The "I Didn't Comment in Another Thread" Thread

[overgeeked]

Go on, admit it: you're complaining about something you have never tried--something you would never try. You already decided long ago, without using a single tooth or tastebud, that you weren't going to like pineapple on pizza, no matter what.

And that's fine. You can (and should!) order whatever you like. But what I want to know is: why do you keep yelling about pineapple on other people's pizzas? Everybody can tell you don't know what you're talking about.

My favorite variation is the folks who bust out back-of-napkin/serviette math to prove...prove I say...that they're right and know more and blah blah blah. Yeah, I get that you're trying to prove that you've eaten more pizza than it's possible to physically eat in the time since the invention of pizza, but you're still wrong.

 

[RealAlHazred]

My favorite variation is the folks who bust out back-of-napkin/serviette math to prove...prove I say...that they're right and know more and blah blah blah. Yeah, I get that you're trying to prove that you've eaten more pizza than it's possible to physically eat in the time since the invention of pizza, but you're still wrong.

You mean, this guy?

EDIT: Also, "... then we be friends." Sir, I do not think that offer is as amazing as you think it is.

 

[RealAlHazred]

I think a big part of the disconnect for some people is that, the way I and many other males in my generation were raised, emotional costs were not considered as meaningful as physical costs. For example, the athlete who could win a footrace was lauded more than a mature PhD student who had struggled with pessimism and despair and poor self-image for decades before completing their degree. That second one was a "struggle," sure, but it wasn't like there was a REAL cost involved. Anybody could do it. The REAL hero smashes the bad guys. In the FACE! With his FIST! YEAH!

I'm really hopeful that the public shaming of toxic masculinity that I've seen online is just the beginning of a sea-change in attitudes. But, hey, I'm a pessimist.

 

[Levistus's_Leviathan]

The longer I think about it, I see more and more similarities between Wildemount/Exandria and Dragonlance. It has a giant religious war with two sides, one of them the "good humanoids" and the other the "evil monstrous humanoids" (but subverted/inverted, as is common with modern versions of tropes). The world is still recovering from a huge catastrophe from several hundreds of years ago (the Cataclysm for Dragonlance, the Calamity for Exandria) which was caused by a conflict between the good and evil gods and the hubris of mankind. There are lost magical artifacts left over from before this world-shaking catastrophe. Arkhan the Cruel was inspired by the Dragonlance novels, according to Joe Manganiello.

In a way, Wildemount is kinda the modern spiritual successor of Dragonlance.

 

[CleverNickName]

Oh I KNOW he wasn't dissing on Stardew Valley. That game rules, and my ADHD brain will fight anyone who says otherwise.

 

[RealAlHazred]

Oh I KNOW he wasn't dissing on Stardew Valley. That game rules, and my ADHD brain will fight anyone who says otherwise.

I mean, it has fighting so I suppose it counts as a game...

 

[CleverNickName]

I mean, it has fighting so I suppose it counts as a game...

DudeBro: "What's so great about Stardew Valley anyway? There's not even a gun! How am I supposed to live out my male power fantasy without an assortment of tanks and rifles?"

Me: "Dude, my male power fantasy is being able to own a home in a walkable neighborhood."

 

[RealAlHazred]

DudeBro: "What's so great about Stardew Valley anyway? There's not even a gun! How am I supposed to live out my male power fantasy without an assortment of tanks and rifles?"

Me: "Dude, my male power fantasy is being able to own a home in a walkable neighborhood."

 

[Ryujin]

I'm really feeling a food related quote, right now, from "Bulletproof Monk":

"See, the thing is, life doesn't always work out according to plan. So be happy with what you've got, because you can always get a hot dog." - Kar

 

[overgeeked]

The longer I think about it, I see more and more similarities between Wildemount/Exandria and Dragonlance. It has a giant religious war with two sides, one of them the "good humanoids" and the other the "evil monstrous humanoids" (but subverted/inverted, as is common with modern versions of tropes). The world is still recovering from a huge catastrophe from several hundreds of years ago (the Cataclysm for Dragonlance, the Calamity for Exandria) which was caused by a conflict between the good and evil gods and the hubris of mankind. There are lost magical artifacts left over from before this world-shaking catastrophe. Arkhan the Cruel was inspired by the Dragonlance novels, according to Joe Manganiello.

In a way, Wildemount is kinda the modern spiritual successor of Dragonlance.

I get way more JRPG vibes off Critical Role than anything else.