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The trick is, they do damage their health. It weakens their immune system and degrades cognitive functions, among other things. They seldom connect the hating their health problems, that’s all.

Who knew that sea lions are Van Halen fans?

That’s altogether delightful. Now I want a matching one of a bunch of dungeon dwellers partying in some big chamber.

Not that o think others’ choices suck, but I’ll go tap others for variety’s sake. 1. Strange Days. Bruce Sterling said the essence of cyberpunk is “the Street has its own uses for things”. In that spirit, this story of what’s gained and lost in a world where memories can be recorded and...

The movie isn’t very good, but their soundtrack for Wavelength is amazing.

Much sympathy, @Thomas Shey

Gonzo the Great charges in, demanding his chicken back.

• Loner as my all-purpose multitool. • QuestWorlds for intensely story and genre focused play with a notch more detail than Loner. And I’d use it to run settings deeply engraved in my memory, like Wraith and VtM. Third is probably some kind of historical fantasy. Prince Valiant or Pendragon...

These are excellent things to add. Thanks. The transition is probably going to be hard, with regrets and frustration and impulses to stop and go back, if the thing you’re giving up has been a significant part of your identity. “Good to do” and “easy to do” don’t k ow each other, and the change...

I’ve been reviewing everything I know about stress reduction lately, since I’m having problems with critically bad cardiac conditions and have to be doing all I can on all fronts. One is relevant to both dining and gaming. If it’s wildly unlikely that you will ever have fun with something, get...

Thanks for the overview, @jian Do you particularly recommend any?

No, between caring for Mom and her Alzheimer’s and my own growing pile of health problems, it hasn’t been possible. Book of Oblivion development was my exit.

My advice: if it would overall fun and satisfaction, do it. Going out on a happy note is good. I’d not, don’t. Going out without more unrewarding grind for the sake of maintaining standing is also good.

I am sure that anonymity is overrated as a source of trouble. Look at Facebook. Many many people gladly say horrible things with their names attached. As for the real person, I love the discussion of that by historian Eric Foner in the introduction to his book The Fiery Trial, which is about...

Strange women lying on BBEGs is no basis for a system of government.

Let he who is without sin win initiative.

It took me a long time to fully grasp the phenomenon across very different venues, but…griefing is fundamentally parasitical. Yeah, there are groups that have fun preying on each other repeatedly over time. But it seems that for a lot (most?) people inclined to play rat bastards, it’s most fun...

You can’t have a solution because you are not the right sort of person. You don’t display the proper tribal markers. Therefore I know it cannot work and must dismiss you as a mere hooligan.