Jobasha

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[–] Jobasha@hexbear.net 20 points 2 days ago (7 children)

No you are thinking of something else, a dialectic is a non-conductive material that can be polarized by an electric field.

[–] Jobasha@hexbear.net 9 points 2 days ago

Capitalism no bridge

[–] Jobasha@hexbear.net 10 points 2 days ago

Oh yeah I haven't tried making menemen yet but from what I understand of it, it's the same basic ingredients as shakshuka, except that the eggs are scrambled into the mix. The convenience to taste ratio on these dishes is amazing.

[–] Jobasha@hexbear.net 14 points 2 days ago (2 children)

Thanks, it's actually really easy to make. I chopped up an onion, bell pepper, green chilli pepper, and two cloves of garlic, sauteed them for a couple of minutes with paprika, salt, pepper and turmeric powder, then dropped in a can of chopped tomatoes, stirred to mix, made two holes in the sauce for the eggs, covered the pan and waited a few minutes for the eggs to cook. Topped it up with chopped fresh parsley, you can also add crumbled feta on top, but I had none left in the fridge so I skipped it. Takes like 20 minutes from start to finish and tastes real good. Here's a video: https://youtu.be/L76XJqz9PWo

[–] Jobasha@hexbear.net 13 points 2 days ago (1 children)

Three hours left until Satisfactory 1.0 drops lets-fucking-go

[–] Jobasha@hexbear.net 13 points 2 days ago

It is absolutely impressive and really shows how much of a joke the idea that capitalism rewards hard work is in reality.

[–] Jobasha@hexbear.net 22 points 2 days ago (2 children)

I'm in a similar situation. Good job and relatively well-off parents that I have a great relationship with and can support me in case of emergency. I know a bunch of people on the other side, working 12 hour shifts in low-pay retail jobs while the store loudspeaker is droning on about wellness and breathing exercises and I realize I'd probably just fucking die if I were in their shoes. It's just mind-boggling.

[–] Jobasha@hexbear.net 7 points 2 days ago

Yeah it's an uphill battle up a vertical slope. The sometimes crippling symptoms themselves are already making it difficult to perform basic human things properly let alone organize, and when you factor in society treating your existence as a nuisance because your ability to produce value for capitalists is impaired it just gets worse and worse. I realize how lucky and privileged I am to be functional enough to hold a job and afford mental health services, yet I still wake up in a state of existential dread on a regular basis. It's terrifying to think how much worse it can get, we all deserve better than being stuck alienated in a nightmare world.

I don't know what to say other than solidarity and if you ever feel like playing some v*deogames I'm down meow-hug

[–] Jobasha@hexbear.net 8 points 2 days ago (2 children)

That sounds horrible comrade, I'm sorry that your support network is failing you in days like this, it's definitely not normal and you deserve much better. I'm probably not the best person for this with my own mental health struggles and social anxiety but I'm here if you need someone to talk to.

[–] Jobasha@hexbear.net 10 points 3 days ago

My family used to watch X-Files when I was a child. I remember seeing an episode where they enter a house with bugs crawling all over the walls, getting scared then running out of the room whenever I heard the intro tune coming up. And covering my eyes if I had to be in the same room as a TV with the show on. Saw some random episodes years later and it turns out it was pretty good actually, iirc I even ended up rewatching the bug house episode that made me run away in horror as a kid. I should probably watch it properly in full one of these days.

 

I am sorry if this is something basic that has been discussed to death before but I feel like I need to get this out of my system before I ruin friendships by wishing centuries of humiliation on people for the way they play pretend.

I had a casual chat with a friend and fellow GM about our current campaigns and worldbuilding. At some point beast races come up and I mention I like gnolls and give a few short details about their society in my setting. In response I get an explanation that he can't have this kind of characterization because of Goebbles level bullshittery about how beastmen are inherently savage and destructive and basically a swarm of pests that has to be put down. And how this is necessary in order to address the moral issues of what to do with beastmen non-combatants. Essentially giving players moral license to commit genocide and still be considered "good" in-universe.

It felt so fucking unreal seeing how normally chill people can almost reproduce word for word the vile shit that Zionists are using right fucking now as a justification for mass murder and not have a single moment of "oh shit wait wtf am I saying". I had to step away from the keyboard and calm down. I hate how concept of "sapient creatures that are completely and irredeemably evil and are specifically designed to be slaughtered" is seen as something completely normal and even expected. Gygax was a piece of shit genocide enthusiast who deserves to rot in hell and it's high time that we move on from colonial plunder sims with dragons and obligatory others that exist only to be killed and looted.

You are building an imaginary world and there are no limits. The genre is literally called imagination. There is no excuse for consciously designing entire species that are designated for slaughter and reproducing some of the vilest ideologies ever thought up by humans as a pillar of your worldbuilding.

That's it I guess. That's the rant. Thanks for reading. I am doing my best trying to give positive portrayals of non-human societies in my games and also trying to get my friends to play other games that aren't built from around breaking into others' homes to kill them and take their stuff.

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