Lianodel @ Lianodel @ttrpg.network

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Yet again.

No, it's not.

My points were twofold. First, to find out if we could find some common ground. Second, to find out if you actually care about sources and evidence, or judge them retroactively based on whether or not you like the conclusions.

The latter makes the conversation a non-starter, because even within a single report, you'll interpret it in different ways. Within the very constrained lens of not containing the word genocide, to you, it ought to be sufficient. When it comes to crimes against humanity, you don't want to talk about it, start attacking, and dismiss it as "a distraction." On the prior point, I hope that your frustration comes from some doubt within you, causing you discomfort. Keep pulling on that thread.

Good luck with everything. I hope things get better going forward.

That's not even remotely what I said, implied, or believe. Would you like to respond to what I did say, or put words in my mouth?

Before going any further, can we at least agree that the treatment of Uyghurs by the government of China rises to the level of crimes against humanity?

The UN thing is a perfect way of finding out how serious someone is.

Genocide apologists will say "The UN did not call it a genocide," or even stronger, "The UN determined it is not a genocide." The thing they leave out is that the UN did call the treatment of Uyghurs crimes against humanity.

Seems like a pretty big thing for them to leave out, huh?

Somewhat off topic, but the names of both the publisher and the developer are also used by unrelated tabletop game companies. Hero Games makes the Hero System tabletop RPG, and GameScience (no space, so there's a difference) make dice. It threw me for a loop.

I also think it would be a funny way of directing the bride's guests and the groom's guests. The bride's will be directed to "Laura's Wedding, Featuring Greg," and the groom's to "Greg's Wedding, Featuring Laura."

That user is basing their position on a Daily Mail article citing LePoint, a french right-wing magazine, that quotes one of her trainers, who said (with context) "There was a problem with her hormones and chromosomes, but she's a woman. That's all that mattered to us."

Nowhere does that even suggest she has XY chromosomes, and, to state the obvious, he's not a doctor. He's responding to an unsubstantiated allegation, and probably giving it too much credit. He even says that she underwent a testosterone test that came back within female norms.

It really is simple. The burden of proof is on people making these claims, and we're not taking the word of a blatantly corrupt organization, that had a vested interest in disqualifying Khelif, who would not say what test was administered or what the results were. If they had more specific information, they wouldn't shut up about it, because won't even shut up now with less to go on.

Fair point. I just don't like the move, and don't want to support a company doing it. Even putting that aside, it really makes me worried that they're at the point that they're trying to ride on their reputation while increasing profit margins. It makes me think that, if I buy their newer models, they're more likely to cheap out but charge more.

It's about PROTECTING WOMEN! And if I have to hurt a bunch of women to protect them from hypothetical scenarios I made up to demonize trans people, so be it!

Same. I've been thinking of replacing the cheap immersion circulator we have, and was going to go with Anova. This blatant enshittification is enough to make me look elsewhere.

I think part of it is that meme discussions are just a great place to actually talk shop about D&D.

Back on reddit, the vast majority of D&D subs were flooded with fan art and very little discussion. There were DM subs, but those obviously left out players. I loved /r/rpg, but that place was also a refuge for people who don't want to talk about D&D and only D&D all the dang time. (And even if I'm mostly over D&D, I still like D&D in theory, if not always in practice). So... that kind of left /r/dndmemes as, unexpectedly, one of the few places to get in-depth discussion about all kinds of RPGs and experiences from around the table.

Oof. I wouldn't like that at all. I'm already bothered with how many player powers just shut off certain parts of the game. Also putting it on the monster side seems like it will make the game an arms race of things not mattering.

My bad then! I just saw options for a trial and a one-time purchase, didn't realize there was a subscription.

Honestly glad to see the option. I'll take a one-time purchase any day.

It's a one-time purchase.

edit: It's a one-time purchase for the "pro" version. I've been using the free version for a while and really enjoying it. I've been thinking of upgrading more to support the developers than for the added features.

It sucks that I was unsure at "unemployed minors," because the party is overtly pro-child labor and that bad at optics.

From the same folks who were just calling Kamala Harris a "DEI pick."

Oh yeah. The campaign already had a lot of comedy in it (the whole cast are improvisers), and the one-off was extra silly, but there was also a log of nostalgia and genuine joy.