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

[MarkB]

I've been listening to an Actual Play podcast that started in 2016, and just reached their December 2019 episode. There's something very poignant about listening to them discussing their plans and hopes for the year ahead, though they're still going strong so I guess they did okay.

 

[el-remmen]

HEY! Gonna get you too! Another one on ignore!

 

[trappedslider]

In any case, high school me would never have believed what the pop culture landscape of 2023 would look like, including former cheerleaders talking about which monster is the most f-able.

yeah that's something that come out of the shadows (hahaha)

 

[J.Quondam]

In any case, high school me would never have believed what the pop culture landscape of 2023 would look like, including former cheerleaders talking about which monster is the most f-able.

Yeah, high school me still isn't entirely certain if this should be considered the most amazing timeline or the most horrifying. Whichever it is, though, it's certainly the most perplexing.

 

[RealAlHazred]

I am a big fan of (some of) the humor articles that used to appear in Dragon magazine back in the day, especially in the April issue. So as not to pain anyone here with my sense of humor, I've started a thread to talk about them, and convert (some of) them to 5th edition D&D. I'm just going to slowly meander through converting them at my own pace, but if you have any comments, jokes, or input, please feel free to put it there; I know some other posters are in my age group, and I suspect others remember those articles fondly as well.

 

[CleverNickName]

I bet this works for rules questions, too.

 

[Ryujin]

Sturgeon's Law and all of that. I know several people whose sex-with-monsters stuff brings in real money, so they must be doing something right.

In any case, high school me would never have believed what the pop culture landscape of 2023 would look like, including former cheerleaders talking about which monster is the most f-able.

I got used to the "cool kids" giving me grief for stuff I did, then picking up the same stuff a couple of years later. For example my late '60s Alt Band hair with vintage military bush jacket and faded jeans, because poor kid me couldn't afford a haircut or clothes that didn't come from an army surplus store. Two years later all the rich preppies looked like they just walked out of a Doors concert. RPGs were only a matter of time.

EDIT - Forgot to mention that those 2 years later I couldn't afford the army surplus store stuff either, because the prices went way up when the preppies started buying it.

 

[payn]

I got used to the "cool kids" giving me grief for stuff I did, then picking up the same stuff a couple of years later. For example my late '60s Alt Band hair with vintage military bush jacket and faded jeans, because poor kid me couldn't afford a haircut or clothes that didn't come from an army surplus store. Two years later all the rich preppies looked like they just walked out of a Doors concert. RPGs were only a matter of time.

EDIT - Forgot to mention that those 2 years later I couldn't afford the army surplus store stuff either, because the prices went way up when the preppies started buying it.

I always wanted a pair of Zubaz as a kid, but my mother never got me any. That was a good move on her part

 

[el-remmen]

I am a big fan of (some of) the humor articles that used to appear in Dragon magazine back in the day, especially in the April issue. So as not to pain anyone here with my sense of humor, I've started a thread to talk about them, and convert (some of) them to 5th edition D&D. I'm just going to slowly meander through converting them at my own pace, but if you have any comments, jokes, or input, please feel free to put it there; I know some other posters are in my age group, and I suspect others remember those articles fondly as well.

I always liked the Chain Sword from Dragon #132.

 

[el-remmen]

I got used to the "cool kids" giving me grief for stuff I did, then picking up the same stuff a couple of years later.

Kids also give each other grief for things they all currently do in order to look cool or express clout/dominance (or try) in the moment.

There is a scene early in A Tree Grows in Brooklyn where Francie and her brother Neely are collecting various garbage from piles and gutters that can be sold at a junk shop. They are so poor this is the only way they can afford to buy candy (and they give half of what they collect to their mom). As they are wheeling their full wagon to the shop other kids jeer at them "ragpicker! ragpicker!" Those kids? They just returned from bringing their own collected junk to the shop and when Neely is done and has gotten his candy he joins them to pick on the other kids who are doing what he and his sister just got done doing.

Is it crappy? Yes. But that's kids for ya. Terrible.