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/u/outwrangle before everything went to shit in 2020, /u/emma_lazarus for a while after that, now I’m all queermunist!
- Comment on I'm OOTL: Why is TikTok being banned? 2 days ago:
TikTok became one of the only places you could see and hear what was actually happening in Gaza.
- Comment on Contributing to the local economy 2 days ago:
Except for high wet bulb temperatures. That shit will kill you.
- Comment on Why does it seem like every TV series I've ever watched gets cancelled/rushed/incomplete ending, while movies (even those in a film series/trilogy) rarely face the same problem? 3 days ago:
Is it? Wikipedia says “From the late 1960s until the mid 2010s, a season commonly included between 20 and 26 episodes” and “A “full season” of a show usually runs from September through May for at least 22 episodes”
But uh. The mid 2010s were like ten years ago. I guess I have no idea how long a season is now 🤷♀️
- Comment on Why does it seem like every TV series I've ever watched gets cancelled/rushed/incomplete ending, while movies (even those in a film series/trilogy) rarely face the same problem? 3 days ago:
Yeah, a movie is 2-ish hours. A season of a show runs for at least 22 episodes or 200-ish hours.
- Comment on So why did we stop worshiping the sun? 1 week ago:
Yeah it’s like, dude? The Sun is real.
- Comment on Anon expects more 1 week ago:
Not just admitting they under-deliver.
They’re admitting to market collusion and lashing out at the companies that betray class solidarity.
- Comment on What's the endgame when the rich have all the money? 2 weeks ago:
We are products of our material conditions, yeah, there’s no inherent evilness - it’s a learned behavior.
- Comment on What's the endgame when the rich have all the money? 2 weeks ago:
Oh I’m not saying they’re like, a different species of human or anything. This is just what being rich does to people. It’s like you said, they never experience that period where they have to settle for less. They always get more, and so they always want more. It’s the way their brains have been trained to expect rewards. Someone like me, who is happy using older stuff and waiting for the prices to come down, has been trained to live this way. Someone like them, who always wants the best and most expensive, was also trained to live that way. They become hungry ghosts because of their lifestyles.
- Comment on What's the endgame when the rich have all the money? 2 weeks ago:
Normal people don’t desire more at all times. They’ll be happy for a while before setting their eyes on the next goal.
These hungry ghosts, though, never experience that period of contentment. That moment of happiness where they achieve what they want and can rest never comes, not even for a second. As soon as they get what they want they already want more.
It’s different.
- Comment on What's the endgame when the rich have all the money? 2 weeks ago:
No, actually, normal people can settle. That doesn’t mean they don’t treat themselves “once in a while” or sometimes crave something special, but they don’t need more more more all the time.
But there are some people who always want more. They never are satisfied, not even for a second. As soon as they get something they want they’re already bored with it and want the next best thing. It’s a hedonic treadmill that gets faster and faster, they’re never happy.
- Comment on What's the endgame when the rich have all the money? 2 weeks ago:
There is no end game. They’re hungry ghosts.
They just want an ever increasing “more”
- Comment on [deleted] 2 weeks ago:
You’re probably half your dad too, dude.
That’s the most common situation anyway
- Comment on Interesting new symbols for bathroom doors 2 weeks ago:
Well am I supposed to do it in the hallway? Be reasonable!
- Comment on Mildly McInfuriating 2 weeks ago:
Is that why you think prices went up?
- Comment on Interesting new symbols for bathroom doors 2 weeks ago:
This fuckin sucks lol
- Comment on Dungeons & Dragons Rolls the Dice With New Rules About Identity 2 weeks ago:
They didn’t just “come across” as racist. Racial traits were racist in previous editions, by definition, because it was about the differences between races. Tying differences to race is always racist, that’s literally what racism is. I like the change to “species.”
But if they’re different species, I don’t really think those differences are racist anymore? I don’t really see how “elves have more magic than mountain dwarves” is still racist when they’re entirely different species. I guess it can be problematic for there to be one species that specializes in Int, Wis, and Cha since they’d just be inherently smarter and more beautiful? There’s probably no way to make that work. But why shouldn’t the elvish species be better at magic? It’s just an odd choice.
- Comment on Dungeons & Dragons Rolls the Dice With New Rules About Identity 2 weeks ago:
Okay, then the article is unclear, because:
“Races” are now “species.” Some character traits have been divorced from biological identity; a mountain dwarf is no longer inherently brawny and durable, a high elf no longer intelligent and dexterous by definition.
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“People really wanted to be able to mix and match their species choice with their character-class choice,” Crawford said, adding, “They didn’t want choosing a dwarf to make them a lesser wizard.”It sounds like the goal was to decrease the differences between the species. Looking at the pages you posted, it sure doesn’t seem like elves are actually any better at magic. They get a few spells from their heritage, more proficiencies, but a human spell caster and an elven spell caster would basically be the same. It looks like the changes are intended to make playstyles interchangeable between the different species - no species is a greater or lesser wizard than any other species.
I guess I don’t dislike it? It just seems odd to make species less different.
- Comment on Dungeons & Dragons Rolls the Dice With New Rules About Identity 2 weeks ago:
They either needed to replace “race” with “species” or divorce traits from racial identity.
Instead they did both and I’m not sure it works? If a human is a different species from an elf, why shouldn’t elves be inherently better at magic?
- Comment on is feeling disrespected reason good enough to change jobs? 2 weeks ago:
The job isn’t loyal to you, why should you be loyal to the job?
- Comment on New year, new me 2 weeks ago:
Doritos are a good veggie wrap topping.
I will not eat the Doritos directly from the bag I will not eat the Doritos directly from the bag I will not eat the Doritos directly from the bag I will not eat the Doritos directly from the bag I will not eat the Doritos directly from the bag I will not eat the Doritos directly from the bag I will not eat the Doritos directly from the bag I will not eat the Doritos directly from the bag - Comment on bird flu 3 weeks ago:
Don’t worry, RFK Jr will ban them.
- Comment on These dames wanting inclusivity 3 weeks ago:
It happened to me. Being a boy never bothered me, but as I got older becoming a “man” made me dysphoric.
So I became a woman instead.
- Comment on These dames wanting inclusivity 3 weeks ago:
I am actually speaking from experience here. Never had a problem with other male identifiers, but something about “man” squicked me out. It always felt like becoming a man was something far off, and I kept getting older and it never happened…
Now I’m on hormones and am a woman and things are fine. Not saying this is your situation, but it was mine.
- Comment on These dames wanting inclusivity 3 weeks ago:
… honey, there could be another reason you don’t like being called a man. Just a thought.
- Comment on [deleted] 4 weeks ago:
Bosses deserve our rudeness.
- Comment on Frostpunk creators cancel "Project 8" and lay off staff amid concerns that "narrative-driven, story-rich games" don't sell 4 weeks ago:
They don’t sell enough. These companies want endless growth and endless sales so they can milk the whales for endless revenue. Narrative rich, story driven games don’t sell as much as pay to win or gacha trash.
- Comment on [deleted] 4 weeks ago:
To ensure a large supply of low wage labor.
- Comment on They're trying to charge Luigi with terrorism! Imagine that! 4 weeks ago:
He won’t make it to trial. He’ll get the Epstein treatment.
- Comment on They're trying to charge Luigi with terrorism! Imagine that! 4 weeks ago:
These charges are being brought up in a state controlled by Democrats.
- Comment on Happy birthday, peon 5 weeks ago:
Everyone should have PTO that they can use whenever they want.