@vixanic said in Real World Peeves, Disgruntlement, and Irks.:
Speaking as someone who is asexual, I find a lot of people attractive, but I have zero desire to actually smush body parts with them.
We can also talk about how we should normalize such thoughts with people we have no actual desire to ever meet in person.
I want to like Titans. An R-rated version of Gotham is such a good fit and several of the cast members are good fits for the team.
There was nothing about Titans from its trailer that made me want to watch it.
As the United States drifts into dystopia, it's no surprise to me that lighter takes are far more popular. I'd rather watch Harley Quinn or Doom Patrol than an R-rated version of Gotham.
@insomniac7809 said in Alternative Lords & Ladies Settings:
Real life nobility tended to get messy. Really messy, with the titles and ownership always disputed and shifting. Less "I own this contiguous area of territory, handed down by my forefathers into my care, to be passed down intact" and more like the portfolio of a major corporation--"I have the three core territories, some holdings on the border that are contested, have my eyes on some acquisitions I'm looking to make, and a couple things I wound up with that are frankly too far away to be worth their while so I'm just hoping to trade them off for something I can use."
For the sake of stability on a game, I think that a "generally-accepted form of succession" ought to exist. That said, though, history tells us that there are exceptions to the general rules that have been accepted.
@too-old-for-this said in Autism and The MU* Community:
...you're not wrong. I have come to despise socks.
I understand, but I meant that I've come to the point where I get sexual gratification from the slightest stimuli.
I'm going to shut this topic down for a bit.
For me, it's getting a little trigger-y. And political. And maybe we should not have gone down this road given the strong feelings which were inevitable.
We have our positions. We've stated why. At this point, it's getting to the point of unnecessary aggro outside of the Hog Pit.
@kk said in Pandemic Era Issues:
But I don't think that talk like let them die and etc is not the path to healing, unity and even to fighting covid.
I hear you from a point of compassion, but this is quite literally the risk they are choosing and it is causing problems for people who have nothing to do with that choice.
I mean, if they were rolling around in toxic waste in an effort to gain a genetic mutation that will fight the COVID, would it be any more clear that these people are doing everything in their power to hurt or kill themselves?
This is very interesting, but also very infuriating.
If an idiot is “smart” enough to not trust the vaccines, but also “smart” enough to know that ivermectin is being studied closely, then forgive me if I believe they need to go first.
@greenflashlight said in Autism and The MU* Community:
Wait, what? Are there people who like clothes with tags, or at least people who don't cut the tags off as soon as they get home?
That's me. I like tags and use them to figure out how to wash my shit properly.
@faraday said in Pandemic Era Issues:
But I'm not in favor of doctors deciding who lives and who dies based on their own moral judgment of someone's behavior. That is a horrific idea.
Or who is insured. Not that it has ever been an issue, no.
I have zero sympathy for folks, though.
I mean, folks in general.
Fuck people.
@lotherio said in Good or New Movies Review:
My worry is, its a much larger cast than five misfits.
My worry is that the relatively-new writers and the new director. Sure, Zhao directed Nomadland, but this project looks really ambitious. And I'm not sure whether the Firpo Brothers can handle the material.
I think this may be a high drama, and that does not seem to play well to audiences, as evidenced by The Incredible Hulk.
@arkandel said in Good or New Movies Review:
It's not that I just don't know anything about them from the comics (I barely knew who the Guardians of the Galaxy were after all before the first movie came out) but dropping a bunch of characters on us in one movie sounds like it won't work.
Well, it worked for Shang-Chi, right?
All this shit actually makes me happy for my little girl. Thank you.
@kk said in Autism and The MU* Community:
One could even argue I am not really autistic, but am instead developementally disabled or learning disabled around language.
I do not argue with a person as to whether they are autistic or not. It is extraordinarily brave, I think, for any adult to admit their perceived weaknesses.
When I say that my daughter has a superpower, I mean it. And like many superheroes, she has her weaknesses. I think we are all like that, to some degree, and while your weakness may be in reading or writing, that does not mean you do not have other superpowers to boast of. For example, you seem very compassionate to me, you worked straight through COVID times as a nurse, and you took on so many shifts during that period that you admitted your exhaustion.
So, you've got superpowers, and the weaknesses that come with it. Own them both!
