KaiKoda

southsamurai, 24 days ago

Yup, and no matter how the DM handles it, it’s still a pain in the ass.

My table? That shit don’t fly, but it’s still going to mean some dude getting butt hurt and needing a firm talking to. Might go years without it happening, but I don’t know a DM that hasn’t run into it it once or twice with new groups or new players.

One of my long term players is a woman. She was a “girl” when she started with the core group, if you count 16 as a girl still.

She’s a great player, and a good friend. The number of times I’ve had to tell guys to fuck off and not come back is absurd. Shouldn’t even be once, though you’d expect teenagers to pull it. No, it was grown ass men. The last one, we were all 40ish in the core group, and the guy that pulled it was older than us. He was an acquaintance from where I used to work, and had always been chill with women. No bullshit, no problems. But he still couldn’t get past the idea that she was there and obligated to give him a shot just because they shared a hobby.

sbv, 3 months ago

This is humanity. We regurgitate. We borrow opinions from the group we identify with.

The thing is, sometimes the groupthink is right. Her writing is weak (“beige” as someone else described), and her philosophy is cruel. Her own life shows why it just doesn’t work.

But what is missing in nearly all of the critique on her is her upbringing

For her as a historical figure, sure. As a philosopher who influenced a couple of generations of tech bros, it isn’t relevant. The edgelords that dig up her corpse to shit on the mildest form of social support don’t care about that.

Why all the downvotes? If the name of the community is Unpopular Opinion and I certainly posted an unpopular opinion then shouldn’t people be like “well, I hate Ayn Rand” but the guy did stick to the theme of the community.

Lemmy seems to have a hard time with unpopular opinions.