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CALLING ALL TTRPG FANS!

My friend Emily, who did the Hotzone heist game that’s going into production soon and Hc Svnt Draconis (both editions, a sci-fi horror rpg), has launched her new full TTRPG called Gallerie! It’s a very queer, very trans game that I’ve had the pleasure of playtesting over this last year and it’s fucking incredible.

Everyone who backs the project gets a free preview PDF, which includes setting the stage for the world and quick info about the game! It’s a great way to dip your toes in and share the word with your friends!

It’s got everything - time travel, magic painting, strange and alien gods, fantasy, love, horror… and it’s kink-positive as fuck, plus it allows for complete customization of your character no matter what manifestation you choose.

A queer-focused TTRPG that employs art and dream elements to paint narratives about finding yourself and fighting your demons. Community, co

my characters I’ve played so far are: a bee from medieval France who fell through with a human boy he had a crush on

a stoner from 1982 who became a moth man

and a California surfer boy from the 90’s who is basically a coatl

My wife @pocketsizesatan is even playing a house that gained consciousness in the session my spouse runs today!

There is no limit to what you can make. It’s beautiful, it’s deadly, it’s cool as hell, and I think the roleplayers in this community would have a blast with it :3

Please boost this around! I really wanna see this project succeed, because it’s a beautiful and unique game.

gothicprep

the late senator graham and i disagreed on pretty much everything, but credit where it’s due. this quote of his is an all-timer:

it’s arguably the most honest thing that anyone has said in politics.

pamfieldsphotoshoppedinjail

antisemite frantically running around the capitol trying to find the jews who control shit:

indecisiveavocado

There is only we, and we usually don't know what the fuck we're doing GODDAMNIT LINDSEY STOP MAKING GOOD POINTS

glasspalacesstoneshop

It is an interesting idea that the whole “Jews control the world” might actually be a comfort fantasy, since the idea that there’s no one controlling anything and everything is just human judgment and error is terrifying in its own unique way.

crazy-brazilian

beardedmrbean

In fairness, in the desert you can't remember your name, so it's easy enough to forget to name the horse too.

Maybe after you get back into the rain

hometoursandotherstuff

beardedmrbean

homunculus-argument

You know the meme where you go "the name of [noun with a diminutive] implies the existence of [a hypothetical HUGE form of same thing, but without the diminutive]" like "existence of dorito implies the existence of THE DORO" and it's a huge-ass corn chip the size of a wheel of cheese?

Well, in finnish, the word for moth is "yökkönen", from "yö" (night), the suffix "-kko/kkö" which has many purposes but one of them is to change any word into "person involved with doing something with the root word", and the dininutive "-nen". So the name of moth is "little night creature".

But coming back to the diminutive meme, the existence of yökkönen would imply the existence of yökkö, the big (or at least medium-sized, or non-small) night creature. Through a happenstance completely unrelated to moths or other insects, "yökkö" is the finnish vernacular word for a night shift nurse.

marlynnofmany

#Oh so that's what Mothman does for a living #Good for him!

(via @gallusrostromegalus)

hometoursandotherstuff

tpwrtrmnky

I really, really want to emphasize that a lot of my activism-vs-posting posts are expressly not saying "you should simply stop trying"

They are saying "here is why trying to fight every evil in the world by yourself using nothing but your social media account is a bad idea."

If you want your effort to lead to something instead of just throwing effort into a void, you have to get involved with organized activism. I can't tell you which organization to join, because I don't know where you live, and I don't know what causes are important to you. Divert some of the effort you're putting into scrolling into figuring that out.

tpwrtrmnky

Sometimes, being involved in an org will feel like you're doing less, because the org will have specific times they meet, or specific events they're prioritizing.

Now, here's the thing.

You need to take the logic of all those workers' rights posts you've seen. The ones that talk about understaffing, the ones that talk about how 14-hour shifts are very, very bad. And think. If an activist cause is important, primarily done by volunteers, and needs to be done well to have an impact... is it a responsible thing for you to burn yourself out doing it?

No, it's not. The cause needs you rested and focused, not overworked and burnt out. Work smarter, not "harder."

pedro-friedeberg

Western leftist voice: “I believe in abolishing borders and that no human is illegal uwu 💖 but I also believe—✨leftistly✨—that the movement of millions of mostly male migrants, especially Muslims from North Africa and the Middle East, should be seen as a punishment and threat against Europe💖 leftistly, of course!💖 oh and also Israel is to blame uwu 💖”

myrthrilmercury

dredsina

Ive said this before but swear the biggest skill to learn as an adult is how to resist high-pressure sales tactics. You do NOT have to answer questions with anything other than "Sorry I'm not interested." No matter how nice they are or no matter how many follow up questions they ask or even how agitated they get when you stand your ground. Just keep saying I'm not interested. Don't answer their questions. Don't give them an opening to try to push back on your reasons. Be a fucking brick wall of I'm not interested.

sweaterkittensahoy

When we bought our car, I told Sean to let me handle it. I walked in and said "We have X for a down payment and cannot pay more than Y in monthly payments." My Y number had some leeway, but I didn't mention that.

First thing the sales guy did after I laid down the rules was turn to Sean and go, "What's your number?" And Sean said. "Oh, no, you negotiate with Gayle."

So, strike one for the sales guy. Could not divide and conquer us by implying THE MAN would not surprised at what I laid down.

Sales guy then had to confer with his manager and left us at his desk for several minutes. I have a vague recollection (this was 16 years ago) of Sean and I amusing ourselves doing bits about the other people there to look at cars. I am sure we did not give off the stressed or nervous energy they were hoping for.

Guy comes back. His first offer is fifty dollars a month more than I told him we could pay. I looked at him and said "I gave you our upper limit."

"Well, but what's another 50 bucks a month?"

"Something I can't afford."

He didn't know what to do with my open and unashamed admittal that I had a budget because my money was finite.

He went back to talk to the manager again.

It took two more rounds of "I told you what I can afford" before he finally came back 20 bucks under what I'd stated as my max.

The trick to resisting high-stress sales tactics is doing the math at home, knowing exactly what you can afford, and then walking into the room and stating that number minus 15%. Then refusing to budge from that number. Never, ever, meet then where they want. Always meet them where you want. Because at the end of the day, you can walk away and go somewhere else and say "I told the people at Z what my terms were, and they refused to work with me. Here are my terms. Meet them, and you make a sale today."