The "I Didn't Comment in Another Thread" Thread

[Umbran]

But simple solutions to complex issues are all the rage. Any solution that actually has any nuance or depth is suspect and must be wrong.

Well, solutions that have nuance and depth can't be examined in 2 hours of CGI fighting.

 

[Umbran]

(The argument, as I understand it -- not having read the book -- is that tomato sauce is just so much more available in the US and so much cheaper, that Italian-Americans use it to such a dramatic degree that it transforms the dish.)

The tomato sauces that we consider so famously Italian are only from the 19th century. Culinarily speaking, they're pretty recent developments.

 

[MNblockhead]

"Pebcak" would be a great name for a goblin artificier/machinist.

I'm definitely stealing that idea. A nice easter egg for half of my players.
"Fubar C.F. Pebcak's emporium of intriguing inventions."
What's intriguing is how even the simplest tool or device doesn't work right.

 

[Whizbang Dustyboots]

I'm definitely stealing that idea. A nice easter egg for half of my players.
"Fubar C.F. Pebcak's emporium of intriguing inventions."
What's intriguing is how even the simplest tool or device doesn't work right.

Leave the Cybertruck alone!

runs off in tears

 

[MNblockhead]

But what about my cats? Do they love me? Or am I only a feeding-scratching-litter_cleaning_machine to them?

I hate to break it to you...

Cats are selfish, unfeeling, environmentally harmful creatures

The scientific case against owning a cat.

www.vox.com

 

[MNblockhead]

A lot of the world’s problem really do have simple solutions. We just refuse as a society to solve them simply. Have a problem at your gaming table? Talk to them like adults. Simple.

Conceptually simple. In practice, there are a lot of emotional, relationship, etiquette, anxiety, assertiveness challenges that make it very difficult for many people.

It is like saying, you want to lose weight, exercise more and eat less. Well, yes, but...

 

[Autumnal]

That Vox article doesn’t survive even brief contact with actual feline behavior studies.

 

[payn]

I hate to break it to you...

Cats are selfish, unfeeling, environmentally harmful creatures

The scientific case against owning a cat.

www.vox.com

Thats why Pharoes took them to the tomb.

 

[MNblockhead]

That Vox article doesn’t survive even brief contact with actual feline behavior studies.

Yeah, that was just the best title I found on a quick search to make a cheap joke.

I love my psychopathic fuzzy little friends.

 

[Wofano Wotanto]

What's intriguing is how even the simplest tool or device doesn't work right.

Their paperweights are 20-pound cubes of steel with every surface covered in spikes to make absolutely certain that paper isn't going anywhere. The deluxe model doubles as a desk lamp and includes an only slightly-leaky oil reserve that hardly ever sets anything on fire.