I could accept it matters more than 0, but it is pretty far down the list of issues given the state of the world.

I occasionally become insufferable and recommend people play other games, but people don’t really care. It’s like getting people off twitter.

That’s capitalism for you. The owners get all the profits. The people doing the actual labor get a salary, which is as low as possible.

Oh that’s a good pun on transitive reasoning

This is broadly true, but given the low level of rules mastery I’ve seen I say “shared understanding of the rules” is a generous description.

Still, like a national fast food chain sometimes you just want something familiar even if it’s not as good as other options. You know it’s not likely to be worse than your expectations

The only thing that matters to them is in-group solidarity. They are bad people. That is a bad person world view.

Everything is an option according to them but it’s ultimately isn’t.

It really is a more restrictive system than people think. If you have a concept that’s like “psychic batman” you can’t really make that concept go in DND. Trivial to make in the other games I play the most (fate, CofD).

D&D is not as good as it is popular. It’s a very idiosyncratic game that’s mostly focused on a particular kind of play, but people treat it like it’s a general purpose tool.

Clearly people can have fun with it, and that’s what really matters. I’m still convinced many of them would have more, easier, cheaper, fun if they picked up a different game.

That’s so much money that could have been better spent

I briefly toyed with some of the early image generation stuff. It was a fun toy for making NPCs for RPGs.

But now it’s everywhere and being used as an excuse to squeeze labor harder and deliver dubious value. If it just stayed as a toy I wouldn’t mind it much. I get annoyed at the aggressive “do you want me to rewrite that for you??” shit that pops up now.

They’re not thinking with facts they’re thinking with feelings.

LinkedIn is so blandly bad. There’s a lot of formulaic slop, but apparently it’s effective enough that people don’t stop posting it.

Also I thought all reasonable people agreed that unconscious bias is bad and we should minimize it in the job process, but then LinkedIn goes and says “Everyone have a profile picture! This definitely won’t unfairly benefit some kinds of people!”

Also people who try to use it as a dating service need to be banished from the land.

I think food and having belligerent neighbors might be a problem.

Then do universal basic income. Now people are free to spend a couple hours scooping ice cream without risking their safety. Assuming your basic income is enough to cover a dignified life

Kind of. You only get one extra attack for most classes (and most games, since a minority reach level 11 and also have a class with third attack).

It would be interesting if con only got you an HP bonus at first, fifth, and sometimes 11th level.

I mean, kind of, but the robber is the root cause. They have agency and choose to rob. If it was flood protection, yeah, can’t blame the water.

The Republicans deserve the bulk of the blame

I read this as Rincewind like from discworld, and I was going to say he had a great con score. Lots of cardio.

If I leave my door open and someone robs me, that’s a little bit my fault. But it’s a lot the robber’s fault.

The Republicans have agency. They choose to be human shaped trash bags. They deserve the majority of the blame and scorn. They are the worst people on earth.

I don’t think laws mean anything anymore. There are too many bad faith (pun intended) people in positions of power.

Fate is the one that comes to mind. Just skills. Your big brawler dude might be like

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• Fight: 4
• Provoke, Rapport: 3
• Will, Athletics, Notice: 2

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• High Concept: King of the Ring Fighter
• Trouble: Always a Show Off

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• Stunts and backgrounds: not going to make them up now but they add more depth

You don’t need to know this guy has exactly 8 or 10 intelligence, or whatever.

NYC transit I think caps at $34/week, which I don’t hit because I walk most places.

When I lived in the suburbs I did some math about the cost. I was paying like $300/mo for transit into the city, plus all the other car coats. Moving in meant rent went up some, but I got rid of the car. Big win, in my case.