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    What are you reading in 2025?

    Finished the [Rex Stout] biography. It starts off with the earliest of his family in the US, so some real history, some apocrypha, and some family stories. Some of that was interesting but I liked it better when it got to his actual recollections and interactions. He knew everyone! I didn't...
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    Describe your last rpg session in 5 words

    Much distraction, gelatinous cube defeated.
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    Today I learned +

    Posted something on pineapple, and @TiQuinn noted it would fit here! ------------------------- Just read the following and couldn't think of a place to post it. From a John McAleer interview of Rex Stout: Q: Why do you invent names for cars, liquors, rugs, guns, locks, fishing tackle rather...
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    Pineapple Express: Someone Is Wrong on the Internet?

    I should have thought of that! Posted it over there too.
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    Pineapple Express: Someone Is Wrong on the Internet?

    Just read the following and couldn't think of a place to post it. From a John McAleer interview of Rex Stout: Q: Why do you invent names for cars, liquors, rugs, guns, locks, fishing tackle rather than using brand names? A: A character's liking for a Heron car or Ten-Mile Creek bourbon cannot...
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    Pineapple Express: Someone Is Wrong on the Internet?

    I had never seen that before!
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    Pineapple Express: Someone Is Wrong on the Internet?

    That seems like the way to do it... but the number of billboards I could buy up when things annoyed me, or political ads during that time of the year... or the game companies I would be tempted to buy when they annoyed me, or.... (How much would it cost to get a battery of lasers to write...
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    Pineapple Express: Someone Is Wrong on the Internet?

    I wonder if one of the things I would occasionally have to do if I was really, really, really rich would be to avoid spending some small percent of the money on researchers, fact-checkers, the occasional private investigator, and a PR person in order to "win" arguments on the internet - whether...
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    Goodman Games Revives Relationship With Anti-Semitic Publisher For New City State Kickstarter [UPDATED]

    It feels like how he announces the cancellation would matter to a lot of people -- and he's running out of repeat chances if he botches it.
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    Describe your last rpg session in 5 words

    Mimic and temporary giant armadillo
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    Arrive AT or Arrive TO?

    I couldn't think of any, but Google found a "to" one that didn't feel odd to me: “I arrived to the party a bit late,” From: 'Arrive At' vs. 'Arrive To': A Very Nerdy Analysis <- a discussion of its origins and fluctuating popularity
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    THE FANTASTIC FOUR FIRST STEPS "Silver Surfer Incoming" Trailer (NEW 2025)

    I had no interest at all in this movie before I saw this.... Holy cow! This looks awesome!!
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    Pineapple Express: Someone Is Wrong on the Internet?

    Is it still whataboutilism if the conversation has turned to discussing the degree of something?
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    How Will The New Tariffs Affect TTRPG Prices?

    A wargame company in my feed today... https://wargamesatlantic.com/blogs/news/tariffs-elbows-up-doubling-down-and-more
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    Judges Guild Makes Statement About Goodman Controversy [Updated]

    I'm trying to imagine what part of a confidentiality agreement would make it so one couldn't "respond to the questions about the timing of the Invincible Overlord agreement".
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