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Cake day: June 23rd, 2023

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  • Interesting. The ttrpg book itself is pretty good visually, it’s beautiful to look at from a design perspective, but the rules are just kind of whatever. I’m not a fan of the rules-light approach, it’s like, “Hey, yea, just do whatever you want, have fun!” But our gaming group does that regardless, I want content to sink my teeth into and at least the main Mork Borg book is just very sparse with content. I think I remember the core book wasting something like a one or two-page spread on what I would call the most basic of basic equipment lists. While the pages look nice, there’s just so much wasted space and really kind of scant content.

    Hope the game comes out well though.







  • To be fair though, I don’t know that I would be able to tell the difference between cooked cat/dog and chicken, beef, or pork, so this may very well be a pet feast for all I know (/s the whole thing is obviously BS).

    However, I do remember growing up near a family that was from somewhere in the Carribean area, I feel like it was Haitians, but this was 30+ years ago so no actual idea, and I distinctly remember that they had a giant tortoise at their house that they were keeping to kill for food. I remember they even cut its head off while I was there and it was still biting onto a stick they put in its mouth. I don’t know what the meal was that they made from it and I never actually tasted it.


  • Yeah, I remember my Dad was super excited for Greedfall before it released, had pre-ordered it and everything, and then when we played it, it just felt incredibly mediocre. Like, the potential for an epic game was there, but the world just felt so empty. There was just all this empty space that was there for no reason, they could’ve cut the size of the locales down in half, rather than waste the players time trudging around everywhere. It felt like searching for secrets and talking with NPCs was just a waste of time because 99.9% of the time there was just nothing there. I don’t know if they had planned for more to be there, but just had to cut the budget or release too early or whatever. Just a waste for something that could’ve been really epic.




  • You might try finding a classroom or area that isn’t being used on a consistent basis. So maybe the band practice area or an arts/crafts class or library or some place, you may want to check with a teacher beforehand. It can be hard with school though, depending on how locked down they have you. For myself personally when I was in school 20+ years ago, I was able to retreat into myself with headphones and music, I was able to block everyone around me out no matter where I was at. Sometimes you can even just walk the halls, walking by itself has been my go-to therapy methods, just walk away and get a change of scenery for awhile. Everyone needs mental health breaks if things are getting overwhelming.

    Also, remember that school essentially stops mattering after you get out. Yes, it’s important to graduate and get a diploma, but you’re likely to rarely see those same people ever again after you graduate. I’m 43 and I still have days like that where it feels like no one cares, and I’ve got a partner with kids, it’s tough sometimes.





  • Yeah, and I get that, reading fraudulent facebook posts about alternative medicine while on the toilet doesn’t really count as research, but the original post itself comes across as more elitist than anything and anybody who’s looking into alternative medicine probably already has a distrust of anything the scientific community throws at them anyways. So telling them, “You’re not following the accepted scientific method,” they’re just going to respond, “Well, yeah, that’s the point.”


  • Is there much of a job market for personal assistants? It seems like a potentially volatile job to have, since it seems like largely depends on the whims of one person. Suppose they just decide they have a personal dislike for you and then you’re just gone like that, where do you go from there? Is there an actual network of people you can through to get other similar positions, or do you start from square one and it’s just a word-of-mouth thing? What are the benefits like, is there any medical/retirement benefits?