Posts made by Sunny

@Auspice

Thank you!!

@Auspice

Oops! Didn't know, sorry!

ETA: Fixed! Sorry! Only char I ever played with her that I knew was a guy, I totally didn't mean to be rude.

@surreality

Yeah. I took it as explanation of why objection, and if that is what she meant, I can understand exactly why she was confused.

ETA: I had to struggle to get to my correct boiling down.

@wahoo

I think she took your post as criticism of the giving instead of you explaining why someone might decline even if they are truly hungry.

@Derp

I have been there, thank you.

I had a smartphone for the brief period I had no home. Brand new top of the line.

It's my work phone. No selling that shit.

@Derp

Because selling the thing that they apply for jobs on, get call backs from jobs on, or call the cops with....for the 20 fucking dollars you can get for it (if you are lucky) makes complete sense.

Eta: I mean, did he have leather shoes on? He could eat those instead of asking for help.

The thing to add to that is that medication sensitivities turn into allergies that can kill you from one dose to the next. If you get a rash this time, it can kill you dead next time. This is not hyperbole or something to not take seriously. Next time you see a doctor, document the sensitivity. Get it in your records. Make them put the red band on you.

It damn well could save your life. Just. Do. It.

@Derp said in Health and Wealth and GrownUp Stuff:

@Sunny said in Health and Wealth and GrownUp Stuff:

Omg I think I am going to die. My face started itching yesterday. Bad. I survived. Today, my face, my hands, and the INSIDE OF ONE OF MY EARS. It pretty clearly seems to be an allergic reaction of some sort, but I haven't gotten into anything that I know of. ITCH.

It can also be stress shingles. My mom gets those.

That's definitely something to look into if it happens again. I ended up going to Urgent Care (aunties being aunties and I do work for a tribe) and the doctor said it was an allergy attack from something I ingested, though. I am ALMOST itch-free now between the medication and the time. -.-

I can't stop laughing. I've watched it like a million times, and I just laugh and laugh and laugh.

@Goblin

I swear, with the world being as it is right now, it is really nice to read about someone in a potentially scary situation (job change) who is comfortable and doing well. Thank you for sharing. Yay!

@Ominous

There is no 'complementary' and 'not-complementary', that's MY point. They go together in any combination based on the priorities of the person putting together the game. None is better or worse or harder or easier in fitting with the other, objectively speaking.

@Ominous

It's still what I was responding to, directly. As to your larger point, this one doesn't support that, either. System depth/whatever you want to call it, and narrative focus, are separate things. They are not linked. They are both sliding scales, and both can be at either extreme without disrupting the other. They complement each other, they are both necessary choices to make, but the severity or lack thereof of one does not imply the severity or lack of the other. They aren't the same thing.

@Ominous

You asked why people, if they want narrative games, use mechanic heavy systems. They use them because they want the structure for their narrative-focused roleplay. My point is that the level of system structure and the narrative vs gamist scale are not by requirement linked. Because they aren't. It is completely possible and done quite regularly.

On a mush, structure actually tends to encourage freedom and creativity. When people are comfortable that they know exactly what their limits are, they get really comfortable pushing those limits. It might seem counter intuitive, but a heavily structured system lends very well to a narrative game.