Posts made by TNP

@Wolfs It's simple really. Don't emit or mention by name anyone who could be apped. This is the same rule for apping a character. We don't want a player locking another player into a situation/course of action if they're apping the one mentioned.

We had someone app someone who had been repeatedly mentioned in scenes and ended up objecting to how he was portrayed. I've seen both Alfred and Aunt May apped more than once so it happens. It's just simpler and we don't want to deal with having to retcon things and/or play middleman in negotiations between two people to arrive at a happy middle ground.

So yes, instead of saying 'Aunt May' just say 'my aunt'. Instead of 'Alfred', say 'the butler'. That way if someone apps a hot, young Aunt May there's no possible conflict with the old, wrinkled aunt that's been emitted 20 times.

It's not going to change so if that's a deal breaker for someone, we're obviously not a good fit.

@Arkandel I'm not transgender but I do have some thoughts...

As stated, treated her exactly as any other female hire. Keep an eye on how others are reacting to her. There doesn't need to be outright hostility. Awkwardness can be uncomfortable. Also, you might ask her for some good reference sites in case any of her coworkers have questions.

While ESH does accept canon characters from non-Marvel sources, the setting is pure Marvel and those characters have to be apped as if they'd always been Marvel. That includes setting, power level, etc. As a for instance, while there's no Gotham City, Staten Island has been given a similar feel.

And yes, we still enforce rules and take action when someone ignores three warnings. I suspect that's common to most places.

Empire State Heroes

@Darren Simply cut them up and don't replace them. You don't need to actually cancel them.

@Auspice This person just deserves our pity.

@tek I hear you. I got my flu shot in October. And got the flu a week ago. They must have really guessed the strains wrong this year.

@surreality said in Good TV:

@Coin I could never do Dragonball in any form. Their Hellsing is just... ohgod.

Plus you get to see people (and non-people) blow holes in Nazis. Always a bonus.

You can get that with Dragonball Z too.

@Aria Yeah, it's actually pretty easy to make. The only tricky part is getting the flavor right but once you do, you know the proportions from then on.

@Auspice

She’ll always have a female voice, but if you want her to have an Australian, Indian, southern U.S., or some other accent to match your family’s speech patterns, you can absolutely do that.

Alas. Though the accents are pretty cool.

I want an Alex. I'm not getting an Echo or Dot till I can have a guy.

Steam has the Witcher games insanely cheap if you never got them but now want to.

Anyone play Disco Elysium yet? Does it live up to the reviews it's been getting?

@Roz said in Separating Art From Artist:

Eh, I think discrimination of protected classes doesn't have requirements based on size the way some other federal requirements do (like FMLA). But my point was that LGBT employees are often not protected in the US because their sexuality and/or gender identity are not federally protected (explicitly, in any case, but I understand it's an ongoing argument), so it'll depend if they're in a state that's passed laws protecting the classes. tl;dr we don't protect all the classes of people that ought to be protected, which makes certain classes of people extremely vulnerable in an at-will employment situation.

The Trump Administration Is Fighting at the Supreme Court to Let Employers Fire Queer and Trans Workers

I'll like the art on its own merits, regardless of the beliefs of the creator. I will not, however, give the artist a cent of my money to support them and their offensive beliefs. Orson Scott Card comes to mind and I regret ever buying his books. I'd pirate Ender's Game instead.

@Kestrel said in Trivia for Health:

Season your food. Herbs and spices like oregano and cinnamon don't just make food taste better...

Speaking of... cinnamon lowers blood sugar. Capsules can also raise your liver functions to above normal on blood tests. Not necessarily high but noticeable.

Plants and herbs can have medicinal effects but keep in mind they're also medicine. Many/most medicines came from plants in the first place such as foxglove (digitalis) and willow bark (aspirin).

Grapefruit juice can react very badly if mixed with the wrong drugs, either negating them or increasing the toxicity. Google for more info.

@Auspice Hopefully you'll find one that you can manage. Good luck on the interview.

@Auspice Google "free clinic" in your city.

@Auspice Also a symptom of pleurisy.