So no joke, our DM gave us this, only it was a dagger called the Rule Breaker. I cast Summon Mage, and summoned a wizard from a completely unconnected campaign.
I know this is an old one, but I just wanted to say that like, when i was in middle school, just saying "Duffman! Can't breathe! OH NOOO!" was just something we would just say, and to this day, I love that joke.
This is a really old conspiracy theory. Its easier to believe in a hyper competent conspiracy headed by people you don't like (read: Jewish) than it is to believe that the world is sometimes random and often cruel. Plus, you get to feel smart and cool when you realize something the sheeple didnt realize! What a badass you are!
And thats before nazis and grifters who no other talents make use of this process (enabled by a fuckton of capital, provided by those who will literally burn down the world and half of the people in it to keep their privileges) to hollow out the center.
I suppose? I quite like the way World of Darkness did it. There wasn't as much gradation, but the average human was 2/5, and if you were kind of good at something, or you took a community college course, or something, you could justify a 3. The qualifications in the book were a scale the average person in real life was familiar with and probably even had few of (so my EMT license was a 2 in medicine, my Eagle scout was a 1 in survival, and so forth).
It really made you feel unique, rather than promote this "NPC" shit.
I mostly interact with FB through Caprine, to talk to like 4 or 5 people who are still on it. Other than that I sometimes ask my sister to check for things on Market place but thats it.
There are a lot of classics I like. DM of the Rings. I got really into Megatokyo for a while. I see that guy at conventions and say hello, even though I fell off when I was still a teenager. I remember Loserz being good, before he moved it behind a paywall along with his porn. These days I like Gatordays, Red Dot, and Poorly Drawn Lines.
Hey look, man, Dems are useless but Ill take some free tacos. Where can I get one?