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Yeah, that move was far more conventional though. "Big industry fat-cat buys major newspaper" is right out of the 19th century cartoon villain playbook, which seems to be Elon's whole bag.

I want to see someone try this, get some steamy ankle pics in reply, and then hit it off since they're on the same (ridiculous) wavelength.

There are lemonade stands making more money than OpenAI. Right now. In January. In sub-freezing weather.

Yeah, that's not how this kind of advertising works. Check this out.

Look at that ad for as long as it takes to read the article, then look away and immediately name the first three restaurant chains that come to mind.

Unless you're coming from a place that is critical/cynical about the invasive nature of advertising, it's possible you'll just go along with "Chili's" as one of a handful of options and not give it a second thought.

I appreciate the (icky) subtext that the reviewer is not only eating a good amount of food off of that, but is casually wearing it around town and also touching elevator buttons with it.

I'm becoming increasingly of the opinion that some groups of people care more about the packaging than the message.

As long as a person says the right kinds of things, is of the right pedigree, or has the right support and/or accolades, they can get away with damn near anything.

Exactly. We need to build these muscles and demonstrate to other would-be protesters that acting en masse is possible. Otherwise, everyone new to this just feels like they're sticking their neck out.

This is incredible! Thank you for sharing these great ideas.

Pickle it. Sauerkraut makes a nice side-dish.

Laugh it up, Geordi. Do you have any idea how hard it is to clean stuff like that out?!

Is that even possible?

Seems that way! These rules for this Bard subtype are pretty much centered on two things. One is that Bards are basically lightweight sorcerers in 5th ed, with very specific restrictions on slots and that their magic is performance/ritual based. Two, this subtype can imbue pieces of food with a spell, with the effects transferred to a creature upon consumption.

Role-playing aside, being able to choose when to start the clock on buffs and effects (within a single day) is kind of huge. It's practically potion crafting, with virtually anything edible as reagents.

As a DM, I'd absolutely figure out some house rules for a Food-Wars style bard. Bards can already sway people's emotions, so the fact they tend to disrobe while eating your food is just a fun side-effect, IMO. Or maybe we just make that a very specific cantrip?

one of the good executives

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10 person non-profit.

This sounds incredibly top-heavy for such a small company. The fact that you got micro-managed like that in such a rediculously small outfit is kind of unheard of, frankly. Usually small companies are the exact opposite, where there's one owner/operator, the job titles are largely made-up, and everyone just gets everything done because there's usually not enough expertise-hours to go around to solo every task.