[-] Eris235@hexbear.net 1 points 16 hours ago

Love Thai curry! Almost never make it though, as none of the Asian markets near me carry thai curry paste that is both vegan, and doesn't contain any allergens to me (Cardamon being the big one there). I've made the paste from scratch a few times, but its a fair amount of work.

[-] Eris235@hexbear.net 5 points 3 days ago

I find it very helpful, for managing stress, anxiety, fear.

But like, just because I find it helpful, doesn't mean it's going to work for you. Different people find different coping mechanisms helpful, and I think part of learning to manage neurodivergance and mental illness is building up a suite of things that work for you be they coping mechanisms, medicine or treatments, or whatever.

[-] Eris235@hexbear.net 2 points 4 days ago

also we should swap Top/Bottom back to Truth/Beauty

Top/Bottom can be the new terms for, idk, strong and weak atomic forces.

[-] Eris235@hexbear.net 5 points 5 days ago

I only really take it once a week, though, I do also use nutritional yeast a lot. My last bloodwork showed by B12 as fine, but ymmv.

[-] Eris235@hexbear.net 39 points 3 months ago

Godspeed You! Black Emperor was the first band I really liked when I was a young teen decades ago. And they're still based as hell. I love, for their recent tour, this being their amp:

[-] Eris235@hexbear.net 33 points 5 months ago

Yeah, shit sucks. My wife is immunocomprimized, and yeah, we're in a similar situation to you.

I work construction is as well, a job that is already weirdly harsh to just, using proper PPE, so I get a ton of shit for masking (though, 'getting shit' is pretty par for the course on construction jobs tbh). I'm the one they go to at least for hospital work, since around here that at least still requires masks on site from construction personnel, something that is still fucking ridiculous to be controversial at all.

[-] Eris235@hexbear.net 23 points 5 months ago

Its an offshoot of the subreddit 'credible defense' for ghouls to talk seriously about military stuff. So the 'non-credible defense' is just because they wanted a 'shitpost' sub to shitpost while being neoliberal ghouls.

[-] Eris235@hexbear.net 27 points 6 months ago

Pretty sure Putin doesn't care who wins, both are terrible for the US. But you're right that this is absolutely the right thing for him to say to do some pot stirring

[-] Eris235@hexbear.net 27 points 6 months ago

I think its about intent. While the DF devs could spend more effort on keeping players from being maniacs, it still doesn't seem like the want the players to be terrible to children. In fact, some of the worst stuff (danger rooms as child abuse training zones, and mermaid bone farms), were specifically targeted in patches to no longer be 'good' strategies.

As opposed to a lot of other games, who's inclusion of 'punching children' seems like they're doing it to be 'edgy and subversive'. And the 'child snatching' thing is just classic fairy tale, and also would be a real danger if you're living in the wilderness around predator animals.

[-] Eris235@hexbear.net 27 points 7 months ago

C'mon, the correct response to finding a friends weird porn is to bully them, not to snitch

Unless is to volcel-police of course.

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submitted 8 months ago by Eris235@hexbear.net to c/ttrpg@hexbear.net

Rant spoiler-ed below, because its mostly just complaining, but it feels like a lot of games lately have added 'gamified xp' to their systems, and I don't understand the appeal at all. The most positive any player I've talked to has felt about the systems are 'meh, I could take it or leave it', with most slightly disliking them.

So, mostly, I'm looking for people that like these kinds of mechanics (I have to assume they're out there if so many games feel like they're adding them), and what you is it you like about them.

But I feel like Milestone XP just makes the most sense for any traditional coop party RPG.

rantI like trying out a bunch of different systems, and there's a lot to like, especially with a lot of the smaller games out there. I do like there 'narrative' approach ttrpgs feel like they've been taking recently, but between Chronicles of Darkness, ICON, Forged in the Dark, Apocalypse world, etc., and all there spinoff systems all having XP be earned for specific actions in game, its just a pain in the ass, that takes me out of the action.

I mostly GM, but I strongly prefer milestone XP. For some of the above games, its easy enough to gut their bespoke XP systems out of it, and just have players advance over time, but in several of them, it fucks with the overall balance, since several actions are 'bad', but made worthwhile because they earn XP.

But I don't like the feeling of interrupting game to award point, and adjudicate character advancement. And I hate systems that have players advance unevenly. There's always going to be a certain degree on uneven-ness in player attention, of rules mastery, and of spotlighting. As GM, its important to manage those so that everyone gets a chance to shine. But it just feels like increasing that workload for the GM, to need to additionally pay attention to the XP, and try to drag or XP share the players that don't find those systems engaging to not mechanically fall behind.

And as a player, I tend to have higher system mastery and attention than the others I play with, and tbh it feels bad to end up with more XP because of that. But also, it feels bad to knowingly pass up free XP by purposefully not engaging with those systems.

Really, only Call of Cthulhu and Paranoia feel like their gamified XP fits, and that's largely because the games are supposed to feel hopeless and unfair, and in the case of Paranoia, gamified and playing favorites.

[-] Eris235@hexbear.net 38 points 8 months ago

Lol, "Chemistry classes scare kids away! Let start with organic chemistry instead!"

I like o-chem, as a chemistry nerd, and I do not think that's the place to start, by any stretch.

'oooh, salts are boring', okay, combine some sodium and chlorine in front of some children then, coward. I bet they'll love it.

[-] Eris235@hexbear.net 50 points 8 months ago

they built a railroad out to key west, and then just let the tracks rot. You can still see much of the rails and supports still out there.

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submitted 1 year ago by Eris235@hexbear.net to c/art@hexbear.net

(he was sad because I took a shower, and was gone for a whole 15 minutes)

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Sumemrcamp RPG I made (www.drivethrurpg.com)
submitted 2 years ago by Eris235@hexbear.net to c/ttrpg@hexbear.net

Made this (with a few friends) for a gamejam last year, and never really got around to sharing it (mostly due to creator anxiety). Its up as pay-what-you-want, but please do just get it for free.

Made it to be sized as 8.5x5.5, aka half of letter, so it could be printed out and folded up as pocket-sized, and can be run with a bit of scratch paper, a d6, and a deck of cards.

I've played it a few times now, though sadly, the main thing I made it for (us all at our camp, after sundown and looking for something to do), hasn't happened in a few years due to covid. But overall, its designed to do a quick one shot, able to be run mostly out of random charts so no pre-planning is needed, and the 'challenges' are from laying out a deck of cards, so its almost boardgame-like in its experience.

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