Menu
News
All News
Dungeons & Dragons
Level Up: Advanced 5th Edition
Pathfinder
Starfinder
Warhammer
2d20 System
Year Zero Engine
Industry News
Reviews
Dragon Reflections
White Dwarf Reflections
Columns
Weekly Digests
Weekly News Digest
Freebies, Sales & Bundles
RPG Print News
RPG Crowdfunding News
Game Content
ENterplanetary DimENsions
Mythological Figures
Opinion
Worlds of Design
Peregrine's Nest
RPG Evolution
Other Columns
From the Freelancing Frontline
Monster ENcyclopedia
WotC/TSR Alumni Look Back
4 Hours w/RSD (Ryan Dancey)
The Road to 3E (Jonathan Tweet)
Greenwood's Realms (Ed Greenwood)
Drawmij's TSR (Jim Ward)
Community
Forums & Topics
Forum List
Latest Posts
Forum list
*Dungeons & Dragons
Level Up: Advanced 5th Edition
D&D Older Editions, OSR, & D&D Variants
*TTRPGs General
*Pathfinder & Starfinder
EN Publishing
*Geek Talk & Media
Search forums
Chat/Discord
Resources
Wiki
Pages
Latest activity
Media
New media
New comments
Search media
Downloads
Latest reviews
Search resources
EN Publishing
Store
EN5ider
Adventures in ZEITGEIST
Awfully Cheerful Engine
What's OLD is NEW
Judge Dredd & The Worlds Of 2000AD
War of the Burning Sky
Level Up: Advanced 5E
Events & Releases
Upcoming Events
Private Events
Featured Events
Socials!
EN Publishing
Twitter
BlueSky
Facebook
Instagram
EN World
BlueSky
YouTube
Facebook
Twitter
Twitch
Podcast
Features
Top 5 RPGs Compiled Charts 2004-Present
Adventure Game Industry Market Research Summary (RPGs) V1.0
Ryan Dancey: Acquiring TSR
Q&A With Gary Gygax
D&D Rules FAQs
TSR, WotC, & Paizo: A Comparative History
D&D Pronunciation Guide
Million Dollar TTRPG Kickstarters
Tabletop RPG Podcast Hall of Fame
Eric Noah's Unofficial D&D 3rd Edition News
D&D in the Mainstream
D&D & RPG History
About Morrus
Log in
Register
What's new
Search
Search
Search titles only
By:
Forums & Topics
Forum List
Latest Posts
Forum list
*Dungeons & Dragons
Level Up: Advanced 5th Edition
D&D Older Editions, OSR, & D&D Variants
*TTRPGs General
*Pathfinder & Starfinder
EN Publishing
*Geek Talk & Media
Search forums
Chat/Discord
Menu
Log in
Register
Install the app
Install
Upgrade your account to a Community Supporter account and remove most of the site ads.
Community
General Tabletop Discussion
*Geek Talk & Media
Whacked by perspective
JavaScript is disabled. For a better experience, please enable JavaScript in your browser before proceeding.
You are using an out of date browser. It may not display this or other websites correctly.
You should upgrade or use an
alternative browser
.
Reply to thread
Message
<blockquote data-quote="Umbran" data-source="post: 6156514" data-attributes="member: 177"><p>So, this morning, when my wife went to take a shower, my weekend got kinda tossed into the trash. Apparently our water heater has given up the ghost. It isn't spilling water all over or anything, but I cannot get the pilot and/or burner to light. So, I'm expecting to need to replace it, and I'm spending my day hunting down recommendations for plumbing/heating people to do the job. So much for my day.</p><p></p><p>I was all set to gripe about it. But then, someone took a 2"x4" of perspective, and whacked me solidly in the head with it.</p><p></p><p>One of the guys in my Deadlands group spent the night in the hospital - headache, aphasia, and some other symptoms. He and his wife feared a possible stroke (he's not ancient, but he's old enough for that to be a real possibility). Thankfully, he didn't have a stroke. Instead, he appears to have a brain tumor.</p><p></p><p>Needless to say, my desire to gripe about a busted water heater have evaporated.</p><p></p><p>Some of you may have seen me occasionally chide people in Mod Voice, about how they're silly to treat people badly about peculiarities about how we pretend to be elves. This is the kind of thing I'm talking about. There are people out there with real problems. There are things that can take your livelihood, or your home. There are things that make it so a surgeon has to open up your skull and cut bits off your brain. Compared to these things, whether or not there are healing surges in a hobby game are piddly, whiny little concerns. Nothing to get mad about, though. Nothing to treat people badly about - there's more than enough real bad stuff in the world, we shouldn't add to it.</p><p></p><p>So, with some of your leisure time, it is fine to discuss games. But keep that discussion in perspective. Treat people with respect, because the Universe doesn't. Don't be part of the crappy things about the Universe.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Umbran, post: 6156514, member: 177"] So, this morning, when my wife went to take a shower, my weekend got kinda tossed into the trash. Apparently our water heater has given up the ghost. It isn't spilling water all over or anything, but I cannot get the pilot and/or burner to light. So, I'm expecting to need to replace it, and I'm spending my day hunting down recommendations for plumbing/heating people to do the job. So much for my day. I was all set to gripe about it. But then, someone took a 2"x4" of perspective, and whacked me solidly in the head with it. One of the guys in my Deadlands group spent the night in the hospital - headache, aphasia, and some other symptoms. He and his wife feared a possible stroke (he's not ancient, but he's old enough for that to be a real possibility). Thankfully, he didn't have a stroke. Instead, he appears to have a brain tumor. Needless to say, my desire to gripe about a busted water heater have evaporated. Some of you may have seen me occasionally chide people in Mod Voice, about how they're silly to treat people badly about peculiarities about how we pretend to be elves. This is the kind of thing I'm talking about. There are people out there with real problems. There are things that can take your livelihood, or your home. There are things that make it so a surgeon has to open up your skull and cut bits off your brain. Compared to these things, whether or not there are healing surges in a hobby game are piddly, whiny little concerns. Nothing to get mad about, though. Nothing to treat people badly about - there's more than enough real bad stuff in the world, we shouldn't add to it. So, with some of your leisure time, it is fine to discuss games. But keep that discussion in perspective. Treat people with respect, because the Universe doesn't. Don't be part of the crappy things about the Universe. [/QUOTE]
Insert quotes…
Verification
Post reply
Community
General Tabletop Discussion
*Geek Talk & Media
Whacked by perspective
Top
