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jjjalljs

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  • What do you think of this plan to switch from Instagram to Pixelfed?

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  • On the one hand, this might help fence sitters that are like "there's no content there".

    On the other, I just don't personally care for a stream of random images like Instagram et al do.

  • PAGE TURNERS: 15 binge-worthy Sci-Fi and Fantasy Books!

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  • There's something off about a video about books.

  • Washington state progressives strike big business tax break from 'millionaire’s tax'

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  • It's not "retire and live a life of luxury" money, at least in many parts of the world.

    It's a lot of money in terms of paying down debt and covering rent for a while, though.

  • I saw a similar thing once it was glorious

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  • Poor emotional regulation.

    Someone speaking another language makes them afraid (maybe they're talking about me) or feel bad (I only know one language am I stupid?). Getting angry at the other person is easier on the ego than healthier options.

  • How often have you used a game setting with a different game's ruleset?

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  • I love mage, but its magic is so involved and powerful I wouldn't want to use it in a game unless everyone was a mage. You don't really want one players options to be "I hit him with my club" and the others to be boundless.

    Awakening 2nd edition was really good, imo, but I never actually got to play Ascension

  • How often have you used a game setting with a different game's ruleset?

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  • I used nWoD for fantasy games. The core dice pool system works pretty well, and few things are tightly coupled to any setting in particular.

    I mostly don't like d20, so when someone tells me they're doing a game about secret vampire societies in it, I'm a lot more disappointed than if they ported a system I like or am neutral on. Also 5th edition in particular makes a lot of assumptions about how things work.

  • DndBeyond will now use "5.5e" as version label

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  • Isn't that what people were calling it anyway? Well that's nice I guess.

  • Actions meet consequences

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  • I dunno man. I've had a lot of conversations with players that go like "do you think your character is the first to come up with this hijink? If it works, why doesn't the entire setting revolve about this infinite damage trick you're trying to sell me?"

    Like, if it was as easy as casting Charm Person on the king to become the new ruler, other people would already be doing that. Therefore, there must be reasons why it doesn't work.

  • What motivated you to leave the family home when you did?

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  • My parents are difficult. Not the worst people and not monsters, but at many times unpleasant.

    Plus it was a house in the suburbs. Not ideal for socializing or culture.

    And lastly, living with parents in the suburbs would be huge negatives for dating.

  • Turns Out There Was Voter Fraud in Georgia—by Elon Musk

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  • All it takes is one cop to be like "he was resisting arrest and I feared for my life so I had to shoot him 17 times in the back".

  • Jack Dorsey's New Company Falling Apart as It Forces Employees to Use AI

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  • “Top-down mandates to use large language models are crazy,” one employee told Wired. “If the tool were good, we’d all just use it.”

    Yep.

    Management is often out of touch and full of shit

  • ICE agents could be banned from getting public jobs in N.J. for life under new plan

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  • Sounds like a good start

  • How do YOU personally determine if someone is a good or bad person?

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  • I don't like to think of people as immutably good or bad, but I get what you meant.

    There's a bunch of factors.

    • are they honest?
    • are they kind?
    • do they care about things other than themselves?
    • do they try to make the world better?

    So, someone who lies, is cruel, doesn't care about anyone else, and leaves the world a mess is being a pretty bad person.

    Someone who just keeps their head down, goes to work, and is polite to people they meet is kind of middling.

  • Social Security payments predicted to be cut in 2032

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  • The cap was in place because the Social Security benefit doesn’t increase above the that income.

    I don't think that's necessarily a good reason for the cap to exist. I expect it's a compromise to get rich people and idiots on board.

  • Karim Diané from Star Trek: Starfleet Academy is doing an AMA on Lemmy today

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  • The Oatmeal did a comic worth reading about this: https://theoatmeal.com/comics/believe

    Some people are really loathe to do any self reflection or assessment. I gather their sense of self and worth is very fragile, and looking too hard might make it collapse.

    Like, some people you could say "Eating meat is bad for these reasons" and they'll just lash out. Not enough emotional HP to tank the hit.

  • Social Security payments predicted to be cut in 2032

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  • I'm not rich to the point of no longer needing to labor, but I did hit the social security cap one year. I was pissed when I learned why my take home jumped up. I would have rather kept paying.

    It's selfish to want to keep a little more of your vast wealth like you describe. That's cartoon villainy.

  • Karim Diané from Star Trek: Starfleet Academy is doing an AMA on Lemmy today

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  • Right. Cognitive dissonance. We all suffer it sometimes. I guess it takes uncommon courage and clarity to work through it. Most people would rather do the least effort to preserve their sense of being a good person.

    Being sexist is bad

    They are good

    They don't like this show because it has a woman lead

    That's sexist

    But they're good

    Can't change "sexism is bad". Can't change "they are good". Only thing left to change is the reason they don't like the show. Easy-peasy.

  • Social Security payments predicted to be cut in 2032

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  • It's kind of insane to me that there's an annual cap on social security payments. If your salary is high enough, you stop paying into it partway through the year. That's ass-backwards. You shouldn't pay anything for the first chunk of money, and then pay more as you make more.

  • The economic cost of Brexit has just been laid bare – and it’s devastating

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  • Why aren't the pro-brexit people being shamed? Stripped of their wealth and made to spend the rest of their miserable lives doing community service?

  • Low-Spec Gaming @lemmy.zip
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    Favorite old timey roguelike?

  • Guild Wars 2 @lemmy.wtf
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    Fractal Incursions Bonus Event!

  • rpg @ttrpg.network
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    Memorable character deaths?

  • Linux @lemmy.ml
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    Linux on a 2014 macbook air?

  • Guild Wars 2 @lemmy.wtf
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    how do people feel about spears?

  • Polyamory & Open Relationships @kbin.run
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    How are your metamor relationships?

  • Polyamory & Open Relationships @kbin.run
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    How do you find other poly people?

  • LFG @ttrpg.network
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    Online

    [Fate][UTC-5] Looking for a Thursday Evening Game

  • No Stupid Questions @lemmy.world
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    What's up with memes suffixed with "rule"?