I assume this is trying to do a racism.

Making fun of NJ is like “omg epic bacon” or saying “I’m so random”. It’s really passé and unoriginal. It’s extra funny when the speaker is from, like, Mississippi or someplace that’s actually bad.

There I would equally call people out for pretending that they’re in fact bad shoes simply because they’re morally against them.

There might be some ambiguity in the word “bad” there. Some people might use it to mean “uncomfortable” and others to mean “unacceptable”. Sort of like a boolean AND - for some people, for something to be good it must be functional AND ethically acceptable. If it fails either check, they’re “bad”. Humans are notoriously imprecise with their language. Some people might split apart the different components of good/bad, and acknowledge that the hypothetical horror shoes are comfortable, but that’s moot because they wouldn’t willingly wear them.

The difference here is that I remain unconvinced about the unethicality of using AI whereas with baby skin I don’t have that.

As I said, the line is in a different place for everyone. You’re entitled to hold that belief. I’m glad we’re on the same page about the baby skin shoes, though.

I can see that reading, but I think the joke would work the same with him bringing home any threatening partner. If it was an orc lady, the dialogue could be the same.

I mean, yeah, I think there’s some low grade homophobia in here but not malice.

Unpopular opinion checks out.

I don’t think “this thing is good” while ignoring the before and after context is a good policy. Presumably if there were very comfortable shoes made of baby skin and manufactured by child slaves, you would not wear them. (Or maybe you would!)

That’s a very hyperbolic example, but my point remains that for everyone there is a line somewhere. For you, the AI stuff is on the acceptable side.

You can choose to ignore that and come tell me about the ethics of using AI […] just note that you’re no longer addressing what I’m actually saying here.

So, right. It’s a big thing you’re ignoring. AI probably can make competent music and, if research continues, will probably improve. But the ethics and surrounding stuff still exist. People often don’t want to just ignore that.

I thought it was cute. He wasn’t mad about the gay. He was mad about the lack of murder.

It was a quick and easy way for cops to hit their quota, even if the DA didn’t end up prosecuting

I feel like if that sort of thing happens, you should be paid extravagantly. None of this “okay you can go” business after you’ve been fucked around.

Unpopular opinion: Masculinity doesn’t exist. There’s feminine things and then there’s everything else.

This seems to be a roundabout way of coming upon the idea of, like, defaults and privilege. Like how people will say the there’s “sexual orientations: straight and political”

Device finger printing should be illegal.

Maybe I should try it again. I like the idea of the three action economy and teamwork from what I’ve read of pf2e. The mod didn’t have all the normal tutorial stuff, if I recall.

Does it do initiative the same way as 5e? Because that sounds like it would make teamwork annoying. “I need you to distract them, but you rolled low on iniative and I can’t just like wait for you to do it”

It didn’t just happen like the stars moving overhead. People with names and bones did it.

Most Republicans value in-group solidarity more than things like justice or truth. So no, not unless Trump somehow becomes out-group.

Maybe if we start a conspiracy that he’s actually Jewish… No, that’s like trying to use The One Ring.

The us really struggles to do anything for the public. A big part of why is racism, but I think a lot of people are also a mix of vanilla stupid and indoctrinated.

“hey, I want to run a game about {theme, conflict} in {setting} using {rules system}. You want in?”

When you have enough interested players, do a “session 0”. Talk about what kind of game you’re aiming for (serious? Comedy? Deadly? Power fantasy?). Set lines and veils. You’re going to have a bad time if you’re aiming for tactical combat in a grim world, but two of your players want Loony Toons.

I highly recommend players make character concepts together. You should probably play “you all meet in a tavern” once or twice because that’s kind of a whole Thing, but that brings in a bunch of problems.

Read how Fate does it: https://fate-srd.com/fate-core/phase-trio . Maybe just read the whole section on starting a game there. A common property of good DMs is reading other sources and stealing from them.

Absolutely do not get super committed to any particular story beat. Do not expect the players to get captured, or for them to agree to a sea voyage. If you want the game to be about something like that, start there. Tell the players. You can absolutely pitch a game based on “you were all overcome by an orc raising party. You’ll start as prisoners planning an escape”. Do not play out them losing the fight.

Your players are probably not going to pay a lot of attention to your setting. This is doubly true if you unilaterally made it up. If you give players input into the setting details (see again how fate does it), they’ll be more invested and remember more. (Though some players hate having narrative agency, so watch out for that)

I have to admit I was wrong - a shit-load of google docs are also visible on search. I wasn’t aware it works this way. That’s really bad. I found so many people’s resumes!

Does it say they posted it on the Internet?

Google Docs has a “anyone with a link” sharing option. I would not expect setting that and texting my friend the link to result in the document contents being indexed for searches.

I would not assume “anyone with a link” includes people who do not have the link.

It’s funny because people who have never been to New Jersey aside from like an airport or maybe the Secaucus train station will shit on it. Meanwhile, they’re from like bottom-of-the-barrel Mississippi or something.

I dunno, I’ve always felt negatively about, like, unoriginal things people just repeat to feel like part of the group.

I was just playing the old genesis Shadowrun (an old favorite of mine) and had a dark laugh at how the DocWagon you get, where they pull you out of wherever, treat you, and drop you off outside the hospital has a maximum fee of 5000. The default is just 10% of your money.

That’s better than the US for a lot of people.

When I read “influencer” I read it as like “grifter”. I concede what you’re describing may not be bad.