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Cake day: July 3rd, 2023

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  • I also don’t have any social media unless you count this account. I had a similar thought years ago that it was just going to make me unhappy.

    People at work the other day were talking about how they stress about which photos to post. I’m like why. That’s such a self inflicted wound.

    I used to have a FB account because people used it for events, but I never posted, and I used adblock to hide the main feed.

    Now when I do parties and stuff, I just send out Google calendar invites. (I should de-Google but that’s a long road I haven’t started down)













  • One of the things I really like about Fate as a rules system, is that is built in. Every character has a Trouble and other aspects. So if your trouble is like “Manners of a goat”, you can be like “Wouldn’t it be fun if I completely insulted the Baron at this dinner??” If everyone agrees, you get a fate point.

    The DM can also “compel” you on aspects in a similar way.

    One of my players has an outstanding bounty and there’s been a lot of “You know what this scene needs? Razor to show up.” compels.


  • Why the fuck does anyone care if someone else is wearing one

    It’s because all people are emotional first, and many people are stupid, too.

    Seeing a mask makes them think about the pandemic, disease, mortality, death, all that heavy stuff. That feels bad. Rather than deal with that in a healthy way, they can just lash out at the thing that’s bringing the bad-feels to the foreground. That is stupid. That’s yelling at the smoke detector instead of doing something about the fire.

    Accepting that wearing a mask is a reasonable choice means accepting a bunch of other uncomfortable things.

    This can also go down the “in group good, outgroup bad” route. Belief is social. People do shit to feel like they’re part of the group. Somehow wearing masks became political.




  • I’m more of a Himedere, and it’s a lot of fun when the group is into it.

    I did a really good dungeon with a puzzle once. Part of how it worked resulted in players unexpectedly getting split up and not being able to find their way back, while also being at risk of freezing to death. One of the players was like “I’ve never been so stressed in my life”, but like in a good way, and I took that as the highest praise. I was so proud of them when they figured out the dungeon