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GoblinQuester

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Been a titterpig since anno dazumal … that is, since the 80’s, and titterpig was a word I learned the other month. Mainly been playing RQ and WFRP in the modern time.
Oh, and Trans Rights are Human Rights!

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futurebird , to random
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Thinking about world building & the consequences of “too much” history. In many sci-fi tales parts of history are forgotten— some cataclysm results in a society with about as much history as we have: some 20k years with the last 2000 being most referenced and the last 100 (living memory) of real consequence.

But what if you had a million years of detailed written history? What about a billion? I think there is a reason so many sci-fi stories have the trope “we forgot the location of earth”

GoblinQuester ,
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@futurebird @mattmcirvin <Staring at the codebase I have inherited> Now I have a name for what I'm doing

MikeDunnAuthor , to random
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The solar eclipse supposedly cost America about $700 million in lost productivity. It was a 2 minute eclipse. Let's give some leeway and assume 15 minutes for employees to go out, go oo aahh, chat for a bit, have a smoke. anyways point being what do you think it would cost them if we all refused to work for a day? Two days? Maybe the ruling class should be interested in making sure our needs are met before we make them find out.
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    GoblinQuester ,
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    @MikeDunnAuthor I have been screaming about this for years now, unionize, general strike and get a frakking constitution in US.
    I may even be possible to bring the capitalist-christ-fascist state on the knees by just have a no-buy week. Live on simple fares and don't buy anything for a week. The state will crumble!

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    @LeviKornelsen this is so exiting!

    GoblinQuester ,
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    @LeviKornelsen Oh, now I got a inspiration thought. I have been tinkering on a journaling game where you create a world by playing out the mythical journey of a godling. One aspect of that game is that the consequences of “hit points taken” in conflicts are not wounds per se, but effects on the world, like diseases and curses and such, explaining why bad things exists. But “flesh wounds” could be things like this instead, cultural divergences … hmmm interesting … hmmm

    futurebird , to random
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    I was listening to a "Snowball Earth" TV documentary. Not paying much attention. I wish TV documentaries would let scientists who they interview explain more. Like how did you know how old the zircons were? How many places did you find the glacial erratics? Exactly how cold did it get? etc.

    Once of the scientists they interview said "It would be harder to live on snowball Earth than the surface of Mars." which seems... not true? Or is it just out of context?

    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xhVFZFm44SQ

    GoblinQuester ,
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    @futurebird Once of the scientists they interview said "It would be harder to live on snowball Earth than the surface of Mars." Sounds like someone who has funding from Pedo Snusk and wants to sell tickets to his Indentured Worker Paradise on Mars.

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    GoblinQuester ,
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    @LeviKornelsen Interesting breakdown of concepts!

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    GoblinQuester ,
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    @LeviKornelsen Call has them, Runquest too. I just presume there was a Traveller one also. I think all of the ”classics” that existed in a certain time range (early 80ish?) atleast made an trial one.

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    My crew has two weeks of down time hanging out at port with a Vargr crew. What interesting things can they get up to?

    What game do the Vargr like to play to pass the time?

    GoblinQuester ,
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    @deinol I imagine Vargr like physical games, full contact, like Australian Rules Football, with little downtime, hard knocks and general high adrenaline focus. Difficult to manage in a small crew tho.

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    Today's threads (a thread)

    Inside: Boeing, Spirit and Jetblue, a monopoly horror-story; and more!

    Archived at: https://pluralistic.net/2024/01/22/anything-that-cant-go-on-forever/

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    @pluralistic oooh, cool, I just happening to be in Miami and having a hotel next to Coral Gables … but I’m down with con-crud, and that is a gift anyone don’t want. (And I can hardly stand up).

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