actionjbone

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actionjbone,

You can buy lead fuel additives to drop in your gas tank.

That’s what people still do, if they have a car that requires leaded gas.

I struggle with depression and alexithymia. How do I write with emotion?

I have to write a paper about a place/time that I have an emotional attachment to or a place that has shaped my sense of self. I haven’t really felt much of an attachment to anything for most of my life. Even if I did, I wouldn’t even know how to begin describing the nature or cause of that attachment. I chose to write about...

actionjbone,
  1. I hope you’re getting the help you need to cope long-term.
  2. Focus on the tangible, objective details of the memory. And if you don’t have your own “why,” that’s okay! Focus instead on what the facts deem likely.

For example:

“I remember liking the woods. There aren’t really words for how I felt, but I’ll help you see it how I might have seen it: Sunny days shaded by the leaves. Cool, damp nights. The sounds of different birds. The sounds of rustling branches. Twigs and leaves under foot.”

Hopefully you can see what I did there. That’s all a linear statement of facts. You’re literally just writing the things that you, or anyone else, might have experienced while in the woods.

BUT - and here’s the important part - everyone else will form their own emotions around it, based on their own experiences. So the listeners will believe you’re sharing emotions. And it’s okay if you aren’t feeling them.

So just describe things from memory, maybe adding in extra likely details.

Also, if someone questions your word choice, it’s acceptable to say something like, “you and I may process emotions differently. To me, those were the right words.”

actionjbone,

That’s a really great way of thinking - “Understand the logic of the emotions, rather than the emotions.”

actionjbone, (edited )

The macguffin should be a guy whose name is MacGuffin.

actionjbone,

You monster, why do make his life so hard :(

actionjbone,

In Soviet Russia, AI goes almost a full minute without reading disparaging comments about YOU!

actionjbone, (edited )

Could be an opportunity for “a hidden ally with their own agenda.”

Maybe it’s another prisoner who has found a secret way to escape.

Maybe it’s another cult member who wants to prove the leader’s weakness, so orchestrates a coup using the PCs as either bait or allies.

Maybe it’s someone who infiltrated the cult to seek revenge, and they have a plan for the party to break out and sow chaos so that the revenge-seeker can get their revenge.

actionjbone,

Boo

The Biden Lies the Liberal Media Want You to Forget (www.newsbusters.org)

As the 2024 election approaches, the left-wing corporate media have lost all interest in President Biden’s frequent lies about his life and career. In the past, these journalists have paid brief attention to the one of President’s latest tall tales, but rarely have they ever bothered to revisit them when the moment has...

actionjbone,

That’s because they’re busy reporting about how TRUMP LITERALLY RAPED AND DEFRAUDED PEOPLE

actionjbone,

(“King” is the name of the dog)

actionjbone,

A utility to map extruded lines/objects/shapes to STL files. For example, say you have an STL of a curved vase. You want to add a spiral to it. So you place the photo of a spiral on the object. The utility lets you decide where on the STL it’ll be placed, then you can decide the extrusion depth (positive or negative).

Possibly including some type of LLM, too. So you can import your STL, then type something like “picture of the Simpsons in the style of ancient Greek amphora vase paintings.” It’ll appear as line art on the 3D object

Note that I don’t need this, myself. You want to work on something interesting, so I thought for a few minutes and came up with this. :)

actionjbone,

George Carlin

actionjbone,

When the party, the evil collector, and the museum rep are all together - there’s a minor scuffle and then a fire “accidentally” gets started.

It can be as simple as someone tripping while holding a candle, and the candle landing on some drapes or carpets.

As DM, if you’re good at what you do, you can play it up so the players think it actually WAS an accident that they need to deal with.

The collector will, naturally, start freaking out over their collection. And in their rage, the collector might blame and attack the museum rep (even if there’s no way the rep could be at fault).

The players will then have many options:

  • They put out the fire. If that happens, the collector may be so pleased the bulk of their collection is safe, they’ll tell the players to hang onto the items… For now. And at what price?
  • They run away as quickly as they can, saving the museum rep and escaping with the items. They talk, and the rep learns of their quest. The rep sees it as noble and just, and he allows them to borrow the artifacts until their mission is complete.
  • In the chaos of the fire, they attack the collector, with the goal of taking as many of his other magic items as they can carry. They eventually succeed and escape… but they make a powerful enemy that day.
  • Through no direct action of the players, the museum rep dies. The collector sees it as an opportunity to escape all blame, so he “allows” the party to escape with the artifacts… Only to immediately notify the watch of the murder and arson. Now, in addition to their quest, the party has a price on its head. And the watch wants to recover the items to give back to their “rightful” owner, the collector.

There are lots of creative ways to deal with the players, whether or not they take any of the obvious courses.

All you need is an easily-explained-in-game “accidental” fire. :)

actionjbone,

Fire is simply an easy thing to unexpectedly happen.

Buildings are filled with flammable things. In a fantasy world, candles and lanterns are often the most common forms of lighting.

A long time ago, I ran a game in which the PCs unintentionally burned down an entire village because they were careless and unlucky.

actionjbone,

Calicoon

actionjbone,

They could just eat him.

actionjbone,

He is very orange, except his nose

actionjbone,

Lies. Cats aren’t kept in zoos.

actionjbone,

Counterpoint: no, they’re not.

actionjbone,

Poor guy. But I bet he acts so normal that most folks wouldn’t realize. :)

actionjbone,

Based on our sample size of 2, I can confidently state that all cats with a wonky eye love people.

https://sh.itjust.works/pictrs/image/caaadcfa-36b5-4909-918c-4cec31510e3c.jpeg

actionjbone,

Very dangerous. When a train in motion strikes an object, severe damage will occur.

actionjbone,

More like mocking your work.

actionjbone,

Masterpiece? Where’s the Thousand Island dressing???

(not serious)

actionjbone,

I bet you’re someone whose nose almost imperceptibly points downward.

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