Lol, love making a typo and coming back to a whole thread about it. The NES zapper totally needs to feature in one of my campaigns now

In my campaign, the party got attacked by a grey ooze, which corroded some weapons and the barbarian’s armor. We were all like, was the barb even wearing armor? Turns out she had it on from a previous level when it made sense, but had since taken points in Constitution (and I think a magic item gave her Sex). So, she removed her armor and her AC literally went up by 2, lol!

You monster

I don’t disagree with you, but I will say that it is quite dependent on the community. I had some issues for a while, but spent time filtering and muting/blocking communities and users, and now I’m at a point where my feed is significantly less fanatical and toxic than Reddit ever was (even after years of attempting to filter the same way).

Exactly my reason. After the Reddit API fiasco, I tried the Lemmy web interfaces at first and was a bit frustrated because it just didn’t work well. Then I saw Boost had a Lemmy version, and switched over, easy-peasy.

Congratulations on 1 year! I don’t read every day, but I’m glad when I do. Quite a commitment! Thanks so much for your contribution!

This was fascinating and informative, thank you so much!

I know I’m in the minority, but I actually like the pledge, even if it’s reminiscent of authoritarianism (and I strongly believe it should be optional). But that’s because my interpretation was always “I pledge allegiance to the flag of the USA, and to the [ideals and values of the] republic for which it stands.” I viewed it as an affirmation of the commitment by myself to the “liberty and justice for all” we wanted, not as a statement of fact that no matter what the current leadership does, you should be loyal.

All that being said, I could see a contribution of the pledge to an environment of the nationalism or jingoism that led to MAGA. I just don’t blame the pledge; I blame the leaders, politicians, media personalities, and individuals that drove MAGA to become mainstream.

There’s enough variety here that I don’t mind them. If they were dominating the community, that’s one thing, but I don’t see that as the case right now.

The true Golden Path was the lizards we met along the way

If there was a god, I’d imagine them designing the universe and giggling like an idiot when they made math.

The Star Wars Expanded Universe (now called “Star Wars Legends” because of Disney)

Lanolin, used in some beauty products and also lubricants, gives me a specific memory of a neighbor when I was young. She was a sweet old lady and owned a harpsichord, and would let me come over and play pretty much whenever I wanted, as long as I finished off by playing “some Bach, anything Bach.” I think some part of it needed a lanolin oil, because that’s all I could smell when I was playing weird little Star Wars themes (before finishing with "some Bach, anything Bach).

Plot twist: the cat put up the sign

Literally just did this about ten minutes ago. I kept getting an “You have to update this app” on YouTube. But got the latest recommended APK, patched, and installed, so now everything seems to be working fine.

Holy crap that Animorphs game; I absolutely remember playing that. Stupid Yeerks

Logical Journey of the Zoombinis, Gizmos and Gadgets, All of the Carmen Sandiego titles (US, World, Space, etc.), Commander Keen

Sauron Denies Request for Contract Information

Reading a prepared statement from the tower of Barad-dûr, the Mouth of Sauron indicated today that the Dark Lord would not be complying with the demands of lawmakers to provide information on its contracts with the Trump Administration. The Messenger of Mordor further called the demands “ridiculous” and “unnecessary government intrusion into private affairs of Sauron, who does not answer to any higher authority, save that of his fallen master Morgoth.” Furthermore, the statement chastised the lawmakers for contacting Sauron through the Palantir, which he described as “an illegal privacy breach,” and said he planned to seek legal action for this invasion of his personal communications.

Maaaa sen quen yaaaaa babadits si ba baaaaaaa, wen ya yo (wen ya yo)

Or whatever those lyrics are

Amazing news, but RIP Joan Rivers, John Candy, and Dom Deluise. We need a whole new cast of non-humans!