Posts made by Derp

Part of this in my experience comes down to something we tend to talk about a LOT, but put into practice much less frequently: separating IC and OOC. If your character is a huge racist jerkass, people just sort of -assume- you are too. It gets more muddied the less extreme the example of 'particular deviance/weirdness' is.

Look, we tend to talk a big game about keeping IC and OOC in their own corners, but as a hobby we -suck- at this. Maybe not all of us, but I think I can safely say that there's a nice bell curve between 'what separation?' and 'picture perfect model of person keeping things distinct'.

Until we're willing to roll with the idea that horrible characters who do terrible things are not by default played by awful people, I think this is a losing battle. We're too quick to take offense to... just about everything, and we as a hobby have way too long a memory for these things. I think this is unfortunate, but I think that it's the nature of the beast.

My two cents.

@saosmash said in Celebrities that are Dead To Us:

@derp I've worked in criminal defense for years. My willingness to defend accused sexual abusers from criminal liability is distinguishable from my ability to accept victim testimonials on a more probable than not basis. I've talked about this before, but context exists, man, it's real.

Like ... working in criminal justice doesn't mean you automatically disbelieve all accusations of wrongdoing. Do you really believe all of your clients who say "bitches be lyin" about sex crimes?

I wasn't just talking about sex crimes, I was talking about accusations of wrongdoing in general. I mean, again, I don't expect everyone to agree with my opinion on the matter, but trials by the court of public opinion make me really uncomfortable in a society where accusers are treated as heroes by default. People lie. Or they're just flat-out wrong. It's a thing. All the time? No. But routinely enough to make me cautious.

@apos said in Celebrities that are Dead To Us:

'dishonest accusations could bring me down' comes from a position of immense privilege that is ethically bankrupt.

Or, like, any of us who have worked in criminal defense in states where this sort of thing happens fairly routinely.

@Apos
What, it's a good thing that people can have their reputations ruined by a handful of accusers with no evidence of their claims? No. We'll just have to agree to disagree on this one.

So, here's the issue that I have with threads like this: Similar to what @Ganymede said, this is all just Court of Public Opinion. Anyone can make claims that someone did something wrong to them, and the more famous you are, the more likely you are to be targeted for exactly that sort of thing. I know that socially, the conversation has shifted to the point where we just sort of automatically take these sorts of claims at face value, but I still think that's a little fucked up.

I'm sure that it's not the popular opinion, but frankly, I do want to see some kind of proof of these allegations before I make a judgment against anyone.There are way too many people who are willing to say incredibly fucked up things for their 15 minutes in the spotlight, and lately our culture has only been rewarding those sorts.

If a celebrity has done something wrong, and there is some proof of that? Fine. If it's just 'someone says that this thing happened to them at the hands of Celebrity Y', I'm gonna take it with a grain of salt.

@ganymede said in Random links:

What gets my goat is when people try to foist a lifestyle on me that, in their opinion, is "healthier" and "better." Like, get out of my fucking face with that shit, I like soy sauce.

If someone tried to get between me and soy sauce, I would cut a bitch.

Also, yeah, it needs more data to form any real conclusions, but it is a promising start.

Did anyone else see this?

http://www.iflscience.com/health-and-medicine/gluten-sensitivity-may-not-actually-be-caused-by-gluten/

Posting to MSB because, you know. Reasons.

You set a WOD game in 80's L.A. and I think all the people would show up. This could be good or bad.

@rnmissionrun said in RL Anger:

Why am I paying $89.95 a month for so-called business class cable internet that is so slow and unreliable that it's not even suitable for MU*ing most of the time?!? I don't even have the choice to switch providers, because there is only the one >.<

Monopolies are fun.

Hey, I don't even have one. I tether through my phone. Feel grateful you don't have that nightmare!

But seriously, that sucks.

I decide what sort of general flavor thing I want to play. Then I find a suitable picture for thing. I come up with a few hooks based on what that picture creates in my head as a story, and flesh it out as I go on grid, usually allowing others to come into play via past hooks we can mutually work out. Sometimes it works, sometimes it doesn't, but it's always fun. I don't usually put a ton of thought into the background until some of that other stuff has been fleshed out.

@faceless said in RL Anger:

That shit's cruel.

Yeah. Between poor facility condition, barely acceptable health code practices, massive overcrowding, and stuff like excessive heat/cold, I really feel like there's an 8th amendment claim brewing at over half our county jails. And truth be told, I would cheer that on. Most of them are being held pre-trial, but the dockets are backed up so far they might be there for a month or two. It's kind of bullshit.

@saosmash said in RL Anger:

Whine whine whine. I have all of this work I need to do on my own cases including talking to people on the phone (UGH) and going to the jail (DOUBLE UGH) but I have to cover a bunch of dumb hearings for my boss instead and I DON'T WANNA.

I'm doing an internship with the PD right now, basically just for the experience so I can put it on my resume. Right now, my most active battle is trying to convince the people at the PD that, no, I cannot be there that day, I have class. You knew that when we started this gig. It'shows right there in the big stack of paperwork.

Alternstively, trying to explain to professors that yes, I know class is scheduled, but I have this obligation for the internship that -you pushed me to do-.

Also, the jail smells like pee and feet. Something is very wrong there. I feel bad, and almost feel like someone should look into why that is a thing. Gross.

@sparks said in RL Anger:

@kanye-qwest said in RL Anger:

@sparks That's awful, I'm so sorry. I had to use a week's vacation to recover (ha) from my foot surgery, and I was salty about it.

I do at least accrue at a rate of 8 hours per pay period, so I'll have one day again on Friday, another in two weeks, etc. But still, it makes me sad.

I'm so sorry you had to burn through vacation too.

One per pay period? Where do you work?!? What do you do? More importantly, can I come work with you?

I decided to go back and give Dragon Age a shot now that I have a PC that can handle them.

Some things about PC are cool: mods are win. Sebastian's hands need to be the same color as his face, dammit. It was really messing with me. Turns out there is a mod for that. Thank you, bored gamers.

Sometimes, you just have to go back to the basics. Plenty of flashy new games, but I like familiar stuff.

Wiki.

I don't read descs. I just don't. Unless there is some compelling reason to do so, say, fae shit that a PB cannot possibly capture.

Beyond that? I will read a short desc. I may skim a long one. But I will definitely wiki.

My two cents. Descs are redundant in the age of wiki.

Ooh. I would be down for either of those. Dark Sun / Ravenloft, make it happen!

@wizz said in Mage 2.0 Conversion Discussion:

Mage's magic is energy from a higher plane of existence leaking down into a pale subreality. The Magicians' magic, to the average Magician, is just sort of there and defies attempts to explain it.

I mean... maybe? Not really, I don't think. They're called 'Mysteries' for a reason. You might think you have a handle on it, but it's really just an educated guess. But I can see a halfway point, for sure.

@wizz

Sure... but then why use Mage? It seems they aren'the really compatible. Even in Mage they don't really get -why- it works, just -how-.

So one of the big problems of mage is that people often forget that the Practices take years to learn, and for every arcanum they are different. More time needs to be devoted on-screen to experimentation with them, and learning to master them, and less time spent on just buying up arcana. Rotes are a great way to represent mastery of a spell, but a Practice is mastery of a -concept-. Instead of buying arcana, consider charging per Practice, with the low-dot versions all needing to be mastered before the high dot versions, and having a requisite number of rotes-per-Practice/Arcanum combo before you can Level Up to the next arcanum dot.

@WTFE said in RL Anger:

@Auspice said in RL Anger:

Pro tip:

If you're on an online dating app/site, don't tell the chick that actually stuck through your 'I'm feeling suicidal' episode (out of legitimate concern) that 'women are fucking bitches who won't talk to me.'

Correct response:

Here's a gift for you!

Yeah, don't do that. If they actually kill themselves you could be charged with criminal solicitation or manslaughter. There are Supreme Court cases about this. Don't do it.