What a wonderful way to wake up.

*pulls up boots* First step completed. Now for the real work to come.
This system is flawed, our politics are corrupt across the board, and our country is fundamentally in need of some proactive social healing and reeducation... I have no illusions that THIS changes everything. It’s just a step away from the precipice. I’ll take a small victory.
“Democrats” have not fixed the problem with this, just changed the direction into one with a little more hope. No political party is free of guilt or issues, and we NEED more than two parties as we go. This binary (like many binaries) is unnecessary and flawed.
Knowing this broken system, working within it was necessary at the time because it’s currently stacked against radical change. With this, I hope, we can begin the work to push things towards a better way. It will take time, but I have hope. Today was a step, a good one. /rant

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This is a great breakdown of the process of stuttering and how it personally feels. I went through years of speech therapy growing up to work on mine, and to this day my words still get caught, stumbled, or run together. I am mortified when it happens in a VO session.
Certain phrases still trip me up continuously, & the triggering anxiety makes the stumbling worse. I’ve learned to try & calmly take a beat to try to reset. The kindest of clients (thank you) often will change the wording of the script to avoid the problematic phrase altogether.
Improvising live nearly weekly is its own anxiety when it comes to this, & every game is preceded with an internal ritual of calming in hopes of untying myself. While the comfort of my friends around me helps tremendously, that panic never truly goes away... it only diminishes.
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Regardless, the whole premise of this argument is hilarious to me.
First off, who are you to define what is real D&D? What makes your narrow, personal experience so unilaterally qualified to make that judgement regarding a game that is designed to create wholly unique experiences at every table?
Second off, if it isn’t how YOU play D&D, that’s completely awesome! There are SO many ways to play, and our game is in no means an instruction manual. If there are elements of it you like, feel free to incorporate them! If not, then hells yeah, make your games uniquely your own.
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