Pineapple Express: Someone Is Wrong on the Internet?

prabe · 2026-04-22T16:13:23+0100

I'm pretty sure this isn't related to the above: That's some real effort you're putting into missing and/or mangling the metaphor, there.

RealAlHazred · 2026-04-22T16:54:31+0100

billd91 said:
So much effing dog-whistling.

Oh, are the Many Fine People gathering?

Mannahnin · 2026-04-22T17:12:38+0100

prabe · 2026-04-22T17:19:51+0100

Mannahnin said:
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The GM was arguably also correct.

Thomas Shey · 2026-04-22T17:25:34+0100

dbolack said:
This is a space I live in, though largely self-medicated.

Yeah, when we took her in to the ER and they found her BP was 200/100, she knew it was time to talk to our doctor post-haste.

Mannahnin · 2026-04-22T17:26:37+0100

prabe said:
The GM was arguably also correct.

I would certainly have agreed with the ruling. The humor here is definitely the absurdity of our own timeline.

Saracenus · 2026-04-22T17:33:46+0100

The movie Idiocracy hits different when watching it today. Just like the movie Contagion hits different post COVID. It is wild to watch Gen Z YouTubers react to either film.

Whizbang Dustyboots · 2026-04-22T18:48:31+0100

Companies trying to sell increasingly expensive and deluxe products to a declining audience feels like it should be raising more alarm than it appears to be. I think we're seeing the decline of some of our bigger names in the RPG space, even if death is still some way off.

prabe · 2026-04-22T18:52:29+0100

Whizbang Dustyboots said:
Companies trying to sell increasingly expensive and deluxe products to a declining audience feels like it should be raising more alarm than it appears to be. I think we're seeing the decline of some of our bigger names in the RPG space, even if death is still some way off.

I'd be interested in seeing someone--not necessarily you, definitely not me--pull apart the threads of "company in death-spiral" and "warped incentives of crowdfunding." That's not disagreeing with your point.