Well that’s unfortunate.

Imagine being the guy on the other end of the call. “Hey call you back I gotta stab a guy”

Do gooder derogation. Someone does something good and then you feel bad about yourself. Then instead of trying to self improve, you lash out.

Big sad sack of shit maneuver, really.

I feel like most people don’t buy software anymore. Everything runs in the browser.

Like, nerds and enthusiasts and game playing people sure. But most people? Nah. It’s all Instagram, Facebook, tiktok, Reddit, YouTube. Maybe like roll20 if they’re a dnd nerd. Most people aren’t doing Photoshop or blender.

6th grade is reading for plot. It’s able to read the story and understand that the hobbits brought the ring to Mordor, and Aragorn fought in Gondor.

Anything about symbols, themed, subtext, unreliable narrators all comes later.

For many people, it’s important that there is suffering by people who “deserve” it. Giving people money feels wrong and unjust. People who think like that are assholes

they reach critical mass, shit will actually get fixed and no neoliberal or maga will ever hold a major seat of power agai

People are pretty stupid and would probably fall for maga bullshit again

RFK should be removed from office along with all of his goons and sycophants.

And yet somehow people keep voting for Republicans. Republicans make everything worse. Even for the rich, in the medium term, when they have sick workers or get shot dead on the street.

Managers are often idiots in over their heads. AI is really aggravating that problem.

Yeah, it mostly worked. Mostly.

It’s hard to say if my previous group worked better because they were used to my style, or just a better fit for me, or some other factor.

“I’m a Grok guy,” said Vance. “I think it’s the best. It’s also the least woke!”

What a fucking idiot. Really wants everyone to go back to sleep

Being an adult in the sense of being responsible, feel pretty good about. Pay the bills. Feed myself. Go to work.

Being an adult in the sense of having no fun, or tightly restricted fun, not so much. Still go see live music and play video games.

I did have a coworker that was both a picky eater and didn’t cook. She’d order seamless (GrubHub) for most meals. That’s got to be like… $30/meal, two meals a day so $60, seven days a week, ~$400/week? My monthly food budget is like $200. Plus she’d go out drinking. Guess that adds up. That’s like $100k over five years.

She also had an expensive gym membership she didn’t use and was too shy to cancel.

Some of my peers should be rich enough to retire, but fell victim to lifestyle inflation. Sure they’re making $250k/year, but they moved into a $5k/mo apartment, go on expensive vacations, and just do whatever in their day to day. I don’t know where their money goes. Maybe they are secretly investing.

Meanwhile I live like a goblin on less

I think most games get shut down when they still have players. Plus they could release server code so people could host their own games, like in the olde days of the 1990s. They don’t because they’re primarily concerned with profit.

That aside, “it brings joy” is not sufficient on its own as a justification. Heroin brings joy, but you likely wouldn’t say that’s a fine gift for a child. Why is that? Probably because we recognize the potential harms and unhealthy habits. Maybe you accept the risks and harms of digital slop are acceptable. I don’t think I’d want to encourage that in children.

Wizard I ran DND for in didn’t love this, but understood it.

The real problem with that group is we kept changing DMs, and some were a lot more easy going. You gotta get on the same page as a group

I worry about how I would raise a child in this landscape. Two of the people I know with kids, the kids don’t care about video games. One of the kids is super into iPad games, and that feels like a haazrd brewing.

Maybe I’d try to stick to real games for any child I was responsible for, but I don’t think that would survive impact with peers.

Physical cards last for years. Maybe the online game will be around in ten years, but maybe not.

I have most of my magic cards from my youth. They’re a thing I own. I can do what I want with them- play the game, use them for decorations, sell them. Digital shit is transient with few options for the buyer.

Any org found guilty of posting a ghost role must pay one year salary to every applicant. All job postings must include the salary. If the salary is not posted, the fine will be the highest paid employee’s compensation.

Everyone who okayed the ghost role being posted is barred from any involvement in hiring processes for life.

That’s my fantasy, anyway.

I feel like most Republican supporters won’t learn or change.

There’s going to be a “They thought they were free: Trump Edition” that’s going to be extremely depressing. ( https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/They_Thought_They_Were_Free )