Haha hey remember when the conservatives got mad that a Dr. Seuss book was just quietly allowed to go out of print. Anyway they're banning Maus
Pointing out hypocrisy is pointless. They know they are being hypocrites. Point out what is consistent about their actions instead: they're just kinda banal racists and don't like that being pointed out
I like yall that are like "they're not banning Maus, they're just not allowing them in some libraries" what do you think a ban is lmao
As the Official Ghost That Haunted r/Antiwork: No, it is not better to rebrand into "let us reimagine the 9-5 as a kinder, gentler boot" and the original message of being *against work under capitalism* - with all its hierarchy, alienation, exploitation, abuses - is still good
I hated that sub and I wish I had a cent for every point of karma havested mindlessly with my content on there but don't imagine I drop the sentiment itself just because liberals saw weakness and took over
You know the nazi bar anecdote? where if you let even one in, eventually they will take over?
Every social movement from occupy to now, even an entirely online one like antiwork, has suffered that fate. Except with liberals. Think about that for coming movements.
Thinking about how Basic D&D has "reversible" spells, so you could prepare a Cure but invert it to cast Inflict on the fly, and how this is awesome so naturally 5e ignores this for everything but one spell
There's also another element: some spells can be *dispelled* if you know them, so if you know Blade Barrier you can cast it to dispel an active Blade Barrier in the world, and I really love that as a general rule? 5e has absolutely nothing like that either
a big element is that wizards and "prepared" casters can't do this reversal on the fly, but "innate" casters can, so that's also a thing that could set a sorcerer apart as a unique mechanic. 5e has instead given wizards the unique feature sorcerers had lmao
-political bias
-unsubtle critique
-a world that looks normal to the authors but is going to seem alien to Americans (free healthcare)
-you can pet the dog
Every sale goes towards making the lives of several trans folks (and an australian dude I *guess*) that little bit better
It's a grand fucking irony of our age that people think Bill Gates is trying to implant us all with microchips when the actual conspiracy he is behind and which is completely open and on record is preventing open source vaccines, preserving copyright and slowing vaccinations
This is like when people theorized that the buried research oil companies hid were water engines or some shit and when it turned out to be proof of climate change instead they just dropped that thread immediately
the conspiracy theorists found this and are talking about nanochips being used to track their movements, with their phones, and I'm all for this
Anyone else remember that one guy on RPGnet who would post about his game, designed to teach kids about politics, that had Palestinians as ogres and the IDF as paladins? I forget his name but I remember him vividly
What I especially remember is that he felt this was a nuanced take that accurately depicted both sides in this real world conflict and nothing could really convince him that that's not what he was making