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I have played in LARP games where there was a safe word both to pause the game itself, and to call for help and have it be understood that you meant it out of game, rather than in-game.

I have played in LARP games on city streets where, because real world cries for help would be understood literally by those uninvolved, we had in-game codes for calling for authorities to assist in-game. Those games still had codes for making gameplay itself stop, and making it clear that real life assistance was needed.

ANY time it’s possible plain language might not be heeded or properly understood, having another layer for clarity is a useful idea.

vaspider

This is pretty common in any kind of improv theater which has what we call "street work," like a Ren Faire. Because you're playing out scenes which may involve emulating distress, you need a way to say "there's a real problem." Thus, the ren faires I've been at use "in faith" and "in sooth."

"In faith, there's trouble brewing between X and Y!" = X and Y are play-fighting and doing a scene!

"In sooth, X and Y are fighting!" = No, really, the actors are really throwing down, help for real!

Anytime situations like this might occur, whether it's in TTRPGs, BDSM, or improv theater, you need ways to say "no, this is real."

kinghippiedude

The Renaissance Festival I work at has a code word where if a cast member needs to request assistance from another cast member while in front of patrons they ask for Captain Peabody. Captain Peabody is not an actual character at the Faire & just exists as a code word.

vaspider

Love it!

somecunttookmyurl

Not entirely the same thing (tangentially related) but "Captain Peabody" reminded me that here in the UK we have a scheme called "Ask for Angela" whereby if you feel unsafe in a bar/club/venue you can ask them to "get angela" and staff will then assist by finding your friends, arranging a taxi, getting security staff, or calling police (whichever is needed)

vaspider

Oh yeah! That's a thing here, too.

everythingfox

“When things are not as they should be…..”

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jaubaius

Absolutely unique

Source

🌸 :)

Magnificent Phoenix Creation, launched and flown.

dduane

This thing is fabulous!

ilikeit-art

badsciencejokes

Dude has a death wish

vergess

Delighted to announce this bird is real and is a corvid.

Truly the family that just keeps giving.

haropla

I haven’t seen it in the notes yet, so afaik, here’s the source of that video! So now you can see the funny poison bird much more clearly.

It was taken by a biologist that studies birds so it seems like he knows what he’s doing. For the most part. Here’s his caption:

krystal-prisms

You all know that he 100% licked his fingers after handling that bird

totally-original-artist

openworldadventurer

nerdlingwrites

I can’t leave this in the tags, I’m sorry.

antiqueanimals

Moederpoes met vier kittens 3. Henriëtte Ronner-Knip (1821-1909)

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ellies-knife

Reddit wins this one

hymnism

HIS BOOBS ⁉️⁉️

animepopheart

★ 【あっちょん】「ヴァッシュ･ザ･スタンピード」 ☆ ⊳ vash the stampede // trigun ✔ republished w/permission ⊳ ⊳ follow me on twitter

hxgrl

I don't Think ive seen anyone on here talking abt some US states forcing teachers to remove all books from their classrooms and force them to only have pre-vetted books available or else face possible JAIL TIME ???

hxgrl

Not to sound like a twitter user but why aren't people talking about this omg

hxgrl

(link to this cnn article) ^

Please note the third degree felony???

(link to this tweet) ^

Also lots of articles if you search "Florida book ban" or smth similar online. I'm just shocked I've not seen much about this, maybe people don't know it's happening??

slowtovvn

If you're not completely plugged in Ron DeSantis, the governor doing this, is the republican front runner for president next year.

bubblegum-sullivan-13

Virginia's Glenn Youngkin who has presidential ambition is also doing this and almost everything else DeSantis is doing such as attacking abortion and trans healthcare access but is somehow holding onto moderate street cred. Don't fall for it. He's as extremist as DeSantis or any other republican.

beanshery

DeSantis is attacking education in as many places in Florida as possible--he's forced colleges to detail what funds they spent on "diversity, equity and inclusion" and is pushing for a ban on diversity programs as of TODAY. He's taking over the most radical liberal arts college in Florida and filling the board with his own conservatives and trying to change them from diversity, equity and inclusion to "equality, merit, and colorblindness" and wants to prevent fucking gender ideology. IE it's the queerest campus in Florida and they all hate him. And he ousted the president who called it a hostile takeover and replaced her with a former Republican House speaker Richard Corcoran--who by the way, has supported every single other thing DeSantis has done in schools, like making it easier to DECERTIFY teachers' unions and trying to push private schools or public education spending.

He's trying to control and indocrinate children in schools AND colleges, from the "Don't Say Gay" law that did the exact same thing as that stupid case with the baker who wouldn't bake a gay cake--the one that will let them get away with everything that comes.

And yes, he's running for president.

Don't let him win.