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At our previous house, 30+ years ago, my grand uncle installed a replacement garbage disposal. After some time & heavy use, it finally died, and we had to get it replaced. The plumber started working on it, but soon ran into a problem. It took him a MUCH longer time than expected and an...

A man at a convention once griped to Sergio Aragones that he charged $50 for an illustration it took him 5 minutes to do. Sergio countered, “You’re not paying $50 for the 5 minutes it took me to do that drawing. You’re paying for the decades it took for me to be able to do that drawing in 5...

Like others, I like both…I think. I used the qualifier because I’m not sure there’s actually a big difference between HERO and 3.5Ed. In each, almost any character can attempt almost anything, but there’s a big difference in their odds of success at a given option depending on their training...

One time when I got locked out of my car, I talked to the locksmith about how quickly he had gotten in. He himself had noted that it had these (then) new, more difficult locks, but had gotten in in under 90sec. He said locks don’t stop thieves, they’re a speedbump. The more time it takes them...

I’ve loved that meme since the first time I saw it. Ben Afflek and Matt Damon should get cast in a Lovecraftian horror for exactly this purpose.

Cute trailer, but- per site rules- you should probably give a bit more insight into why you posted the video.

Someone just turned me on to Customer Service Wolf: https://customerservicewolf.com/

Tim Very has passed. https://newnoisemagazine.com/news-tim-very-drummer-for-manchester-orchestra-dies-at-42/

Jumping in late on this… I’ve been in the hobby since 1977-78, in multiple groups across 5 cities in 3 states, in over 100 systems. I’ve seen a lot of campaigns fail to resolve, so here’s a list (echoing a lot of what’s been stated already): 1) sometimes, the campaign has no set ending point...

Almost “Twilight Zone”-esque.

Have you taken an arrow to the knee yet?

Mod Note: Thou shalt not test the profanity filter, for it is imperfect and stuff can get past it.

Mod Note: The unedited version was a bit much, don’t you think?

Plated: obviously inspired somewhat by scampi, but with liberties taken. I used cavitappi- Mom’s favorite pasta- cooked in salted water. The pasta was removed, and some of the water was reserved. The shrimp were tossed in melted butter and garlic-infused olive oil, then heavily seasoned with...

I bounced off of 5Ed during the prerelease revelations. Never spent a cent on it. So I have no idea how many of the late-era 3.5Ed PCs I made were capable of having reasonable, playable 5Ed facsimiles made of them. I know not many could be easily built in 4Ed, and goodness knows I tried...

My grandmothers- both 1st grade teachers and standing under 5’- were not weak. My maternal one lived 10 years with a terminal cancer diagnosis- probably because Death didn’t want its ass kicked- and was still breaking apart live crabs for her gumbo with her bare hands. My paternal one...

Oglaf’s comics are frequently R or even X rated, but they’re almost always funny. Another one I liked was the “Sleeping Beauty” who turned out to be extremely classist/elitist, much to the consternation of those around her. (The sequence of strips contains jokes that would NOT be grandma...

A rare SFW Oglaf! (And done of my faves.)

Two of my favorite 3rd party products for 3/3.5Ed were Book of the Righteous and Hyperconscious.