"...check the size of the window for me."
"22 inches."
"Is that a hard 22 inches or can I fit something like 22.2 inches there."
"Well, the window's frame is metal..."
"I'll bring the welder in on monday."
happysigh These are the people I work with.
Yup. Yup yup yup. (Picture the alien muppets to go with this response.)
Humans are tribal. It's basically instinct to arrange yourself via labels into groupings. It's actually really interesting; there's a good layman's explanation that floats about in reference to what's called the monkey sphere (based on how our brains are capable of recognizing X number of people as human beings and everyone else is 'other'). Not to condone peoples' behavior or anything, but when dealing with shit like 'Democrat vs Republican' it's most effective to approach it understanding why people react like that. Makes it easier to break through the noise.
@Ominous said in Real World Peeves, Disgruntlement, and Irks.:
I thought it was pretty obvious that you were joking.
I'm not sure if this makes me feel better or worse.
(also joking. I'm glad I didn't completely fail in my execution.)
Sorry folks, apparently my tongue was not quite firmly enough in my cheek for my commentary.
http://www.jlakes.org/ch/web/The-elements-of-style.pdf
All else is false. And wrong. And false and wrong. And also should be lit on fire. That's my professional opinion.
(I state again, in case anyone missed it, this is very specifically in reference to formal/business writing.)
I really don't even care if people get it wrong, just don't effing argue with me when I fix it!
@Jeshin
Singular possessive always gets 's, regardless of the letter it ends with. Plural possessive may or may not get the s after the apostrophe, depending on the letter it ends with and a few other weird exceptions.
ETA: Key here is 'possessive', not just plural. Also this is seriously just formal business writing, I don't even notice this stuff in casual use (that is a lie, I notice, I just don't care).
Singular nouns, even when they end in s, get an apostrophe s to make them possessive in English. That is how it is. You do not get to ignore this in your business report because you think that rule is stupid. I don't care if it looks funny to you, that's how it works (for this type of writing, we do not play fast and loose with grammar for self-expression, it's just not done). This is for public consumption, not internal, and that's why I'm editing it in the first place.
ETA: Telling me you aren't going to change it doesn't work either, because it goes through me to get to the publisher and I will not send on anything like that. That would be on me, and nope.
Stuck in a physical anxiety loop (all physical symptoms without the associated thoughts attached) and absolutely do not have time to go to urgent care to get knocked out of it. Argh.
This is so weird but an ad for this just came across my FB feed and I think there might be folks who appreciate it, they're bras that are engineered for DD+ sizes and the commentary seemed like people really liked wearing them:
https://trueandco.com/collections/full-cup-bras
I'd have tagged y'all but that is even weirder. I FOUND STUFF FOR YOUR BOOBS.
@Wretched said in The ADD/ADHD Thread (cont'd from Peeves):
She is brilliant and so, so good at explaining, holy crap.
Eff legal writing with a rusty, running chainsaw. Not the people who do it, just the writing itself. augh.
ETA: MAKE SENSE. I READ YOU TWELVE TIMES MAKE SENSE NOW.
@surreality said in Diversity Representation in MU*ing:
@Auspice I kept waiting to see someone some day on Shang be a human bra, holding up someone's giant boobs while trailing dutifully along behind them, but alas. I mean. You'd think somebody would be into that? Not me, as either end of that train, but. I would have hi-5'd them in spirit.
Oh hey, thanks for the character concept.
@Tinuviel said in Diversity Representation in MU*ing:
The more... verbose people in this thread seem to want a place to actually explore the reality of being a POC.
I haven't gotten that impression, but if it's true, that strikes me as exactly opposite of something that would make RL POC comfortable/feel included.
ETA: Bunch of white people 'exploring' what it's like to be a POC? "My culture is not a costume."
@Kanye-Qwest said in Diversity Representation in MU*ing:
since people are upvoting i'll double post instead of edit to add: but that works because it's a fantasy game. I'm not saying all games should be that way. We aren't invalidating anyone's real life experiences in Arx, any more than we are recreating or exploiting them, BECAUSE it's a fantasy.
The feedback I've heard about this from folks is good. It worked! I mean nothing is perfect, but by and large mission accomplished. It definitely doesn't DIRECTLY apply to non-fantasy games, but I do think it's valuable to examine if we can apply parts and pieces of your approach. Maybe? I don't know.
@Tinuviel said in Diversity Representation in MU*ing:
I'd love more gay characters. But I sure as shit don't want straight people trying to tell gay stories.
This is why I keep asking about making a better place for the players. The message I've gotten is that I ought to be amplifying the voices of POC on these topics. How do we do THAT, here?
Solid things I can think of:
As a GM, use POC as NPCs more often. Increase visibility and inclusion.
Create a wider variety of roster characters if/when I'm making roster characters.
Specifically create/write down rules/policies that make it very clear that ANY sort of OOC racism earns a swift ban from a game
When creating original theme stuff, work hard at making it EASY to be diverse
What other things can be done to make the OOC environments more comfortable/safer for people in the context of race?
Yeah, you said what I meant better than I did.