game designer by day, crazy cat lady by night. current: senior systems designer 2, world of warcraft. previous: magic: the gathering (+online) american. fan of constitutional rights, due process, and democracy. she/her. 🏳️🌈😷🐈🐈🏃♀️🎮
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yes, i believe that black men routinely hang themselves from trees in mississippi. surely there is no other likely explanation for his body being found there that has, say, long historical roots. i do not have proof but let’s just say this claim should be held to a higher evidentiary standard.
"ai is the future", huh? an evidence-free claim if ever i heard one.
RFK Jr. is objectively pro-disease, pro-illness and pro-child death.
i'm not saying the answer should have been yes. i'm saying a reflexive "no of course not" that question primes us towards subservience *and* subtly reinforces the possibility that some people *should* be saying "yes".
it's worth noting, amidst all the other notes of "conservatives see hypocrisy as hierarchy and virtue" and accurate labels of fascism, that those of us who oppose that kind of hierarchy were primed to avoid claiming it. what's your reaction to "oh, you think you're better than me?"
I don't think pointing out the fascists' 'hypocrisy' is a good use of time. It's not hypocrisy, it's hierarchy. They actually do believe that they have the right and obligation to dominate you because they are superior to you. They are using their power not being hypocritical.
I'm gonna staple this onto all y'all mfs heads. It is not hopeless, we have not lost, the entire intent of the actions of the Trump Administration is to seem stronger than they really are. The firmer that we, the people, stick with one another, the harder it will be for them to do anything.
we always thought they were saying they want free speech. and joked that it was "freeze peach". but the centrists would have been right this time because the truth was in the middle: they were saying "freeze speech".
my work here is *done*
i laughed so hard i cried a little. c is definitely for cookie.
Built in the 13th century. So that mosque stood for 800 years with every sort of person from every place and every religion in the world passing through Gaza century after century, only for it to be blown up by some shithead loser sitting behind a computer that we probably paid for.
a funny thought apropos of nothing: a draenei pirate, male, much bigger than almost everyone else nearby, poking at someone with a cutlass as they walk. "yarr. favor the plank walked by few."
also aren't they pretty explicitly claiming the mantle of the nazi party when they call it a reichstag fire? it feels like i'm taking crazy pills with how mask-off they're being.
similarly: anything that a politically disfavored demographic of people generally avoid should almost certainly be avoided by those of other demographics too. treat them like nazi bars.
agreed. deviating from the polls to be more moral is rare but laudable. deviating from the polls to be more in line with fascist policies and interests makes them a sick joke.
there is a basic principle that has never steered me wrong: if someone tells you what kinds of people to hate, they are manipulating you. if someone tells you what *ideas* or *policies* to hate and more importantly *why*, that's worth interrogating.
"Long COVID is a mystery." No, sis. The only mystery here is why the hell you think that in this, the year of our lord 2025, five years into this pandemic. That's a you problem.
second place is of course pink because it's not just mexican food but also the traditional food of my people: american chinese food.
orange wins for me but damn this is actually close. i have no experience with what most light blue food would be or it might be even closer. my guess is a lot of seafood though, so i'll pass.
“no dictator, no invader can hold an imprisoned population by force of arms forever. there is no greater power in the universe than the need for freedom. against that power, governments and tyrants and armies cannot stand... though it take a thousand years, we will be free.” youtu.be/pJmuHNDcXLQ
idk it's a remnant from twitter's golden age. "discourse" is more characters than two emoji. i think it got me at first too.
being empowered by a lawful good deity while wearing plate mail just makes me feel more like myself. but there's no wrong way to do it!
i have had paladin reassignment! got me some divine spells and everything.
fun! i am very confident that i will be the only person with one of those answers, and it should be entertaining to see the final result. worst mistake wizards made this decade: giving me a reason to leave the company. if we're measuring based on personal impact it's this, not close.
i'm moderately confident this isn't an original idea, but if i got it from somewhere else i couldn't tell you if my life depended on it. so feel free!
i identify as lawful good but i was assigned neutral good at birth.
i think part of the problem with d&d 💿🐴 is that too many people see alignment as a thing mold yourself to fit. when it's actually a way to mechanically reference which of a few bins your complex character is closest to. it's not supposed to be just one or another. this post is about gender.
"but allison, why would we talk about redford's fashion when he had nothing to do with you? something something gender something something." "have you seen those photos? also fuck gender."
when i die, i would like nobody to ever comment on my fashion. at least not the first hundred years of it. just talk about robert redford's fashion again or something.
what a surprise.
Today, the UN officially designated Israel’s assault on Gaza as a genocide. As a party to the Genocide Convention, the U.S. has a legal obligation to obey our own laws, stop weapons sales to Israel, and demand a permanent ceasefire. End the genocide. Ceasefire now.
this isn't a new sentiment but i am bothered more by violence perpetuated by people i have things in common with, whether it's religion or political affiliation or skin color or other demographic. not that i ever favor violence except as a last resort.
i'm not even going to use sarcasm here. murdering people that i hate does not make me like you. it doesn't make me like them more either, but it doesn't make me think you're cool or valuable. it makes me want to see you locked away as penance for your crime. sincerely, every decent human being
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sneakers is *still* one of my favorite movies. too many secrets.
part of me thought he would genuinely outlive us all. rest in peace, sir. you were a giant.
here's what i wish for the folks stoking the fires of bigotry and hatred: a long miserable life seeing people they hate being safe and happy. i wish them free healthcare. i wish them affordable housing and their kids a world-class education. and for them to step barefoot on every single lego.
Not for the first time, I find it grimly funny how all these people have sworn loyalty to a guy who does not give one shit about anyone except himself.
We are in a massive Covid surge right now. No one will tell you this, because they’re still trying to prop up the “Covid is over” narrative. Every day we learn more about the harmful long term effects of repeat infections. Get your vaccine (if you can). Wear a respirator. Clean the air.
but they were all of them deceived, for another type of magic player was made: the one who picks up expensive basics from packs they open themselves and keeps them so as to have qualities of both other kinds.
cool. going to delete that post then.
oh interesting. i'm not a lawyer. how far off is it?
ah, c'est tres bien! j'aime le francais. (mais je le parle mal maintenant.)
congrats!
cool. ty for info, folks. and honestly that's really sad. like, "they dislike me dropping a syllable so i'll drop it" is the kind of petty nonsense that a grade school kid would do. it makes them sound like ridiculous children.
can someone explain to me why so many right-wingers use the term "democrat party" when the group in question calls themselves the "democratic party"? is this just a petty earflick and a flex on cultural language control, or is there some deeper meaning?
the structure of the game makes me unlikely to replay it anytime soon, so i'm trying to do as much as i can, yeah.
that sounds incredibly satisfying.
Hey, so...Covid rates have gotten real high. Maybe change your behavior to fit this new risk profile? Stop eating indoors at restaurants, mask on mass transit, that kind of thing?
i feel this *so* hard. i would stay busy. i need to stay busy. but i would be creating more diverse things than just what i do in my day job.
normally i only have tv on while gaming for mmos. but i've half-watched a lot grinding levels in metaphor. it's an unfortunate intersection. the game is still gorgeous. phenomenal music. interesting characters. excellent craftsmanship. i'm still v invested! just not a fan of this much grindiness.
the time mechanic is great. the action economy creates interesting pressures that i also like. but it means that you can't always wait until you get to a boss, learn that you need some more levels, then grind them all out easily. (not all bosses are in respawning dungeons!) so i grind a lot.
it means that if you want to grind to outlevel what's coming up, you need to do it legitimately ahead of time. you need to guess what level you'll need, then run through the same dungeon many times to grind out those levels. it gets tedious.
the turn-based combat is great, no notes, but when you're faced with enemies significantly lower level than you, you can skip the fight via arpg (real-time) combat. since mp replenishment is so costly, this is very important. also the little guys respawn. combining these? here is the minus in a-.
a key mechanic in the game is time. you can take one action during the day and one at night. and the story gives you deadlines to get things done. there are many mechanical twists, but a big one is dungeons. going to a dungeon takes all day. both actions. however much time you spend in there.
sometimes several good mechanics that are both elegant and fun combine into an experience that's... not great. i'm probably like halfway through metaphor refantazio and the last time i loved a turn-based rpg this much was crystal project (which i rated a solid a). so far metaphor is an a-. why?
If Bill Kristol can come out and make public statements like this, shouldn't we expect at least as much from 100% of our elected Democrats? Shouldn't we expect at least as much from Gavin Newsom?
I can accommodate anybody who doesn't want to stone people, burn down their houses, and forcibly convert any survivors to the One True Faith. Unfortunately, that leaves a dismayingly large number of Americans out.
Someone posted this again today and I cannot believe how it’s just the skeleton key for like 75% of American politics
i think leftists who can't accomodate people of faith into their politics are really really making a profound mistake
It should be needless to say, but it is perhaps at this moment worth saying, that transgender individuals have the same right as anyone else to life, liberty, and the pursuit of happiness.
"underappreciated", no space. :p and yes, wholeheartedly agreed.
your lips to god's ears.
i think that's pretty normal, actually. correct use feels like abuse when current use is almost zero.
as another example, this is a comma splice. but used deliberately because that's the (dry) joke. bsky.app/profile/trul...
"ok what should I do instead?" you have options! if you really want the two ideas to be conceptually linked, you can use a semicolon instead. just swap punctuation marks and you're fine. or you can just split into two sentences. that lets you use a period or exclamation point to add color, too.
"what's a comma splice, allison?" i'm glad you asked, hypothetical interlocutor! a comma splice is a form of run-on sentence that uses a comma to join two clauses together when both could be independent grammatically correct sentences. like "follow me, i know the way."
me too, i do it all the time and it's a blast.
well, unless they carry specific mechanical game meaning and are not used in their typical english sense, or are otherwise proper nouns.
if i could get game writers to care about comma splices and proper capitalization, i would be a happier former editor. i'm not talking about individuals or even specific game teams. the whole industry should be better. almost everyone is bad about them.
counter to, obviously. not doubter to. ducking autocorrect.
update: in order to have a fresh start, i am not doing a new game+ ultra hard. just a normal very hard playthrough. i do like the slight aim assist and i want the little level up moments when bags upgrade and i don't have too much clutter all the time.
i never even played the original.
i'm so fucking predictable sometimes but comfort games are comfort games.
me: i have a whole day free and i've already done my workout first thing. what should i do? and not wow. i have to work tomorrow. also me: i could build another commander deck? evin? me: or am: play more metaphor? start co33? me: or am: start yet another uh horizon playthrough? me: attagirl.
there is an argument—a bad one, mind—that non-absolute gun control is counter to the second amendment. and further, anything counter to the constitution is anti-american. there is no question that this is doubter to the *first* amendment. and thus deeply, deeply anti-american.
WHO WASHES THE WASHMEN!?
it's also morally reasonable! harming them wouldn't be, but shaming people for driving one of that asshole's cars is an appropriate consequence.
not only am i not the right person to ask, but even if you were asking me about something in my wheelhouse, we don't do fan q&a on social media anymore. it's a pretty strict company policy. sorry!
oh it was definitely the farming i meant. i watched a dude talk about crop rotation and soil replenishment and herbicides for a while and then i moved onto agrivoltaic discussion and ended up on "combine harvesters are cool!"
they *are* cool! why did nobody tell me?
i seem to have fallen down a youtube hole about farming and my first takeaway is that frankly farming is much cooler (and smarter) than anyone had previously told me.
image w/alt text: Extremist murders by ideology, 2013-2022
thehill.com/regulation/c... kavanaugh: separation of powers is important! me: … me: … me: lol. lmao. there are three people on the court who get to say that and you are definitely, *definitely* not on that list.
my newest commander deck idea. i was stressing trying to figure out a mono-green deck to build since i've been on a mono-color kick. i spent literal months trying to get patron of the orochi to congeal. then shigeki grabbed me. anyway, here's landfall. archidekt.com/decks/159679...
the penultimate episode of snw season 3 was, i'm pleased to share, a good episode of trek. *and* it was an ortegas episode. i like her.
that movie was much better.
oh my god the premise here is such a racist bioessentialist pile of shit. i have rarely hated an episode of star trek but i think i hate like 80% of this episode.
60% through. patton oswalt deserves better than to have been in this travesty.
i'm halfway through "four and a half vulcans" and i'm already pretty sure "threshold" is a better hour of star trek.
what happened to strange new worlds? it was so good in the first couple seasons and it seems to have shaved the beard for season three.
light enough for cooking spray as a sub?
this is how i learned rice cookers could make pancakes. guess i know what i'm going to do for breakfast tomorrow!
i think it’s wild how many people are fine with leaving their children a totally uninhabitable world that’s inevitably pitched in constant bloody conflict over who gets the last resources so they can have copilot email tone rewriting and slop memes of trump as a taco with a drooping fold.
taking *this* week mostly off for mental health seems to have not quite worked out as i had hoped.
Today’s a good day to practice kindness. Deliver groceries. Give to a community fridge or library. Give someone a ride to the store, a medical appointment or the hospital. Wear a mask. Reach out to the vulnerable people in your life. A text or call might mean the world to someone.
if i were inclined towards conspiracy theories i would say "wizards is releasing more sets faster so we don't draft any of them a lot anymore because modern sets don't hold up to older sets." but honestly? imo the team is putting out many fantastic products that don't have room to breathe.
knowing the format moderately well. i drafted it maybe five times, and these days that passes for knowing a format.
Fucking finally. Fight back against the bullshit framing that tries to make Dems responsible for everything. The GOP is *choosing* to create this kind of societal environment. They could stop it at any time. They have agency as well. They’re not fucking children (except when, well, you know)
i'm going to need this sticker, steph.