it's funny, comical, and humorous!

you fans sure are a contentious bunch

we have always been at war with Eurasia!

there's a word for that... terrorism.

also follows with their sense of extreme conservatism, religious fundamentalism, and anti-globalism/hyper nationalism

the ballot-rog

just watch how many will refute being "racist" or a "murderer"

not both; because that would be messed up

maintenance life

"the machine doesn't work!"

"what's the alarm code say?"

"it's just not working!"

"what is it supposed to be doing and why did it stop?"

"I didn't do anything, it just stopped!"

I'm finally over the feeling of going into comment sections thinking "there's too many bots, no reason to try adding to the conversation"

reddit had no middle ground between new posts that get buried and overinflated posts that have a thousand regurgitated phrases plastered all over it

they would order air force one to delay landing if the astrologer told them landing too early was a bad omen.

they gave the astrologer classified information, which she then sent to "people with computers" to analyze their relevance to star charts.

the astrologer gave ol' throat-goat Nancy the idea to be tough on drugs "in the community," but like, not the white communities.

even when Ronnie was almost assassinated, the astrologer said she totally saw it coming... but didn't say anything.

it's almost like there's a chimp-with-a-machine-gun methodology for the GOP to hire the most inept people, and end up hurting themselves in the process of using the country and citizens as pawns and property.

I had a sort of opposite problem the last time I ran a campaign. my players came into the game super paranoid, probably from reading stories about tricky DMs, and it made my life pretty difficult.

I did set up traps and misdirection, but only when there were exactly enough clues to figure it out. I learned that the major problem with that method, is that what's obviously a clue to me wasn't always obvious for them. so, I was thought of as a tricky DM. then, after I softened up, my sessions looked too easy and obvious.

honestly, it's just a really difficult balance. I eventually got it to a good place for everyone, but everyone really does have a preferred level of deceit, and it isn't easy to cater to a group of 5 with varying levels of expectation

I had a DM once, and they made a weird lake in the middle of the room that we were trying to pass through.

turns out, the lake was full of fish. specifically, herring. more specifically, they were red herring. boy, did we feel stupid after 20 minutes of that nonsense.

in my head, I read it like someone was talking, and then had to start shouting over the sound of a train passing by, then return to normal volume as it passed