Zaleramancer

joined 5 months ago
[–] Zaleramancer@beehaw.org 5 points 15 hours ago (1 children)

I am sufficiently weird that delve isn't an especially obscure word for me to drop in a random conversation. My partner and I are likely to just use stuff like "Pontificate" at random, so, I feel weird about this.

[–] Zaleramancer@beehaw.org 1 points 21 hours ago

The tagline doesn't make it clear that the community is pro-AI, just that they talk about Generative AI. There's lots of room there for critical discussion.

[–] Zaleramancer@beehaw.org 0 points 22 hours ago

???? being anti-ai is liberal now?

[–] Zaleramancer@beehaw.org 3 points 22 hours ago

Beehaw actually does remove down voting, so that you are forced to actually find things you agree with and upvote them to curate.

[–] Zaleramancer@beehaw.org 2 points 2 days ago

People, as a group, never understand what they want in media. That's why writing and art are skills you have to practice.

Also, if people guess what's going to happen in a story then, congrats, you passed basic foreshadowing. It's not clever to swerve like that, it just shows a lack of intentionality and vision.

[–] Zaleramancer@beehaw.org 17 points 4 days ago (2 children)

This article fails to address one of the main causes I see people list for not having kids. It's, "Is it okay for me to bring a kid into a world this fucked up?"

A lot of young people are deeply certain that they're going to have to live through an ecological collapse and climate disasters. Why would they want to have a child, and be constantly faced with the fact that their kid is going to have a worse life than them. That their grandkids may not know what seasons were like?

It's also so ridiculously expensive now. It's not worth it.

[–] Zaleramancer@beehaw.org 2 points 5 days ago

Lay down for a minute, close your eyes and just let your brain babble about shit for a bit. Then, pick one at random and try to start it. Maybe try to find something engaging to think about, because then you'll be more comfortable with doing stuff.

[–] Zaleramancer@beehaw.org 3 points 5 days ago

I'm also using Syncthing to sync up my notes between my laptop and phone. It's been great! Less Google doc use.

[–] Zaleramancer@beehaw.org 1 points 5 days ago

Since I'm a little embarrassed by the mistake, what do you look for in an incremental game? I can look through the ones I've played for Android and see if any could work?

[–] Zaleramancer@beehaw.org 1 points 5 days ago

Oh, right, so I was so excited to mention it I forgot it's not a mobile game >.<

It's on steam, but yeah, my bad.

[–] Zaleramancer@beehaw.org 2 points 5 days ago

This is really neat. I'm so glad Ironsworn was made, there's been a lot of neat stuff to come out of it's sphere.

[–] Zaleramancer@beehaw.org 4 points 5 days ago

Thanks for posting this. I really enjoyed getting to play Magic again thanks to Forge, and Anuto is a really solid tower defense.

 

Hello all!

I've been trying to ween myself off of the news cycle lately, so I've been looking into apps that I can use instead. Right now, I'm trying out WikWok, which is a free app that presents you with random wikipedia articles in a feed you can swipe through. It's been nice because theres fewer jumpscare news articles and it's kind of soothing.

I learned about a kind of pottery called Fretwork because of this. It's a type of historical pottery where they put ground glass into the clay to create something visually quite similar to porcelain.

What are apps (Android, IOS, w/e) that you are using to manage stuff or entertain yourself in a healthy way?

 

Hey all, I have ADHD and insomnia! I've tried some things, but, I'm really hoping someone has advice on how to keep a schedule. I always end up slipping around until I have to do some kind of grueling "all-dayer" or something to put myself back on track.

Thoughts? Tricks? Wisdom? I'm all ears.

 

Hey all,

I'm new here and I wanted to start a discussion about TTRPGs that people enjoy. I really like seeing people talk passionately about those sorts of things. I'm, personally, a big fan of games by Jenna Moran (Nobilis, Glitch, etc) and have a lot of positive experience with certain Powered by the Apocalypse Games. I'm also fascinated by a lot of OSR content because I feel like it has the potential to capture some of the more interesting parts of early D&D (my partner and I discuss AD&D quite a bit).

I used to write homebrew for Exalted and I've played some WoD games, but it's not my true passion, except maybe for Changeling the Lost. I had a long-running game of Ars Magica 5e a while ago, which was a tremendous experience and really ignited my interest in more dense, bean-countery games that I had previously been discounting in favor of lighter, more narrative-drama experiences.

I'm not as big a fan of D&D as some, but my partner and I did meet because of 3.5e homebrew, so I do have some positive nostalgia.

Anyway, what about you- what TTRPGs are you interested in? Which ones have you had long or interesting games with? What are you looking forward to playing, or setting up to play?

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