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If you don't mind webcomics, I would recommend Girl Genius. I think it would suit you.

@warma-sheen said in MUs That We Would Love To Make (But Won't):

@Testament @Carma I don't think a player cap would be necessary on a game of suddenly self aware appliance PCs striving for independence. The playerbase size issue takes care of itself there.

Never seen a Transformers game, huh?

Another thing to keep in mind here, as we snipe at each other about Black Lives Matter and Participation Trophies and whatnot...

You cannot force another person to accept your subjective perspective on these types of matters. Your perspective is, as mentioned, subjective. Just because they disagree with you, or don't view a particular social movement/phenomenon the same way that you do, doesn't make them wrong. Because there is no empirical value by which one can measure these things.

I'm one of those people who responded to Black Lives Matter with 'All Lives Matter'. Because I think that this conversation needs to be had. Being from a hispanic family, and also gay, I've seen my share of discrimination. But it never gets talked about. And what really chaps my ass is, when it does get talked about, people are quick to rally around this idea of

Well at least you don't have it as bad as the black guy.

Look, man. Fuck that. Yes, I know that blacks in this country have it rough. I've seen the studies, I've lived in the neighborhoods. We all read about this stuff in school, at length. But they aren't the only ones. People of all colors have it bad (many whites included), and it could just as easily be proven (if you're looking at the neighborhoods where they live and proportions of discrimination) that poor people have it bad. I've lived in neighborhoods where white cops treated other white people who lived there as badly as the blacks, or hispanics. Etc. Just because they were poor, and from a different sub-culture. And what's worse, in any discussion, the idea that blacks somehow have it worse, and therefore are the only ones who deserve immediate attention, is frequently used to hijack pretty much any discussion of these things.

Black Lives Matter actually reduced the awareness of a particular problem -- the police in this country are getting out of control no matter who you are, Minorities of all colors tend to have more police-related violence or incidents of rights violations, not just black people. This is a discussion we need to be having with everyone, not just one group. Yes, BLM, you are important too, but do you think for this one discussion you could try not being the divas of the show, and recognize that there is a systemic problem that expands beyond you?

Black Lives Matter did more damage than good. Studies are already showing that what should have been a productive conversation has already caused people to become desensitized to this sort of thing. And I jointly fault the media and BLM for that -- but I tend to fault BLM more. Because they pulled so many crazy antics to try and get media attention toward their specific group when a discussion about the systemic problem was already ongoing that they managed to do the thing most of us try and avoid at all costs -- they managed to look like the Divas of Discrimination, which is un-fucking-productive in the largest possible way.

Is my opinion subjective here? Yes. Do you need to agree with it? No. But there are plenty of ways that an issue can be viewed, and sniping at each other like you somehow have some kind of method to show how empirically wrong another person's subjective POV is is just stupid. It detracts from the discussion.

@eye8urcake said in MU Things I Love:

In addition, making it doubly cool is the fact that this happened less than twenty-four hours after I finally managed to see through and peel a manipulative emotional vampire barnacle that I also met in a mu* off my ass for the final time, so... net gain.

Stoooory!

@Ghost said in Date Thenomain:

I have massive genitalia, too! a full collection of x-men comics, work in the IT field, and have a semi-stable job. Now, I'm not into guys, but I can guarantee a post hookup high five, beer and wings, and Predator on BluRay. Maybe Predator 2. Because Busey.

Also, by massive genitalia, I mean I didn't specify that I have a lion's penis.

When I get in there, I don't let go.

If he turns you down, holla my way.

@solstice said in Good places to Sandbox/Anyone interested in forming a group for Sandbox RP.:

@derp

VR RP sounds both terrifying and fascinating.

I'm totally ready for my Cyberpunk meetsReady Player One virtual world.

@Auspice said in Date Thenomain:

@Thenomain said in Date Thenomain:

... What?

@Catsmeow has taken a vested interest in your sex life.

I mean, let's be fair, someone had to.

@icanbeyourmuse said in MUs That We Would Love To Make (But Won't):

Do you walk up to some stranger and go 'I was abused as a child. Has anything like that happened to you?' in RL?

Somewhere, out there, Jill the Guest has heard your siren call and prepares another round of questions about the school nurse...

@Tinuviel said in RL Anger:

@Derp Is this a harmless sort of "oh yeah my buddy can tell you just how awesome my career as an astronaut ninja pirate is..." at the bar, or something more serious?

This is:

Me: Hey, our schedules aren'the lining up very well, and I really miss hanging out with you. If I use one of my very limited vacation days at work, can we take a day and just do something fun like we used to?

Him: Yeah man, that sounds great! I have this day off. Just you and me.

Me: Cool.

day starts to proceed

Him: Hey, a friend of mine is fighting with her boyfriend and she doesn't have a car. Can we give her a ride? It'll just be a quick detour.

Me: Yeah, sure, no problem!

Him, later: Oh, I told her she could hang with us until her mom gets home. That's cool with you, right? as girl watches me

Me: Yeah, I guess that's okay. We can still go do stuff after. Just remember, I used a vacation day here...

Him, later: She'said feeling really bummed. I told her we could all just hang at my place. That's cool with you, right? as girl continues watching me

Inner me: No, dude. I used a fucking vacation day so that you and I could go out and have fun, not listen to a depressing sob story from a twenty something fighting with her one-true-love-forever-until-next-week.

Also inner me: This is not her fault. But if I say no, it contributes to her otherwise shitty day, and we end up in a fight anyway. Guess I wasted a day on this.

Me: Fine. Whatever.

@seraphim73 said in MUs That We Would Love To Make (But Won't):

Thanks, I like being a freak, a weirdo, and abnormal -- actually I'm an introvert, but I've still been known to do all of these things.

David and I have worked out a system.

Me: Food.
David: Continent?
Me: Thinking Asia.
David: Asia is good. Left part or right part?
Me: Right part.
David: Chinese, curry, sushi?
Me: Curry, Chinese, Sushi. (Order of preference).
David: Delivery or roadtrip?
Me: Anything under thirty bucks. Make it so.
David: does magic

@wretched said in Antagonistic PCs - how to handle them:

@ominous said in Antagonistic PCs - how to handle them:

@arkandel

We're all Hipsters at our core. "I was into X before it was cool." "I knew about Vampires before anyone else did."

I realised we were all hipsters before you realised we were all hipsters.

@kk said in The Work Thread:

I feel bad for my patients for leaving and it is hard to walk away from a place that one invested so much blood, sweet and tears for already. It sounds easy and like oh just quit, but it is really really hard.

Yes, but also:

You're far from the first person to feel this way. It's been a trap for people for many many moons.

It doesn't make you a bad person for realizing that the situation you are in is bad and that you need to make a change to that situation because continuing will not benefit you. I am pretty sure that your patients would be very happy for you for finding something better. Nobody is going to hold anything against you, except maybe your old employer since you won't be throwing yourselves into the meat grinder for them any more.

Fuck 'em. You do you and get every single little thing you're worth. Life's too short for that nonsense.

Man, I can't even tell you what makes one acronym different from another.

Why is Rhost better or worse than Mux?

What makes Penn special compared to, say, TinyMUSH?

What even is a MOO or a MUCK? Are they closer to a Mush or a Mud?

I think that the only thing that any of these have in common is that they are an online RPG platform which may or may not require actual roleplay and/or have actual systems for resolution of story situations.

So it's like -- a chat room. Potentially with some extra features.

Beyond that it's been taken apart and put back together so many times I'm not sure you can really draw a cohesive circle around it. Usually but not always contains one or more of the following features... isn't exactly the most helpful metric.

@arkandel said in Good TV:

Do folks mind it so much if their profession is not represented accurately or even respectfully in TV or movies? Because I've heard similar comments to people close to me about, for example, the animal services field, medical professionals in general, etc.

I think that you have to approach it with a certain mindset.

Like, ok. I work in the legal field. I adored Better Call Saul, Suits, and Franklin and Bash. They were incredibly entertaining.

And no lawyer in their right mind would even consider crossing as many lines as they do in that show, even in desperation. Because you will get caught and it will most likely be the end of your career as an attorney. They engage in a lot of behaviors that just smack right in the face of accepted professional standards of practice.

This doesn't prevent me from enjoying the show. But it always makes me a little when people think that's somehow the 'norm'.

@kestrel said in Attachment to old-school MU* clients:

I think people are overestimating to some degree the gulf of difference between MUDs and MUSHes.

I mean, don't get me wrong, the interface or whatever looks cool on this one. But. I think you may be underestimating that same gulf.

Especially since, as far as I can tell, on this MUD you're just -- playing with yourself, rather than actively collaborating with other people. And I think that's where the real difference lies.

On a MUD your adventures and encounters come from pre-coded situations. On a MUSH, they come directly from the minds of other people in real time, and that's a big world of difference.

@rightmeow said in RL things I love:

I'm going to my first ever drive-in movie. I'm super excited. I bought a million snacks and got blankets and that's all.

I'm just bouncing here and squeeing happily before heading out in like half an hour.

I love them! I go to the one near me all the time. Every year they do a sunset-to-sunrise old-school monster movie marathon where people bring tents and stuff. It’s just the best thing.

@ganymede said in Alternative Lords & Ladies Settings:

@arkandel

Or just allow players only one PC.

This is the one I'm always for. But the altaholics out there would gather the pitchforks and torches, I think.

But as a general rule, if you have enough characters to populate your own entire kingdom, you might have too many alts.

PICARD. OMG. That last episode, man. Right in the feels. The whole damn time.

STRANGE NEW WORLDS -- Is glorious. Pike has all the charm and charisma you could hope for in an old-school star fleet captain. BEWARE MAJOR SPOILERS FOR DISCOVERY all through the first episode.

Halo -- I have never played the games. But this series is dark dude. Like holy shit. And I'm here for it.

@pyrephox

Needed: Iron Master Irraka with contacts in local government and organized crime. Required: Fame (Undefeated Karaoke Champion)