Thanks for the tip, I’ll talk with Keris and check it out.

No, it was purely by choice in a well-marked post.

I’m scared about the blowback.

It was inevitable that eventually somebody would ‘fight back’ somehow.

Now we have to deal with how all the idiots act, react and overreact.

It won’t be pretty, but again, it was inevitable.

The day of, when it happened, I watched the video… and then had to literally touch grass, walk it off, get some fresh air.

Wife got home, wanted to see it, had the same reaction.

I just don’t like watching people die, no matter who it is. But now and then I gaze into the void deliberately.

Because we are going through a growth spurt at the same time.

I was at a restaurant with my wife’s family - lots of kids.

This place was in a fairly rural area and there were chickens pecking around outside.

While eating one of the kids says “A chicken just crossed the road!”

No hesitation at all I yell “WHY?!?”

I will occasionally butter one piece, peanut butter the other, and have a truly decadent toasted peanut butter sandwich.

Karateka, along with everything else Jordan Meschner did following it, starting the Prince of Persia series.

It’s a nice evolution of personal style.

I’ve more or less dropped out of mainstream gaming so have no idea how the more recent Prince of Persia games play, nor if he has any involvement… but anyone who knew the original games should understand that these games did something foundational with movement and interface, helping the player to feel involved in the action.

Watching it now. I’d learned of it from a YouTube series analyzing similar movies called Goodnight Rita.

“On this occasion, Johannesen had also attempted to hide a mobile phone behind a wardrobe which was discovered when it started ringing during the search.”

This guy was clearly not all that bright. But he is hilarious, unintentionally.

Yup.

I wouldn’t think any of those are particularly valuable, but nice to have sure.

I have a couple of the same first edition d&d books: My dad’s from when he ran a campaign for us when I was seven years old. So glad I have 'em still. I run a biweekly campaign with my dad, aunt, uncle, and cousin’s husband. (And also play in one run by said cousin’s husband, same group.)

I actually know a Dan McPhee.

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Being cis does nothing to influence your response here. A trans person would call them by the same name, see?

Call someone by the name you’re given, and if you’re unsure about pronouns, either use they/them or ask.

And as long as you act in good faith and are accepting and understanding, you’re doing well. I think this is the spirit of the question - you aren’t sure how to act and don’t want to offend.

Yeah, anything that has you speaking in game jargon in public should qualify.

One of my friends at a pizza place a few years ago: “I can’t believe I didn’t get to poison anyone last night.”

Me: “Dude, context! We are in public!”

Fax machines!

They were invented long before the computer or modem, with the original patent being issued in 1843.

They seem wildly outdated, but the ability to replicate the signature (iirc) led to faxes being accepted as legal documents.

This speaks more to the underlying usefulness in earlier eras, but it’s still wild to make a phone call that leads to a printed document.

It’s just a mistake, there’s no point in beating yourself up over it at all.

Try to find a way to laugh it off and either cancel or have a fun time doing something else in the area.

Your mistake is an embarrassing inconvenience. Nobody is hurt, nobody lost their job, you aren’t fired, evicted, or divorced.

Take a deep breath. Self-forgiveness is a skill worth practicing, lest you poison your memories with regret.

Bird.

A peacock’s tail is a flourish, something that adds to the whole without detracting.

A cocktail combines spirits with other flavors to make them something else.

I don’t really drink cocktails, but thr antiquated term makes sense in a particular context.

Now looking it up, apparently the origin of the term isn’t actually known and my interpretation isn’t even in the running, but I’m saving this anyway because it’s amusing.

I’ll have to give that a watch. Dinklage is always a joy to watch.