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by violence in the media
Fri Nov 22, 2024 12:09 pm
Forum: MPSIMS
Topic: The Return of Trump
Replies: 19
Views: 27465

Re: The Return of Trump

Well, Trump loves golf; so I guess everyone gets a mulligan.
by violence in the media
Fri Nov 15, 2024 12:00 pm
Forum: MPSIMS
Topic: [Non-US] News That Makes You laugh/cry/neither...
Replies: 3969
Views: 1310473

Re: [Non-US] News That Makes You laugh/cry/neither...

What is a "Pom",a "Septic", and a "Wog"? Are those general terms for English, American, and European people? Do they reference specific subgroups of people within those places?
by violence in the media
Thu Nov 07, 2024 12:21 pm
Forum: MPSIMS
Topic: 2024 Election Thread
Replies: 325
Views: 195863

Re: 2024 Election Thread

This guy looks like the evil version of Sloth from the Goonies. Or maybe an extra from a Mad Max film.
by violence in the media
Tue Sep 10, 2024 11:46 am
Forum: MPSIMS
Topic: [Non-US] News That Makes You laugh/cry/neither...
Replies: 3969
Views: 1310473

Re: [Non-US] News That Makes You laugh/cry/neither...

This portion of the discussion reminds me of this engineer that I worked with for 15+ years. He finally retired at 80 , and then died roughly 2 years later; about a year after his wife passed away. I think about him sometimes. There was no reason for him to have been here as long as he was; but I th...
by violence in the media
Wed Aug 28, 2024 11:18 am
Forum: MPSIMS
Topic: [Non-US] News That Makes You laugh/cry/neither...
Replies: 3969
Views: 1310473

Re: [Non-US] News That Makes You laugh/cry/neither...

I had posted something then deleted it, but I'll post something along those lines. Do you understand why your post was deeply irrelevant and uninformative? I'm guessing NYT Le Monde hasn't put out an article telling him what to think so he just regurgitated facts hoping that it was relevant. FTFY
by violence in the media
Thu Apr 04, 2024 11:35 am
Forum: MPSIMS
Topic: The Biden Administration (No Lago)
Replies: 983
Views: 1099782

Re: The Biden Administration (No Lago)

I like how Dead dived into whataboutism immediately after phlaphackage offered bonus points if he could avoid doing so. :rofl:
by violence in the media
Mon Feb 19, 2024 2:00 pm
Forum: MPSIMS
Topic: Biden Announces Reelection Campaign
Replies: 235
Views: 14584874

Re: Biden Announces Reelection Campaign

...how much immigration people tolerate... Dead, what part of fuck those people are you not getting? You mention protecting minorities from the majority, but throw that out the window when the minority tag is "immigrant". You keep saying that we need to make concessions to the [foolish, i...
by violence in the media
Fri Mar 24, 2023 11:58 am
Forum: MPSIMS
Topic: Climate Change
Replies: 39
Views: 47259

Re: Climate Change

I am not even googling whatever the conspiracy around "15-minute cities" is, because I don't want to spoil the childlike wonder I have in anticipation of discovering what is so wrong with them. I am really looking forward to this story-time. So, if Gnome or Dead would get on writing someth...
by violence in the media
Thu Mar 23, 2023 11:37 am
Forum: MPSIMS
Topic: Climate Change
Replies: 39
Views: 47259

Re: Climate Change

Neo Phonelobster Prime wrote:
Thu Mar 23, 2023 7:10 am
GnomeWorks wrote:
Thu Mar 23, 2023 3:15 am
Man was not meant to live like an ant. 15-minute cities are a fucking terrible idea, and I will not live in one.
Make a thread about this specifically. Tell us everything about 15 minute cities.

I personally want to know your hidden power levels on this one.
I second this request.
by violence in the media
Wed Mar 15, 2023 11:51 am
Forum: MPSIMS
Topic: Silicon Valley Bank collapse and its effects
Replies: 96
Views: 91784

Re: Silicon Valley Bank collapse and its effects

It looks like those Moody's reviews you mentioned are in.
by violence in the media
Fri Apr 29, 2022 1:06 pm
Forum: In My Humble Opinion...
Topic: Magic Item Creation
Replies: 37
Views: 18059

Re: Magic Item Creation

Wait hang on, I've got it. We have a new housemate so we had a traditional celebration so I've had something like ten standard drinks and have come to a great realisation: crafting is performed by finding ingredients, that are all in Tetris piece style shapes. And you have to fill a grid (cleanly) ...
by violence in the media
Fri Dec 17, 2021 4:34 pm
Forum: In My Humble Opinion...
Topic: Play/Run Dichotomy?
Replies: 20
Views: 10406

Re: Play/Run Dichotomy?

Sounds to me like you may want to give something like D20 Modern or Shadowrun a go? Those are pretty versatile in application. Do either of those let me cast Detect Thoughts when the mystery gets boring? Exactly. My idea was also intended to allow the PCs to say "Fuck it, let's just pin this o...
by violence in the media
Fri Dec 17, 2021 2:31 pm
Forum: In My Humble Opinion...
Topic: Play/Run Dichotomy?
Replies: 20
Views: 10406

Re: Play/Run Dichotomy?

I was thinking about this a little bit the other day. The standard way to do this is the MC knows the plot and then tries to leave breadcrumb clues for the PCs to find, put together, and solve the scenario; but that leaves you with a lot of MC mind-reading and skill check failure derailment points, ...
by violence in the media
Thu May 27, 2021 12:31 pm
Forum: MPSIMS
Topic: The Biden Administration (No Lago)
Replies: 983
Views: 1099782

Re: The Biden Administration (No Lago)

PseudoStupidity wrote:
Wed May 26, 2021 1:44 pm
Is it just propaganda to make wealthy liberals feel better?
Yes. Though Kaelik answered this better.
by violence in the media
Thu May 06, 2021 5:08 pm
Forum: MPSIMS
Topic: Quotes 2020-2029
Replies: 28
Views: 23837

Re: Quotes 2020-2029

"They're finance bros. Finance bros are like the dumbest people in the entire world. They're so stupid. That, you know, they'll hire someone like me, they'll hire an astrophysicist or a mathematician to run numbers for them and then they'll just ignore it. They don't pay attention to the smart ...
by violence in the media
Tue Apr 20, 2021 4:00 pm
Forum: About the Gaming Den
Topic: Welcome Back!
Replies: 161
Views: 1091091

Re: Welcome Back!

I've got it fixed, thank you. The email address I had for this account is ancient and no longer in use (hence why I didn't get any password reset email), so when you delete my temp account I can switch this one to my current address. Thanks for your help, Zherog! Fantastic! I was hoping the issue w...
by violence in the media
Tue Apr 20, 2021 2:03 pm
Forum: About the Gaming Den
Topic: Welcome Back!
Replies: 161
Views: 1091091

Re: Welcome Back!

I've got it fixed, thank you. The email address I had for this account is ancient and no longer in use (hence why I didn't get any password reset email), so when you delete my temp account I can switch this one to my current address. Thanks for your help, Zherog!
by violence in the media
Mon Feb 22, 2021 1:37 pm
Forum: MPSIMS
Topic: Election 2020
Replies: 315
Views: 138109

I'd throw in the old saying about the captain goes down with the ship. If you are in a position of power and responsibility, it's your obligation to suffer through whatever bullshit your people are going through.
by violence in the media
Fri Jan 29, 2021 7:56 pm
Forum: MPSIMS
Topic: The Biden Administration (No Lago)
Replies: 983
Views: 1099782

Kaelik wrote: Democrats just really want the entire world to be owned by 7 companies.
Well, duh. How else can Karen complain to the manager about all this poor service?
by violence in the media
Mon Jan 18, 2021 3:28 pm
Forum: MPSIMS
Topic: It's Personal...
Replies: 4839
Views: 865332

virgil wrote:The poster, Cynic, is my brother-in-law. He died of covid-19 last week.
Condolences for your loss.
by violence in the media
Fri Oct 02, 2020 11:48 am
Forum: MPSIMS
Topic: It's Personal...
Replies: 4839
Views: 865332

Man, that sucks. Glad that it's not going to fuck up your life significantly though.
by violence in the media
Wed Sep 16, 2020 6:21 pm
Forum: About the Gaming Den
Topic: So long, and thanks for all the fish
Replies: 100
Views: 107965

Maybe on the internet. Face to face though, you can definitely get people to sometimes shut up and back down by getting them to feel intimidated, embarrassed, foolish, frustrated, uncool, or whatever. And I'd argue that the bouncer (or equivalent) threatening to remove someone from a location is ano...
by violence in the media
Thu Sep 03, 2020 11:56 am
Forum: MPSIMS
Topic: It's Personal...
Replies: 4839
Views: 865332

Congratulations!
by violence in the media
Tue Sep 01, 2020 12:03 pm
Forum: I Gave the Mouse a Cookie...
Topic: Rogue-likes & Hexcrawls
Replies: 7
Views: 18983

Thea's been on my GOG wishlist for a while, but the card combat system isn't very appealing and that guy's review didn't do the game any favors, unfortunately. Plus, the game seems to have a larger story behind it that you inevitably progress towards. I liked how in GTA you could ignore the main sto...
by violence in the media
Mon Aug 31, 2020 12:24 pm
Forum: I Gave the Mouse a Cookie...
Topic: Rogue-likes & Hexcrawls
Replies: 7
Views: 18983

Rogue-likes & Hexcrawls

So, I've mentioned before that I've been playing a lot of rogue-likes recently (chiefly DC:SS, Angband, & Zorbus) and I've been thinking and reading about the West Marches style hexcrawl again. Those sorts of dungeon crawls are fun; but I've been wanting to play something more open world and san...