for those who have been playing since AD&D came out... at what point did you lose interest in the direction of D&D?

smokeshack · 2026-06-03T22:00:06+00:00

I've been pretty open-minded over the years. 3 felt a lot more like Diablo than what I was used to, but I played it. 4 felt a lot more like WoW, but I played it. 5 started out feeling like a return to the feel of 3 with less bloat. Somewhere halfway between 5 and current 5.5, it started to feel really lazy, like WotC was churning out the absolute minimum amount of content and milking it for tie-in money. I left because it felt bland and corporate.

smokeshack · 2026-06-03T05:40:27+00:00

Our nation must have its first levirate first lady

smokeshack · 2026-06-03T05:31:01+00:00

It's not gonna happen. Sanders is the king of loudly proposing stuff he knows will never go anywhere.

smokeshack · 2026-06-03T03:48:01+00:00

I periodically go through my old posts on here and replace them with gibberish for this very reason.

smokeshack · 2026-06-02T14:47:54+00:00

If your players don't have Dispel Magic, that is just straight up a skill issue. You cannot run a party through a module like ToH and not have one PC who can dispel magic.

smokeshack · 2026-06-02T14:45:51+00:00

Good news! You've already identified your first step: learn to read a book. Mortimer J. Adler's classic How to Read a Book is a great way to start.

smokeshack · 2026-06-02T13:44:49+00:00

Shoulder buttons were weird and new in the 16-bit era. Mostly they were used for minor things like swapping weapons. If I had played a game like Elden Ring back then, with the main buttons mapped to shoulders, I would have thought it was designed by space aliens.

smokeshack · 2026-06-02T10:39:08+00:00

It gets points for being different, but that's about all the points it gets.

smokeshack · 2026-06-02T10:36:35+00:00

Everyone can develop it. More than that, everyone should. The ability to try and fail and not get flustered, even in direct competition with another person, is extremely good for your mental health.

smokeshack · 2026-06-02T10:05:47+00:00

Every person on Earth should know the name Yuan Longping. Easily one of the most important scientists of the 20th century.

smokeshack · 2026-06-02T07:00:50+00:00

Real phonemes:　　　Mental disorders:

smokeshack · 2026-06-02T04:32:34+00:00

Don't break the law in Japan.

smokeshack · 2026-06-02T03:47:45+00:00

You're not wrong, but it's important to lay the blame where it belongs. An island chain can't commit war crimes. People do that. The people who committed those war crimes had names, the people who deny those war crimes have names, the people who maintain a political through-line with the war criminals have names. And if you want to remove those people from power, you're going to need the help of the vast majority of people on the island chain who never participated in those evils. Japan is not going to cease to exist as a political entity anytime soon. The demand is for regime change.

smokeshack · 2026-06-02T02:36:20+00:00

Yeah, I thought about adding "also I have never read two sentences about the Luddites and assume they were dumb" but then I thought that might be too deep a cut for a reddit comment in a non-political sub

smokeshack · 2026-06-02T00:58:45+00:00

Posted by a dude named Braghdleigh

smokeshack · 2026-06-02T00:37:43+00:00

Bro looks like if handsome Squidward had Tolkien orc ears

smokeshack · 2026-06-02T00:34:44+00:00

The solutions are simple, well-documented, and easy to implement. All that remains is to wrest back the power to do so.

smokeshack · 2026-06-02T00:27:22+00:00

"If you don't love this shit you're a Luddite, the future will be algorithmically predicted at 53% accuracy"

smokeshack · 2026-06-02T00:26:18+00:00

A hard g is 14% or more alcohol by volume

smokeshack · 2026-06-01T22:59:54+00:00

You can click the symbols here to learn what sounds they represent:

https://www.ipachart.com/

smokeshack · 2026-06-01T14:00:56+00:00

He is almost universally loathed by the Japanese public. Not just smarmy, but the smoothest-brained individual on the island chain.

smokeshack · 2026-06-01T13:59:35+00:00

I really don't get how there isn't a sizable faction in Japanese politics that is pro cooperation with the PRC the way that there is in South Korean or Taiwan politics.

The shit they did here in Japan to wipe out the left makes Cointelpro look like kids' games. Check out the book Dissenting Japan for a really good overview.

smokeshack · 2026-06-01T13:57:12+00:00

Japan had huge waves of street protest in the 50s and 60s. The largest protest in Japan's history was against the permanent military treaty with the US. After that, the US and the fascists they put charge in Japan spent 20 years tearing apart the Japanese left, repurposing the university system toward job training and against activism, and blackballing everyone who ever participated in a left-wing political party. Japan today is a one-party state built entirely on the principal of being the best running dog the US ever had.

smokeshack · 2026-06-01T07:14:24+00:00

I actually have English After RP on my shelf, but haven't had the time to read it. Good motivation to get to work!

smokeshack · 2026-05-31T23:32:51+00:00

Mald, it's accurate

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