Okay, someone broked this thread with bad syntax.
Anyway...
Mahershala Ali as Blade.
Natalie Portman gets Mjolnir.
Fuck yes.
Okay, someone broked this thread with bad syntax.
Anyway...
Mahershala Ali as Blade.
Natalie Portman gets Mjolnir.
Fuck yes.
@Cobaltasaurus said in Sexuality: IC and OOC:
I don't think @Quinn was being literal about the ball scratch thing, my dudes. I think it was an easy example of why it's difficult for her to play male characters and why she doesn't. Saying "well just don't pose ball scratching" and then "well just play a character who happens to be male/female/nonbinary/a lamp and not a character who is male/female/nonbinary/a lamp" is a little bit dismissive of her perspective...
But it could also be damaging to the portrayal of those types of characters. Especially if you take away the gender part and instead insert race/ethnicity or sexuality. If you are a white person playing a POC on a game and you don't give any thought to who that person's background has effected them you might find yourself walking straight into stereotypes.
Eh, I wasn't trying to be dismissive of her perspective; I was just offering my perspective.
Gotta be honest here? I think we could (or should) expect greater accuracy from professionals (writers, politicians, show-runners, public figures), but it's also important to remember that for the most part the people in this hobby are people who just got off of work from Arby's, have sore feet, and wanna eat pizza and creatively roleplay as space wizards, gothy elf-fae coffee house owners, and Decepticons.
It's a best effort service and casual missteps arent going to alter the way things are described on CNN, so the bar for "Are people being cool about it when we say HEY THATS KIND OF OFFENSIVE TO ME" should be higher than the bar for preferred noun accuracy and/or entire social awareness factor; especially when a player from Norway has a different social life than a player from Florida.
@Arkandel said in Sexuality: IC and OOC:
All of my characters are straight white guys. Like me. If anyone doesn't approve for whatever reason,
well, I'll just have to live with thatthen they're judgy and can fuck right off.
^^^^
@Groth said in Sexuality: IC and OOC:
@Quinn said in Sexuality: IC and OOC:
I'm a cisgender, straight woman and I find playing a guy pretty tricky unless I'm just going all out frat-boy stereotype as a one off NPC. I just can't get that into it and feel more comfortable playing women. I'm not sitting there constantly like "is this how guys scratch their balls? How much ball scratching should one pose have?" when I'm playing a woman. I know how many times I scratch my balls a day, people.
This is one of those things that you almost only see in those who 'crossplay'. Most guys who play guys won't put ball scratching into their poses because while that might be something they do in their daily lives it's not something they think about. If you just want to 'pass' as being the same gender as the character you're playing, all you need to do is avoid bringing attention to weird things and just focus on your characters personality/dreams/goals etc, don't try to play a 'male' or 'female' character, just play a character who happens to be male or female.
Agreed 100%.
I don't crossplay. I make characters and simply RP the character regardless of gender or sexual orientation. The important thing is to avoid playing a caricature of a stereotype. The closer you aim to simply writing from the perspective of a character who is 3-dimensional and isn't a cartoon, the less likely you are to offend someone.
@Aria Right, if someone would have stolen the laptop you would have few avenues for recourse because you allegedly signed for it. I imagine faking signatures on mail is illegal, even at the FedEx level, otherwise legal documents could be forged on handoff.
I started having my packages delivered to pickup locations a while back because I got sick of getting texts saying "Your fucking important package was handed off to a resident" while I was at home to receive it, only to find out the driver didn't knock; they just left it on my doorstep. Good? It wasn't handed off to a neighbor. Bad? It's horseshit.
But FedEx drivers should be way more reliable than Amazon drivers, who are basically no different than door dash drivers.
I NEED HELP/Advice.
I recently bought 2 Nintendo Switch game vouchers for $100 hoping to buy 2 copies of Ultimate Alliance 3 and gift one my SO for her to have on her switch. Warning: Read the FAQs first; you can't share these 2-for-100 game vouchers as a gift or between family accounts.
So I got Marvel Ultimate Alliance 3, but have one game voucher left. I'm considering Zelda Breath of the Wild or Super Smash.
Anyone have good suggestions? 2 player would be nice so long as it's a good couple's game.
Here is what I own/have access to currently:
@Aria said in Real World Peeves, Disgruntlement, and Irks.:
Fuck that guy
Exactly. Fuck that guy.
He had one job and didn't do it.
KeePass is solid too.
Also because it's fun to say keep ass
Sigh. Moms, yanno?
Actual phone conversation I just had with my mom.
Mom: I just had a holy shit moment.
Me: Oh? What happened?
(Brain read everything my mom says from this point forward in a conspiratorial whisper voice)
Mom: I just went into the bedroom and you wont believe what I saw.
Me: (Strung along) Oh? What?
Mom: Your father was in there on the bed alone...
Me: (PleaseDontSayHeWasJerkingIt) Oh? Is everything okay?
Mom: He was on the bed and when I went in there he immediately hid something under the sheets.
Me: (Still...please god no) Oh? I mean, is everything okay?
Mom: He had a boxcutter that he was hiding from me. When I went in there he really quickly hid it so I couldn't see.
Me: (New version of OhGodNoWhat? because alone+boxcutter) Uhm...thats not good. Is everything okay? Do I need to step away from my desk.
Mom: He was...CUTTING UP A CARDBOARD BOX ON TOP OF MY EXPENSIVE EGYPTIAN SHEETS AND BEDCOVER. HE RUINED MY EXPENSIVE BEDROOM SET AND NOW I HAVE TO REPLACE IT BECAUSE HE CUT THROUGH TO THE MATTRESS.
God damn it, Mom.
Whew. Sigh of relief. I love my mom forever but god damn it her storytelling style freaks me out like this at least once every other month. She doesn't do this on purpose for fun, either. It'll be like:
Mom: Oh. My. God. The craziest thing happened you'll never guess...
Me: Hit me. What happened?
Mom: So I turn down this aisle and I'm all alone, and I see this big guy with tattoos and this pretty girl ALL ALONE IN THE AISLE...
Me: Oh no, what were they doing?
Mom: ...it was BOB AND JEAN'S SON, BARRY. HE'S BACK FROM SERVING OVERSEAS. HE'S COVERED IN TATTOOS, HAS A BEAUTIFUL GIRLFRIEND, AND THEY INVITED US ALL TO A BARBECUE NEXT WEEK.
AAAAAAAAUGHFJEOEI3U38...
They just announced a live action Warhammer 40K TV show is in the works. It's made by the people behind "Man in the High Castle" and will focus on Eisenhorn/Dark Heresy/Inquisition.
@mietze said in Real World Peeves, Disgruntlement, and Irks.:
Today blew the top off of the record number of people screaming at me at work today.
Just for the record, for most bank issues screaming at anyone wont get them resolved faster. Especially screaming at the teller.
Now I just feel yucky, even though I got to see my favorite clients today too.
Tell them this, this'll make them feel better:
"Technically it's not money. We're not on the gold standard anymore, so it's not like you can trade money for something with value. What you consider money is really just electronic data and/or papers that say you're ENTITLED to what equates to that amount of money; a promissory note, even. It's just 101010101010110 binary that says that you are believed to own X amount of said money, but if everyone in the country went to the bank and decided to cash out their accounts on one day they wouldn't be able to do it. Basically, you're one super-virus away from having the same worth as an unfrozen caveman."
And then go home and watch Harold and Kumar.
Man I'd rather play a Potter-themed RPG with some of y'all.
@Ominous That would work nicely alongside: +dig ThatchRoofCottage and +dig ThatchRoofCottagaaaaaaaze.
@Cupcake said in Re-Igniting Playspiration:
Should I be Kondo-ing, or grit my teeth and keep trying? Is there some other tactic to consider?
I wouldn't suggest muscling through it and gritting your teeth. That tends to result in resentment. Sometimes no matter how hard you beat the horse it won't Jesus.
My advice:
Step away. Make some tea. Ask yourself what you are really looking for in the hobby, if there was a time you had that, and how long it's been. Ask yourself if you currently feel like it's possible to get back to that. Is there hurt? Does the hobby make you feel negative things that dont feel good? (Self esteem, exclusion, unwanted).
You know you, and if you don't, knowing you will almost always help you find your way through times like these. When it comes to hobbies or social stuff it's not always a particular game or a person that is ruining it, but it can be tied more to unfulfillment of something that you may not be consciously aware of.
Example.
I was "forever GM" for my RL tabletop group for about 12 years. For 12 years I held this candle that I would get to PLAY in a Star Wars RPG game. For 12 years I kept running games my group loved and would always dangle this "okay who is running next?" carrot. No one ever bit. Eventually I said "after this one I'm done running, so if we want to keep playing one of you needs to step up." The group drifted apart rather than try to run, and I never got my SW game.
I was upset. After some tea and instrospection I realized that it wasn't because I never got my SW game, but because I had relied on my friends to give back and they never did.
Now, as a result, it wasn't a happy ending, but at least I am more aware that I need to seek a new gaming group rather than try another single year of beating my head against that wall. Unfortunate, but at least now I can own my feelings on the issue.
@Alamias Hahaha. Ive often wondered if people like you (who can never seem to find spicy enough food) are like this because you've been conducting chemically corrosive warfare on your mouth all this time.
@Alamias @ZombieGenesis It's always surprising when something is WAY spicier than it looks/smells aint it?
Jesus christ. Thank god I have this coffee with cream in it. Proceeding more carefully now because it's tasty as Hell, just surprisingly hot.
@Sparks Choose your poison. You're either keeping the great RP behind a wall where no one can see OR you're risking spoilers and metagaming.
Personally, I think the answer may be to create a spoiler tag for log entries and then double down on keeping an eye out for metagaming.
For example: Log32222 shows that CHARBIT found a secret temple hidden underneath a path of hills that no one would really bother to go to unless they had a treasure map, which CHARBIT did. They entered the hidden temple by pushing on one particular rock on a hillside.
CHARBIT2 suddenly just la-Dee-dahs out to said random hillside and decides to practice hitting a baseball bat against every rock on that particular hillside because it would be totally on accident that they'd hit the right one and oops their way into a hiddle temple they knew about OOCly.
It's a risk, but enforcing good/fair RP would protect against it.
Chef: It's called "Diablo Shrimp". It's spicy.
Me: "PFFFFFT whatevs."
Five minutes later...
Me: "HolyFuckMyLifeWTF..."
Strongbad Mux
With commands like:
+punchfaces
+papers (instead of sheet)
+tothelimit
+makemansbetter (healing)
+comeonreally? (staff complaint function)
+populationtire (+who)
All PBs are memes of the actor.
Characterbit=Heygurl
PB=Ryan Gosling "Hey Girl..." Meme.