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Nothing constructive can come out of this conversation, regardless of your views on the subject. Shut it down.

It’s good, just finished the introduction. He’s taking an ax, cutting up everything that has come before, and reassembling it (with an additional ton of new research) into an astounding synthesis. Wickham really is one of the best academic history writers out there, which is saying something haha

I recently was sent a copy of a book entitled The Donkey and the Boat: Reinterpreting the Mediterranean Economy, 950-1180. A brand new comparative study of the regional economies of the Mediterranean, with an indepth look at Egypt, Tunisia, Sicily, Byzantium, Islamic Spain and Portugal, and...

Toys don’t rot on shelves—they’ll outlast us all.

Bad writing is the unforgivable sin. This is some real bad writing.

You can’t keep moving the goalposts. You mentioned Gary Gygax and Greyhawk, not a music group with living members. I, and many others, have given you our responses. I don’t think many people are interested in arguing with you about this, or even discussing.

Hell no, I wouldn’t defile the dead in that way. Steal from the dead, so the living can make a quick buck? So I can pretend to get enjoyment or an emotional high from a computer pretending to be a dead man? Disgusting, immoral, vile. It’s like people haven’t learned the lessons of Antigone.

What should a Bard be? Glorious.

I genuinely like Forgotten Realms, was amazing at how beautifully and faithfully rendered it was in BG3, and hope it continues to thrive in the future. (But seriously, there are some really deep lore cuts in BG3 that are just amazing.)

I picked up 4 out of 20, not bad, not bad.

To each their own, but I think you are making a distinction in what I said that simply isn’t there, and making a mountain out of a molehill. I don’t appreciate being called out in the manner you did over something so inconsequential as well. Have a good evening, happy holidays.

I’m not sure we actually disagree on this? The answer is don’t support clickbait, even if that is what YouTube/Google strongly incentivizes for creators. So I’m not sure what you strongly disagree with?

To be honest it all depends on what the pension plan looks like.

No, the Cleric should not be retired.

IMO, these YouTubers are a blight, but as you pointed out, the real problem lies with Google/youtube that incentivizes such catastrophic thinking.

I only know how to reply to one person at once, so you’re the lucky 🍀 one I guess:) Your response here got me thinking about what I’m looking for in a campaign setting, and why my reactions to 1st and 2nd (and tbh 3rd) are so different. I think I enjoy reading 2nd and 3rd more than 1st, but if...

So I’m bringing this thread back from the past because Google took me here and I thought the conversation has been very interesting. I just last night or so finished reading the original 1e Gray Box, and I don’t fully understand why it is so beloved. It was an interesting read in the sense...

Former professional lifter here, was 370 at my heaviest. Since have retired from the sport, and taken up combat sports. Boxing and BJJ combined have seen me down to 285, and I hope to keep losing as I keep it up. I want to enter a Golden Gloves competition when I’m 40 to see if I can beat up any...

I’ve had to lay people off and I’ve had to fire people. I’d much rather fire someone than lay them off. Layoffs feel impersonal and are often done for purely corporate reasons. At least when I’ve fired people I’ve fired for cause. Layoffs just feel icky, even if I understand the reasoning behind...

No thanks, not at all. I hate doomerism in general, and doomerism the movie seems the most unappealing thing in the world to me right now.