Posts made by spasticgoat

My pet peeve: working class "heroes". They're not acquainted with struggling to keep afloat in competitive markets and because the jobs they themselves work don't require a tie, all others must be part of some magical land of elves and free stuff, because there's no connection between graduating with a degree and accomplishing some modicum of success. Instead, someone should have recognized their true brilliance and rewarded them with stuff, because they're really oppressed, for serious and everything.

I work in a very, very competitive industry and coped with a lot of bullshit, mostly from the entitled, but for fuck's sake, I never celebrated someone losing their investment, no matter how badly they'd treated other people. It's because I'm still human inside, I guess, which is why I'm still struggling, versus "winning" at everything. I would also kill to keep a good, comfortable office chair, because the one I've got keeps getting stolen by some asshat with envy problems, requiring me to to drag it back from their childish hands.

@BetterJudgment said:

By my memory, several bottles should have been finished by now.

Considering how much you've been drinking, I'm questioning your judgment.

@Misadventure said:

Shoulda thrown in some sort of mandatory link to the less savory secrets of the past, so that with knowledge comes hooks and hooks that are barbed and dug in deep.

Let PCs have different levels of Secrets available to other people. I've seen it on other games and it looked great.

@Chromeo How does this Secrets thing work? Do different Seemings/Courts get different results? Do you send out @mails about what they know? Are rolls involved?

It sounds cool and I want to learn more about it.

@TNP said:

@VulgarKitten Start a conversation. At some point when talking about your day, say "And there was this person near me chewing gum with his mouth open. I couldn't fucking concentrate because all I heard was him.'

To avoid being passive-aggressive, just say, "You chewing that gum like a cow does cud makes me want to brand you and turn you into steaks." If they get the hint, everyone wins.

Why not cut straight through the song and dance and get shit done? If they're a good friend, they'll understand. If they're thin-skinned or some stranger, who fucking cares? Life's too short to put up with nonsense.

@Miss-Demeanor
Hot shit, I'm making me a carnie. Thank you!

@Miss-Demeanor said:

Specify a little? I'm not sure what you want to know about it.

Is it the same one from TR? It looks a lot like it.

What's the deal with the circus?

@Three-Eyed-Crow said:

The other incarnations were also meaner, to varying degrees, so I'm sure most people here have hated another person here at one time or another.

Only "good" people can change.
Everyone else is just hiding how terrible they've always been.

@silentsophia said:

@spasticgoat You seriously missed a chance at 'and nary a soul in sight.'

I was overwhelmed at the sheer quantity of ginger. I am a soulful and sapient creature, but I have my limits.

@HelloRaptor

They believe that they've booked a moderately ambitious venue with a capacity of 150-200. But with the coverage that this has been receiving in the media, they may need somewhere bigger...

Estimated 150-200 heads in attendance, soul count is steady at zero.

I always go with head-to-toe when doing my descs. Hair, face, facial hair, eyes, scars/tattoos, then the top (jacket, shirt, etc.) and bottom (slacks, jeans, hula skirt, artfully-positioned labradoodle) and shoes dead last. I can swap out lines if something changes, like they lose a hand or someone stole their pants in-game.

@Sponge said:

If you find yourself saying "I don't mean to X but..." stop right there. The most effective way to not do that thing is to just not do it. If you have to, hold your lips closed because any sentence that starts with that format is not going anywhere anyone wants to go.

I have yet to hear the remainder of a sentence that begins with "I just" without wanting to slap someone silly.

/ˈnɛpəˌtɪzəm/
noun

1. favouritism shown to relatives or close friends by those with power or influence

Link to news article about Dusty Rhodes.

@Wizz said:

Watson's Personality Analyzer.

You've probably heard of Watson before, and maybe even this app, but I had no idea this existed.
It's kind of hilarious/interesting to feed journal entries into this thing and see what pops out. The results seem pretty consistent; so far Watson thinks I'm somewhat compulsive, melancholy, altruistic and non-traditional, for example.

Plug in the bio for John Glenn from his Wikipedia page.
Compare and contrast it with Gloria Steinem.

Nothing says class like a dwarf talking about his dick.

@HelloRaptor said:

DISCLAIMER: I once had a shirtless pb pic.

But you're a well-known TS whore and we love you for it.

In my tabletop campaign, the definition used for the God-Machine is derived from the movie Cube.

"I mean, this is an accident, a forgotten, perpetual public works project."

Whatever the original function was intended to be, it's long forgotten and the original architects are not available. All anyone can do is guess and theorize, but nobody's got the singular answer to it. The players are as satisfied as they're likely to be and that's good enough for us.