[-] Doug@midwest.social 2 points 10 months ago

d% is what I usually see

[-] Doug@midwest.social 2 points 10 months ago

You can't. You can do better sometimes but there will still be hiccups. As far as I'm aware the groups most likely to be actually consistent have been playing together since they were in school.

This isn't meant to be discouraging at all! The opposite in fact. Don't let those hiccups, common or rare, stop you. Just be aware of their possibility and ready to adapt. Ability to adapt is the most useful tool in the GM toolbox at the table and approaching it.

[-] Doug@midwest.social 2 points 11 months ago

Nah, portable devices use portable storage. The space available in microSD is nuts

[-] Doug@midwest.social 2 points 11 months ago

I've seen some positive talk about TMP recently for one.

Aside from that it's easy to find people falling in to the "the new stuff sucks. The old stuff is way better" about pretty much anything Trek or not.

Even your list doesn't fit with the old adage of the evens being good and the odds being crap.

[-] Doug@midwest.social 2 points 1 year ago

I do like some time travel in my Star Trek.

I don't really want a little Star Trek in my time travel

[-] Doug@midwest.social 2 points 1 year ago

Natalie Dormer or similar if my click bait meter is accurate

[-] Doug@midwest.social 2 points 1 year ago

Have you considered that plenty of people probably find your advice stupid and condescending regardless of saying the word "airpod"?

Or that the word airpod was also unnecessary since you already said headphones?

Apple defaultism is pretty dumb on its own, but it's hardly the biggest problem with your comment.

[-] Doug@midwest.social 2 points 1 year ago

I can't speak for Canada but the American unemployment system is broken like the rest of them are. It won't pay enough for a lot of people. I know more than one person who wouldn't get it at all after they got screwed over on an appeal which meant that they had to pay back what they were already sent, often many weeks later. If it's not paid back then you just won't receive unemployment until it is.

There's also fields it can be hard to break in to. They tend to be small and insular so getting a bad rep from one can blackball you from your dreams. Doubly so or more if you're a women or otherwise not a straight white Christian guy.

Cutting is also not an uncommon mental health issue. With any number of other things weighing down it can easily become a more reasonable seeming option.

There's a whole world of experiences out there. A lot of people are desensitized to things you'd probably find outlandish.

[-] Doug@midwest.social 2 points 1 year ago

Jesus if you don't let me go I'm gonna slap the shit out of you

[-] Doug@midwest.social 2 points 1 year ago

I'm very much in agreement with you. I think there's an important value in seeking out those you disagree with. If your values can't stand under scrutiny then you really do need to carefully consider them.

At the same time there's space between what you disagree with and what is harmful to your state of mind for most people. Plenty of people don't want to see anything NSFW and removing that is in no way turning their experience into a bubble.

Nuance is absolutely an important word here but I think the knee jerk isolation response to mention of blocking things is far more harmful than helpful.

[-] Doug@midwest.social 2 points 1 year ago

So is that maximum length

[-] Doug@midwest.social 2 points 1 year ago

In what way did they do a "complete overhaul"? I played on PC when it came out and had fewer issues than plenty of other AAA releases in the last few years.

Are you upset about bugs or not getting what you expected?

If it's bugs then I'll assume either that you played it on hardware that it shouldn't have been released on, or you scream about nearly every game you play.

If it was not getting what you expected I'd suggest you disconnect from hype trains. We older gamers learned that lesson long ago when commercials only showed fmv sequences and actual game play was well below.

If I had it to do over again I'd buy CP2077 over Fallout 4 without a second thought, but no one is still whining at Bethesda over that.

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