Politics

This is something we discuss and aim for at my company, and maybe it offers something for online RP. And for online forums. Each builds on the previous. It can be found online.

Four levels of psychological safety

Belonging - feel part of the group, welcome

Learner Safety - able to admit not knowing, or making mistakes

Contributor Safety - to use their talents and interests to add in to the whole, suggest new things

Challanger Safety - able to critique or question why something is done the way it is

So today is Administrative Professionals Day. I got an email from the rep I work for, being silly and telling me he appreciates me. I got a little thank you note, a snack bag of candy, and a Certificate for being good at my job.

And it just so happened that the union retirees meeting I helped set up and get things ready for, was meeting today. I got a delicious big plate full of Italian food. And Cake.

@faraday said in Stranger Danger?:

Might come down to the games, dunno.

I will say that when it happened it usually on WoD games , and on one occasion I had someone paging me asking about my RL kinks. I can't remember how I worded it, but I was polite about it and said I'd just rather rp it through and even then (when they could have just said something like "sounds like we aren't compatible writing partners, gonna move on, good luck" and moved on) they still used some excuse about needing to pick someone up.

It wasn't constant by any means, but I'd say maybe 1 in 10 new attempted rp partners.

@Tapewyrm said in Stranger Danger?:

I rarely play IC relationships with others, unless they're my actual RL partner, since I like to save that side of myself for that person, and it saves on drama.

That's a great policy to have; it stops it before it starts.

Do you have issues finding/maintaining RP with players once they find out you're not open to IC-relationship stuff? That was always kind of my issue: I was able to find a lot of available RP, but people would suddenly have "electrical storm" or "rl emergency" or "sorry gotta go" when it was established I wasn't into TS/relationship RP with the person.

And in your Happy for the Hump Day.. Cutie Co-worker

I get to see the Eclipse in Totality today, and I got to work from home because tourists were coming. Win Win Win, because the dog is thrilled I'm home.

Not happy making per se, but chuckle and amusement making ---

When people are messaging you, asking you if the characters on a game similar to what you used to play, with the rarely seen names you used... are you.

I guess I'm a ghost, haunting the Mu-verse. -snrk-

I know, I know it's been months and I'm slacking.
But this one hit home for me.

I saw him in Iron Eagle as a little kid, and thought he was the best.

Louis Gossett Jr., 87

@reimesu Oh he WAS. SO MUCH EXCITE. He's not a fan of the car ride, though he did better on the way home than to work. But then he got here, and got to meet some new people, made new friends. Then he got home, and told my roommate alllllllll about it. And he slept HARD early. hahahaha He's such an adorable doof.

@Macha He looks so happy!