DoctorMonarch
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DoctorMonarch
8mo ago
Very few people are going to have a problem with you having a young Achilles type character who is male but raised as a girl for contrived reasons, but absolutely rejects it at puberty.
Have you tried Mother of Learning? I enjoyed it more than Practical Guide to Evil or Wandering Inn. A few stylistic hiccoughs in the early parts, and a few pacing issues in the middle, but great overall in my opinion.
While not a novel, Alone in the Wilderness is a great outdoorsman autobiographical documentary.
DoctorMonarch
9mo ago
Sure! Caveat: Previous online D&D experience is limited to 2002 NWN+Vent and more recently Roll20+Discord. I'm only really used to 5e but it's DM's choice.
DoctorMonarch
9mo ago
Extremely exciting week in my suburban neighborhood due to a very evasive goat.
https://www.al.com/news/birmingham/2023/07/goat-on-the-lam-for-three-days-corralled-in-irondale-and-then-breaks-loose.html https://www.wbrc.com/2023/07/18/oh-my-goat-animal-jumps-out-owners-car-window-causes-wild-goat-chase/
Any goofy local news?
DoctorMonarch
9mo ago
"The share of Belgians with a Belgian background clearly increases with age: it amounts to 52.3% among 0-17-year-olds, 63.2% among 18-64-year-olds and 85.9% among those aged 65 and over." https://statbel.fgov.be/en/themes/population/structure-population/origin
Googling- 113,600 births in 2022.
Kind of a mistake of a country. If I were an ancient Celt getting slaughtered or enslaved by Caesar I'd be embarrassed to have it named after my people in a roundabout way.
DoctorMonarch
9mo ago
Keep an eye on the Enhanced Games, announced last month. Seems like a step toward what you want to see.
DoctorMonarch
9mo ago
Depending on mechanical skill, Kirby (star allies is easier than forgotten land), Mario Odyssey, DK Tropical Freeze. Kirby and Mario contain co-op, Mario and DK have an easy mode.
Once fairly literate, co-op on Stardew Valley is overwhelmingly fun and cheerful, but one character has inappropriate scenes (alcoholism, suicidal thoughts) after you get to know them well enough.
Virtual console has lots of classic games but many are harder.
Keep an eye out for Super Mario RPG remake in a few months.
DoctorMonarch
9mo ago
Please elaborate on the obvious and implicit parts of your argument that I missed, past the debatable idea that generic people have chosen their job, and flatly wrong idea that they are happy to do it.
DoctorMonarch
10mo ago
Not sufficiently, because working a 48 hour retail cashier shift or 20 hour ditch digging effort is extremely challenging and not at all ambitious in other senses except an extremely limited context of possible overtime pay that does not reach the relative wealth suggested by ambition.
DoctorMonarch
10mo ago
You have not defined ambition and that is annoying to me.
Looking at various definitions of ambition. There is "a strong wish to achieve something" which, I suppose when put into action might be called "Drive".
There is also "a strong wish to be successful, powerful, rich, etc." which is possibly closer to the idea you are debunking, except you're doing it by saying that successful/powerful/rich/etc. is highly relative. I think few would disagree.
I do not think your introduced terminology/acronyms adds anything and that is annoying to me as well.
DoctorMonarch
10mo ago
My mom did an absolute cop-out and told me that the mailman had taken my "blankie" away, so from ages 3-6 I was absolutely hostile to the postal service.
My replacement was a platypus (search for folkmanis folktails platypus for the specific one) which I semi-personified and was more fully personified by my dad in freeform bedtime stories.
DoctorMonarch
10mo ago
Aside from what others have mentioned (and it's nice seeing so many fellow FFIX fans), Earthbound (Mother 2), Suikoden I and II, and Stardew Valley if it counts.
DoctorMonarch
10mo ago
I'm pretty sure it's the ~new next to new posts/replies next to timestamp, which makes desktop searching for new content very easy rather than looking for a pale blue highlight.
DoctorMonarch
11mo ago
How come, despite having a huge population of marks, we don't seem to have a dedicated scammer class in the U.S. like they do in Europe?
For the amount of effort they put into scams, they would legitimately make more money working a typical sales job in the US. Also MLM exists here and scams do happen in tourist heavy urban cores like in NYC.
DoctorMonarch
11mo ago
Wealthy Indians are accustomed to tragedy of the commons in every sphere of public life. Immense wealth will buy you a lovely mansion, but nothing will get you a clean city outside.
Have y'all tried home owners associations for general upkeep, and getting a specifically funded unit of local cops to fine anyone littering or otherwise dirtying the place? (or mob to harass...)
DoctorMonarch
11mo ago
Confidence will make you more attractive. I'd suggest diet, sleep schedule, a bodybuilding routine, dance and improv classes, getting your clothes altered to fit, talking with career consultant and possibly a stylist, joining a religious community or volunteer organization before extreme hobbies.
I too want to do really intense shit in Alaska, but more Alone in the Wilderness style cabin build, hunting and gardening.
DoctorMonarch
11mo ago
I think there probably is a way to provide substantially cheaper goods and some services by consolidating retailers, wholesalers and domestic logistics into not-for-profit cooperatives who sell staple goods on an annual subscription model, and who use automation wherever they can. Currently, this entity would have to socially reward (exploit?) many intense thinking and working eccentric people who choose to perform free labor instead of pure compensation.
DoctorMonarch
11mo ago
I would strongly discourage people from teaching in general before that additional information- in your case I'd say absolutely not.
As to other career possibilities, what are your current skills and what skills could you cultivate this month to the point you could get a full time job with them next month?
DoctorMonarch
11mo ago
The kind in the imagination and work of Rudyard Kipling.
Boomers dying, downsizing, moving into nursing homes are one part of things working out, and the geographic preferences of homeschool/work from home families are another, and gentrification of blighted urban areas are another. The economic decline/stagnation of some older working class suburbs won't be great, but the houses will be filled.
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