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this um actually is so funny bc siobhan has such deep one sided beef with trapp who’s being a little shit about it. and alex is Also There

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the kipperface pennybottle alignment chart

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I...

I found a VHS tape at the junk store, labeled just “A Surprise!”. Since I’d recently set up my VCR and old 80s TV, I thought I should check it out.

Just… just watch. 

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Oh he knows

The words of a man who has been burned too many times.

.... and still hasn't learned

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LIBRARY WRAPPED

You checked out... probably some stuff? Thanks for doing that :)

Used our wifi maybe? For something?

Look we actually don't know what genres you read or how many times you renewed Gender Queer.

We don't want to know.

Our gift to you is privacy.

Take it.

Be free.

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fuck everyone who's started saying the r slur again i hate you and i hope your life falls apart and you die alone

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next time i have too many players missing or something, i'm stealing the quangle. write down whatever characters you've played, pull one out at random, make a level 10 version. now it's time for canon/non-canon hijinks

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OK this was useful to hear.

This is a big thing that I continue to work on unlearning/relearning

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Oh, I think you're thinking of Chernobyl. It's an easy mistake but the issue with Dashcon wasn't in reactor 4—that's the giveaway.

No the problems with Dashcon started with its construction and refit.

Dashcon was a hub of a network of oil and gas pipes from 36 different wells. Shutting off the flow from these wells required authorization.

The Dashcon platform had been built for oil, but when it was refit for gas, the original safety principles were not followed: while dangerous modules had been initially separated by distance and firewalls, after the refit, hydrocarbon modules like gas compression ended up adjacent to control room modules.

Condensate pump A was taken offline for maintenance, and multiple work orders resulted in its pressure safety valve being replaced with a disk cover for recertification. This was noted on the PSV work order, but not both. Personnel were busy during the shift change and the PSV work order was misplaced.

Fire control pumps were put under manual control, which was a normal procedure during off-platform dives, to protect divers from being sucked up into the automated fire suppression system.

Pump B experienced a failure and could not restart. Without the PSV work order, the crew believed it was safe to restart pump A. Pump A began leaking gas through the disk cover, which almost immediately ignited and exploded.

The firewalls had been built for oil production, and were not designed to withstand gas explosions. Coupled with the unanticipated proximity of the control modules to the production modules, this led to damage of the control room.

With the fire pumps in manual mode and the control room inaccessible, crews could not activate the fire suppression systems.

As Dashcon disintegrated, the fire eventually spread through the network of pipes to other events.

Finally, a complex system of unregulated insurance and reinsurance resulted in the value of Dashcon being paid out many times over, often in loops which passed through the same insurers multiple times. This put significant stress on the global financial, and particularly insurance, system, which would still be struggling to manage and recover from the incident when Hurricane Andrew struck Florida. The back to back disasters took decades to sort out.

what actually happened at dashcon to make it so awful? ive seen lots of stuff making fun of it and complaining, but nothing explaining why

It is one of the biggest errors in world history and here’s why:

Although starting in the middle of summer with a few small battles, it eventually dragged on for almost six more months into a brutal winter

The Russians’ scorched earth policy surprised the French and made the French’s advances much more treacherous and costly

Napoleon’s thirst for a full victory were impossible to satisfy because the Russians refused to engage in any prolonged battles, instead wisely choosing to use guerrilla tactics to decimate an already broken, famished, and sickened French Army.

Over 17,000 French troops lost their lives each month during the disastrous campaign

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Perfect Zac Oyama setup. Perfect

Get your extremely long Powerball tickets ready 💰

Watch the full episode on Dropout

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If the product created is so poorly assembled that the police need to check with the manufacturer to determine if it exploded on accident or purpose maybe that thing shouldn’t be on the road.

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Hello Mr. Neil Gaiman, I would have a specifical question about good omens. Did you plan for the series\Book to convey some kind of message? Like: Be youself? Or somthing else? I hope you can answer this question and have a good day :)

If there's a single message I'd like people to take away from Good Omens it's from Adam:

″‘I don’t see what’s so triffic about creating people as people and then gettin’ upset ‘cos they act like people,’ said Adam severely. ‘Anyway, if you stopped tellin’ people it’s all sorted out after they’re dead, they might try sorting it all out while they’re alive.‘”

But it's a lot bigger than a single message, and there are so many things Terry and I had to say.

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Roasted chicken, ginger, daikon, shiitake mushroom soup with lime, cilantro, broccoli sprouts, and rice noodles

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a comic about different types of storytellers

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this is such a specific intersection of 3 of my favorite things, i’m kinda obsessed

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“Bring them to me.”

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Truthfully listening to WBN and the fireside talkbacks has taught me so so much about stories and storytelling and DMing and playing RPGs. From Brennan's "I truly don't care either way, I think both are a good story"-attitude to @quiddie's unparalleled ability to turn bad rolls into character moments. Such an incredible group of storytellers.

"The thing that is so engrossing about this episode and so joyful about dming this campaign is I have made a landscape out of gasoline, and I'm holding a lit match. And I'm so ready to destroy these creations."

Yeah