jjjalljs

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[–] jjjalljs@ttrpg.network 4 points 1 hour ago

Much of this slots into time outside work rather than the workday itself.

  • walk a different route to a destination
  • pick an algorithm and walk with no destination (eg: straight until you hit a light not in your favor, then turn. Works in urban envs)
  • go somewhere you don't normally go. Eg: library, different coffee shop, that little art store you always see
  • go to the library. Walk along the shelf with eyes closed and pick a book at random.
  • pick a genre of music you never listen to. Listen to it.
  • cook or prepare a meal unlike your normal fare
  • go to a thrift store. Buy a cheap article of clothing you wouldn't normally wear. Wear it. See how it feels
  • find free or cheap art (music, theater, whatever) in your area. Go.
  • journal. Spend a few minutes writing down your day's details
  • hit wikipedia's random article button. Read it.
[–] jjjalljs@ttrpg.network 35 points 20 hours ago (2 children)

Would not expect Texas to go to bat for this. Maybe they'd be okay if they were doing it to hurt women or something

[–] jjjalljs@ttrpg.network 1 points 2 days ago (1 children)

You're not listening to me and I don't think you're worth listening to. Go away. Goodbye.

[–] jjjalljs@ttrpg.network 3 points 3 days ago

In my imagination, some sort of referral/voucher system might work. A invites B, B invites C. C turns out to suck. Ban C, discredit B heavily and discredit A lightly. Enough discredit and you get banned or can't invite more people.

[–] jjjalljs@ttrpg.network 0 points 3 days ago (3 children)

I like and respect teachers, but I'm a software developer and I'm telling you that adding extra parenthesis often adds clarity and makes the whole process smoother. You exist in a whole other context that has norms and assumptions that do not apply to what I'm talking about.

You being technically correct is irrelevant.

[–] jjjalljs@ttrpg.network 1 points 3 days ago (5 children)

Adults who have forgotten the rules who I work with and read/write code where it's important. In the real world.

This is like some pure maths vs real life engineering cliché.

You're either being deliberately obtuse or you're painfully naive.

[–] jjjalljs@ttrpg.network 0 points 3 days ago (7 children)

That’s because it’s already clear as is, as per the rules of Maths.

More people evaluate 2+3x4 incorrectly than 2+(3x4). So, no, your answer does not hold up to my observed reality. You can throw as many "well technically" and "well actually" as you want, but that's not going to fix the bug or make a pr.

[–] jjjalljs@ttrpg.network 5 points 3 days ago

Used hinge. It's the least bad, as of this year anyway.

Most people who use dating apps are, frankly, bad at it. People send garbage messages with garbage profiles. People half-ass it and expect the other folks to carry the whole thing. I feel like I could write a short book on how to do it better.

Condensed into like three bullet points it's

  • Ask questions. Do not dead-end the conversation and expect them to do all the work
  • actually ask them out. Like, in the first conversation after you clear any must-have deal breakers (eg: if you have a kid)
  • put stuff you want to talk about in your profile. Don't be "clever" and respond to "what are you looking for?" with "my keys". This is where you give the other person topics to talk about. (Also if you are tired of people asking about the stuff you put in your profile, change it you doofus.)

Being "an introvert" doesn't excuse you from being present and engaged. The other person isn't going to be that interested in someone who responds every couple hours with "lol". If you can't muster up the energy to have a real conversation, you aren't ready to date.

[–] jjjalljs@ttrpg.network 12 points 4 days ago (1 children)

Out-groups to bind, in-groups to protect. That's it. Often on a purely emotional level. Having the out-group be just out and about living life feels wrong to that kind of person. There has to be hierarchy, they feel.

[–] jjjalljs@ttrpg.network 6 points 5 days ago

I comment. Reminds me of how I'd end up playing medic in tfc/tf2- someone has to do it.

I don't post original stuff often, though.

[–] jjjalljs@ttrpg.network 8 points 5 days ago

They vote for their material interests in the same sense that a man walking at night with sunglasses picks the best path. He thinks it's obvious but he really needs to take the sunglasses off and maybe get a flashlight. He's walking a stupid path and will probably fall into a ditch.

Fox News is probably the sunglasses in this metaphor.

[–] jjjalljs@ttrpg.network 3 points 5 days ago

Arcanum is good shit. I played that so many times when it came out.

  • straight damage dealing mage
  • beat with an ugly stick orc fighter
  • gun jerk
  • charismatic elf girl who got everyone else to fight for her, talked the final boss down.

I think maxing out time magic and backstab might have been the wackiest. Got like 90 action points and everyone else got 4. Stab stab stab stab.

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