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For me the easiest tell is the up front, unprompted, and unsolicited declaration of nonpoliticalness. When someone takes the time and expends the breath to announce how nonpolitical they are, what follows is almost always a rant about how everything/everyone else is too political these days, and that of course leads into something between status quo advocacy and outright reactionary/regressive sentiments for some fabled time before those wicked politics were visible to the nonpolitical ranter. centrist

People that are hostile to service workers. Some just want to take some ideological stand against tipping when the service worker doesn't really have a choice and needs those tips to survive in the current unjust system in a way where ideological purity gestures toward that service worker just look like being a greedy and sanctimonious asshole. The worst of such people will actually declare, shamelessly, that they believe that service workers don't deserve a living wage. The implications of that are gulag worthy.

I may get shit for this, but I'll say it anyway: this hair and beard combo, seen on living people. yes-chad I have yet to meet anyone in person with that look that wasn't a chud.

(If one of you is a comrade with that look, I am sorry in advance for the prejudice and if I ever meet you in person I will atone by buying you a drink or something.)

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[-] BeamBrain@hexbear.net 40 points 1 year ago

I remember back when D&D removed racial alignments. The pronouns tears were delicious.

The alignment system probably has a direct throughline with the emergence of the political compass type reactionaries. It’s always been bad and ought to be removed entirely.

Ah but your paladin is now in a contrived situation that requires oathbreaking either way smuglord

Also that fucking kobold self-insert a backer put into one of the pathfinder games.

[-] LaGG_3@hexbear.net 8 points 1 year ago

Also that fucking kobold self-insert a backer put into one of the pathfinder games.

Which character was this? Worst thing I remember was that quest in Kingmaker with the edgy human pirate self-insert character.

I'm also relieved that Baldur's Gate 3 dropped the alignment system for a CRPG. It's always been so annoying to have the computer hard-track an "alignment meter," and now I can relax and focus on what my character would want to do.

Which character was this?

Crinukh (AKA Kreia with scales).

[-] LaGG_3@hexbear.net 3 points 1 year ago

Fortunately, I barely remember that one. It at least didn't have a quest that fucked the strategy layer of the game until you completed it.

Could you talk to your God's tech support for something like that?

In lore? Kinda, Paladins can be redeemed. In game, it’s up to the DM (who would also be the one who contrived the situation to begin with).

I would be mega salt about needing to be redeemed if I didn't have a choice but to break my oath.

I’ve never encountered a table that bad before, but I’ve heard stories. With the amount of online games now, I think players are a lot less pressured to deal with toxic stuff like that.

[-] absentthereaper@lemmygrad.ml 2 points 1 year ago

I haven't had to think about my 'local' brick-and-mortar for 15 years and I'd like to keep it that way

[-] Jobasha@hexbear.net 6 points 1 year ago

Remember the rage over that time WotC published a wheelchair accessible dungeon a few years back? I specifically remember a lot of pronouns explaining how a wheelchair bound wizard should actually just waste spell slots on Fly whenever he wants to move around or simply cast Wish to restore the function of his legs gg ez.

On the subject of D&D I find paladins kinda sus. I have both seen first hand or heard about way too many fash types who flock to that class because they want to be epic Lawful Good doesn't mean Lawful Nice "nits make lice" Gygaxian genociders of designated evil races while having divine backing and being the in-universe embodiment of good morals.

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