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).