jjjalljs

joined 2 years ago
[–] jjjalljs@ttrpg.network 10 points 2 hours ago

There's nothing we could do to Musk to make up for the damage he's done to the world.

I mean, I wouldn't turn down "15 minutes in a room with him while he's tied to a chair and I have a baseball bat", but that's still not enough

[–] jjjalljs@ttrpg.network 4 points 3 hours ago

GOP isn't dead enough. Put them up against the wall.

[–] jjjalljs@ttrpg.network 2 points 3 hours ago (1 children)

I wonder if there's a market for a comic like this, but where the idiot protestor gets shot in the head. Just full on revenge porn.

[–] jjjalljs@ttrpg.network 1 points 3 hours ago

ICQ was a key part of my realization that most people are lazy, short-sighted, idiots.

Everyone I knew wanted to use AIM. ICQ had better features (offline messaging, style overrides, you could change your name without changing your account, file transfers worked better, etc etc). But no one cared.

It's like how people won't get off facebook or reddit. Sometimes you have to have a little inconvenience for the greater long term benefit.

[–] jjjalljs@ttrpg.network 7 points 4 hours ago* (last edited 4 hours ago)

It just takes one brave soul with a hidden weapon to pose next to him, and we can be on a better timeline.

[–] jjjalljs@ttrpg.network 4 points 4 hours ago

Heh. A typo where I meant drive, but it's funny so I'm going to leave it

[–] jjjalljs@ttrpg.network 12 points 5 hours ago (3 children)

Meanwhile, in the city I just get on the train. Going out and then having to drink your drunk/tired/etc self home is miserable.

[–] jjjalljs@ttrpg.network 2 points 5 hours ago

As the other poster said, you can have multiple accounts. Betterment, for example, automatically puts money in several banks for you and is thus insured up to $2 million.

[–] jjjalljs@ttrpg.network 3 points 8 hours ago (3 children)

So if the stocks fall enough you won’t have your money anyways.

Banks are insured by the government. If they get rid of the FDIC then I don't know, but if a bank collapses you still get your money.

[–] jjjalljs@ttrpg.network 0 points 10 hours ago

I live in New York City and have no desire to move to the suburbs or countryside. It's great here.

  • I can walk to most of my needs. Several grocery stores, pharmacies, a big park, bars, restaurants. I don't need a car.
  • there's a thriving music scene. I can go see live stuff of many genres every night if I want
  • a deep dating pool. Lots of people. Lots of queer people too, if that's your jam.
  • I like there being people around. The empty streets of the suburbs feel spooky and hostile to me.
  • more people means it's easier to get group activities going. Join a soccer team. Brass band. Bird watching group. Knitting community. There's everything. Usually more than one, in case a particular group isn't your vibe.
  • stuff is open later.

Some of the things people imagine about cities aren't really true

  • it's not constant noise
  • I typically can't hear my neighbors
  • people don't typically interact with you on the street, but if you need help someone will usually step up
  • it's not shoulder to shoulder constantly. People seem to imagine it's always times Square on NYE, but it's just not.

While you're not unseen like you might be in the countryside, no one really cares that they do see you.

Some people want "more space" but I don't really know what for. A one bedroom apartment is fine for me. What would I do with more rooms?

If I had kids, I wouldn't want to put them in the suburban hell cage like I had. Nothing to do. Can't get anywhere on your own. Don't like the few dozen kids in your school? Well that's your whole pool of friendship options. I was always so jealous of the kids I knew that lived in the city. They could just get on the train and go to the beach, or go skating, or go to a punk show, or whatever. I had to beg my parents to drive me anywhere interesting, and usually they didn't want to.

[–] jjjalljs@ttrpg.network 1 points 21 hours ago

I don't think fucking idiots are evenly distributed, so the odds depend on where you go.

[–] jjjalljs@ttrpg.network 2 points 1 day ago

The fact that if you're rich, you stop paying social security tax is insane. I hit it one year and was like why did I get a big bump in my take home? I absolutely did not need the extra cash.

 

I tried it a bit with my reaper in pve and it seemed okay, but I wasn't doing anything challenging that really put it to the test. I haven't tried the others classes yet.

 

I'm looking for players for a weekly game of Fate. I'm thinking something like a mix of Shadowrun and World of Darkness, where the players are vigilantes looking to make the world better. It would start (and maybe stay) at the street level, rather than global or cosmic.

I've been playing and running games for 20+ years.

LGBT friendly. New players okay. Unreliable players less so.

Message me if you're interested. Include a blurb about yourself, your experience with games, with fate specifically, and a joke of your choosing.

 

Like I saw one that was titled "I wonder why rule" and had a picture about overpaid CEOs or something.

Why "rule"? What's the origin of this format?

view more: next ›