to be owned by 7 companies.

Well, duh. How else can Karen complain to the manager about all this poor service?

virgil wrote:The poster, Cynic, is my brother-in-law. He died of covid-19 last week.

Condolences for your loss.

Man, that sucks. Glad that it's not going to fuck up your life significantly though.

Maybe on the internet. Face to face though, you can definitely get people to sometimes shut up and back down by getting them to feel intimidated, embarrassed, foolish, frustrated, uncool, or whatever. And I'd argue that the bouncer (or equivalent) threatening to remove someone from a location is ano...

Congratulations!

Thea's been on my GOG wishlist for a while, but the card combat system isn't very appealing and that guy's review didn't do the game any favors, unfortunately. Plus, the game seems to have a larger story behind it that you inevitably progress towards. I liked how in GTA you could ignore the main sto...

So, I've mentioned before that I've been playing a lot of rogue-likes recently (chiefly DC:SS, Angband, & Zorbus) and I've been thinking and reading about the West Marches style hexcrawl again. Those sorts of dungeon crawls are fun; but I've been wanting to play something more open world and san...

Thanks, I'll shut up now.

According to the CDC , in 2007, people with Down's syndrome had an average life expectancy of 47 years. So simply not having Down's syndrome increases your life expectancy by 30-ish years. I suppose I am suggesting that fetuses do not count as people yet, whether they have Down's syndrome or not. Bu...

This stuff gets pretty contentious pretty quickly, but let's run down the list. Is it possible to not be ableist while still acknowledging that, given the option, I'd prefer to have the use of my legs (or eyes, or whatever) than not? Sure, as long as you can acknowledge that the reverse may be true...

Is it possible to not be ableist while still acknowledging that, given the option, I'd prefer to have the use of my legs (or eyes, or whatever) than not? Is it ableist to think that people with disabilities deserve dignity, respect, and accommodation but not buy into the idea that it's erasure if sc...

If you spent a lot of time designing your character, figuring out how to make them useful, then you want the DM to look at your character and use illusionism to make it exactly as useful as a character made by throwing darts at a dart board? In some ways, yes. I like that there is an option in many...