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Alcide-Théophile Robaudi (1850-1928)

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'Green Ents' by Ian Miller

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it’s fun that Mormonism is based off pseudo-archeology and Scientology is based off pseudo-psychiatry. By that logic the big American New Religious Movement of the 21st century is gonna be based on… pseudo-computer science?

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disney sitting on the greatest potential live action remake of all time like a bloated dragon makes me so fuckin mad

do you know how cool Treasure Planet would be as a live action? to see all that gorgeous space rendered as if it were real? to see Long John Silver's biomechanics come to life?

but no. because disney is a coward afraid of the dog/cat mpreg.

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it really is crazy how quickly people were willing to just let chatgpt do everything for them. i have never even tried it. brother i don't even know if it's just a website you go to or what. i do not know where chatgpt actually lives, because i can decide my own grocery list.

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be the very model of a modern major general

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I don't know what those '90s sci Fi TV writers were putting in their shows but I wish they'd start doing it again

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The cultural impact of “boomer” as a pejorative has been disastrous and I’m not even kidding

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Have to say, one of the biggest hurdles in introducing one of my usual gaming groups to a system like Blades in the Dark is the idea that items don't have defined stats and are instead props to twist the fiction in interesting ways. It often feels like I'm using therapy speak on a very literally minded engineer.

Player: Alright, I've spent some downtime crafting, what can I make? Me: What would you like to make : ) ? Player: Like, is there a list? Me: Nope : ) , you're limited by your imagination and what we agree would be best for the story. Player: Well are there suggested guidelines for what an appropriate item would be? What Bonuses It can give me? Me: Items don't really give bonuses : ) , now how about you tell me what emotions finishing this project stirs in your character? Player: What was even the point of this? Also stop saying ": )" I don't know how you're doing that with your mouth.

Honestly it's a fascinating study in what assumptions ttrpgs make about the people playing them: Namely that a prospective BitD player has some personal skill or desire to act as a storyteller, and doesn't put much emphasis on the nitty-gritty of the rules.

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petition to make Zelenskyy the new POTUS on the grounds that he was the only person in the Oval Office today who didn't disgrace it by his presence

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kirk gets out of every situation being like you see this table right here this table is made of wood and now you see long ago people made tables out of wood in earths 20th century though tables can be made of other materials right mister spock and spocks like yes there are tables made of metal alloys combinations of materials in fact tables are an object defined by structure rather than material and kirks like yes yes very good so we all agree this is a table and finally the guy whos holding them hostage looks down at the table and kirk kicks the table at him

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Accidentally called dumplings "Peking ravioli" in front of my New Jersey coworkers and I had to frantically explain that this wasn't some insane form of esoteric Italo-Chinese racism, that's just what they're called in Boston. Had to take a picture of a menu to prove it.

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Dehumanizing bigots is bad, not because I want to be nice to them, but because they are human beings and they serve as a reminder that anyone is capable of evil ideation and action. Violent bigots are not fundamentally different beings from you. They are human beings, who have developed a reactionary and destructive belief system due to their circumstances combined with their biases. In a different timeline, that could've been you. Anyone can be radicalized. Nobody is immune to propaganda, not even the person reading this.

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ok well it has been real but i am going to kill you with a hammer now

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I try to repress some of my Insane Radical Catholic Leftism on this hellsite because religion can be a touchy subject but I just once again want to point out:

Donald Trump is a fucking antichrist

The MAGA GOP is a damnable cult of Moloch