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artificial intelligence is like the hoverboard of the 20s in that why are we calling it what its not

Ugh i wish I'm a millionaire so i can donate to everyone in gaza strip 😭

The berry pickers creed

I will leave unripened berries untouched

A ripe berry need only be negotiated with, not fought

I will reasses my surroundings after every step, for my new perspective could reveal a berry patch previously hidden to me

The plant gets excited and happy when a barry is picked

The bug is not to be feared or killed, but gently celebrated, for it facilitated in the creation of the beloved berrys

I will not allow myself to be bullied by sharp thicket and I will retrieve even the most protected barry

best comparison I can think of for the pope thing is. imagine an ESL bishop said the word “dykery” instead of “lesbianism.”

now. as a dyke, I'm not cool with straight people using it. obviously you don't need to be a native speaker to know slurs, but “dykery” is NOT a commonly used word if you're straight and want to insult queer women. it's the kind of derivative word you're way more likely to hear in a queer context. if a straight person randomly said “dykery” in the middle of a serious conversation, and a non native speaker at that, I'd be like... where on earth did they hear THAT from?

that's why I'm laughing my entire ass off at the pope thing. ofc the catholic church is homophobic. fork found in kitchen. but why is the pope using slang from drag race

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JUST TO ABSOLUTELY CLARIFY

When these men run D&D 5e and end up with these really great story moments, that is not because anyone can do that with 5e; the ability to improv stories without a game giving you guidance is a learned skill that they are professionals at. Bennan Lee Mulligan has stated that he likes 5e because he's fully capable of improving very interesting story moments on the spot without rules helping him, and 5e doesn't get in the way of that. That works for him, but it is not something you should expect everyone to do.

Think of it like... Gordon Ramsey wouldn't need a recipe to turn a simple pile of ingredients into an amazing meal. But that's not because "oh yeah you can just do that", it's because he is Gordon Ramsey and is a professional chef and has years and years of experience cooking.

If someone is telling you "hey man, maybe you should try using a recipe first", you saying "nah Gordon Ramsey doesn't need that, why should I?" makes you look a bit foolish (and in this metaphor "recipe" is "game that has rules for social interaction beyond a pass/fail Diplomacy/Intimidate/Bluff roll)

This is why premade campaigns exist. Because the average player and game master can’t do this

And that’s OK.

Try different systems! Don’t limit yourself to one system just because you saw celebrities playing it and it can totally change your gaming experience

sitting in the sun. yes it's gonna take all day. sorry.

something my mum always taught us was to look for the resources we're entitled to, and use them. public land? know your access rights and responsibilities, go there and exercise them. libraries? go there and talk to librarians and read community notice boards, find out what other people are doing around you, ask questions, use the printers. public records offices? go in there, learn what they hold and what you can access, look at old maps, get your full birth certificate copied, check out the census from your neighbourhood a hundred years ago. are you entitled to social support? find out, take it, use it. does the local art college have facilities open to the public? go in, look around, check out their exhibit on ancient looms or whatever, shop in their campus art supply store. it applies online too, there is so much shit in the world that belongs to the public commons that you can access and use if you just take a minute to wonder what might exist!!!

hey if you live in the usa i am on my knees begging you to go to benefits.gov and take their quiz to see if you qualify for literally any government benefits at all. the income requirements for some stuff (i.e. SNAP) are actually not quite as low as one might think! the quiz is really straightforward and only took me around 5 minutes to complete. i do recommend a computer over a phone but it works ok on mobile too. it will share so many great resources for you and will show you things even if you only technically meet one eligibility requirement.

While I’m at it I’m glad you guys are having fun but idk how anyone is able to look past all of the racial caricature that makes up leela as a character. Like I just cannot get into her eu depictions because everything I’ve read/listened to just fully uncritically accepts that she’s Tribal and Backwards and Uncivilized and it’s like. Goddamn this audio from 2003 is more racist about her than some of her original late 70’s episodes great job Gary

art trade with @renegadeartist-who !!

they’re so valid??

[ID: art of the eight doctor. They’re sitting crosslegged, looking down at three kittens in their lap (one black, one grey and white, and one white), and there’s a fourth cat on their neck/the back of their head.]

sometimes I think I'd sleep better if I had no arms

normal people sleeping on their side vs what my body does for some reason

can't lie on my back either cus my arms get cut off by the tits I live in arms hell

I keep getting told my problems sound like this. should I be looking into this

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senshi is real actually. he’s the 76 year old retired forester with no degree who the university hired to teach my dendrology class because he simply knows more about trees than anyone else in the whole world

I was struggling really badly in his class because it was my first semester & I was overwhelmed & I asked him if he had office hours so I could go over some of the material with him and he said sure come on by

and when I got to his office he was like “let’s go” and I was like ??? and we went out to the forest where he personally tutored me for five hours. I think we hiked half the mountain. and then we did that again. every week for the whole semester. it was like an anime training montage. But for some reason, I could NOT tell two types of oak apart. I could identify even the most obscure & difficult trees, but these two HAUNTED me.

anyway eventually I think he forgot he was my professor and not my grandpa or something because we started interacting like this

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eight with all of his eda tardis teams