jtrek

I feel like you'd rapidly cross a point of having changed so many rules, you just have a different game with the same story. Which is maybe fine, but at that point maybe just make your own story too.

I'd end up changing like every piece of the rules system if I tried to make it more to my taste.

Loved the game as a child. Really struggle with the rule system now.

The combat is kind of shallow. There's a lot of tedious kiting, or just rolling the dice and waiting.

The sense of wonder was pretty top notch though.

Maybe I can work this fact in the next time I'm going on about how cars are bad for us

A top priority for me is the people who do stuff benefit from that stuff, instead of some removed jerks.

Along side health care, food, shelter, an environment that's sustainable for human life.

I'm not familiar with anarchism's solutions to these things.

Just read people's history by Howard zinn and that'll radicalize a lot of people. It's just the rich fucking everyone over and over.

the reaction I’ve gotten from many of my family members and friends is that choosing to study abroad as an American is inherently a downgrade, regardless of the university or country

That's insane. Pure emotional slop not based in any facts.

You're not casually going to convince them otherwise. Facts don't matter. Here, read this: https://theoatmeal.com/comics/believe

Interesting read. I didn't know long COVID was so pervasive.

It's frustrating to think about how things could be better if we had a competent government.

Conservatism is entirely about the laws applying differently to different people. The king is special. The nobles are a little less special. The peasants are trash. The slaves are worse. That's the conservative world. Hierarchy. So of course they don't want to apply rules to their chief.

They are worse than children.

I remember when 9/11 happened I wanted to know who did it, why they did it, what we would do next. Most of the adults were just freaking out and had no idea.

There's always a chunk of people who want to be the boot. And a chunk of people who are happy to eat boots if they can be the boot sometimes.

And it also wasnt you until you suffered a personal tragedy that.made you reevaluate your stance. Because that is what it sounds like.

Generally, people change their mind from in group pressure, or trauma. That's really it. Facts from the out-group won't do it. Looks like a bit of trauma shook the author up here.

Y tho