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Hate seems such a strange feeling to me. I sometimes use the word to describe the feelings I temporarily experience regarding specific individuals because of specific things they are doing. However I really don't understand how people can experience those feelings generally and perpetually...

Your point here would once have made sense to me. In a time of mutual benevolence and peaceful coexistence. - A Minnesotan

Yep. Being an old-school gamer can seem pretty sus these days.

The two have been collaborators over the years. There are also sexual harassment allegations against Clark Peterson for his reported habit of being underdressed at his day job as an Idaho judge. https://www.spokesman.com/stories/2023/dec/15/kootenai-county-prosecutor-says-judge-is-biased-af/

Yeah, no. The not-quite-naked pinup victim of the Gorgar pinball game was offensive 45 years ago. Apparently Goodman’s embracing its new retrograde audience. Byee

When I am outdoors, I almost always know which direction is north. I have an almost-always-on, constantly-updating mental map in my head. (I am told most people do not do this.) But indoors, especially in an imaginary dungeon? No way. In a dungeon, “north” at best means “at the top of the...

Merric’s Goodreads page, which mearls mentioned, shows newly-read books added even today, so it seems Merric is still alive and hopefully well, if not posting here. I’ve long appreciated Merric’s writings and insights, so I’m glad of that and wish nothing but the best for him.

Came here to report I was out - from a trip to the local organic foods co-op, of all places, who really should know better. But it was a cover! So I guess I’m still in, as we head into the closing stretch.

Wait, what’s the difference between Dauphinoise and Au Gratin? This most delicious potato dish deserves a fair consideration: https://www.recipetineats.com/potatoes-au-gratin/ EDIT: Thank you for the fix!

Yeah, That’s my suspicion.

“Give us that, my love.” “Why?” “Because 11 December is my birthday, and I wants it.”

You didn’t specify whether for use in D&D, or just general favorite creature. I’ve not yet used this folktale family in D&D, but I should! My favorite is Iceland’s Grýla, and her many troll children. Iceland was a fabled land of my earliest memories: the next island east, from which my parents...