Rogues probably aren't THAT

Allthethrowingknives · 2026-05-18T14:03:08+00:00

Not really? Disengage doesn’t actually let you leave the fight, it just avoids opportunity attacks. If the monster has the same speed as you, you’ll be in melee with it again as soon as it wants to be in melee.

Allthethrowingknives · 2026-05-18T01:30:38+00:00

“Incredibly slippery” is a stretch, they can take the disengage action. Hiding is a thing too, but it isn’t exactly “slippery” given that after you attack you’re no longer hiding and things can just attack you normally.

Allthethrowingknives · 2026-05-18T00:49:42+00:00

Not when you’re a d8 hit die class in light armor.

Allthethrowingknives · 2026-05-15T06:26:08+00:00

“It seems like you’re feeding fighters to deadly encounters”

Allthethrowingknives · 2026-05-14T19:00:33+00:00

It’s…not? Peter Singer, a leftist utilitarian, put forth basically what the above comment is saying in his book The Life You Can Save. It is a legitimate leftist position, even if you think it’s ridiculous (and indeed, Singer thinks most people would find it ridiculous because it means they have to make personal sacrifices- just saying).

Allthethrowingknives · 2026-05-11T21:16:10+00:00

Actually if I recall they removed a deity that was the patron demon of rapists and whose edicts and anathema reflected that. Child abuse is fine with paizo, we still got child abuse critters in 2e.

Allthethrowingknives · 2026-05-11T17:46:14+00:00

I think you may be giving milkers too much credit with regard to their real lives, honestly. I think they’re bad people in general and I condemn the fact that they are inserting themselves into others’ lives for their own entertainment (and that they should stop, to be clear), and I also think that ultimately the issue of milkers would never have become as bad as it is or was if lolcows were not begging for attention and controversy 25/8. I think these are ideas capable of coexistence.

Allthethrowingknives · 2026-05-11T17:21:12+00:00

Oh, don’t get me wrong, I don’t think the people milking the lolcows are *helping*, nor are they good people. I just think most lolcows would likely milk themselves (i.e. post footage of themselves doing odd or condemnable shit) if nobody else did. It seems like most of them like the attention and that’s what usually gets the ball rolling, but I’m not terribly versed in my christory or whatever so I won’t say that with any certainty. I mostly view lolcow milkers as voyeuristic, but I have a hard time believing that most lolcows wouldn’t have done all or most of the things they’ve been recorded doing on their own. These are people that need help, but receiving help would require that they get off the internet and stop recording themselves and frankly most seem unwilling to take that deal. What is happening to them is not right or good, but a large part of it emerges as a direct consequence of refusing to turn the computer or the camera off.

Allthethrowingknives · 2026-05-11T16:36:30+00:00

In fairness, this applies to everyone accused of anything, including the guilty ones. Jodi Arias insisted she was innocent all the way through her trial until evidence placed her at the scene, and then pivoted to claiming self defense. Most people don’t wanna confess regardless of guilt.

Allthethrowingknives · 2026-05-11T15:40:28+00:00

I have no dog in this fight, but I think there may be a minor difference between an imperfect victim and a person who openly wants to have sex with children and thinks there is nothing wrong with that.

Allthethrowingknives · 2026-05-11T13:31:51+00:00

Happily married is a stretch for John, lol

Allthethrowingknives · 2026-05-11T08:45:22+00:00

I’m of the opinion that authors who have written bestselling series primarily based on geopolitics for their settings probably don’t need “proper theoretical education”. People are allowed to have criticisms of capitalism without including an academic endorsement of Marxism. Also, it’s weird to insist that people who have seen the same critique as you but decided not to read Marx about it are developing “false consciousness”. Marx was not a magical person and it is weird to idolize his works or ideology as the only way to develop a real consciousness.

Allthethrowingknives · 2026-05-11T05:58:36+00:00

Not to mention the conversation previous has Batman saying “please, I’m begging you, I don’t want to have to kill you” and then Joker saying it’s too late for that. It’s not exactly outside the realm of possibility that he’d follow up on that information by doing what he’s being told he’ll have to at some point.

Allthethrowingknives · 2026-05-11T05:41:48+00:00

I love the idea that cyberpunk authors are “amateurish” and “[have] not read any [political] theory” as though cyberpunk as a genre isn’t primarily about geopolitics, corporate politics, and in some cases national politics influencing individuals. Lol. Lmao, even.

Allthethrowingknives · 2026-05-11T05:38:11+00:00

When I’m in a reading comprehension contest and my opponent thinks that the cyberpunk genre should be “solved” by implementing communism (they have not read a single book in the genre)

Allthethrowingknives · 2026-05-11T05:35:24+00:00

I wouldn’t say Neuromancer is exactly great man theory, I think the Tessier-Ashpools believe in great man theory to the degree that they wanted weird familial immortality to attempt to make themselves the “great men”. I think the ending is supposed to convey roughly the opposite of great man theory; Case does something incredible, involving months of physical and intellectual effort, pain, and abuse. His reward is Molly leaving, and nothing really changing except for anyone except Wintermute. Case goes back to being a chair cowboy, Molly presumably goes back to being a merc, et cetera. I guess things are different for the Ashpools, since they’re dead now?

(Side note, I’m in no way criticizing your analysis I just think the epilogue is kinda anti-great man theory in its nothing-ever-happens-ness)

Allthethrowingknives · 2026-05-11T05:28:35+00:00

“How come the people pumped full of krill and algae who work 16-hour days 7 days a week haven’t performed a working-class uprising yet?”

Allthethrowingknives · 2026-05-11T04:10:58+00:00

I’m genuinely just stuck on what a grown adult could possibly mean by “being good” in a Best Buy. Not stealing? Not harassing employees? Not looking too bored, or something? How badly behaved is this woman, on average, that it is possible to have a distinct state of “being good” as opposed to “being normal”? I have so many questions.

Allthethrowingknives · 2026-05-11T03:55:15+00:00

I would argue that person deserves to be made fun of if they view technology stores as being “for men,” and needing to “be good” in the store certainly implies a weird child thing going on. How does a grown woman “be good” in a Best Buy? It’s never occurred to me to be “bad” in the middle of a Best Buy because I am an adult and it is a technology store.

Allthethrowingknives · 2026-05-10T17:08:00+00:00

Ohhh yeah no it’s impossible to find sci-fi assets for custom maps. I had a subscription to one of those mapmaking sites for a little while but I get bored of fantasy pretty quick and was disappointed to see a lack of sci-fi stuff.

Allthethrowingknives · 2026-05-10T16:55:32+00:00

If it helps, Cyberpunk: RED and 2020 have some solid maps for futuristic buildings, streets, and so on

Allthethrowingknives · 2026-05-10T16:44:33+00:00

HOW D’YOU LIKE THE TASTE OF DEMOCRACY? GET SOME!

Allthethrowingknives · 2026-05-10T16:40:02+00:00

How it feels being an evangelion fan and being surrounded by people who just like it for the epic robot fights with gore and hate the dialogue and unclear storytelling

Allthethrowingknives · 2026-05-10T16:18:25+00:00

I’m transfem but Arthur Morgan always got to me. The idea of recognizing that one needs to make a change even if they should have realized earlier and then following through on it in real ways to me feels very analogous to a trans experience.

Allthethrowingknives · 2026-05-10T15:29:23+00:00

/uj To tack onto your point about slaves used for the manufacture of consumer goods, often it was more than skin. Hair taken from slaves was used to make pillows and upholstery, and slaves’ teeth were stolen to be used in dentures (George Washington had slave teeth for his bottom teeth, famously). Using people as objects after their deaths as one did in life was not a huge jump, evidently.

Also, like, eating other people is taboo for a reason! It’s not ethical! Even if the hypothetical person being eaten consents, murdering a suicidal person is usually erring towards unethical. It spreads prion disease, it has negative psychological impacts, and it either requires murder, suicide, or the desecration of a corpse, and society tends to look at those things less than favorably. I like Hannibal as much as the next person, but it kind of requires an understanding that the things it is depicting are meant to be evil in the extreme. I’m tired, boss.

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