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

[MarkB]

And the frustrating part is, that's absolutely true.

That's why I avoid saying "right" or "wrong." Instead, I'll say something like "I can't agree with that." And 90% of the time, this will still cause them to blow a fuse.

"Opinions can't be right or wrong, but mine is more right than yours."

 

[Ryujin]

And the frustrating part is, that's absolutely true.

That's why I avoid saying "right" or "wrong." Instead, I'll say something like "I can't agree with that." And 90% of the time, this will still cause them to blow a fuse.

Yeah, better to skip over "wrong" and jump straight to "stupid", but it could only be said in this thread.

 

[Parmandur]

From what I can tell? Just having the audacity to sell pizzas of any kind--for money--is enough to tick off a large percentage of ENWorld members.

I mean, how dare they try to make money on their efforts.

 

[Cadence]

"Nothing is perfectly safe. Congress could make it so that no license could protect derivative works, or ban copyright altogether. You're silly to base your stuff on anything involving any IP and ttRPGs. A movement could start tomorrow to have a constitutional amendment banning role-playing!"

 

[overgeeked]

"Nothing is perfectly safe. Congress could make it so that no license could protect derivative works, or ban copyright altogether. You're silly to base your stuff on anything involving any IP and ttRPGs. A movement could start tomorrow to have a constitutional amendment banning role-playing!"

Yeah. Some of this fear-mongering is wild.

 

[Mad_Jack]

Yeah. Some of this fear-mongering is wild.

<cue Bill Murray's cats-and-dogs speech from Ghostbusters>

 

[Whizbang Dustyboots]

The human capacity to be objective is a myth. That objective truths exist, like say physics, is not a myth.

Oh, man, I have some bad news for you about physics.

 

[Ondath]

Oh, man, I have some bad news for you about physics.

I mean, the phenomena that the laws of physics try to explain objectively exist, yes. But the rules are approximations at best. You could fit existing observed phenomena into any paradigm if you tried hard enough, so even the laws of physics are constructed to a certain extent.

Doesn't mean constructed things can't be practically useful and stupid to challenge on a day-to-day basis!

Just realised you were making the same point to overgeeked! It's 8 AM here and I've been on a night bus ride with practically no sleep, sorry for the confusion...

 

[Ondath]

On a completely unrelated note...

 

[Cadence]

I'm picturing a ttRPG about a post apocalyptic world that got to that point because someone found that a part of the structure of property deeds in a key country had never actually been tested in court, and someone decided to do so, resulting in complete chaos as no property rights were legally enforceable anymore and gridlocked government couldn't agree on a fix. And with that country in chaos the dominoes started falling elsewhere. (It feels like a nice change from the ones that happen because of nuclear war or disease or huge climate change... but I'm not sure how exciting it would be without cyborgs, mutants, zombies or whatnot).

 

[payn]

That's right up there with, "You can't tell me that my opinion is wrong because it's an opinion, and opinions can't be right or wrong!"

I'd take that over "I got my truth, and you have your truth."

 

[Ryujin]

I'd take that over "I got my truth, and you have your truth."

"Alternative Facts"

 

[Snarf Zagyg]

That's right up there with, "You can't tell me that my opinion is wrong because it's an opinion, and opinions can't be right or wrong!"

There are no stupid opinions.

Just stupid people with bad opinions.

 

[RealAlHazred]

"Nothing is perfectly safe. Congress could make it so that no license could protect derivative works, or ban copyright altogether. You're silly to base your stuff on anything involving any IP and ttRPGs. A movement could start tomorrow to have a constitutional amendment banning role-playing!"

I mean, I get how wild that is. But on the other hand... I saw people I had previously considered to be 100% rational adults, take my roleplaying game materials, tell me quite seriously that even owning these made me a bad boy, and then throw them away. (We didn't burn the books in NJ, from what I can recall. They just got thrown into the trash with the broken Trapper Keepers, apple cores, and frayed leg warmers. But I may be dating myself, there.) It happened once. Could it happen again? Not the same way, certainly not. But that leaves a lot of room for other ways...

There are no stupid opinions.

Just stupid people people with bad opinions.

I feel called out.

EDIT, for the record: Mrs. Kerstapple, I can assure you, I asked many, many girls throughout my high school and college careers. And, no, owning roleplaying game materials did not make me a "Bad Boy," in any beneficial material sense.

 

[Snarf Zagyg]

Spoiler

 

[CleverNickName]

Borrowed this from my D&D Memes thread:

 

[Ryujin]

EDIT, for the record: Mrs. Kerstapple, I can assure you, I asked many, many girls throughout my high school and college careers. And, no, owning roleplaying game materials did not make me a "Bad Boy," in any beneficial material sense.

You clearly didn't get to go to all of the RPG raves in college.

 

[Snarf Zagyg]

Borrowed this from my D&D Memes thread:

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[CleverNickName]

 

[Scribe]

The rules you want exist, it simply is not, and will not, be 5e.

Its still D&D, some would argue its more D&D than 5e, its just not sold by Wizbro.