zaphodb2002 @ zaphodb2002 @sh.itjust.works

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+5 comedy points, I chuckled.

I almost exclusively run PBTA games nowadays because of this. And if the players are totally inexperienced we'll run a one-pager like Lasers and Feelings or Honey Heist first.

Rules just bog down the play speed too much unless everyone is an expert, paying attention, AND not drunk, which is basically never.

I met Maurice LeMarche at comic con way back in maybe 2002 or so at the Futurama panel and got him to record the Brain's "Yes!" And also "Oh, what luck! I've got a French fry caught in my beard!" as Orson Welles from the Critic onto my Palm Pilot, lol. Used them as ringtones for years. Very nice guy.

Isn't the "Rainbow Six Universe" just, like, the regular world? I haven't played an R6 game in more than a decade, but I remember the draw being realism.

I'm in a red district in SoCal and my mom, a disability rights advocate and civil rights lawyer, tried to run for office a few times over the last couple of decades. Each time the only thing any of the Democratic Party reps we talked to cared about was how many rich people we knew and how many donations we could gather. Once they recognized she didn't have connections to money, all support was pulled.

Not to say that people shouldn't try. But not only do you need the time and ability to run for office, unless you have a LOT of money it's very difficult to even get a foot in the door.

Alaska's a long way from where penguins come from, isn't it?

All art is political.

My state capitol is like a 9 hour drive away.

Devil worship? In DOOM? I remember interacting with lots of demons but I definitely wasn't worshipping them.

Lol I read this with a comma after the word "yes", and as a man myself and knowing lots of men, this is usually still true

And also talking loudly about stealing your shit.

"I Have A Crush At Work" was great fun, I was sad to see it end. That's an excellent suggestion that fits the question really well.

Two things can be true

This is genuinely upsetting. Bravo.

You never know, you could turn out to be the most important person in the universe. Happened to me once, you know. Wouldn't recommend it.

No Maggie, not Aztec, Olmec. Ol-mec.

You may enjoy Sawbones: A Marital Tour of Misguided Medicine. They do a lot of history stuff but as time has gone on it has more and more been about current events, exploring the history and science behind these grifts. Not exactly what you're asking for, but Dr. Sydnee is one of my leftist role models and I think they do great work to identify and explain these things to laypeople.

Southern California English. I never realized how often I used "dude", "man", and "like" until I spent a few years in the Midwest. Also "rad".