I like your pose in the window there. It’s very “howdy, neighbor”

Yeah, making Jack and Kim get permission to not be called John and Kimberly is actually encouraging–there are some people at least who aren’t using the law solely to harass trans kids.

Tbh, this is probably the malicious compliance I was hoping would happen

Yeah, that had me raising my eyebrows too

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OK, I’ll bite. It’s got a “wish I could go back to the good old days” message that is immediately suspect because they good old days were only good for certain people. Blaming poor fat people for other people being hungry is just more of the obvious divide-and-conquer that has lead to the absolute destruction of the welfare state, and reminds me that “welfare queens” are black-coded even though loads of white people are on assistance, but they think they deserve it, unlike "those other kinds of people. Then there’s complaining about taxes. This whiffs of libertarianism to me, given the overall tenor of the song. In conclusion, in my opinion this song sucks and its analysis sucks. It blames all the wrong people for the very real problems of today.

yeah, I think I’m just paralyzed by the options.

haha oh wow, I had forgotten about that!

Hm, I guess I’d better start looking at ancient chinese bronzes then.

That sounds like a fun hobby!

I wish I could have seen her perform before she died

I’ll have to post a picture when I finish it!

We love our GMs, don’t we, folks? It’s such a big job, I have no desire to ever give it a try! But I’m so glad there are people who take it on. I was dithering over different “looks” for a new dice bag, since I had it in mind that it would just be the one I use on all future campaigns until it wears out. I was having a hard time settling on something, since I wanted it to fit whatever character I’d be playing and I didn’t want to order custom d20 printed fabric or something like that. Then a friend of mine suggested making one specially for my character, since a small drawstring bag isn’t that hard to make and it’s not like it’s going to take an exorbitant amount of fabric or anything. That seemed like a really fun way to remember different characters, each with their distinctive bag. But then that opened up a whole new question of what kind of fabric would suit her best? It took some hunting, but I finally found something I liked. So now I just need to settle down and do it. A friend of mine has a bag with dimensions I like, I keep forgetting to ask her to send me the measurements.

It makes me sad and angry every time I try to use it. My friends and I played games on Tabletop Simulator while talking on Discord when we were stuck at home during lockdown, and I never got comfortable with it. I swear it was created by people who actively hate the users.

Thanks! Tillie isn’t my real name. I couldn’t think of anything cool when I was picking a username, so I gave up and just used the first name of one dead relative and the last name of a different dead relative and called it a day. This is the same reason why I don’t have an avatar; no idea what to pick. I didn’t know any people named Tillie either, until recently. I’ve met a few children named Matilda, since old lady names are cool again.

If you’re trying to find your vocal range, sometimes I check out Ramsey Voice Studio on YouTube. I think he’s pretty good at explaining things and I keep thinking I should try following and practicing with his videos, since singing is something I enjoy and it would be enjoyable to get better at it, but so far I haven’t made the time. I wish social singing was still a common cultural thing. Gathering around the piano to sing a few tunes in the evening sounds great to me!

ETA: I just realized I should use this opportunity to crowdsource an avatar image I can use, since I have no bright ideas. Hexbear users, what avatar should I start using?

ETA 2: I also realize that asking for suggestions opens me up to boaty mcboatface-tier suggestions, but I’ll take the risk.